John 3 (DOV) · Opened

1Lino kwakaliwo mu Falisi wakali kutegwa Nikkodimasi, muzululi wama Juda.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Ooyo mwaalumi wakaza kuli Jesu mansiku, mpawo wakati kulinguwe, “Muyiisyi kuti uli muyiisyi wakazwa kuli Leza, nkaambo tawope ukonzya kuchita zitondeezyo eezyo chita ado Leza ulaanguwe.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.”

3Jesu wakasandula kuli nguw, “Nkasimpe, kasimpe ado muntu wazyalwa bupya lubo takonzyi kubona bwami bwa Leza.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikkodemasi wakati kulinguwe, “Mbubuli muntu mbwakonzya kuzyalwa nkali wachembaala? Tachikonzyoi kunjila lwabili mutumbu lyabanyina mpawo akuzyalwa, ulakonzya na?“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?”

5Jesu wakasandula, “Nkasimpe, nkasimpe ado muntu wazyalwa amaanzi amuuya, takonzyi kunjila mubwami bwa Leza.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Eecho chizyalwa kunyama ninyama, mpawo eecho chizyalwa kumuuya muuya.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Utagambi eecho nchindakwaambila, uyeelede kuzwalwa bupya.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Luuwo luloonga kufumbwa nkuluyanda; ulamvwa muzuumo pesi tokonzyi kuziba nkulwazwa nekunba nkuluya. Nkikaako woonse muntu ooyo uzyalwa amuuya mbwabede.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.”

9Nikkodemasi wakasandula kuti, “Mbubuli mbuzikonzya kuba zintu eezi?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Jesu wakasandula wati kulinguwe, “ Uli mwiiyi wa Isiolayili na aboobo tomvwisyi zintu eezi?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Nkasimpe, nkasimpe ndakwaambila, twaambwa nzitwizi, mpawo tupa bumboni aatala anzitwakabona. Aboobo totambuli bumboni bwesu.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.

12Na ndakaambide aatala azintu zyanyika mpawo twasyoma, mbuli mbokonzya kusyoma na ndakwambila ataala azintu zyajulu?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Tawope wakaliinkide kujulu kunze kwayooyo wakaseluka kuzwa kujulu- Mwana aa Muntu.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Mbubonya mbuli Mozesi mbwakasumpula nzoka munkanda, mbobonya Mwana aa Muntu mbwayosumpulwa,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15kuti boonse basyoma bakabe abuumi butamani.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Mbuli Mozesi mbwakasumpula nzoka munkanda, mbombubo Mwana aa Muntu mbwazoosumpulwa, kuchitila boonse basyoma mulinguwe kuti babe aabuumi butani.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.

17Oobuya Leza mbwakayandisya nyika, eelyo wakiipa Mwana wakwe simuzyalwa aalike kuti kufumbwa uumusyoma mulinguwe atafwidilili pesi kuti aabe aabumi butamani. Obuya Leza takatuma Mwana munyika kuti azoobeteke nyoka, pesi kuti azoofutule nyika kwiinfa mulinguwe.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Ooyo usyoma muli nguwe takoyoobetekwa, pesi ooyo utasyomi wabetekwa kale nkaambo taasyoma muzina lya Mwana alike wa Leza.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.

19Aaka nkikaambo kakutonga: Mumuni wasika munyika mpawo bantu bayanda mudima kwiinda mumuni nkaambo nchito zyabo nzyabubi.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.

20Woonse uuchita bubi wasula mumuni aboobo tasiki kumumuni, kuchitila nchito eezi kuti zitabonwi.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Nikuba kuti, ooyo uuchita kasimpe wasika kumumuni kuchitila zilaantanganana ziboneke eezyo nchito kuti zyachoitwa muli Leza.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.”

22Musule acheechi, Jesu abasikwiiya bakwe bakayinka munyika ya Judiya. Ooko wakakukkala kkala antoomwe ambabo akubbabbatizya.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Lino Joni alakwe wakali kubbabbatizya mu Ayinoni afwiifwi ku Salimu nkaambo kwakali meenda mayingi nkuko. Bantu bakalikusika kulinguwe mpawo bakali ku bbabbatizigwa,Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24nkaambo Joni takalina waalwa muntolongo.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Lino aawo kwakabuka lukazyano aakati kabasikwiiya ba Joni aba Juda aatala aapobwe lyakusanzyania.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Bayiinka kuli Joni mpawo bamwaambila kuti, “Labbi, ooyo wakali aanduwe kulimwi bbazu lyamulonga wa Jodani, aatala ayooyo ngwakalungulula, laanga, uliiku bbabbatizya mpawo boonse balikwiinka kulinguwe.”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.”

27Joni wakasandiula, “Muntu takonzyi kutambula chintu na chapegwa kulinguwe kuzwa kujulu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Iwe lwako omwini ulanzya kupa bukamboni bwacheecho nchindakaamba, pesi kuti takatumwa kunembo lyakwe.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Mulumi ngwaasibwiinga. Lino muzolwani wasibwiinga, ooyo uyiimikila akuswiilila nguwe, ulabotelwa kapati nkkambo kajwi lyasibwiinga. Eechi lino, ndo0lukondo lwangu ngalwazulila.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.

30Weelela kuti kusumpulwa mebo ndifwiinsigwe.He must increase; I must decrease.

31Ooyo uzwa kujulu ulaajulu azyoonse. Ooyo uzwa aansi uzwa aansi mpawo wambuula aatala aansi. Ooyo uzwa kujulu uli aajulu azyoonse.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.

32Ulungululua aatala acheecho nchakabona anchakamvwa, pesi taakwe uzumina bukamboni bwakwe.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ooyo utambula bukamboni wazuminina kuti Leza nkasimpe.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Ooyo Leza ngwatuma wambuula majwi aa Leza. Pesi tapi mweelo wamuuya.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Taata uyanda Mwana mpawo wakamupa zyoonse zintu mumaboko aakwe.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Ooyo usyoma ku Mwana uli aabuumi butamani, pesi ooyo ukaka Mwana takwe kuyoobona buumi, pesi bukali bwa Leza bulakkala aalinguwe.”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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