UJohane
3:1 Kwakukhona umuntu wakubaFarisi, nguNikodemu igama lakhe, isikhulu sabaJuda.
3:2 Lowo weza kuJesu ebusuku, wathi kuye: “Rabi, siyakwazi lokho
ungumfundisi ovela kuNkulunkulu, ngokuba akakho ongenza lezi zimangaliso
uyakwenza, uma uNkulunkulu engenaye.
3:3 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe.
Ngaphandle kokuthi umuntu azalwe ngokusha, angeke awubone umbuso kaNkulunkulu.
3:4 UNikodima wathi kuye: Umuntu angazalwa kanjani esemdala? angakwazi
Angene ngokwesibili esiswini sikanina, azalwe, na?
3:5 UJesu waphendula wathi: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Ngaphandle kokuthi umuntu azalwe
ngamanzi nangoMoya, angengene embusweni kaNkulunkulu.
3:6 Lokho okuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama; lalokho okuzelwe nguJehova
Umoya ungumoya.
3:7 Ungamangali ngokuthi ngithe kuwe: Nimelwe ukuzalwa ngokusha.
3:8 Umoya uphephetha lapho uthanda khona, uyawuzwa umsindo wawo.
kodwa angazi lapho livela khona nalapho liya khona: banjalo bonke
lowo ozelwe nguMoya.
3:9 UNikodima waphendula wathi kuye: Kungenzeka kanjani lezi zinto?
3:10 UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: "Wena umfundisi ka-Israyeli?
kawazi lezizinto?
3:11 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Sikhuluma esikwaziyo, futhi siyafakaza.
esikubonile; kepha anibamukeli ubufakazi bethu.
3:12 Uma nginitshelile okusemhlabeni, futhi ningakholwa, nizokwenza kanjani
kholwani, uma nginitshela okwasezulwini?
3:13 Futhi akekho oye wakhuphukela ezulwini, ngaphandle kwalowo owehla evela
ezulwini, iNdodana yomuntu esezulwini.
3:14 Futhi njengoba uMose waphakamisa inyoka ehlane, kanjalo kumelwe
Ndodana yomuntu iphakanyiswe;
3:15 Ukuze yilowo nalowo okholwa kuye angabhubhi, kodwa abe phakade
ukuphila.
3:16 Ngokuba uNkulunkulu walithanda izwe kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa, ukuthi
yilowo nalowo okholwa yiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe nokuphila okuphakade.
3:17 Ngoba uNkulunkulu kayithumanga iNdodana yakhe emhlabeni ukuthi ilahle umhlaba; kodwa lokho
izwe lisindiswe ngaye.
3:18 Lowo okholwa kuye akalahlwa, kodwa ongakholwayo uyalahlwa
eselahliwe, ngoba engakholwanga ebizweni loyedwa
iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.
3:19 Futhi lokhu kungukulahlwa, ukuthi ukukhanya kufikile emhlabeni, futhi abantu
bathanda ubumnyama kunokukhanya, ngokuba imisebenzi yabo yayimibi.
3:20 Ngokuba yilowo nalowo owenza okubi uzonda ukukhanya, futhi akezi kukho
ukukhanya, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ingasolwa.
3:21 Kodwa lowo owenza iqiniso uyeza ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe yenziwe
zibonakalise, ukuthi zenziwe kuNkulunkulu.
3:22 Emva kwalokho uJesu nabafundi bakhe baya ezweni laseJudiya;
wahlala khona nabo, wabhapathiza.
3:23 UJohane laye wayebhabhathiza e-Enoni eduze leSalimi, ngoba kwakukhona
amanzi amaningi lapho: beza, babhapathizwa.
3:24 Ngokuba uJohane wayengakaphonswa etilongweni.
3:25 Kwase kuba khona ukuphikisana phakathi kwabafundi bakaJohane nabafundi
AmaJuda mayelana nokuhlanza.
3:26 Basebesiza kuJohane, bathi kuye: Rabi, lowo owayelawe
ngaphesheya kweJordani owafakaza ngaye, bheka, yena uyabhapathiza;
bonke beza kuye.
3:27 UJohane waphendula wathi: Umuntu angemukeli lutho, ngaphandle kokuthi aphiwe
evela ezulwini.
3:28 Nani ngokwenu niyangifakazela, ukuthi ngathi: Angiyena uKristu, kodwa
ukuthi ngithunywe phambi kwakhe.
3:29 Lowo onomakoti ungumyeni, kodwa umngane ka
umyeni, omi emuzwa, uthokoza kakhulu ngenxa yakhe
izwi lomyeni: ngakho le ntokozo yami igcwalisekile.
3:30 Yena umelwe ukukhula, kodwa mina nginciphe.
3:31 Lowo ovela phezulu uphezu kwakho konke;
owasemhlabeni, futhi ukhuluma okomhlaba: Lowo ovela ezulwini uphezulu
konke.
3:32 Lokho akubonileyo nakuzwayo uyakufakaza; futhi akekho umuntu
wemukela ubufakazi bakhe.
3:33 Lowo obamukele ubufakazi bakhe ubeke uphawu ukuthi uNkulunkulu unguye
iqiniso.
3:34 Ngoba lowo uNkulunkulu amthumileyo ukhuluma amazwi kaNkulunkulu, ngoba uNkulunkulu kapha
uMoya kuye ngesilinganiso.
3:35 UYise uyayithanda iNdodana, futhi unikele zonke izinto esandleni sayo.
3:36 Okholwa eNdodaneni unokuphila okuphakade, futhi lowo
ongakholwa yiNdodana kayikubona ukuphila; kodwa ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luhlezi
kuye.