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Bybel in Afrikaans (1983-vertaling)

Iemand roep: "Maak vir die Here 'n pad in die woestyn, maak in die barre wêreld 'n grootpad vir ons God!"

Jesaja 40:3

Johannes sê:

Hy moet meer word en ek minder.

Johannes 3:30

Jesaja 40 (Bybel in Afrikaans (1983-vertaling))

1 Die uitkoms is hier! Die uitkoms is hier! Dit, sê julle God, moet julle vir my volk sê.
2 Bring vir Jerusalem die goeie tyding, sê vir hom sy swaarkry is verby, hy het geboet vir sy sonde, hy het van die Here die volle straf ontvang vir al sy sondes.
3 Iemand roep: "Maak vir die Here 'n pad in die woestyn, maak in die barre wêreld 'n grootpad vir ons God!
4 Elke laagte moet opgevul word, elke berg en rant moet gelykgrond word. Elke bult moet 'n gelykte word en elke koppie 'n vlakte.
5 Dan sal die mag van die Here geopenbaar word; al wat leef, sal dit sien. Die Here self het dit gesê."
6 Iemand sê: "Roep!" En ek vra: "Wat kan ek roep? Alle mense is soos gras, alles waarop hulle staatmaak, is soos 'n veldblom:

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Johannes 3 (Bybel in Afrikaans (1983-vertaling))

27 Johannes het hulle geantwoord: "Niemand besit enige bevoegdheid om iets te doen as dit nie uit die hemel aan hom gegee is nie.
28 Julle is self my getuies dat ek gesê het: 'Ek is nie die Christus nie. Ek is maar net voor Hom uit gestuur.'
29 Die bruidegom is die een aan wie die bruid behoort; maar die vriend van die bruidegom staan en luister of hy kom en is baie bly wanneer hy die stem van die bruidegom hoor. Daarom is ek nou met blydskap vervul.
30 Hy moet meer word en ek minder.
31 "Hy wat van bo af kom, is bo almal; hy wat van die aarde is, hoort by die aarde en praat die taal van die aarde. Hy wat uit die hemel kom, is bo almal.
32 Wat Hy gesien en gehoor het, dit getuig Hy, en tog aanvaar niemand sy getuienis nie.
33 Wie sy getuienis aanvaar het, het daardeur bevestig dat God geloofwaardig is.

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English Standard Version

A voice cries: In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Isaiah 40:3

John said:

He must increase, but I must decrease.

John 3:30

Jesaja 40 (English Standard Version)

1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that her warfare is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
3 A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be lifted up,
and every mountain and hill be made low;
the uneven ground shall become level,
and the rough places a plain.
5 And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
6 A voice says, “Cry!”
And I said, “What shall I cry?”
All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.

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Johannes 3 (English Standard Version)

27 John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
28 You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.’
29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”
31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
33 Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.

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