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.