John 3 (GOFWFTW)

1Farisaaweta yaraappe gidida, Ayhudeta halaqay, Niqodimoosa giya issi addey de7ees.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Niqodimoosi qamma Yesuusakko yidi, “Asttamaariyaw, neeni Xoossay kiittida asttamaare gideyssa nuuni eroos. Ays giikko, Xoossay iyara doonna ixxiko ha neeni oothiya malaata oothanaw dandda7iya asi baawa” yaagis.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.”

3Yesuusi zaaridi, “Taani new tuma odays; oonikka zaari yelettonna ixxiko Xoossaa kawotethaa be7anaw dandda7enna” yaagis.Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Niqodimoosi, “Ceega asi waanidi zaari yelettanaw dandda7ii? Ba aaye ulo simmi gelidi zaari yelettanaw dandda7ii?” yaagis.“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?”

5Yesuusi zaaridi, “Taani new tuma odays; oonikka haathafenne Geeshsha Ayyaanaappe yelettonna attiko, Xoossaa kawotethaa gelanaw dandda7enna.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Asho na7atethi aawuppenne aayippe yees; Xoossaa na7atethi Geeshsha Ayyaanaappe imettees.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Taani, ‘Hintte zaari yelettanaw bessees’ gada hinttew odida gisho neeni malaalettof.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Carkkoy ba koyida bessi carkkees. Neeni iya kooshinchcha si7asappe attin I awuppe yaakko woykko aw biyakko erakka. Ayyaanaappe yelettida ubbay hessa mela” yaagis.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.”

9Yaatin Niqodimoosi, “Hessi waanidi hananaw dandda7ii?” yaagidi oychchis.“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesuusi zaaridi, “Neeni Isra7eelata asttamaare gidashe hayssa erikkii?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Taani new tuma odays; nu ereyssa odoosinne be7idabaa markkattoos, shin nu markkatethaa hintte ekkeketa.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.

12Taani hinttew sa7abaa odin hintte ammanonnabaa gidikko salobaa odin waati ammananee?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Saloppe wodhdhida Asa Na7aappe attin salo keyiday oonikka baawa; salon de7iya Asa Na7ay tana” yaagis.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Musey bazzo biittan biraata shooshi kaqqidayssada tana ammanida ubbay merinaa de7uwa ekkana mela Asa Na7ay dhoqqu gaanaw bessees.Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

16Xoossaa Na7aa ammaniyaa ubbay merinaa de7uwa laattanaappe attin dhayonna mela Xoossay ha alamiya daro dosida gisho ba issi Na7aa immis.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.

17Xoossay ba Na7aa ha alamiya kiittiday alamiya pirddanaw gidonnashin alamiya iya baggara ashshanaassa.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Na7aa ammaniyaa oonikka pirddettenna, shin Na7aa ammanonna oonikka issi Xoossaa Na7aa ammaniboonna gisho ha77i pirddettis.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.

19Pirddayka hayssa: poo7oy alamiya yis, shin asaa oosoy iita gidiya gisho asay poo7uwappe aathidi dhumaa dosees.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.

20Iitabaa oothiya oonikka poo7o ixxees. Ays giikko, ba oosoy qoncconna mela poo7uwakko yeenna.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Shin tuma oothiya oonikka Xoossay kiittidayssada I oothidayssa poo7oy qonccisana mela poo7uwakko yees.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.”

22Hessafe guye, Yesuusinne iya tamaareti Yihuda biitta bidosona. Yesuusi yan xammaqishe enttara guutha wode uttis.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Qassi Yohaannisi Saleeme matan de7iya Henoona giyason gidiya haathi de7iya gisho asaa yan xammaqees. Asaykka yaa bidi xammaqettosona.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24He wode Yohaannisi buroo qashettibeenna.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Hessafe guye, Yohaannisa tamaaretinne issi Ayhude addey geesho wogabaa palamidosona.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Entti Yohaannisakko bidi, “Asttamaariyaw, Yorddaanose Shaafappe hefinthan neera de7eyssi, neeni iyabaa markkattidayssi, hekko xammaqees. Asay ubbayka iyaakko boosona” yaagidosona.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.”

27Yohaannisi zaaridi, “Xoossay immonna asi aybibaakka ekkanaw dandda7enna.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28‘Taani Kiristtoosa gidikke, shin iyappe sinthe kiitetas’ gidayssas taw hinttee, hintte huu7en markka.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Gelos giigidaara ekkenaw giigidayssassa. Ekkeyssa laggey iya matan eqqidi I geyssa si7iya wode daro ufayttees. Hessa gisho, hayssi ta ufayssay polettis.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.

30I gitatanaw taani guuxanaw bessees” yaagis.He must increase; I must decrease.

31Bollafe yeyssi ubbaafe bolla. Sa7appe benttidayssi sa7abaa. I sa7abaa odees. Saloppe yeyssi ubbaafe bolla.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.

32I ba be7idabaanne si7idabaa markkattees, shin iya markkatethaa ekkey baawa.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Iya markkatethaa ekkiya oonikka Xoossay tuma gideyssa qonccisees.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Xoossay ba geeshsha Ayyaana iyaw kumethi immiya gisho Xoossay kiittidayssi Xoossaa qaala odees.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Aaway ba Na7aa dosidi ubbabaa iya kushen wothis.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Na7aa ammaniyaa uraas merinaa de7oy de7ees. Shin Na7aa ammanonnayssa bolla Xoossaa hanqoy de7eesippe attin I de7o demmenna.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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