Ngokuya NgoJwanisi
7 Ngemva kwalokhu, uJesu waragela phambili akhambakhamba eGalile, bekangafuni ukukhambakhamba eJudiya ngombana amaJuda bewafuna ukumbulala.+ 2 Nje-ke umNyanya wamaJuda wemiTlhatlhana*+ bewutjhidela. 3 Abafowabo+ bakaJesu bathi kuye: “Khamba lapha uye eJudiya ukwenzela bona abafundi bakho nabo babone imisebenzi oyenzako. 4 Ngombana akakho owenza into ngemsitheleni nakafuna ukwaziwa tjhatjhalazi. Nawenza izintwezi zibonakalise ephasini.” 5 Eqinisweni, abafowabo bebangakholelwa kuye.+ 6 UJesu wathi kibo: “Isikhathi sami asikafiki+ kodwana kini nanyana ngisiphi isikhathi sinilungele. 7 Iphasi alinabanga lokunihloya kodwana liyangihloya mina ngombana ngifakaza ngalo ukuthi imisebenzalo mimbi.+ 8 Khuphukani nina niye emnyanyeni; mina angekhe ngiye nje emnyanyeni lo ngombana isikhathi sami asikafiki.”+ 9 Ngemva kokubatjela lokhu, wasala eGalile.
10 Kuthe abafowabo sebakhuphukele emnyanyeni, naye wakhuphukela khona kodwana akhange aye bamqalile, waya bangamboni. 11 Yeke amaJuda athoma ukumfuna emnyanyeni athi: “Iphi indoda leya?” 12 Kwaba nokuwomuzela okunengi hlangana nesiqubuthu. Abanye bebathi: “Uyindoda elungileko.” Abanye bathi: “Akasiyo. Udurhisa isiqubuthu.”+ 13 Kodwana akakho namunye obekakhuluma ngaye tjhatjhalazi ngombana bebasaba amaJuda.+
14 Umnyanya nasewuphakathi, uJesu wakhuphukela ethempelini, wathoma ukufundisa. 15 AmaJuda arareka, athi: “Kuza njani bona indoda le ibe nelwazi elingaka lemiTlolo+ ingakafundi eenkolweni?”*+ 16 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Engikufundisako akusingekwami kodwana kungekwaloyo ongithumileko.+ 17 Nanyana ngubani ofisa ukwenza intandwakhe, uzokwazi ukuthi engikufundisako kuvela kuZimu+ namkha ngikhuluma okuvela kimi. 18 Nanyana ngubani okhuluma okuvela kuye uzifunela idumo lakhe kodwana nanyana ngubani ofuna idumo laloyo omthumileko,+ loyo ungewamambala begodu akukho ukungalungi kuye. 19 UMosi waninikela umThetho,+ kghani akusinjalo? Kodwana akakho namunye wenu olalela umThetho loyo. Kubayini nifuna ukungibulala?”+ 20 Isiqubuthu sathi: “Unedimoni. Ngubani ofuna ukukubulala?” 21 UJesu wathi: “Ngenze isenzo sinye, noke nirarekile. 22 Ngebangelo uMosi uninikele ukusoka,+ ingasi ngombana kuvela kuMosi kodwana kuvela kibokhokho benu,+ nisoka umuntu ngesabatha. 23 Nangabe nisoka umuntu ngesabatha bona ningaphuli umThetho kaMosi, kubayini ningibhokela ngobukhali ngokuthi ngisindise umuntu ngesabatha?+ 24 Lisani ukwahlulela ngokuqaleka kwangaphandle kodwana yahlulelani ngesahlulelo esilungileko.”+
25 Nje-ke ezinye izakhamuzi zeJerusalema zathoma ukuthi: “Umuntu lo akusuye na loya abafuna ukumbulala?+ 26 Qalani, ukhuluma tjhatjhalazi kodwana abatjho litho kuye. Kghani ababusi sebayaqiniseka ukuthi unguKrestu? 27 Siyazi bona umuntu lo uvelaphi+ kodwana uKrestu nakezako, akakho ozokwazi ukuthi uvelaphi.” 28 Njengombana asafundisa ethempelini, uJesu wathi ngelizwi elikhulu: “Niyangazi mina, niyazi nalapha ngivela khona. Angikazizeli ngokuthanda kwami+ kodwana ongithumileko ungewamambala begodu animazi.+ 29 Mina ngiyamazi+ ngombana ngimjamelakhe begodu ungithumile.” 30 Bafuna ukumbamba+ kodwana akakho owamphakamisela isandla ngombana isikhathi sakhe besingakafiki.+ 31 Nanyana kunjalo, inengi labantu esiqubuthwini lakholwa kuye,+ lathi: “UKrestu nakezako, angekhe enze iimangaliso ezinengi ukudlula umuntu lo!”
32 AbaFarisi bezwa isiqubuthu sikhulumela phasi sitjho izintwezi ngaye, abaphristi abakhulu nabaFarisi bathumela abonogada bona bambambe.* 33 Yeke uJesu wathi: “Ngizokuba nani isikhatjhana ngaphambi kobana ngiye kongithumileko.+ 34 Nizongifuna kodwana angekhe ningifumane, nalapha ngikhona angekhe nize.”+ 35 Ngalokho amaJuda akhuluma wodwa athi: “Umuntu lo unqophe ukuyaphi, lapho singeze samfumana khona? Kghani unqophe ukuya emaJudeni arhatjhekele hlangana namaGirigi, afundise amaGirigi na? 36 Utjho ukuthini nakathi, ‘Nizongifuna kodwana angekhe ningifumane, nalapha ngikhona angekhe nize’?”
37 Ngelanga lamaswaphela, ilanga elikhulu lomnyanya,+ uJesu wasikima watjho ngelizwi elikhulu wathi: “Nanyana ngubani owomileko, akeze kimi asele.+ 38 Woke umuntu okholwa kimi njengombana imitlolo itjho: ‘Kuzokugeleza ngaphakathi kwakhe imisele yamanzi aphilako.’”+ 39 Watjho lokhu malungana nommoya, lowo obewuzokufunyanwa ngilabo abakholwa kuye ngombana bekube sikhatheso bekunganammoya+ ngebanga lokobana uJesu bekangakaphazinyuliswa.+ 40 Abanye esiqubuthwini abezwe amezwi la bathoma ukuthi: “Kwamambala lo Mphorofidi.”+ 41 Abanye bebathi: “Lo nguKrestu.”+ Kodwana abanye bathi: “UKrestu angavela njani eGalile?+ 42 Umtlolo awutjho na bona uKrestu uzokuvela esizukulwaneni sakaDavida+ begodu avele eBhetlehema,+ endaweni uDavida ebekavela kiyo?”+ 43 Yeke kwaba nokuhlukana esiqubuthwini ngebanga lakhe. 44 Nanyana abanye babo bebafuna ukumbamba* kodwana akakho namunye owamphakamisela isandla.
45 Abonogada babuyela ebaphristini abakhulu nabaFarisi; yeke abaFarisi bababuza bathi: “Kubayini ningakezi naye?” 46 Abonogada baphendula bathi: “Akakho umuntu owakhe wakhuluma ngendlela le.”+ 47 AbaFarisi bathi: “Kghani nani senidurhisiwe? 48 Ukhona omunye wababusi namkha wabaFarisi okholelwa kuye na?+ 49 Isiqubuthwesi esingawazi umThetho siqalekisiwe.” 50 UNikhodemusi, oweza kuye ngaphambilini nobekangomunye wabo, wathi kibo: 51 “NgokomThethwethu asimahluleli umuntu ngaphandle kobana aziphendulele qangi begodu sazi lokho akwenzako, akusinjalo?”+ 52 Bamphendula bathi kuye: “Kghani nawe ungeweGalile? Hlolisisa ubone bonyana akakho umphorofidi ozokuvela eGalile.”*