UJohane 21
1 Ngemva kwesikhathi uJesu waphinda waziveza kubafundi bakhe oLwandle lwaseThibheriyasi. Kwenzakala kanje:
Momo bu mavioka, Yesu wubuela monikina diaka minlonguki miandi va ndambu disimu di mbu wu Tibeliadi. Tala phila kamonikina:
2 USimoni Phethro, loThomasi (othiwa nguDidimasi) loNathaneli waseKhana eseGalile, lamadodana kaZebhediya labanye abafundi ababili babendawonye.
Simoni Piela, Toma baba ntedilanga kitsimba, Natanayeli muisi Kana mu tsi yi Ngalili, bana ba Zebede ayi minlonguki miodi minkaka baba va kimosi.
3 USimoni Phethro wabatshela wathi, “Ngisayagola inhlanzi” bona bathi, “Sizahamba lawe.” Ngakho baphuma bayangena esikepeni kodwa kababambanga lutho ngalobobusuku.
Simoni Piela wuba kamba: —Ndiedi kuama ku loba. Bawu bamvutudila: —Beto mamveto tunkuenda yaku! Bayenda, bakuma mu nlungu. Vayi builu buna basia baka kadi kima ko.
4 Ekuseni kakhulu uJesu wema ekhunjini kodwa abafundi kabananzelelanga ukuthi kwakunguJesu.
Buisi bu bukia Yesu wutelama va disimu. Muaki minlonguki misia bakula ko ti niandi Yesu.
5 Wabamemeza wathi, “Bangane, lilokhu lingabambanga nhlanzi yini?” Baphendula bathi, “Hatshi.”
Buna yesu wuba yuvula: A bana, lubeki ndambu zimbizi e? Bamvutudila: —Nana tata, kadi kiasa!
6 Wathi, “Phoselani umambule wenu ngakwesokunene kwesikepe lizagola khona.” Bathe sebenze njalo behluleka ukudonsa umambule ngenxa yobunengi benhlanzi.
Buna wuba kamba: —Lozanu dikondi ku ndambu lubakala lu nlungu, buna ma lubaka! Baloza dikondi, basia nunga ko mu vumuna dikondi mu diambu di zimbizi ziwokila ngolo.
7 Lowomfundi owayethandwa nguJesu wathi kuPhethro, “YiNkosi!” USimoni Phethro wonela ukuzwa esithi, “YiNkosi,” wazembathisa ngesigqoko sakhe sejazi (ngoba wayesikhulule) weqela emanzini.
Bosi nlonguki wowo Yesu kaluta zola, wukamba Piela ti: —Niowo Pfumu! Piela bu kawa ti Pfumu, wuvuata kikhutu kiandi, bila pheni kaba; bosi wukiloza mu mbu.
8 Abanye abafundi balandela ngesikepe bedonsa umambule ugcwele inhlanzi ngoba babengakhatshana lasokhunjini, kwakungaba yizinyathelo ezilikhulu.
Minlonguki minkaka miyiza ku nlungu bila misia thama ayi disimu ko; nduka-nduka khama yimosi yi zimetele; mituta dikondi diba zimbizi.
9 Ekufikeni kwabo okhunjini babona umlilo wamalahle uvutha kulenhlanzi phezulu kanye lesinkwa.
Bu batula va disimu, bamona mbizi va yilu makala ma mbazu ayi dipha va ndambu.
10 UJesu wathi kubo, “Lethani ezinye inhlanzi elizibambileyo.”
Yesu wuba kamba: —Tualanu ndambu zimbizi mu ziozi lubeki!
11 USimoni Phethro wagada esikepeni, wadonsela umambule okhunjini. Wawugcwele inhlanzi ezinkulu, zilikhulu lamatshumi amahlanu lantathu, kodwa loba zinengi kangaka umambule kawudabukanga.
Simoni Piela wukuma mu nlungu, wututa dikondi ku disimu. Khama yimosi ayi makumatanu zimbizi zitatu zinnene ziwesa dikondi. Ka diambu ko zimbizi ziba ziwombo vayi dikondi disia kakuka ko.
12 UJesu wathi kubo, “Wozani lizokudla.” Kakho kubafundi owaqunga isibindi sokumbuza ukuthi, “Ungubani wena?” Bakwazi ukuthi yiNkosi.
Yesu wuba kamba: —Yizanu, ludia. Muaki kadi nlonguki wumosi kasia kunyuvula ko ti: “widi nani e?” Bila mizaba kuawu ti niowo Pfumu.
13 UJesu weza, wathatha isinkwa wabanika, wenza njalo langenhlanzi.
Niandi veka yesu wufikama wubonga dipha, wuba kabudila, buawu bobo kavanga mu mbizi.
14 Lesi kwasekuyisikhathi sesithathu uJesu ezibonakalisa kubafundi bakhe ngemva kokuvuswa kwabafileyo.
Yiza khumbu yintatu Yesu kamonikini minlonguki miandi tona lumbu kikafuluka mu bafua.
15 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.”
Bu bamanisa dia, Yesu wuyuvula Simoni Piela: —Simoni, muana Zonasi, wunzodidi viokila bumvangila baba e? Piela wumvutudila: —Nyinga Pfumu, zebi kuaku ti ndieta kuzola! Yesu wunkamba: —Buna dikilanga bana bama ba mamemi.
16 UJesu waphinda wathi, “Simoni, ndodana kaJohane, uyangithanda ngeqiniso na?” Waphendula wathi, “Yebo, Nkosi, uyakwazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.” UJesu wathi, “Gcina izimvu zami.”
Mu khumbu yimmuadi, wunyuvula diaka: —Simoni, muana Zonasi, wunzodidi e? Piela wumvutudila: —Nyinga Pfumu, zebi kuaku ti ndieta kuzola. Yesu wunkamba: —Buna sunganga mamemi mama!
17 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.
Yesu wubuela kunyuvula diaka mu khumbu yintantu: —Simoni, muana Zonasi, wunzodidi e? Piela wumona kiadi bu kabuela kunyuvula kiuvu mu khumbu yintatu ti: “Wunzodidi e?” Buna wumvutudila: —Pfumu, ngeyo zebi mambu moso; ngeyo zebi ti ndieta kuzola. Yesu wunkamba: —Buna sunganga mamemi mama.
18 Ngikutshela iqiniso ngithi, usesemutsha wawuzigqokisa, uziyele lapho othanda khona; kodwa nxa usuluphele, uzakwelula izandla zakho, ugqokiswe ngomunye, akuhole akuse lapho ongafuni ukuya khona.”
Bukiedika, bukiedika ndikukamba, bu wuba ditoko, wuba nkanganga nsinga mu luketo luaku ngeyo veka ayi wuba nkuendanga koso ku wuzola kuenda. Vayi bu wela nuna, wela nonuna mioko ayi mutu wunkaka wela kukanga nsinga mu luketo ayi wela kunnata ku mengi kuaku kuenda.
19 UJesu wakutsho lokhu ebonisa indlela yokufa uPhethro ayezadumisa uNkulunkulu ngayo. Wasesithi kuye, “Ngilandela!”
Wutuba mambu momo mu monisa phila yi lufua lu kela fuila, lolo kela kembisila Nzambi. Bu katuba bobo, wunkamba: —Wundandakana.
20 UPhethro wanyemukula wabona umfundi uJesu ayemthanda ebalandela. (Nguye lowo oweyama kuJesu esidlweni, owabuzayo wathi, “Nkosi, ngubani ozakuthengisa?”)
Piela bu katala ku manima, wumona nlonguki wowo Yesu kaluta zola, wuba landakana. Niandi wuyekama va thulu yi Yesu ayi wunyuvula mu thangu baba ndia: “Pfumu, nani wela kuvakula e?”
21 UPhethro wathi embona wathi, “Nkosi, kanti lo-ke?”
Piela bu kammona, wuyuvula Yesu: —Pfumu, buevi benzi mu diambu diandi e? Mambu mbi mela kumbuila e?
22 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Nxa ngifuna ukuthi asale ephila ngize ngibuye kulani lawe lokho? Wena kumele ungilandele.”
Yesu wumvutudila: —Enati thidi kazinga nate ndiela vutuka, buna ngeyo matedi e? Vayi ngeyo ndandakana!
23 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?”
Tsangu yimuangana muidi bakhomba ti nlonguki beni kalendi fua ko. Muaki yesu kasia kamba ko ti kela fua ko vayi wukamba kaka: “Enati thidi kazinga nate ndiela vutuka buna ngeyo matedi e?”
24 Lo nguye umfundi ozifakazayo lezizinto, onguye owazibhala phansi. Siyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe buqotho.
Nlonguki beni niandi wulembu telimina mambu mama kimbangi ayi niandiwusonika mawu. Tuzebi kueto ti kiambangi kiandi kidi kikiedika.
25 UJesu wenza ezinye izinto ezinengi njalo. Aluba zonke zazingabhalwa phansi, ngibona ingathi lomhlaba wonke wawuzaswela indawo yezincwadi ezazingabhalwa.
Muaki mawombo mankaka mavanga yesu. Enati mana kumasonika dimosi-dimosi, nganu buangu kilendi bakama ko va ntoto wumvimba kilendalundulu zibuku zioso zifueti sonoko.
