John 2 (NCR) · Opened

1Aju gɛ̀ bu atade, bo gee ŋka wu bvuguu a kilaantɛŋ kì Kana kimbe kì Galalee le, bwe Jiso gɛ̀ bee fo.On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,

2Bo gɛ̀ be Jiso bɛ booŋ be ba ŋgoo fɛ ŋka wɛɛ le.and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

3Mbvuuŋ gɛ̀ ka, bwe Jiso be wu wu du lɛ, “Gɛ mbvuuŋ baaŋ yu gɛ.”When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”

4Jiso chvuu wu le lɛ, “Kwɛse, wo bege mɛ yu nje la? Kife kaŋ baaŋ a kojɛ gɛ.”“Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

5Bwee jɛmɛ bamii ba gabe le lɛ, “Fiɛɛ fichii fì wu lé wu jɛ̂me lɛ bɛŋ ge, bɛŋ ge.”His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”

6Gɛ̀ bee sháaŋ lɛme fo bvusoo yì bo kɛnyɛ bɛ ata. Sháaŋ chinɛ le yì Bajuu gɛ̀ gɛɛde joo yì bo chuge ye yu ki bo yuude a Nyo jii. Shaaŋ yimimia gɛ̀ jode joo njɛ baleta mbambvusooshwi ncho batɛŋ (75) gɛɛne bude baleta gwii kicho yuufe ncho batɛŋ (115).Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

7Jiso ja wu jɛmɛ bamii ba gabe baa le lɛ, “Bɛŋ tuu joo bɛŋ yisɛ a sháaŋ chiɛɛ le.” Bo mo bo tuu joo bo yisɛ a sháaŋ yiyu le.Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.

8Wu mo wu jɛmɛ bo le lɛ, “Bɛŋ sɛɛ yimi mɛɛse bɛŋ gɛɛŋ bɛ yi fɛ chiji gabe le.” Bo sɛɛ bo gɛɛŋ bɛ yi.“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,

9Chiji gabɛ fi, wu moŋ joo yiyu wu yu yi nyu yi tu wa mbvuuŋ. Wu ma laa manɛ mbvuuŋ ja faane la. (Geenɛ, bamii ba gabe ba gɛ̀ sɛlɛ joo yiyu gɛ̀ kee fɛ mo gɛ̀ ja fo.) Chiji gabe mo wu tɛɛŋ chiji bvuguu,and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not know where it was from, but the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside

10wu biih wu le lɛ, “Bamii to bo ya bo ga nyume mbvuuŋ ma joŋe fwe fɛ ŋka le, sege bamii mu wa bo fuu, fɛ bo gade ma joŋe, wo tu wo gɛɛ fiuŋ mbvuuŋ ma joŋe wo to bɛ mo nyu mɛɛse?”and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”

11Finɛ gɛ̀ bee fiɛɛ fì fwe fi duunyi bvukugɛ bvu Jiso fì wu gɛ̀ ge antɛnɛɛ a mwɛɛ mu duunyi bvukugɛ bwe. Wu gɛ̀ ge fiɛɛ finɛ a kilaantɛŋ kì Kana kimbe kì Galalee le. No wu ge noo, fi mo fi duunyi bvukugɛ bwe, booŋ be ba ŋgoo mo bo leese fitele yi ye ye le.Jesus performed this, the first of His signs, at Cana in Galilee. He thus revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.

12Ajiŋ ayu, Jiso ja wu boh Kafanahum bɛ bwee mo booŋ ba bwee ba bilɛŋsɛ mo booŋ be ba ŋgoo, bɛ bo che yo aju shige.After this, He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and His disciples, and they stayed there a few days.

13Aju a Ŋka wu Bajuu wu ba tɛŋe lɛ Ndaŋfe gɛ̀ too wa mbebe le, Jiso ja wu bɛɛŋ Yɛlusalɛm.When the Jewish Passover was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

14Wu gɛɛŋ wu bu fɛ yeh yi kintanyɛ le, wu yɛŋ bamii ba gɛ̀ gese banaa bɛ shóŋ mo bimbɛmbɛ mo ba gɛ̀ kuse bige bo shiiyɛ.In the temple courts He found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and money changers seated at their tables.

15Wu jo bakfuu wu kɛnyɛ ŋgwaŋ yu, wu kuŋ bo bachii yu, wu kuŋ mo shóŋ bɛ banaa wu bvusɛ yeh yi kintanyɛ le. Wu ka wu taashɛ bige bi bamii gɛ̀ kuse, wu bajɛ bidaŋ biboo,So He made a whip out of cords and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle. He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables.

16wu jɛmɛ bamii ba gɛ̀ gese bimbɛmbɛ le lɛ, “Bɛŋ jô mwɛɛ munɛ bɛŋ jâ yu fɛnɛ! Keefɛ bɛŋ jô yeh yi Chii tu yeh yi waaŋ gɛ!”To those selling doves He said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn My Father’s house into a marketplace!”

17No wu jɛmɛ noo, booŋ be ba ŋgoo mo bo kwajɛ fiɛɛ fì ba saŋ a Ŋwa wu Nyo le lɛ, “Kiŋkoŋɛ kì baaŋ kì ŋkɛme fɛ yeh yo le taŋlo ki yuuyɛ lo mɛ.”His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”

18Bikwɛɛ bi Bajuu mo bi biih wu le lɛ, “Fiɛɛ fì duunyi bvukugɛ bwuŋ fì wo taŋlo wo ge fi dunyɛ bee le lɛ ba le ba nya bvuŋga wo le ki wo gêe finɛ le la.”On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”

19Jiso chvuu bo le lɛ, “Bɛŋ sâ yeh yi kintanyɛ yinɛ, ŋkaasɛ njo aju atade yi lɛɛŋ we.”Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”

20Bajuu baa biih wu le lɛ, “Fi gɛ̀ jo biluŋ mbaanyɛ ncho bvusoo ki bo jooŋ yeh yi kintanyɛ yinɛ, wo lɛ wo lé wo jô fiuŋ nyu aju atade yi lɛɛŋ we?”“This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”

21Geenɛ, Jiso gɛ̀ jɛme yeh yi kintanyɛ yinɛ nyu ye ye.But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body.

22Noo, sege wu gɛ̀ bu wa yi kwe le, booŋ be ba ŋgoo mo bo kwajɛ fiɛɛ fì wu gɛ̀ jɛmɛ. Bo mo bo bɛɛŋ fiɛɛ fì le a Ŋwa wu Nyo le, bo ka bo bɛɛŋ njɛmɛ wù Jiso gɛ̀ jɛme le.After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

23No Jiso gɛ̀ bee Yɛlusalɛm fɛ Ŋka wu Ndaŋfe wunɛ le, bamii ba duude gɛ̀ leesɛ muntele ye ye le nje mwɛɛ mù duunyi bvukugɛ bwe mù wu gɛ̀ gee.While He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many people saw the signs He was doing and believed in His name.

24Geenɛ, Jiso gɛ̀ baaŋ gɛɛ gɛ fie bvufee bwe yi bo le gɛ, nje wu gɛ̀ kee bamii bachii no bo le.But Jesus did not entrust Himself to them, for He knew them all.

25Wu gɛ̀ baaŋ koŋ gɛ lɛ muh mu she wu sɛŋe lo wu le kune muh wu wuŋ gɛ, nje wu kibɛɛ gɛ̀ kee fiɛɛ fì muh wu wuŋ kɛme a wu shɛŋ.He did not need any testimony about man, for He knew what was in a man.

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