UJesu nomfazi weSamariya
1AbaFarisi bezwa bona uJesu uzuze bewabhabhadisa abafundi abanengi kunoJwanisi. 2Eqinisweni, uJesu azange akhe abhabhadise kodwana bekubhabhadisa abafundi bakhe. 3Yeke wasuka eJudiya wabuyela eGalile. 4Bekufanele bona adlule eSamariya.
5Khona wafika eSamariya emzini okuthiwa yiSikhari eduze kwesimu uJakopo ayinikela indodanakhe uJosefa. 6Umthombo kaJakopo gade ulapho, nje-ke uJesu sele adiniwe ekhambeni lakhe, wahlala phasi eqadi komthombo; bekusemini ekulu.
7Kweza umfazi weSamariya azokukhelela amanzi, uJesu wathi kuye: “Akhe ungiphe amanzi, ngisele.” 8Abafundi bakhe bebasaye ngemzini ukuyokuthenga ukudla.
9Umfazi womSamariya wathi: “Wena umJuda, mina ngimSamariya, alo-ke ungangibawa njani amanzi wokusela na?” AmaJuda akadlelani namaSamariya.
10UJesu waphendula wathi: “Ingathana bewazi isipho sakaZimu, nokobana ngubani othi kuwe, ‘Ngiseza’ bewuzambawa, yena ubazakupha amanzi wokuphila.”
11Umfazi wathi kuye: “Mnimzana! Awunanto yokukha, begodu umthombo lo uyatjhinga. Uzawafumanaphi amanzi wokuphila lawo na? 12Utjho bona wena umkhulu kukhokho wethu uJakopo owasipha umthombo lo bewasela kiwo yena namadodanakhe nefuywakhe na?”
13UJesu waphendula wathi: “Nanyana ngubani osela amanzi la uzakoma godu, 14kodwana ngiloyo naloyo osela amanzi engizamupha wona angekhe abe asoma godu. Amanzi engizamupha wona azakuphenduka isiyalu ngaphakathi kwakhe simondle ngamanzi wokuphila okungapheliko.”
15Umfazi wathi: “Mnimzana, ngipha amanzi lawo ukuze ngingasoma namkha ngibuye lapha ngizokukhelela.”
16UJesu wathi kuye: “Khamba uyokubiza indodakho uze nayo.”
17Umfazi waphendula wathi: “Anginandoda.”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Uqinisile lokha nawuthi awunandoda 18ngombana bewunamadoda amahlanu, naleyo ohlala nayo nje, akusingeyakho. Yeke ungitjele iqiniso.”
19Umfazi wathi: “Ngiyabona bonyana umphorofidi, Mnimzana. 20Abokhokho bethu bathandaza entabeni le, kodwana nina maJuda nithi iJerusalema yindawo lapha kufanele sithandazele khona.”
21UJesu wathi kuye: “Yewungikholwe mfazi, isikhathi siyeza lapha uBaba angekhe athandazwa entabeni le namkha eJerusalema. 22Nina nithandaza eningakwaziko, kodwana thina sithandaza esikwaziko ngombana isindiso ivela emaJudeni. 23Kodwana isikhathi siyeza, begodu sebesifikile, lapha abathandazako bazakuthandaza uBaba ngommoya nangeqiniso ngombana uBaba uthanda abamlotjha njalo. 24UZimu unguMoya, labo abamthandazako kufuze bamthandaze ngommoya nangeqiniso njengombana anjalo.”
25Umfazi wathi kuye: “Ngiyazi bona uMesiya okuthiwa nguKrestu, uzakuza; nakafikako uzasihlathululela koke.”
26UJesu wathi kuye: “Nginguye, okhuluma nawe.”
27Khonokho abafundi bakhe bafika. Barareka ngokukhuluma kwakhe nomfazi. Kodwana akakho owathi kuye, “Ufunani na?” namkha, “Ukhulumelani naye na?”
28Yeke umfazi wasukela umjekakhe lapho wabuyela ngemzini, wathi ebantwini: 29“Yizani nizokubona umuntu ongitjele koke engakhe ngakwenza. Angaba nguKrestu na?” 30Baphuma ngemzini baya kuJesu.
31Kusenjalo abafundi bamncenga bathi: “Mfundisi, akhe ugome!”
32Kodwana waphendula wathi: “Nginokudla engikugomako eningazi ilitho ngakho.”
33Yeke abafundi babuzana bathi: “Kghani omunye umlethele ukudla na?”
34UJesu wathi kibo: “Ukudla kwami kukwenza intando yongithumileko nokuqeda umsebenzakhe. 35Azakhe niphele nitjho nithi, ‘Kusele iinyanga ezine bona kuvunwe!’ Kodwana ngithi kini qalani mazombe, amasimu sele alungele ukuvunwa. 36Ovunako sele amukeliswa umvuzo begodu ubuthelela iinthelo zokuphila okungapheliko ukuze otjalileko novunako bathabe boke. 37Ngokunjalo siliqiniso isitjho esithi, ‘Omunye uyatjala, omunye uyavuna.’ 38Nginithume bona niyokuvuna lapha ningasebenzi khona, abanye balimile, nina nizakuzuza emsebenzinabo.”
39AmaSamariya amanengi ngemzini akholwa kuye ngebanga lobufakazi bomfazi obuthi: “Ungitjele koke engakhe ngakwenza.” 40Yeke kwathi abantu beSamariya nabeza kuye, bambawa bona ahlale nabo; nje-ke wahlala lapho amalanga amabili.
41Abanengi godu bakholwa ngomlayezwakhe. 42Bathi emfazini: “Siyakholwa gadesi, ingasingalokho okutjhwileko ngombana nathi ngokwethu simzwile, besiyazi bona nguye uMsindisi wephasi.”
UJesu upholisa indodana yenduna
43Ngemva kokuphela kwamalanga amabili, wasuka lapho waya eGalile 44ngombana yena ngokwakhe wathi: “Umphorofidi akahlonitjhwa endaweni yekhabo.” 45Kwathi bona afike eGalile, abantu bamamukela ngombana bebakubonile koke akwenze emcimbini eJerusalema.
46Yeke uJesu wabuyela eKana ngeGalile, lapha bekaphendule khona amanzi aba liwayini. Nje-ke bekukhona induna egade inendodana egulako eKapernawumi. 47Kwathi bona izwe bonyana uJesu ubuyile eJudiya useGalile, yaya kuye yayombawa bona ehle ayokupholisa indodanayo, ebesele iseduze nokufa. 48UJesu wathi kiyo: “Ngaphandle kobana nibone iimbonakaliso neemangaliso angeze nakholwa.”
49Induna yaphendula yathi: “Kosi, yehla ngaphambi kobana indodanami ife.”
50UJesu wathi kiyo: “Khamba, indodanakho izakuphila!”
Yawakholwa amezwi kaJesu yakhamba. 51Kuthi isendleleni isiya ekhaya, iinceku zayo zayihlangabeza ngombiko oyazisa bonyana indodanayo ipholile.
52Nje-ke yazibuza bona bekusikhathi bani lokha indodanayo iba ngcono. Zayiphendula zathi: “Bekuyisimbi yokuthoma izolo ntambama lokha umgomani nawuyilisako.” 53Yeke uyise wakhumbula bona sikhatheso lokha uJesu namtjelako asithi: “Indodana yakho izakuphila.” Yeke yena nekumba yakhe yoke bakholwa.
54Leso-ke simangaliso sesibili uJesu asenzako ukusuka eJudiya ukuya eGalile.
