Ngangomuso futhi wayemi uJohane nababili kubafundi bakhe;
Ebona uJesu ehamba, wathi: “Bheka, iWundlu likaNkulunkulu!
Abafundi ababili bezwa ekhuluma, bamlandela uJesu.
UJesu waphenduka, wababona belandela, wathi kubo: Nifunani na? Basebesithi kuye: Rabi, (okutsho ukuthi, Mfundisi,) uhlala ngaphi?
Wathi kubo: Wozani nibone. Beza babona lapho ehlala khona, bahlala naye lolo suku, ngokuba kwakungaba yihora leshumi.
Omunye wababili abezwa uJohane ekhuluma bamlandela wayengu-Andreya umfowabo kaSimoni Petru.
Yena wafumana kuqala umfowabo uSimoni, wathi kuye: “Simfumene uMesiya” okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa uKristu.
Yamletha kuJesu. UJesu embuka wathi: “Wena unguSimoni kaJona;
Ngangomuso wafuna ukuphuma aye eGalile, wafumana uFiliphu, wathi kuye: “Ngilandele.
UFiliphu wayengowaseBetsayida, umuzi ka-Andreya noPetru.
UFiliphu wafumana uNathanayeli, wathi kuye: “Simfumene lowo aloba ngaye emthethweni uMose kanye nabaprofethi, uJesu waseNazaretha, indodana kaJosefa.
UNathanayeli wasesithi kuye: Kambe kukhona into enhle evela eNazaretha? UFiliphu wathi kuye: Woza ubone.
UJesu wabona uNathanayeli eza kuye, wathi ngaye: “Bheka, umIsrayeli okungekho nkohliso kuye.
UNathanayeli wathi kuye: “Ungazelaphi na? UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Ngaphambi kokuthi uFiliphu akubize, uphansi komkhiwane, ngakubona.
UNathanayeli waphendula, wathi kuye: “Rabi, wena uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu; wena uyiNkosi yakwa-Israyeli.
UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: Uyakholwa ngokuba ngithe kuwe ngikubone uphansi komkhiwane? uzabona izinto ezinkulu kulalezi.
Wathi kuye: “Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kini: Niyakubona izulu livulekile, nezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu zenyuka zehla phezu kweNdodana yomuntu.
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