Mashoko Akanaka Akanyorwa naJohani 1:1-51
1 Pakutanga Shoko rakanga riripo,+ uye Shoko rakanga riina Mwari,+ uye Shoko rakanga riri mwari.+
2 Pakutanga uyu akanga aina Mwari.
3 Zvinhu zvese zvakavapo pachishandiswa iye,+ uye kunze kwake hapana kunyange chinhu chimwe chete chakavapo.
4 Upenyu ndihwo hwakavapo pachishandiswa iye, uye upenyu hwakanga huri chiedza chevanhu.+
5 Uye chiedza chiri kupenya murima,+ asi rima harina kuchikunda.
6 Kwaiva nemumwe murume akatumwa semumiririri waMwari; iye ainzi Johani.+
7 Murume uyu akauya sechapupu, kuti apupure pamusoro pechiedza,+ kuti aite kuti vanhu vemarudzi ese vatende.
8 Akanga asiri chiedza chacho,+ asi aifanira kupupura pamusoro pechiedza chacho.
9 Chiedza chechokwadi, icho chinovhenekera vanhu vemarudzi ese, 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 vekwake havana kumugamuchira.
12 Asi akapa vese vakamugamuchira kodzero yekuva vana vaMwari,+ nekuti vaitenda muzita rake.+
13 Uye havana kuberekwa neropa kana kuti nekuda kwenyama kana kuti kwemunhu, asi naMwari.+
14 Saka Shoko rakava nyama+ rikagara pakati pedu, uye takaona kubwinya kwake, kubwinya kwakaita sekuya kwemwanakomana akaberekwa ari mumwe oga+ akabva kuna baba; uye akanga akazara nenyasha dzaMwari nechokwadi.
15 (Johani akapupura nezvake, uye aishevedzera achiti: “Uyu ndiye wandakataura nezvake kuti, ‘Uyo anouya shure kwangu ndiye akatanga, nekuti akavapo ini ndisati ndavapo.’”)+
16 Nekuti tese takagamuchira nyasha pamusoro pedzimwe nyasha, kubva panyasha dzake nechokwadi zvakazara.
17 Nekuti Mutemo wakapiwa pachishandiswa Mozisi,+ nyasha+ nechokwadi zvikavapo pachishandiswa Jesu Kristu.+
18 Hapana munhu akambobvira aona Mwari;+ mwari akaberekwa ari mumwe oga+ ari parutivi paBaba*+ ndiye akamutsanangura.+
19 Izvi ndizvo zvakataurwa naJohani pakauya vapristi nevaRevhi vatumwa nevaJudha kubva kuJerusarema kuzomubvunza kuti: “Ndiwe ani?”+
20 Iye akabuda pachena uye haana kuramba kutaura. Akati: “Handisi Kristu.”
21 Uye vakamubvunza kuti: “Saka uri ani? Eriya here?”+ Iye akati: “Handisi.” “Ndiwe Muprofita here?”+ Iye akapindura kuti: “Aiwa!”
22 Saka vakati kwaari: “Ndiwe ani? Tiudze kuitira kuti tikwanise kunopindura vakatituma. Ungatiudza kuti chii nezvako?”
23 Iye akati: “Ndiri inzwi remumwe munhu ari kushevedzera ari murenje, achiti, ‘Itai kuti nzira yaJehovha* iti twasu,’+ sezvakataurwa nemuprofita Isaya.”+
24 Vaya vakanga vatumwa vaibva kuvaFarisi.
25 Saka vakamubvunza vachiti: “Saka nei uchibhabhatidza kana iwe usiri Kristu kana kuti Eriya kana kuti Muprofita?”
26 Johani akavati: “Ini ndinobhabhatidza nemvura. Pakati penyu pakamira mumwe munhu wamusingazivi,
27 uyo ari kuuya pashure pangu, ane tambo dzeshangu 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: ‘Anouya shure kwangu ndiye akatanga, nekuti akavapo ini ndisati ndavapo.’+
31 Neniwo ndakanga ndisingamuzivi, asi chakaita kuti ndiuye kuzobhabhatidza nemvura ndechekuti iye aratidzwe pachena kuna Israeri.”+
32 Johani akapupurawo, achiti: “Ndakaona mweya uchidzika senjiva uchibva kudenga, uye wakaramba uri pamusoro pake.+
33 Neniwo ndakanga ndisingamuzivi, asi iye wacho akandituma kuzobhabhatidza nemvura akati kwandiri: ‘Munhu waunoona mweya uchidzika paari woramba uripo,+ iyeye ndiye anobhabhatidza nemweya mutsvene.’+
34 Uye ini ndakazviona, uye ndakapupura kuti uyu ndiye Mwanakomana waMwari.”+
35 Zvakare, zuva rakatevera racho Johani akanga akamira aine vadzidzi vake vaviri,
36 uye paakaona Jesu achifamba, akati: “Onai, Gwayana+ raMwari!”
37 Vadzidzi vacho vaviri pavakamunzwa achitaura izvi, vakabva vatevera Jesu.
38 Jesu akabva acheuka, uye paakaona vachimutevera akati kwavari: “Muri kutsvagei?” Ivo vakati kwaari: “Rabhi (zvinoreva kuti, “Mudzidzisi”), muri kugara kupi?”
39 Iye akati kwavari: “Uyai muone.” Saka vakaenda naye vakaona kwaaigara, uye vakagara naye zuva iroro; yakanga yava kusvika awa yechi10.*
40 Andreya,+ munin’ina waSimoni Petro, akanga ari mumwe wevaviri vakanzwa zvakataurwa naJohani, akatevera Jesu.
41 Akatanga anotsvaga mukoma wake Simoni, akati kwaari: “Tawana Mesiya”+ (zvinoreva kuti, “Kristu”),
42 uye akaenda naye kuna Jesu. Jesu paakamuona, akati: “Ndiwe Simoni,+ mwanakomana waJohani; iwe uchanzi Kefasi” (zvinoshandurwa kuti “Petro”).+
43 Mangwana acho Jesu aida kuenda kuGarireya. Akabva aona Firipi,+ akati kwaari: “Iva muteveri wangu.”
44 Firipi aibva kuBhetisaidha, guta raibva Andreya naPetro.
45 Firipi akaona Natanieri,+ akati kwaari: “Tawana uya akanyorwa nezvake naMozisi muMutemo neVaprofita: Jesu, mwanakomana waJosefa,+ wekuNazareta.”
46 Asi Natanieri akati kwaari: “Pane chinhu chakanaka chingabva muNazareta here?” Firipi akati kwaari: “Uya uone.”
47 Jesu akaona Natanieri achiuya kwaari, akati nezvake: “Onai, muIsraeri wechokwadi asina unyengeri.”+
48 Natanieri akati kwaari: “Munondiziva sei?” Jesu akamupindura kuti: “Usati watomboshevedzwa naFiripi, pawanga uri pasi pemuonde, ndakuona.”
49 Natanieri akabva ati: “Rabhi, ndimi Mwanakomana waMwari, ndimi Mambo waIsraeri.”+
50 Jesu akamupindura kuti: “Uri kutenda nekuti ndakuudza kuti ndakuona uri pasi pemuonde here? Uchaona zvinhu zvikuru kupfuura izvi.”
51 Iye akabva ati kwaari: “Chokwadi, chokwadi ndinoti kwamuri, muchaona denga richizaruka uye ngirozi dzaMwari dzichikwira nekudzika dzichiuya kuMwanakomana wemunhu.”+
Mashoko Emuzasi
^ Kana kuti “panzvimbo yepachipfuva chaBaba.” Izvi zvinoreva kuva pachinzvimbo chinoratidza kufarirwa chaizvo.
^ Ona Mashoko Ekuwedzera A5.
^ Kureva, kuma4:00 dzemasikati.
