Joha 1 - Ndebele Bible (iBhayibhili Elingcwele) 1978

UbuNkulunkulu lobuntu lomsebenzi kaJesu Kristu

1Ekuqaleni wayekhona uLizwi, uLizwi wayekuNkulunkulu, uLizwi wayenguNkulunkulu.

2Yena wayekuNkulunkulu ekuqaleni.

3Zonke izinto zenziwa ngaye; langaphandle kwakhe kakwenziwanga lutho kukho konke okwenziweyo.

4Ukuphila kwakukuye, ukuphila kwakuyikukhanya kwabantu.

5Ukukhanya kukhanya emnyameni, kodwa umnyama kawukwahlulanga.

6Kwavela umuntu ethunywe nguNkulunkulu, ibizo lakhe linguJohane.

24Labo ababethunyiwe babevela kubaFarisi.

25Bambuza bathi: Ubhaphathizelani pho, uba ungesuye uKristu, loElija, lomProfethi na?

26UJohane wabaphendula wathi: Mina ngibhaphathiza ngamanzi; kodwa phakathi kwenu umi elingamaziyo;

27nguye ozayo emva kwami, engingafanele ukuthukulula umchilo wamanyathelo akhe.

28Lokhu kwenzeka eBethani ngaphetsheya kweJordani, lapho uJohane wayebhaphathiza khona.

29Ngakusasa wabona uJesu esiza kuye, wathi: Khangelani, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu elisusayo isono somhlaba.

30Nguye lo ebengisitsho ngaye ukuthi: Emva kwami kuza umuntu ophambi kwami, ngoba wayekhona kuqala kulami.

31Lami bengingamazi; kodwa ukuze abonakaliswe kuIsrayeli, ngizile ngibhaphathiza ngamanzi.

32UJohane wafakaza wathi: Ngibonile uMoya esehla ezulwini njengejuba, wahlala phezu kwakhe.

33Lami bengingamazi, kodwa owangithumayo ukubhaphathiza ngamanzi wathi kimi: Lowo ozakubona uMoya esehlela phezu kwakhe, ehlala kuye, nguye obhaphathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele.

34Mina ngibonile, ngafakaza ukuthi: Lo uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.

Abafundi bokuqala

35Ngakusasa futhi uJohane wayemi lababili kubafundi bakhe.

36Wakhangela uJesu ehamba, wathi: Khangelani, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu.

37Abafundi ababili bezwa ekhuluma lokhu, bamlandela uJesu.

38Kwathi uJesu enyemukula, wababona bemlandela, wathi kubo: Lifunani na? Bathi kuye: Rabi, okuyikuthi Mfundisi, uhlalaphi na?

39Wathi kubo: Wozani libone. Beza babona lapho ayehlala khona; bahlala laye ngalolosuku. Laselithambeme.

40Omunye walaba ababili abamuzwayo uJohane ekhuluma, bamlandela uJesu, kwakunguAndreya umfowabo kaSimoni Petro.

41Yena wafumana kuqala umfowabo uSimoni, wathi kuye: Sesimfumene uMesiya, okuyikuthi uKristu.

42Yena wamletha kuJesu; uJesu emkhangela wathi: Wena unguSimoni indodana kaJohane; uzakuthiwa nguKefasi, okuyikuthi uPetro, okutsho idwala.

43Ngakusasa uJesu wayefuna ukuya eGalili, wafumana uFiliphu; wathi kuye: Ngilandela.

44UFiliphu wayengoweBetsayida, umuzi wakibo kaAndreya loPetro.

45UFiliphu wafumana uNathanyeli, wathi kuye: Simfumene lowo aloba ngaye uMose emlayweni kanye labaprofethi, uJesu waseNazaretha, indodana kaJosefa.

46UNathanyeli wathi kuye: Kambe kungavela okuhle eNazaretha na? UFiliphu wathi kuye: Woza ubone.

47UJesu wabona uNathanyeli esiza kuye, wathi ngaye: Khangelani, umIsrayeli uqobo okungekho inkohliso kuye.

48UNathanyeli wathi kuye: Ungazi njani na? UJesu wamphendula wathi: UFiliphu engakakubizi ungaphansi komkhiwa, bengikubona.

49UNathanyeli waphendula wathi: Mfundisi, uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu; uyiNkosi kaIsrayeli.

50UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Uyakholwa ngoba ngithe kuwe bengikubona ungaphansi komkhiwa na? Uzakubona izinto ezinkulu kulalezi.

51Wathi kuye: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Lizakubona izulu livulekile, lezithunywa zikaNkulunkulu zisenyuka, zisehlela phezu kweNdodana yomuntu.