< UJohane 21 >

1 Emva kwalezizinto uJesu wabuya wazibonakalisa kubafundi elwandle lweTiberiyasi; njalo wazibonakalisa ngalindlela.
Baada jha mambo aghu Yesu kwidhihirisha kabhele kwa bhanafunzi mu Bahari jha Tiberia; efe ndo kyaakidhihirishi muene:
2 Babendawonye oSimoni Petro, loTomasi othiwa nguDidimusi, loNathaniyeli oweKana yeGalili, lamadodana kaZebediya, labanye ababili babafundi bakhe.
Simoni Petro ajhele pamonga ni Thomaso jhaakutibhweghe Didimas, Nathanaeli ghwa Kana jha Galilaya, bhana bha Zebedayo ni bhanafunzi bhangi bhabhele bha Yesu.
3 USimoni Petro wathi kubo: Ngiyagola inhlanzi. Bathi kuye: Lathi sizahamba lawe. Basebephuma bahle bangena emkhunjini, kodwa ngalobobusuku kababambanga lutho.
Simoni Petro akabhajobhela, “Nene nilota kulobha somba.” Ni bhene bhakan'jobhela, “Tete, pia twilota pamonga ni bhebhe.” Bhakalota bhakajhingila mu mashua, lakini kinu kyoha eku bhakilepi khenu.
4 Kwathi sekusemadabukakusa uJesu wema ekhunjini; kodwa abafundi babengazi ukuthi nguJesu.
Ni lukhela bho kubhalele, Yesu ajhemili kundema, na bhene bhanafunzi bhamanyilepi kujha ndo Yesu.
5 Ngakho uJesu wathi kubo: Bantwana, lilokudla yini? Bamphendula bathi: Hatshi.
Kisha Yesu akabhajobhela, “Bhasongolo, mujhe ni kyokyoha kya kulya?” Na bhene bakan'jibu, “Lepi.”
6 Wasesithi kubo: Phosani imbule ehlangothini lokunene lomkhumbi, njalo lizathola. Basebephosa, njalo babengaselakho ukulidonsa ngenxa yobunengi benhlanzi.
Akabhajobhela, “Muselesiajhi nkwabhu lubhafu kwa kuume bhwa mashua, na mu mwibeta kukabha kiasi.” Kwa hiyo bhakaselesya nkwabhu ni bhene bhabhwesilepi kufuta kabhele kwandabha jha bhwingi bhwa somba.
7 Ngakho lowomfundi uJesu ayemthanda wathi kuPetro: YiNkosi. USimoni Petro, esezwile ukuthi yiNkosi, wagqoka isembatho (ngoba wayenqunu), waseziphosela olwandle.
Basi mwanafunzi jhola ambajhe Yesu an'ganili akan'jobhela Petro, “Ndo Bwana.” Ni muene Simoni Petro bho apeliki kujha ndo Bwana, akakikonga liguanda lya muene (ndabha alifwali lepi kinofu), kisha akakisopa mu masi.
8 Kodwa abanye abafundi beza ngomkolo, bedonsa imbule lenhlanzi, ngoba babengekhatshana lomhlabathi, kodwa kungaba zingalo ezingamakhulu amabili.
Bhanafunzi bhangi bhala bhakahida mu mashua (kwani bhajhelepi patali ni pwani, kama mita mia moja kuhomela ufukweni), na bhene bhakajha bhifuta mikwabhu ghela ambaghyo ghyamemili somba.
9 Kwathi sebekhuphukele emhlabathini, babona umlilo wamalahle khona, lenhlanzi zibekwe phezu kwawo, lesinkwa.
Bho bhafikili ufukweni, bhaghubhwene muoto ghwa mkaa pala ni panani pa muene kwajhele ni somba pamonga ni mkate.
10 UJesu wathi kubo: Lethani ezinye zezinhlanzi elisanda kuzibamba.
Yesu akabhajobhela, “Muletayi baadhi jha somba sya mulobhili henu naha.”
11 USimoni Petro wasekhwela, wahudulela imbule emhlabathini, ligcwele inhlanzi ezinkulu, ikhulu lamatshumi amahlanu lantathu; njalo lanxa zazinengi kangaka, imbule kalidabukanga.
Basi Simoni Petro akakuela ni kuukokota nkwabhu bhwa wamemili somba sibhaha, kiasi kya somba 153; japo bhajhebhingi, nkwabhu bhola bhwakachwiki lepi.
12 UJesu wathi kubo: Wozani lidle. Kodwa kakho kubafundi owaba lesibindi sokumbuza ukuthi: Ungubani wena? besazi ukuthi yiNkosi.
Yesu akabhajobhela, “Muhidayi mkabhayi kifungua kinywa.” Ajhelepi hata mmonga ghwa bhanafunzi jhaan'kotili, “Bhebhe ghwa niani?” Bhamanyili kujha ajhele Bwana.
13 UJesu wasesiza, wathatha isinkwa, wabanika, lenhlanzi ngokufananayo.
Yesu akahida, akautola n'kate bhola, kisha akabhapela, akabhomba mebhu niku somba sela.
14 Lokhu sekungokwesithathu uJesu ebonakaliswa kubafundi, esevukile kwabafileyo.
Ejhe jha jhele mara jha tatu kwa Yesu kwidhihirisha kwa bhanafunzi bha muene baada jha kufufuka kuhoma kwa bhafu.
15 Sebedlile, uJesu wathi kuSimoni Petro: Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda kulalaba yini? Wathi kuye: Yebo Nkosi; wena uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. Wathi kuye: Phana amawundlu ami ukudla.
Baada jha kufungula kinywa, Yesu akan'jobhela Simoni Petro, “Simoni mwana ghwa Yohana je, uniganili nene kuliko abha?” Petro akajibu, “Ena, Bwana; “Bhebhe umanyili kujha nene nikuganili.” Yesu akan'jobhela, “Lesyajhi bhanakondoo bha nene.”
16 Wabuya wathi kuye ngokwesibili: Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda yini? Wathi kuye: Yebo Nkosi, wena uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. Wathi kuye: Yelusa izimvu zami.
Akan'jobhela mara jha pili, “Simoni mwana ghwa Yona, je, uniganili?” Petro akan'jobhela, “Ena, Bwana; bhebhe umanyili kujha nikuganili. “Yesu akan'jobhela, “Dimayi kondoo bhangu.”
17 Wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda yini? UPetro wadabuka ngoba wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: Uyangithanda yini? Wasesithi kuye: Nkosi, wena uyakwazi konke; wena uyakwazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. UJesu wathi kuye: Phana izimvu zami ukudla.
Akan'jobhela kabhele mara jha tatu, “Simoni, mwana ghwa Yohana, Je uniganili?” Ni muene Petro ahuzuniki kwa vile kyaan'jobhili mara jha tatu, “Je Bhebhe uniganili?” Ni muene akan'jobhela, “Bwana, umanyili ghoha; umanyili kujha nikuganili.” Yesu akan'jobhela, Lesiajhi kondoo bha nene.
18 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Usemutsha, wawuzibhinca, uhamba lapho othanda khona; kodwa nxa usumdala, uzakwelula izandla zakho, omunye abesekubopha, akuse lapho ongathandi khona.
Aminiayi, aminiayi, nikujobhela, bho ghwen'songolo ghwasobhelili kufwala nghobho muene ni kulota kokuoha khola kwa ulondeghe; lakini paghwibetakujha ghwe nseya, ghwibetakugholosya mabhoko gha jhobhi, ni jhongi ibetakufwalika nghobho ni kukupeleka kwa ulondeghe lepi kulota.”
19 Lalokhu wakutsho, etshengisa indlela yokufa ayezadumisa uNkulunkulu ngayo. Esetshilo lokhu wathi kuye: Ngilandela.
Yesu ajobhi agha ili kulasya ni aina jheleku jha kifo ambakyo Petro ngaan'tukuizi K'yara. Baada jha kujha ajobhili agha, akan'jobhela Petro, “Nikesiajhi.”
20 UPetro etshibilika wabona umfundi uJesu amthandayo elandela, yena futhi owayeyeme esifubeni sakhe ekudleni kwantambama wathi: Nkosi, ngubani ozakunikela?
Petro akageuka ni kumbona jhola mwanafunzi ambajhe Yesu an'ganili akabhakesya- Ojho ndo ajhele akijheghemisi mu kifua kya Yesu wakati wa kyakulya kya kimihi ni kun'kota, “Bwana, niani jhaibetakusaliti?”
21 Kwathi uPetro embona wathi kuJesu: Nkosi, lo-ke?
Petro ambwene ni kisha akan'kota Yesu, “Bwana, Ojho munu ibetakubhomba kiki?”
22 UJesu wathi kuye: Uba ngithanda ukuthi ahlale ngize ngifike, ulani lakho? Ngilandela wena.
Yesu akan'jibu, “Kama nilonda abakilayi mpaka pa nibetakuhida, e'lu likuhusu kiki?” Nikesiajhi.”
23 Ngakho lelilizwi laphumela kubazalwane, ukuthi lowomfundi kayikufa; kanti uJesu katshongo kuye ukuthi kayikufa; kodwa wathi: Uba ngithanda ukuthi ahlale ngize ngifike, ulani lakho?
Kwa hiyo habari ejhe jhikaenela miongoni mwa bhala ndugu, kwamba mwanafunzi ojhui ibetalepi kufwa. Lakini Yesu an'jobhilepi Petro kujha, mwanafunzi ojhu ifwa lepi, “Kama nilonda muene abakilayi mpaka pa nibetakuhida ghikuhusu kiki?”
24 Nguye lowomfundi ofakaza ngalezizinto, lozibhalileyo; njalo siyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe buliqiniso.
Ojho ndo mwanafunzi jhaibetakupisya ushuhuda bhwa mambo agha, na ndo jhaalembili mambo agha, na tumanyili jha kujha ushuhuda bhwa muene bhwa bhukweli.
25 Njalo zikhona lezinye izinto ezinengi uJesu azenzayo, uba bezilotshiwe zonke ngazinye, ngicabanga ukuthi lomhlaba lawo ubungebe lendawo yezingwalo ezilotshiweyo. Ameni.
Kuna mambo ghangi ambagho Yesu aghabhombili. Kama kila limonga ngalijhandikibhu, nidhanila kwamba ulimwengu bhuene ngabhutoshilepi kufibheka fitabu ambafyo ngafilembibhu.

< UJohane 21 >