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John
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3
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John 3
3
John
The book of signs
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Jesus
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John
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Nicodemus
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Israel
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Moses
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Jordan
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Judea
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Aenon
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Berean Standard Bible
1
ASJ
Wi wu kintutu ki Bɛfarasii wumu tɛ̀ nuuŋ lu bɛ teenyi wu le Nikodɛmu, ɛ tɛ̀ nuuŋ wi wu kintutu ki bikoo bi kwɛɛŋ wu Bɛjuu lɛ.
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Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2
ASJ
Wi wuni dza bɛ lɛ Jiso butuu teeŋ wu le, “Labai, tɛ kii le ɔ nuuŋ Wi wu Ntiifɛ wu dza fɛ Nyɔ-ɔ, kifɛ wi nuuŋ yɛ lu wu nuuŋ ni feti ŋwaani bini biee bi doonchi bunɔŋa bu Nyɔ-ɔ bi ɔ feti bini fuki le Nyɔ yɛ bɛ wu nsiŋ kɛ.”
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He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
3
ASJ
Jiso tuu li wuu le, “Ntiitɔɔ wɛ chɛɛŋ chɛɛŋ le, ɛ bɛ mɛɛŋ ki biɛ kɛ wi li biɛrɔ chi fɛŋ kɛ, mwɛ tɛ̀ naa ŋɛŋ bumfɔŋ bu Nyɔ-ɔ kɛ.”
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Jesus replied,
“Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4
ASJ
Nikodɛmu bii li Jiso laa, “Bɛ nuuŋ bɛ geeŋ bɛ se tuu bɛ kaari bɛ biɛ wi wu ta kituŋ le? Mwɛ nuuŋ tuu kaari to lɛ ni shéŋ le tuu ka biɛ wu ni?”
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“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
5
ASJ
Jiso tuu li wuu le, “Ntiitɔɔ wɛ chɛɛŋ chɛɛŋ le, ɛ wi mɛɛŋ ki kɛmɛ kɛ biɛrɔ chi dzɔɔ lɛ mɔɔ chi Fiana kɛ, kɛ nuuŋ tɛ lɛ lɛ bumfɔŋ bu Nyɔ-ɔ kɛ.
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Jesus answered,
“Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6
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Wiwoŋ ti bii wiwoŋ, Fiana bii fiana.
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BSB:
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7
ASJ
Kiiŋ wa ni tɛ wɛ le mi nteeɔ li wɛ-ɛ le bɛ kɛmi le bɛ kaari bɛ biɛ bɛniiŋ bɛchu li biɛrɔ chi fɛŋ kɛ.
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BSB:
Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8
ASJ
Mfiee ti kɛti si yi kɔŋgisi, ɔɔ wuki si yi kɛti, se nuuŋ le, ɔ nuuŋ tɛ tee laa yi buti fɛŋ, kɛ laa yi giiŋgi fɛŋ le kɛ. Ɛ lɛ si fi fiɛɛ bɛ wi wu kɛmɛ biɛrɔ chi fiana yi waaŋ lɛ.”
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The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9
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Nikodɛmu se ta maa laa, “Fini nuuŋ fi ka niŋ le?”
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“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10
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Jiso tuu li wuu le, “Ɔ nuuŋ wi wu tiifi bɛniiŋ bɛ Isɛlɛɛ, ɔ se tɛ kɛɛ fini ni?
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“You are Israel’s teacher,”
said Jesus,
“and you do not understand these things?
11
ASJ
Ntiitɔɔ li wɛ chɛɛŋ chɛɛŋ le, tɛ tiiti nuuŋ fiee fi tɛ kii, tɛ lemi lɛ nsa lɛjiŋ nuuŋ li fiee fi tɛ ŋɛŋ, se nuuŋ le nɛ se beenchi yɛ li fiee fi tɛ tiiti kɛ.
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Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
12
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Ɛ ntiiti biee li be-eŋ bi li nshɛ yini nɛ tɛ beŋ kɛ, nɛ se naa nɛ geeŋ nɛ se beŋ fɛ mi ntee nuuŋ bi li kwɛɛŋ wu Nyɔ-ɔ?
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If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
13
ASJ
Wi nuuŋ yɛ lu wu tɛ̀ saa wu yɛɛ liboo kɛ. Ɛ nɛɛ wi wu tɛ̀ bo lu wu bɛ laaŋkwiiŋ, wu nuuŋ Ŋwanɛwi.
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No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14
ASJ
Si Mɔɔsɛ tɛ̀ shiŋɛ yɔ yi bɛ tɛ̀ fɛ bɛ kikwa li kiti libuka, ɛ lɛ si bɛ kɛmi le bɛ shiŋɛ Ŋwanɛwi lɛ,
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Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15
ASJ
le ke mɔɔ nuuŋ noo wu gɛɛ shéŋ li wuu le, mwɛ gii naa kɛmɛ ntsɛ wu kimakɛ.
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BSB:
that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
16
ASJ
Nyɔ tɛ̀ gbɛɛŋ yi kɔɔŋgi nshɛ yini ŋge, yi se toŋ Ŋwani wu mumkpaŋ, le ke mɔɔ nuuŋ noo wu gɛɛ shéŋ li wuu le, mwɛ tɛ la kɛ, mwɛ kɛmɛ nuuŋ ntsɛ wu kimakɛ.
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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17
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Nyɔ ti mɛɛŋ ki toŋ kɛ Ŋwani li nshɛ yini le bɛ saa bɛniiŋ le be we nsa kɛ. Tɛ̀ toŋ wu nuuŋ le, bɛ buu be bu busu.
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For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18
ASJ
Wi wu gɛɛ shéŋ li wuu nuuŋ tɛ we nsa kɛ. Se nuuŋ le wi wu mɛɛŋ ki gɛɛ kɛ shéŋ li wuu kɛ, kɛ mwɛ weɔ nsa kituŋ, kifɛ mɛɛŋɔ gɛɛ kɛ shéŋ li bukooŋ bu Ŋwanɛ Nyɔ-ɔ wu nuuŋ wu kwaa kɛ.
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Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
19
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Bɛ gii bɛ sondɛ nsa lɛ yini dze, kifɛ kiŋ'wofu bɛ kɛɛ li nshɛ, bɛniiŋ se tuu be kɔɔŋgi fi bee nuuŋ kijibɛ yɛki kiŋ'wofu. Be kɔŋgisi lɛ kifɛ biŋge bi bee nuuŋ bibifi.
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And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
20
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Wi kwikwi wu feti kiŋge ki bifi ti baanini kiŋ'wofu, tɛ bo fɛ kiŋ'wofu nuuŋ kɛ, le kiiŋ kiŋge kee tuu ki yenɛ fɛ waaŋ kɛ.
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Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21
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Se nuuŋ le wi wu feti biee bi chɛɛŋ ti bɛɛ li kiŋ'wofu, le kiŋge kee ni ki yeŋgi si ki wi wu nuuŋ bɛ Nyɔ.”
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But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
22
ASJ
Lɛjiŋ lɛlu, Jiso bee bɔɔŋ bee bɛ kintutu-u dza be gɛɛŋ kimbɛ kimu ki Judiya. Bee be se gɛɛŋ be nuuŋ fe, lisi bɛniiŋ li dzɔɔ.
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After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23
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Jɔɔŋ tɛ̀ lisi tɛ bɛniiŋ li dzɔɔ li kitoŋ ki Ɛnɔŋ li Saliŋ lichiŋ kifɛ dzɔɔ tɛ nuuŋ fe ŋge. Bɛniiŋ tɛ̀ bɛɛ lisi be li dzɔɔ.
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Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
24
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Fini tɛ̀ nuuŋ bɛ mɛɛŋ saa wu li yih yi ncha-a ki lii kɛ.
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(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25
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Bɔɔŋ bɛ Jɔɔŋ lɛ bɛ kintutu-u bamu bɛ wi wu Juu wumu tɛ̀ dza be bɛchi bitɛchinɛ kii yi yibe tsootsi le be ni be wuuti lɛ Nyɔ lii.
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Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26
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Bɔɔŋ bɛ kintutu-u bɛ Jɔɔŋ lɛ dza be gɛɛŋ fɛ Jɔɔŋ li, be tee li wuu le, “Labai, wi wu nɛɛ wu nɛ tuu nɛ nuuŋ li Dzɔɔ yi Joodaaŋ luwiŋ lɔɔ, wɔɔ tɛ̀ tiiti ŋge kii wu wɛ, wi wulu lisɔɔ tɛ bɛniiŋ li dzɔɔ, bɛniiŋ bɛchu se giiŋgi baa nuuŋ fɛ wuu.”
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So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
27
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Jɔɔŋ tuu li bee le, “Wi nuuŋ tɛ nuuŋ fiee fimu fuki fɛ Nyɔ fɛ le ni nuuŋ fi nsiŋ kɛ.
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John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28
ASJ
Beŋ kibɛɛ nɛ nuuŋ nɛ leŋ lɛ nsa wɛŋ lɛjiŋ le ntɛ̀ ntee le ɛ mi wu nuuŋ Kinsofu ki Nyɔ tɛ̀ kaachɛ kɛ. Se nuuŋ le, bɛ tɛ̀ toŋ mi le nsaa ntoo mbaaŋ li ki-i.
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You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29
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Nyuŋ wutso nuuŋ wi wu kɛmi kwɛɛtso. Nsaŋ yi nyuŋ wutso yi lemi li nyuŋ wutso wulu lichiŋ yi wuki jɛ yi nyuŋ wutso, ti wuki bujɔŋ si yi wuki jɛ ye lɛ. Ɛ lɛ si mi ŋ'wɛ tɛ dɛɛni ɛ mi n'yisɛ bɛ kinɛɛtinɛ.
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The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
30
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Ŋkɛmi nɛɛ le ni ŋkuu ŋgiiŋgi nuuŋ limfwe, nse ntuu lɛjiŋ.”
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He must increase; I must decrease.
31
ASJ
Wi wu dza liboo kuu yɛki bɛniiŋ bɛchu. Wi wu li nshɛ yini-i, nuuŋ wi wu li nshɛ yini-i tiiti kii biee bi li nshɛ yini-i. Wi wu dza li kwɛɛŋ wu liboo li yɛki wi kwi,
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The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
32
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mwɛ lemi lɛ nsa wu biee bi wu ŋɛŋ bɛ bi wu woo lɛjiŋ. Se nuuŋ le wi nuuŋ yɛ lu wu beenchi fiee fi tiiti kɛ.
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He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33
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Wi kwi wu beenchi fiee fi tiiti nuuŋ wi wu doonchi le teendɔɔ fiee filu le Nyɔ tiiti yɛ chɛɛŋ.
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Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34
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Wi wu Nyɔ toŋ ti yeti nuuŋ jɛ yi Nyɔ, kifɛ Nyɔ nyɛ yɛ wu Fiana, yi bɛ nyɛ tɛ fichɛ kɛ.
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For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35
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Te Ŋwaŋ kɔɔŋgɔɔ Ŋwaŋ, wu se nyɛ biee bichu li tsaŋ yee li.
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BSB:
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36
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Wi wu gɛɛ shéŋ li Ŋwaŋ, kɛ mwɛ kɛmɔɔ ntsɛ wu kimakɛ. Wi wu mɛɛŋ ki woo kɛ li wuu kɛ, nuuŋ tɛ kɛmɛ ntsɛ kɛ. Wɛɛ wi, sheŋ fuuti yɛɛ Nyɔ bɛ wu kituŋ.
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
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