UYohane
3:1 Kwaye kukho ke umntu wakubaFarisi, ogama linguNikodemo, umphathi wamaYuda.
3:2 Lowo weza kuYesu ebusuku, wathi kuye, Rabhi, thina siyayazi loo nto
ungumfundisi ophuma kuThixo; kuba akukho namnye unako ukuyenza le miqondiso
uyakwenza oko, ukuba uThixo akanaye.
3:3 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe.
Ngaphandle kokuba umntu azalwe ngokutsha, akanakububona ubukumkani bukaThixo.
3:4 Uthi uNikodemo kuye, Angathini na umntu ukuzalwa emdala? unako
Angene okwesibini esizalweni sikanina, azalwe?
3:5 Waphendula uYesu wathi, Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Ukuba akathanga umntu azalwe
ngamanzi noMoya, akanakungena ebukumkanini bukaThixo.
3:6 Okuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama; nako konke okuzelweyo nguYe
Umoya ungumoya.
3:7 Musa ukumangaliswa kukuba ndithe kuwe, Nimelwe kukuthi nizalwe ngokutsha.
3:8 Umoya uvuthuza apho uthanda khona, uyasiva isandi sawo;
kodwa asiyazi apho ivela khona, nalapho siya khona; banjalo ke bonke
lowo uzelweyo nguMoya.
3:9 Waphendula uNikodemo wathi kuye, Zingathini na ezi zinto ukuba nokubakho?
3:10 Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye, Wena, ungumfundisi wakwaSirayeli, na?
akuzazi na ezi zinto?
3:11 Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, Sithetha esikwaziyo, singqine esikwaziyo.
oko sikubonileyo; nisuke ningabamkeli ubungqina bethu.
3:12 Ukuba ndinixelele izinto ezisemhlabeni, naza anakholwa, nothini na?
Ukuba ndithe ndanixelela izinto ezisemazulwini?
3:13 Akukho namnye unyukileyo waya emazulwini, ngulowo yedwa wemkayo
ezulwini, uNyana woMntu osemazulwini.
3:14 Njengokuba ke uMoses wayiphakamisayo inyoka entlango, Makube njalo ke;
Nyana womntu suka uphakame.
3:15 ukuze bonke abakholwayo kuye bangatshabalali, koko babe ngunaphakade
ubomi.
3:16 Kuba wenjenje uThixo ukulithanda kwakhe ihlabathi, ude wancama uNyana wakhe okuphela kwamzeleyo
bonke abakholwayo kuye bangatshabalali, koko babe nobomi obungunaphakade.
3:17 Kuba uThixo akamthumanga uNyana wakhe ehlabathini, ukuze aligwebe ihlabathi; kodwa oko
ukuze ihlabathi lisindiswe ngaye.
3:18 Lowo ukholwayo kuye, akagwetywa; ke lowo ungakholwayo, akagwetywa
esele egwetyiwe, ngokuba engakholwanga kwigana lokuphela koNyana wakhe;
uNyana kaThixo.
3:19 Ke kaloku, umgwebo nguwo lo, ukuba ukhanyiso lufikile ehlabathini;
bathanda ubumnyama ngaphezu kokhanyiso, kuba imisebenzi yabo ingendawo.
3:20 Kuba bonke abenza okubi, bayaluthiya ukhanyiso, bangezi kulo
ukukhanya, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ingohlwaywa.
3:21 Ke lowo uyenzayo inyaniso uyeza elukhanyisweni, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe yenziwe
zibonakalalisani, ukuba kusetyenzwa kuThixo.
3:22 Emveni kwezi zinto, weza uYesu nabafundi bakhe emhlabeni wakwaYuda;
walibala khona apho nabo, wabhaptiza.
3:23 Waye ke noYohane ebhaptiza e-Enon, kufuphi neSalem, ngokuba bebekhona
kwakukho amanzi amaninzi apho; beza ke babhaptizwa.
3:24 Kuba ebengekaphoswa entolongweni uYohane.
3:25 Kwabakho imbuzwano kubafundi bakaYohane nabafundi bakhe
AmaYuda malunga nokuhlanjululwa.
3:26 Beza kuYohane, bathi kuye, Rabhi, lowo ubenawe
phesheya kweYordan, owamngqinelayo, yabona, yena uyabhaptiza;
beza kuye bonke abantu.
3:27 Waphendula uYohane wathi, Akanakwamkela nto umntu, engayinikwanga
evela ezulwini.
3:28 Nani ngokwenu niyandingqinela, ukuba ndathi, Andinguye uKristu mna;
ukuba ndithunyelwe phambi kwakhe.
3:29 Lowo unomtshakazi ngumyeni; isihlobo ke sendoda
Umyeni, omiyo wamva, uvuya kunene ngenxa yalo
ilizwi lomyeni; ngoko olu luvuyo lwam luzalisekile.
3:30 Yena umelwe kukuthi ande, ndinciphe ke mna.
3:31 Lowo uvela phezulu ungaphezu kwabo bonke;
Ungowasemhlabeni, kwaye uthetha okwehlabathi; Lowo uvela ezulwini uphezulu
zonke.
3:32 akubonileyo ke wakuva, uyakungqina oko; kwaye akukho mntu
uyabamkela ubungqina bakhe.
3:33 Lowo ubamkeleyo ubungqina bakhe, utywine waqinisela ukuthi, uThixo unguye;
yinyani.
3:34 kuba lowo uthunyiweyo nguThixo, uthetha amazwi kaThixo; kuba uThixo akamniki
uMoya kuye ngomlinganiselo.
3:35 UYise uyamthanda uNyana, kwaye uzinikele zonke izinto esandleni sakhe.
3:36 Lowo ukholwayo kuNyana, unobomi obungunaphakade;
ongakholwayo kuNyana akayi kububona ubomi; yona ingqumbo kaThixo ihleli
kuye.