Ngokuya NgoJwanisi
1 Ekuthomeni bekunoLizwi, uLizwi+ bekanoZimu+ begodu uLizwi bekanguzimu.*+ 2 BekanoZimu kusukela ekuthomeni. 3 Zoke izinto zibe khona ngaye,+ akukho nakunye okwaba khona ngaphandle kwakhe.
Okube khona 4 ngaye kuphila, ukuphilokho kube kukhanya kwabantu.+ 5 Ukukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni+ kodwana ubumnyama akhenge bukuhlule.
6 Kwavela umuntu obekathunyiwe, amjameli kaZimu; igama lakhe bekunguJwanisi.+ 7 Umuntu lo weza njengofakazi ukuthi azokufakazela ukukhanya,+ ukwenzela bona yoke imihlobo yabantu ikholwe ngaye. 8 Bekangasikukhanyokho+ kodwana wathunyelwa ukufakaza ngokukhanyokho.
9 Ukukhanya kwamambala okukhanyisela yoke imihlobo yabantu besele kuzokuza ephasini.+ 10 Bekasephasini+ begodu iphasi libe khona ngaye,+ iphasi akhenge limazi. 11 Weza ekhabo kodwana abantu bekhabo akhenge bamamukele. 12 Nanyana kunjalo, boke abamamukelako wabanikela ilungelo lokuba bantwana bakaZimu+ ngombana bakholwa egameni lakhe.+ 13 Akhenge babelethwe ngeengazi, ngentando yenyama namkha ngentando yomuntu kodwana ngokuvela kuZimu.+
14 Nje-ke uLizwi waba yinyama+ wahlala hlangana nathi, sabona iphazimulwakhe, iphazimulo ekungeyendodana ebelethwe yodwa+ kuyise; bekanomusa omkhulu kaZimu* neqiniso. 15 (UJwanisi wafakaza ngaye, kwamambala, warhuwelela wathi: “Lo nguye engithe ngaye, ‘Loyo oza emva kwami sekamkhulu kunami ngombana bekakhona mina ngingakabi khona.’”)+ 16 Soke usenzele umusa umkhulu ngebanga lokuthi unomusa omkhulu. 17 UmThetho wanikelwa ngoMosi+ kodwana ngoJesu Krestu wasinikela umusa omkhulu+ neqiniso. 18 Akunamuntu owakhewabona uZimu nakanye;+ uzimu okukuphela kwakhe+ osehlangothini lakaYise*+ nguye omhlathululileko.+
19 Lobu bufakazi uJwanisi abunikelako ngesikhathi amaJuda athumela abaphristi namaLevi avela eJerusalema azombuza ukuthi: “Ungubani?”+ 20 Akhenge ale ukuphendula kodwana watjho ngokunqophileko wathi: “AngisinguKrestu.” 21 Yeke bambuza ukuthi: “Alo-ke ungubani? Ungu-Eliya?”+ Wathi: “Angisinguye.” Bathi: “UMphorofidi na?”+ Wathi: “Awa!” 22 Ngalokho bathi kuye: “Ungubani-ke? Sitjela bona sizokubuyisela ipendulo kwabasithumileko. Uthi ungubani?” 23 Wathi: “Ngililizwi lomuntu orhuwelela emmangweni lithi, ‘Yenzani indlela kaJehova* inqophe,’+ njengombana kwatjho u-Isaya umphorofidi.”+ 24 Iinthunywezo bezivela kubaFarisi. 25 Nje-ke bamphosa ngemibuzo bathi kuye: “Alo-ke ubhabhadiselani nangabe awusinguKrestu namkha u-Eliya namkha umPhorofidi?” 26 UJwanisi wabaphendula wathi: “Mina ngibhabhadisa ngamanzi. Ukhona ojame hlangana nani eningamaziko, 27 oza ngemva kwami, engingakafaneli ukutjhaphulula umutja wamapatlagwanakhe.”+ 28 Lokhu kwenzeka eBhethaniya ngaphetjheya kweJordani, lapho uJwanisi bekabhabhadisela khona.+
29 Ngakusasa kwakhona wabona uJesu eza kuye, wathi: “Qalani, iMvana+ kaZimu esusa isono+ sephasi!+ 30 Lo nguye engithe ngaye: ‘Emva kwami kuza umuntu omkhulu kunami ngombana bekakhona mina ngingakabi khona.’+ 31 Nami bengingamazi, kodwana isizathu sokubhabhadisa kwami ngamanzi bekukobana abonakaliswe ku-Israyeli.”+ 32 Godu uJwanisi wafakaza wathi: “Ngabona ummoya wehla njengejuba uvela ezulwini, wahlala phezu kwakhe.+ 33 Nami bengingamazi kodwana loyo owangithuma bona ngibhabhadise ngamanzi wathi kimi: ‘Loyo ozokubona ummoya wehlela phasi bese uhlala kuye,+ loyo nguye obhabhadisa ngommoya ocwengileko.’+ 34 Ngikubonile lokho begodu ngafakaza ukuthi lo uyiNdodana kaZimu.”+
35 Godu ngelanga elilandelako, uJwanisi bekajame nabafundi bakhe ababili 36 njengombana aqale uJesu akhamba, wathi: “Qalani iMvana+ kaZimu!” 37 Abafundi ababilabo nabamuzwa atjho lokho, balandela uJesu. 38 UJesu nakajikako ababona bamlandela, wathi kibo: “Nifunani?” Bathi kuye: “Rabi (nakutjhugululwako kutjho ukuthi, “Mfundisi”), uhlalaphi?” 39 Wathi kibo: “Yizani nizokubona.” Bakhamba naye babona lapho ebekahlala khona, bahlala naye mhlokho; bekungaba yisimbi yesine ntambama.* 40 U-Andrisi+ umfowabo kaSimoni Pitrosi, bekangomunye wababili abezwa lokho okwatjhiwo nguJwanisi begodu balandela uJesu. 41 Wathoma ngokufumana umfowabo uSimoni, wathi kuye: “Simfumene uMesiya”+ (nakutjhugululwako kutjho ukuthi, “uKrestu”), 42 wamusa kuJesu. UJesu wamqala wathi: “UnguSimoni+ indodana kaJwanisi kodwana uzokubizwa ngokuthi Khefasi” (nalitjhugululwako lithi, “Pitrosi”).+
43 Ngelanga elilandelako wafuna ukuya eGalile. UJesu wafumana uFlebhe+ wathi kuye: “Ngilandela.” 44 UFlebhe bekangoweBhethesayida, idorobho u-Andrisi noPitrosi abavela kilo. 45 UFlebhe wafumana uNathaniyeli+ wathi kuye: “Simfumene loyo ekukhulunywe ngaye emitlolweni kaMosi, emThethweni nemitlolweni yabaPhorofidi: UJesu weNazaretha, indodana kaJosefa.”+ 46 Kodwana uNathaniyeli wathi kuye: “Ikhona intwehle engavela eNazaretha?” UFlebhe wathi kuye: “Yiza uzokubona.” 47 UJesu wabona uNathaniyeli eza ngakuye wathi kuye: “Qala! UmIsrayeli wamambala othembekileko.”+ 48 UNathaniyeli wathi kuye: “Ungazi njani?” UJesu wathi: “Ngikubone uFlebhe angakakubizi, usesengaphasi komuthi wamafeyi.” 49 UNathaniyeli wathi: “Rabi, wena uyiNdodana kaZimu, uyiKosi yakwa-Israyeli.”+ 50 UJesu wathi kuye: “Ukholwa ngombana ngikutjele ukuthi ngikubone ungaphasi komuthi wamafeyi? Uzokubona izinto ezikulu kunalezi.” 51 Yeke wathi kuye: “Kwamambala ngithi kini madoda, nizokubona izulu livulekile neengilozi zakaZimu zikhuphukela khona begodu zehlela eNdodaneni yomuntu.”+