{
    "translation": "Ndebele Bible",
    "abbreviation": "ndebele",
    "lang": "nd",
    "language": "Ndebele",
    "direction": "LTR",
    "encoding": "UTF-8",
    "book_nr": 62,
    "book_name": "1 John",
    "chapter": 1,
    "name": "1 John 1",
    "verses": [
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 1,
            "name": "1 John 1:1",
            "text": "  Lokho okwakukhona kusukela ekuqaleni, esakuzwayo, esakubonayo ngamehlo ethu, esakukhangelayo, lezandla zethu zakuphatha, mayelana leLizwi leMpilo; "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 2,
            "name": "1 John 1:2",
            "text": "leMpilo yabonakaliswa, sasesiyibona, njalo siyafakaza silitshumayeza leyoMpilo elaphakade, eyayiloYise, yasibonakaliswa kithi; "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 3,
            "name": "1 John 1:3",
            "text": "lokho esikubonileyo sasesikuzwa, silitshumayeza khona, ukuze lani libe lobudlelwano lathi; njalo ngeqiniso le inhlanganyelo eyethu ikanye loYise njalo kanye leNdodana yakhe uJesu Kristu; "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 4,
            "name": "1 John 1:4",
            "text": "lalezizinto silibhalela zona, ukuze intokozo yenu igcwaliswe.  "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 5,
            "name": "1 John 1:5",
            "text": "  Lokhu-ke ngumbiko esiwuzwe kuye sesiwutshumayela kini, ukuthi uNkulunkulu uyikukhanya, njalo kabukho kuye ubumnyama lakanye. "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 6,
            "name": "1 John 1:6",
            "text": "Uba sisithi silobudlelwano laye, kube kanti sihamba ebumnyameni, siqamba amanga, njalo kasenzi iqiniso; "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 7,
            "name": "1 John 1:7",
            "text": "kodwa uba sihamba ekukhanyeni, njengalokhu yena esekukhanyeni, silobudlelwano omunye lomunye, legazi likaJesu Kristu iNdodana yakhe liyasihlambulula kuso sonke isono. "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 8,
            "name": "1 John 1:8",
            "text": "Uba sisithi kasilasono, siyazikhohlisa, leqiniso kalikho kithi. "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 9,
            "name": "1 John 1:9",
            "text": "Uba sivuma izono zethu, uthembekile futhi ulungile ukuze asithethelele izono zethu, njalo asihlambulule kukho konke ukungalungi. "
        },
        {
            "chapter": 1,
            "verse": 10,
            "name": "1 John 1:10",
            "text": "Uba sisithi kasonanga, simenza umqambimanga, lelizwi lakhe kalikho kithi.   "
        }
    ]
}