UJohane 6
1 Ngemva kwalokhu uJesu wachaphela ngaphetsheya koLwandle lwaseGalile (kutshiwo uLwandle lwaseThibheriyasi),
AFTER these things Jesus went beyond the sea of Galilee, that is of Tiberias.
2 njalo walandelwa lixuku elikhulu labantu ngoba babona imimangaliso ayeyenzile kwababegula.
And a vast multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he performed on those who were diseased.
3 UJesu wasesiya eceleni kwentaba wahlala khona labafundi bakhe.
Then Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat down with his disciple.
4 UMkhosi wePhasika wamaJuda wawususondele.
And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
5 UJesu wathi uyakhangela wabona ixuku labantu elikhulu lisiza kuye, wathi kuFiliphu, “Singasithenga ngaphi isinkwa ukuze abantu laba badle?”
Then Jesus lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a vast concourse of people was come to him, said to Philip, Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?
6 Wabuza lokhu emlinga nje kuphela ngoba wayevele esekwazi ayezakwenza.
And this he said to try him: for himself knew what he would do.
7 UFiliphu wamphendula wathi, “Amadenari angamakhulu amabili ngeke athenge isinkwa esenela ukuthi umuntu munye nje azuze ucezwana!”
Philip answered him, Two hundred denarii spent in bread would not procure a sufficiency for them, that every one of them might have a morsel.
8 Omunye wabafundi bakhe, u-Andreya, umfowabo kaSimoni Phethro wakhuluma wathi,
One of his disciples saith to him, (Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, )
9 “Nangu umfana olezinkwa zebhali ezinhlanu lenhlanzi ezimbili ezincinyane, kodwa zingafika ngaphi ebantwini abanengi kangaka na?”
There is a little lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but these, what are they among so many?
10 UJesu wathi, “Hlalisani abantu phansi.” Kwakulotshani obunengi kuleyondawo, asehlala phansi (amadoda ubunengi bawo bungaba zinkulungwane ezinhlanu).
Then said Jesus, Make the men sit down. For there was plenty of grass on the spot. Therefore the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
11 UJesu wasezithatha izinkwa, wakhuleka, wasezabela labo abasebehlezi phansi, wabapha njengokufuna kwabo. Wenza njalo langenhlanzi.
And Jesus took the loaves; and giving thanks, gave to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sat down; and in the same manner of the fishes, as much as they chose.
12 Kwathi bonke sebesuthi, wasesithi kubafundi bakhe, “Buthani imvuthu eziseleyo. Kakungalahlwa lutho.”
And when they had made a hearty meal, he saith to his disciples, Gather up the broken bits which are left, that not a morsel be wasted.
13 Ngakho bazibutha bagcwalisa izitsha ezilitshumi lambili ngemvuthu zezinkwa zebhali ezatshiywa yilabo ababedlile.
Then they collected them, and filled twelve baskets with fragments out of the five barley-loaves, which were more than enough for those who had eaten.
14 Abantu sebewubonile umangaliso awenzayo uJesu baqalisa ukuthi, “Ngeqiniso lo nguye uMphrofethi ozafika emhlabeni.”
When therefore the men saw the miracle which Jesus had done, they said, This is of a certainty that prophet which is to come into the world.
15 UJesu esazi ukuthi babeqonde ukuzomenza inkosi ngenkani, wathi nyelele wabuyela entabeni yedwa.
Then Jesus, knowing their intention to come and to seize him by force, in order to make him king, retired again into the mountain by himself alone.
16 Kwathi kusihlwa abafundi behlela esizibeni,
So when evening was now come, his disciples went down to the sea-side,
17 lapho abawela khona isikepe bachapha isiziba baya eKhaphenawume. Ngalesosikhathi kwasekuhlwile, uJesu elokhu engakabuyi kubo.
and embarking on a vessel were coming across the sea to Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18 Kwakuvunguza umoya omkhulu amanzi asequbuka kubi.
And the sea was greatly agitated by a tempestuous wind that blew.
19 Sebegwedle okwamakhilomitha amahlanu loba ayisithupha bambona uJesu esiza esikepeni ehamba phezu kwamanzi; bethuka kakhulu.
Having rowed therefore about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and coming near the vessel, and they were affrighted.
20 Kodwa wathi kubo, “Yimi; lingesabi.”
But he saith to them, It is I; be not afraid.
21 Babefuna ukumngenisa esikepeni, kwathi masinyane isikepe sahle safika ekhunjini lapho ababeqonde khona.
Then they desired to take him into the vessel: and instantly the vessel was at the land whither they were going.
22 Ngelanga elilandelayo ixuku labantu elalisele ekhunjini elinganeno lananzelela ukuthi kwakukade kulesikepe esisodwa, lokuthi uJesu kangenanga kuso kanye labafundi bakhe, kodwa babehambe bodwa.
The next day the multitude who stayed on the other side of the sea, when they saw that there was no little vessel there, except the one into which his disciples went, and that Jesus went not with his disciples in the vessel, but that his disciples went away alone;
23 Kwasekufika ezinye izikepe zivela eThibheriyasi zamiswa eduze lalapho abantu ababedlele khona isinkwa ngemva kokuba iNkosi isiqale yakhuleka.
(but now little vessels had come from Tiberias near to the spot where they had eaten bread, after the Lord had given thanks: )
24 Ixuku lonela ukunanzelela ukuthi uJesu kanye labafundi bakhe babengasekho lapho, bangena ezikepeni baya eKhaphenawume ukuyadinga uJesu.
then when the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they also went into the vessels, and came to Capernaum, in search of Jesus.
25 Bathi sebemfumene ngaphetsheya kwechibi bambuza bathi, “Rabi, kanti ufike nini lapha?”
And when they found him on the other side the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Ngiqinisile ukuthi kalingidingi ngoba libone imimangaliso, kodwa ngoba lidle izinkwa lasutha.
Jesus replied to them and said, Ye seek me, not because ye have seen the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
27 Lingasebenzeli ukudla okubolayo, kodwa sebenzelani ukudla okuhlala okwempilo engapheliyo elizakuphiwa yiNdodana yoMuntu. UBaba uNkulunkulu usebeke kuyo uphawu lwakhe.” (aiōnios g166)
Labour not for the meat which is perishable, but for that meat which endureth unto life eternal, which the Son of man will give you: for him hath the Father sealed, even God. (aiōnios g166)
28 Basebembuza bathi, “Kumele senzeni ukuze senze umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu na?”
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?
29 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Umsebenzi kaNkulunkulu yilo: ukukholwa kulowo amthumileyo.”
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye should believe on him whom he hath sent.
30 Basebembuza bathi, “Uzasitshengisa simangaliso bani esizasibona ukuze sikukholwe na? Kuyini ozakwenza?
Then said they to him, What miracle therefore dost thou, that we may see and believe thee? what dost thou work?
31 Okhokho badla imana enkangala; njengoba kulotshiwe ukuthi: ‘Wabapha isinkwa sivela ezulwini ukuba badle.’”
Our fathers did eat manna in the wilderness; as it is written, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”
32 UJesu wathi kubo, “Ngiqinisile ngithi, kakusuye uMosi olinike isinkwa sivela ezulwini, kodwa nguBaba olinika isinkwa seqiniso sivela ezulwini.
Then said Jesus unto them, Verily, verily, I tell you, It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the real bread from heaven.
33 Ngoba isinkwa sikaNkulunkulu singulowo owehla ezulwini anike ukuphila emhlabeni.”
For he that cometh down from heaven, and giveth life to the world, is the bread of God.
34 Bathi, “Nkosi, kusukela manje siphe lesisinkwa sokuphila.”
Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35 UJesu wachaza wathi, “Ngiyisinkwa sokuphila. Lowo ozayo kimi kasoze afa alamba, lalowo okholwa kimi kasoze aphinde ome.
Then said Jesus to them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst more.
36 Kodwa njengoba ngilitshelile selingibonile, kodwa lokhe lingakholwa.
But I have told you, That though ye have seen me, yet ye have not believed.
37 Konke lokho uBaba anginika khona kuzakuza kimi njalo lowo oza kimi kangisoze ngimlahle.
Every individual which the Father giveth me will come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in nowise cast out.
38 Ngoba ngehlile ezulwini, hatshi ukuzokwenza eyami intando kodwa ukwenza intando yalowo ongithumileyo.
For I came down from heaven, not with a view to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 Intando yakhe ongithumileyo yile, ukuthi ngingalahlekelwa langokukodwa kwalokho anginike khona, kodwa ngibavuse ngosuku lokucina.
Now this is the will of the Father who sent me, That every thing which he hath given me I should not be deprived of it, but raise it up at the last day.
40 Ngoba intando kaBaba iyikuthi bonke abakhangela eNdodaneni bakholwe kuyo bazakuba lokuphila okungapheliyo njalo ngizabavusa ngosuku lokucina.” (aiōnios g166)
And this is the will of him that sent me, That every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day. (aiōnios g166)
41 Esizwa lokhu amaJuda aqalisa ukukhonona ngaye ngoba wathi, “Ngiyisinkwa esehlayo sivela ezulwini.”
Then the Jews murmured against him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 Athi, “Kanti kasuJesu lo indodana kaJosefa na? Oyise lonina kasibazi na? Pho angakutsho kanjani manje ukuthi, ‘Ngehla ngivela ezulwini’?”
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how then saith this man, That I came down from heaven?
43 UJesu wathi, “Yekelani ukukhonona phakathi kwenu.
Jesus answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 Kakho ongeza kimi ngaphandle kokuthi uBaba ongithumileyo amsondeze, mina-ke ngizamvusa ngosuku lokucina.
No man can come to me, except the Father who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 Kulotshiwe kubaphrofethi ukuthi: ‘Bonke bazafundiswa nguNkulunkulu.’Wonke lowo olalela uBaba afunde kuye uyeza kimi.
It is written in the prophets, And “they shall all be taught of God.” Every one therefore who heareth from the Father, and learneth, cometh to me.
46 Kakho osewake wambona uBaba ngaphandle kwalowo ovela kuNkulunkulu; nguye kuphela ombonileyo uBaba.
Not that any man hath seen the Father, except he that is with God, he hath seen the Father.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. (aiōnios g166)
48 Ngiyisinkwa sokuphila.
I am the bread of life.
49 Okhokho benu bayidla imana enkangala, kodwa bafa.
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and they are dead.
50 Kodwa nansi isinkwa esehla sivela ezulwini, umuntu angasidla angabe esafa.
This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that any person may eat of it, and never die.
51 Ngiyisinkwa esiphilayo esehlela phansi sivela ezulwini. Nxa umuntu angasidla lesisinkwa, uzaphila laphakade. Lesosinkwa siyinyama yami engizayinikela ukuphila komhlaba.” (aiōn g165)
I am the bread that giveth life, which came down from heaven: if any person eat of this bread, he shall live to eternity; and the bread indeed which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. (aiōn g165)
52 Lapho-ke, amaJuda aseqalisa ukuphikisana ngamandla esithi, “Umuntu lo angasipha kanjani inyama yakhe ukuba siyidle na?”
Then the Jews contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53 UJesu wathi kubo, “Ngiqinisile ngithi, ngaphandle kokuba lidle inyama yeNdodana yoMuntu, linathe igazi layo, kalilakuphila phakathi kwenu.
Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
54 Lowo odla inyama yami njalo anathe igazi lami ulokuphila okungapheliyo njalo ngizamvusa ngosuku lokucina. (aiōnios g166)
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath life eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day. (aiōnios g166)
55 Ngoba inyama iyikhona kudla okuqotho legazi lami liyikunatha okuqotho.
For my flesh truly is meat, and my blood truly is drink.
56 Lowo odla inyama yami njalo anathe igazi lami uhlala kimi, lami kuye.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him.
57 Njengoba uBaba ophilayo wangithuma njalo ngiphila ngenxa kaBaba, kanjalo lowo odla mina uzaphila ngenxa yami.
As the life-giving Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same shall live by me.
58 Lesi yiso isinkwa esehla sivela ezulwini. Okhokho benu badla imana, kodwa bafa, kodwa odla lesisinkwa uzaphila lanininini.” (aiōn g165)
This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as the manna your fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live to eternity. (aiōn g165)
59 Wakutsho lokhu efundisa esinagogweni eKhaphenawume.
These things he spake in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 Bathi bekuzwa lokhu abafundi bakhe abanengi bathi, “Le yimfundiso enzima. Kambe ngubani ongayamukela na?”
Many therefore of his disciples, who heard him, said, Difficult is this discourse, who is able to fathom it?
61 UJesu wathi ngokunanzelela ukuthi abafundi bakhe babekhonona ngalokhu wathi kubo, “Lokhu kuyalikhuba yini?
Then Jesus, conscious in himself that his disciples murmured concerning this discourse, said unto them, Doth this stumble you?
62 Kungaba njani pho nxa lingayibona iNdodana yoMuntu isenyuka ibuyela lapho eyayikhona ngaphambilini!
What then if ye see the Son of man ascending where he was formerly?
63 UMoya unika ukuphila; inyama kayisizi lutho. Amazwi engiwakhulume kini angumoya njalo ayikuphila.
The Spirit is the life-giving power; the flesh contributeth nothing: the declarations which I make to you, they are spirit, and they are life.
64 Kodwa bakhona abanye benu abangakholwayo.” Ngoba uJesu wayevele esazi kusukela ekuqaleni ukuba yibaphi phakathi kwabo ababengakholwa lokuthi ngubani owayezamnikela.
But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who the person was that should betray him.
65 Waqhubeka wathi, “Yikho ngalitshela ngathi kakho ongeza kimi ngaphandle kokuba ephiwe amandla nguBaba.”
And he said, Therefore have I informed you, That no man can come to me, except it be given him of my Father.
66 Kusukela kulesosikhathi abafundi bakhe abanengi bamdela ababe besamlandela.
From that discourse many of his disciples went away back, and no more followed him about.
67 UJesu wabuza abalitshumi lambili wathi, “Lina kalifuni kudela lihambe na?”
Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 USimoni Phethro wamphendula wathi, “Nkosi, sizakuya kubani na? Wena ulamazwi okuphila okungapheliyo. (aiōnios g166)
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, unto whom shall we go from thee? thou hast the words of eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
69 Thina siyakholwa njalo siyazi ukuthi ungoNgcwele kaNkulunkulu.”
And we have believed and known that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
70 UJesu wasephendula wathi, “Kangilikhethanga yini, lina elilitshumi lambili na? Ikanti omunye wenu unguSathane!”
Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
71 (Wayesitsho uJudasi, indodana kaSimoni Iskariyothi, owathi loba engomunye wabalitshumi lambili wamnikela.)
Now he spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: for this man was ready to betray him, though he was one of the twelve.
