John 21
UJesu uzibonakalisa kubafundi bakhe elwandle lweTiberiyasi
1Emva kwalezizinto uJesu wabuya wazibonakalisa a kubafundi elwandle lweTiberiyasi b; njalo wazibonakalisa ngalindlela. 2Babendawonye oSimoni Petro, loTomasi othiwa nguDidimusi c, loNathaniyeli d oweKana yeGalili e, lamadodana kaZebediya, labanye ababili babafundi bakhe f. 3USimoni Petro wathi kubo: Ngiyagola inhlanzi. Bathi kuye: Lathi sizahamba lawe. Basebephuma bahle bangena emkhunjini g, kodwa ngalobobusuku kababambanga lutho h. 4Kwathi sekusemadabukakusa uJesu wema ekhunjini i; kodwa abafundi babengazi ukuthi nguJesu j. 5Ngakho uJesu wathi kubo: Bantwana, lilokudla yini k? Bamphendula bathi: Hatshi l. 6Wasesithi kubo: Phosani imbule ehlangothini lokunene lomkhumbi, njalo lizathola m. Basebephosa, njalo babengaselakho ukulidonsa ngenxa yobunengi benhlanzi. 7Ngakho lowomfundi uJesu ayemthanda wathi kuPetro n: YiNkosi. USimoni Petro, esezwile ukuthi yiNkosi, wagqoka isembatho o (ngoba wayenqunu p), waseziphosela olwandle. 8Kodwa abanye abafundi beza ngomkolo q, bedonsa imbule lenhlanzi, ngoba babengekhatshana lomhlabathi, kodwa kungaba zingalo ezingamakhulu amabili. 9Kwathi sebekhuphukele emhlabathini, babona umlilo wamalahle r khona, lenhlanzi zibekwe phezu kwawo, lesinkwa s. 10UJesu wathi kubo: Lethani ezinye zezinhlanzi elisanda kuzibamba t. 11USimoni Petro wasekhwela, wahudulela imbule emhlabathini, ligcwele inhlanzi ezinkulu, ikhulu lamatshumi amahlanu lantathu; njalo lanxa zazinengi kangaka, imbule kalidabukanga u. 12UJesu wathi kubo: Wozani v lidle w. Kodwa kakho kubafundi owaba lesibindi sokumbuza ukuthi: Ungubani wena? besazi ukuthi yiNkosi. 13UJesu wasesiza x, wathatha isinkwa, wabanika, lenhlanzi ngokufananayo y. 14Lokhu sekungokwesithathu uJesu ebonakaliswa z kubafundi, esevukile kwabafileyo aa.Ukholo lukaPetro
15Sebedlile ab, uJesu wathi kuSimoni Petro: Simoni kaJona ac, uyangithanda kulalaba yini ad? Wathi kuye: Yebo Nkosi; wena uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. Wathi kuye: Phana amawundlu ami ukudla. 16Wabuya wathi kuye ngokwesibili: Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda yini ae? Wathi kuye: Yebo Nkosi, wena uyazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda. Wathi kuye: Yelusa izimvu zami af. 17Wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: Simoni kaJona, uyangithanda yini ag? UPetro wadabuka ngoba wathi kuye ngokwesithathu: Uyangithanda yini ah? Wasesithi kuye: Nkosi, wena uyakwazi konke; wena uyakwazi ukuthi ngiyakuthanda ai. UJesu wathi kuye: Phana izimvu zami ukudla. 18Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe aj: Usemutsha, wawuzibhinca, uhamba lapho othanda khona; kodwa nxa usumdala, uzakwelula izandla zakho, omunye abesekubopha, akuse lapho ongathandi khona ak. 19Lalokhu wakutsho, etshengisa indlela yokufa al ayezadumisa uNkulunkulu ngayo am. Esetshilo lokhu wathi kuye: Ngilandela an. 20UPetro etshibilika wabona umfundi uJesu amthandayo elandela ao, yena futhi owayeyeme esifubeni sakhe ekudleni kwantambama wathi: Nkosi, ngubani ozakunikela ap? 21Kwathi uPetro embona wathi kuJesu: Nkosi, lo-ke? 22UJesu wathi kuye: Uba ngithanda ukuthi ahlale aq ngize ngifike, ulani lakho ar? Ngilandela wena as. 23Ngakho lelilizwi laphumela kubazalwane, ukuthi lowomfundi kayikufa; kanti uJesu katshongo kuye ukuthi kayikufa; kodwa wathi: Uba ngithanda ukuthi ahlale ngize ngifike, ulani lakho at?Isicino
24Nguye lowomfundi ofakaza ngalezizinto, lozibhalileyo; njalo siyazi au ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe buliqiniso av. 25Njalo zikhona lezinye izinto ezinengi uJesu azenzayo, uba bezilotshiwe zonke ngazinye aw, ngicabanga ukuthi lomhlaba lawo ax ubungebe lendawo yezingwalo ezilotshiweyo. Ameni ay.
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