Yowana 21
1 Gakapiteje genego, a Yeshu gubhaakoposhelenje kabhili bhaajiganywa bhabho kunyenje litanda lya Tibheliya, puyaliji nnei.
Ngemva kwesikhathi uJesu waphinda waziveza kubafundi bakhe oLwandle lwaseThibheriyasi. Kwenzakala kanje:
2 A Shimoni Petili na a Tomashi bhashemwaga Bhammba na a Natanaeli bha ku Kana ja Galilaya na bhana bhabhili bha a Shebhedayo na bhaajiganywa bhabho bhananji bhabhili, bhowe pubhalinginji pamo.
USimoni Phethro, loThomasi (othiwa nguDidimasi) loNathaneli waseKhana eseGalile, lamadodana kaZebhediya labanye abafundi ababili babendawonye.
3 A Shimoni Petili gubhaalugulilenje ajabhonji, “Ngunakwenda kutanda yamaki.” Nabhalabhonji gubhaajangwilenje, “Na uwe shitunkagule.” Bhai, gubhajabhwilenje, gubhakwelilenje muntumbwi, ikabheje shene shilosho bhangapatanga shindu.
USimoni Phethro wabatshela wathi, “Ngisayagola inhlanzi” bona bathi, “Sizahamba lawe.” Ngakho baphuma bayangena esikepeni kodwa kababambanga lutho ngalobobusuku.
4 Lyambape, a Yeshu gubhajimi nnyenje litanda, ikabheje bhaajiganywa bhangaamanyanga kuti bhenabho a Yeshu.
Ekuseni kakhulu uJesu wema ekhunjini kodwa abafundi kabananzelelanga ukuthi kwakunguJesu.
5 Bhai, a Yeshu gubhaabhushiyenje, “Ashibhanangu, mpatilenje shamaki jojowe?” Gubhaajangwilenje, “Nng'oo.”
Wabamemeza wathi, “Bangane, lilokhu lingabambanga nhlanzi yini?” Baphendula bathi, “Hatshi.”
6 A Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje, “Ntejelanje lyau lyenunji nkono nnilo gwa ntumbwi gwenunji shimpatanje yamaki.” Bhai gubhatejelenje lyau lyabhonji, ikabheje gubhalepelenje kuuta kabhili kwa ligongo lya shuluka yamaki.
Wathi, “Phoselani umambule wenu ngakwesokunene kwesikepe lizagola khona.” Bathe sebenze njalo behluleka ukudonsa umambule ngenxa yobunengi benhlanzi.
7 Bhai nkujiganywa apingwaga na a Yeshu jula, gwabhabhalanjile a Petili, “Bhenebha Bhakulungwa!” A Shimoni Petili bhakapilikaneje kuti Bhakulungwa, gubhaitabhile nngubho jabho pabha bhakaweteje ukoto, gubhaitumbushiye mmashi.
Lowomfundi owayethandwa nguJesu wathi kuPhethro, “YiNkosi!” USimoni Phethro wonela ukuzwa esithi, “YiNkosi,” wazembathisa ngesigqoko sakhe sejazi (ngoba wayesikhulule) weqela emanzini.
8 Ikabheje bhaajiganywa bhananji bhala gubhabhujilengene kunyenje litanda na ntumbwi gula, akuno bhaliutanga lyau ligumbele yamaki, pabha yaliji tome kulitaka, pubhalinginji malinga meta makumi kumi kukoposhela kunyenje litanda.
Abanye abafundi balandela ngesikepe bedonsa umambule ugcwele inhlanzi ngoba babengakhatshana lasokhunjini, kwakungaba yizinyathelo ezilikhulu.
9 Bhai bhakaikanjeje kulitaka, gubhagubhweninji moto gwa makala na pantundu jakwe ilijokwa yamaki na nkate.
Ekufikeni kwabo okhunjini babona umlilo wamalahle uvutha kulenhlanzi phezulu kanye lesinkwa.
10 A Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje, “Njianayonji yamaki ishoko intandilenje.”
UJesu wathi kubo, “Lethani ezinye inhlanzi elizibambileyo.”
11 Bhai, a Shimoni Petili gubhakwelile muntumbwi mula, gubhautile lyau lila mpaka kulitaka, ligumbele yamaki yaikulungwa makumi kumi na nng'ano na itatu. Nkali yashulwishe nneyoyo, lyau lila lyangapapuka.
USimoni Phethro wagada esikepeni, wadonsela umambule okhunjini. Wawugcwele inhlanzi ezinkulu, zilikhulu lamatshumi amahlanu lantathu, kodwa loba zinengi kangaka umambule kawudabukanga.
12 A Yeshu gubhaabhalanjilenje, “Nnjiyangane kunnabhukanje.” Jwakwa nkali jumo alinjile kwaabhuya, “Mmwe agani?” Pabha bhaamanyinji kuti Bhakulungwa.
UJesu wathi kubo, “Wozani lizokudla.” Kakho kubafundi owaqunga isibindi sokumbuza ukuthi, “Ungubani wena?” Bakwazi ukuthi yiNkosi.
13 A Yeshu gubhaishe, gubhatolile nkate, gubhaapelenje, gubhatendile nneyo peyo na yamaki ila.
UJesu weza, wathatha isinkwa wabanika, wenza njalo langenhlanzi.
14 Gwenegu pugwaliji gwatatu a Yeshu kwiilanguya ku bhaajiganywa bhabho bhakayusheje.
Lesi kwasekuyisikhathi sesithathu uJesu ezibonakalisa kubafundi bakhe ngemva kokuvuswa kwabafileyo.
15 Kungai bhakalyanganjeje, a Yeshu bhakwaabhuyaga a Shimoni Petili, “A Shimoni, bhanabhabho a Yowana! Bhuli, nnimbinga nne kupunda bhanganyanjibha?” Nabhalabho gubhajangwile, “Elo, Mmakulungwa, mmumanyi kuti nne ngulikumpinga.” A Yeshu gubhaabhanjile, “Nniye ngondolo yangu.”
Sebeqedile ukudla, uJesu wathi kuSimoni Phethro, “Simoni, ndodana kaJohane, ungithanda ngeqiniso na okudlula laba abanye?” Wathi, “Yebo, Nkosi, uyakwazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.” UJesu wathi, “Phana amawundlu ami ukudla.”
16 A Yeshu gubhaabhalanjile gwabhili, “A Shimoni, bhanabhabho a Yowana! Bhuli, nnimbinga?” A Petili gubhaajangwile, “Elo, Mmakulungwa, mmumanyi kuti nne ngulikumpinga.” A Yeshu gubhaabhalanjile, “Nshunje ngondolo yangu.”
UJesu waphinda wathi, “Simoni, ndodana kaJohane, uyangithanda ngeqiniso na?” Waphendula wathi, “Yebo, Nkosi, uyakwazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.” UJesu wathi, “Gcina izimvu zami.”
17 A Yeshu bhakwaabhuyaga a Petili gwatatu, “A Shimoni, bhanabhabho a Yowana! Bhuli nnimbinga?” Penepo a Petili gubhainjishe pabha bhashinkubhuywa gwatatu kuti, “Nnimbinga?” Gubhaajangwile, “Mmakulungwa, mmwe nngamanyi gowe, mmumannyi kuti nne ngulikumpinga.” A Yeshu gubhaabhalanjile, “Nniye ngondolo yangu!”
Wasesithi kuye okwesithathu, “Simoni, ndodana kaJohane, uyangithanda na?” UPhethro wadabuka ngoba uJesu wambuza okwesithathu wathi, “Uyangithanda na?” Wathi, “Nkosi, uyazazi izinto zonke; uyakwazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.” UJesu wathi, “Phana izimvu zami ukudla.
18 Gubhashite, “Kweli ngunakummalanjila, pumwaliji mmashanda mwayobhelele kwiitabha nshipi gwenu nikwenda kokowe kunkupinga. Ikabheje pushinkongopale shinngoloye makono genu, na mundu juna shantabhe nikumpeleka kunkaapinga kwenda.”
Ngikutshela iqiniso ngithi, usesemutsha wawuzigqokisa, uziyele lapho othanda khona; kodwa nxa usuluphele, uzakwelula izandla zakho, ugqokiswe ngomunye, akuhole akuse lapho ongafuni ukuya khona.”
19 Kwa bheleketa nneyo, bhashinkulanguya shanabhuli a Petili pushibhawe nikwaakuya a Nnungu. Kungai gubhabhaalanjile, “Nngagule.”
UJesu wakutsho lokhu ebonisa indlela yokufa uPhethro ayezadumisa uNkulunkulu ngayo. Wasesithi kuye, “Ngilandela!”
20 A Petili gubhatendebhwishe, gubhaabhweni bhaajiganywa bhapinjilwe na a Yeshu bhala bhalikagula. Bhene bhaajiganywabha nibhaatemi tome na a Yeshu bhalilyanganga shalya, nikwaabhuya, “Mmakulungwa gani apinga kuntendebhuka?”
UPhethro wanyemukula wabona umfundi uJesu ayemthanda ebalandela. (Nguye lowo oweyama kuJesu esidlweni, owabuzayo wathi, “Nkosi, ngubani ozakuthengisa?”)
21 Bhai, a Petili bhakaabhoneje bhaajiganywabho, bhakwaabhuyaga a Yeshu, “Mmakulungwa na abha bhuli?”
UPhethro wathi embona wathi, “Nkosi, kanti lo-ke?”
22 A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Monaga nne ngunapinga bhenebha bhanawe mpaka pushimuje, mmwe nkupinjila nndi? Mmwe nngagule nne.”
UJesu waphendula wathi, “Nxa ngifuna ukuthi asale ephila ngize ngibuye kulani lawe lokho? Wena kumele ungilandele.”
23 Bhai, jene nganijo gujishumile munkumbi gwabhonji mula, kuti bhene bhaajiganywabho bhakawa. Ikabheje a Yeshu bhaangalugulila kuti bhaajiganywabho bhakawa, ikabhe, “Mbingaga bhenebha bhanawe, mmwe nkupinjila nndi?”
Ngenxa yalokhu, kwaba lehungahunga phakathi kwabazalwane lokuthi umfundi lo wayengezukufa. Kodwa uJesu katshongo ukuthi wayengezukufa; wathi nje kuphela, “Nxa ngifuna ukuthi asale ephila ngize ngibuye, kulani lawe lokho?”
24 Bhenebha ni bhaajiganywa bhakong'ondele yenei nikwiijandika. Na uwe tumumanyi kuti gubhabhelekete gala ga kweli.
Lo nguye umfundi ozifakazayo lezizinto, onguye owazibhala phansi. Siyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe buqotho.
25 Ipali indu ina yaigwinji ibhatendile a Yeshu, monaga ikajandikwe yowe shimo shimo, punguganishiya kuti, nkali shilambolyo shikanatoshe kwa itabhu yowe ikajandikwe.
UJesu wenza ezinye izinto ezinengi njalo. Aluba zonke zazingabhalwa phansi, ngibona ingathi lomhlaba wonke wawuzaswela indawo yezincwadi ezazingabhalwa.
