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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">ULizwi waba mumuntu</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Ekuthomeni uLizwi bekakhona, uLizwi bekakuZimu, uLizwi bekanguZimu. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">BekakuZimu kusukela ekuthomeni. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Koke kwavela ngaye. Akukho nokukodwa okwabunjwa ngaphandle kwakhe. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Ukuphila bekukuye; ukuphila lokho kwaba kukhanya kwabantu. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ukukhanya kwakhanya ebumnyameni nobumnyama azange buhlule ukukhanya.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Kwabakhona umuntu othunywe nguZimu, ibizo lakhe linguJwanisi. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Weza kobana azokufakaza ngokukhanya, khona boke bazakukholwa ngaye. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Yena bekangasikho ukukhanya, kodwana weza kobana azokufakaza ngokukhanya. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Lowo bekumkhanyo wamambala, obuzakuza ephasinapha uzokukhanyisela woke umuntu.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">ULizwi bekakhona ephasini begodu iphasi ladalwa ngaye, kodwana iphasi azange khelimazi. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Weza ephasini lekhabo, abantu bekhabo azange bamamukele. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Kodwana boke abamamukelako bebakholwa ebizweni lakhe, wabapha ilungelo lokuba bantwana bakaZimu, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">iye, labo abangakabelethwa ngeengazi nangentando yenyama namkha yomuntu kodwana ngentando kaZimu.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">ULizwi waba yinyama, wakha phakathi kwethu azele umusa neqiniso. Sabona iphazimulwakhe, iphazimulo ayamukela kuYise njengeNdodanakhe eyodwa tere.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">UJwanisi wafakaza ngaye, arhuwelela athi: &#8220;Nguye lo ebengikhuluma ngaye ngisithi, &#8216;Loyo oza emva kwami mkhulu kunami ngombana yena gade akhona ngingakabikho.&#8217; &#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Ngokuzala kwakhe umusa saphiwa soke umusa phezu komusa. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Umthetho weza ngoMosi, kodwana umusa neqiniso kweza ngoJesu Krestu. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Akakho noyedwa owakhe wabona uZimu, ngaphandle kweNdodanakhe ebelethwe yodwa esesifubeni sakaYise, ngiyo kwaphela embonakalisileko.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ubufakazi bakaJwanisi uMbhabhadisi</span></div><div class="r"><span class="heading">(Mt 3:1-12; Mk 1:1-8; Lk 3:1-18)</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Lobu bufakazi bakaJwanisi ngesikhathi amaJuda nakathumela abaphristi namaLevi basuka eJerusalema bambuza bathi: &#8220;Kanti wena ungubani?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Yena wavuma azange aphike, wakhuluma waphandlesela wathi: &#8220;Angisuye uKrestu mina.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Bambuza bathi: &#8220;Alo-ke ungubani na? Ungu-Eliya?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">Waphendula wathi: &#8220;Awa, angisuye.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">Bambuza godu bathi: &#8220;Umphorofidi na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">Waphendula wathi: &#8220;Awa angisuye.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Bathi kuye: &#8220;Yeke sitjela bona ungubani. Kufanele sibuyisele ipendulo kilabo abasithumileko. Zitjho bona ungubani?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Yena wabaphendula njengombana kwatjho umphorofidi u-Isaya, wathi:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Mina ngililizwi laloyo orhuwelelako</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">erhalawumbeni asithi,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">&#8216;Yenzani indlela yeKosi inqophe!&#8217; &#8221; </span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Nje-ke abazenda ebegade bathunywe baFarisabo, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">bambuza bathi: &#8220;NawungasinguKrestu namkha u-Eliya nanyana umphorofidi, alo-ke ubhabhadiselani?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">UJwanisi wabaphendula wathi: &#8220;Mina ngibhabhadisa ngamanzi, kodwana hlangana nani kujame eningamaziko, </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">iye, oza emva kwami nengingakafaneli ukutjhaphulula umutjana wamapatlagwanakhe.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Koke lokhu kwenzeka eBhethaniya ngaphetjheya kweJordani, lapha uJwanisi gade abhabhadisa khona.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">IMvana kaZimu</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Ngomuso uJwanisi wabona uJesu asiza kuye, wathi: &#8220;Qalani nasiya iMvana kaZimu, esusa isono sephasi! </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Nguye ebengikhuluma ngaye nangisithi, &#8216;Oza emva kwami, mkhulu kunami ngombana gade akhona ngingakabikho.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Nami ngokwami azange khengimazi, kungalokho ngize kobana ngibhabhadise ngamanzi khona azakubonakaliswa kwa-Israyeli.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">UJwanisi waveza ubufakazi wathi: &#8220;Ngibone uMoya ehla njengezuba avela ezulwini, wahlala phezu kwakhe. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Nalapho azange ngazi bona nguye. Kodwana owangithuma bona ngibhabhadise ngamanzi, wathi kimi, &#8216;Loyo okuzakuthi nawubona uMoya ehla abe ahlale phezu kwakhe, nguye obhabhadisa ngoMoya oCwengileko.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.1.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ngalokho ngikubonile lokho begodu ngiyafakaza bona lo yiNdodana kaZimu.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Abafundi bokuthoma bakaJesu</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.1.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.1.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Ngelanga elilandelako godu uJwanisi bekajame lapho nabafundi bakhe ababili; </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">waqala wabona uJesu asekhambeni wathi: &#8220;Qalani, naso iMvana kaZimu!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.1.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.1.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Kwathi bona abafundi ababili bamuzwe atjho njalo, balandela uJesu. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">UJesu waphenduka, wababona bamlandela, wababuza wathi: &#8220;Nilila ngani?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">Bona bathi kuye: &#8220;Rabi,&#8221; (nakutjhugululwako kutjho bona Mfundisi) &#8220;uhlalaphi na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.1.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Wabaphendula wathi: &#8220;Yizani nizokubona.&#8221; Besele lithambeme, yeke bakhamba naye bayokubona lapha ahlala khona, bahlala lapho naye imini yoke.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.1.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.1.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">Omunye wababilabo gade kungu-Andrisi, umfowabo lakaSimoni Pitrosi. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.1.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Kokuthoma u-Andrisi wafumana umfowabo uSimoni, wamtjela wathi: &#8220;Simfumene uMesiya.&#8221; (Nakutjhugululwako kutjho uKrestu.) </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Yeke wathatha uSimoni wamusa kuJesu.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">UJesu wamqala wathi kuye: &#8220;Ibizo lakho nguSimoni, umsa kaJwanisi, uzakubizwa bona unguKhefasi.&#8221; (Kuyafana nokuthi Pitrosi nakutjhugululwako.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.1.42"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.1.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Ngelanga elilandelako uJesu wazilungiselela ukuya eGalile. Wafumana uFlebhe wathi kuye: &#8220;Namba sikhambe!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.1.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">UFlebhe bekungeweBhethe-Sayida edorobheni lekhabo laka-Andrisi noPitrosi. </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">UFlebhe wafumana uNathaniyeli, wathi kuye: &#8220;Simfumene loyo uMosi atlole ngaye encwadini yomthetho, ngitjho nabaphorofidi abatlola ngaye. UnguJesu, indodana kaJosefa, weNazaretha.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.1.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">UNathaniyeli wabuza wathi: &#8220;Kukhona okulungileko okungavela eNazaretha na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">UFlebhe waphendula wathi: &#8220;Yiza uzokubona!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">UJesu wabona uNathaniyeli asiza kuye, wakhuluma ngaye wathi: &#8220;Nangu umIsrayeli wamambala, onganamanga.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.1.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">UNathaniyeli wambuza wathi: &#8220;Ungazelaphi na?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">UJesu wamphendula wathi: &#8220;Ngikubone ngaphambi kobana uFlebhe akubize usesengaphasi komuthi wamakhiwani.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.1.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">UNathaniyeli wamphendula wathi: &#8220;Mfundisi, uyiNdodana kaZimu! UyiKosi yakwa-Israyeli!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.1.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">UJesu wathi kuye: &#8220;Ukholwa ngombana ngithe kuwe ngikubone ngaphasi komuthi wamakhiwani na? Uzokubona okukhulu kunalokhu!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="JHN.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Wathi godu kibo: &#8220;Kwamambala ngiqinisile ngithi: Nizokubona izulu livuleka, iingilozi zakaZimu zehla zenyuka phezu kweNdodana yoMuntu.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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Ekuthomeni uLizwi bekakhona, uLizwi bekakuZimu, uLizwi bekanguZimu. BekakuZimu kusukela ekuthomeni. Koke kwavela ngaye. Akukho nokukodwa okwabunjwa ngaphandle kwakhe. Ukuphila bekukuye; ukuphila lokho kwaba kukhanya kwabantu. Ukukhanya kwakhanya ebumnyameni nobumnyama azange buhlule ukukhanya.
Kwabakhona umuntu othunywe nguZimu, ibizo lakhe linguJwanisi. Weza kobana azokufakaza ngokukhanya, khona boke bazakukholwa ngaye. Yena bekangasikho ukukhanya, kodwana weza kobana azokufakaza ngokukhanya. Lowo bekumkhanyo wamambala, obuzakuza ephasinapha uzokukhanyisela woke umuntu.
ULizwi bekakhona ephasini begodu iphasi ladalwa ngaye, kodwana iphasi azange khelimazi. Weza ephasini lekhabo, abantu bekhabo azange bamamukele. Kodwana boke abamamukelako bebakholwa ebizweni lakhe, wabapha ilungelo lokuba bantwana bakaZimu, iye, labo abangakabelethwa ngeengazi nangentando yenyama namkha yomuntu kodwana ngentando kaZimu.
ULizwi waba yinyama, wakha phakathi kwethu azele umusa neqiniso. Sabona iphazimulwakhe, iphazimulo ayamukela kuYise njengeNdodanakhe eyodwa tere.
UJwanisi wafakaza ngaye, arhuwelela athi: “Nguye lo ebengikhuluma ngaye ngisithi, ‘Loyo oza emva kwami mkhulu kunami ngombana yena gade akhona ngingakabikho.’ ”
Ngokuzala kwakhe umusa saphiwa soke umusa phezu komusa. Umthetho weza ngoMosi, kodwana umusa neqiniso kweza ngoJesu Krestu. Akakho noyedwa owakhe wabona uZimu, ngaphandle kweNdodanakhe ebelethwe yodwa esesifubeni sakaYise, ngiyo kwaphela embonakalisileko.


Lobu bufakazi bakaJwanisi ngesikhathi amaJuda nakathumela abaphristi namaLevi basuka eJerusalema bambuza bathi: “Kanti wena ungubani?”
Yena wavuma azange aphike, wakhuluma waphandlesela wathi: “Angisuye uKrestu mina.”
Bambuza bathi: “Alo-ke ungubani na? Ungu-Eliya?”
Waphendula wathi: “Awa, angisuye.”
Bambuza godu bathi: “Umphorofidi na?”
Waphendula wathi: “Awa angisuye.”
Bathi kuye: “Yeke sitjela bona ungubani. Kufanele sibuyisele ipendulo kilabo abasithumileko. Zitjho bona ungubani?”
Yena wabaphendula njengombana kwatjho umphorofidi u-Isaya, wathi:

“Mina ngililizwi laloyo orhuwelelako
erhalawumbeni asithi,
‘Yenzani indlela yeKosi inqophe!’ ”

Nje-ke abazenda ebegade bathunywe baFarisabo, bambuza bathi: “NawungasinguKrestu namkha u-Eliya nanyana umphorofidi, alo-ke ubhabhadiselani?”
UJwanisi wabaphendula wathi: “Mina ngibhabhadisa ngamanzi, kodwana hlangana nani kujame eningamaziko, iye, oza emva kwami nengingakafaneli ukutjhaphulula umutjana wamapatlagwanakhe.”
Koke lokhu kwenzeka eBhethaniya ngaphetjheya kweJordani, lapha uJwanisi gade abhabhadisa khona.

Ngomuso uJwanisi wabona uJesu asiza kuye, wathi: “Qalani nasiya iMvana kaZimu, esusa isono sephasi! Nguye ebengikhuluma ngaye nangisithi, ‘Oza emva kwami, mkhulu kunami ngombana gade akhona ngingakabikho.’ Nami ngokwami azange khengimazi, kungalokho ngize kobana ngibhabhadise ngamanzi khona azakubonakaliswa kwa-Israyeli.”
UJwanisi waveza ubufakazi wathi: “Ngibone uMoya ehla njengezuba avela ezulwini, wahlala phezu kwakhe. Nalapho azange ngazi bona nguye. Kodwana owangithuma bona ngibhabhadise ngamanzi, wathi kimi, ‘Loyo okuzakuthi nawubona uMoya ehla abe ahlale phezu kwakhe, nguye obhabhadisa ngoMoya oCwengileko.’
“Ngalokho ngikubonile lokho begodu ngiyafakaza bona lo yiNdodana kaZimu.”

Ngelanga elilandelako godu uJwanisi bekajame lapho nabafundi bakhe ababili; waqala wabona uJesu asekhambeni wathi: “Qalani, naso iMvana kaZimu!”
Kwathi bona abafundi ababili bamuzwe atjho njalo, balandela uJesu. UJesu waphenduka, wababona bamlandela, wababuza wathi: “Nilila ngani?”
Bona bathi kuye: “Rabi,” (nakutjhugululwako kutjho bona Mfundisi) “uhlalaphi na?”
Wabaphendula wathi: “Yizani nizokubona.” Besele lithambeme, yeke bakhamba naye bayokubona lapha ahlala khona, bahlala lapho naye imini yoke.
Omunye wababilabo gade kungu-Andrisi, umfowabo lakaSimoni Pitrosi. Kokuthoma u-Andrisi wafumana umfowabo uSimoni, wamtjela wathi: “Simfumene uMesiya.” (Nakutjhugululwako kutjho uKrestu.) Yeke wathatha uSimoni wamusa kuJesu.
UJesu wamqala wathi kuye: “Ibizo lakho nguSimoni, umsa kaJwanisi, uzakubizwa bona unguKhefasi.” (Kuyafana nokuthi Pitrosi nakutjhugululwako.)
Ngelanga elilandelako uJesu wazilungiselela ukuya eGalile. Wafumana uFlebhe wathi kuye: “Namba sikhambe!” UFlebhe bekungeweBhethe-Sayida edorobheni lekhabo laka-Andrisi noPitrosi. UFlebhe wafumana uNathaniyeli, wathi kuye: “Simfumene loyo uMosi atlole ngaye encwadini yomthetho, ngitjho nabaphorofidi abatlola ngaye. UnguJesu, indodana kaJosefa, weNazaretha.”
UNathaniyeli wabuza wathi: “Kukhona okulungileko okungavela eNazaretha na?”
UFlebhe waphendula wathi: “Yiza uzokubona!”
UJesu wabona uNathaniyeli asiza kuye, wakhuluma ngaye wathi: “Nangu umIsrayeli wamambala, onganamanga.”
UNathaniyeli wambuza wathi: “Ungazelaphi na?”
UJesu wamphendula wathi: “Ngikubone ngaphambi kobana uFlebhe akubize usesengaphasi komuthi wamakhiwani.”
UNathaniyeli wamphendula wathi: “Mfundisi, uyiNdodana kaZimu! UyiKosi yakwa-Israyeli!”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Ukholwa ngombana ngithe kuwe ngikubone ngaphasi komuthi wamakhiwani na? Uzokubona okukhulu kunalokhu!” Wathi godu kibo: “Kwamambala ngiqinisile ngithi: Nizokubona izulu livuleka, iingilozi zakaZimu zehla zenyuka phezu kweNdodana yoMuntu.”

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