Eyoku-1 kaYohane
2:1 Bantwanana bam, ndinibhalela ezi zinto, ukuze ningoni. Kwaye
Ukuba kukho othe wona, sinoMthetheleli kuye uYise, uYesu Kristu
ubulungisa:
2:2 Yena usisicamagushelo sezono zethu; engesazethu zodwa, usiso
ngenxa yezono zehlabathi lonke.
2:3 Sazi ngale nto ukuba siyamazi, ngokuthi siyigcine imithetho yakhe.
2:4 Lowo uthi, Ndimazile, abe engayigcini imithetho yakhe, ulixoki;
yaye inyaniso ayikho kuye.
2:5 Ke othi aligcine ilizwi lakhe, okwenyaniso uthando lukaThixo lugqibelele kulowo;
sazi ngale nto ukuba sikuye.
2:6 Lowo uthi uhleli kuye, ufanele ukuthi, enjenjalo ukuhamba naye
wahamba.
2:7 Bazalwana, andinibhaleli mthetho mtsha; ngumthetho omdala
enaninayo kwasekuqaleni. Umthetho omdala ke lilizwi eli
nakuva kwasekuqalekeni.
2:8 Ndibuya ndinibhalele umthetho omtsha, okuyinene oko kuye
nakuni; ngokuba ubumnyama buyadlula, kwaye ukukhanya okuyinyaniso ngoku
liyakhazimla.
2:9 Lowo uthi usekukhanyeni, abe emthiyile umzalwana wakhe, usebumnyameni
kude kube ngoku.
2:10 Lowo umthandayo umzalwana wakhe uhleli ekukhanyeni, akukho namnye
ithuba lokukhubeka kuye.
2:11 Ke lowo umthiyileyo umzalwana wakhe usebumnyameni, uhamba ebumnyameni.
Akazi apho aya khona, ngokuba ubumnyama bumfamekisile owakhe
amehlo.
2:12 Ndiyanibhalela, bantwanana, ngokuba nizixolelwe izono zenu
ngenxa yegama lakhe.
2:13 Ndiyanibhalela, boyise, ngokuba nimazile owaseKorinte
ukuqala. Ndiyanibhalela, madodana, ngokuba noyisile
ongendawo. Ndiyanibhalela, bantwanana, ngokuba niwazi uThixo
Utata.
2:14 Ndanibhalela, boyise, ngokuba nimazile owakhona
Isiqalo. Ndanibhalela, madodana, ngokuba ninjalo
linamandla, laye ilizwi likaThixo lihleli kuni, nibeyisile ke nina
ongendawo.
2:15 Musani ukulithanda ihlabathi, kwanezinto ezisehlabathini. Ukuba nawuphi na umntu
alithande ihlabathi, uthando lukaYise alukho kuye.
2:16 Kuba konke okusehlabathini, inkanuko yenyama, nenkanuko yenyama
amehlo, neqhayiya lobu bomi, asikokuphuma kuye uYise, kokuphuma ehlabathini.
2:17 Kwaye ihlabathi liyadlula, nenkanuko yalo;
Ukuthanda kukaThixo kuhlala ngonaphakade.
2:18 Bantwana, lilixa lokugqibela eli, njengoko nevayo ngako
umchasi-Kristu uya kuza; nangoku kuthe kwabakho abachasi-Kristu abaninzi; apho thina
yazini ukuba lixesha lokugqibela.
2:19 Baphuma kuthi, bengengabo abethu; kuba, ukuba babengabo
ngebahlala nathi; baphuma ke bona
babonakalalwe ukuba bonke babengengabo abethu.
2:20 Ke nina ninentambiso evela koyiNgcwele, nizazi ke zonke izinto.
2:21 Andinibhalelanga ngakuba ningayazi inyaniso;
niyakwazi oko, nokuba akukho buxoki buphuma enyanisweni.
2:22 Ngubani na ixoki, ingenguye okhanyelayo ukuba uYesu unguye uKristu? Ngu
umchasi-Kristu, omkhanyelayo uYise noNyana.
2:23 Bonke abamkhanyelayo uNyana, abanaye noYise;
ovumayo ukuba uNyana unaye noYise.
2:24 Nina ngoko, oko nakuvayo kwasekuqalekeni makuhlale kuni.
Ukuba oko nakuvayo kwasekuqalekeni kuhlale kuni, nina
kanjalo uya kuhlala kuye uNyana, nakuye uYise.
2:25 Lilo eli idinga, awalibekayo yena kuthi, ubomi obungunaphakade.
2:26 Ezo zinto ndinibhalele ngabo banilahlekisayo.
2:27 Nina intambiso enayamkelayo kuye ihleli kuni, nani
anifuneki nganto ukuba nifundiswe ngubani;
yazo zonke izinto, kwaye iyinyani, kwaye abubo ubuxoki, kwaye nanjengoko ifundise
nina, hlalani kuye.
2:28 Ngoku ke, bantwanana, hlalani kuye; ukuze, xa athe wabonakala, sibe thina
angaba nokukholosa, angabi nazintloni phambi kwakhe ekufikeni kwakhe.
2:29 Ukuba niyazi ukuba ulilungisa, yazini ukuba bonke abenzayo
ubulungisa buzelwe nguye.