Nangakusasa uJohane wayemi nabafundi bakhe ababili. Kuthe ebona uJesu edlula, wathi: “Nanti iWundlu likaNkulunkulu.”
Abafundi ababili bamuzwa ekhuluma, base bemlandela uJesu. UJesu waphenduka, wababona bemlandela, wathi kubo: “Nifunani na?”
Bathi: “Rabi,” okusho ukuthi Mfundisi: “Uhlala kuphi na?”
Wabaphendula wathi: “Wozani nibone.”
Ngakho-ke bahamba, babona lapho ehlala khona, bahlala naye ngalolo lusuku; cishe kwase kuyihora leshumi.
U-Andreya, umfowabo kaSimoni Phethro, wayengomunye walabo ababili abathi ukumuzwa uJohane, bamlandela uJesu. U-Andreya waqala wafumana umfowabo uSimoni, wathi kuye: “Simtholile uMesiya,” okungukuthi uma lihunyushwa, uKhristu.
Wamyisa kuJesu. UJesu wambheka, wathi: “Wena unguSimoni kaJona; usuzakubizwa ngokuthi uKhefase,” okusho ukuthi ngokuhunyushwa, uPhethro.
Ngangomuso uJesu wanquma ukuya eGalile. Wafica uFiliphu, wathi kuye: “Ngilandele.”
UFiliphu wayedabuka eBhethsayida, umuzi okwakuhlala kuwo u-Andreya noPhethro. UFiliphu wafumana uNathaniyeli, wathi kuye: “Simtholile lowo uMose aloba ngaye emthethweni, kanye nabaphrofethi, uJesu waseNazaretha, indodana kaJosefa.”
UNathaniyeli wathi kuye: “Kukhona yini okuhle okungavela eNazaretha na?”
UFiliphu wathi: “Woza uzozibonela!”
UJesu wambona uNathaniyeli eza kuye, wakhuluma ngaye wathi: “Nangu-ke umIsrayeli woqobo, ongenankohliso.”
UNathaniyeli wathi kuye: “Ungazelaphi na?”
UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Ngaphambi kokuba uFiliphu akubize phansi komkhiwane, ngakubona.”
UNathaniyeli wamphendula, wathi: “Rabi, Wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uyiNkosi ka-Israyeli.”
UJesu wamphendula, wathi kuye: “Uyakholwa ngokuba ngithe kuwe ngakubona uphansi komkhiwane na? Uzakubona okukhulu kunalokho.”
Wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: nizakubona izulu livuliwe nezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu zenyuka zehla phezu kweNdodana yomuntu.”
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