Ngako-ke wase wetsa loSimakadze lowakhuluma kuye watsi: “UnguNkulunkulu longibonako,” ngobe watsi: “Kambe ngabe ngibone Nkulunkulu ngabuye ngaphilela kutsi ngikhulume ngaloko?”
Johane 1:18 - Siswati 1996 Bible Kute lowase wabona Nkulunkulu, ngaphandle kweNdvodzana letelwe yodvwa lenguNkulunkulu, lesesifubeni seYise, ngiyo lembonakalisile. |
Ngako-ke wase wetsa loSimakadze lowakhuluma kuye watsi: “UnguNkulunkulu longibonako,” ngobe watsi: “Kambe ngabe ngibone Nkulunkulu ngabuye ngaphilela kutsi ngikhulume ngaloko?”
Watsi kube acedze kukhuluma na-Abrahama, Simakadze wase uyahamba; Abrahama wabuyela ethendeni lakhe.
Yilaleleni, niyihloniphe, ningayivukeli; ngobe ingeke initsetselele naniyivukela, ngobe libito lami likuyo nje.
bafike babona Nkulunkulu wema-Israyeli. Ngaphansi kwetinyawo takhe kwabonakala lokwakufanana nendlela yelitje lesafire lelalingumbala loluhlata njengesibhakabhaka.
ngangiseceleni kwakhe, njengengcweti yekwakha. Nganginentfokoto lenkhulu onkhe emalanga, ngijabula embikwakhe njalonjalo.
Welusa umhlambi wakhe njengemelusi: Ugona emazinyane akhe ngemikhono yakhe, awasondzete edvutane nenhlitiyo yakhe; utihola kahle leto letinemazinyane.
Bakhuluma kubonina batsi: “Kuphi kudla neliwayini?” ngesikhatsi nabacaleka njengemadvodza lagwaziwe etitaladini telidolobha, ngesikhatsi imiphefumulo yabo iphuma ihamba, basetandleni tabonina.
Kuye ngikhuluma umlomo nemlomo, ngikhulume ebaleni, ngingabi ngigega liguma; ubukana nesimo saSimakadze. Nine-ke nisitsatsaphi lesibindzi lesingaka sekukhuluma kabi ngenceku yami, Mosi?”
“Konkhe ngikuphiwa nguBabe, kute loyatiko iNdvodzana ngaphandle kweYise, kantsi futsi kute lomatiko uYise ngaphandle kweNdvodzana nalowo iNdvodzana letsandza kumembulela yena.
“Konkhe nginikwe nguBabe. Kute lowatiko kutsi iNdvodzana ingubani ngaphandle kweYise, kantsi kute lowatiko kutsi uYise ngubani ngaphandle kweNdvodzana nalabo iNdvodzana lefuna kumbonakalisa kubo.”
Livi waba ngumuntfu, wahlala kanye natsi, agcwele umusa neliciniso. Sayibona inkhatimulo yakhe, lengeyalotelwe yedvwa kuYise.
Jesu watsi kuye: “Senginesikhatsi lesidze nginani, kodvwa nanyalo awukangati, Filiphu? Lowo losabone mine, umbonile naBabe. Usho kanjani kutsi: ‘Sibonise uYihlo’?
Ngibatisile libito lakho, futsi ngisetawuchubeka ngente njalo, kuze kutsi lutsandvo longitsandze ngalo lube khona nakubo, nami ngibe kubo.”
“Ligama lakho ngilatisile kulabo longiphe bona. Babevele babakho, wangipha bona. Baligcinile livi lakho.
Ngicinisile, ngicinisile, ngitsi kuwe: Sikhuluma lesikwatiko sifakaze ngalesikubonile, kepha anibemukeli bufakazi betfu.
Kute umuntfu loke wambona Babe, ngaphandle kwalowo lovela kuNkulunkulu; nguyena-ke lambonile Babe.
Ngobe kubo labangakholwa nkulunkulu walomhlaba uphumphutsekise tingcondvo tabo, kuze kungasi kubo kukhanya kweliVangeli lenkhatimulo yaKhristu, lofute Nkulunkulu.
Simakadze wakhuluma asekhatsi emlilweni, nakuva kudvuma kwemavi, kodvwa anizange nisibone simo sakhe, kwakulivi nje.
INdvodzana ingumfanekiso waNkulunkulu longabonwa ngemehlo enyama, futsi ngiyo yematubulo ayo yonkhe indalo.
Kuyo iNkhosi yetikhatsi, lengabhubhi, nalengabonwa ngemehlo enyama, nalekungiyo yodvwa lenguNkulunkulu, akube ludvumo nebukhosi phakadze naphakadze. Amen.
Nguye yedvwa longabhubhi lohlala ekukhanyeni lekungasondzeleki kuko, longazange asabonwe ngumuntfu, nalongeke abonwe ngumuntfu. Kuye akube ludvumo nemandla aphakadze. Amen.
Joshuwa nasasedvute neJerikho watsi uphakamisa emehlo, wabona indvodza ime embikwakhe ihoshule inkemba yayo iyiphetse ngesandla sayo. Joshuwa wasondzela kuyo wayakuyibuta, wafike watsi: “Ukanye natsi yini nome umelene natsi?”
Kute umuntfu lowase wabona Nkulunkulu; nasitsandzana-ke, Nkulunkulu uhlala kitsi, nelutsandvo lwakhe luphelelisiwe kitsi.
Umuntfu nakatsi: “Ngiyamtsandza Nkulunkulu,” kepha abe atondza umzalwane wakhe, ungulocalemanga; ngobe umuntfu longamtsandzi umzalwane wakhe lambonako, angeke amtsandze Nkulunkulu langazange asambone.
Lutsandvo lwaNkulunkulu lwabonakaliswa kitsi ngekutsi Nkulunkulu watfumela iNdvodzana yakhe leyodvwa emhlabeni, khona sitewuphila ngayo.
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.