John 3 (MGV) · Opened

1Jabii kilongosi jumu Nhyaudi joankemika Nikodemu, jojuhumiki mwikikundi sa Afalisayu.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Lisoba limu Nikodemu anzendila Yesu ikilu nu kumpwaji, “Mbola, tumanyiki wehapa ummbola jugutumiki Sapanga kutubola, ndaba nga mundu jojuwesa kuhenga nginyuli yeguhenga ila ana Sapanga jubii najombi.”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.”

3Yesu anzibua, “Nugupwagi sakaka, ana mundu ngasejusaliwi mala ja pili, ngajuwesi kugubona Ubambu ukolongu waka Sapanga.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemu anndalukiya, “Mundu juwesa boo kubelekwa koni msejaa? Ngajiwesi kujingi mulutumbu ja amabaki nu kubelekwa kabee!”“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?”

5Yesu ampwagila, “Nugupwagi sakaka, mundu na ngasejubelikwi kwa masi na Loho jaka Sapanga, ngajuwesi kujingi mu ubambu ukolongu waka Sapanga.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Mundu jubelekwa koni jubii na nhyega kuhuma kwa amabu baki na atati baki, lakini mundu jubelekwa loho kwa loho jaka Sapanga.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Guisangaa ndaba nugupwaagi kupalika kubelekwa mala ja pili.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Nhwahi gupoga pandu pagupala, nawenga gujowa kupoga kwaki, lakini ngasegumanyiki pandu paguhuma wala pagujenga. Ndi ekukuba kwa kila mundu ejibelekwa kwa Loho jaka Sapanga.”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.”

9Nikodemu andalukiya Yesu, “Malobi ge haga gawesikana bole?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu ampwagila, “Wehapa wogubii gu mbola nkolongu uku Izilaeli, ngasegumanyiki majambu haga?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Nugupwaji sakaka, twepani tupwaaga gatugamanyi nu tupwaga gatagabweni, lakini mwabangi ngasempai kujetake malobi gitu.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.

12Ana malobi gupundema pani numpwagi ngasenhobali, mwihobale boo ananupwagi majambu gu kunani kwaka Sapanga?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Ngasejubii mundu jojuwahiki kujenda kunani kwaka Sapanga, ila pee Mwana waka Mundu jojahuluka kuhuma kunani kwaka Sapanga.”No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Ngati Musa ejilitondabiya lijoka la shaba lela panani ja ndonga kulukoba, ndi ahelahela Mwana waka Mundu ebuntondabiya kunani,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15ili kila mundu joanhobale jubiya na womi wa masoba goha.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Ndaba Sapanga jaapai ngamaa bandu bupundema hata jaamua kumpia Mwana waki wakanzika, ili kila mundu joanhobaale ngajikuwe ila jubiya na womi wa masoba goha.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.

17Ndaba Sapanga ngaseantumiki Mwana waki puundema ili jutemula bandu bupundema, ila jaakombula.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Joanhobale Mwana waka Sapanga ngasejuhukumiwa, lakini jwanga kunhobale tayali buntemwi, ndaba ngaseahobali Mwana wakanzika waka Sapanga.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.

19Kutemu je ndi kongo, unang'anu guhikiki pundema, lakini bandu bulupala lwii kuliku unang'anu, ndaba ahenga mahakau.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.

20Kila mundu jojuhenga mahakau jugusuki unang'anu, najombi jukana kuhika ku unang'anu ili mahengu gaki giibonikana.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Lakini bahenga ga sakaka ahika pu unang'anu ili mahengu gabu gabonikana ahengiki sukunzoane Sapanga.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.”

22Ebajomula ganiaga Yesu na banafunzi baki bajenda ku nkoa uku Yudea, batama nabu kola kipindi kisokopi, koni jakabatisa bandu.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yohana jabiya jakabatisa ku Ainoni, pambipi nuku Salimu, ndaba kola gakabii masi gingi. Bandu bunzendila najombi nakabatisa.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Ganiaga gapitila kabula Yohana ngaseanzegi mukipungu.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Gwapitila ubisi kati ja banafunzi bangi baka Yohana nu nhyuda jumu kuhusu mihilu jeakamulaki Ayaudi jukusamba masi mumaboku na mumagolu asapisika ndaba jukundumbali Sapanga.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Ndienu anzendila Yohana nukumpwajila, “Mbola, gunkomboka mundu jola jojabii pamu nawe kwii juku losi luku Yoludani, jowabii gulonge naku jola, henu najombi jutenda kubatisa, na bandu boka atenda kunzende.”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.”

27Yohana ampwagila, “Mundu ngasejuwesa kuba na sindu ana Sapanga ngaseampeki.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Mwabe mmanyiki panapwaga, ‘Nepani nga na Kilisitu Nkombose, lakini andumiki ili nundonguliyaje.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Mmbomba jobuntola ndi waka bambu jojutola, lakini nkosi waka bambu jojutola jujema pambipi nukunzowane, jutogule ngamaa paanzowane sauti jaka bambu jojutola mmbomba. Ndienu kutogule kwangu ekutimii.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.

30Yesu jupalika kuba nkolongu ngani nane miya nsokopi.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Jojuhuma kunani kwaka Sapanga ndi nkolongu kupeta boka. Jojuhuma pundema ndi jupundema, na julongale malobi gupundema. Lakini jojuhuma kunani kwaka Sapanga ndi julongosa gooka.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.

32Jombi julongale gajagabweni nakaga jowa, lakini nga mundu jojujetake gajagalongale.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Jokapi jojujetake kulongale kwaki jujetake Sapanga ndi sakaka.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Joantumiki Sapanga jupwaga malobi gaka Sapanga ndaba antwelake Loho jaki kupeta kipemo.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Atati bumpahi Mwana, najombi ampeki hindu yoti mwamaboku gaki.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Joanhobale Mwana jubii na womi wa masoba goka, jwanga kunhobale Mwana ngajukubi na womi ila Sapanga anhyomila ngamaa masoba goti.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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