John 3 (NCR) · Opened

1Muh ŋgoo yi Bafalashii wumu gɛ̀ bee ba tɛŋe lɛ Nikodɛmu, wu gɛ̀ bee muh wu kinchvu ki bikwɛɛ bi woŋ wu Bajuu.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Muh wunɛ gɛ̀ ja wu to fɛ Jiso le antaŋ wu du wu le lɛ, “Labai, bee kee lɛ wo le muh wu n'yɛyɛ wù ja fɛ Nyo le, nje gɛ muh nyu yu wù taŋlo wu gee kfuu chi munɛ mwɛɛ mù duunyi bvukugɛ bvu Nyo mù wo gee munɛ, njɛ Nyo le bɛ wu sɛŋ gɛ.”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.”

3Jiso chvuu wu le lɛ, “Nsɛŋe wo nchiɛɛŋ nchiɛɛŋ lɛ, njɛ ba boo muh mboyɛ wu fwɛŋ sɛŋ, tu gɛ mwɛdɛ nyu wu yɛŋ bvunfoŋ bvu Nyo le gɛ.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodɛmu biih Jiso le lɛ, “Taŋlo ba ge nɛɛ fɛ ba ka ba boo muh a wu ta wa? Taŋlo wu ka wu kaasɛ wu tu a bwee shɛŋ fɛ ba ka ba boo wu?”“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?”

5Jiso chvuu wu le lɛ, “Nsɛŋe wo nchiɛɛŋ nchiɛɛŋ lɛ, muh nɛ baaŋ kɛme gɛ boyɛ chi joo bɛ chi Kiyo gɛ, tu gɛ taŋlo wu lee fɛ bvunfoŋ bvu Nyo le gɛ.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Muh wu wuŋ boyi muh wu wuŋ, Kiyo boyi kiyo.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Keefɛ jwe yûne wo lɛ nle njɛmɛ wo le lɛ ba kɛme ki ba boo bɛŋ bachii mboyɛ wù fwɛŋ gɛ.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Fii to yi fede gɛh no yi koŋe, wo yuge no yi fede, geenɛ gɛ taŋlo wo sɛɛŋ laa yi jade faaŋ, yi gɛɛne faaŋ la. Le gɛh yɛɛŋyɛɛŋ no fi le fɛ muh wù kɛme wa boyɛ chi Kiyo le.”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.”

9Nikodɛmu mo wu ghaa lɛ, “Taŋlo finɛ fiɛɛ jiɛnyɛ nɛɛ la?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Jiso chvuu wu le lɛ, “Wo le muh wu n'yɛyɛ wu bamii ba Ishwala, wo kee gɛ finɛ fiɛɛ gɛ?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Nsɛŋe wo nchiɛɛŋ nchiɛɛŋ lɛ, bee jɛme fiɛɛ nyu fì bee kee, bee bɛɛyi jiŋ yi nsa nyu fiɛɛ fì nyu fi bee le bee yɛŋ wa, geenɛ gɛ bɛŋ bɛmɛ fiɛɛ fì bee jɛme le gɛ.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.

12Nɛ nsɛŋe bɛŋ mwɛɛ nyu mu yi nshɛŋ le fɛnɛ njɛ bɛŋ bɛmɛ lo sɛŋ, bɛŋ lé bɛŋ jîɛnyɛ nɛɛ fɛ bɛŋ bɛɛŋ mu nsɛŋe nyu mu woŋ wù Nyo le?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Gɛ muh nyu yu wu le wu bɛɛŋ wa woŋ wù Nyo le gɛ. Mɛ gɛh muh wù gɛ̀ ja fo wu to fɛkuu fɛnɛ, muh wunɛ nyu muh wù jee che le Mwamuh.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14No Musɛ gɛ̀ shɛŋshɛ yo yi ba gɛ fɛ bɛ kichwa yi kite le nchvuuŋ, le gɛh yɛɛŋyɛɛŋ no ba kɛme ki ba ge ba shɛŋshɛ muh wù jee che le Mwamuh,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15wu lɛ mo nyu yɛɛŋ wu le wu leesɛ fitele yi ye ye le, tu wu lé wu kɛ̂mɛ kinche kì kage gɛ.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Nyo gɛ̀ bee wu koŋ woŋ kfunɛ baaŋ, wu tuŋ Mwa ye wù wu mumwaa, wu lɛ le yɛɛŋ wù leesɛ fitele ye ye le, mwɛdɛ gɛ lɛsɛ gɛ, wu kɛmɛ nyu kinche kì kage gɛ.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.

17Gɛ Nyo gɛ̀ tuŋ Mwa ye yi woŋ kfunɛ le lɛ wu to wu sa bamii ba gwe nsa gɛ. Nyo gɛ̀ tuŋ lɛ wu to wu bvusɛ lo bo fede yi Mwa ye le.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Muh wu le wu leesɛ fitele yi wu le gɛ wu nyu wu ge wu gwe nsa gɛ. Geenɛ muh wù baaŋ leesɛ gɛ fitele yi wu le gɛ le wu gwe wa nsa, nje wu baaŋ leesɛ gɛ̀ fitele yi jee chi Mwa Nyo wu mɛ gɛh wu gɛ.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.

19Ba lé ba gê ba sûunɛ nsa yi yinɛ je le, nje n'yulɛ le wu to yi woŋ kfunɛ le, bamii koŋe gɛh fiboo nyu kijibɛ fede n'yulɛ. Bo koŋe noo nje gee chiboo le chì befe.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.

20Muh wuchii wù gee gee chì befe wu to wu banɛ n'yulɛ, gɛ taŋlo wù bu fɛ n'yulɛ le gɛ, lɛ keefɛ gee che yɛ̂nɛ fɛ waaŋ gɛ.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Geenɛ muh wù gee fiɛɛ fì kooji to wu too fɛ n'yulɛ le, lɛ gee che dûunyi lɛ le chi muh wu Nyo.”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.”

22Ajiŋ ayu le, Jiso bɛ booŋ be ba ŋgoo ja bo gɛɛne kimbe kimi ki Judia le. Bɛ bo gɛɛŋ bo tu bo nyu yo wu leese bamii a joo.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Joŋ tɛ gɛ̀ leese bamii a joo ntɛ wu Ɛnoŋ le mbebe wu Salim le nje joo gɛ̀ bee fo baaŋ. Bamii too wu leese bo a joo.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Finɛ gɛ̀ bee ba baaŋ a leesɛ gɛ wa wu yeh yi ncha le gɛ.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Booŋ ba Joŋ ba ŋgoo bamu bɛ muh wu Bajuu wumu gɛ̀ ja bo kɛ kintɛɛnyɛ kune ye yì ba chuge ki ba yuude a Nyo jii.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Booŋ ba ŋgoo ba Joŋ ja bo gɛɛŋ fɛ Joŋ le, bo jɛmɛ wu le lɛ, “Labai, muh wɛɛ wù gɛ̀ bee bena wu fɛ Joo yì Jodaŋ le wuŋ kwege wù wo gɛ̀ jɛme baaŋ kune wu nɛ, yɛŋ nɛ wu wege wu leese bamii a joo, bamii bachii gɛɛne gɛ wa nyu fɛ wu le.”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.”

27Joŋ chvuu bo le lɛ, “Gɛ muh taŋlo wù nyu fiɛɛ njɛ ge Nyo wù nyu fi sɛŋ gɛ.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Bɛŋ kibɛɛ taŋlo bɛŋ bɛɛ jiŋ yi nsa waŋ lɛ ŋgɛ̀ mbee njɛmɛ lɛ gɛ nyume mɛ wù le Mbvusɛ wù Nyo gɛ̀ ka gɛ. Geenɛ ba gɛ̀ tuŋ mɛ lɛ nsa wù fwe.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Muh bvuguu le muh wù kɛme kwɛse wù fwɛŋ. Nsaŋ yi muh bvuguu wù lɛme mbebe yi muh bvuguu wɛɛ le wu yuge jɛ ye, wu to wu laŋeye baaŋ no wu yuge jɛ ye. Le gɛh yɛɛŋyɛɛŋ no nle mɛɛse n'yisɛ bɛ kinlaŋye.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.

30Wu kɛme ki wu kû wu gɛ̂ɛŋ lo fwe, ntû lo jiŋ.He must increase; I must decrease.

31Muh wù ja fɛwe wu kuge wu fede bamii bachii. Muh wu yi nshɛŋ le, le muh wu yi nshɛŋ le, wu jɛme mwɛɛ nyu mu yi nshɛŋ le. Muh wù ja woŋ wù fɛwe le, wu kuge wu fede bamii bachii,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.

32wu bɛɛyi jiŋ yi nsa yi mwɛɛ nyu mu wu le wu yɛŋ wa wu ka wu yu. Geenɛ, gɛ muh nyu yu wù bɛmɛ fiɛɛ fì wu jɛme le gɛ.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Muh wù bɛmɛ fiɛɛ fì wu jɛme duunyi lɛ wu toone fiɛɛ fì le lɛ Nyo jɛme nchiɛɛŋ.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Muh wù Nyo tuŋ to wu jɛme gɛh nyu jɛ yi Nyo, nje Nyo le wu nya Kiyo ke wu le nfee sɛŋ.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Chiji Mwa wu koŋe Mwa, wu mo wu nya mwɛɛ munchii chiaaŋ ye le.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Muh wu le wu leesɛ fitele yi Mwa le wù kɛme kinche kì kage gɛ. Muh wù baaŋ yu gɛ wu le gɛ, gɛ wu nyu wu kɛmɛ kinche gɛ. Wuwɛɛ muh le shɛ́ŋ yi Nyo toonyi bɛ wu baaŋ.”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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