John 3 (LGA) · Opened

1Ego koleona sa kai kuta iviva tadira na tinoni Jiu, kame ira na Parese, na isongona i Nikodimasi.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Ko na tinoni api sa sa lao tai Jisu kai bongi, ko pira saunia si Jisu, <<Rabi, qe gigilagomei agei sa ao sa kai tinoni vaivagigalai na tagarunu lame veimu tana Tamasa sao. Ura kepore sa kai tinoni bi boka roitiniria sa na roiti vinagigila vevei qu korapa roitiniria ao inara vei bike somana tana sa na Tamasa,>> sau.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.”

3Poni sa oea i Jisu sisa, pira saunia, <<Sosoto pa sosoto ma pojanigo ara sao: kepore sa kai tinoni mina boka batia na binangara tana Tamasa, vei minake podo mule mai tu sisa,>> sau.Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Poni sa paranga si Nikodimasi, <<Ai mina vei beto mina boka kai podo mule mutu sa na tinoni sa tei baragoso tu? Na tinoni lavatana sa minake boka tomea na iapana na tinana ko mina podo na vinarua totoso!>> sau.“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?”

5Poni sa oea i Jisu sisa, <<Sosoto pa sosoto ma pojanigo ara sao: kepore sa kai tinoni mina boka tome pa binangara tana Tamasa, vei minake podo kolo beto na Gagala sisa.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Isa sa podo masa sa na masa tugu, goto isa sa podo Gagala sa na gagala tugu.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Muke gabarania sisa qa korapa pojanigo na veveina muna podo mule mai tu sagou doru qaunia.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Na gava sa sa iru lao vei ketakoi sa nyorogua lao vei sisa. Qu nongoriamua sa na ovangana, ba quke gigilai pai sa koko lame vei beto pai sa korapa lao vei sisa. Kai muqisi podeke vei tugu isa sa na tinoni sa podo pa Gagala,>> sau si Jisu.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.”

9Poni sa nanasa si Nikodimasi, <<Ko ai mina vei mina boka gore votu sinana?>> sau.“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Poni sa oea i Jisu sisa, pira saunia, <<Beko ao tu sa na tinoni vaivagigilai tadira pa Izireli, ba quke gigilai tu sa aipira?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Sosoto pa sosoto ma pojanigo ara sao: agei sa qe paranga votuniria sira vei qe gigilaria, beto qe uleniria sira vei qe bati sosotoria, ba kepore kame agou bi vasosotoria sira na mei ulule.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.

12Vei mana vavakato vanigou ara sira na sakasava gu qai gore votu pa kasia gusu ba munake vasosoto sagou, poni sa vei mana vavakato vanigou ara sira na sakasava qai gore votu pa noka sa totonai sa kode munake isongo vasosoto podeke sagou.If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Kepore sa kai tinoni bi tei sae mai tu pa noka, ba koleona sa isa sa gore lagere vei pa noka, na Tuna na Tinoni.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Sa vaitoto vei tugu pa qega sa alaka vaiolo saenia i Mosese pa nulu sa na dole pa uqu gou, poni sa mina taovulu vaiolo sae vei tugu isa sa na Tuna na Tinoni,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15ko ira doru mai vasosotoa isa sa mai tekua na toa jola.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Ura pa soana vei api sa roroqua na Tamasa sa na kasia gusu: sa valamea isa sa na Tuna mekai, ko ira doru mai rangea isa sa maike mate manyao goto mai tekua na toa jola.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.

17Ura na Tamasa sake garunu valageria pa kasia gusu sa na Tuna ko mi pitua isa sa na kasia gusu sakeunia, goto sa garunu lagerenia ko mi aloa tu isa sa na kasia gusu sau.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Isa sa vasosotoa na Tuna sa sake tapitu; goto isa sake vasosotoa na Tuna sa sa tei tapitu tu, ura sa tei ke vasosotoa tu isa sa na Tuna mekai na Tamasa.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.

19Pira sa vei sa na vaipitu: sa tei lame tu pa kasia gusu sa na kabere, ba ira na tinoni sa nake kabere goto na rodomo tu sa qai nyoroguania, ura na dia roiti sa na seladi.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.

20Isa na tinoni sa roitiniria na roiti ikikeredi sa sake tavaraguania sa na kabere, ko sake lame pa kabere sisa, ura sake nyoroguaniria isa sira na ona roiti ikikeredi bai tauduku votu.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Ba isa sa roitinia na sosoto sa sa lame pa kabere, ko qai bola votu sira na ona roiti sa roitinia isa ura sa vatabea na Tamasa sisa,>> sau si Jisu.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.”

22Ego pa liguna isa sa i Jisu beto ira na ona sepele sa qai lao pa ia pa Jiudia, ko ketakoi sa suvere tavitiria iapeki totoso kakasana ko sa kole paputaiso tinoni.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23I Jone ba sa paputaiso tinoni tugu pa Aenoni, kai gusu sa tata pa Saleimi, ura sa kubo sa na pie pa eqa ketakoi, ko qai lalao tana sira na tinoni ko sa kole paputaisoria isa sira.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24(Pa totoso isa sa sa oqoro tavatome pa ruma vaipiu si Jone.)(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Ego ko kaki ira na sepele tai Jone sa qai vaiguania tana kai tinoni Jiu sa na veveina na loloqa vavalioso pa vavanau tadira na tinoni Jiu.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Beto sa qai lao sira kaki ona sepele ko pira qarigunia si Jone, <<Rabi, qu gigilaimua ao sisa na tinoni sa somana suvere tavitigo totonai qu suvere pa kale sagere tapo pa pie Jodani, isa na veveina qu kole mai ululenia ao? Doro! Kopira sa sa korapa vaipaputaiso sisa, ko na rave tinoni sa qai korapa lalao tana!>> qarigu.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.”

27Poni pira sa oeria i Jone sira, pira sauniria, <<Kepore sa kai tinoni mina boka isongia kai sakasava vei mineke vania na Tamasa sisa.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Agou mekamiu sa qu tei nongoria tu ko muna boka ulenia sa isa qa pojai ara tonai pira qau, <Ara sa nake Karisito sara, goto qa tagarunu vamomoe lao gu pa moena isa,> qau.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Na rereko mina vaialava sa nona tugu na marene mina alavaia, nake tana tinoni isa ira karu na baere jonga. Goto na baere jonga api sa kole turu vainongoro, ko sa somana qera totonai sa nongoria isa sa na ovovele lamena na ona tinoni. Ko ara sa qa vei gu isa, ko sa okoto vatale sa na qua qeqera.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.

30Isa sa mina iolo sae, goto ara sa mana gore ikete,>> sau si Jone.He must increase; I must decrease.

31<<Isa na koko lagere veina pa nulu sa sa ululu jolaniria doruna. Isa na koko veina pa peso sa tana peso tugu, beto sa kole tugu vavavakatoniria na sakasava pa peso. Goto isa sa gore lagere vei pa noka sa sa ululu jolaniria doruna.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.

32Isa sa tei batia tu beto sa tei nongoria tu sa sa ulenia isa, ba kepore tinoni bi vasosotoa sa nona ulule.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ba isa sa vasosotoa na ona ulule sa sa vaegoia tugu sa na Tamasa sa na sosoto.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Isa sa garunia na Tamasa sa sa poja votuniria na paranga tana Tamasa, ura na Tamasa sake vani kokobua na Gagala pugelena sisa.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Na Tamana sa roroqua sa na Tuna ko sa tei vakolea tu pa limana isa sa doru sakasava.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Isa sa vasosotoa na Tuna sa sa tekua na toa jola. Isa na tinoni sake vatabea na Tuna sa mineke tekua na toa jola, goto sa tavapogosonia isa sa na vinakilasa tana Tamasa,>> sau si Jone.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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