John 3 (MNI) · Opened

1Pharisee-singgi maraktagi Nicodemus kouba Jihudisinggi luchingba ama leirammi.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Nongma numidang amada mahakna Jisugi manakta laklaga hairak-i, “Oja Ibungo, nahakti Tengban Mapuna thabirakpa oja amani haiba eikhoina khangjei. Maramdi nahakna touriba angakpa khudamsing asi Mapu Ibungona loinabidrabadi kana amatana touba ngamloi.”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.”

3Jisuna khumlak-i, “Eina nakhoida tasengnamak hairiba asini, kanagumba amana amuk-hanna poktrabadi mahakna Tengban Mapugi Leibak adu uba ngamloi.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Maduda Nicodemus-na Ibungoda hanglak-i, “Karamna ahal oiraba mi amana amuk hanna pokpa yagadouribano? Mahakna mamagi puknungda aniraksuba oina changduna amuk pokpa haibasi sukya yaroidaba amani!”“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?”

5Jisuna khumlak-i, “Eina nakhoida tasengna hairiba asini, kanagumba amana ising amasung Thawaidagi poktrabadi mahakna Tengban Mapugi Leibakta changba ngamloi.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Hakchanggi oinadi mama mapana pokpibani adubu thawaigi oinadi Thawaina pokpibani.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7‘Nakhoi amuk-hanna pokkadabani’ haina eina hairiba asida nahak ngakkanu.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Nungsitna sitning sitningba maphamsingda sitli aduga nahakna madugi makholdi tai adubu madu kadaidagi lakpano aduga kadaida chatlibano haiba adudi nahakna khangde. Adugumduna Thawaina poklaba makhoi adusuni.”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.”

9Maduda Nicodemus-na hanglak-i, “Masi kamdouna oithokkadouribano?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Jisuna khumlak-i, “Nahak Israel-gi oja ama oiraga masising asi khangdabra?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Eina nakhoida tasengnamak hairibasini, eikhoina khangba amadi uba adu eikhoina hai adubu nakhoinadi eikhoina haiba adu louningde.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.

12Eina nakhoida taibangpanbagi oibasing adugi maramda haibada nakhoina thajade adu oirabadi swargagi oibasing adugi maramda haibada nakhoina kamdouna thajagani?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Swargadagi kumthabirakpa Migi Machanupa adu nattana kana amatana swargada kadri.”No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Korina saba lil adu Moses-na lamjao lamhangda thanggatkhiba adugumduna Migi Machanupa adubusu thanggatpa tai,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15madu mahakpu thajaba mi khudingna lomba naidaba punsi phangnanabani.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Tengban Mapuna taibangpanbabu asukki matik nungsibire aduna mahakki amatta ngairaba Machanupa adu pibire, maram aduna Machanupa adubu thajaba mi khudingna mangdaduna lomba naidaba hingba phangjananabani.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.

17Tengban Mapuna mahakki Machanupa adubu wayennaba taibangpanda thabiba natte adubu mahakki mapanna taibangpanbabu kanbinanabani.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Machanupa adubu thajaba makhoi adu wayen toubide adubu thajadaba makhoi adugidi wayen loikhre maramdi makhoina amatta ngairaba Tengban Mapugi Machanupa adubu thajade.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.

19Wayen adu asini madudi mangal aduna taibangpanda lakle adubu misingnadi amamba thabakna henna pambagi maramna makhoina mangaldagi amambana henna pammi maramdi makhoigi thabaksing phattaba oirammi.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.

20Phattaba touba mi khudingna mangal adubu tukkachei maramdi makhoigi thabaksingdu phongdokkani haiba kibagi maramna makhoina mangalda lakloi.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Adubu achumba toubasingnadi mangalda lak-i maramdi makhoina touba thabaksing adu Tengban Mapugi haiba inba oina toubani haibadu mangal aduna utnanabani.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.”

22Masigi matungda Jisu amadi mahakki tung-inbasingna Judea-gi lamda chatlammi aduga mapham aduda Ibungona makhoiga loinana matam khara leiminnarammi amasung misingbu baptize toubirammi.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Salim-dagi panglap laptana leiba Aenon-da ising marang kaina leibagi maramna John-nasu mapham aduda baptize tourammi. Misingna mahakki manakta chatlammi aduga mahakna makhoibu baptize toubirammi.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24(Masi John-bu keisumsangda thamdringeigi mamangdani.)(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25John-gi tung-inba kharaga Jihudi amaga laininggi oiba isingna chamthokpagi maramda makhoi yetnarammi.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Makhoina John-gi manakta chattuna John-da hairammi, “Oja Ibungo, Jordan-gi wangmada nahakka leiminnaramba nupa haibadi nahakna mahakki maramda haibikhiba mahak aduna houjik baptize toubiri aduga mi pumnamakna mahakki manakta chatli.”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.”

27Maduda John-na khumlak-i, “Mapu Ibungona pibiba nattana kana amatana karisu phangba ngamloi.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28‘Eidi Christta adu natte, adubu eidi Ibungo mahakki mang thana thabirakpani’ haina eina haikhiba adu nakhoina khanglibaduni.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Mou anoubi phangliba mahak adu bor aduni adubu bor adugi marup adudi mapham aduda bor adugidamak leijabani amadi mahakki khonjel tajaba aduni, marup aduna bor adugi khonjel tajabada adukki matik haraojei. Madugi haraoba adu eihakkini aduga haraoba adu houjik mapung phare.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.

30Ibungo mahakti chaokhatlakpa tai aduga eidi hantharakpa tai.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Mathaktagi lengthabirakpa Ibungo mahakti pumnamakki mathakta lei. Taibangpanbagi oiba mahak adudi taibangpanba asigini aduga mahakna taibangpanbagi oiba mi amagumna wa ngang-i adubu swargadagi lengthabirakpa Ibungo mahakti pumnamakki mathakta lei.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.

32Ibungo mahakna ukhraba amadi takhraba adu haibi adubu mi kana amatanadi Ibungogi wa adu loubide.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Adum oinamak Ibungogi wa adubu lousinjaba makhoina Tengban Mapudi achumbani haibadu yajare.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Tengban Mapuna thabirakpa mahak adudi Tengban Mapugi wa ngang-i maramdi Tengban Mapuna mangonda Thawai adu mapan naidana pibi.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Mapa aduna mahakki Machanupa adubu nungsi aduga Machanupa adugi makhutta pumnamak sinnabire.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Machanupa adubu thajaba mi aduna lomba naidaba hingba adu phangle; Machanupa adugi wa indaba mahak aduna hingba phangloi adubu Mapu Ibungogi asaoba mahakki mathakta leigani.Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

John 3

You’ve read John 3

Go Deeper

John 3

You’ve read John 3

Go Deeper