UYohane 1 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

1 ¹Ekuqaleni wayekho uLizwi, waye uLizwi ekunye noBawo wethu, waye uLizwi wayenguThixo. ²Yena wayekunye noBawo wethu ekuqaleni. ³Zonke izinto zenziwa ngaye, yaye ngaphandle kwakhe akukho nanye into eyenziweyo eyake yenziwa. ⁴Kuye kwakukho ubomi, yaye obo bomi babukukukhanya kwabantu bonke. ⁵Ukukhanya kuyakhanya ebumnyameni, yaye ubumnyama abukoyisanga.

⁶Kwafika umntu othunywe nguBawo wethu, igama lakhe linguYohane. ⁷Weza njengengqina, ukuze angqine ngokukhanya, ukuze bonke bakholwe ngobungqina bukaYohane. ⁸Wayengekuko ukukhanya, kodwa weza ukuze angqine ngokukhanya. ⁹Ukukhanya kokwenene, okukhanyisa wonke umntu, kwakuza ehlabathini. ¹⁰Wayesehlabathini. Ihlabathi labakho ngaye, kodwa alimazanga. ¹¹Weza kwabakhe, kodwa abantu bakowabo abamamkelanga. ¹²Kodwa bonke abamamkelayo, abakholwa egameni lakhe, wabanika igunya lokuba babe ngabantwana bakaBawo wethu, ^a a v12 Abo bamamkelayo uYesu banikwa igunya lokuba babe ngabantwana bakaBawo wethu — babuyiselwe kusapho lwaLowo wathuma uNyana wakhe. ¹³abantwana abazalwa kungengagazi, kungengantando yenyama, kungengantando yendoda, kodwa bazalwa nguBawo wethu.

¹⁴ULizwi waba yinyama, wahlala phakathi kwethu. Sabubona ubuqaqawuli bakhe, ubuqaqawuli boNyana okuphela kwakhe ovela kuYise, ezele lubabalo nenyaniso. ¹⁵UYohane wangqina ngaye, wadanduluka esithi: “Ngulo endandithetha ngaye: lowo uza emva kwam ungaphezulu kwam, kuba wayekho ngaphambi kwam.” ¹⁶Kaloku ekuzaleni kwakhe sonke samkele, ubabalo phezu kobabalo. ¹⁷Kaloku umthetho wanikwa ngoMoses; ubabalo nenyaniso kweza ngoYesu Krestu. ¹⁸Akukho namnye owakha wambona uBawo wethu; uThixo okuphela kwakhe, osesifubeni sikaYise, nguye osaziseyo. ^b b v18 NguNyana kuphela ohlala esondele entliziyweni kaBawo wethu onokusibonisa ukuba ngubani ngokwenene uBawo wethu — yonke imbonakalo kaBawo iza ngoYesu.

Ungubani wena, Yohane?

¹⁹Bubu ngqina bukaYohane, xa amaYuda athumela ababingeleli nabaLevi bevela eYerusalem ukuze bambuze besithi: “Ungubani wena?” ²⁰Wavuma, akaphika, kodwa wavuma esithi: “Andinguye uKrestu.”

²¹Baza bambuza besithi: “Kutheni ke? Unguye u-Eliya?” Wathi: “Andinguye.” “Unguye umProfeti?” Waphendula: “Hayi.”

²²Baza babuza: “Ungubani wena? Simele siphendule kwabo basithumileyo. Uthini wena ngawe?”

²³Wathi: “Ndililizwi lodandulukayo entlango, elithi, ‘Lungisani indlela yeNkosi,’ njengoko watshoyo umProfeti u-Isaya.”

²⁴Ke bona babethunywe ngabaFarasi. ²⁵Bambuza besithi: “Ubhaptiza ngani ke, ukuba awunguye uKrestu, ungenguye u-Eliya, ungenguye umProfeti?”

²⁶UYohane wabaphendula wathi: “Mna ndibhaptiza ngamanzi, kodwa phakathi kwenu kumi lowo ningamaziyo, ²⁷nguye lowo uza emva kwam, endingafanelekanga kukhulula umtya wembadada yakhe.” ²⁸Ezi zinto zenzeka eBhethani phesheya kweYordan, apho uYohane wayebhaptiza khona.

Khangela, iMvana

²⁹Ngengomso, akubona uYesu esiza kuye, wathi: “Khangela! IMvana kaBawo wethu—uYesu—osusa isono sehlabathi! ^c c v29 UYohane umbiza uYesu ngokuba “yiMvana kaBawo wethu” kuba nguBawo olungiselela iMvana — kwaloo Bawo wathembisa u-Abraham wathi “uThixo uya kuzilungiselela imvana,” ngoku ezalisekisa eso sithembiso kuNyana wakhe. ³⁰Ngulo endandithetha ngaye: ‘Emva kwam kuza indoda engaphambi kwam, kuba yayikho ngaphambi kwam.’ ³¹Bendingamazi, kodwa ndeza ndibhaptiza ngamanzi ukuze atyhilwe kuSirayeli.” ³²UYohane wangqina wathi: “Ndabona uMoya oyiNgcwele esihla uphuma ezulwini njengehobe, wahlala phezu kwakhe. ³³Bendingamazi, kodwa lowo wandithumayo ukuba ndibhaptize ngamanzi wathi kum, ‘Lowo umbonayo uMoya oyiNgcwele esihlela kuye uhlale phezu kwakhe—nguye lowo ubhaptiza ngoMoya oyiNgcwele.’ ³⁴Yaye ndibonile, ndangqina, ukuba lo nguNyana kaBawo wethu.” ^d d v34 Ubungqina bukaYohane bumbiza uYesu ngokuba nguNyana kaBawo wethu — kungekhona nje “unyana kaThixo” kodwa uNyana ongunaphakade uYise amthande kwasekuqaleni, phambi kokuba ihlabathi libekho.

Yiza Ubone

³⁵Ngengomso uYohane wayephinde emi nabafundi bakhe ababini, ³⁶waza akubona uYesu ehamba, wathi: “Khangela! IMvana kaBawo wethu!” ³⁷Abo bafundi bobabini bamva esitsho, baza balandela uYesu.

³⁸UYesu wajika, wababona belandela, wabuza: “Nifuna ntoni?” Bathi: “Rabhi” (oku kukuthi Mfundisi), “uhlala phi?”

³⁹Wathi kubo: “Yizani nibone.” Baza bahamba babona apho wayehlala khona, bahlala naye ngaloo mini—malunga nentsimbi yesine emva kwemini.

⁴⁰Omnye kwabo babini abaweva uYohane ethetha baza balandela uYesu nguAndreya, umntakwabo kaSimon Petros. ⁴¹Waqala wafumana umntakwabo uSimon, wathi kuye: “Simfumene uMesiya” (oku kukuthi uKrestu).

⁴²Wamzisa kuYesu. UYesu wamkhangela wathi: “Wena unguSimon unyana kaYohane. Uya kubizwa ngokuba nguKefas” (oku kukuthi uPetros).

⁴³Ngengomso, uYesu wagqiba ukuya eGalili. Wafumana uFilipu, wathi: “Ndilandele.”

⁴⁴Ke uFilipu wayevela eBhetesayida, isixeko sika-Andreya noPetros. ⁴⁵UFilipu wafumana uNataniyeli, wathi kuye: “Simfumene lowo uMoses wabhala ngaye kuMthetho nabaProfeti—uYesu, unyana kaYosefu, waseNazarete.”

⁴⁶UNataniyeli wathi: “Ingakhona na into elungileyo evela eNazarete?” UFilipu wathi: “Yiza ubone.”

⁴⁷UYesu wambona uNataniyeli esondela, wathi ngaye: “Khangela—umSirayeli wokwenene, ongenankohliso kuye!”

⁴⁸UNataniyeli wambuza: “Undazi njani?” UYesu waphendula: “Ngaphambi kokuba uFilipu akubize, usekho phantsi komkhiwane, ndikubonile.”

⁴⁹UNataniyeli wamphendula: “Rabhi, wena unguNyana kaBawo wethu! Wena ungukumkani kaSirayeli!”

⁵⁰UYesu wamphendula: “Ukholwa ngenxa yokuba ndithe ndikubonile phantsi komkhiwane? Uya kubona izinto ezinkulu kunezi.” ⁵¹Wathi kuye: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuni, niya kubona izulu livulekile, nezithunywa zikaBawo wethu zinyuka zisihla phezu koNyana woLuntu.” ^e e v51 UYesu ukhumbuza ngombono kaYakobi eBheteli (Gen 28:12), apho izithunywa zazihamba phakathi kwezulu nomhlaba ngeleli—ngoku ezaliseka kuye.