UJohane
1:1 Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi, uLizwi wayekuNkulunkulu, loLizwi
kwakunguNkulunkulu.
1:2 Lowo wayekhona ekuqaleni kuNkulunkulu.
1:3 Zonke izinto zenziwa nguye; ngaphandle kwakhe akwenziwanga lutho olunjalo
yenziwa.
1:4 Kuye kwakukhona ukuphila; ukuphila kwakungukukhanya kwabantu.
1:5 Futhi ukukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni; ubumnyama abukwamukelanga.
1:6 Kwavela umuntu ethunywe nguNkulunkulu, igama lakhe linguJohane.
1:7 Lowo wezela ubufakazi, ukuze afakaze ngokukhanya, ukuthi bonke abantu
ngaye bakholwe.
1:8 Yena wayengesikho ukukhanya, kodwa wayethunyelwe ukufakaza ngalokho kukhanya.
1:9 Kwakungukukhanya okuqinisileyo okukhanyisa wonke umuntu, okwase kuza ezweni
umhlaba.
1:10 Wayekhona emhlabeni, futhi izwe wenziwa ngaye, futhi izwe kwazi
hhayi yena.
1:11 Weza kokwakhe, abakhe abamamukelanga.
1:12 Kodwa bonke abamamukelayo wabapha amandla okuba babe ngabantwana
UNkulunkulu, kulabo abakholwa egameni lakhe.
1:13 Abazalwa, hhayi ngegazi, noma intando yenyama, noma intando
intando yomuntu, kodwa ekaNkulunkulu.
1:14 Futhi uLizwi waba inyama, futhi wahlala phakathi kwethu, (futhi sabona owakhe
inkazimulo, inkazimulo njengeyozelwe yedwa kuYise,) egcwele umusa
kanye neqiniso.
1:15 UJohane wafakaza ngaye, wamemeza, wathi: Lo bekunguye ebengikhuluma ngaye
wathi: “Lowo ozayo emva kwami uvelile ngaphambi kwami, ngokuba wayekhona kuqala
mina.
1:16 Futhi ekugcwaleni kwakhe samukele sonke, futhi umusa ngomusa.
1:17 Ngokuba umthetho wanikwa ngoMose, kodwa umusa neqiniso kweza ngoJesu
UKristu.
1:18 Akakho oke wabona uNkulunkulu; iNdodana ezelwe yodwa, eku
esifubeni sikaYise, nguye ombonakalisile.
1:19 Futhi lokhu kuwubufakazi bukaJohane, lapho amaJuda ethuma abapristi namaLevi
eJerusalema ukumbuza ukuthi: Wena ungubani?
1:20 Futhi wavuma, futhi akaphikanga; kodwa wavuma wathi: Mina kangisiye uKristu.
1:21 Bambuza bathi, Pho? Ungu-Eliya na? Wathi: Kangisuye.
Unguye lowomprofethi na? Yaphendula yathi: Hatshi.
1:22 Base bethi kuye: "Ungubani na?" ukuze sinikeze impendulo
labo abasithumileyo. Uthini ngawe?
1:23 Wathi: Ngiyizwi lomemeza ehlane, ethi: ‘Lungisani
indlela yeNkosi, njengokutsho komprofethi uIsaya.
1:24 Futhi labo ababethunyiwe babevela kubaFarisi.
1:25 Bambuza, bathi kuye, Pho, ubhapathizelani, uma ubhapathiza?
Akusuye yini uKristu, noma u-Eliya, noma lowomprofethi?
1:26 UJohane wabaphendula, wathi: Mina ngibhapathiza ngamanzi, kodwa umi oyedwa
eningamazi phakathi kwenu;
1:27 nguye ozayo emva kwami, oyisicathulo sakhe phambi kwami
i-latchet angifanele ukuyikhulula.
1:28 Lezi zinto zenzeka eBethabara ngaphesheya kweJordani, lapho uJohane ayekhona
ebhapathiza.
1:29 Ngangomuso wabona uJesu eza kuye, wathi: "Bheka!"
IWundlu likaNkulunkulu elisusa izono zezwe.
1:30 Nguye lo ebengisho ngaye ukuthi: 'Emva kwami kuza indoda enhle kakhulu
ngaphambi kwami: ngokuba wayekhona kuqala kunami.
1:31 Nami bengingamazi, kodwa ukuze abonakaliswe kuIsrayeli.
ngakho-ke ngize ngibhabhathiza ngamanzi.
1:32 UJohane wafakaza, wathi: "Ngabona uMoya ehla ezulwini
njengejuba, lahlala phezu kwakhe.
1:33 Nami bengingamazi, kodwa owangithuma ukubhapathiza ngamanzi, nguyena
wathi kimi: Ozakubona uMoya ehla phezu kwakhe, njalo
ohlala kuye, nguyena obhapathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele.
1:34 Ngabona, ngafakaza ukuthi lo uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
1:35 Ngangomuso futhi wayemi uJohane nababili kubafundi bakhe;
1:36 Futhi ebheka uJesu ehamba, wathi: "Bheka iWundlu likaNkulunkulu!
1:37 Abafundi ababili bezwa ekhuluma, bamlandela uJesu.
1:38 Khona uJesu waphenduka, wababona belandela, futhi wathi kubo: "Ini
nifuna na? Bathi kuye: Rabi (okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa).
Mfundisi,) uhlalaphi na?
1:39 Wathi kubo: Wozani nibone. Bafika babona lapho ehlala khona, futhi
wahlala naye ngalolo suku, ngokuba kwakungaba yihora leshumi.
1:40 Omunye wababili abezwa uJohane ekhuluma bamlandela kwakunguAndreya.
umfowabo kaSimoni Petru.
1:41 Yena wathola kuqala umfowabo siqu uSimoni, futhi wathi kuye: "Sinakho."
bathola uMesiya, okungukuthi, ngokuhunyushwa, uKristu.
1:42 Futhi wamyisa kuJesu. UJesu embona wathi: Wena
unguSimoni indodana kaJona;
incazelo, Itshe.
1:43 Ngangomuso wafuna ukuphuma aye eGalile, wafumana uFiliphu.
wathi kuye: Ngilandele.
1:44 Manje uFiliphu wayengowaseBetsayida, emzini ka-Andreya noPetru.
1:45 UFiliphu wafumana uNathanayeli, wathi kuye: "Simfumene, kuye."
UMose waloba emthethweni nabaprofethi ukuthi: UJesu waseNazaretha
indodana kaJosefa.
1:46 UNathanayeli wathi kuye: "Kambe kukhona into enhle engaphuma kuye."
Nazaretha? UFiliphu wathi kuye: Woza ubone.
1:47 UJesu wabona uNathanayeli eza kuye, futhi wathi ngaye: "Bheka umIsrayeli!"
ngempela okungekho kuye inkohliso!
1:48 UNathanayeli wathi kuye, Ungazelaphi na? UJesu waphendula wathi
wathi kuye: Ngaphambi kokuthi uFiliphu akubize, uphansi komkhumbi
mkhiwane ngikubonile.
1:49 UNathanayeli waphendula, wathi kuye: Rabi, wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu;
wena uyiNkosi yakwa-Israyeli.
1:50 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Ngoba ngithe kuwe, Ngikubonile
uyakholwa phansi komkhiwane na? uzobona izinto ezinkulu kune
lezi.
1:51 Wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini:
bayobona izulu livuleka, nezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu zenyuka zehla
phezu kweNdodana yomuntu.