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13 Nje-ke njengombana uJesu bekazi ngaphambi komnyanya wePhasika bona isikhathi sakhe sokukhamba ephasineli aye kuYise sesifikile,+ bekabathanda okungebakhe ebebasephasini, wabathanda bekwaba sekupheleni.+ 2 Isidlo santambama besiraga begodu uDeveli besekakufakile ehliziyweni kaJudasi Iskariyodi,+ indodana kaSimoni, ukuthi amthengise.+ 3 Yeke uJesu, azi ukuthi uBaba unikele zoke izinto ezandleni zakhe nokuthi uvele kuZimu begodu bekaya kuZimu,+ 4 wasikima esidlweni santambama wabeka izambatho zakhe zangaphandle eqadi. Wathatha ithawula walitantela edinini.+ 5 Ngemva kwalokho wathela amanzi ngesitjeni wahlambisa abafundi bakhe iinyawo wazisula ngethawula ebekazitantele ngalo. 6 Wafika kuSimoni Pitrosi. UPitrosi wathi kuye: “Kosi, ungihlambisa iinyawo?” 7 UJesu wathi kuye: “Lokhu engikwenzako awukuzwisisi nje kodwana uzokuzwisisa ngemva kwezintwezi.” 8 UPitrosi wathi kuye: “Awa, angekhe ungihlambise iinyawo.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Ngaphandle kokuthi ngikuhlambise,+ awunatjhebiswano nami.” 9 USimoni Pitrosi wathi kuye: “Kosi, ungangihlambisi iinyawo kwaphela kodwana ngihlambisa nezandla nehloko.” 10 UJesu wathi kuye: “Nanyana ngubani ohlambileko akutlhogeki ahlanjiswe okhunye ngaphandle kweenyawo zakhe kodwana uhlwenge ngokupheleleko. Nina madoda nihlwengile kodwana ingasi noke.” 11 Ngombana bekamazi umuntu ozomthengisa.+ Kungakho athi: “Akusingini noke enihlwengileko.”
12 Ngemva kokubahlambisa iinyawo wambatha izambatho zakhe zangaphandle, wahlala etafuleni godu wathi kibo: “Niyakuzwisisa na engikwenze kini? 13 Ningibiza ngokuthi ‘Mfundisi’ nokuthi ‘Kosi,’ nitjho kufanele ngombana ngingikho.+ 14 Nje-ke, nangabe mina, nanyana ngiyiKosi noMfundisi, nginihlambise iinyawo,+ nani kufuze nihlambisane* iinyawo.+ 15 Ngombana nginibekela isibonelo sokuthi njengombana ngenzile kini, nani nenze okufanako.+ 16 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, isigqila asisisikhulu kunekosaso nothunyiweko akasimkhulu kunaloyo omthumileko. 17 Nje seniyazazi izintwezi kodwana nizokuthaba nanizenzako.+ 18 Angikhulumi ngani noke; ngiyabazi engibakhethileko. Kodwana lokhu kwenzeke bona umtlolo lo uzaliseke:+ ‘Loyo odla uburotho bami ungijikele.’*+ 19 Kusukela nje, nginitjela ngaphambi kobana kwenzeke, khona kuzakuthi nakwenzekako nikholwe bona nginguye.+ 20 Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, owamukela nanyana ngubani engimthumileko, wamukela nami+ begodu nanyana ngubani ongamukelako wamukela naloyo ongithumileko.”+
21 Ngemva kokutjho izintwezi, uJesu watshwenyeka emmoyeni, wafakaza, wathi: “Ngiqinisile ngithi kini, omunye wenu uzongithengisa.”+ 22 Abafundi baqalana, bebangazi ukuthi ukhuluma ngobani.+ 23 Omunye wabafundi, loyo uJesu ebekamthanda,+ bekahlezi eduze noJesu. 24 Nje-ke, uSimoni Pitrosi wakhomba umfundi lo ngehloko wathi: “Sitjela bona ukhuluma ngobani.” 25 Umfundi loyo wasama esifubeni sakaJesu wathi kuye: “Kosi, ngubani?”+ 26 UJesu waphendula wathi: “Ngiloyo engizomnikela isiqetjhana soburotho engibutjhebileko.”+ Yeke watjheba uburotho, wabunikela uJudasi, indodana kaSimoni Iskariyodi. 27 UJudasi wathatha isiqetjhana soburothobo, ngemva kwalokho uSathana wangena kuye.+ UJesu wathi kuye: “Lokho okwenzako, kwenze msinyana khulu.” 28 Nanyana kunjalo, akekho kilabo ebebahlezi etafuleni obekazi ukuthi kubayini atjho lokho kuye. 29 Kuhlekuhle, abanye bebacabanga bona njengombana uJudasi bekaphatha ibhoksi lemali,+ uJesu bekathi kuye, “Khamba uyokuthenga izinto esizitlhogela umnyanya” namkha bekathi kufuze anikele abadududu okuthileko. 30 Nje-ke kwathi bona athathe isiqetjhana soburothobo, waphuma khonokho. Bekusebusuku.+
31 Nasekaphumile, uJesu wathi: “Nje iNdodana yomuntu iphazinyulisiwe+ noZimu uphazinyulisiwe malungana nayo. 32 UZimu ngokwakhe uzoyiphazimulisa+ begodu uzoyiphazimulisa khona nje. 33 Bantwanyana, nginani isikhatjhana. Nizongifuna; godu lokho engikutjele amaJuda nangithi, ‘Lapho engiya khona angekhe nize,’+ ngikutjho nakini nje. 34 Ngininikela umyalo omutjha, wokuthi nithandane; njengombana nami nginithandile,+ nani thandanani.+ 35 Boke bazokwazi ngalokhu ukuthi nibafundi bami nanithandanako.”+
36 USimoni Pitrosi wathi kuye: “Kosi, uyaphi?” UJesu wathi: “Lapho ngiya khona, angekhe ungilandele nje kodwana uzongilandela ngokukhamba kwesikhathi.”+ 37 UPitrosi wathi kuye: “Kosi, kubayini ngingekhe ngikghone ukukulandela nje? Ngizokudela ukuphila kwami ngebanga lakho.”+ 38 UJesu wathi: “Uzokudela ukuphila kwakho ngebanga lami? Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe, umkukurumbu angekhe ulile bekube kulapho sewungiphike kathathu.”+