Iwano 1:1-51
1 Ku mashangumukilo kwakele Lijwi, Lijwi wakele hamo na Njambi, co Lijwi wapwile njambi.
2 Ou wakele na Njambi ku mashangumukilo.
3 Byuma byoshe byakeleko kwitila muli ikeye, kukwesi cuma cakeleko kwa kujeneka ikeye.
Byuma bije byakeleko
4 kwitila muli ikeye byapwile kuyoya, co kuyoya kwapwile ceke ca banu.
5 Co ceke cili na kutwila mu lisusulungu, oloni lisusulungu linonwa kufungulula cije ceke.
6 Kwezile munu ibatumine na kwimanenako Njambi. Lizina lyendi ikeye Iwano.
7 Ou munu wezile na kupwa mukaleho mangana ane bukaleho bwa ceke, ngeci kwitila muli ikeye banu ba miyati yoshe batabe.
8 Keti ikeye wapwile cije ceke, embwe. Oloni wezile na kwana bukaleho bwa cije ceke.
9 Ceke ca busunga cije citwila banu ba miyati yoshe cakele hayehi na kwija muno mu kaye.
10 Wakele* mu kaye, co kaye kakeleko kwitila muli ikeye, oloni kaye kukamuzibukile.
11 Co wezile kwimbo lyendi, oloni banu bendi kubamutambwile.
12 Oloni boshe baje bamutambwile wabanene moko ya kupwa bana ba Njambi, mwafwa bakulahelele lizina lyendi.
13 Bakebo kubasemukile ku maninga, nambe mu kushaka kwa banu, nambe mu kushaka kwa bisemi babo, oloni basemukile kuli Njambi.
14 Uje Lijwi wakupwile situ, co wezile na kukala hamo netu. Twamwene bumpau bwendi, bumpau bwa kulifwa na buje bwanatambula mwana umolika kuli ishe. Co washulile na kutetela kwa Njambi* na busunga.
15 (Iwano wanene bukaleho hali ikeye, watambekele ngwendi: “Ou ikeye injendekele ngwange, ‘Ou ali na kwija munima yange nanjitubakana, mwafwa wakeleko simbu kanda njikaleko.’”)
16 Mwafwa washulile na ngozi yakama, ngeci tubaboshe banatumwesa manene ngozi yendi yakama.
17 Lishiko balyanene kwitila muli Mosesa, oloni ngozi yakama na busunga byezile kwitila muli Yesu Kristu.
18 Naumo wahi wamonaho laja Njambi, oloni mwana umolika uje wapwa njambi, uje ali ku ntungi* ya Ishe ikeye namulumbununa.
19 Obu bukebwo bukaleho bwanene Iwano omwo Bajuda batumine tupilistu na Balevi kutunda ku Jelusalema bakamwihule ngwabo: “Yobe iya?”
20 Iwano wabakumbulwile na kubaleka busunga ngwendi: “Keti yange Kristu.”
21 Co bamwihwile ngwabo: “Indi yobe iya? Yobe Eliya ndi?” Wabakumbulwile ngwendi: “Keti yange.” Bamwihwile lalo ngwabo: “U kapolofweto ndi?” Wabakumbulwile ngwendi: “Embwe!”
22 Co bamwihwile ngwabo: “Indioni yobe iya? Tuleke mangana tukaleke baje banatutumu. Yobe babenyaco ulitumbula ngwobe yobe iya?”
23 Wendekele ngwendi: “Yange lijwi lya munu uje ali na kutambeka mu mambo ngwendi, ‘Ololeni ngila ya Yehova,’ ngwe muje mwendekele kapolofweto Isaya.”
24 Bafalisi bakebo batumine baje banu.
25 Co bamwihwile ngwabo: “Nga keti yobe Kristu, nambe Eliya, nambe kapolofweto, co bika biuli na kumbwitikila banu?”
26 Iwano wabakumbulwile ngwendi: “Yange njili na kumbwitika banu mu mema. Oloni hakati keni hanemana umo uje kumuzibuka,
27 aija munima yange, co kunjafwililile kuzitula miba ya masanda endi.”
28 Ebi byuma byalingiwilile ku Bethani musambwa lya Jodani, kuje kwakele na kumbwitikila Iwano.
29 Lyamukwabo, Iwano wamwene Yesu ali na kwija kuli ikeye, co wendekele ngwendi: “Taleni Muna Manga wa Njambi uje atundisa bubi bwa kaye!
30 Ou ikeye injendekele ngwange, ‘Ou ali na kwija munima yange nanjitubakana, mwafwa wakeleko simbu kanda njikaleko.’
31 Nange bene kunjamuzibukile, oloni njezile na kumbwitika banu mu mema mangana asholoke kuli Isalele.”
32 Iwano wanene lalo bukaleho ngwendi: “Njamwene sipilitu itunda mwilu ngwe liyembe, co yakele hali ikeye.
33 Nange bene kunjamuzibukile, oloni Uje bene wanjitumine ngwendi njimbwitike banu mu mema wanjilekele ngwendi: ‘Woshe iukamona sipilitu isikumuka hali ikeye na kukala hali ikeye, owo ikeye bene akambwitika na sipilitu ya kujela.’
34 Njinalimwena ebi byuma, ngeci njana bukaleho ngwange ou ikeye Muna Njambi.”
35 Lyamukwabo lalo, Iwano wemanene na bandongesi bendi babali.
36 Co mwamwene Yesu ali na kwita, wendekele ngwendi: “Taleni Muna Manga wa Njambi!”
37 Baje bandongesi babali mubazibile ngoco, bakabangeyeye Yesu.
38 Yesu watengulukile, co wabamwene bali na kumukabangeya, wabehwile ngwendi: “Bika bimutonda?” Bamukumbulwile ngwabo: “Rabi (kulumbununa Mulongesi) wakala kuli?”
39 Wabakumbulwile ngwendi: “Tuyeni mukamone.” Ngeci baile, co bakamwene kwakala, bakakele nendi lije bene litangwa. Ei simbu yapwile kuma 16:00.*
40 Andru, ndolome ya Simoni Pita, wapwile umo wa baje babali bazibile byendekele Iwano, co bakabangeyeye Yesu.
41 Cakulibanga, Andru wawanene ndolome yendi Simoni, co wamulekele ngwendi: “Tunawana Mesiya” (kulumbununa “Kristu”),
42 co wamutwalele kuli Yesu. Yesu mwamutalele, wendekele ngwendi: “Yobe Simoni muna Iwano. Hano bakusanoni ngwabo Kefasi” (lizina libananungulula ngwabo “Pita”).
43 Lyamukwabo, Yesu watondele kuya ku Galileya. Co wawanene Filipu na kumuleka ngwendi: “Njikabangeye.”
44 Filipu watundile ku Betisaida ku nganda kuje kwatundile Andru na Pita.
45 Filipu wawanene Nathaniele, co wamulekele ngwendi: “Tunawana Yesu wa ku Nazaleta, muna Jozefu, uje yasonekele Mosesa mu Lishiko, uje ibasonekele lalo mu Bisoneka bya Tupolofweto.”
46 Oloni Nathaniele wamwihwile ngwendi: “Kuma ku Nazaleta kwasa kutunda cuma cacibwa ndi?” Filipu wamukumbulwile ngwendi: “Tuye ukamone.”
47 Yesu wamwene Nathaniele ali na kwija kuli ikeye, co wendekele hali ikeye ngwendi: “Taleni ou Kaisalele, cili bene muli ikeye kumwesi makuli.”
48 Nathaniele wamwihwile ngwendi: “Unanjizibuka bati?” Yesu wamukumbulwile ngwendi: “Simbu kanda Filipu akusane, njakumwene muunakele mwisi ya mukuyu.”
49 Nathaniele wendekele ngwendi: “Rabi, u Muna Njambi, yobe Mwene wa Isalele.”
50 Yesu wamukumbulwile ngwendi: “Unataba mwafwa njakuleke ngwange njakumwene mwisi ya mukuyu ndi? Umona byuma byakama kutubakana ebi.”
51 Co Yesu wamulekele ngwendi: “Cili bene njimileka ngwange, mukamona lilu linashokoloka, co mukamona tungelo ba Njambi bakanduka na kusikumuka kuli Muna munu.”
Majwi a kwinikila
^ Kulumbununa Lijwi.
^ Nambe “ngozi yakama.”
^ Nambe “ali ku nulo.” Kulumbununa ngwabo banamubezikisa manene.
^ Lijwi na lijwi “ola ya bu 10.”
