1livi waba ngumuntfu 1 # gen. 1:1joh. 8:58 ekucaleni kungakadalwa lutfo, abevele akhona livi. livi abekunkulunkulu, livi abengunkulunkulu. 2yena lowo labekhonanchanti, abenankulunkulu. 3#hla. 33:6khol. 1:16konkhe kwadalwa ngaye, ngaphandle kwakhe kute lokwadalwa kuko konkhe lokudaliwe. 4#hla. 36:9joh. 5:261 joh. 5:11nguye labengumtfombo wekuphila, naloko kuphila bekukukhanya kwebantfu bonkhe. 5#isa. 60:1joh. 8:12lokukhanya kukhanya ebumnyameni, bumnyama abukakwemukeli. 6 # mat. 3:1mak. 1:4luk. 3:1--2 bekukhona umuntfu labetfunywe ngunkulunkulu, libito lakhe bekungujohane. 7lowo abetele bufakazi, atewufakaza ngaloko kukhanya, kutsi ngaye bonkhe bantfu bakholwe. 8yena abengesiko loko kukhanya, kepha abetewufakaza ngaloko kukhanya. 9#mat. 4:2joh. 9:5kukhanya kweliciniso, lokukhanyisa wonkhe umuntfu, bekuseta emhlabeni. 10livi abesendalweni. indalo yavela ngaye, kepha umhlaba awuzange umati. 11weta kubakubo, kodvwa bantfu bakubo abazange bamemukele. 3:1kepha bonkhe labamemukela, ngekukholwa egameni lakhe, wabapha emandla ekutsi babe bantfwana bankulunkulu. 13#joh. 3:31 phet. 1:23jak. 1:18abazange batalwe ngengati, nangenyama, nangentsandvo yendvodza, kodvwa batalwa ngunkulunkulu. 14 # khol. 1:19 livi waba ngumuntfu, wahlala kanye natsi, agcwele umusa neliciniso. sayibona inkhatimulo yakhe, lengeyalotelwe yedvwa kuyise. 15johane wafakaza ngaye, amemeta atsi: “nguye lona lebengikhuluma ngaye ngitsi: ‘lowo lota emvakwami mkhulu kunami, ngobe yena abekhonanchanti kunami.’ ” 16 # joh. 3:34khol. 2:39 ngobe ekupheleleni kwakhe sonkhe saphiwa umusa etikwemusa. 17#eks. 20:1rom. 10:4umtsetfo waniketwa ngamosi; umusa neliciniso kwavela ngajesu khristu. 18#eks. 33:20mat. 11:27kute lowase wabona nkulunkulu, ngaphandle kwendvodzana letelwe yodvwa lengunkulunkulu, lesesifubeni seyise, ngiyo lembonakalisile.bufakazi bajohane umbhabhatisi(mat. 3:1--12; mak. 1:1--8; luk. 3:1--18) 19lobu bufakazi bajohane mhlazana emajuda atfumela baphristi nebalevi, baphuma ejerusalema kutembuta batsi: “wena ungubani?” 20 # imis. 13:25 wavuma, akazange aphike, watsi: “angisiye mine khristu.” 21 # dut. 18:1518mal. 4:5 bambuta batsi: “pho, ungubani? ungu--elija yini?”waphendvula watsi: “cha, angisiye.”bambuta batsi: “ungumphrofethi yini?”waphendvula watsi: “cha.” 22base batsi kuye: “kepha ungubani? tisho wena kutsi ungubani, khona sitebaphendvula laba labasitfumile.” 23 # isa. 40:3 yena watsi:“ngilivi lalomemeta ehlane,atsi: ‘lungisani indlela yenkhosi,’njengobe asho isaya, umphrofethi.” 24labanye kuletitfunywa bekubafarisi. 25bambuta--ke batsi: “pho, ubhabhatiselani nangabe awusiye khristu, nome elija, nome umphrofethi?” 26johane wabaphendvula watsi: “mine ngibhabhatisa ngemanti; kepha la emkhatsini wenu kume leningamati. 27yena lowo lotako emvakwami, mine angikafaneli ngisho nekutfukulula imichilo yeticatfulo takhe.” 28loko--ke kwenteka ngesheya kwejordane, ebhetani, lapho bekubhabhatisela johane khona.liwundlu lankulunkulu 29 # isa. 53:71 khor. 5:7 ngakusasa johane wabona jesu eta kuye watsi: “nalo liwundlu lankulunkulu lelisusa sono selive! 30nguye lona lebengikhuluma ngaye ngitsi: ukhona lota emvakwami lomkhulu kunami, ngobe yena abekhonanchanti, ngingakabikho. 31nami bengingamati, kodvwa kuze abonakaliswe ku--israyeli, kwafanela ngite ngitewubhabhatisa ngemanti.” 32johane wafakaza watsi: “ngimbonile moya ehla ezulwini anjengelituba, wahlala etikwakhe. 33nami bengingamati, kodvwa lona lowangitfuma kutawubhabhatisa ngemanti watsi kimi: ‘lowo loyawubona moya ehla ahlala etikwakhe, nguye loyawubhabhatisa ngamoya longcwele.’ 34mine ngimbonile, ngingufakazi wekutsi: ‘lona yindvodzana yankulunkulu.’ ”bafundzi bajesu bekucala 35ngakusasa futsi johane abeme kanye nebafundzi bakhe lababili. 36wabona jesu atihambela nje watsi: “bukani! nalo liwundlu lankulunkulu!” 37bafundzi lababili labamuva nakakhulumako, besuka balandzela jesu. 38jesu watsi uyagucuka wababona bamlandzela, wababuta watsi: “nifunani?”bamphendvula batsi: “rabi” (lokusho kutsi: “mfundzisi”), “uhlalaphi?” 39wabaphendvula watsi: “wotani nitewubona.” ngako--ke base bayeta, bafike babona lapho abehlala khona. bahlala naye ngalelo langa, kwakungaba li--awa lesine ntsambama. 40 # mat. 4:18 lomunye walabafundzi lababili, labeva johane akhuluma base bahamba najesu, bekungu--andreya, umnakabophetro. 41yena watfola kucala umnakabo, simoni, watsi kuye: “sesimtfolile mesiya.” (lelibito lisho kutsi: “khristu.”) 42#mak. 3:16wamyisa kujesu, jesu wambuka, watsi: “wena ungusimoni, umsa wajohane. libito lakho sekutaba ngukhefase.” (lelibito lisho kutsi: “phetro, lidvwala.”)jesu ubita filiphu nanathanayeli 43ngakusasa jesu watimisela kuya egalile. watfola filiphu watsi kuye: “ngilandzele.” 44filiphu abewasebhethsayida, lapho bekuhlala bo--andreya naphetro khona. 45#gen. 3:152 sam. 7:12isa. 7:14isa. 9:6jer. 23:5filiphu watfola nathanayeli, watsi kuye: “simtfolile lowo labhala ngaye emtsetfweni mosi kanye nebaphrofethi, jesu wasenazaretha, umsa wajosefa.” 46 # joh. 7:4152 nathanayeli wambuta watsi: “kungase kuvele yini lokuhle enazaretha?”filiphu wamphendvula watsi: “kota utewutibonela.” 47jesu wabona nathanayeli eta kuye, wakhuluma ngaye watsi: “bheka, nango--ke um--israyeli wangempela, lekute bucili kuye.” 48nathanayeli watsi kuye: “ungatelaphi--ke wena?”jesu watsi kuye: “ngikubone ngesikhatsi uhleti ngaphansi kwesihlahla semkhiwa, filiphu asengakefiki kutakubita.” 49nathanayeli waphendvula watsi: “mfundzisi, wena uyindvodzana yankulunkulu, uyinkhosi yaka--israyeli!” 50jesu wamphendvula watsi: “ukholwa ngobe ngitsite kuwe ngakubona ungaphansi kwemkhiwa yini? utawubona lokukhulu kunaloko.” 51#gen. 28:12wase utsi kuye: “ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kini: nitawubona lizulu livulekile netingilosi tankulunkulu tehla tenyuka etikwendvodzana yemuntfu.”