Joh 3 | Ndebele | STEP | Kwakukhona-ke umuntu wakubaFarisi, nguNikodima ibizo lakhe , isikhulu samaJuda ;

1 Kwakukhona-ke umuntu wakubaFarisi, nguNikodima ibizo lakhe ^a, isikhulu samaJuda ^b; 2 lo weza kuJesu ^c ebusuku ^d, wathi kuye: Rabi* ^e, siyazi ukuthi ungumfundisi ovela kuNkulunkulu; ngoba kakho ongenza lezizibonakaliso ozenzayo wena ^f, uba uNkulunkulu engelaye ^g. 3 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Ngaphandle kokuthi umuntu azalwe ^h ngokutsha ^{▼▼ ngokutsha: kumbe, ngokwaphezulu.
,} ^j, angewubone umbuso kaNkulunkulu. 4 UNikodima wathi kuye: Umuntu angazalwa njani esemdala? Angangena yini ngokwesibili esiswini sikanina azalwe ^k? 5 UJesu waphendula wathi: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Uba umuntu engazalwanga ngamanzi ^{l
,} ^m langoMoya ⁿ, angengene embusweni kaNkulunkulu. 6 Lokho okuzelwe yinyama kuyinyama; lalokho okuzelwe nguMoya kungumoya ^o. 7 Ungamangali ukuthi ngithe kuwe: Kufanele ukuthi lizalwe ngokutsha ^{▼▼ ngokutsha: kumbe, ngokwaphezulu.
,} ^q. 8 Umoya uphephethela lapho othanda khona, uyawuzwa umdumo wawo, kodwa kawazi lapho ovela khona lalapho oya khona; unjalo wonke ozelwe nguMoya ^r. 9 UNikodima waphendula wathi kuye: Lezizinto zingenzeka njani ^s? 10 UJesu waphendula wathi kuye: Wena ungumfundisi wakoIsrayeli, kodwa kawuzazi lezizinto yini ^t? 11 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kuwe: Sikhuluma esikwaziyo, sifakaze esikubonileyo ^u; kodwa kalibemukeli ubufakazi bethu ^v. 12 Nxa ngilitshelile izinto zomhlaba njalo lingakholwa, lizakholwa njani, uba ngilitshela izinto zezulwini? 13 Njalo kakho owake wenyukela ezulwini ^w, ngaphandle kowehla ezulwini, iNdodana yomuntu ^x esezulwini ^y. 14 Futhi njengoba uMozisi waphakamisa inyoka enkangala ^z, ngokunjalo iNdodana yomuntu ^aa imele ukuphakanyiswa ^ab; 15 ukuze wonke okholwa kuyo angabhubhi ^ac, kodwa abe lempilo elaphakade ^ad. 16 Ngoba uNkulunkulu wawuthanda umhlaba ngokunjalo ^ae, ngakho wanika ^af iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa ^ag, ukuze wonke okholwa kuyo angabhubhi, kodwa abe lempilo elaphakade ^ah. 17 Ngoba uNkulunkulu kayithumanga iNdodana yakhe emhlabeni ^ai ukuthi iwulahle umhlaba ^aj, kodwa ukuze umhlaba usindiswe ngayo ^ak. 18 Okholwa kiyo kalahlwa ^al; kodwa ongakholwayo uselahliwe ^am, ngoba engakholwanga ebizweni leNdodana kaNkulunkulu ezelwe yodwa ^an. 19 Ukulahlwa kuyilokhu, ukuthi ukukhanya kufikile emhlabeni ^ao, kodwa abantu bathanda ubumnyama ^ap kulokukhanya ^aq; ngoba imisebenzi yabo yayimibi ^ar. 20 Ngoba wonke ^as owenza okubi uzonda ukukhanya, njalo kezi ekukhanyeni ^at, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ingasolwa ^{au
,} ^{▼▼ ukusolwa: kumbe, ukubonwa.}. 21 Kodwa owenza iqiniso uyeza ekukhanyeni, ukuze imisebenzi yakhe ibonakale, ukuthi yenziwe kuNkulunkulu ^aw.

Ubufakazi bokucina bukaJohane

22 Emva kwalezizinto uJesu weza elizweni leJudiya ^ax labafundi bakhe ^ay; njalo wahlala khona kanye labo njalo wabhabhathiza ^az.

23 UJohane laye wayebhabhathiza eEnoni ^ba eduze leSalima ^bb, ngoba kwakulamanzi amanengi khona; njalo babesiza bebhabhathizwa ^bc. 24 Ngoba uJohane wayengakaphoselwa entolongweni ^bd.

25 Kwasekusiba khona ukuphikisana phakathi kwabafundi bakaJohane lamaJuda ngokuhlambulula ^be. 26 Basebesiza kuJohane bathi kuye: Rabi ^bf, lowo owawulaye ngaphetsheya kweJordani ^bg, owamfakazelayo ^bh, khangela yena uyabhabhathiza, njalo bayeza kuye bonke. 27 UJohane waphendula wathi: Umuntu angemukele ^{▼▼ ukwemukela: kumbe, ukuzithathela.} ulutho ^bj, ngaphandle kokuthi alunikwe luvela ezulwini ^bk. 28 Lina ngokwenu liyangifakazela ukuthi ngathi: Kangisuye uKristu mina ^bl, kodwa ukuthi ngithunyiwe ngaphambi kwakhe ^bm. 29 Olomakoti ungumyeni ^bn; kodwa umngane womyeni, omiyo emuzwa ^bo, uthokoza ngentokozo ^bp ngelizwi lomyeni ^bq; ngakho lintokozo yami isiphelele. 30 Umele ukukhula yena, kodwa mina nginciphe ^br.

Ovela ezulwini

31 Ovela ^bs phezulu ^bt uphezu kwakho konke ^bu. Ovela emhlabeni, ungowomhlaba, njalo ukhuluma okomhlaba ^bv; ovela ^bw ezulwini ^bx uphezu kwakho konke ^by. 32 Lalokho akubonileyo ^bz lakuzwileyo ^ca, ufakaza khona; kodwa kakho owemukela ubufakazi bakhe ^cb. 33 Owemukele ubufakazi bakhe uphawulile ^cc ukuthi uNkulunkulu uqinisile ^cd. 34 Ngoba lowo uNkulunkulu amthumileyo, ukhuluma amazwi kaNkulunkulu ^ce; ngoba uNkulunkulu umnika uMoya kungeyisikho ngesilinganiso ^cf. 35 UYise uyayithanda iNdodana ^cg, njalo unikele izinto zonke esandleni sayo ^ch. 36 Yena okholwa eNdodaneni ulempilo elaphakade; kodwa yena ongakholwayo eNdodaneni, kayikubona impilo, kodwa ulaka lukaNkulunkulu luhlezi phezu kwakhe ^ci.