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| 1. | Kwathi-ke iNkosi isisazi ukuthi abaFarisi sebezwile ukuthi uJesu wenza wabhabhathiza abafundi abanengi kuloJohane, |
| 2. | lanxa uJesu ngokwakhe wayengabhabhathizi, kodwa abafundi bakhe, |
| 3. | wasuka eJudiya, wasuka waya futhi eGalili. |
| 4. | Kodwa kwakumele ukuthi adabule eSamariya. |
| 5. | Wafika-ke emzini weSamariya okuthiwa yiSikari, eduze lesiqinti uJakobe asinika indodana yakhe uJosefa; |
| 6. | lomthombo kaJakobe wawulapho. Ngakho uJesu ekhathele ngohambo wahlala ngokunjalo emthonjeni. Kwakungaba lihola lesithupha*. |
| 7. | Kwafika owesifazana evela eSamariya ukuzakukha amanzi; uJesu wathi kuye: Nginathisa |
| 8. | (ngoba abafundi bakhe babehambile baya emzini, ukuze bathenge ukudla ). |
| 9. | Ngakho owesifazana umSamariya wathi kuye: Kungani wena ungumJuda ucela ukunatha kimi, owesifazana ongumSamariya? Ngoba amaJuda awalabudlelwano lamaSamariya. |
| 10. | UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Aluba ubusazi isipho sikaNkulunkulu, lokuthi ungubani othi kuwe: Nginathisa; ubuzacela kuye, njalo ubezakunika amanzi aphilayo. |
| 11. | Owesifazana wathi kuye: Nkosi, kawulalutho lokukha, lomgodi uyatshona; uwathethe ngaphi pho amanzi aphilayo? |
| 12. | Wena umkhulu yini kulobaba wethu uJakobe, owasinika umgodi, wanatha kuwo yena, labantwana bakhe, lemihlambi yakhe? |
| 13. | UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Wonke onatha lamanzi, uzakoma futhi; |
| 14. | kodwa loba ngubani onatha amanzi mina engizamnika wona, kasoze ome kuze kube laphakade; kodwa amanzi engizamnika wona azakuba ngumthombo wamanzi phakathi kwakhe ogobhozela empilweni elaphakade. |
| 15. | Owesifazana wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngipha lawomanzi, ukuze ngingomi, ngingabe ngiseza lapha ukukha. |
| 16. | UJesu wathi kuye: Hamba, ubize umkakho, uze lapha. |
| 17. | Owesifazana waphendula wathi: Kangilandoda. UJesu wathi kuye: Utsho kuhle ukuthi: Kangilandoda; |
| 18. | ngoba usuke waba lamadoda amahlanu, le olayo khathesi kayisiyo indoda yakho; lokhu ukutsho uqinisile. |
| 19. | Owesifazana wathi kuye: Nkosi, ngiyabona ukuthi wena ungumprofethi. |
| 20. | Obaba bethu babekhonza kulintaba; kodwa lina lithi iseJerusalema indawo lapho okufanele umuntu akhonze khona. |
| 21. | UJesu wathi kuye: Mama, kholwa kimi, ukuthi ihola liyeza, lapho elizakhonza uBaba kungeyisikho kulintaba, kumbe eJerusalema. |
| 22. | Lina likhonza elingakwaziyo; thina sikhonza esikwaziyo; ngoba usindiso luvela kumaJuda. |
| 23. | Kodwa ihola liyeza njalo seliyilo, lapho abakhonzi abaqotho bazakhonza uBaba ngomoya langeqiniso; ngoba-ke uBaba udinga abanjalo abamkhonzayo. |
| 24. | UNkulunkulu unguMoya; lalabo abamkhonzayo, bafanele ukukhonza ngomoya langeqiniso. |
| 25. | Owesifazana wathi kuye: Ngiyazi ukuthi uMesiya uyeza okuthiwa nguKristu; nxa lo esefikile, uzasitshela konke. |
| 26. | UJesu wathi kuye: Mina nginguye, okhuluma lawe. |
| 27. | Kwathi ngalesosikhathi bafika abafundi bakhe, bamangala ukuthi wayekhuluma lowesifazana; kodwa kakho owathi: Udingani? Kumbe: Ukhulumani laye? |
| 28. | Ngakho owesifazana wasetshiya inkonxa yakhe, wasesuka waya emzini, wathi ebantwini: |
| 29. | Wozani, libone umuntu, ongitshele konke engakwenzayo; kambe kayisuye yini uKristu lo? |
| 30. | Ngakho baphuma emzini, beza kuye. |
| 31. | Kusenjalo abafundi bamncenga besithi: Rabi*, dlana. |
| 32. | Kodwa wathi kubo: Mina ngilokudla engikudlayo lina elingakwaziyo. |
| 33. | Basebekhulumisana abafundi besithi: Kambe ukhona omlethele ukudla? |
| 34. | UJesu wathi kubo: Ukudla kwami kuyikuthi ngenze intando yongithumileyo, lokuthi ngiqede umsebenzi wakhe. |
| 35. | Kalitsho yini ukuthi: Kuseselenyanga ezine ukuthi kufike ukuvuna? Khangelani, ngithi kini: Phakamisani amehlo enu, libone amasimu, ngoba asehle emhlophe elungele isivuno. |
| 36. | Njalo ovunayo wemukela umvuzo, njalo abuthe isithelo empilweni elaphakade; ukuze bobabili ohlanyelayo lovunayo bathokoze bendawonye. |
| 37. | Ngoba kulokhu ilizwi liqinisile elokuthi: Omunye ngohlanyelayo, lomunye ngovunayo. |
| 38. | Mina ngalithuma ukuvuna lokho elingakusebenzelanga; abanye basebenzile, lina-ke selingenile emsebenzini wabo. |
| 39. | Njalo amaSamariya amanengi akulowomuzi akholwa kuye ngenxa yelizwi lowesifazana, elafakaza lisithi: Ungitshele konke engikwenzileyo. |
| 40. | Kwathi esefikile kuye amaSamariya, amncenga ukuthi ahlale lawo; wasehlala khona insuku ezimbili. |
| 41. | Abanengi bengezelelwa bakholwa ngenxa yelizwi lakhe. |
| 42. | Basebesithi kowesifazana: Kasisakholwa ngenxa yokutsho kwakho; ngoba sesizizwele thina, siyazi ukuthi oqotho lo unguMsindisi womhlaba, uKristu. |
| 43. | Kwathi emva kwensuku ezimbili wasuka lapho, waya eGalili; |
| 44. | ngoba uJesu ngokwakhe wafakaza ukuthi umprofethi kaladumo elizweni lakibo. |
| 45. | Wathi esefikile eGalili, amaGalili amemukela, ebonile konke akwenzayo eJerusalema emkhosini; ngoba lawo ayeyile emkhosini. |
| 46. | UJesu wafika-ke futhi eKana yeGalili, lapho enza khona amanzi aba liwayini. Kwakukhona othile owesikhosini, ondodana yakhe yayigula eKapenawume. |
| 47. | Esezwile ukuthi uJesu u se fikile eGalili evela eJudiya, waya kuye, wamncenga ukuthi ehle, asilise indodana yakhe, ngoba yayisizaphela. |
| 48. | Ngakho uJesu wathi kuye: Ngaphandle kokuthi libone izibonakaliso lezimangaliso, kalisoze likholwe. |
| 49. | Owesikhosini wathi kuye: Nkosi, yehla engakafi umntanami. |
| 50. | UJesu wathi kuye: Hamba; indodana yakho iyaphila. Umuntu wasekholwa ilizwi uJesu alikhuluma laye, wasuka wahamba. |
| 51. | Kwathi esesehla, inceku zakhe zamhlangabeza, zabika zathi: Umntanakho uyaphila. |
| 52. | Wasezibuza ihola aqale ngalo ukuba ngcono. Zasezisithi kuye: Izolo ngehola lesikhombisa uqhuqho lumyekele. |
| 53. | Ngakho uyise wazi ukuthi kwaku ngalelohola uJesu athi ngalo kuye: Indodana yakho iyaphila; wasekholwa yena lendlu yakhe yonke. |
| 54. | UJesu waphinda wakwenza lokhu kwaba yisibonakaliso sesibili, efikile eGalili evela eJudiya. |
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