Ngokukajohane 1:33-50 Ibhayibheli Elingcwele (ZUL59)

33. Nami bengingamazi, kodwa owangithuma ukubhapathiza ngamanzi wathi kimi: ‘Lowo oyakubona uMoya ehla ahlale phezu kwakhe, nguyena obhapathiza ngoMoya oNgcwele.’

34. Mina ngibonile, ngafakaza ukuthi: Lo uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu.”

35. Ngangomuso futhi wayemi uJohane nababili kubafundi bakhe.

36. Ebona uJesu ehamba, wathi: “Bheka, nanto iWundlu likaNkulunkulu.”

37. Abafundi ababili bezwa ekhuluma, bamlandela uJesu.

38. Khona uJesu waphenduka, wababona belandela, wathi kubo: “Nifunani na?”Bathi kuye: “Rabi,” okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa: Mfundisi, “uhlalaphi na?”

39. Wathi kubo: “Wozani nibone.” Ngakho-ke beza babona lapho ehlala khona; bahlala naye ngalolo suku; kwakungaba yihora leshumi.

40. Omunye walabo ababili abamuzwa uJohane balandela uJesu wayengu-Andreya umfowabo kaSimoni Petru;

41. yena wafumana kuqala umfowabo uSimoni, wathi kuye: “Simfumene uMesiya,” okungukuthi ngokuhunyushwa uKristu.

42. Wamyisa kuJesu; uJesu wambheka wathi: “Wena unguSimoni kaJona; uzakubizwa ngokuthi uKhefase,” okuhunyushwa ngokuthi uPetru.

43. Ngangomuso wayefuna ukuya eGalile, wafumana uFiliphu; uJesu wathi kuye: “Ngilandele.”

44. UFiliphu wayengowaseBetsayida, umuzi ka-Andreya noPetru.

45. UFiliphu wafumana uNathanayeli, wathi kuye: “Simfumene lowo aloba ngaye emthethweni uMose kanye nabaprofethi, uJesu waseNazaretha, indodana kaJosefa.”

46. UNathanayeli wathi kuye: “Kungase kuvele okuhle eNazaretha na?”UFiliphu wathi kuye: “Woza ubone.”

47. UJesu wabona uNathanayeli eza kuye, wathi ngaye: “Bheka, umIsrayeli uqobo okungekho nkohliso kuye.”

48. UNathanayeli wathi kuye: “Ungazelaphi na?”UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Ungakabizwa nguFiliphu, uphansi komkhiwane, ngakubona.”

49. UNathanayeli wamphendula wathi: “Rabi, uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uyiNkosi ka-Israyeli.”

50. UJesu waphendula, wathi kuye: “Ukholwa ngokuba ngithe kuwe ngakubona uphansi komkhiwane na? Uzakubona okukhulu kunalokho.”

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