Johani 1

¹Pakutanga Shoko rakanga riripo, Shoko rakanga riri kunaMwari, Shoko rakanga riri Mwari.In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

²Ireri pakutanga rakanga riri kunaMwari.The same was in the beginning with God.

³Zvinhu zvose zvakaitwa naye; kunze kwake hakuna kuitwa kunyange chinhu chimwe chakaitwa.All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

⁴Vupenyu bwaiva maari: vupenyu bwaiva chiedza chavanhu.In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

⁵Chiedza chinovhenekera murima; asi rima harina kuchikunda.And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

⁶Kwakanga kunomunhu wakatumwa naMwari, zita rake rainzi Johane.There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷Iye wakavuya kuzopupura, kuti apupurire chiedza, kuti vose vatende naye.The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

⁸Uyo wakanga asati ari icho chiedza, asi wakatumwa kuti apupurire chiedza.He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

⁹Ichi chaiva chiedza chazvokwadi, chinovhenekera munhu mumwe nomumwe pakusvika kwacho panyika.That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

¹⁰Wakanga ari panyika, asi nyika haina kumuziva.He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

¹¹Wakavuya kunezvake, asi vanhu vake havana kumugamuchira.He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

¹²Asi vose vakamugamuchira, wakavapa simba kuti vave vana vaMwari, ivavo vanotenda kuzita rake;But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

¹³avo vasina kuberekwa, neropa kana nokuda kwenyama. Kana nokuda kwomurume, asi naMwari.Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴Shoko rakazova nyama, rikagara pakati pedu, (tikavona kubwinya kwake, kubwinya soko wakaberekwa mumwe chete wababa,) azere nenyasha nezvokwadi.And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

¹⁵Johane akamupupurira, akadanidzira, achiti: Uyu, ndiye wandaireva ndichiti;uyu unouya shure kwangu wakavapo mberi kwangu; nokuti wakanditangira.John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

¹⁶Nokuti pakuzara kwake isu tose takapiwa nyasha pamusoro penyasha.And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

¹⁷Nokuti murairo wakapiwa naMosesi, asi nyasha nezvokwadi zvakavuya naJesu Kristu.For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

¹⁸Hakunomunhu wakatongovona Mwari; chero nguva ipi; mwanakomana wakaberekwa mumwe woga, ari pachifuva chaBaba, ndiye wakamuzivisa isu.No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

¹⁹Uku ndiko kupupura kwaJohane, musi vaJudha vakatumira kwaari vaPirisita navaRevhi, vachibva Jerusarema, kundomubvunza, kuti: Iwe ndiwe aniko?And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

²⁰Akatenda pachena, haana kuramba, akatenda pachena, achiti: Handizi Kristu.And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

²¹Vakamubvunza, vachiti: Asi kudiniko? Ndiwe Eria here? Akati: Handizi iye. Ko uri uya muporofita here? Akapindura, akati: Kwete,And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

²²Zvino vakati kwaari: Ndiwe aniko? Tigondopindura vakatituma. Unozviti aniko?Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

²³Akati: Ndini inzwi rounodana murenje, richiti: Ruramisai nzira yaShe; sezvakarebwa nomuporofita Isaya.He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

²⁴Ava vakanga vatumwa vaiva vavaFarise,And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

²⁵Vakamubvunza, vakati kwaari: Kana usiKristu, kana Eria, kana muporofita uya, unogobhabhatidzireiko?And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

²⁶Johane akapindura akati,: Ini ndinobhabhatidza nemvura; asi pakati penyu pamire mumwe wamusingazivi;John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

²⁷ndiye unovuya shure kwangu, asi uri mberi kwangu wandisina kufanira kuti ndisunungure rukanda rweshangu yake.He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

²⁸Izvozvi zvakaitwa paBetania, mhiri kwaJoridhani, kwaibhabhatidza Johane.These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹Ava mangwana wakavona Jesu achivuya kwaari, akati: Tarirai, Gwaiana raMwari, rinobvisa zvivi zvenyika.The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

³⁰Uyu ndiye wandaireva, ndichiti: Shure kwangu kunovuya murume, wakavapo mberi kwangu, nokuti wakanditangira.This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

³¹Neni ndakanga ndisingamuzivi, asi ndizvo zvandakavuyira, ndichibhabhatidza nemvura, kuti avoneswe kuvaIsraeri.And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

³²Johane akapupura, akati: Ndakavona Mweya achiburuka kudenga senjiva, akagara pamsoro pake.And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

³³Neni ndakanga ndisingamuzivi; asi wakandituma kubhabhatidza nemvura, ndiye wakati kwandiri: Uyo waunovona Mweya achiburuka pamusoro pake, akagara pamusoro pake, ndiye unobhabhatidza noMweya Mutsvene.And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

³⁴Ini ndikavona, ndikapupura kuti uyu ndiye Mwanakomana waMwari.And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

³⁵Ava mangwana zve Johane wakanga amire navadzidzi vake vaviri;Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

³⁶akatarisisa Jesu achifamba, akati: Tarirai, Gwaiana raMwari!And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

³⁷Ivavo vadzidzi vaviri, vakamunzwa achitaura, vakatevera Jesu.And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸Jesu akatendevuka akavavona vachitevera, akati kwavari: munotswakeiko ivo Vakati kwaari Rabhi (ndokuti Mudzidzisi, kana zvichishandurwa, munogarepiko?Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

³⁹Akati kwavari: Vuyai, muvone. Vakaenda, vakandovona kwaaigara, vakagara naye zuva iro; yakanga iri nguva inenge yegumi.He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰Mumwe waivavo vaviri, vakanga vanzwa Johane, vakamutevera, vaiva Andreasi, munun’una waSimoni Petro.One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

⁴¹Iye akatanga kuwana Simoni, mukoma wake, akati kwaari: Tawana Mesiasi (ndokuti Kristu, kana zvichishandurwa, )He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

⁴²Akamuisa kunaJesu. Jesu akamutarira, akati: Ndiwe Simoni, mwanakomana waJona, uchanzi Kefasi (ndiko kuti dombo kana zvichishandurwa.)And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

⁴³Ava mangwana akada kuenda Garirea, akawana Firipo; Jesu akati kwaari: Nditevere.The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

⁴⁴Firipo wakanga ari weBetsaida, guta raAndreasi naPetro.Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁵Firipo akawana Natanaeri, akati kwaari: Tamuwana iye, wakanyorwa zvake naMosesi pamurairo navaporofita, iye Jesu weNazareta, mwanakomana waJosefa.Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

⁴⁶Natanaeri akati kwaari: Kune chinhu chakanaka chingabva Nazareta here? Firipo akati kwaari: Vuya uvone.And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

⁴⁷Jesu akavona Natanaeri achivuya kwaari, akamuti: Tarirai, muIsraeri wazvokwadi, usinokunyengera maari.Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

⁴⁸Natanaeri akati kwaari: Mandizivirepiko? Jesu akapindura, akati kwaari: Firipo asati akudana, uri munyasi momuvonde, ndakakuvona.Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

⁴⁹Natanaeri akamupindura, akati: Rabhi, ndimi Mwanakomana waMwari, ndimi Ishe waIsraeri.Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

⁵⁰Jesu akapindura, akati kwaari: Unotenda iwe, nokuti ndakati kwauri, ndakakuvona munyasi momuvonde here? Uchazovona zvikuru kunaizvozvi.Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

⁵¹Akati kwaari: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Kubva zvino Muchavona kudenga kwazarurwa, navatumwa vaMwari vachikwira, nokuburukira pamusoro poMwanakomana womunhu.And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.