1 Laliselisondele itheko *lePasika. UYesu ke wayesazi okokuba lifikile ixesha lokuba anduluke kweli hlabathi, aye kuYise. Wayesoloko ebathanda abo bangabakhe kweli hlabathi, wabathanda kwada kwaba sekugqibeleni.
2-3 Ngokuhlwa uYesu nabafundi bakhe babesetafileni besitya. Umtyholi wayeselekufakile entliziyweni kaJudas, unyana kaSimon Sikariyoti, okokuba angcatshe uYesu. UYesu wayesazi ukuba uYise uzinikele ezandleni zakhe zonke izinto; esazi okokuba yena uvela kuThixo, kwaye uya kuThixo.
4 Waza ke uYesu waphakama etafileni, wakhulula isambatho sakhe sangaphezulu, wabhinqa itawuli,
5 wagalela amanzi ekomini, wahlamba iinyawo zabafundi bakhe, ezisula ngetawuli awayeyibhinqile.
6 Akufika kuSimon Petros, yena wathi kuYesu: “Nkosi, uza kuhlamba nezam iinyawo?”
7 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Okwangoku akukayazi into endiyenzayo, kodwa uza kube uyiqonde.”
8 Wathi kuye uPetros: “Nokuba sekutheni, ngekhe zihlanjwe nguwe iinyawo zam.”UYesu wamphendula wathi: “Ukuba andithanga ndikuhlambe, awunabudlelane nam.”
9 Waza uSimon Petros wathi kuye: “Nkosi, xa kunjalo, sukundihlamba iinyawo zodwa, selundihlamba izandla nentloko.”
10 UYesu wathi kuye: “Oselehlambe umzimba, uswele kuphela okokuba ahlanjwe iinyawo, ukuze ahlambuluke wonke. Nani ke nihlambulukile, kodwa aninjalo nonke.”
11 UYesu wayeselemazi lowo uza kumngcatsha, kungoko watshoyo ukuthi abahlambulukanga bonke.
12 Akuba uYesu ezihlambile iinyawo zabo, ephinde wasinxiba isambatho sakhe sangaphezulu, waya kuhlala phantsi, wathi kubo: “Ngaba niyayiqonda na into endiyenzileyo?
13 Nindibiza ngokuthi: ‘Mfundisi,’ okanye: ‘Nkosi’. Niyakholisa ukutsho, kuba kunjalo.
14 Ke ngoko, ukuba mna endiyiNkosi noMfundisi wenu, ndithe ndahlamba iinyawo zenu, nani ke nimelwe kukuhlambana iinyawo.
15 Ndinenzele umzekelo, ukuze nani nenze njengoko mna ndinibonisileyo.
16 Ndithi kuni, inene, akukho sicaka singaphezu kwenkosi yaso, kungekho nothunyiweyo ongaphezulu kwalowo umthumileyo.
17 Nivile ke. Hayi uyolo lwenu xa nithe nawulandela lo mzekelo.
18 “Andibhekisi kuni nonke. Ndiyabazi abo ndibanyulileyo, kodwa imelwe kukuzaliseka le ndawo eziBhalweni ithi: ‘Lowo utyayo kunye nam undivukele.’
19 Ndinixelele kungekenzeki, ukuze kuthi, kwakuba kwenzekile, nikholwe okokuba ndinguye endinguye.
20 Inene, lowo umamkelayo endimthumileyo, wamkela mna; ke owamkela mna, wamkela lowo undithumileyo.”
21 Akuba uYesu etshilo, wakhathazeka kakhulu, waza wabaqononondisa esithi: “Ndithi kuni, inene, omnye kuni apha uza kundingcatsha.”
22 Baza bajongana abafundi bakhe, bengazi mpela okokuba ngubani na lowo athetha ngaye.
23 Ke omnye umfundi kaYesu, lowo wayethandwa nguye, wayehleli ecaleni kwakhe,
24 waza uSimon Petros wanqwala kuye ukuba abuze ukuba ngaba uYesu uthetha bani na.
25 Lowo mfundi ke wagobela ngakuYesu, wathi: “Ngaba ngubani lowo, Nkosi?”
26 Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ngulowo ndiya kuthi ndakuba ndisithe nkxu isonka, ndimnike.” Waza wathatha iqhekeza lesonka, walithi nkxu, walinika uJudas, unyana kaSimon Sikariyoti.
27 Kwathi kwangoko akulamkela elo qhekeza lesonka uJudas, wangenwa nguSathana. Waza wathi kuye uYesu: “Khawulezisa uyenze into oyenzayo.”
28 Kwakungekho namnye kwabo basetafileni owakuqondayo oko uYesu wayekuthetha.
29 Ekubeni yayigcinwa nguJudas ingxowa yabo yemali, abanye kubafundi babesithi uYesu umthuma ukuba aye kuthenga ezo zinto ziyimfuneko kwitheko *lePasika, okanye mhlawumbi uthi makaye kupha amahlwempu amalizo.
30 Elamkele ke uJudas elo qhekeza lesonka, waphuma kwangoko. Ke kaloku kwakusebusuku.
31 Akuba emkile uJudas, uYesu wathi: “Ngoku ke uza kunikwa ubungangamsha *uNyana woLuntu; uThixo uza kubonakalisa amandla akhe ngaye.
32 Xa ke uThixo abonakalisa amandla akhe ngaye, wothi amnike ubungangamsha uNyana woLuntu, kwaye oko uza kukwenza kwangoku.
33 Bantwana bam, liphelile ixesha lam phakathi kwenu. Niya kundifuna, kodwa oko ndakuthethayo kumaJuda ndikuthetha nakuni ngoku, ndisithi: ‘Apho mna ndiya khona, aninakuya nina.’
34 Ndiniwisela umthetho omtsha, ndithi: Thandanani! Njengoko ndinithandileyo mna, nani thandanani kanye ngolo hlobo.
35 Ukuba niyathandana, bonke baya kuqonda okokuba ningabafundi bam.”
36 USimon Petros wabuza kuYesu wathi: “Uza kuya phi na, Nkosi?”Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Apho ndiya khona akukabi nakuya okwangoku, kodwa wobe ulandele.”
37 Wathi kuye uPetros: “Nkosi, kungani na ukuba ndingabi nakuya ngoku? Ndilindele nokufa ngenxa yakho!”
38 Wamphendula uYesu wathi: “Ngaba ukulindele ngenene ukufa ngenxa yam? Ndithi kuwe, inene, wobe sewundikhanyele kathathu ukukhala kwenkuku.”