1:1 |
Pachiyambi panali Mawu, ndipo Mawu anali ndi Mulungu, ndipo Mulungu anali Mawu. |
1:2 |
Iye anali ndi Mulungu pachiyambi. |
1:3 |
Zinthu zonse zinalengedwa ndi Iye, ndipo palibe kanthu kolengedwa kolengedwa kopanda Iye. |
1:4 |
Moyo unali mwa Iye, ndipo Moyo unali kuunika kwa anthu. |
1:5 |
Ndipo kuwalako kunawala mumdima, ndipo mdima sudauzindikira. |
1:6 |
Panali munthu wotumidwa ndi Mulungu, dzina lace ndiye Yohane. |
1:7 |
Iye anafika monga mboni kudzapereka umboni za kuwalako, kuti onse akakhulupirire mwa Iye. |
1:8 |
Iye sanali Kuwala, koma anayenera kupereka umboni wa kuunikako. |
1:9 |
Kuwala koona, zomwe zimaunikira munthu aliyense, anali kubwera mu dziko lino. |
1:10 |
Iye anali mu dziko, ndipo dziko linalengedwa ndi Iye, ndipo dziko lapansi silidamzindikira Iye. |
1:11 |
Iye anapita kwawo, ndi ake a mwini yekha sadamlandira. |
1:12 |
Komabe amene anamulandira, amene akhulupirira dzina lake, anawapatsa mphamvu yakukhala ana a Mulungu. |
1:13 |
Awa amabadwa, osati magazi, kapena chifuniro cha thupi, kapena chifuniro cha munthu, koma Mulungu. |
1:14 |
Ndipo Mawu anasandulika thupi, ndipo anakhala pakati pathu, ndipo tidawona ulemerero wake, ulemerero wonga wa Mwana wobadwa yekha wa Atate, wodzala ndi chisomo ndi choonadi. |
1:15 |
Yohane akupereka umboni za iye, ndipo afuula, kunena: “Uyu ndiye amene ndinanena za iye: ‘Iye wakudza pambuyo panga, zaikidwa patsogolo panga, chifukwa anakhalapo ine ndisanakhale. |
1:16 |
Ndipo kuchokera ku chidzalo chake, ife tonse talandira, ngakhale chisomo kwa chisomo. |
1:17 |
Pakuti chilamulo chinapatsidwa ngakhale Mose, koma chisomo ndi chowonadi zinadza mwa Yesu Khristu. |
1:18 |
Palibe amene anaonapo Mulungu; Mwana wobadwa yekha, amene ali pachifuwa cha Atate, wamufotokozera yekha. |
1:19 |
Ndipo uwu ndi umboni wa Yohane, pamene Ayuda anatumiza ansembe ndi Alevi kuchokera ku Yerusalemu kwa iye, kotero kuti akamfunse Iye, "Ndinu ndani?” |
1:20 |
Ndipo adabvomereza, osakana; ndipo chimene iye anavomereza chinali: “Ine sindine Khristu.” |
1:21 |
Ndipo adamfunsa Iye: “Ndiye ndiwe chiyani? Ndiwe Eliya?” Ndipo iye anati, "Sindine." “Kodi ndiwe Mneneri?” Ndipo anayankha, “Ayi.” |
1:22 |
Choncho, adati kwa iye: "Ndinu ndani, kuti ife tikayankhe kwa iwo amene anatituma ife? Mukunena chiyani za inu nokha?” |
1:23 |
Iye anatero, “Ine ndine mawu ofuula m’chipululu, ‘Wongolani njira ya Yehova,’ monga momwe mneneri Yesaya ananenera.” |
1:24 |
Ndipo ena mwa otumidwawo anali ochokera mwa Afarisi. |
1:25 |
Ndipo anamfunsa iye, nanena naye, “Ndiye n’chifukwa chiyani ukubatiza, ngati suli Kristu, ndipo osati Eliya, osati Mneneri?” |
1:26 |
Yohane anawayankha kuti: “Ine ndimabatiza ndi madzi. Koma pakati panu paima mmodzi, amene simuwadziwa. |
1:27 |
yemweyo ndiye wakudza pambuyo panga, amene anaikidwa patsogolo panga, zingwe za nsapato zake sindiyenera kumasula.” |
1:28 |
Izi zinachitika ku Betaniya, kutsidya lina la Yordano, kumene Yohane analikubatiza. |
1:29 |
Pa tsiku lotsatira, Yohane anaona Yesu akubwera kwa iye, ndipo adatero: “Taonani!, Mwanawankhosa wa Mulungu. Taonani!, iye amene achotsa uchimo wa dziko lapansi. |
1:30 |
Uyu ndiye amene ndinanena za iye, ‘Pambuyo panga pafika munthu, amene anaikidwa patsogolo panga, chifukwa anakhalapo ine ndisanakhale. |
1:31 |
Ndipo sindinamudziwa. Komabe ndi chifukwa cha ichi kuti ine ndinabwera kudzabatiza ndi madzi: kuti aonekere mwa Israyeli.” |
1:32 |
Ndipo Yohane anapereka umboni, kunena: “Pakuti ndinaona mzimu ukutsika kuchokera kumwamba ngati nkhunda; nakhalabe pa iye. |
1:33 |
Ndipo sindinamudziwa. Koma iye amene anandituma kudzabatiza ndi madzi ndiye amene ananena kwa ine: ‘Iye amene mudzaona Mzimu atsikira ndi kukhala pa iye, ameneyu ndiye wakubatiza ndi Mzimu Woyera. |
1:34 |
Ndipo ine ndinawona, ndipo ndidapereka umboni: kuti uyu ndi Mwana wa Mulungu.” |
1:35 |
Tsiku lotsatira kachiwiri, Yohane anaimirira pamodzi ndi awiri a ophunzira ake. |
1:36 |
Ndipo poona Yesu akuyenda, adatero, “Taonani!, Mwanawankhosa wa Mulungu.” |
1:37 |
Ndipo ophunzira awiri adamva Iye alikuyankhula. Ndipo adatsata Yesu. |
1:38 |
Kenako Yesu, pocheuka, nawawona akumtsata Iye, adati kwa iwo, “Mukufuna chiyani?” Ndipo adati kwa iye, “Rabbi (kutanthauza mu kumasulira, Mphunzitsi), mumakhala kuti?” |
1:39 |
Iye adati kwa iwo, “Bwerani mudzawone.” Iwo adayenda mbawona pomwe akhakhala, ndipo anakhala naye tsiku lomwelo. Tsopano inali ngati ola lakhumi. |
1:40 |
Ndipo Andrew, mbale wake wa Simoni Petro, anali mmodzi wa awiriwo amene anamva za Iye kwa Yohane, namtsata Iye. |
1:41 |
Choyamba, anapeza mbale wake Simoni, ndipo adati kwa iye, “Ife tapeza Mesiya,” (lomwe limasuliridwa kuti Khristu). |
1:42 |
Ndipo adapita naye kwa Yesu. Ndipo Yesu, kuyang'anitsitsa iye, adatero: “Ndiwe Simoni, mwana wa Yona. udzatchedwa Kefa,” (lomwe likumasuliridwa kuti Petro). |
1:43 |
Pa tsiku lotsatira, adafuna kupita ku Galileya, ndipo adapeza Filipo. Ndipo Yesu adati kwa iye, "Nditsateni." |
1:44 |
Tsopano Filipo anali wa ku Betsaida, mzinda wa Andreya ndi Petro. |
1:45 |
Filipo anapeza Natanayeli, ndipo adati kwa iye, “Ife tapeza amene Mose analemba za iye m’chilamulo ndi m’Zolemba za aneneri: Yesu, mwana wa Yosefe, ku Nazareti.” |
1:46 |
Ndipo Natanayeli adati kwa iye, “Kodi chilichonse chabwino chingachokere ku Nazareti??” Filipo adanena naye, “Bwerani mudzawone.” |
1:47 |
Yesu anaona Natanayeli akubwera kwa iye, ndipo adanena za Iye, “Taonani!, Muisrayeli amene mwa iye mulibe chinyengo.” |
1:48 |
Natanayeli adati kwa iye, “Kuchokera kuti mukundidziwa?” Yesu adayankha nati kwa iye, “Filipo asanakuitane, pamene unali pansi pa mkuyu, Ndinakuwonani." |
1:49 |
Natanayeli anayankha nati: “Rabbi, Inu ndinu Mwana wa Mulungu. Inu ndinu Mfumu ya Isiraeli.” |
1:50 |
Yesu adayankha nati kwa iye: “Chifukwa ndinakuuzani kuti ndinakuona pansi pa mkuyu, inu mukukhulupirira. Zinthu zazikulu kuposa izi, udzaona.” |
1:51 |
Ndipo adati kwa iye, “Amene, amene, Ine ndinena kwa inu, mudzaona kumwamba kutatseguka, ndi Angelo a Mulungu akukwera ndi kutsika pamwamba pa Mwana wa munthu.” |