John 3 (LYN) · Opened

1Cwale kame kuna kwikalanga omulume no Mufalisi no litina lya Nekudemasi, omwendisi no Majuda.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Woyo mulume sebeli oiya kwa Jesu ousiku ni kwamba kwa yonyene nji, “Labbi, kame tuyii nji yawene omwiyeti woyo otunda kwa Nyambe, kakuli kakwisa omunu otwesa okutenda etimakazo eti otenda, konji Nyambe aba ali ni yonyene.”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.”

3Jesu sebeli omu tambula nji, “Niti luli kame ni kwambela nji, omunu nji kaleiwa oubya, katwese okumona omubuso wa Nyambe.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nekudemasi sebeli wamba kwa Jesu nji, “Ngasibine saleiwe omunu yowa kulubala kale? Ninji kame saukele kame mu lipumo lya Inawaye aka leiwe aka no wiili kame?”“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?”

5Jesu sebeli otambula nji, “Niti luli kame ni kwaambela nji, konji omunu aba saleiwe ni meyi ni Mebo, ka twese okwingena mu mubuso wa Nyambe.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Esi sina leiwa ku unu sa unu, mi esi sina leiwa ku Mebo sa Mebo.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Olese okukomoka aba ni kwambela nji kame ofanene okuleyiwa oubya.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Emebo kame ifukela omo isinga, mi kame oyupa omulumo wayo, kono kuyii oko itunda noko ita. Yo ngeeso ni ku munu yonje woyo oleilwe ku Mebo.”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.”

9Nekudemasi sebeli oibanguta Jesu nji, “Ngasibine sa itendahale eyo?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Jesu sebeli otambula nji, “Wene kame otendile omwiyeti no Isilaele, mi cwale eyi kawiyupisisa?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Niti luli kame ni kwambela nji kame twamba eyi tu limukile, mi kame tupaka esi tuna mono, kono kutambula oupaki wetu.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.

12Aba nina kwambele eyi no litunga kausi pumena, ngasibine so pumene nji ni kwambela einu na kuwilu?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Kakwisa omunu woyo ona kambamene ku liwilu, konji woyo ona shetumuka okutunda ku liwilu, yonyene Omwana no munu.”No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Cwale kanyi Mushe omo ana ku tulekela enyoka mu lihalaupa, Omwana no munu ni yonyene kame afanena okutulekiwa ngeeso,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15nji cwale omunu yonje woyo opumena mwa yonyene aikale ni mooyo no kwaabwa.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Kakuli Nyambe kame ana singi onene elitunga, mane kame ana libi Mwanaye no libanda, nji omunu yonje woyo opumena mwa yonyene alese okufa kono aikale ni mooyo no kwaabwa.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.

17Kakuli Nyambe kasiku tuma Mwanaye mu litunga nji atule elitunga, kono neli nji elitunga liyoyisiwe mwa yonyene.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Woyo opumena mwa yonyene ka atuliwa, kono woyo nokwa pumena na atuliwa kale, kakuli kasi pumena mu litina lya Mwanaye Nyambe no libanda.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.

19Cwale ino ekatulo, eliseli kame lineeyi mu litunga, kono aanu kame ana singi ouwi okubita eliseli kakuli emisebezi yoo niya kwiiba.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.

20Kakuli omunu yonge woyo otenda esi no kwiiba kame atimbile eliseli mi kaiyi ku liseli nji emisebezi yaye ilese oku nyaziwa.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Kono woyo otenda eyi no niti kame aiya ku liseli, nji ku monahale emisebezi yaye nji kame itundelela mwa Nyambe.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.”

22Aba kuna kubwa eyo, Jesu na iyetwa aye sebeli ata mu naha no Judeya. Omo sebeli oikala noo ni kwa kolobeza.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Jowani ni yonyene kame ana ku kolobeza mu Enoni, abeebi ni Salimi, kakuli ameyi kame ana kupula mo. Cwale aanu kame ana kwiyanga mane nikwakolobeza.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Kakuli abo Jowani yokasi bekiwa kale mu tolongo.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Cwale sebeli kwiiya etin̄ananyi mukaci no aiyetwa a Jowani ni Mujuda omunjili ba taba no kukenisiwa.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Cwale sebeli aiya kwa Jowani ni kwamba nji, “Mwiyeti, omunu ona kwikala naye mu linjaliya no Jodani, yonyene uya ona kupaka, uno yokame kame akolobeza, mi aanu kame ata kwa yonyene!”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.”

27Jowani sebeli otambula nji, “Omunu ka twese oku tambula esinu, konji esi ana biwi ku wilu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Anyi mwenyene kame muli apaki ange, kame ninaamba nji, ‘Kasa mene Kilesite, kono kame nina tumiwa balubala lwaye.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Woyo oli ni mukwaliwa yo mukwati, kono omulikani no mukwati, woyo oimanine ni kuyupa, kame awabelelwa onene aba ayupa eliywi no mukwati, cwalehe oku wabelelwa kwange naku petahala.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.

30Yonyene kame afanene okweekeza, mene ni tundise.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Woyo wiiya okutunda ku wilu kame ali beulu no akwaye onje. Woyo otunda mu litunga ni wa litunga, mi kame aamba kanyi woyo no litunga, woyo otunda ku wilu yonyene kame ali beulu no akwaye onje.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.

32Woyo opaka eso ana mono neso ana yupu, kono kamu pumene oupaki waye.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Woyo ona pumene oupaki waye kame ana ongota nji Nyambe niwa niti.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Kakuli woyo ona tumiwa kwa Nyambe kame aamba amaywi a Nyambe, kakuli Nyambe ka mubi Emebo no kwetekela.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Sitange kame asinga Omwana, mi kame ana beeke einu yonje mu makaa aye.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Woyo opumena mwa Mwana kame ali ni mooyo no kwaabwa, mi woyo no kwakuteka Omwana katamba okumona omooyo, kono okutweba kwa Nyambe kame kuli beulu yaye.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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