John 3 (LTH) · Opened

1Dhanö mörö onwongo tye n'obedo Aparicayo na nyïngë Nikodemo. Ën onwongo obedo ngat acël ï kin edong më öd okiko k'Eyuda.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Ën öcïdhö both Yecu ï kiwor cë okobo nïnë nï, “Apwony, wan engeo nï in ibedo apwony n'Obanga ooro. Pïën ngat mörö ope na twërö tio anyuth më tango na in ïtïmö ka Obanga onwongo ba tye ködë.”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.”

3Yecu ögamö nïnë nï, “An akobo nini köp adyer nï ngat mörö ope na bino nënö ker k'Obanga ka ba ënywölö ën dökï.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemo openyo Yecu nï, “Ëtwërö nywölö dhanö nïngö dökï ka dong oti ökö? Adyer ën ba twërö dönyö ïï aya mërë ëk ënywöl dökï!”“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?”

5Yecu ögamö nïnë nï, “An akobo nini köp adyer nï ngat mörö ope na bino dönyö ï ker k'Obanga ka ba ënywölö kï pii ëka kï Tipo Naleng.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Dhanö n'ënywölö kï kom tye kï kwö më kom, ëntö dhanö n'ënywölö kï Tipo Naleng tye kï kwö më cwiny.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7In myero kür ibed kï ur ï kom ngö na an akobo, ‘Un myero ënywölwu dökï.’Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Yamö kudho yo kanya ën mïtö. Iwinyo ngür mërë, ëntö ba ïrömö ngeo kanya ën öya kï ïë onyo kanya ën tye ka cïdhö yo ïë. Dhanö acëlacël n'ënywölö kï Tipo Naleng tye nï kömanön.”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.”

9Nikodemo openyo Yecu nï, “Man twërö tïmërë nïngö?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yecu ögamö nï, “In ibedo apwony më Icarael, ëka in ba itye ka nïang ï köp ni kïbëc?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11An akobo niwu köp adyer, wan ëtwak ï kom gin na wan engeo, ëka wan ëmïö caden ï kom gin na wan ënënö, ëntö un bara iyeo köp na wan ekobo.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.

12Ka an akobo niwu köp ï kom jami më lobo ëka ba iye unu; cë un ïtwërö yee nïngö ka an akobo niwu köp ï kom jami më polo?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Ngat mörö ope na naka yam öcïdhö ï polo na path kï ngat n'obino kï ï polo—na ënë Wod ka Dhanö.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Kite na calö Muca otingo thwol malö ï kor yath kï ï thim, cë Wod ka Dhanö thon myero eting malö,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15ëk dhanö acëlacël na yee ï kome onwong kwö na ba thum.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16“Obanga ömarö jö më lobo ni rwök, cë ömïö Wode acël këkën, ëk dhanö acëlacël na yee ï kome kür öthöö, ëntö onwong kwö na ba thum.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.

17Adyer, Obanga ba ooro Wode më ngölö köp nï jö më lobo, ëntö nï jö më lobo myero ölarë pïrë.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Dhanö na yee ï kome, ba ebino ngölö köp nïnë, ëntö dhanö na ba yee ëngölö köp nïnë dong ökö, pïën ba oyee ï nyïng Wod k'Obanga acël këkën.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.

19Ngölö-köp tye nï köman: Tar obino ï lobo, ëntö jïï ömarö cöl pïny nakaka tar pïën ticgï onwongo obedo gin na rac.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.

20Jö kïbëc na tïmö gin na rac dag gïnï tar, ëka ba bino gïnï ï tar pï lworo nï ticgï bino nen ökö kanyalër.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Ëntö jö na tïmö gin na tye atïr bino gïnï ï tar, ëk ticgï onen ökö kanyalër nï gin na gïn otio obedo gin n'Obanga mïtö.”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.”

22Kinge, Yecu k'ëlübkörë öcïdhö gïnï ï lobo Yudea, kanya ën obedo ïë pï nïnö mörö k'ëlübkörë nakun batica jïï.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Jon Abatica thon onwongo tye ka batica jïï ï Ainon na cwök kï Calim, pïën pii onwongo dwong kunön, ëka jïï onwongo tye ka bino bothe ëk ebaticagï.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24(Man ötïmërë na bara eketho Jon ï buc.)(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Cë pyem öcakërë ï kin ëlübkör Jon mökö ëka Ayuda mörö ï kom kite më lönyërë.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Gïn obino both Jon ëka okobo gïnï bothe nï, “Apwony, dhanö ca n'onwongo tye kodi yo löka kulo Jordan—na in ikobo köp ï kome—nën, ën tye ka batica jïï, ëka jö kïbëc tye ka cïdhö yo bothe.”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.”

27Jon ögamö nï, “Dhanö twërö nwongo gin n'ëmïö ën këkën kï ï polo.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Un kï komwu ïtwërö unu moko nï an akobo, ‘An ba abedo Meciya ëntö an eora anyim nïnë.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Ngat na cung ï nget nyakö n'ënyömö ënë obedo anyom. Okone k'anyom, na cung ï ngete ëka winye, bedo na ïë opong kï yom cwiny rwök ka owinyo dwön anyom. Pï manön, an apong kï yom cwiny rwök.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.

30Ën myero ömëdërë; an myero adök pïny.He must increase; I must decrease.

31“Ngat na bino kï malö löö jami kïbëc; ngat n'öya kï ï lobo ën obedo dhanö më lobo, ëka twak na calö ngat n'öya kï ï lobo. Ngat n'öya kï ï polo löö jami kïbëc.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.

32Ën mïö caden ï kom gin na ën önënö ëka owinyo, ëntö ngat mörö ope na yeo caden mërë.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ngat n'oyeo köp mërë, omoko kanya leng nï Obanga ënë Obanga më adyer.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Ngat n'Obanga ooro twakö köp k'Obanga, pïën Obanga mïö Tipo Naleng n'opong na ba pimo apima.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Apap marö Wod ëka oketho jami kïbëc ï cïngë.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Dhanö na yee ï kom Wod tye kï kwö na ba thum, ëntö ngat na kwërö Wod ba bino nwongo kwö, pïën akëmö k'Obanga bedo ï kome.”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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