John 3 (MWE) · Opened

1Bhashinkupagwa bhakulungwa bhamo bha ashikalongolele bha lukumbi lwa Bhayaudi, bha munkumbi gwa shikundi sha dini ja Bhayaudi shishemwa Mapalishayo, lina lyabho a Nikodemo.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Lyubha limo shilo bhashinkwaajendela a Yeshu, gubhaalugulile, “Mmaajiganya, tummanyi kuti mmwe mmaajiganya ntumilwe na a Nnungu, pabha jwakwa mundu akombola kutenda yene ilangulo inkutendai, a Nnungu bhakabhe pamo naka jwenejo.”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.”

3A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Kweli ngunakummalanjila, mundu akabhelekwe gwabhili, akagubhona Upalume gwa a Nnungu.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4A Nikodemo gubhaabhushiye, “Mundu jwa nkulungwa pa bhelekwa gwabhili shanabhuli? Shakombole bhuli kujinjila nnipitiu lya akwabhe nibhelekwa gwabhili!”“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?”

5A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Kweli ngunakummalanjila, mundu akabhelekwe kwa mashi na kwa Mbumu jwa a Nnungu, akakombola kujinjila mu Upalume gwa a Nnungu.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Shibhelekwe kwa shiilu ni shiilu na shibhelekwe kwa Mbumu ni mbumu.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Nnaimonje pabha njibheleketa kuti, nnapinjikwanga mmelekwanje gwabhili.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Mbungo jinapuga niloya kujipinga, mpugo gwakwe gunapilikanika, ikabheje kukamanyika kuukoposhela wala kuukwenda. Nneyo peyo puili kuka mundu abhelekwa kwa Mbumu jwa a Nnungu.”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.”

9A Nikodemo gubhaabhushiye, “Genega shigakomboleshe shanabhuli?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10A Yeshu gubhaajangwile, “Mmwe mmaajiganya bha pa Ishilaeli, bhuli, nnagamanye genega?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Kweli ngunakummalanjila, uwe tunabheleketa itukwimanya nikong'ondela ituibhweni, ikabheje mmanganya nkaakundanga ntenga gwetu.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.

12Monaga nkaakulupalipanga indu ya pa shilambolyo inimmalanjilenje, shinkulupalilanje bhuli nimmalanjilangaga indu ya kunnungu?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Jwakwa jojowe apite kunnungu, ikabhe nne Mwana juka Mundu ngopweshe kunnungu.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14“Malinga a Musha shibhannjinwile kunani nnuishi lijoka jwa alaywa na shabha kuanga kula, nneyo peyo inapinjikwa nne Mwana juka Mundu nyinulwe kunani,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15nkupinga jojowe shakulupalile akole gumi gwa pitipiti.”that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Pabha a Nnungu bhashinkwaapinganga bhandu pa shilambolyo, mpaka gubhampeleshe mwanagwabho jwa jika, nkupinga jojowe shankulupalile anaobhe, ikabhe akole gumi gwa pitipiti.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.

17Pabha a Nnungu bhangampeleka mwanagwabho kushilambolyo nkupinga aukumule bhandu, ikabhe kwabhatapulanje.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18“Akunkulupalila Mwana jwa a Nnungu akaukumulwa, ikabheje akakunkulupalila jwenejo aukumwilwe, pabha jwangankulupalila Mwana jwa jika jwa a Nnungu.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.

19Bhashiukumulwanga pabha, shilangaya shiishe pa shilambolyo, ikabheje bhandunji gubhapinjilenje lubhindu kupunda shilangaya, kwa ligongo lya itendi yabhonji yangali ya mmbone.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.

20Mundu jojowe atenda yambi shinakunshima shilangaya, na akabhandishila ku shilangaya, pabha akaapinga itendi yakwe ya yambi imanyishe.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Ikabheje atenda itendi ya mmbone anakwiya ku shilangaya, nkupinga imanyishe kuti itendi yakwe ni yakomboywa na a Nnungu.”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.”

22Gakapiteje genego, a Yeshu na bhaajiganywa bhabho gubhapitengenenje mmbali ja ku Yudea, gubhatemi kweneko bhalibhatisha bhandu.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Na bhalabho a Yowana kubhaaliji ku Ainoni, tome na ku Shalemu bhalibhatisha bhandu, pabha kweneko gashinkupagwa mashi gamagwinji. Bhandu gubhaajendelenje, na bhalabho gubhaabhatishenje.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Gene mobhago a Yowana pubhaliji bhakanabhe kamulwa nitabhwa.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Jishinkukoposhela mitau ja bhaajiganywa bha a Yowana na bhayaudi bhamo ga nkubho gwa Shiyaudi gwa tawasha.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Bhai bhaajiganywa bhala gubhaajendelenje a Yowana nikwaalugulila, “Mmaajiganya, mundu aaliji na mmwe kung'ambu lushi lwa Yolodani jumwakong'ondele ga ngani jakwe jula, na jwalakwe nnaino anabhatisha na bhandu bhabhagwinji bhanakunnjendelanga.”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.”

27A Yowana gubhajangwile, “Mundu nngakola shoshowe akapegwe na a Nnungu kukoposhela kunnungu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Numbe mwaashayene nnikong'ondelanga kuti nantashiyenje kuti, ‘Nne nngabha a Kilishitu Bhagombola, ikabhe njitumwa nkupinga naalongolele!’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Jwenejo malinga nkulomba, na nne malinga mmbwiga mwine nkulomba, ajima nkulindilila nkulomba aishe, anakwiinonyela kwa kaje paapilikana lilobhe lika nkulomba alikwiiya. Bhai, kwa nneyo kwiinonyela kwangu kutimilile kwa pilikana genego.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.

30Inapinjikwa bhenebho bhapunde kukuywa, nne mujile nnyuma.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31“Jwene aishe koposhela kunani, ni jwankulungwa kupunda yowe, ikabheje jwa pashilambolyo ni jwa pashilambolyope na gabheleketa ni ga indu ya pashilambolyo. Ikabheje akwiya kukoposhela kunnungu ni jwankulungwa kupunda yowe.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.

32Jwenejo yataya yaibhweni na kwipilikana ila, ikabheje jwakwa mundu akunda ntenga gwakwe.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ikabheje mundu jo jowe akunda ntenga guka jwenejo, anakong'ondela kuti a Nnungu ni bhakweli.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Jwene atumilwe na a Nnungu anabheleketa malobhe ga a Nnungu, pabha a Nnungu bhanakumpa mundu Mbumu jwabho gwangali shipimilo.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35A Nnungu bhanakumpinga Mwana na bhashikunkamuya yowe mmakono gakwe.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Akunkulupalila mwana akwete gumi gwa pitipiti, akana kunkulupalila mwana, akakola gumi gwa pitipiti, ikabhe nnjimwa ja a Nnungu jintamile.”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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