Ngokuya NgoJwanisi
4 IKosi nayilemuka bona abaFarisi bazwile ukuthi uJesu wenza bekabhabhadise+ abafundi abanengi kunoJwanisi 2 ngitjho nanyana uJesu ngokwakhe bekangabhabhadisi kodwana bekubhabhadisa abafundi bakhe 3 yasuka eJudiya yabuyela eGalile. 4 Kodwana bekutlhogeka adlule eSamariya. 5 Wafika edorobheni leSamariya ekuthiwa yiSikhari, hlanu kwesimu uJakopo ayinikela indodanakhe uJosefa.+ 6 Ekhabolakhona, ipetsi kaJakopo beyilapho.+ UJesu bekadiniwe ngebanga lekhambo, nje-ke wahlala epetsini leyo. Bekungaba yisimbi ye-12 ngamadina.*
7 Kweza umfazi womSamariya azokukha amanzi. UJesu wathi kuye: “Akhungiseze.” 8 (Abafundi bakhe bebasaye ngedorobheni bayokuthenga ukudla.) 9 Yeke umfazi womSamariya wathi kuye: “Kuza njani bona wena, nanyana umJuda, ungibawe bona ngikuseze ngitjho nanyana ngimfazi womSamariya?” (Ngombana amaJuda awatjhebisani namaSamariya.)+ 10 UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngathana bewazi ngesipho sesihle sakaZimu+ nokuthi ngubani lo othi kuwe, ‘Akhungiseze,’ bewuzambawa, yena bekazokunikela amanzi aphilako.”+ 11 Wathi kuye: “Mnumzana, awunalo ngitjho nethunga lokukha amanzi nepetsi le iyatjhinga. Alo-ke, amanzi aphilako lawo avela kimuphi umthombo? 12 Kghani wena umkhulu kunokhokhwethu uJakopo, owasipha ipetsi le bewasela kiyo yena, amadodanakhe neenkomo zakhe na?” 13 UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Woke umuntu osela emanzini la uzokoma godu. 14 Nanyana ngubani osela amanzi engizomupha wona angekhe asoma nakanye+ kodwana amanzi engizomupha wona azokuba mthombo wamanzi aphuphumako kuye bona amnikele ukuphila okungapheliko.”+ 15 Umfazi lo wathi kuye: “Mnumzana, ngipha amanzi lawo ukwenzela bona ngingasoma namkha ngisolo ngiza lapha ngizokukha amanzi.”
16 Wathi kuye: “Khamba, uyokubiza indodakho uze nayo lapha.” 17 Umfazi lo wathi kuye: “Anginandoda.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Uqinisile nawuthi, ‘Anginandoda.’ 18 Ngombana ube namadoda amahlanu nendoda ohlala nayo nje akusiyindodakho. Ukhulume iqiniso.” 19 Umfazi lo wathi kuye: “Mnumzana, ngiyabona ukuthi umphorofidi.+ 20 Abokhokho bethu bebalotjha uZimu entabeni le kodwana nina maJuda nithi iJerusalema yindawo abantu okufuze bamlotjhe kiyo.”+ 21 UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngikholwa mfazi, isikhathi siyeza lapho ningekhe nilotjhe uBaba entabeni le namkha eJerusalema. 22 Nina nilotjha eningakwaziko;+ thina silotjha esikwaziko ngombana isindiso ithoma ngamaJuda.+ 23 Yeke, isikhathi siyeza begodu ngiso lesi, lapho abalotjha ngeqiniso bazokulotjha uBaba ngommoya nangeqiniso ngombana kwamambala, uBaba ufuna ukulotjhwa babantu abanjalo.+ 24 UZimu Mmoya+ begodu labo abamlotjhako kufuze bamlotjhe ngommoya nangeqiniso.”+ 25 Umfazi lo wathi kuye: “Ngiyazi ukuthi uMesiya obizwa ngokuthi nguKrestu uyeza. Nakafikako, uzokumemezela zoke izinto kithi.” 26 UJesu wathi kuye: “Nguye lo okhuluma nawe.”+
27 Khonokho abafundi bakhe bafika, barareka ngombana bekakhuluma nomfazi. Kodwana akekho owathi kuJesu: “Ufunani emfazini lo?” Namkha “Kubayini ukhuluma naye?” 28 Ngemva kwalokho umfazi loyo watjhiya umjekakhe wamanzi, wakhamba waya edorobheni wafese wathi ebantwini: 29 “Yenize nizokubona umuntu ongitjele koke engikwenzileko. Kungenzeka na bona unguKrestu?” 30 Baphuma ngedorobheni baya kuJesu.
31 Kusese njalo, abafundi bebasolo bambawa bathi: “Rabi,+ yewudle.” 32 Kodwana wathi kibo: “Nginokudla engikudlako eningakwaziko.” 33 Yeke abafundi bathi komunye nomunye: “Kghani kunomuntu omlethele ukudla?” 34 UJesu wathi kibo: “Ukudla kwami kukwenza intando yongithumileko+ nokuqeda umsebenzakhe+. 35 Anitjho na ukuthi kusele iinyanga ezine ngaphambi kokuthi ukuvuna kufike? Ngithi kini: Phakamisani amehlwenu niqale amasimu bona sekalungele ukuvunwa.+ Nje 36 umvuni sekafumana umvuzo begodu ubuthelela iinthelo zokuphila okungapheliko, ukwenzela bona umtjali nomvuni bathabe boke.+ 37 Ngombana ngokwalokhu isitjhwesi siqinisile nasithi: Omunye mtjali bese omunye mvuni. 38 Nginithumele bona nivune lokho eningakhenge nikusebenzele. Abanye basebenzile begodu nizuzile emsebenzinabo.”
39 AmaSamariya amanengi wedorobhenelo akholelwa kuye ngebanga lobufakazi obanikelwa mfazi loya, nakathi: “Ungitjele koke engikwenzileko.”+ 40 Nje-ke amaSamariya nakafika kuye, ambawa bona ahlale nawo, ngalokho wahlala lapho amalanga amabili. 41 Yeke nabanye abanengi bakholwa ngebanga lalokho akutjhoko, 42 bathi emfazini lo: “Asisakholwa ngebanga lalokho ositjele khona kwaphela ngombana nathi sizizwele ngezethu begodu siyazi ukuthi umuntu lo kwamambala umsindisi wephasi.”+
43 Ngemva kwamalanga amabili, wasuka lapho watjhinga eGalile. 44 UJesu ngokwakhe wafakaza ukuthi umphorofidi akahlonitjhwa endaweni yekhabo.+ 45 Yeke nakafika eGalile, amaGalile amamukela ngombana bewabone koke akwenze eJerusalema emnyanyeni+ ngombana nawo bewayile emnyanyeni+ loyo.
46 Ngemva kwalokho wafika godu eKana yeGalile, lapho aphendula khona amanzi aba liwayini.+ Bekunesikhulu sebukhosini ebesigulelwa yindodanaso eKapernawumi. 47 Indoda le nayizwa bona uJesu usukile eJudiya wangena eGalile, yaya kuye yambawa bona ehle nayo azokulapha indodanayo ngombana beseyizokuhlongakala. 48 Kodwana uJesu wathi kiyo: “Ngaphandle kokuthi nina bantu nibone iimbonakaliso neemangaliso, angekhe nikholwe.”+ 49 Isikhulu sebukhosini sathi kuye: “Kosi, yehla nami ngaphambi kokuthi umsanyanami ahlongakale.” 50 UJesu wathi kiso: “Khamba; indodanakho iyaphila.”+ Indoda leyo yakukholelwa lokho uJesu ayitjele khona, yakhamba. 51 Nayisehlela khona, iinsebenzi zayo zayihlangabeza zizoyitjela ukuthi umsanyanayo upholile. 52 Yabuza iinsebenzi ukuthi uphole sikhathi bani. Zathi kiyo: “Umgomani umlise izolo ngesimbi yokuthoma ntambama.”* 53 Uyise wakhumbula ukuthi bekuli-irelo lokha uJesu nakathi kuye: “Indodanakho iyaphila.”+ Nje-ke yona nomndenayo woke bakholwa. 54 Lesi bekusibonakaliso sesibili+ esenziwa nguJesu nakasuka eJudiya angena eGalile.