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21 Ngemva kwalokhu uJesu waphinde wazibonakalisa* kubafundi oLwandle LwaseThibheriya. Wazibonakalisa ngale ndlela. 2 Kwakuhlangene uSimoni Petru, uTomase (owayebizwa ngokuthi iWele), + uNathanayeli + waseKhana laseGalile, amadodana kaZebedewu + nabanye ababili kubafundi bakhe. 3 USimoni Petru wathi kubo: “Ngisaya kodoba.” Bathi kuye: “Sihamba nawe.” Baphuma bangena esikebheni, kodwa phakathi nalobo busuku ababambanga lutho. +
4 Nokho, lapho kusa, uJesu wama ogwini, kodwa abafundi babengaboni ukuthi nguJesu. + 5 UJesu wabe esethi kubo: “Bantwana, ninakho yini okudliwayo?”* Bamphendula bathi: “Cha!” 6 Wathi kubo: “Phonsani inethi ngakwesokudla sesikebhe nizozithola izinhlanzi.” Ngakho baliphonsa, kodwa ababange besakwazi ukulidonsela ngaphakathi ngenxa yobuningi bezinhlanzi. + 7 Ngemva kwalokho umfundi uJesu ayemthanda + wathi kuPetru: “YiNkosi!” Lapho uSimoni Petru ezwa ukuthi yiNkosi, wagqoka* ingubo yakhe yangaphandle, ngoba wayenqunu,* wagxumela olwandle. 8 Kodwa abanye abafundi beza ngesikebhe esincane, bedonsa inethi eligcwele izinhlanzi, ngoba babengekude nendawo eyomile, babeqhele ngamamitha acishe abe ngu-90* kuphela.
9 Lapho befika ogwini babona umlilo wamalahle, kukhona phezu kwawo izinhlanzi nesinkwa. 10 UJesu wathi kubo: “Lethani ezinye zezinhlanzi enisanda kuzibamba.” 11 Ngakho uSimoni Petru wagibela esikebheni wadonsela inethi ogwini, ligcwele izinhlanzi ezinkulu ezingu-153. Nakuba zaziziningi kangako, inethi alizange lidabuke. 12 UJesu wathi kubo: “Wozani, yidlani ukudla kwenu kwasekuseni.” Akekho noyedwa kubafundi owaba nesibindi sokumbuza ukuthi: “Ungubani?” ngoba babazi ukuthi yiNkosi. 13 UJesu weza wathatha isinkwa wabanika sona, nezinhlanzi ngokufanayo. 14 Manje lokhu kwase kungokwesithathu + uJesu ebonakala kubafundi ngemva kokuvuswa kwakhe kwabafile.
15 Lapho sebedle ukudla kwasekuseni, uJesu wathi kuSimoni Petru: “Simoni ndodana kaJona, uyangithanda yini ngaphezu kwalezi?” Wathi kuye: “Yebo Nkosi, uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.” Wathi kuye: “Yondla amawundlu ami.” + 16 Wabuye wathi kuye okwesibili: “Simoni ndodana kaJona, uyangithanda yini?” Wathi kuye: “Yebo Nkosi, uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.” Wathi kuye: “Yalusa amawundlu ami.” + 17 Wathi kuye okwesithathu: “Simoni ndodana kaJona, uyangithanda yini?” UPetru waba lusizi ngoba wayembuza okwesithathu ukuthi: “Uyangithanda yini?” Ngakho wathi kuye: “Nkosi, wazi zonke izinto; uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda.” UJesu wathi kuye: “Yondla amawundlu ami. + 18 Ngiqinisile impela ngithi kuwe, lapho usemncane, wawuzigqokisa bese uhamba uye lapho ufuna khona. Kodwa lapho uguga uyokwelula izandla zakho, omunye umuntu akugqokise akuyise lapho ungathandi khona.” 19 Lokhu wakusho ukuze abonise ukuthi luhlobo luni lokufa ayezokhazimulisa ngalo uNkulunkulu. Ngemva kokusho lokhu, wathi kuye: “Qhubeka ungilandela.” +
20 UPetru waphenduka wabona umfundi uJesu ayemthanda + elandela, lowo owancika esifubeni sakhe ngesikhathi sesidlo sakusihlwa wathi: “Nkosi, ubani okukhaphelayo?” 21 Ngakho, lapho uPetru embona, wathi kuJesu: “Nkosi, kuzokwenzekani kule ndoda?” 22 UJesu wathi kuye: “Uma kuyintando yami ukuba ahlale ngize ngifike, kukukhathaza ngani wena lokho? Wena qhubeka ungilandela.” 23 Ngakho, leli zwi lasakazeka phakathi kwabafowethu, ukuthi lowo mfundi wayengeke afe. Nokho, uJesu akazange athi kuye wayengeke afe, kodwa wathi: “Uma kuyintando yami ukuba ahlale ngize ngifike, kukukhathaza ngani wena lokho?”
24 Nguye lo mfundi + ofakaza ngalezi zinto nowabhala lezi zinto, futhi siyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe buyiqiniso.
25 Eqinisweni, kukhona nezinye izinto eziningi uJesu azenza, engicabanga ukuthi uma imininingwane yazo egcwele ibingalotshwa, izwe ngokwalo belingeke likwazi ukuyiqukatha imiqulu ebiyolotshwa. +