| ← John (15/21) → |
| 1. | Mina ngilivini eliqotho, njalo uBaba ungumlimi. |
| 2. | Lonke ugatsha olukimi olungatheliyo isithelo, uyalususa; lalo lonke oluthela isithelo, uyaluthena, ukuze lwengeze ukuthela. |
| 3. | Selihlambululekile lina ngelizwi engilikhulume kini. |
| 4. | Hlalani kimi, lami kini. Njengalokhu ugatsha lungethele isithelo ngokwalo, uba lungahlali evinini, ngokunjalo lani lingeke, uba lingahlali kimi. |
| 5. | Mina ngilivini, lina lizingatsha. Lowo ohlala kimi, lami kuye, yena uyathela isithelo sande; ngoba ngaphandle kwami lingenze lutho. |
| 6. | Uba umuntu engahlali kimi, ulahlelwa phandle njengogatsha, abe esebuna, bazibuthe ba zi phose emlilweni, zitshiswe. |
| 7. | Uba lihlala kimi, lamazwi ami ehlala kini, lizacela elikuthandayo, lizakwenzelwa. |
| 8. | UBaba uyadunyiswa ngalokhu, ukuthi lithele isithelo sande; njalo lizakuba ngabafundi bami. |
| 9. | Njengalokhu uBaba engithandile, lami ngilithandile; hlalani ethandweni lwami. |
| 10. | Uba lilondoloza imilayo yami, lizahlala ethandweni lwami; njengalokhu mina ngilondoloze imilayo kaBaba, njalo ngihlala ethandweni lwakhe. |
| 11. | Lezizinto ngizikhulume kini, ukuze intokozo yami ihlale kini, njalo intokozo yenu igcwale. |
| 12. | Lo ngumlayo wami, ukuthi lithandane, njengalokhu ngilithandile. |
| 13. | Kakho olothando olukhulu kulalolu, lokuthi umuntu ababekele phansi abangane bakhe impilo yakhe. |
| 14. | Lina lingabangane bami, uba lisenza loba yini mina engililaya yona. |
| 15. | Kangisalibizi ngokuthi lizinceku, ngoba inceku kayikwazi ukuthi inkosi yayo yenzani; kodwa sengilibize ngokuthi lingabangane, ngoba konke engikuzwileyo kuBaba ngilazise khona. |
| 16. | Kalingikhethanga lina, kodwa mina ngilikhethile, njalo ngilimisile, ukuze lina lihambe lithele isithelo, lesithelo senu sihlale; ukuze loba yini eliyicela kuBaba ngebizo lami, alinike. |
| 17. | Ngililaya lezizinto, ukuze lithandane. |
| 18. | Uba umhlaba ulizonda, yazini ukuthi wangizonda mina ngaphambi kwenu. |
| 19. | Uba belingabomhlaba, umhlaba ubuzathanda abawo; kodwa ngoba lingeyisibo abomhlaba, kodwa ngalikhetha mina emhlabeni, ngakho umhlaba uyalizonda. |
| 20. | Khumbulani ilizwi mina engalitsho kini: Inceku kayinkulu kulenkosi yayo. Uba bengizingele mina, bazalizingela lani; uba belondoloza ilizwi lami, bazalondoloza lelenu. |
| 21. | Kodwa bazakwenza konke lokhu ngenxa yebizo lami, ngoba bengamazi ongithumileyo. |
| 22. | Uba bengingafikanga ngakhuluma labo, ngabe kabalasono; kodwa khathesi kabalazaba ngesono sabo. |
| 23. | Ongizondayo, uzonda loBaba. |
| 24. | Uba bengingenzanga phakathi kwabo imisebenzi kungekho omunye owayenzayo, ngabe kabalasono; kodwa khathesi sebe yi bonile sebezonde sonke mina loBaba. |
| 25. | Kodwa ukuze ligcwaliseke ilizwi elilotshiweyo emlayweni wabo elokuthi: Bangizonda kungelasizatho. |
| 26. | Kodwa nxa esefikile uMduduzi, engizamthuma mina kini evela kuBaba, uMoya weqiniso, ophuma kuBaba, lo uzangifakazela; |
| 27. | lani futhi lizafakaza, ngoba belilami kusukela ekuqaleni. |
| ← John (15/21) → |