John 3 (LAG) · Opened

1Kʉjáa kwatɨɨte mʉʉntʉ ʉmwɨ wa mpuka ya Mafarisáayo, irina raachwe Nikodéemu. Yeeye nɨ ʉmwɨ wa vakʉ́ʉ́lʉ va Vayahúudi ajáa.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Sikʉ ɨmwɨ nuuchikʉ, Nikodéemu akadoma na kʉrɨ Yéesu, maa akamʉsea, “Mukiindya, tamányire weewe watʉmwa nɨ Mʉlʉʉngʉ, sa kusiina mʉʉntʉ ˆarɨ daha tʉmama isháara na myuujíisa ɨhɨ ˆwootʉmama tʉkʉ, koonɨ Mʉlʉʉngʉ sɨ arɨ ne.”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.”

3Yéesu akamʉsea, “Kɨmaarɨ kaa nookuwyɨɨra, kusiina mʉʉntʉ ˆarɨ koona Ʉtemi wa Mʉlʉʉngʉ tʉkʉ koonɨ sɨ avyɨ́ɨrwe lwa kavɨrɨ.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodéemu akamuurya, “Joolɨ mʉʉntʉ arɨ daha vyaalwa lwa kavɨrɨ na kʉnʉ avɨ́ɨre moosi? Sɨ viri dahɨka tʉkʉ ahɨndʉke na indii ya íyo waavo, sa avyaalwe kei.”“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?”

5Yéesu akamʉsea, “Kɨmaarɨ kaa nookuwyɨɨra, kusiina mʉʉntʉ ˆarɨ kɨɨngɨra Ʉtemii wa Mʉlʉʉngʉ tʉkʉ, koonɨ sɨ avyɨ́ɨrwe kwa maaji na kwa Mʉtɨma Mʉʉja.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Mʉʉntʉ avyáalwaa kɨmʉvɨrɨ kwa taáta na íyo waavo, maa kaa, mʉtɨma mufya wavyáalwaa kwa Mʉtɨma Mʉʉja.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Hwaalala tʉkʉ sa viintʉ ˆnookʉsea, nɨ mpaka uvyaalwe lwa kavɨrɨ.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Mpeho yafwɨ́ɨraa na kʉʉntʉ ˆyoosaaka. Teera ʉrɨ viintʉ ˆyoofwɨɨra, maa kaa, sɨ ʉrɨ taanga kʉʉntʉ ˆyoofuma na kʉʉntʉ ˆyoodoma tʉkʉ. Noo ˆvyeene viri kwa kɨra mʉʉntʉ ˆavyaalwa nɨ Mʉtɨma Mʉʉja.”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.”

9Aho, Nikodéemu akamuurya Yéesu, “Aya masáare joolɨ yarɨ dahɨka?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yéesu akamʉsea, “Weewe ʉrɨ mukiindya ˆʉnyémiwaa maatʉkʉ vii kʉrɨ ɨhɨ ɨsɨ ya Isiraéeli, joolɨ sɨ ʉmányire masáare aya?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Kɨmaarɨ kaa nookuwyɨɨra, suusu toolʉʉsa yara ˆtʉyamányire na tookoonekya kɨmáárɨ cha yara ˆtoona. Maa kaa, nyuunyu sɨ mooruma kɨra ˆtookoonekya tʉkʉ.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.

12Navawyɨ́ɨrɨɨre viintʉ ˆvitʉ́mamwaa aha weerwii, maa kaa, nyuunyu sɨ mooruma tʉkʉ. Haaha joolɨ mʉrɨ kuunduma koonɨ navawyɨ́ɨrɨɨre viintʉ ˆvitʉ́mamwaa kurumwii?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Kusiina mʉʉntʉ ˆaambʉka na kurumwii tʉkʉ. Nɨ Mwaana wa Mʉʉntʉ vii, yeeye akiima fuma kurumwii.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Ja ˆvyeene Mʉ́sa ajáa iinurirya ɨra njoka ya chʉʉ́ma cha sháaba kʉra ɨsɨ ya ibaláángwii, viivyo nɨ mpaka Mwaana wa Mʉʉntʉ iinuririwe na mweeri,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15sa kɨra mʉʉntʉ ˆarɨ muruma, ave na nkaasʉ ya sikʉ ˆjisiina ʉhero.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Sa viintʉ Mʉlʉʉngʉ ˆeenda weerʉ mʉnʉmʉʉnʉ, amʉtoola Mwaana waachwe wa mpeke Yéesu, na kɨra mʉʉntʉ ˆarɨ muruma Yéesu sɨ arɨ malwa tʉkʉ, maa kaa, kʉva arɨ na nkaasʉ ya sikʉ ˆjisiina ʉhero.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.

17Mʉlʉʉngʉ sɨ amʉtʉma Mwaana waachwe sa jɨ alʉʉse irya kwa weerʉ tʉkʉ, maa kaa, ko tweera yeeye weerʉ ɨlamuririwe.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Yoyoosi ˆamuruma Mwaana sɨ arɨ heewa irya tʉkʉ. Maa kaa, ʉra sɨ ˆamuruma ahʉmʉla heewa irya, sa asiita kumuruma Mwaana wa mpeke wa Mʉlʉʉngʉ.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.

19Na ʉhʉ noo ʉlamu, kɨweerʉ chʉʉja kʉrɨ weerʉ, kɨrɨ vyoova jeyyo, vaantʉ veenda kilwiirya, kʉlookya kɨweerʉ, sa nteendo jaavo nɨ mbɨ.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.

20Kɨra mʉʉntʉ ˆatʉ́mamaa ʉvɨ, asʉʉla kɨweerʉ. Sɨ asáakaa kʉʉja na kɨweerwii tʉkʉ, sa nteendo jaachwe mbɨ jo taangwa jiri.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Maa kaa, ʉra ˆakwáatyaa kɨmáárɨ, ʉʉja na kɨweerwii, sa masáare yaachwe yataangɨkane ˆyatʉ́mwamwaa kwa ngururu ja Mʉlʉʉngʉ.”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 ˆyakalooke, Yéesu na vapooji vaachwe vakatamanya fʉʉrʉ ɨsɨ ya Yudéea. Novo vakiikala ʉko kwa mpɨɨndɨ sa vabatisáa vaantʉ.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yooháani ne abatisáa vaantʉ ʉko iturii ra Ainóoni, ˆrɨrɨ heehi na múuji wa Saléemu, sa ʉko kʉjáa kwatɨɨte maaji ˆyarɨ foo. Vaantʉ vʉʉjáa na kwaachwe, sa avabatise.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Mpɨɨndɨ ijo, Yooháani ajáa akaarɨ sɨ anavɨɨkwa mʉnyololwii tʉkʉ.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Sikʉ ɨmwɨ, vapooji va Yooháani vajáa vaanda kiiruta ndihi na Mʉyahúudi ʉmwɨ. Kɨɨntʉ ˆviirʉtɨráa ndihi, nɨ tʉʉva jo kiijirʉla.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Vakatamanya na kwa Yooháani, maa vakamʉsea, “Mukiindya, mʉkʉmbʉkɨra wiise ʉra mʉʉntʉ ˆajáa hamwɨ na weewe fɨrɨro ya lʉʉjɨ lwa Yorodáani, ʉra ˆwatoonekya masáare yaachwe ya kɨkomi. Haaha yoobatisa, na kɨra mʉʉntʉ yoodoma na kwaachwe.”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.”

27Yooháani akavasea, “Kusiina mʉʉntʉ arɨ ˆturya kɨɨntʉ chochoosi tʉkʉ, koonɨ Mʉlʉʉngʉ sɨ amʉhɨ́ɨre kurumwii.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Nyuunyu veeneevyo daha mʉrɨ koonekya kɨmaarɨ, nɨɨnɨ navawyɨɨra, ‘Nɨɨnɨ sɨ ndɨrɨ Masía tʉkʉ, maa kaa, natʉmwa sa nɨmʉlongorere.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Mʉʉntʉ muki ˆalóorirwe, nɨ wa mʉlʉme waachwe. Maa kaa, mʉʉntʉ mʉlʉme kɨjeengi ʉra ˆɨɨ́maa ivarwii ra mʉlóoli de ɨndooteera kɨra mʉlóoli ˆyoolʉʉsa, avyeéndaa maatʉkʉ vii ˆarɨ teera sawúti ya mʉlóoli. Sa ɨkɨ, kʉvyeenda kwaanɨ kwakíimɨɨne.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.

30Yoosaakwa yeeye ave mʉkʉʉlʉ kʉlookya, na nɨɨnɨ nɨve muduudiduudi.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Yeeye ˆafuma mweeri, nɨ mweeri arɨ ya vaantʉ voosi. Mʉʉntʉ yoyoosi ˆafuma kʉrɨ weerʉ, nɨ wa weerʉ, na masáare ˆalʉ́ʉsaa nɨ ya weerʉ. Maa kaa, ʉra ˆafuma kurumwii, nɨ mweeri ya vaantʉ voosi arɨ.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.

32Yeeye oónekyaa yara ˆoona na ˆayateera, maa kaa, kusiina mʉʉntʉ ˆyooruma kɨra ˆyookoonekya tʉkʉ.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ʉra ˆyooruma ayo masáare ˆyoolʉʉsa, koonekya iise kɨweerwii Mʉlʉʉngʉ nɨ kɨkomi.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Yeeye atʉmwa nɨ Mʉlʉʉngʉ. Alʉ́ʉsaa masáare ya Mʉlʉʉngʉ, sa Mʉlʉʉngʉ amʉheera Mʉtɨma Mʉʉja baa yerenʼya tʉkʉ.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Taáta amweenda Mwaana, na avɨɨka viintʉ vyoosi mɨkonwii yaachwe.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Mʉʉntʉ yoyoosi ˆamuruma Mwaana wa Mʉlʉʉngʉ, atɨɨte nkaasʉ ya sikʉ ˆjisiina ʉhero. Maa kaa, mʉʉntʉ yoyoosi ʉra ˆamusíitaa Mwaana, ʉwo asiina nkaasʉ ya sikʉ ˆjisiina ʉhero tʉkʉ, kʉrɨ yeeye nkalari ya Mʉlʉʉngʉ chaala ɨrɨ ne.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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