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.
He 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.
Every thing was by his hand; and without him, was not any thing whatever that existed.
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 man.
5 Botshelo jwa gagwe ke lesedi le le phatsimang mo lefifing, mme lefifi ga le kake la tima lesedi.
And this light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
6 Modimo o ne wa roma Johane wa Mokolobetsi e le mosupi wa gore Jesu Keresete ke lesedi la Boammaaruri.
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
He came for testimony, to bear witness concerning the light.
8 Johane e ne e se lesedi ka boene; o ne a le mosupi wa lone fela.
He was not himself the light, but came to bear witness concerning 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 was that, which enlighteneth every man who cometh 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 by his hand; and the world did not know 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 people; and his own people received him not.
But such as received him, to them gave he the prerogative to be children of God; even to them that believe on 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 are born, not of blood, nor of the pleasure of the flesh, nor of the pleasure 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!
And the: Word became flesh, and tabernacled with us: and we saw his glory, a glory as of the only begotten from the Father, that he was 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.’”
John testified of him, and cried, and said: This is he, of whom I said, That he cometh after me, and is before me; for he was prior to 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!
And of his plenitude have we all received, and grace for 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 law was given by the hand of Moses; but the reality and grace was by the hand of Jesus 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 man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath 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.
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites, to ask him, Who art thou?
20 Mme a ganela mo go senang gotwe sepe. A re, “Ga ke Keresete.”
And he confessed, and denied not, but confessed 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.”
And they asked him again: Who then? Art thou Elijah? And he said: I am not. Art thou a prophet? And he said, No.
22 “Jaanong o mang? Re bolelele gore re tle re kgone go neela ba ba re romileng karabo. Wa reng fa o ikarabela?”
And they said to him: Who art thou? that we may give answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
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 smooth the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah.
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?”
And they who were sent, were of the Pharisees.
And they asked him, and said to him: Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor a 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.
John answered, and said to them; I baptize with water; but among you standeth one, whom ye do not 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 it is that cometh after me, and was before me, whose shoe-strings I am not worthy to untie.
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 occurred in Bethany, where John was baptizing.
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 day after, John saw Jesus coming towards him, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God, that beareth 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 cometh a man, who is before me, for he was prior to 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.”
And I knew him not; but that he might be known to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
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.
And John testified, and said: I saw the Spirit descend from heaven, as a dove, and rest upon 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.’
And I did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me- On whom thou seest the Spirit descend, and rest upon him, he baptizeth with the Holy Spirit.
34 Ke bonye go diragala mo monneng yo, mme ke sone se ke supang gore ke Morwa Modimo.”
And I saw; and I testify, that this is the Son of God.
35 Letsatsi le le latelang fa Johane a eme le barutwa ba bangwe ba le babedi,
And the next day, John was standing, and 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 upon Jesus as he walked, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God!
37 Mme barutwa ba babedi ba ga Johane ba retologa ba sala Jesu morago!
And his two disciples heard him when he said it, and they went after Jesus.
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?”
And Jesus turned, and saw them coming after him, and he said to them: What seek ye? They said to him: Our Rabbi, where stayest thou?
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. And they came and saw where he lodged; and they were with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
40 (Mongwe wa banna ba e ne e le Anderea Monnaa Simone Petoro).
And one of those who heard John and went after Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Simon.
41 Mme Anderea a ya go senka Petoro mogolowe a mo raya a re, “Re bonye Mesia.”
He first saw Simon his brother, and said to him: We have found the Messiah.
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!”
And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looked upon him, and said Thou art Simon the son of Jona; thou shalt be called Cephas.
43 Letsatsi le le latelang Jesu a ikaelela go ya Galalea. Mme bona Filipo a mo raya a re, “Ntshala morago.”
The next day, Jesus was disposed to depart for Galilee: and he found Philip and said to him, Come after 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!”
And Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Simon.
45 Nathaniele a hakgamala a re.
And Philip found Nathaniel, and said to him: We have found him, of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus the son of Joseph, who is of Nazareth.
46 “Kwa Nasaretha! a gona le sengwe se se siameng se se ka tswang teng?” Filipo a re, “Tla fela o iponele.”
Nathaniel said to him: Can there be any good thing from 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.”
And Jesus saw Nathaniel coming towards him, and said of him: Behold a real Israelite, 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.”
Nathaniel said to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus said to him: Before Philip called thee when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathaniele a fetola a re, “Rra, O Morwa Modimo, Kgosi ya Iseraele!”
Nathaniel answered, and said to him: Rabbi; thou art the Son of God; thou art the 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.
Jesus said to him: Because I said to thee, that I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou wilt 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: Verily, verily, I say to you, That hereafter ye will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending unto the Son of man.
