Johane 1
1 Erile pele ga tlholego ya dilo tshotlhe, Keresete a bo a ntse a le teng le Modimo. Ga a bolo go nna a tshela mme a le Modimo ka sebele.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
3 O tlhodile sengwe le sengwe se se leng teng, ga gona sepe se se tshelang se se sa tlholwang ke ene.
All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made.
4 Botshelo jo bo sa khutleng bo mo go ene, mme botshelo jo bo naya batho lesedi.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 Botshelo jwa gagwe ke lesedi le le phatsimang mo lefifing, mme lefifi ga le kake la tima lesedi.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
6 Modimo o ne wa roma Johane wa Mokolobetsi e le mosupi wa gore Jesu Keresete ke lesedi la Boammaaruri.
There came a man sent from God, whose name was Yochanan.
The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
8 Johane e ne e se lesedi ka boene; o ne a le mosupi wa lone fela.
He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
9 Moragonyana, yo e leng ene lesedi la boammaaruri a goroga go tla go phatsima mo go mongwe le mongwe yo o tlang mo lefatsheng.
The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
10 Mme le fa tota a dirile lefatshe, lefatshe ga le a ka la mo itse fa a sena go tla.
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.
11 Le fa e le mo lefatsheng la ga gabo le mo go ba ga gabo ebong Bajuta, ga a a ka a amogelesega. Ba se kae fela ba ne ba mo amogela. Mme botlhe ba ba neng ba mo amogela, o ne a ba naya tshiamelo ya go nna bana ba Modimo. Gotlhe mo ba neng ba tlhoka go go dira, e ne e le go mo ikanya gore a ba boloke.
He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
13 Botlhe ba ba dumelang se, ba tsalwa sesha eseng ga senama mo go tswang mo thatong ya motho kgotsa leano; mme go tswa mo go rateng ga Modimo.
who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 Mme Keresete a nna motho mme a nna mo lefatsheng mo gare ga rona a tletse lorato lwa boitshwarelo le boammaaruri. Bangwe ba rona ba bonye kgalalelo ya gagwe; kgalalelo ya Morwa yo o esi wa ga Rara wa Legodimo!
The Word became flesh and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the only born Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 Johane a mo supegetsa batho, a bolelela batho ba le bantsintsi a re, “Yo ke ene yo ke neng ka bua ka ga gagwe ke re, ‘Mongwe o e tla yo o mphetang go menaganye; gonne ga a bolo go nna pele ga ke tsalwa.’”
Yochanan testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”
16 Rotlhe re amogetse mahumo a a tswang mo matlhogonolong a gagwe a o a re lereditseng, letlhogonolo mo godimo ga letlhogonolo go koegilwe mo go rona!
From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
17 Gonne Moshe o re neetse molao fela o o nang le maikaelelo a a thata go tshegediwa, le tshiamo e e senang kutlwelobotlhoko, fa Jesu Keresete ene a re lereditse lorato le boitshwarelo.
For the Torah was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Yeshua the Messiah.
18 Ga go na ope yo tota o kileng a bona Modimo ka matlho, fa e se Morwawe fela a le esi yo o mmonyeng, gonne ke mopati wa ga Rara ebile o re boleletse gotlhe ka ga Ene.
No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.
19 Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba roma baperesiti le bathusi ba bone go tsweng kwa Jerusalema go botsa Johane gore a o ne a ipitsa Mesia.
This is Yochanan’s testimony, when the Judeans sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20 Mme a ganela mo go senang gotwe sepe. A re, “Ga ke Keresete.”
He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Messiah.”
21 Mme ba mmotsa ba re, “Go siame, jaanong o mang? A o Elija?” A fetola a re, “Nnyaa.” “A o moporofiti?” “Nnyaa.”
They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
22 “Jaanong o mang? Re bolelele gore re tle re kgone go neela ba ba re romileng karabo. Wa reng fa o ikarabela?”
They said therefore to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 A fetola a re, “Ke lentswe le le tswang mo sekakeng se se senang sepe, ke goa fela jaaka Isaia a porofitile a re, ‘ipaakanyetseng go tla go Morena’.”
He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24 Mme ba ba neng ba romilwe ke Bafarasai ba mmotsa ba re, “Fa o se Mesia kgotsa Elija kgotsa moporofiti, o tsaya kae tetlelelo ya go kolobetsa?”
The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
They asked him, “Why then do you immerse if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
26 Johane a ba raya a re, “Ke kolobetsa fela ka metsi, mme mo gare ga bontsintsi jwa batho, go na le mongwe yo lo iseng lo ke lo rakane nae.
Yochanan answered them, “I immerse in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
27 Yo o tlaa tlogang a simolola tirelo-Modimo mo go lona, mme ga ke a lekana go nna le fa e le lekgoba la gagwe.”
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
28 Tiragalo e e ne ya diragala kwa Bethania, motse o o ka fa ntlheng e nngwe ya Noka ya Jorodane kwa Johane o neng a kolobetsa teng.
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where Yochanan was immersing.
29 Letsatsi le le latelang Johane a bona Jesu a tla ntlheng ya gagwe mme a re, “Bonang! Kwana ya Modimo e e tlosang boleo jwa lefatshe!
The next day, he saw Yeshua coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
30 Ke ene yo ke neng ke bua ka ga gagwe ke re, ‘Monna yo o mphetang thata o tlaa tloga a tla ka bofefo, yo o sa bolong go nna pele ga me!’
This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’
31 Ke ne ke sa itse gore ke ene, mme ke fano ke kolobetsa ka metse gore ke mo supe mo chabeng ya Iseraele.”
I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came immersing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”
32 Mme Johane a bolela ka go bona Mowa O O Boitshepo o fologela mo go Jesu o le mo setshwa-nong sa lephoi o tswa kwa legodimong.
Yochanan testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
33 Gape Johane a re, “Ke ne ke sa itse gore ke ene, mme erile ka nako e Modimo o neng o nthoma ka yone go tla go kolobetsa wa re, ‘Fa o bona Mowa O O Boitshepo o fologa o nna mo mongweng, ke ene yo o mmatlang. Ke ene yo o kolobetsang ka Mowa O O Boitshepo.’
I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to immerse in water said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit.’
34 Ke bonye go diragala mo monneng yo, mme ke sone se ke supang gore ke Morwa Modimo.”
I have seen and have testified that this is the Son of God.”
35 Letsatsi le le latelang fa Johane a eme le barutwa ba bangwe ba le babedi,
Again, the next day, Yochanan was standing with two of his disciples,
36 Jesu a feta gautshwane le bone. Johane a mo leba thata mme a bua a re, “Bonang Kwana ya Modimo!”
and he looked at Yeshua as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
37 Mme barutwa ba babedi ba ga Johane ba retologa ba sala Jesu morago!
The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Yeshua.
38 Jesu a retologa a ba bona ba mo setse morago. Mme a ba botsa a re, “Lo batlang?” Ba mo raya ba re, “Rra, o nna kae?”
Yeshua turned and saw them following, and said to them, “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), “where are you staying?”
39 A ba raya a re, “Tlang lo bone.” Mme ba ya le ene kwa a neng a nna teng mme ba nna nae lobaka lo e neng e ka nna go simologa nako ya bone mo tshokologong go fitlhelela go nna lotlatlana.
He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
40 (Mongwe wa banna ba e ne e le Anderea Monnaa Simone Petoro).
One of the two who heard Yochanan and followed him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
41 Mme Anderea a ya go senka Petoro mogolowe a mo raya a re, “Re bonye Mesia.”
He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Anointed One).
42 Mme a isa Petoro kwa go Jesu. Jesu a tlhoma Petoro matlho le mogopolo ka lobakanyana mme a re, “O Simone, morwa Johane, mme o tlaa bidiwa Petoro, ke gore Lefika!”
He brought him to Yeshua. Yeshua looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Kefa” (which is by interpretation, Peter).
43 Letsatsi le le latelang Jesu a ikaelela go ya Galalea. Mme bona Filipo a mo raya a re, “Ntshala morago.”
On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Yeshua said to him, “Follow me.”
44 Filipo a ya go senka Nathaniele mme a mo raya a re, “Re bonye Mesia! Ene tota motho yo Moshe le baporofiti ba boletseng ka ga gagwe! Leina la gagwe ke Jesu, morwa Josefe yo o tswang Nasaretha!”
Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Nathaniele a hakgamala a re.
Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Torah and also the prophets, wrote: Yeshua of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 “Kwa Nasaretha! a gona le sengwe se se siameng se se ka tswang teng?” Filipo a re, “Tla fela o iponele.”
Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47 Ya re ba atamela Jesu a re, “Monna yo o ikanyegang ke yo o e tla, Moiseraele wa boammaaruri.”
Yeshua saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
48 Nathaniele a re, “O nkitsile jang?” Mme Jesu a fetola a re, “Erile o le ka fa tlase ga setlhare sa mofeige, Filipo a ise a go bone, ke ne ke go bona.”
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Yeshua answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49 Nathaniele a fetola a re, “Rra, O Morwa Modimo, Kgosi ya Iseraele!”
Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
50 Jesu a mmotsa a re, “A o dumela gotlhe mo fela ka gore ke go boleletse gore ke ne ka go bona ka fa tlase ga setlhare sa mofeige? O tlaa bona ditshupo tse dikgolo go na le tse.
Yeshua answered him, “Because I told you, ‘I saw you underneath the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these!”
51 O tlaa bo o bone le legodimo le atlhamologa le baengele ba Modimo ba boaboela ba tla kwa go nna, Monna wa kgalalelo.”
He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
