Yokuthoma KaJwanisi

4 Bathandekako ningakholwa woke amezwi aphefumulelweko+ kodwana ahloleni amezwi aphefumulelweko lawo, nibone ukuthi avela kuZimu na+ ngombana sekuvele abaphorofidi bamala abanengi ephasini.+

2 Nasi indlela yokwazi ukuthi amezwi aphefumulelweko avela kuZimu: Woke amezwi aphefumulelweko avuma uJesu Krestu njengoweza njengomuntu wenyama avela kuZimu.+ 3 Kodwana woke amezwi aphefumulelweko angamvumiko uJesu awaveli kuZimu.+ Ngaphezu kwalokho, la mamezwi aphefumulelweko womphikisi kaKrestu enezwa ukuthi uyeza+ begodu nje sewakhona ephasini.+

4 Bantwanyana nina nivela kuZimu begodu nibahlulile+ ngombana loyo omunye nani+ mkhulu kunaloyo omunye nephasi.+ 5 Bavela ephasini+ kungebangelo bakhuluma okuvela ephasini begodu nephasi liyabalalela.+ 6 Thina sivela kuZimu. Nanyana ngubani osekazi uZimu uyasilalela,+ nanyana ngubani ongaveli kuZimu akasilaleli.+ Siwahlukanisa ngalokhu amezwi aphefumulelweko weqiniso namezwi aphefumulelweko womtjhapho.+

7 Bathandekako, asirageleni phambili sithandana+ ngombana ithando livela kuZimu, yeke woke umuntu onethando ubelethwe nguZimu begodu uyamazi uZimu.+ 8 Nanyana ngubani onganathando akakamazi uZimu ngombana uZimu ulithando.+ 9 Ngalokhu ithando lakaZimu lembuliwe endabenethu ukuthi uZimu wathumela iNdodanakhe ebelethwe yodwa+ ephasini bona sifumane ukuphila ngayo.+ 10 UZimu wathumela iNdodanakhe bona ibe mhlatjelo wokwenza ukubuyisana+ ngebanga lezono zethu.+ Wenza lokhu ngombana wasithanda ingasi bona thina sathanda yena.

11 Bathandekako, nangabe le yindlela uZimu asithande ngayo, yeke nathi singaphasi kwesibopho sokuthandana.+ 12 Akekho okhe wabona uZimu ngananyana ngisiphi isikhathi.+ Nasiragela phambili sithandana uZimu uhlala akithi nethando lakhe liyapheleliswa kithi.+ 13 Ngalokhu siyazi ukuthi sihlala simunye naye nokuthi naye umunye nathi ngombana usinikele ummoyakhe. 14 Ukungezelela kilokho, thina ngokwethu sibonile begodu siyafakaza ukuthi uBaba uthumele iNdodanakhe njengoMsindisi wephasi.+ 15 Nanyana ngubani ovumako ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana kaZimu,+ uZimu uhlala amunye nomuntu onjalo, naye uhlala amunye noZimu.+ 16 Sesiyalazi begodu siyalikholwa ithando uZimu analo ngathi.+

UZimu ulithando,+ loyo ohlala ethandweni uhlala amunye noZimu, noZimu uhlala amunye naye.+ 17 Ithando liphelelisiwe ngendlela le kithi bona sikhulume ngokutjhaphulukileko+ ngelanga lesahlulelo njengombana loyo anjalo, nathi sinjalo ephasineli. 18 Akukho ukusaba ethandweni,+ onethando elipheleleko akasabi ngombana ukusaba kuyasikhandela. Kwamambala, loyo osabako akakapheleliswa ethandweni.+ 19 Siyathanda ngombana yena usithande qangi.+

20 Nangabe kukhona othi, “Ngiyamthanda uZimu” kodwana ahloya umfowabo umleyimala.+ Ngombana loyo ongamthandi umfowabo+ ambonileko, angekhe amthanda uZimu angakhenge ambone.+ 21 Godu sinomyalo lo ovela kuye, ukuthi nanyana ngubani othanda uZimu kufuze athande nomfowabo.+