John 16

Isicino senkulumo kaJesu. Ukuhlupheka okuzayo

1Lezizinto ngizikhulume kini a, ukuze lingakhubeki b. 2Bazalikhupha emasinagogeni c; yebo isikhathi siyeza d, lapho wonke olibulalayo e ezacabanga ukuthi wenzela uNkulunkulu inkonzo f. 3Lalezizinto bazazenza kini, ngoba bengamazanga uBaba loba mina g. 4Kodwa ngikhulume lezizinto kini h, ukuze lapho sesifikile isikhathi, lizikhumbule ukuthi mina ngalitshela i. Kodwa lezizinto kangizikhulumanga kini kwasekuqaleni, ngoba bengilani j.

5Kodwa khathesi ngiyahamba ngiya kongithumileyo k, kanti kakho kini ongibuza ukuthi: Uya ngaphi l? 6Kodwa ngoba ngikhulume lezizinto kini, usizi lugcwalise inhliziyo yenu m. 7Kodwa mina ngilitshela iqiniso: Kulilungele ukuthi mina ngihambe; ngoba nxa ngingahambi, uMduduzi n kayikuza kini o; kodwa nxa ngihamba p, ngizamthuma kini q. 8Njalo nxa esefikile yena uzaqinisekisa umhlaba ngesono langokulunga langesigwebo r; 9ngesono s, ngoba kabakholwa kimi t; 10langokulunga u, ngoba ngiya kuBaba, kalisayikungibona v; 11langesigwebo w, ngoba umbusi walumhlaba x usegwetshiwe y.

12Ngiseselezinto ezinengi engingalitshela zona z, kodwa lingezithwale khathesi aa; 13kodwa nxa yena esefikile, uMoya weqiniso ab, uzalikhokhelela eqinisweni lonke; ngoba kayikuzikhulumela ngokwakhe, kodwa loba yini ayizwayo uzayikhuluma ac, alibikele ad izinto ezizayo ae. 14Yena uzangidumisa af, ngoba uzathatha okungokwami ag, alibikele khona ah. 15Konke uBaba alakho, kungokwami ai; yikho-ke ngisithi uzathatha okungokwami aj, alibikele khona ak.

Ukuvalelisa kukaJesu

16Okwesikhatshana futhi kaliyikungibona al, kubuye kube yisikhatshana libe selingibona am, ngoba mina ngiya kuBaba an. 17Ngakho abanye kubafundi bakhe bakhulumisana besithi: Kuyini lokho akutsho kithi: Okwesikhatshana, futhi kaliyikungibona, kubuye kube yisikhatshana libe selingibona; lokuthi: Ngoba mina ngiya kuBaba ao? 18Basebesithi: Kuyini lokhu akutshoyo ukuthi: Okwesikhatshana? Kasazi ukuthi utshoni.

19UJesu wayesesazi ukuthi babethanda ukumbuza ap, wasesithi kubo: Liyabuzana ngalokho yini, ukuthi ngithe: Okwesikhatshana futhi kaliyikungibona, kubuye kube yisikhatshana libe selingibona aq? 20Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Lina lizakhala lilile ar, kodwa umhlaba uzathokoza; futhi lizakuba losizi lina, kodwa usizi lwenu luzaphendulwa lube yintokozo as. 21Owesifazana nxa ebeletha ulobuhlungu, ngoba ihola lakhe selifikile; kodwa nxa esebelethe usane, kasakhumbuli ubuhlungu, ngenxa yentokozo yokuthi kuzelwe umuntu emhlabeni at. 22Ngakho lani-ke lilosizi khathesi au; kodwa ngizabuya ngilibone, lenhliziyo yenu ithokoze, njalo kakho ongalemuka intokozo yenu av.

23Langalolosuku kaliyikungibuza lutho aw. Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Loba kuyini elizakucela kuBaba ebizweni lami uzalinika ax. 24Kuze kube khathesi kalicelanga lutho ebizweni lami; celani, lizakwemukeliswa, ukuze intokozo yenu igcwale ay.

25Ngikhulume izinto lezi kini ngemifanekiso; kodwa isikhathi siyeza lapho ngingasayikukhuluma kini ngemifanekiso, kodwa ngizalitshela ngoBaba ngokucacileyo az. 26Ngalolosuku lizacela ebizweni lami; njalo kangitsho kini ukuthi ngizalicelela mina kuBaba ba; 27ngoba uBaba uqobo uyalithanda, ngoba lina lingithandile bb, likholiwe bc ukuthi mina ngiphume kuNkulunkulu bd , be. 28Ngiphume kuBaba, njalo ngeza emhlabeni bf , bg; ngiyasuka futhi emhlabeni, ngiya kuBaba bh.

29Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: Khangela khathesi ukhuluma ngokucacileyo bi, njalo kawukhulumi lamfanekiso. 30Khathesi siyazi ukuthi uyazi izinto zonke, njalo kawudingi ukuthi umuntu akubuze bj; ngalokhu siyakholwa bk ukuthi uphume kuNkulunkulu bl , bm. 31UJesu wabaphendula wathi: Selikholwa yini bn? 32Khangelani, ihola liyeza, yebo selifikile bo, elokuthi lihlakazeke bp ngulowo lalowo bq aye kubo, lingitshiye ngingedwa br; kanti kangingedwa, ngoba uBaba ulami bs. 33Ngikhulume lezizinto kini, ukuze libe lokuthula kimi bt. Emhlabeni lizakuba lenhlupheko bu; kodwa manini isibindi bv, mina ngiwunqobile umhlaba bw.

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