Joha 3
3
UJesu ukhuluma loNikodima
1Kwakukhona umuntu wakubaFarisi, uNikodima ibizo lakhe, isikhulu sabaJuda. 2Yena weza kuye ebusuku, wathi kuye: Mfundisi, siyazi ukuthi ungumfundisi ovela kuNkulunkulu, ngoba kakho ongenza lezizibonakaliso ozenzayo uba uNkulunkulu engelaye. 3UJesu wamphendula wathi: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Uba umuntu engazalwa ngokutsha, angewubone umbuso kaNkulunkulu. 4UNikodima wathi kuye: Umuntu angazalwa kanjani esemdala na? Angangena ngokwesibili esiswini sikanina, azalwe na? 5UJesu wathi: Ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Uba umuntu engazalwanga ngamanzi langoMoya, angengene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. 6Lokho okuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama; lalokho okuzelwe nguMoya kungumoya. 7Ungamangali ngoba ngithe kuwe: Ngabe lizalwa ngokutsha. 8Umoya uphephethela lapho uthanda khona; uyaluzwa udumo lwawo, kodwa kawazi lapho uvela khona lalapho uya khona; banjalo bonke abazelwe nguMoya. 9UNikodima wamphendula wathi: Lokhu kungenzeka kanjani na? 10UJesu wamphendula wathi: Wena ungumfundisi wakoIsrayeli, kawukwazi lokhu na? 11Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile ngithi kuwe: Sikhuluma ngesikwaziyo, sifakaze ngesikubonileyo; kodwa kalikwamukeli ukufakaza kwethu. 12Nxa ngilitshelile ngezinto zomhlaba, lingakholwa; lingakholwa kanjani, uba ngilitshela ngezinto zezulwini na? 13Kakho owenyukela ezulwini, kuphela yena owehla ezulwini, iNdodana yomuntu ehlala ezulwini. 14Njengokuba uMose waphakamisa inyoka enkangala, kunjaloke iNdodana yomuntu imele ukuphakanyiswa,#Nani 21:9 15ukuba ilowo lalowo okholwa kiyo abe lokuphila okungapheliyo.
16Ngoba uNkulunkulu wawuthanda umhlaba kangaka, waze wanikela ngeNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ukuba ilowo lalowo okholwa kiyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe lokuphila okungapheliyo. 17Ngoba uNkulunkulu kayithumelanga iNdodana emhlabeni ukuba iwulahle umhlaba, kodwa ukuba umhlaba usiliswe ngayo. 18Okholwa kiyo kalahlwa; kodwa ongakholwayo uselahliwe, ngoba engakholwanga ebizweni leNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe yodwa. 19Ukulahlwa kuyilokhu ukuthi ukukhanya kufikile emhlabeni, kodwa abantu bathanda umnyama kulokukhanya, ngoba imisebenzi yabo imibi. 20Ngoba ilowo lalowo owenza okubi uzonda ukukhanya, kezi ekukhanyeni ukuba imisebenzi yakhe ingasolwa. 21Kodwa owenza iqiniso uyeza ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ibonakale ukuthi yenziwe kuNkulunkulu.
Ubufakazi bokucina bukaJohane
22Emva kwalokhu uJesu labafundi bakhe bakhuphukela elizweni laseJudiya; wahlala khona kanye labo, wabhaphathiza. 23UJohane laye wayebhaphathiza eEnoni eduze leSalima, ngoba kwakulamanzi amanengi khona; abantu babelokhu besiza, babhaphathizwa. 24Ngoba uJohane wayengakafakwa entolongweni.#Mat 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luka 3:19–20
25Kwaba khona ukuphikisana phakathi kwabafundi bakaJohane lomJuda ngokuhlambulula. 26Basebesiza kuJohane, bathi kuye: Mfundisi, lowo owawulaye ngaphetsheya kweJordani, owamfakazelayo, khangela, uyabhaphathiza, bayeza kuye bonke. 27UJohane waphendula wathi: Umuntu angemukele ulutho, engalunikwanga luvela ezulwini. 28Lina ngokwenu liyangifakazela ukuthi ngathi: Kangisuye uKristu mina, kodwa ngithunyiwe ngaphambi kwakhe.#Joha 1:20 29Olomlobokazi ungumyeni, kodwa isinini somyeni esimiyo simuzwa, sithokoza kakhulu ngelizwi lomyeni. Ngakhoke lintokozo yami isiphelele. 30Umele ukukhula yena, mina nginciphe.
Ovela ezulwini
31Ovela phezulu uphezu kwabo bonke; ovela emhlabeni ungowomhlaba, ukhuluma okomhlaba. Ovela ezulwini uphezu kwabo bonke. 32Lokho akubonileyo lakuzwileyo ufakaza ngakho; kodwa kakho owamukela ubufakazi bakhe. 33Owamukele ubufakazi bakhe ulubekile uphawu lwakhe lokuthi uNkulunkulu uqinisile. 34Ngoba lowo uNkulunkulu amthumileyo ukhuluma amazwi kaNkulunkulu; ngoba kaniki uMoya ngesilinganiso. 35UYise uyayithanda iNdodana, unikele izinto zonke esandleni sayo.#Mat 11:27; Luka 10:22 36Yena okholwa eNdodaneni ulokuphila okungapheliyo; kodwa yena ongakholwayo eNdodaneni kayikukubona ukuphila, kodwa ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luhlezi phezu kwakhe.
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Joha 3: BE1978
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Bible Society of Zimbabwe 1978