IVangeli Elabhalwa NguJohane 1:1-51
1 Ekuqaleni kwakuloLizwi,+ uLizwi wayeloNkulunkulu+ njalo uLizwi wayengunkulunkulu.+
2 WayeloNkulunkulu ekuqaleni.
3 Zonke izinto zaba khona ngaye+ futhi akukho ngitsho lokukodwa okukhona okungazange kwenziwe ngaye.
4 Ukuphila kwaba khona ngaye njalo ukuphila kwakuyikukhanya kwabantu.+
5 Ukukhanya kuyakhanyisa emnyameni+ kodwa ubumnyama behlulekile ukukucitsha ukukhanya.
6 Kulendoda eyathunywa ukuthi ibe ngummeli kaNkulunkulu. Ibizo layo kwakunguJohane+
7 njalo yayilande ukuzofakaza. Yayizofakaza ngokukhanya+ ukuze incede yonke imihlobo yabantu ukuthi ikholwe.
8 Yayingayisikho kukhanya lokho+ kodwa yayizofakaza ngakho.
9 Ukukhanya kweqiniso okukhanyisela yonke imihlobo yabantu kwasekuzafika emhlabeni.+
10 ULizwi wayesemhlabeni+ njalo umhlaba waba khona ngaye.+ Kodwa umhlaba awuzange umazi.
11 Wafika endaweni yakibo kodwa abantu bakibo abazange bamamukele.
12 Bonke abamamukelayo wabapha ilungelo lokuba ngabantwana bakaNkulunkulu+ ngoba babetshengise ukuthi balokholo ebizweni lakhe.+
13 Abazalwanga ngendlela yemvelo kumbe ngokuzikhethela komuntu loba ngentando yomuntu, kodwa bazalwa ngentando kaNkulunkulu.+
14 ULizwi waba ngumuntu+ wahlala lathi, sayibona inkazimulo yakhe enjengaleyo ubaba ayipha indodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa.+ Wayegcwele umusa kaNkulunkulu* kanye leqiniso.
15 (UJohane wafakaza ngaye ememeza esithi: “Lo nguye engangimutsho ngisithi, ‘Lowo oza ngemva kwami usedlule waya phambi kwami ngoba yena wayekhona mina ngingakabi khona.’”)+
16 Sonke samukela umusa omkhulu phezu komusa omkhulu ngoba yena wayegcwele umusa omkhulu.
17 Umusa omkhulu+ leqiniso kwaba khona ngoJesu Khristu+ njengoba nje loMthetho walethwa ngoMosi.+
18 Kakho osewake wambona uNkulunkulu+ kodwa unkulunkulu ozelwe yedwa+ oseceleni kukaYise*+ nguye osemchasisile.+
19 UJohane wafakaza kumaJuda ayethume abaphristi lamaLevi besuka eJerusalema ukuthi bayembuza bathi: “Wena ungubani?”+
20 Kazange ale ukuphendula kodwa wabatshela iqiniso wathi: “Angisuye Khristu mina.”
21 Basebembuza bathi: “Manje okuyikho yikuphi? Ungu-Elija yini?”+ Yena wathi: “Hatshi.” Basebesithi: “Ungumphrofethi okwathiwa uyeza yini?”+ Waphendula wathi: “Hatshi!”
22 Bathi kuye: “Manje ungubani? Sitshele ukuze siyebikela abasithumileyo. Wena uzithi ungubani?”
23 Yena wathi: “Ngililizwi lalowo omemeza esenkangala esithi, ‘Yenzani indlela kaJehova* iqonde,’+ njengoba umphrofethi u-Isaya watsho.”+
24 Labo ababembuza babethunywe ngabaFarisi.
25 Bambuza bathi: “Manje ubhabhathizelani wena ungayisuye uKhristu kumbe u-Elija njalo ungasimphrofethi okwathiwa uyeza?”
26 UJohane wabaphendula wathi: “Mina ngibhabhathiza ngamanzi. Ukhona omi phakathi kwenu elingamaziyo,
27 lowo oza ngemva kwami njalo akungifanelanga ukuthukulula intambo zamanyathela akhe.”+
28 Izinto lezi zenzakala eBhethani ngaphetsheya kukaJodani lapho uJohane ayebhabhathizela khona.+
29 Ngelanga elilandelayo wabona uJesu esiza kuye, wathi: “Khangelani, nansi iMvana+ kaNkulunkulu esusa isono+ somhlaba!+
30 Lo nguye engangimutsho ngisithi: ‘Ngemva kwami kuza indoda esidlule yaya phambi kwami ngoba yona yayikhona mina ngingakabi khona.’+
31 Lami nginje bengingamazi kodwa ngibuye ngazobhabhathiza ngamanzi ukuze abonakale kwabako-Israyeli.”+
32 UJohane waphinda wafakaza wathi: “Ngibone umoya usehla njengejuba uvela ezulwini, wahlala phezu kwakhe.+
33 Lami bengingamazi kodwa lowo ongithume ukuthi ngibhabhathize ngamanzi uthe kimi: ‘Loba ngubani ozabona umoya usehlela phezu kwakhe uhlale kuye,+ nguye obhabhathiza ngomoya ongcwele.’+
34 Lakanye ngikubonile lokhu ngafakaza ukuthi lo nguye iNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”+
35 Ngelanga elilandelayo uJohane wayemi labafundi bakhe ababili.
36 Uthe ebona uJesu edlula wathi: “Khangelani, nansiya iMvana+ kaNkulunkulu!”
37 Abafundi laba ababili bathi bemuzwa esitsho njalo balandela uJesu.
38 UJesu wathalaza wababona bemlandela wasesithi: “Lifunani?” Bathi kuye: “Rabi uhlala ngaphi?” (Ukuthi Rabi kutsho ukuthi, “Mfundisi.”)
39 Wathi kubo: “Buyani lizobona.” Basebehamba bayabona lapho ayehlala khona, batshona laye lelolanga. Kwakungaba lihora letshumi* ngesikhathi ebabiza.
40 U-Andreya+ umfowabo kaSimoni Phetro wayengomunye wabafundi ababili abezwa okwakhulunywa nguJohane basebelandela uJesu.
41 Into yokuqala ayenzayo yikudinga umfowabo uSimoni wasesithi kuye: “Sesimtholile uMesiya”+ (okutsho ukuthi, “uKhristu”).
42 Wahamba laye kuJesu. UJesu wakhangela uSimoni wathi: “UnguSimoni+ indodana kaJohane. Uzabizwa ngokuthi unguKhefasi” (okutsho ukuthi, “Phetro”).+
43 Ngelanga elilandelayo uJesu wayefuna ukuya eGalile. Wabona uFiliphu+ wathi kuye: “Woba ngumlandeli wami.”
44 UFiliphu wayengoweBhethisayida, idolobho okwakuvela kulo u-Andreya loPhetro.
45 UFiliphu wathola uNathaniyeli+ wathi kuye: “Sesimtholile uJesu waseNazaretha, indodana kaJosefa,+ lowo uMosi abhala ngaye eMthethweni lalowo abaPhrofethi ababhala ngaye.”
46 Kodwa uNathaniyeli waphendula wathi: “Kambe kukhona okuhle okungaphuma eNazaretha?” UFiliphu wathi: “Buya uzozibonela.”
47 UJesu wabona uNathaniyeli esiza kuye wakhuluma ngaye wathi: “Khangelani, um-Israyeli uqobo ongelabuqili ngitsho.”+
48 UNathaniyeli wasesithi: “Kanti ungazela ngaphi?” UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Ngikubone ungaphansi kwesihlahla somkhiwa uFiliphu engakakubizi.”
49 UNathaniyeli wasesithi: “Rabi uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uyiNkosi yako-Israyeli.”+
50 UJesu wathi: “Okwenza ukholwe yikuthi ngithe ngikubone ungaphansi kwesihlahla somkhiwa yini? Uzabona izinto ezinkulu kulalezi.”
51 Wasesithi: “Madoda ngiqinisile sibili ngithi kini, lizabona izulu livuleka, libone lezingilosi zikaNkulunkulu zikhwela zisehla zisiya eNdodaneni yomuntu.”+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “umusa omkhulu.”
^ Kumbe, “osesifubeni sikaYise,” okutsho ukuthi oseduze kakhulu loYise.
^ Khangela iSengezo ku-A5.
^ Kumbe, “ngabo-4 ntambama.”
