UYohane 3 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

3 ¹Ke kwakukho umntu kubaFarisi, ogama linguNikodemo, inkokeli yamaYuda. ²Lo mntu weza kuYesu ebusuku wathi kuye: “Rabhi, siyazi ukuba ungumfundisi ovele kuBawo wethu, kuba akukho mntu unokuyenza le miqondiso uyenzayo ngaphandle kokuba uBawo wethu enaye.”

³Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe: ngaphandle kokuba umntu azalwe evela phezulu, akanakububona ubukumkani bukaBawo wethu.” ^a a v3 Igama elithi anōthen lithetha kokubini ‘ukuvela phezulu’ nokuthi ‘kwakhona.’ UNikodemo uliva lisithi ‘kwakhona’ — kungoko ebuza ngokungena kwakhona esibelekweni (ivesi 4).

⁴UNikodemo wambuza wathi: “Angazalwa njani na umntu xa esemdala? Angaphinda angene na esibelekweni sikanina azalwe?”

⁵Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Inene, inene, ndithi kuwe, ngaphandle kokuba umntu azalwe ngamanzi nangoMoya oyiNgcwele, akanakungena ebukumkanini bukaBawo wethu. ⁶Okuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama, nokuzelwe nguMoya oyiNgcwele kungumoya. ⁷Musa ukumangaliswa kukuba ndithe kuwe: ‘Umele uzalwe uvela phezulu.’ ⁸Umoya uvuthela apho uthanda khona; uyasiva isandi sawo kodwa akwazi apho uvela khona nalapho uya khona. Kunjalo ke kuwo wonke umntu ozelwe nguMoya.” ^b b v8 Igama elinye lithetha kokubini ‘umoya’ (wind) ‘noMoya’ (Spirit) — uYesu usebenzisa lowo unokuwuva kodwa ungenakuwulandela ukuze amfanekise lowo onika ukuzalwa ngokutsha.

⁹UNikodemo wathi kuye: “Zingenzeka njani na ezi zinto?”

¹⁰Waphendula uYesu wathi kuye: “Wena ungumfundisi kaSirayeli, ube ungaziqondi ezi zinto? ¹¹Inene, inene, ndithi kuni: sithetha oko sikwaziyo, singqina oko sikubonileyo, kodwa anamkeli ubungqina bethu. ¹²Ukuba ndinixelele izinto zasemhlabeni naza anakholwa, niya kukholwa njani na ukuba ndinixelela izinto zasezulwini? ¹³Akukho bani wakha wenyukela ezulwini ngaphandle kwalowo wehla evela ezulwini, uNyana woLuntu. ¹⁴Njengokuba uMoses wayiphakamisa inyoka entlango, ngokunjalo uNyana woLuntu umele aphakanyiswe, ^c c v14 UMoses waphakamisa inyoka yobhedu esibondeni entlango ukuze nawuphi na umSirayeli olunywe yinyoka ayikhangele aphile (iNumeri 21:8–9). ¹⁵ukuze wonke okholwa kuye abe nobomi obungenasiphelo. ¹⁶Kuba uBawo wethu walithanda kangaka ihlabathi, walunikela uNyana wakhe okuphela kwakhe, ukuze wonke okholwa kuye angatshabalali, koko abe nobomi obungenasiphelo. ^d d v16 Uthando olwanikela uNyana luthando lukaYise. UBawo wethu akazange athumele umntu wasemzini ehlabathini — wanikela uNyana wakhe, uYesu, ukuze sibuye ekhaya njengabantwana bakhe. ¹⁷Kuba uBawo wethu akazange amthumele uNyana wakhe ehlabathini ukuba agwebe ihlabathi, koko ukuze ihlabathi lisindiswe ngaye. ¹⁸Okholwa kuye akagwetywa; ongakholwayo sele egwetyiwe, ngenxa yokungakholwa egameni loNyana okuphela kwakhe kaBawo wethu. ¹⁹Lo ke ngumgwebo: ukukhanya kungenile ehlabathini, baza abantu bathanda ubumnyama ngaphezu kokukhanya, kuba izenzo zabo zazingendawo. ²⁰Wonke umntu owenza okungendawo uyakuthiya ukukhanya, akezi ekukhanyeni, ukuze izenzo zakhe zingabhenciswa. ²¹Kodwa lowo wenza inyaniso uza ekukhanyeni, ukuze kutyhileke ukuba imisebenzi yakhe yenziwe kuBawo wethu.”

Ukubhaptiza eJudeya

²²Emva koku, uYesu nabafundi bakhe baya emaphandleni aseJudeya, apho wahlala khona nabo, ebhaptiza. ²³NoYohane wayebhaptiza e-Ayinon kufuphi neSalim, kuba amanzi ayemaninzi khona, baza abantu beza babhaptizwa, ²⁴kuba uYohane wayengekafakwa entolongweni. ²⁵Ke kwavela ingxoxo phakathi kwabanye babafundi bakaYohane nomYuda othile ngokuhlanjululwa. ²⁶Beza kuYohane bathi: “Rabhi, lowo wawunaye phesheya kweYordan, lowo wawungqina ngaye—uyabhaptiza, yaye bonke abantu baya kuye.”

²⁷Waphendula uYohane wathi: “Umntu akanakwamkela nento nye ngaphandle kokuba uyinikwe ivela ezulwini. ²⁸Nina ngokwenu ningangqina: ndathi ‘Andinguye uKrestu, kodwa ndithunyelwe phambi kwakhe.’ ²⁹Lowo unomtshakazi ngumyeni—uYesu. Umhlobo womyeni, omi amve, uvuya kakhulu ngenxa yelizwi lomyeni. Ngoko uvuyo lwam ngoku luzalisekile. ^e e v29 UYohane ubiza uYesu ngokuba nguMyeni — lowo uBawo wethu wathembisa kudala ukuba uya kuza ngenxa yoMtshakazi wakhe, abantu abathandayo. Uvuyo lukaYohane luvuyo lomhlobo xa umtshato ufika ekugqibeleni. ³⁰Yena umele ande, kodwa mna ndimele ndinciphe.”

³¹Lowo ovela phezulu ungaphezu kwabo bonke. Lowo ovela emhlabeni ungowasemhlabeni, athethe ngokwasemhlabeni. Lowo ovela ezulwini ungaphezu kwabo bonke. ³²Ungqina ngoko akubonileyo nakuvileyo, kodwa akukho bani wamkela ubungqina bakhe. ³³Lowo wamkela ubungqina bakhe uqinisekisa ukuba uBawo wethu uyinyaniso. ³⁴Lowo uBawo wethu amthumileyo uthetha amazwi kaBawo wethu, kuba unika uMoya oyiNgcwele ngaphandle komlinganiselo. ³⁵UBawo wethu uyamthanda uNyana, kwaye unikele zonke izinto esandleni sakhe. ^f f v35 Uthando lukaYise noNyana olutyhilwe kule vesi bubomi bangaphakathi bukaThixo ngokwakhe — obungenasiphelo, obungaguqukiyo, nomthombo wako konke uBawo wethu akunike uNyana ukuba akuse ehlabathini. ³⁶Lowo ukholwa kuNyana unobomi obungenasiphelo; lowo ongamthobeliyo uNyana akayi kububona ubomi—ingqumbo kaBawo wethu ihleli phezu kwakhe.