Johani 1:1-51
1 Pakutanga+ Shoko+ rakanga riripo, uye Shoko rakanga riina Mwari,+ uye Shoko rakanga riri mwari.+
2 Pakutanga+ iyeyu akanga aina Mwari.+
3 Zvinhu zvose zvakavapo pachishandiswa iye,+ uye kunze kwake hapana kunyange nechinhu chimwe chete chakavapo.
Chakavapo
4 pachishandiswa iye hwaiva upenyu,+ uye upenyu hwakanga huri chiedza+ chevanhu.
5 Chiedza chiri kupenya murima,+ asi rima harina kuchikunda.
6 Kwakamuka mumwe murume akatumwa somumiririri waMwari:+ iye ainzi Johani.+
7 Murume uyu akauyira uchapupu,+ kuti apupure pamusoro pechiedza,+ kuti vanhu vemarudzi ose vatende nomaari.+
8 Iye akanga asiri chiedza ichocho,+ asi aifanira kupupura+ pamusoro pechiedza ichocho.
9 Chiedza chechokwadi+ chinovhenekera+ vanhu vemarudzi ose+ chakanga chava kuda kuuya munyika.
10 Iye akanga ari munyika,+ uye nyika yakavapo pachishandiswa iye,+ asi nyika haina kumuziva.
11 Akauya kumusha kwake, asi vanhu vokwake havana kumugamuchira.+
12 Zvisinei, akapa vazhinji vakamugamuchira+ kodzero yokuva vana vaMwari,+ nokuti vakanga vachitenda muzita rake;+
13 uye havana kuberekwa neropa kana nezvinodiwa nenyama kana nezvinodiwa nomunhu, asi naMwari.+
14 Naizvozvo Shoko rakava nyama+ rikagara pakati pedu, uye takaona kubwinya kwake, kubwinya kwakaita sokuya kwomwanakomana akaberekwa ari mumwe oga+ akabva kuna baba; uye akanga azere nomutsa usina kukodzera kuwanwa nechokwadi.+
15 (Johani akapupura pamusoro pake, chokwadi, iye akashevedzera—iyeyu ndiye akazvitaura—achiti: “Uyo anouya shure kwangu akanditangira, nokuti akavapo ini ndisati ndavapo.”)+
16 Nokuti tose takagamuchira kubva pane zvaazere nazvo,+ iwo mutsa usina kukodzera kuwanwa pamusoro pomumwe mutsa usina kukodzera kuwanwa.+
17 Nokuti Mutemo wakapiwa pachishandiswa Mosesi,+ mutsa usina kukodzera kuwanwa+ nechokwadi+ zvakavapo pachishandiswa Jesu Kristu.
18 Hapana munhu akamboona Mwari chero panguva ipi zvayo;+ mwari akaberekwa ari mumwe oga+ ari panzvimbo yepachipfuva+ chaBaba ndiye akamutsanangura.+
19 Zvino uku ndiko kupupura kwaJohani, vaJudha pavakamutumira vapristi nevaRevhi kubva kuJerusarema kuzomubvunza kuti: “Ndiwe ani?”+
20 Iye akabvuma uye haana kuramba, asi akabvuma kuti: “Handisi Kristu.”+
21 Ivo vakamubvunza kuti: “Saka? Ndiwe Eriya here?”+ Iye akati: “Handisi.” “Uri Muprofita here?”+ Iye akapindura kuti: “Aiwa!”
22 Naizvozvo vakati kwaari: “Ndiwe ani? kuti tinopa mhinduro vaya vakatituma. Unoti kudiniko pamusoro pako?”+
23 Iye akati: “Ndiri inzwi romumwe munhu ari kushevedzera ari murenje, achiti, ‘Ruramisai nzira yaJehovha,’ sezvakataurwa nomuprofita Isaya.”+
24 Zvino vaya vakanga vatumwa vaibva kuvaFarisi.
25 Naizvozvo vakamubvunza vakati kwaari: “Saka, nei uchibhabhatidza+ kana iwe usiri Kristu kana kuti Eriya kana kuti Muprofita?”
26 Johani akavapindura, achiti: “Ini ndinobhabhatidza nemvura. Pakati+ penyu pamire mumwe munhu wamusingazivi,+
27 uyo anouya shure kwangu, asi ane tambo dzehwashu dzandisina kukodzera kusunungura.”+
28 Zvinhu izvi zvakaitika muBhetani mhiri kwaJodhani, kwaibhabhatidzira Johani.+
29 Zuva rakatevera racho akaona Jesu achiuya kwaari, uye akati: “Onai, Gwayana+ raMwari rinobvisa chivi+ chenyika!+
30 Uyu ndiye wandakati nezvake, Shure kwangu kunouya munhu akanditangira, nokuti akavapo ini ndisati ndavapo.+
31 Kunyange ini ndakanga ndisingamuzivi, asi zvandakauyira ndichibhabhatidza nemvura zvaiva zvokuti aratidzwe pachena kuna Israeri.”+
32 Johani akapupurawo, achiti: “Ndakaona mudzimu uchiburuka senjiva uchibva kudenga, uye wakaramba uri pamusoro pake.+
33 Kunyange ini ndakanga ndisingamuzivi, asi Iye chaiye akandituma+ kuzobhabhatidza nemvura akati kwandiri, ‘Munhu waunoona mudzimu uchiburukira paari woramba uripo, iyeyu ndiye anobhabhatidza nomudzimu mutsvene.’+
34 Ini ndakauona, uye ndakapupura kuti uyu ndiye Mwanakomana waMwari.”+
35 Zuva rakatevera Johani akanga akamirazve aine vaviri vevadzidzi vake,
36 uye paakatarira Jesu achifamba, akati: “Onai, Gwayana+ raMwari!”
37 Vadzidzi vacho vaviri vakamunzwa achitaura, uye vakatevera Jesu.
38 Jesu akabva atendeuka uye, paakavaona vachitevera, akati kwavari: “Muri kutsvakei?” Ivo vakati kwaari: “Rabhi, (zvinoreva kuti, Mudzidzisi, kana zvashandurwa,) muri kugara kupi?”
39 Iye akati kwavari: “Uyai, muone.”+ Naizvozvo vakaenda, vakaona kwaakanga achigara, vakagara naye zuva iroro; uye yakanga iri awa inenge yechigumi.
40 Andreya+ munun’una waSimoni Petro akanga ari mumwe wevaviri vakanzwa zvakataurwa naJohani uye iye akatevera Jesu.
41 Kutanga iyeyu akawana mukoma wake, Simoni, akati kwaari: “Tawana Mesiya”+ (zvinoreva kuti, Kristu,+ kana zvashandurwa).
42 Iye akaenda naye kuna Jesu. Jesu paakamutarira,+ akati: “Ndiwe Simoni+ mwanakomana waJohani;+ iwe uchanzi Kefasi” (zvinoshandurwa kuti Petro).+
43 Zuva rakatevera akada kuenda kuGarireya. Naizvozvo Jesu akawana Firipi,+ akati kwaari: “Iva muteveri wangu.”+
44 Zvino Firipi aibva kuBhetisaidha,+ muguta raAndreya naPetro.
45 Firipi akawana Natanaeri,+ akati kwaari: “Tawana uya akanyorwa nezvake naMosesi, muMutemo,+ uye akanyorwa nezvake neVaprofita,+ iye Jesu, mwanakomana waJosefa,+ wokuNazareta.”
46 Asi Natanaeri akati kwaari: “Pane chinhu chakanaka chingabva muNazareta here?”+ Firipi akati kwaari: “Uya uone.”
47 Jesu akaona Natanaeri achiuya kwaari, akati nezvake: “Onai, muIsraeri zvechokwadi, maari hamuna kunyengera.”+
48 Natanaeri akati kwaari: “Imi munondiziva sei?” Achipindura, Jesu akati kwaari: “Firipi asati akushevedza, pawanga uri pasi pomuonde, ndakuona.”
49 Natanaeri akamupindura kuti: “Rabhi, ndimi Mwanakomana waMwari,+ ndimi Mambo+ waIsraeri.”
50 Achipindura, Jesu akati kwaari: “Wava kutenda here nokuti ndakuudza kuti ndakuona uri pasi pomuonde? Uchaona zvinhu zvikuru kupfuura izvi.”
51 Iye akatizve kwaari: “Chokwadi, chokwadi ndinoti kwamuri, Muchaona denga richizaruka uye ngirozi+ dzaMwari dzichikwira nokuburukira kuMwanakomana womunhu.”+
