IVangeli Elabhalwa NguJohane 8:12-59
8 12 UJesu waphinda wathi kubo: “Mina ngiyikukhanya komhlaba.+ Loba ngubani ongilandelayo kasoze ahambe emnyameni loba sekutheni kodwa uzakuba lokukhanya+ okunika impilo.”
13 AbaFarisi basebesithi kuye: “Wena uyazifakazela, ubufakazi bakho ayisibo beqiniso.”
14 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Lanxa ngizifakazela, ubufakazi bami ngobeqiniso ngoba ngiyakwazi lapho engavela khona lalapho engiya khona.+ Kodwa lina alikwazi ukuthi ngavela ngaphi lokuthi ngiya ngaphi.
15 Lahlulela ngendlela yabantu,+ mina angahluleli muntu ngitsho.
16 Lanxa ngingahlulela, ngiyabe ngizakwahlulela ngeqiniso ngoba angingedwa, uBaba ongithumileyo ulami.+
17 LaseMthethweni wenu kubhaliwe ukuthi: ‘Ubufakazi babantu ababili buliqiniso.’+
18 Mina ngiyazifakazela futhi loBaba ongithumileyo uyangifakazela.”+
19 Basebesithi kuye: “Ungaphi uYihlo?” UJesu waphendula wathi: “Alingazi njalo loBaba alimazi.+ Aluba belingazi belizamazi loBaba.”+
20 Wakhuluma amazwi la ngesikhathi efundisa ethempelini, esendaweni okwakufakwa kuyo iminikelo.+ Kodwa akulamuntu owambambayo ngoba isikhathi sakhe sasingakafiki.+
21 Yikho waphinda wathi kubo: “Ngiyahamba futhi lizangidinga, kodwa lizafela esonweni senu.+ Lapho engiyakhona ngeke libuye.”+
22 AmaJuda asesithi: “Kambe usefuna ukuzibulala? Phela uthi, ‘Lapho engiyakhona ngeke libuye.’”
23 Waqhubeka wathi kubo: “Lina lingabezindaweni zaphansi, mina ngingowezindaweni zaphezulu.+ Lingabalumhlaba, mina angisuye owalumhlaba.
24 Yikho ngithe kini lizafela ezonweni zenu. Nxa lingayekela ukukholwa ukuthi nginguye, lizafela ezonweni zenu.”
25 Ngakho bathi kuye: “Ungubani wena?” UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Kanti vele ngizihluphelani ngokukhuluma lani?
26 Ngilezinto ezinengi okumele ngizikhulume ngani futhi kulezindaba ezinengi engizazahlulela. Phezu kwalokho, lowo ongithumileyo uqinisile njalo zona kanye izinto engazizwa ngaye ngiyazikhuluma emhlabeni.”+
27 Abazange bazwisise ukuthi wayebatshela ngoYise.
28 UJesu wasesithi kubo: “Nxa seliyiphanyekile iNdodana yomuntu,+ lizakwazi ukuthi nginguye+ lokuthi angenzi lutho engizicabangela lona,+ kodwa izinto lezi engizikhulumayo ngazifundiswa nguBaba.
29 Lowo ongithumileyo ulami, kangitshiyanga ngedwa ngoba ngihlala ngisenza izinto ezimthokozisayo.”+
30 Abanengi bamkholwa besizwa konke lokhu ayekukhuluma.
31 UJesu wasesithi kumaJuda ayemkholiwe: “Nxa lingahlala liselizwini lami, liyabe lingabafundi bami sibili
32 futhi lizalazi iqiniso+ njalo iqiniso lizalikhulula.”+
33 Bamphendula bathi: “Thina singabantwana baka-Abrahama njalo asikaze sibe yizigqili zamuntu. Manje kungani usithi, ‘Lizakhululeka’?”
34 UJesu wabaphendula wathi: “Ngiqinisile sibili ngithi kini, wonke umuntu owenza isono uyisigqili sesono.+
35 Phezu kwalokho isigqili asihlali kokuphela endlini yenkosi, indodana yiyo ehlala kuze kube nini lanini.
36 Yikho nxa iNdodana ingalikhulula, lizabe selikhululekile sibili.
37 Ngiyakwazi ukuthi lingabantwana baka-Abrahama. Kodwa lifuna ukungibulala ngoba alilamukeli ilizwi lami.
38 Ngikhuluma izinto engizibone ngesikhathi ngiloBaba,+ kodwa lina lenza izinto elizizwe ngoyihlo.”
39 Bamphendula bathi: “Ubaba wethu ngu-Abrahama.” UJesu wasesithi kubo: “Aluba belingabantwana baka-Abrahama,+ belizabe lisenza imisebenzi ka-Abrahama.
40 Kodwa lifuna ukungibulala lanxa ngilitshele iqiniso engilizwe ngoNkulunkulu.+ U-Abrahama kazange akwenze lokho elikwenzayo.
41 Lenza imisebenzi kayihlo.” Bona bathi kuye: “Thina asizalwanga ngobufebe,* siloBaba oyedwa, uNkulunkulu.”
42 UJesu wathi kubo: “Aluba uNkulunkulu ubenguYihlo belizangithanda+ ngoba ngavela kuNkulunkulu yikho ngilapha. Angibuyanga lapha ngokuthanda kwami kodwa ngithunywe nguye.+
43 Kungani lingakuzwisisi engikukhulumayo? Kungenxa yokuthi liyehluleka ukulalela ilizwi lami.
44 Lina livela kuyihlo uDeveli njalo lifuna ukwenza okufunwa nguye.+ Yena wayengumbulali kusukela ekuqaleni*+ futhi kazange ame eqinisweni ngoba iqiniso alikho kuye. Nxa ekhuluma amanga ukhuluma okuhambelana lalokho ayikho khona ngoba ungusomangase loyise wamanga.+
45 Kodwa mina alingikholwa ngoba ngilitshela iqiniso.
46 Ngubani phakathi kwenu ongaveza ubufakazi bokuthi ngilesono? Manje nxa ngikhuluma iqiniso, kuyini okwenza lingangikholwa?
47 Ovela kuNkulunkulu uyawalalela amazwi kaNkulunkulu.+ Okwenza lina lingalaleli yikuthi aliveli kuNkulunkulu.”+
48 AmaJuda amphendula athi: “Silamanga yini nxa sisithi ungumSamariya+ njalo uledimoni?”+
49 UJesu waphendula wathi: “Angiladimoni mina, ngidumisa uBaba kodwa lina liyangeyisa.
50 Lanxa kunjalo angizifuneli inkazimulo+ kodwa ukhona ofuna ngiyithole njalo yena ungumahluleli.
51 Ngiqinisile sibili ngithi kini, nxa umuntu elalela amazwi ami kasoze akubone ukufa loba sekutheni.”+
52 AmaJuda athi kuye: “Khathesi sesikwazi ukuthi uledimoni. U-Abrahama wafa, labaphrofethi labo bafa kodwa wena uthi, ‘Nxa umuntu elalela amazwi ami kasoze afe loba sekutheni.’
53 Kanti wena umkhulu yini kulobaba wethu u-Abrahama? Yena wafa labaphrofethi labo bafa. Manje wena uzenza bani?”
54 UJesu waphendula wathi: “Nxa ngizikhazimulisa, inkazimulo yami ayitsho lutho. UBaba, lowo lina elimbiza ngokuthi nguNkulunkulu wenu, nguye ongikhazimulisayo.+
55 Lanxa kunjalo alimazi+ kodwa mina ngiyamazi.+ Nxa bengingathi angimazi bengizabe ngiqamba amanga njengani. Mina ngiyamazi futhi ngiyalilalela ilizwi lakhe.
56 Uyihlo u-Abrahama wathokoza kakhulu ekhangelele ukubona usuku lwami, lakanye walubona wajabula.”+
57 Ngakho amaJuda athi kuye: “Awukafikisi leminyaka engu-50. Manje kungani usithi wake wambona u-Abrahama?”
58 UJesu wathi kubo: “Ngiqinisile sibili ngithi kini, ngasengikhona u-Abrahama engakabi khona.”+
59 Ngakho badobha amatshe befuna ukumjikijela kodwa yena wacatsha wasephuma ethempelini.
