John 3 (IDC) · Opened

1Ace ajiya aghọnọ uca si iNikodimus shi kọ, aghaye kidẹ aFarisiyawa, agha aghaghẹ aYahudawa.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Ajiya nga ba ukushi iYesu na atii, atẹri nga si, “Aghọmẹẹ, ayọ ye si ingọ ni aghọmẹẹ umani aba kukushi Ọnọng ngaa; ki ba aghọmani aki bra uju uma usa uwo ica ri ba sa aghọmani Ọnọng shi kini ngaa.”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.”

3IYesu ba yira ki tẹri si, “Aipang, imẹ sọ tẹri ngọ, ba aghọmani aki bra unu ẹrẹgọm Ọnọng, sa azọnọ khimi ujee ngaa kọ.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4INikodimus ba yira ngaa si, “Aki jee ajiya nagyi ni ashi kọ la awii apai? Aki va ghila ngaa idẹ afo ayuru nga ka aba jee ngaa unga ipai?”“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?”

5IYesu ba yira nga si, “Aipang, imẹ sọ tẹri ngọ, ba aghọmani aki bra ughila idẹ ẹrẹgọm Ọnọng ba, sa ajee nga na amusum kina aghing.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Imumani ajiya jee ni, ajiya ngaa, imumani aghing jee ni, aghing ngaa.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Ba woo ica nọ umani imẹ si, ‘Iyiya ni, sa ajee nọ ka ayaya ba.’Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Uwuru ka te ki kya wọ ọka nọ uhwiya, ni inu ka kọọ ishimi nga, ni inu ta ye uka umani ukunu wọ kọnọ ọka ni ọki kya wọ kọ ba. Kindii wọ ni aghọmani ajee ngaa na aghing shi kọ.”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.”

9INikodimus ba ghulu iYesu si, “Nagyi wọ ni udii ki ba kọ?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10IYesu ba yira nga si, “Ingọ ni aghọmẹẹ aghaghẹ nga ki Israila, ni ingọ ta kpẹlẹ ngọ uma ri ba?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Aipang ni imẹ sọ tẹri nọ, ayọ ka pii kaya imumani ayọ ye wọ, ni ayọ sọ ba yeni nu imumani ayọ nu, kindọ ni inu tọọ nọ ọkọọ imumani ayọ tẹri nu.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.

12Imẹ tẹri nu kaya uma ashi ri ni inu ta ma nu aipang kọ ba, nagyi wọ ni inu ki tọ ma aipang kọ nọ uma ni ushi unga ayaya?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Ba aghọ umani akọ kyaa ayaya ba, Anọ Ajiya kayu nga umani asuu ka ayaya ngaa kọ akyaa.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14“Kọnọ umani iMusa zẹẹ iyọọ utii uyeri ka aghumu ni, kindii wọ ni iyiya na azẹẹ Anọ Ajiya kọ,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15ka nadidu aghọmani ama aipang ni ngaa ni, aki peni ọkyuọ ni ushi wọ na amaa ba.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16“Ka Ọnọng yoo ashi nagigang ki ma Anọ nga ka aye, ka aghọmani ama aipang ni ngaa ni, aba kpoo ba, na asa peni ọkyuọ ni ushi wọ na amaa ba.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.

17Ọnọng ta tuma ngaa na Anọ nga ka aba wa ashi ashuwa ba, ashi ni, apeni ufoo kukushi nga.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Nadidu aghọmani ama aipang na Anọ Ọnọng ni, aki wa bọ ngaa ashuwa ba. Nadidu aghọmani ata ma bọ aipang ni ngaa ba ni, akọ wa nga ashuwa wudu ka ata ma nga aipang nọ uca Anọ aye Ọnọng ba.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.

19Umani ashuwa shi wẹ, uyeri ghila ashi, ni ajiya cẹẹ nọ uyoo itii kina uyeri, ka uma uju bọ ni unga akakiya bọ.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.

20Ka aghọmani aka ju akakiya ni atọọ ngọ uyeri, aka va ba nga ọka uyeri ba ka aba nu uma uju nga ba.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Aghọ ju aipang ka ba ọka uyeri, ka anu ka ayayẹ si uma uju nga ni, Ọnọng ta nga avọ wọ.”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.”

22Aya kpẹẹ kindọ ni, iYesu kina aghọyii nga ba sang ki kyabọ ishẹẹ ẹrẹbọ aYahudiya. Akpaa akyua na ci kọ ukadu, na asọ ju ajiya iminimini.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23IYahaya sọ kọ ju iminimini ka Ainon ka ayayo aSalim, ka amusum shi ya na pam kọ ukadu. Ajiya kyeng na aju bọ iminimini.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Aju umari na akọ ta bọ iYahaya kidẹ ubọọ itii ba.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Ni aghọyii iYahaya tee aghọ la ilang kina ace aBayahude kaya itali uhwuru ka ahwuru irighe kọnọ umani umẹẹ iMusa yeni ni.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Aghọyii ba kyaa ukushi iYahaya aghọ uju iminimini kiya tẹri nga si, “Aghọmẹẹ, ajiya umani inu shi kini ngaa ka udaa ugẹẹ ighọ Urdun, aghọmani ingọ ki kirẹkwyuẹ ngọ tẹri upii kaya nga ra, awudu na asọ ju iminimini, ni kwinga sọ kyaa ukushi nga.”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.”

27IYahaya ba yira nga si, “Ba aghọmani aki bra uyira ima ba sa ama nga ka ayaya.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Inu ka kyakwyuẹ nu ni inu shiya kọ uka ka asi, ‘Imẹ shi aghọfoo ba, atuma mi ki imẹ la nga ite wo.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Aghọ shi na ayiri asasa nga shi aghẹmẹ asasa. Ayikyo aghẹmẹ ka tara ka akọ ẹrẹwyuẹ nga, aka kọọ ikwyifu nagigang nọ ọkọọ ẹrẹwyuẹ aghẹmẹ. Kindọ wọ ni ikwyifu mi hwura wọ.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.

30Iyiya yọ ni ajiya nga sọ khimi ni imẹ sa vuu mi utumu.He must increase; I must decrease.

31“Aghọmani aba ka ayaya cẹẹ kwinga. Aghọmani aba ka asing ni, agha asing ngaa, na aka pii kaya uma asing wọ. Aghọmani aba ka ayaya ni, acẹẹ kwinga.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.

32Aka tẹri imumani anu ki kọọ wọ, nadidu kindọ ni, ba aghọmani ayira ima utẹri nga.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ni aghọmani ayira uyeni amaa nga ni, a yira wudu si, iyiya ni Ọnọng na agha aipang nga.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Ka aghọmani Ọnọng tuma ni, upii Ọnọng wọ na asọ tẹri, ka Ọnọng ma nga aghing nga angọ umani ashi na amaa.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Ate yoo Anọ, ama kwikẹ ki ivọ nga.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Nadidu aghọmani asọ ma aipang ka anọ ni, ashi na ọkyuọ nọ ushi wọ na amaa ba. Nadidu aghọmani ata yira nga Anọ ba ni, aki peni nga ọkyuọ nọ ushi wọ na amaa ba, anang Ọnọng ki shi kaya ẹrẹkwyuẹ nga.”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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