23 Lowo lophika iNdvodzana, ute Nkulunkulu uYise; kantsi lowo lovuma iNdvodzana unaye, Nkulunkulu uYise.
“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.”
Mine naBabe simunye.”
Bayawukwenta konkhe loku, ngobe bangamati Babe, nami bangangati.
Kuphila lokuphakadze nguloku: kutsi bakwati wena, Nkulunkulu longuye yedvwa weliciniso, bamati naJesu Khristu lomtfumile.
kuze bonkhe bahloniphe iNdvodzana njengobe bahlonipha uYise. Lowo longayihloniphi iNdvodzana, akahloniphi neYise loyitfumile.
Base batsi kuye: “Uphi uyihlo?” Jesu wabaphendvula watsi: “Aningati mine, naBabe animati. Kube beningati mine, ngabe naBabe niyamati.”
Pho, ngubani localemanga nakungesiye lophika Jesu kutsi nguKhristu? Lowo ngumphikakhristu: lophika uYise neNdvodzana.
Lowo lovuma kutsi Jesu uyiNdvodzana yaNkulunkulu, Nkulunkulu uhlala kuye, naye uhlala kuNkulunkulu.
Moya waNkulunkulu niyawumati ngaloku: Wonkhe umoya lovumako kutsi Jesu Khristu wefika waba ngumuntfu, yena unguMoya waNkulunkulu.
Wonkhe umuntfu lokholwa kutsi Jesu unguKhristu, ungumntfwana waNkulunkulu; umuntfu lotsandza umtali, utsandza nemntfwanakhe futsi.
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.