John 33JohnThe book of signsBekwel New Testament

Bekwel New TestamentBerean Standard Bible

1. 1BKWTɔ sama eFalizyɛ, ye nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ dhiiti mot, din ɛ lɛ nabɛ ɛ́ Nikodhɛm. Nyɛ nadi ɛ́, ngɔt pɛ tɔ ekukuma eYuda.BSBBSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2. 2BKWWɔ gwaa nyɛ zokazɛzyɛ pɛ daa Yezu e pum. Nyɛ eezɛke nɛ nɛ náá: «Labhi, bis nɛ gu náá, Zɛɛb ɛ nadhis wɔ pɛ daa les etɛp wɔ neezɛlyo bis. Etɛɛ náá, mot tok nɛ ghwyil ɛsa endem e mɛbwala mɛ wɔ di sa yenek, yɛ di ààbɛ náá, Zɛɛb ɛ nɛ nɛ sama ɔ.»BSBBSB: 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. 3BKWYezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Tsɛɛtsɛ nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ wɔ ɛ náá: Mot ɛ di ààbyel byela na bes ɔ aanàkwaabee Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb.»BSBBSB: Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4. 4BKWNikodhɛm eezɛke nɛ nɛ náá: «Mot waabaabyel-byelak na bes dáa, mot moo yɛ paa-mot? Nyɛ ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛ́ baani tɔ mɔ nyɛɛg, da nyɛ ɛ́ baabyel byela sis e?»BSBBSB: “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. 5BKWYezu eezɛbɔɔza náá: «Tsɛɛtsɛ nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ wɔ ɛ náá: mot ɛ di ààbyel nɛ mɛdii nɛ Sisim na Dɛɛ byela sis ɔ, nyɛ aanàkwaabee Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb.BSBBSB: 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. 6BKWMot ɛ byel, byela tɔ epuud ɔ, nyɛ ɛ́ mot epuud. Mot ɛ byel, byela tɔ Sisim na Dɛɛ ɔ, nyɛ ɛ́ mot sisim.BSBBSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7. 7BKWNà djoka, etɛɛ náá, mɛ eeke nɛ nɔ náá, “Bi goka nɛ ɛbyel ɛ, byela na bes.”BSBBSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8. 8BKWPup kɛe ze nyɛ di kwyɛl ɛ. Tin, wɔy ɛpegwak ghuula tak. Deenek, kabela ɛ náá, wɔ ààgu pɛ ye dus ɛ, nɛ pɛ ye di tɔ́ ɛ. Ye dyeebadi ɛ, tyee wat nɛ bot ɛ zebyel tɔ Sisim ɛ Zɛɛb.»BSBBSB: 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. 9BKWNikodhɛm eezɛke nɛ nɛ náá: «Yenek aasael dáa?»BSBBSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10. 10BKWYezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Wɔy ɛ́ boo lyoel kɔ Yisalaɛl. Wɔ ààgu etɛp binek e?BSBBSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11. 11BKWTsɛɛtsɛ nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ wɔ ɛ náá, bis dyeebalɛɛ ɛ etɛp ee bis di gu ɛ. Bis baŋa bot ɛ etɛp ee bis nabee nɛ mis mis ɛ. Tin, biyɔ, bi ààmyaal etɛp ee bis di lɛɛ bin ɛ.BSBBSB: 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. 12BKWBi ɛ di ààmyaal mɛ, esok mɛ di lyo bin etɛp e bɔs ɛ. Ha bi aamyaal dáa, yɛ bɛ náá, mɛ moo lɛɛ bin etɛp ee di tɔ gwoo ɛ?BSBBSB: 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. 13BKWYe tok nɛ mot aabyet ni tɔ gwoo yɛ di ààbɛ mot nadus tɔ gwoo ɔ. Mot tak ɛ, Sɛɛŋɛlɛ Mɔn Mot.BSBBSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14. 14BKWDeenek ɛ di náá, dáa Moiiz nadi nyɛ dinaa tɔ kyee bɔs bɛsyɛ di ààbɛ nɛ mɛdii ɛ, nyɛ naatsel nyɔ e le. Tin, nyɛ eezɛben yɛ pɛ ɛko. Tyɛ wat, ye goka ɛ́ náá, Sɛɛŋɛlɛ Mɔn Mot tselaa e le.BSBBSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15. 15BKWEtɛɛ náá, deenek ɛ, mot kwaadum koŋ nɛ nɛ ɔ, nyɛ aabela tsik na kɔm-kɔm.BSBBSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
16. 16BKW«Zɛɛb naadyeebakwyɛl bot kɔ bɔs. Ye ɛ́ nyɛ nadhis sɛŋɛlɛ mɔn'ɛ met. Etɛɛ náá, mot kwaadum koŋ nɛ nɛ ɔ needi ààgwyɛ. Nyɛ goka nyɛ bela tsik na kɔm-kɔm.BSBBSB: 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. 17BKWEtɛɛ náá, Zɛɛb nabɛ ààdhis Mɔn'ɛ kɔ bɔs étɛp ɛpɛ́ɛ ɛ bot. Nyɛ nadhis Mɔn'ɛ étɛp bot ɛ bɔs neebela tsik kɔ ɛsu ɛ lɛ.BSBBSB: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18. 18BKWMot aadum koŋ nɛ nɛ ɔ, yenɔk mot aanàkwaakwyeselaa ndjɛ sɔs. Tin, mot aadi ààdum koŋ nɛ nɛ ɔ, yenɔk eezelookwyeselaa ndjɛ sɔs. Nyɛ aapɛɛaa, etɛɛ náá, nyɛ nabɛ ɛ́, nyɛ eepɛɛ ɛdum ɛ koŋ nɛ Mɔn Zɛɛb.BSBBSB: 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. 19BKW«Beeka dáa Zɛɛb aapɛ́ɛ bot ɛ. Mɛkas naazyɛ kɔ bɔs. Tin, bot ɛ bɔs kakwyɛl yɔbɔ ɛbuɛpe ɛ ghooghom dhaa mɛkas. Etɛɛ náá, bɛ nadi ɛ́ bot ɛ embee mɛsa.BSBBSB: 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. 20BKWBot djas di sa embee mɛsa ɔ, bɛ ààkwyɛl mɛkas. Deenek, mot tak ààkwyɛl ɛtɔ́ pɛ gwyɛ di ɛ. Etɛɛ náá nyɛ ɛpekaab náá, embee etɛp bɛ ɛzɛkɛnyen na “ngbɛlɛlɛ” emis mɛ bot.BSBBSB: Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21. 21BKWTin, mot di ekɛ dáa etsɛɛtsɛ di lɛɛ ɛ, nyɛ ɛpetiila tɔ ngel gwyɛ. Etɛɛ náá, mɛsa mɛ nyɛ di sa sama nɛ Zɛɛb ɛ neenyen popoopwon emis mɛ bot djas.»BSBBSB: 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. 22BKWBhii tak, Yezu eezɛtɔ́ pɛ kyee dik Yude bɛ nɛ bɛdjekel bɛ. Bɛ eezɛbe di penek. Tin, nyɛ nadi eduu bot Zɛɛb.BSBBSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23. 23BKWÉ ghɛŋ tak, pɛ dɛl ɛ Enɔn e ngwoob dɛl Salim, Zaŋ nabaadi pe ɛ, eduu bot Zɛɛb penek etɛɛ náá, pɛ kyee dik tak nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ mɛdhii ɛbuɛpe. Tin, bot ɛbuɛpe nadi ezyɛ, zɛduwa Zɛɛb.BSBBSB: Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
24. 24BKWEtɛp binek djas nasɛɛ, Zaŋ dinaa ààkɔɔla e mbok.BSBBSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25. 25BKWTin, bɛdhiiti bɛdjekel ɛ Zaŋ nadi é be mɛso bɛ nɛ dhiiti mot dhaad mbyak eYuda. Mot tak nadi lii ɛ dum nɛ dáa mot di egoka nɛ ɛsa étɛp nyɛ needis edhuud da bula dɛɛ e mis ɛ Zɛɛb.BSBBSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26. 26BKWWɔ gwaa bɛ zokazyɛ pɛ daa Zaŋ, bɛ eezɛke nɛ nɛ náá: «Labhi, é sok mena nadika pɛ yii kyiid dii yuldɛn ɛ, ye nabɛ ɛ́, wɔ naalii nɛ nɛ nes kɔ ɛsu ɛ mot ngɔt. Beea! Mot tak ɛpeduu bot Zɛɛb, deenek bot djas ka tɔ́ ɛ penek pɛ daa lɛ.»BSBBSB: 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. 27BKWZaŋ eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Dhiiti mot tok nɛ ghwyil ɛbela duu sis, bhis yii Zɛɛb zedjɛ nyɛ ɛ́.BSBBSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28. 28BKWBiyɔ bɛ ɛmet nadi ɛ́ tak, esok mɛ nalɛɛ náá: “Mɛ tok Mɛsia ɛ. Mam ɛ mot Zɛɛb nanyɛl ɛdhis ɛsok nɛ nɛ ɔ.”BSBBSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29. 29BKWMot di nakuma moma ba ɔ, yɛ ngom. Tin, mɔɔ sɔ motom ba moma ɔ di é di'enek é gwak gwoodɛ ɔ. Nyɛ ɛ́ tɔ mɛmyaala ɛbuɛpe dáa nyɛ gwak gwood motom ba ɔ. Tyɛ wat mɛmyaala menek ɛ mɛ mɛmyaala mam. Mɛmyaala mɛ tak eebela ɛsuk.BSBBSB: 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. 30BKWYe goka ɛ́ náá, duma ɛ Yezu byet ɛbyet nɛ ɛbyet, da yam ɛ sila.BSBBSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31. 31BKW«Mot dus pɛ ɛko ɔ, nyɛ eedhaa bot djas. Mot di kɔ bɔs ɛ mot bɔs, nyɛ lii ɛ, etɛp e bɔs. Deenek ɛ, di náá, mot dus pɛ ɛko ɔ, nyɛ eedha bot djas.BSBBSB: 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. 32BKWNyɛ nɛ dyeebalɛɛ bot esesɛɛ ee nyɛ di bee ɛ, yii nyɛ di gwak ɛ. Tin, bot ààkwyɛl ɛmyaal etɛp ee nyɛ di lii nɛ nɔɔ ɛ.BSBBSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33. 33BKWMot di myaal etɛp ee nyɛ di lɛɛ ɛ, baamyaal ɛ náá, yɛ nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ náá, Zɛɛb lɛɛ ɛ etsɛɛtsɛ.BSBBSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34. 34BKWEtɛɛ náá, mot Zɛɛb lwom ɔ, dyeebalii ɛ etɛp e Zɛɛb. Etɛɛ náá, Zɛɛb naadjɛ nyɛ ghwyil Sisim na Dɛɛ djas.BSBBSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35. 35BKW«Sɛɛg nɛ kwyɛl Mɔn. Étɛp tak ɛ nyɛ nadjɛ nyɛ eghɛŋ nɛ ghwyil kɔ esonok djas.BSBBSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36. 36BKWMot ɛ dum koŋ nɛ Mɔn ɔ, yenɔk ɛ waabela tsik na kɔm-kɔm. Tin, mot di ààdum koŋ Mɔn ɔ, yenɔk aanàkwaabela tsik na kɔm-kɔm. Deenek, ɛbuk ɛ Zɛɛb ɛ pɛ kɔ lɛ.»BSBBSB: Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”