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| 1. | Kwathi ungakafiki umkhosi wephasika, uJesu esazi ukuthi ihola lakhe laselifikile ukuthi asuke kulumhlaba aye kuYise, esebathandile abakhe abasemhlabeni, wabathanda kwaze kwaba sekupheleni. |
| 2. | Ukudla kwantambama sekwenziwe, uSathane esekufakile enhliziyweni kaJudasi Iskariyothi, kaSimoni, ukuthi amnikele, |
| 3. | uJesu ekwazi ukuthi uYise unikele izinto zonke ezandleni zakhe, lokuthi wavela kuNkulunkulu njalo uya kuNkulunkulu, |
| 4. | wasukuma ekudleni kwantambama, wakhupha izembatho zakhe, wathatha ilembu wazithandela ngalo. |
| 5. | Emva kwalokhu wathela amanzi emganwini, waqala ukugezisa inyawo zabafundi, loku ze sula ngelembu ayezithandele ngalo. |
| 6. | Wasefika kuSimoni Petro; yena wasesithi kuye: Nkosi, wena ugezisa inyawo zami yini? |
| 7. | UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Engikwenzayo mina, kawukwazi khathesi, kodwa uzakwazi emva kwalezizinto. |
| 8. | UPetro wathi kuye: Kawusoze ugezise inyawo zami kuze kube laphakade. UJesu wamphendula wathi: Uba ngingakugezisi, kawulasabelo lami. |
| 9. | USimoni Petro wathi kuye: Nkosi, kakungabi zinyawo zami zodwa, kodwa lezandla lekhanda. |
| 10. | UJesu wathi kuye: Ogezileyo kasweli lutho ngaphandle kokugeziswa inyawo, kodwa uhlambulukile ngokupheleleyo; lina-ke lihlambulukile, kodwa-ke kaku sini lonke. |
| 11. | Ngoba wayemazi lowo owayezamnikela; ngenxa yalokhu wathi: Kalihlambulukanga lonke. |
| 12. | Esegezisile inyawo zabo, wathatha izembatho zakhe, wabuya wahlala phansi, wathi kubo: Liyakwazi yini engikwenze kini? |
| 13. | Lina lingibiza lithi: Mfundisi, lo kuthi Nkosi; likutsho kuhle, ngoba ngiyi kho. |
| 14. | Ngakho uba mina, iNkosi loMfundisi, ngigezise inyawo zenu, lani-ke lifanele ukugezisana inyawo. |
| 15. | Ngoba ngilinikile isibonelo, ukuze lenze lani njengoba mina ngenzile kini. |
| 16. | Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Inceku kayinkulu kulenkosi yayo, lothunyiweyo kamkhulu kulomthumileyo. |
| 17. | Uba lisazi lezizinto, libusisiwe uba lizenza. |
| 18. | Kangikhulumi ngani lonke; mina ngiyabazi engibakhethileyo; kodwa ukuze kugcwaliseke umbhalo othi: Odla lami isinkwa ungiphakamisele isithende sakhe. |
| 19. | Sengilitshela kusukela khathesi kungakenzeki, ukuze, nxa sekusenzeka, likholwe ukuthi ngingu ye. |
| 20. | Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Owemukela loba ngubani engimthumileyo, wemukela mina; lowemukela mina, wemukela ongithumileyo. |
| 21. | UJesu esetshilo lezizinto wakhathazeka emoyeni, wafakaza wathi: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini, omunye wenu uzanginikela. |
| 22. | Ngakho abafundi bakhangelana, bengaqondi ukuthi ukhuluma ngobani. |
| 23. | Kwakweyeme esifubeni sikaJesu omunye wabafundi bakhe, uJesu ayemthanda; |
| 24. | ngakho uSimoni Petro wamqhweba ukubuza ukuthi ngubani akhuluma ngaye. |
| 25. | Yena-ke eqamela esifubeni sikaJesu, wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngubani? |
| 26. | UJesu waphendula wathi: Ngulowo mina engizamnika ucezu sengilutshebile. Kwathi eselutshebile ucezu, wa lu nika uJudasi Iskariyothi kaSimoni. |
| 27. | Futhi emva kocezu, uSathane wasengena kuye. UJesu wasesithi kuye: Okwenzayo, kwenze masinyane. |
| 28. | Kodwa kakho kwababehlezi ekudleni owayekwazi ukuthi ukutsholoni kuye. |
| 29. | Ngoba abanye bacabanga ukuthi, njengoba uJudasi wayelesikhwama, uJesu wathi kuye: Thenga esikuswelayo emkhosini; loba ukuthi kanike abayanga okunye. |
| 30. | Lowo wathi eselwemukele ucezu, wahle waphuma; kwakusebusuku. |
| 31. | Ngakho kwathi esephumile, uJesu wathi: Khathesi iNdodana yomuntu idunyisiwe, loNkulunkulu udunyisiwe kuyo. |
| 32. | Uba uNkulunkulu edunyiswe kuyo, loNkulunkulu uzayidumisa kuye ngokwakhe, njalo uzahle ayidumise. |
| 33. | Bantwanyana, ngiselani isikhatshana. Lizangidinga, futhi njengalokhu ngatsho kumaJuda ukuthi: Lapho mina engiya khona, lingeze leza lina; ngitsho lakini khathesi. |
| 34. | Ngilinika umlayo omutsha, ukuthi lithandane; njengalokhu ngilithandile, lani-ke lithandane. |
| 35. | Ngalokhu bonke bazakwazi ukuthi lingabafundi bami, uba lilothando omunye komunye. |
| 36. | USimoni Petro wathi kuye: Nkosi, uya ngaphi? UJesu wamphendula wathi: Lapho engiya khona, ungengilandele khathesi, kodwa uzangilandela emva kwalokhu. |
| 37. | UPetro wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngingekulandele khathesi ngani? Impilo yami ngizayibekela wena phansi. |
| 38. | UJesu wamphendula wathi: Impilo yakho uzayibekela mina phansi yini? Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Iqhude kalisoze likhale uze ungiphike kathathu. |
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