24 “Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Lowo lova livi lami akholwe ngulongitfumile, unekuphila lokuphakadze. Akayi ekwehlulelweni, kodvwa sewuphumile ekufeni, wangena ekuphileni.
Labo-ke bayawuhamba baye ekujezisweni kwaphakadze; kodvwa labalungile bayakuya ekuphileni kwaphakadze.”
“Lowo lokholwako abhajatiswe, uyawusindziswa; kodvwa lowo longakholwa, uyawulahlwa.
Lowo lophila akholwe ngimi, angeke afe naphakadze. Uyakukholwa loku?”
Jesu wakhuluma ngelivi lelikhulu watsi: “Lowo lokholwa ngimi, akakholwa ngimi kodvwa ukholwa ngulowo longitfumile.
Leti tibhalelwe kutsi nitewukholwa kutsi Jesu unguKhristu, iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, nekutsi ngekukholwa kwenu nibe nekuphila ngelibito lakhe.
Nkulunkulu walitsandza live kakhulu kangangekutsi wadzimate wanikela ngeNdvodzana yakhe lekukuphela kwayo, kuze kutsi nome ngubani lokholwa ngiyo angabhubhi, kodvwa abe nekuphila lokuphakadze.
“Lokholwa kuyo akalahlwa ngelicala, kodvwa longakholwa vele sewulahliwe, ngobe angakholwa egameni leNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu lekukuphela kwayo.
Lokholwa yiNdvodzana, unekuphila lokuphakadze; kodvwa longakholwa yiNdvodzana, ute kuphila lokuphakadze; kodvwa lulaka lwaNkulunkulu lulengela etikwakhe.”
Lovunako uyaholelwa, abutse sivuno kube kuphila lokuphakadze, kuze lohlanyelako ajabule kanye nalowo lovunako.
Ngobe loko kuyintsandvo yaBabe kutsi, bonkhe lababone iNdvodzana, base bakholwa kuyo, babe nekuphila lokuphakadze; mine-ke ngiyawubavusa ngemhla wekuphela.”
Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Lowo lokholwako, unekuphila lokuphakadze.
Lesi sinkhwa lesehla ezulwini, kuze wonkhe umuntfu asidle angabe asafa.
Mine ngisinkhwa lesinekuphila lesehla ezulwini, umuntfu nakadla lesinkhwa uyawuphila ingunaphakadze. Futsi-ke lesinkhwa, lengitasinikelela kuphila kwelive, siyinyama yami.”
Lesi-ke sinkhwa lesehla ezulwini, asifanani nesinkhwa lesadliwa bokhokho benu, babuye bafa. Lodla lesinkhwa uyawuphila kuze kube phakadze.”
Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: Nangabe umuntfu agcina livi lami, angeke akubone kufa nini nanini.”
Sekute kulahlwa kulabo labakuKhristu Jesu.
Ngobe Nkulunkulu akasimiselanga kwehlelwa lulaka lwakhe, kodvwa wasimisela kutsi sitfole insindziso ngeNkhosi yetfu Jesu Khristu,
Ngaye loKhristu nakholwa kuNkulunkulu, lowamvusa kulabafile, wamnika bukhosi, kuze kutsi nibheke kuNkulunkulu ngelitsemba nangekukholwa.
Nkulunkulu uyawunigcina ngemandla akhe, njengobe nimetsemba, kube kusindziswa lokutakwembulwa ngesikhatsi sekugcina.
Siyati kutsi sesiphumile ekufeni, sangena ekuphileni, ngobe sitsandza bazalwane; lote lutsandvo usesekufeni.
Wonkhe umuntfu lokholwa kutsi Jesu unguKhristu, ungumntfwana waNkulunkulu; umuntfu lotsandza umtali, utsandza nemntfwanakhe futsi.