John 3 (CUG) · Opened

1Mi wi mbaŋ wi Bəfalasi widɔkɔ nì kɔ bə bɔɔŋ a Nikɔdəmus, wi num mi i mbaŋ wi kifwu ki tumi ki Bəju wə.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Mi wələ nì dza dzə i Jisɔs nchɔkɔ, ka dzaka i wi a, “Labay, buku kiəki lə a wɔ kɔ mi wi lanini wə wi nyə i Nyɔ, kɔm mi widɔkɔ kɔkə wə wi kɔ i fə kinchəsi ki gia yələ wɔ fəki lə, yi chusi kiŋkɔkni ki Nyɔ, Nyɔ kɔbi bəh wi.”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.”

3Jisɔs chukuli i wi a, “Mih fukuki ŋkɔŋ i wɔ a, a kɔbi a bə bwɔ lə mi, i mbwɔ wimfiaŋ wə, wəmaka mi kɔkə bi yɛiŋ ŋkuŋ bi Nyɔ.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikɔdəmus bikə i Jisɔs a, “Yi kɔ i num na dəiŋ, i chu bwɔ mi num wi ta lɔ a? Wi kɔlə i chu fiəni liə i nih wi shɔm ka wi chu fiəni bwɔ wi a?”“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?”

5Jisɔs chukuli i wi a, “Mih fukuki ŋkɔŋ i wɔ a, a kɔbi a bə bwɔ lə mi i mwi mə bəh i Kiŋ'waka wə, wi kɔkə i bi liə i ŋkuŋ bi Nyɔ wə.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Mi wiwɔm bwɔki mi wiwɔm, kiŋ'waka bwɔ Kiŋ'waka.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Kiə dzaka ma wɔ̂mki wɔ, a mih dzakaki i wɔ a bə kaŋaki i bwɔ̂ mbɛiŋ bəchi i mbwɔ wimfiaŋ wə.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Fiəkə si tsə asi yi kɔŋki, wɔ wɔkɔ si yi tsəki, ayakalə wɔ kɔbi i fuku a yi nyə faiŋ na, yi tsə sə faiŋ na. Yi kɔ a liŋ i mi wichi wə wi kɔ num bə bwɔ wi i Kiŋ'waka wə.”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.”

9Nikɔdəmus ka təmki a, “Yələ kɔ i nyani dəiŋ a?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Jisɔs chukuli i wi a, “Wɔ kɔ mi wi lanini wi bəni bə Islae, wɔ kiə kə yələ a?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Mih fukuki ŋkɔŋ i wɔ a, buku dzakaki gia num yə buku kiəki, beeŋ nsaka wi gia, a num yə buku kɔ buku yɛiŋ, ayakalə mbɛiŋ bum kə gia yə buku dzakaki.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.

12Mih kabə fuku gia i mbɛiŋ a num yi fa kuku mbɛiŋ bum kə, mbɛiŋ bi nyani na dəiŋ i bum yə mih dzakaki a num yi tumi ki bɛiŋ wə a?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Mi widɔkɔ mɔŋ wə wi num yaka i bɛiŋ. Akɔ shəŋ a wi wə wi nì nyə dzə fɛiŋ ka shi dzə fa kuku, mi wələ kɔ mi wə yɛli wi kɔ Waiŋmi.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Asi Muses nì shəŋsi juŋŋ yə bə nì kɛiŋsi bəh chwaka i kpɛiŋ bɛiŋ i chwa, yi kɔ a liŋ asi bə kaŋaki i ni shə̂ŋsi mi wə yɛli wi kɔ Waiŋmi,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15ka na ndə wə wi kɔ wi jiə shɔm i wi wə, wi ni kwati nɔni kə ki bi tsə kaa kə.”that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Nyɔ nì kɔŋ mbi wələ nalə, ka faaŋ Waiŋ wi wimu shəŋ, a na ndə wə wi jiə shɔm i wi bi laka kə, wi bi kwatiki num nɔni kə ki bi tsə kaa kə.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.

17Nyɔ nì ka faaŋ dəkə Waiŋ wi i mbi wələ wə a wi dzə̂ sâka bəni a bɔ gbɔ nsaka. Wi nì faaŋ a wi dzə̂ bwîli bɔ num bwilini.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18A na ndə wə wi kɔ wi jiə shɔm i wi wə, bi gbɔ kə nsaka. Ayakalə, mi wə wi ka jiə dəkə shɔm i wi wə, wəmaka gbɔ lɔ nsaka, kɔm wi ka jiə dəkə shɔm i yɛli wi Waiŋ Nyɔ wə akɔ a wi shəŋ.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.

19Yələ kɔ dzəh yə bə bi təiŋki nsaka wiwɔ yɛiŋ, kɔm baiŋni kɔ bi dzə i mbi wə, bəni yiŋni kɔŋ fibɔ num lɔ jisi tsə baiŋni. Bɔ kɔŋki yakadəiŋ kɔm kimfə kibɔ kɔ kichu.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.

20Na ndə wə kimfə ki kɔ kichu wi si baiŋŋ lə baiŋni, wi kɔkə i buku dzə i di biə baiŋni kɔ ka kimfə ki ma ni chusi.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Ayakalə, na ndə wə wi fəki gia yi chəŋ wi si dzə num i baiŋni wə, ka kimfə ki ni chusiki a, akɔ ki mi wə wi kɔ bəh Nyɔ.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.”

22Si yəmaka nì tsə, Jisɔs bəh bwa bu bə mbaŋ nyə tsə i kimbu kidɔkɔ wə i Judea. Bəh bɔ tsə ka num fɛiŋ, wi ka juliki bəni i bɔkɔ.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Jɔn tə nì juliki bəni i bɔkɔ i kwili wi Ɛnɔn wə i kɔmsi i Salim kɔm mwi nì kɔ fɛiŋ nalə. Bəni ka dzəki wi juli bɔ i bɔkɔ.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Yələ gia nì num maka bə fah Jɔn i juŋ yi nsəŋ wə.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Bwa bə Jɔn bə mbaŋ bədɔkɔ bəh mi wi Ju widɔkɔ ni dza yisi kiŋgukuli kɔm bə gwu yi wɔkɔni i baiŋki i Nyɔ nshiŋ.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Bwa bə mbaŋ bə Jɔn nyə tsə yɛiŋ Jɔn, dzaka i wi a, “Labay, mi wə mbɛiŋ wi nì kɔ i waka wi Jɔdan wəyaka wə wɔ lansi dzaka kɔm wi yaka, bə wi yaka wi juliki bəni i bɔkɔ, bəni bəchi tsə num i wi.”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.”

27Jɔn chukuli i bɔ a, “Mi kɔkə i num fiɛŋ fidɔkɔ maka a fə Nyɔ a wi num fi.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Mbɛiŋ mwi kɔlə i beeŋ nsaka wuŋ a mih nì dzaka a, mih kɔkə Kimbwili wə Nyɔ nì kaka. Ayakalə, bə nì faaŋ mih a mih tsə̂ i wi nshiŋ.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Nyum miŋkpaŋa wimfiaŋ kɔ mi wə wi kaŋaki miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ. Nsɛiŋ wi nyum miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ wə wi num bɛiŋ kɔmsi i wi wə wɔkɔ ja yi, si num bə kinsaŋli na bəh ŋga si wi wɔkɔ ja yi. Yi kɔ a liŋ si mih kɔ i liə num mih jikə bəh kinsaŋli.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.

30Wi kaŋaki i kɔki tsəki a ninshiŋ, mih dzə i jum wə.He must increase; I must decrease.

31Mi wə wi nyə bɛiŋ wi tsəki lə bəni bəchi. Mi wi kuku kɔ mi wi kuku, gia yichi yə wi dzakaki akɔ yi fa kuku. Mi wə wi nyə i tumi ki bɛiŋ wə tsəki lə bəni bəchi,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.

32wi beeŋki nsaka wi gia a num yə wi kɔ wi yɛiŋ ka chu wɔkɔ. Ayakalə, mi widɔkɔ kɔkə wə wi bumki gia yə wi dzakaki.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Mi wə wi bumki gia yə wi dzakaki, akɔ wi wə wi chusi a ŋgaiŋ tɔbi gia wiwɔ a Nyɔ dzakaki ŋkɔŋ.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Mi wə Nyɔ faaŋ si dzaka shəŋ a ja yi Nyɔ, kɔm Nyɔ nya Kiŋ'waka ki i wi kimfəkəli kɔbi.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Tii Waiŋ kɔŋ Waiŋ, ka nya biɛiŋ bichi i wi kaŋ.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Na ndə wə wi kɔ wi jiə shɔm i Waiŋ wələ wi kwati lɔ nɔni kə ki bi tsə kaa kə. Mi wə wi wɔkɔki kə i wi bi kwati kə nɔni. Wəmaka mi kɔ num shɔm yi Nyɔ bɔkɔ lɔ bəh wi.”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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