Kubalisa uYohane
21 Emva koko, uYesu waphinda waziveza kubafundi bakhe ngakuLwandle LwaseTibheriya. Waziveza ngale ndlela: 2 Kwakukho uSimon Petros, uTomas (lo wayebizwa ngokuba nguWele),+ uNathaniyeli+ waseKana yaseGalili, oonyana bakaZebhedi+ nabanye abafundi bakaYesu ababini, behleli kunye. 3 USimon Petros wathi kubo: “Ndisayokuloba.” Bathi: “Siza kuhamba nawe.” Baya ke, bekhwele isikhephe, kodwa abazange babambise nto ngobo busuku.+
4 Kwathi xa kusisa, abafundi babona uYesu eme elunxwemeni, kodwa bengaboni ukuba nguye.+ 5 UYesu wathi kubo: “Bahlobo bam,* ninako na ukutya?”* Bathi “Hayi!” 6 Wathi kubo: “Phosani umnatha ngasekunene kwesikhephe, ikhona into eniza kuyifumana.” Bawuphosa, kodwa abakwazi ukuwubuyisa kuba wawubambise iintlanzi ezininzi kakhulu.+ 7 Emva koko, umfundi obethandwa kakhulu nguYesu+ wathi kuPetros: “YiNkosi!” Wathi akuva loo nto uSimon Petros, wanxiba isambatho sakhe sangaphezulu, kuba wayenganxibanga ngasentla, waziphosa elwandle. 8 Abanye abafundi balandela emva kwakhe ngesikhephe, berhuqa lo mnatha ugcwele iintlanzi, kuba babengekudanga elunxwemeni, bemalunga neemitha eziyi-90* ukusuka emhlabeni.
9 Bathi bakufika elunxwemeni babona umlilo wamalahle, kubekwe kuwo iintlanzi kukho nesonka. 10 UYesu wathi kubo: “Khanize neentlanzi, kwezi nisanda kuzibambisa.” 11 USimon Petros wahamba wayokukhwela esikhepheni waza wawutsalela elunxwemeni umnatha, ugcwele iintlanzi ezinkulu eziyi-153. Kodwa nangona zazininzi kangako, awuzange uqhaqheke. 12 UYesu wathi kubo: “Yizani nizokutya.” Akukho namnye kubafundi owaba nesibindi sokuthi: “Ungubani?” kuba babesazi ukuba yiNkosi. 13 UYesu wathatha isonka, wabanika, wabanika nentlanzi. 14 Apha uYesu wayeziveza okwesithathu+ kubafundi bakhe emva kokuba evuswe ekufeni.
15 Bagqiba ukutya, waza uYesu wathi kuSimon Petros: “Simon nyana kaYohane, undithanda ngaphezu kwezi na?” Wamphendula wathi: “Ewe Nkosi, uyazi ukuba ndikuthanda kakhulu.” Wathi kuye: “Yondla amatakane am.”*+ 16 Waphinda wathi kuye: “Simon nyana kaYohane, uyandithanda na?” Wamphendula wathi: “Ewe Nkosi, uyazi ukuba ndikuthanda kakhulu.” Wathi kuye: “Yalusa amatakane am.”*+ 17 UYesu wathi kuye okwesithathu: “Simon nyana kaYohane, uyandithanda na?” UPetros wakhathazeka kakhulu kukuba embuza okwesithathu ukuba: “Uyandithanda na?” Ngoko wathi kuye: “Nkosi, wena wazi yonke into; uyazi ukuba ndikuthanda kakhulu.” UYesu wathi kuye: “Yondla amatakane am.*+ 18 Ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba, xa wawusemncinci wawuzinxibisa, uye apho uthanda ukuya khona. Kodwa xa umdala, uza kolula izandla zakho, unxityiswe ngomnye umntu, aze akuse apho ungafuni kuya khona.” 19 Watsho kuba wayefuna ukumbonisa indlela aza kufa ngayo ezukisa uThixo. Emva kokuba etshilo, wathi kuye: “Qhubeka undilandela.”+
20 UPetros wajika, wabona laa mfundi wayethandwa nguYesu+ ebalandela, lo wasondela kuYesu ngesidlo sangokuhlwa wathi: “Nkosi, ngubani oza kukujikela?” 21 Akumbona, uPetros wathi kuYesu: “Nkosi, kuza kwenzeka ntoni kule yona indoda?” 22 UYesu wathi kuye: “Ukuba ndifuna ahlale ephila de ndibuye, ikuhlupha ngantoni wena loo nto? Wena qhubeka nje undilandela.” 23 Ngoko le nto yaziwa ngabazalwana, ukuba lo mfundi akazukufa. Kodwa uYesu akazange atsho kuye ukuba akazukufa, kodwa wathi: “Ukuba ndifuna ahlale ephila de ndibuye, ikuhlupha ngantoni wena loo nto?”
24 Lo mfundi+ wazibonela ngokwakhe ezi zinto, waza wazibhala, ibe siyazi ukuba ziyinyani.
25 Kukho nezinye izinto ezininzi awazenzayo uYesu. Ukuba bezinokubhalwa zonke ngokupheleleyo, ndicinga ukuba bekungazukubakho ndawo yaneleyo yokubeka loo misongo emhlabeni.+