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| 1. | Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Ongangeni ngesango esibayeni sezimvu, kodwa akhwele kwenye indawo, lowo ulisela lomphangi; |
| 2. | kodwa ongena ngesango ungumelusi wezimvu. |
| 3. | Umlindi wesango uyamvulela, lezimvu ziyalizwa ilizwi lakhe, njalo uyazibiza ezakhe izimvu ngamabizo, azikhokhelele phandle. |
| 4. | Nxa esezikhuphile ezakhe izimvu, uhamba phambi kwazo; lezimvu zimlandele, ngoba ziyalazi ilizwi lakhe. |
| 5. | Kodwa owemzini kazisoze zimlandele, kodwa zizambalekela; ngoba kazilazi ilizwi labemzini. |
| 6. | UJesu wakhuluma lumfanekiso kubo; kodwa bona kabaqedisisanga ukuthi ziyini izinto azitshoyo kubo. |
| 7. | Ngakho uJesu waphinda wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Mina ngilisango lezimvu; |
| 8. | bonke abake bafika phambi kwami bangamasela labaphangi; kodwa izimvu kazibezwanga. |
| 9. | Mina ngilisango; uba umuntu engena ngami, uzasindiswa, angene aphume, athole idlelo. |
| 10. | Isela kalizi ngaphandle kokuzakweba lokubulala lokubhubhisa; mina ngizile ukuze babe lempilo, babe layo iphuphume. |
| 11. | Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo. Umelusi olungileyo uzibekela phansi izimvu impilo yakhe. |
| 12. | Kodwa oqatshiweyo, engesuye umelusi, izimvu zingesizo ezakhe, ubona impisi isiza, atshiye izimvu, abaleke; kuthi impisi izibambe, izichithachithe izimvu. |
| 13. | Oqatshiweyo uyabaleka-ke, ngoba engoqatshiweyo, njalo engazikhathaleli izimvu. |
| 14. | Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo, ngiyazazi ezami, ngiyaziwa ngezami, |
| 15. | njengalokhu uBaba engazi, lami ngiyamazi uBaba; ngizibekela phansi izimvu impilo yami. |
| 16. | Njalo ngilezinye izimvu, ezingesizo zalesisibaya; lazo ngifanele ukuziletha, njalo zizakuzwa ilizwi lami; njalo kube mhlambi munye, melusi munye. |
| 17. | Ngenxa yalokhu uBaba uyangithanda, ngoba mina ngibeka phansi impilo yami, ukuze ngibuye ngiyithathe. |
| 18. | Kakho ongemuka yona, kodwa mina ngiyibeka phansi ngokwami. Ngilamandla okuyibeka phansi, njalo ngilamandla okubuya ngiyithathe. Lumlayo ngiwemukele kuBaba. |
| 19. | Ngakho kwaba khona futhi ukwehlukana phakathi kwamaJuda ngenxa yalamazwi. |
| 20. | Labanengi bawo bathi: Uledimoni futhi uyahlanya; limlalelelani? |
| 21. | Amanye athi: Lamazwi kawasiwo wongenwe lidimoni; kambe idimoni lingavula amehlo eziphofu yini? |
| 22. | Kwakukhona umkhosi wokuvuselela eJerusalema, kwakusebusika; |
| 23. | uJesu wasehambahamba ethempelini ekhulusini likaSolomoni. |
| 24. | AmaJuda asemhanqa, athi kuye: Koze kube nini usilibazisa? Uba wena unguKristu, sitshele ngokucacileyo. |
| 25. | UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngalitshela, kodwa kalikholwanga; imisebenzi mina engiyenza ebizweni likaBaba, yiyo engifakazelayo; |
| 26. | kodwa lina kalikholwa; ngoba kalisibo abezimvu zami, njengokutsho kwami kini. |
| 27. | Izimvu zami ziyalizwa ilizwi lami, lami ngiyazazi, futhi ziyangilandela; |
| 28. | njalo mina ngizinika impilo elaphakade; futhi kazisoze zabhubha laphakade, njalo kungekho ozazihluthuna esandleni sami. |
| 29. | UBaba o zi nike mina, mkhulu kulabo bonke; kungekho njalo ongazihluthuna esandleni sikaBaba. |
| 30. | Mina loBaba simunye. |
| 31. | Ngakho amaJuda aphinda athatha amatshe ukuze amkhande ngawo. |
| 32. | UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngilitshengise imisebenzi eminengi emihle evela kuBaba; yiwuphi umsebenzi kuyo elingikhandela wona ngamatshe? |
| 33. | AmaJuda amphendula athi: Kasikukhandi ngamatshe ngenxa yomsebenzi omuhle, kodwa ngenxa yenhlamba, langokuthi wena ungumuntu uzenza uNkulunkulu. |
| 34. | UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Kakulotshiwe yini emlayweni wenu ukuthi: Mina ngathi: Lingonkulunkulu? |
| 35. | Uba wababiza bona ngokuthi ngonkulunkulu, eleza kubo ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, njalo umbhalo ungephulwe, |
| 36. | lowo uBaba amehlukanisileyo wamthuma emhlabeni, kanti lina lithi: Uyahlambaza, ngoba ngithe: NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu? |
| 37. | Uba ngingenzi imisebenzi kaBaba, kalingakholwa kimi. |
| 38. | Kodwa uba ngi y enza, lanxa lingakholwa kimi, kholwani imisebenzi; ukuze lazi likholwe ukuthi uBaba ukimi, lami ngikuye. |
| 39. | Ngakho adinga futhi ukumbamba; kodwa waphunyuka esandleni sabo. |
| 40. | Wasebuya wasuka waya ngaphetsheya kweJordani kundawo lapho uJohane ayebhabhathiza khona kuqala; wasehlala khona. |
| 41. | Labanengi beza kuye, bathi: UJohane kenzanga sibonakaliso; kodwa konke uJohane akutsho ngalo, kwakuliqiniso. |
| 42. | Abanengi basebekholwa kuye lapho. |
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