Embo laJohannes 1:1-51
1 Pehovelo opa li Ondjovo, nOndjovo oya li puKalunga, nOndjovo oya li ya fa Kalunga.*
2 Ondjovo oyo oya kala naKalunga okudja pehovelo.
3 Oinima aishe oya shitwa okupitila muyo, kape na nande oshimwe she uya po inashi pitila muyo.
4 Omwenyo owe uya po okupitila muyo, nomwenyo owa li ouyelele wovanhu.
5 Ouyelele otau minikile momilaulu, nouyelele owa finda omilaulu.
6 Opa li omulumenhu umwe a tumwa e li omukalelipo waKalunga, nedina laye oJohannes.
7 Omulumenhu oo okwe uyile e li ombangi, a yandje oumbangi kombinga youyelele, opo ovanhu vomaludi aeshe va dule okwiitavela okupitila muye.
8 Haye a li ouyelele oo, ndele okwa li ashike ta yandje oumbangi kombinga yao.
9 Ouyelele washili oo wa li tau ka yandja ouyelele kovanhu vomaludi aeshe owa li pokuuya mounyuni.
10 Okwa li mounyuni, nounyuni owe uya po okupitila muye, ashike inau mu shiiva.
11 Okwe uyile moshitukulwa shavo, ndele ovanhu vomoshitukulwa shavo inave mu tambula ko.
12 Onghee aveshe ovo ve mu tambula okwe va pitika va ninge ovana vaKalunga molwaashi ova li va itavela edina laye.*
13 Ashike inava dalwa pambelela nohonde ile pahalo lovanhu, ndele ova dja kuKalunga.
14 Opo nee Ondjovo oya ninga omunhu* nokwa kala pamwe nafye, nefimano laye otwe li mona, efimano la fa olo omonamati ewifa a pewa kuxe; nokwa li alushe ha popi oshili noku yadi efilonghenda laKalunga.
15 (Johannes okwa hepaulula kombinga yaye, eshi a ingida ta ti: “Ou oye nda popile nda tile, ‘Ou te uya konima yange oku dule nge, osheshi okwa kala ko nale.’”)
16 Atushe ohatu mono efilonghenda laye linene, molwaashi oku yadi efilonghenda.
17 Omhango oya li ya yandjwa okupitila muMoses, ndele efilonghenda noshili oye uya po okupitila muJesus Kristus.
18 Kape na nande omunhu a mona Kalunga; omona ewifa oo a fa Kalunga* noha kala puXe* oye e mu hepaulula.
19 Johannes okwa yandja oumbangi ou eshi Ovajuda va li va tuma ovapristeri nOvalevi va dja kuJerusalem ve ke mu pule tava ti: “Oove lyelye?”
20 Ndele ina ongaonga okunyamukula; okwa popya oshili ta ti: “Ame haame Kristus.”
21 Opo nee ove mu pula tava ti: “Oove lyelye hano? Oove Elia?” Okwa nyamukula ta ti: “Ahowe.” Ova ti: “Oove Omuprofeti?” Okwa ti: “Ahowe!”
22 Onghee ova tya kuye: “Oove lyelye hano? Tu lombwela opo tu ka yandje enyamukulo kwaava ve tu tuma. Ove mwene oto ti ngahelipi?”
23 Okwa ti: “Aame ondaka yaau ta ingida mombuwa, ta ti: ‘Lalakanifeni ondjila yaJehova,’ ngaashi sha popiwa komuprofeti Jesaja.”
24 Ovanhu ovo va li tava pula ova li va tumwa kOvafarisai.
25 Onghee ove mu pula tava ti: “Omolwashike hano ho ninginifa ngeenge haave Kristus, Elia ile Omuprofeti?”
26 Johannes okwa tya kuvo: “Ame ohandi ninginifa momeva. Ndele mokati keni omu na ou muhe mu shii,
27 ou te uya konima yange noinandi wana okumangulula eemwiya deenghaku daye.”
28 Oinima oyo oya ningilwa muBetania, koushilo waJordan, oko Johannes a li ta ninginifile.
29 Efiku la shikula ko, Johannes okwa mona Jesus, ndele ta ti: “Taleni Odjona yaKalunga oyo tai kufa po omatimba ounyuni!
30 Ou oye nda popile nda ti: ‘Ou te uya konima yange oku dule nge, osheshi okwa kala ko nale.’
31 Naame kanda li ndi mu shii, ashike onde uya okuninginifa momeva opo a shiivike muIsrael.”
32 Johannes okwa hepaulula vali ta ti: “Onda mona omhepo iyapuki ya fa onghuti ya dja meulu, ndele tai kala kombada yaye.
33 Naame kanda li ndi mu shii, ashike Ou a tuma nge ndi ninginife momeva okwa lombwela nge ta ti: ‘Ou to mono omhepo tai uya kombada yaye, oye ou te uya okuninginifa nomhepo iyapuki.’
34 Onde i mona, ndele handi hepaulula kutya ou oye Omona waKalunga.”
35 Natango mefiku la shikula ko, Johannes okwa li a fikama novahongwa vaye vavali,
36 ndele eshi a mona Jesus ta ende po, okwa ti: “Taleni Odjona yaKalunga!”
37 Eshi ovahongwa ovo vavali va uda osho a ti, ova shikula Jesus.
38 Opo nee Jesus okwa piluka, ndele eshi e va mona tave mu shikula okwa tya kuvo: “Otamu kongo shike?” Ova tya kuye: “Rabbi (osho tashi ti “Omuhongi”), oho di peni?”
39 Okwa tya kuvo: “Ileni mu ka tale po.” Opo nee ova ya nova mona opo a li ha di, ndele tava kala naye efiku olo; nosha li onhee yokomatango lwaapo.*
40 Andreas, omumwaina waSimon Petrus, okwa li umwe womovahongwa vavali ovo va uda osho Johannes a popya nova shikula Jesus.
41 Tete okwa ya kumumwaina Simon, ndele ta ti kuye: “Otwa mona Messias” (sha hala okutya “Kristus”),
42 opo nee okwe mu twala kuJesus. Eshi Jesus e mu mona, okwa ti: “Simon, omona waJohannes, oto ka ifanwa Kefas” (sha hala okutya “Petrus”).
43 Efiku la shikula ko, Jesus okwa li a hala okuya kuGalilea, opo nee okwa shakeneka Filippus ndele ta ti kuye: “Ninga omushikuli wange.”
44 Filippus okwa dja kuBetsaida, koshilando oko yo kwa dja Andreas naPetrus.
45 Eshi Filippus a shakena naNatanael okwa tya kuye: “Otwa mona oo a popiwa mOmhango yaMoses nomomambo Ovaprofeti, Jesus omona waJosef wokuNasaret.”
46 Ndele Natanael okwa tya kuye: “MuNasaret otamu dulu ngoo okudja sha shiwa?” Filippus okwa tya kuye: “Ila u ka tale.”
47 Eshi Jesus a mona Natanael a finda kuye okwa ti: “Taleni Omuisrael washili ehe na oukengeleledi washa.”
48 Natanael okwe mu pula ta ti: “Owa shiiva nge ngahelipi?” Jesus okwe mu nyamukula ta ti: “Onde ku mona eshi wa li momukwiyu ofimbo Filippus ine ku ifana.”
49 Natanael okwa ti: “Muhongi,* ove Omona waKalunga, Ohamba yaIsrael.”
50 Opo nee Jesus okwa tya kuye: “Owa itavela molwaashi nde ku lombwela kutya onde ku mona momukwiyu? Oto ka mona oinima ikumwifi i dule ei.”
51 Okwa tya vali kuye: “Oshili ohandi mu lombwele, otamu ka mona eulu la yeuluka novaengeli vaKalunga tava londo notava londoloka ve uye kOmona womunhu.”
Eshangelo lopedu
^ Ile “oya li kalunga.”
^ Ile “ve na eitavelo li na oilonga muJesus.”
^ Eln., “ombelela.”
^ Eln., “kalunga ewifa.”
^ Ile “mekolo laXe.” Eshi otashi ulike kokukala a hokiwa.
^ Eln., “otundi onhimulongo.”
^ Ile “Rabbi.”
