UJesu ubekhuthaza abaphostoli bakhe abathembekileyo ebatshela okusenhliziyweni yakhe. Isikhathi sesihambile futhi kumele ukuthi sekwedlule u-12 ebusuku. Khathesi uJesu ulandisa umzekeliso ozabanceda kakhulu.

Uqala ngokuthi: “Mina ngilivini leqiniso, uBaba yena ngumlimi.” (UJohane 15:1) Umzekeliso wakhe uhambelana lalokho okwake kwatshiwo eminyakeni eminengi eyadlulayo mayelana lesizwe sako-Israyeli okwakuthiwa silivini likaJehova. (UJeremiya 2:21; UHoseya 10:1, 2) Kodwa uJehova usesilahla isizwe lesi. (UMathewu 23:37, 38) Yikho uJesu usekhuluma ngokunye. Nguye ivini uYise abelilima kusukela emgcoba ngomoya ongcwele ngo-29 C.E. Kodwa uJesu utshengisa ukuthi kayisuye yedwa olivini leli.

Uthi: “[UBaba] uyaziquma zonke ingatsha ezikimi ezingatheli izithelo njalo zonke ezithelayo uyazithena ukuze zihlanzeke besezithela izithelo ezinengi. . . . Njengoba nje ugatsha lungeke luthele izithelo lulodwa, ngaphandle kokuthi luqhubeke lusevinini, lani ngeke lithele izithelo ngaphandle lingaqhubeka limunye lami. Mina ngilivini, lina lizingatsha.”​—UJohane 15:2-5.

UJesu uthembise abafundi bakhe abathembekileyo ukuthi nxa esehambile uzabathumela umsizi, umoya ongcwele. Ngemva kwamalanga angu-51 abaphostoli labanye bamukela umoya lo besebesiba zingatsha zevini. ‘Ingatsha’ zonke kumele zihlale zimunye loJesu. Zizakwenzani?

UJesu uthi: “Loba ngubani ohlala emunye lami njalo lami ngimunye laye uzathela izithelo ezinengi, ngoba nxa lingekho kimi ngeke lenze lutho ngitsho.” Abalandeli bakhe abathembekileyo ‘abazingatsha’ babezathela izithelo ezinengi, balingisele ubuntu bukaJesu, bakhuthale emsebenzini wokutshela abanye ngoMbuso kaNkulunkulu futhi benze abanye abafundi. Kuzakwenzakalani kulabo abangahlali bemunye loJesu futhi abangatheliyo izithelo? UJesu uthi: “Lowo ongahlali emunye lami uyalahlwa.” Kuthiwani ngalabo abazahlala bemunye laye? Uthi: “Nxa lihlala limunye lami, lamazwi ami ehlala ekini, celani loba yini eliyifisayo, lizayiphiwa.”​—UJohane 15:5-7.

Khathesi uJesu usekhuluma ngokugcina imilayo yakhe njalo uke wakhuluma kabili ngalokho. (UJohane 14:15, 21) Uqamba indlela eyisiqokoqela abafundi abangatshengisa ngayo ukuthi bayayigcina. Uthi: “Nxa lingayigcina imilayo yami, lizahlala lisethandweni lwami njengoba lami ngiyigcinile imilayo kaBaba ngahlala ngisethandweni lwakhe.” Kodwa kulokunye okumele kwenziwe ngaphandle kokuthanda uJehova uNkulunkulu leNdodana yakhe. UJesu uthi: “Umlayo wami yilo: Thandanani njengoba nje lami ngilithandile. Kakho olothando olwedlula olwalowo onikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yabangane bakhe. Lingabangane bami nxa lisenza engililaya khona.”​—UJohane 15:10-14.

Sekusele amahola amalutshwana ukuthi uJesu atshengise ukuthi ulothando ngokunikela ngokuphila kwakhe ngenxa yabantu abalokholo kuye. Lokho azakwenza kumele kufundise abalandeli bakhe ukuthi babe lothando olunjengolwakhe. Bazakhanya ukuthi bangabalandeli bakhe nxa bethandana ngoba uke wathi: “Nxa lithandana, abantu bonke bazakwazi ukuthi lingabafundi bami.”​—UJohane 13:35.

Abaphostoli kumele bakuqakathekise ukuthi uJesu ubabize ngokuthi ‘bangabangane bakhe.’ Uyabatshela ukuthi kungani ebabiza njalo, uthi:  “Ngilibiza ngokuthi lingabangane bami ngoba sengilitshele zonke izinto engizizwe ngoBaba.” Kuyisibusiso sibili ukuthi bangabangane bakaJesu lokuthi bayakwazi lokho uYise amtshele khona. Kodwa kumele ‘baqhubeke bethela izithelo’ ukuze bahlale bengabangane bakhe. UJesu uthi nxa bangenza njalo ‘loba yini abayicela kuBaba ngebizo lakhe uzabanika yona.’​—UJohane 15:15, 16.

Abafundi bakhe ‘abazingatsha’ bazenelisa ukumela ubunzima obuzayo nxa bethandana. Ubaxwayisa ngokuthi umhlaba uzabazonda, kodwa aphinde abaqinise esithi: “Nxa umhlaba ulizonda, liyakwazi ukuthi waqala ngokuzonda mina ungakalizondi lina. Ngabe belingabomhlaba lo, umhlaba ubuzathanda okungokwawo. Kodwa umhlaba uyalizonda ngoba kalisibo bomhlaba.”​—UJohane 15:18, 19.

UJesu uqhubeka ekhuluma ngalokho okuzakwenza umhlaba ubazonde. Uthi: “Bazalenza zonke izinto lezi ngenxa yebizo lami ngoba kabamazi Lowo ongithumileyo.” Uveza ukuthi izimangaliso zakhe ziyabagweba labo abamzondayo, uthi: “Ngabe bengingenzanga phakathi kwabo imisebenzi engakaze yenziwe ngomunye, bebengasoze babe lesono. Kodwa bangibonile futhi bangizondile bazonda loBaba.” Ukumzonda kwabo kugcwalisa isiphrofetho.​—UJohane 15:21, 24, 25; IHubo 35:19; 69:4.

UJesu uyaphinda ukubathembisa ukuthi bazathunyelwa umsizi, umoya ongcwele. Bonke abalandeli bakhe bangenelisa ukuwuthola umoya ongcwele lo ozabanceda ukuthi bathele izithelo, ‘bafakaze ngaye.’​—UJohane 15:27.