1 Lowo labekhona kusukela ekucaleni, lesamuva, nalesambona ngemehlo etfu, sambuka, samphatsa ngetandla tetfu bekunguLivi lekuphila.
2 Yena lowo Sokuphila wabonakaliswa kitsi, sambona, sifakaza ngaye, simemetela kini Sokuphila waphakadze. Nguye labeneYise; wabe sewubonakaliswa kitsi.
3 Lowo lesambona samuva simemetela yena nakini, kuze nani nibe nebudlelwane kanye natsi. Tsine-ke sinebudlelwane neYise kanye neNdvodzana yakhe lenguJesu Khristu.
4 Ngako-ke sibhala loku kuze kutsi kujabula kwetfu kuphelele.
5 Lona ngumlayeto lesawutsatsa emlonyeni wakhe, simemetela wona kini kutsi Nkulunkulu ukukhanya, bumnyama kute kuye.
6 Nasitsi sinebudlelwane naye, kodvwa sibe sihamba ebumnyameni, sinemanga, futsi asiphili ngekweliciniso.
7 Kodvwa nasihamba ekukhanyeni, njengobe yena asekukhanyeni, sinebudlelwane lomunye nalomunye, nengati yaJesu, iNdvodzana yakhe, iyasihlanta kuko konkhe kona.
8 Nasitsi site sono, siyatiyenga, neliciniso alikho kitsi.
9 Kodvwa nasitivuma tono tetfu, Nkulunkulu wetsembekile, futsi ulungile, utasitsetselela tono tetfu abuye asihlambulule kuko konkhe kungalungi.
10 Nasitsi asikoni, simenta localemanga, nelivi lakhe alikho kitsi.
1 Bantfwabami, nginibhalela loku khona ningetikona; kodvwa nangabe kukhona lotfuke enta sono, tsine sineMmeli kuYise, Jesu Khristu lolungile,
2 nguye loyinhlawulo yetono tetfu, hhayi tetfu sodvwa, kodvwa netemhlaba wonkhe.
3 Nasigcina imiyalo yakhe, sineleciniso lekutsi siyamati yena.
4 Umuntfu lotsi: “Ngiyamati,” kodvwa abe angayenti imiyalo yakhe, ngulocalemanga, neliciniso kute kuye.
5 Kodvwa lowo logcina livi lakhe, lutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu luphelelisiwe kuye; ngaloko singaba neliciniso lekutsi sikuye.
6 Wonkhe umuntfu lotsi uhlala kuye, kufanele ahambe ngaleyo ndlela Khristu lahamba ngayo.
7 Batsandzekako, anginibhaleli wona umyalo lomusha kodvwa wona lowo lomdzala lenawuva kusukela ekucaleni. Lomyalo lomdzala livi lenaliva.
8 Noko nginibhalela umyalo lomusha, buciniso bawo lobubonakala kuJesu nakini, ngobe bumnyama buyendlula nekukhanya lokunguko sibili sekuvele kuyakhanya.
9 Umuntfu lotsi usekukhanyeni, kodvwa abe atondza umzalwane wakhe, usebumnyameni nanyalo.
10 Lowo lotsandza umzalwane wakhe, uhlala ekukhanyeni, nesikhubekiso kute kuye.
11 Kodvwa lowo lotondza umzalwane wakhe usebumnyameni, uhamba ebumnyameni, futsi akati nekutsi uyaphi, ngobe bumnyama buphumphutsekise emehlo akhe.
12 Ngibhalela nine, bantfwabami, ngobe tono tenu setitsetselelwe ngenca yaKhristu.
13 Ngibhalela nine, bobabe, ngobe niyamati Yena, loseloku aphila kusukela ekucaleni. Ngibhalela nani, majaha, ngobe nimehlulile Lomubi.
14 Ngibhalele nine, bantfwana, ngobe niyamati Babe. Ngibhalele nani, bobabe, ngobe niyamati Yena, loseloku akhona kusukela ekucaleni. Ngibhalele nine, majaha, ngobe ninemandla, nelivi laNkulunkulu lihlala kini, futsi senimehlulile Lomubi.
15 Ningalitsandzi live netintfo letiseveni. Nangabe umuntfu atsandza live, lutsandvo lwaBabe alukho kuye.
16 Ngobe konkhe lokuseveni, kuyinkhanuko yenyama, nenkhanuko yemehlo, nekutigabatisa lokulite ngetintfo takulomhlaba. Konkhe loku akuveli kuBabe, kodvwa kwelive.
17 Live liyendlula netinkhanuko talo, kodvwa lowo lowenta intsandvo yaNkulunkulu, uyawuphila kuze kube phakadze.
18 Bantfwana, sesikhatsi sekugcina; njengobe neva kutsi mphikakhristu uyeta, nanyalo bomphikakhristu labanyenti sebavelile; ngako-ke sesiyati kutsi sesikhatsi sekugcina.
19 Baphuma emkhatsini wetfu, kodvwa babevele bangesibo bakitsi, ngobe kube bebabakitsi, ngabe bachubeka kanye natsi. Noko kwakufanele kutsi kubonakale kutsi kute namunye wabo labewakitsi.
20 Kodvwa-ke nine nigcotjwe nguLongcwele, nonkhe ninalo lwati.
21 Angikanibhaleli ngobe ningalati liciniso kodvwa ngobe nilati. Niyati futsi kutsi kute emanga laphuma ecinisweni.
22 Pho, ngubani localemanga nakungesiye lophika Jesu kutsi nguKhristu? Lowo ngumphikakhristu: lophika uYise neNdvodzana.
23 Lowo lophika iNdvodzana, ute Nkulunkulu uYise; kantsi lowo lovuma iNdvodzana unaye, Nkulunkulu uYise.
24 Loko lenakuva kusukela ekucaleni akuhlale etinhlitiyweni tenu. Nangabe-ke loko kuhlala kini, nani-ke niyawuhlala eNdvodzaneni kanye nakuYise.
25 Nguleso-ke setsembiso Khristu lasinika sona: kuphila lokuphakadze.
26 Nginibhalele loku ngalabo labanedukisako.
27 Kodvwa nine ninekugcotjwa kwaMoya lokukini lenakwemukela kuKhristu; ngako-ke asikho sidzingo sekutsi ningabuye nifundziswe ngulomunye umuntfu. Lokunigcoba kwakhe kunifundzisa tonkhe tintfo, futsi kuliciniso, akusiwo emanga; njengobe kunifundzisile-ke, hlalani nikuye.
28 Bantfwabami, hlalani kuye, khona kutawutsi nakachamuka sibe nesibindzi sibete emahloni sinyibe kuye ekufikeni kwakhe.
29 Nanati kutsi ulungile, ningahlala nineliciniso lekutsi wonkhe lowenta kulunga, utelwe nguye.
1 Ase nibuke lutsandvo lolungaka Babe lasinike lona kutsi sibitwe ngekutsi sibantfwana baNkulunkulu; futsi vele singabo. Ngako-ke live alisati tsine, ngobe alimatanga yena.
2 Batsandzekako, nyalo sibantfwana baNkulunkulu, noko akukabonakali kutsi siyawuba yini. Lesikwatiko kutsi ngesikhatsi achamuka Khristu, siyawuba njengaye, ngobe siyawumbona njengobe anjalo.
3 Wonkhe umuntfu lonalo lelo tsemba kuKhristu uyatihlambulula, njengobe naKhristu ahlambulukile.
4 Wonkhe umuntfu lowenta sono wephula umtsetfo, ngobe sono sikwephula umtsetfo.
5 Futsi niyati kutsi Jesu wabonakaliselwa kususa tono, nekutsi kute sono kuye.
6 Wonkhe umuntfu lohlala kuye akoni, lowonako akazange asambone, futsi akamati.
7 Bantfwabami, ningayengwa ngumuntfu; umuntfu lowenta kulunga ulungile, njengobe naKhristu alungile.
8 Umuntfu lowonako waSathane, ngobe Sathane wona kusukela ekucaleni. Kodvwa iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu yetela kona loko, kucitsa imisebenti yaSathane.
9 Umuntfu lotelwe nguNkulunkulu akoni, ngobe simo saNkulunkulu sikuye; ngako-ke angeke one, ngobe ungumntfwana waNkulunkulu.
10 Bantfwana baNkulunkulu nebantfwana baSathane babonakala ngaloku: Umuntfu longenti kulunga nalongatsandzi umzalwane wakhe, akasiye waNkulunkulu.
11 Lona ngumyalo lenawuva kusukela ekucaleni kutsi kufanele sitsandzane.
12 Singabi njengaKhayini labe waLomubi, wabulala umnakabo. Wambulalelani-ke? Wambulala, ngobe imisebenti yakhe yayimibi, kantsi lena ya-Abela, umnakabo, yayilungile.
13 Ningamangali, bazalwane, nanitondvwa live.
14 Siyati kutsi sesiphumile ekufeni, sangena ekuphileni, ngobe sitsandza bazalwane; lote lutsandvo usesekufeni.
15 Umuntfu lotondza umzalwane ungumbulali, nani-ke niyati kutsi kute umuntfu longumbulali lonekuphila lokuphakadze.
16 Lutsandvo silwati ngaloku kutsi yena wanikela ngekuphila kwakhe ngenca yetfu; natsi-ke kufanele sinikele ngekuphila kwetfu ngenca yebazalwane.
17 Nangabe umuntfu anako kwelive bese ubona umzalwane wakhe loswele, angamhawukeli, angasho kanjani kutsi lutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu luhlala enhlitiyweni yakhe?
18 Bantfwabami, asingatsandzi ngemavi nje emlomo kuphela, kodvwa asitsandze ngetento nangeliciniso.
19 Ngaloko-ke siyawukwati kutsi sibeliciniso nasembikwaNkulunkulu siyawuba nesibindzi kunembeza wetfu,
20 ngekutsi nangabe nembeza wetfu asilahla, Nkulunkulu mkhulu kunanembeza wetfu, futsi wati konkhe.
21 Batsandzekako, nangabe nembeza wetfu angasilahli, sinesibindzi kuNkulunkulu.
22 Konkhe lesikucelako uyasipha, ngobe siyigcina imiyalo yakhe, futsi senta lokutsandzeka emehlweni akhe.
23 Naku lasiyala ngako: kutsi sikholwe egameni leNdvodzana yakhe lenguJesu Khristu bese siyatsandzana, njengobe asiyala.
24 Umuntfu logcina imiyalo yaNkulunkulu uhlala kuNkulunkulu, naNkulunkulu uhlala kuye. Nkulunkulu wasinika Moya wakhe, nguko lesibona ngako kutsi Nkulunkulu uhlala kitsi.
1 Batsandzekako, ningabohambe nikholwa ngibo bonkhe bomoya, nibobahlola bomoya kutsi baNkulunkulu yini, ngobe banyenti baphrofethi bemanga labaphumele eveni.
2 Moya waNkulunkulu niyawumati ngaloku: Wonkhe umoya lovumako kutsi Jesu Khristu wefika waba ngumuntfu, yena unguMoya waNkulunkulu.
3 Wonkhe umoya longamvumi Jesu, akusiwo waNkulunkulu; lowo ngumoya wamphikakhristu leneva ngaye kutsi uyeta, nangempela sewukhona la kulomhlaba.
4 Bantfwabami, nine nibaNkulunkulu, senibehlulile baphrofethi bemanga, ngobe lowo lokini mkhulu kunalowo losemhlabeni.
5 Bona belive, ngako-ke nalabakukhulumako kwaseveni, futsi nelive liyabeva.
6 Tsine sibaNkulunkulu, lomatiko Nkulunkulu uyasiva, lowo longesiye waNkulunkulu akasiva. Siwehlukanisa ngaloko-ke umoya weliciniso nemoya wekweduka.
7 Batsandzekako, asitsandzaneni ngobe lutsandvo luvela kuNkulunkulu; wonkhe umuntfu lonelutsandvo usuke atelwe nguNkulunkulu, futsi uyamati Nkulunkulu.
8 Kodvwa lote lutsandvo akamati Nkulunkulu, ngobe Nkulunkulu ulutsandvo.
9 Lutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu lwabonakaliswa kitsi ngekutsi Nkulunkulu watfumela iNdvodzana yakhe leyodvwa emhlabeni, khona sitewuphila ngayo.
10 Ngulolo-ke lutsandvo, hhayi kutsi ngitsi lesatsandza Nkulunkulu, kepha kutsi nguye lowasitsandza, wadzimate watfumela iNdvodzana yakhe kutsi ibe yinhlawulo yetono tetfu.
11 Batsandzekako, nangabe Nkulunkulu wasitsandza kangaka, natsi sifanele kutsi sitsandzane.
12 Kute umuntfu lowase wabona Nkulunkulu; nasitsandzana-ke, Nkulunkulu uhlala kitsi, nelutsandvo lwakhe luphelelisiwe kitsi.
13 Siyati kutsi sihlala kuye naye kitsi, ngobe usiphile kwaMoya wakhe.
14 Tsine sitibonele, sifakaza kutsi uYise utfumele iNdvodzana yakhe kutsi itewuba nguMsindzisi welive.
15 Lowo lovuma kutsi Jesu uyiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu uhlala kuye, naye uhlala kuNkulunkulu.
16 Tsine siyalwati lutsandvo Nkulunkulu lasitsandza ngalo, futsi siyakholwa ngilo. Nkulunkulu ulutsandvo. Umuntfu lohlala elutsandvweni uhlala kuNkulunkulu, naNkulunkulu uhlala kuye.
17 Lutsandvo luphelelisiwe kitsi kuze sibe nesibindzi ngelilanga lekwehlulela, ngobe njengaloku abenjalo Khristu natsi sinjalo kulomhlaba.
18 Lutsandvo lute kwesaba, kodvwa lutsandvo loluphelele luyakucosha kwesaba. Kwesaba kuhambisana nesijeziso; lowo lowesabako akapheleli elutsandvweni.
19 Tsine sitsandza, ngobe kwacala yena wasitsandza.
20 Umuntfu nakatsi: “Ngiyamtsandza Nkulunkulu,” kepha abe atondza umzalwane wakhe, ungulocalemanga; ngobe umuntfu longamtsandzi umzalwane wakhe lambonako, angeke amtsandze Nkulunkulu langazange asambone.
21 Sinemyalo lasinika wona Khristu kutsi umuntfu lotsandza Nkulunkulu ufanele kutsandza nemzalwane wakhe futsi.
1 Wonkhe umuntfu lokholwa kutsi Jesu unguKhristu, ungumntfwana waNkulunkulu; umuntfu lotsandza umtali, utsandza nemntfwanakhe futsi.
2 Nasitsandza Nkulunkulu sigcina nemiyalo yakhe, siyati kutsi siyabatsandza bantfwana bakhe.
3 Ngobe kutsandza Nkulunkulu kugcina imiyalo yakhe. Imiyalo yaNkulunkulu ayimatima kitsi.
4 Wonkhe umuntfu lotelwe nguNkulunkulu uyalincoba live. Kuncoba lesincoba ngako live: kukholwa kwetfu.
5 Ngubani umuntfu longancoba live ngaphandle kwalowo lokholwa kutsi Jesu uyiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu?
6 Nguye Jesu Khristu loweta ngemanti nangengati; kungesiko ngemanti odvwana kepha ngemanti nangengati, naMoya ungufakazi ngobe Moya uliciniso.
7 Ngobe batsatfu labafakazako:
8 nguMoya, nemanti, nengati: bufakazi babo bobatsatfu buyavumelana.
9 Siyabemukela bufakazi bebantfu; kodvwa bufakazi baNkulunkulu bukhulu kakhulu, ngobe Nkulunkulu ufakaze ngeNdvodzana yakhe.
10 Nome ngubani lokholwa yiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, unebufakazi kuye; kodvwa umuntfu longakholwa kuNkulunkulu, umente localemanga, ngobe angakholwa ebufakazini lobubekwe nguNkulunkulu ngeNdvodzana yakhe.
11 Bufakazi ngulobu kutsi Nkulunkulu wasinika kuphila lokuphakadze, nalokuphila kuseNdvodzaneni yakhe.
12 Wonkhe umuntfu loneNdvodzana, unekuphila; kantsi lowo lote iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, ute kuphila.
13 Nginibhalela loku nine, lenikholwa egameni leNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, kuze nati kutsi ninekuphila lokuphakadze.
14 Sinesibindzi kutsi nasicela lutfo kuNkulunkulu ngekwentsandvo yakhe, uyasiva.
15 Njengobe sati kutsi uyasiva kunobe yini lesiyicelako, siyati nekutsi sesikunikiwe loko lesikucela kuye.
16 Nakukhona lobona umzalwane wakhe enta sono lesingaholeli ekufeni, kufanele amthandazele, Nkulunkulu utamupha kuphila. Loko kucondzene nalabo labenta sono lesingaholeli ekufeni. Sikhona sono lesiholela ekufeni, lengingete ngasho kutsi kungacelwa ngaleso.
17 Konkhe lokungakalungi kusono, noko kukhona sono lesingaholeli ekufeni.
18 Siyati kutsi wonkhe umuntfu lotelwe nguNkulunkulu akoni, ngobe iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu iyamgcina, naLomubi akamtsintsi.
19 Siyati kutsi sibaNkulunkulu nekutsi umhlaba wonkhe ungephansi kwemandla aLomubi.
20 Siyati kutsi iNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu ifikile yasipha kucondzisisa kahle, khona sitewumati Nkulunkulu longuye sibili; tsine-ke sikuye Nkulunkulu sibili, eNdvodzaneni yakhe lenguJesu Khristu. Nguye longuNkulunkulu sibili, nalokuphila lokuphakadze.
21 Bantfwabami, tikhweshiseni etithicweni.