John 3 (NKN) · Opened

1Honi kuakele Kafaliseo ualizina lia Nikondemo, ntuama ua Vayunda.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Uaile kuli Yesu vutsiki nakuhandeka kuli ikeye nguendi, “Mulongisi, tuatantekeya nguetu u mulongisi uakuhuminina kuli Njambi, omuo naumo uahi asa kulinga vitantekeyeso evi vi ulinakulinga kuakuhona nzili ya Njambi.”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 uamukumbuluile nguendi, “Muavusunga njikuleka, naumo uahi asa kumona vumuene vua Njambi kuakuhona kusemuka luvali.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikondemo uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Vatihoni muntu asa kusemuka luvali munima yakukola laja? Nkuma muntu asa kukovela muzimo lia vaina luvali na kusemuka naua ndi?”“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 uamukumbuluile nguendi, “Muavusunga vene njikuleka nguange, naumo uahi asa kukovela mu vumuene vua Njambi kuakohona kusemuka ku mema na ku Cimbembesi.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Uje uasemuka ku muntu uapua muntu na uje uasemuka ku Cimbembesi uapua Cimbembesi.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Keti ukomoke nga njikuleka nguange unapande kusemuka luvali.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Mpunzi ikapekumuka kuoshe kuje kuikatondo, kaha mukevu cililimo cayo, vuno honi kuuasa kutantekeya kuje kuihuminina cipue kuje kuiya. Nankuma, omu mukemo vene mucinapu na kuli uoshe uje asemuka ku Cimbembesi.”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.”

9Nikondemo uamuhuile nguendi, “Evi vikalingiua vatihoni?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu uamukumbuluile nguendi, “Keti yove mulongisi ua Isaleli, nkuma naua kuuvitantekeya evi viuma ndi?”“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Muavusunga vene njikuleka, tukahandeka vije vitutantekeya nakuambulula vukaleho vua vije vitukamono, vuno honi yeni kumue kutambula vukaleho vuetu.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.

12Njamilekele viuma via ha mavu, vuno honi kumua njitsiliela, kaha vatihoni mukanjitsiliela nga njikamileka viuma via muilu?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Naumo uahi uaya muilu kuvanga Muna Muntu lika uje uezile kuhuma muilu.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Ngue Mosesa muje muajunduile linoka mu vindinda, mucifua cimo vene vakajundula na Muna Muntu,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15linga uoshe akatsiliela muli ikeye akakale na muono uayaye.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Omuo Njambi uazangele vaka mavu cikuma ngeci uahanene Munendi umolika, linga uoshe atsiliela muli ikeye keti akanonge vuno honi akale na muono uayaye.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.

17Omuo Njambi katumine Munendi hano ha mavu mukuhisa vaka mavu, vuno honi linga mavu ovoke kuhitila muli ikeye.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Uje natsiliela muli ikeye kuvakamuhisa, vuno honi uje katsiliela vanamuhisa laja, omuo katsilielelele mu lizina lia Muna Njambi umolika.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.

19Nankuma eci cikeco cisompelo, ceke cezile ha mavu, vuno honi vantu vazangele milima kupulakana ceke omuo vilinga viavo viapuile via vupi.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.

20Omuo uoshe uje muka kulinga vupi uazinda ceke nakuhona kuija ku ceke, linga vilinga viendi keti vilisholole.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Vuno honi uoshe uje muka kulinga via vusunga akeja ku ceke, linga cilimuese cilivene vilinga viendi viakundama kuli Njambi.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.”

22Munima yevi, Yesu na vandongisi vendi vaile ku cihela ca Yundeya, kuje kuakele navo ka ntsimbu lika nakuvambuitika.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Iuano naua uakele nakumbuitika ku Aenone kuyehi na Salime omuo kuakele mema amengi kuje, na vantu vakele nakuya nakuvambuitika.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Ha ntsimbu ije Iuano tele kanda vamuhake mu kamenga.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Vamo vandongisi va Iuano vakele nakulinga vimpata na Kayunda umo ha futisi ya kulilelesa.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Vaile kuli Iuano nakumulekesa nguavo, “Mulongisi, yala uje uakele nove musinia lia ndonga ya Yundau uje iualingilile vukaleho, kuno ali nakumbuitika, na vantu voshe valinakuya kuli ikeye.”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.”

27Iuano uavakumbuluile nguendi, “Naumo uahi asa kutambula cuma kuvanga vanamuhanaco kuilu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Yeni muvakaleho vange ngue muje munjahandekele nguange, ‘Keti yange Kilistu, vuno honi vananjitumu kulutue luendi.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Uje ali na shombolua ikeye vavenia vulo, vuno honi kavusamba ua vavenia vulo uje nemana nakumuivuilila, avuahelela cikuma omo evua lizi lia vavenia vulo. Nankuma, mukemo mucikafua kuvuahelela cange.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.

30Ikeye napande kuvuezelela, vuno honi yange njapande kuhumisa.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Uje ahuma muilu nahiana voshe, uje ahuma hano ha mavu nakundama kuvia ha mavu nakuhandeka viuma via hano ha mavu. Vuno honi uje ahuma muilu ali helu lia voshe.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.

32Akahandeka vukaleho vua vije viakamono na kuivua, vuno honi naumo uahi akatambula vukaleho vuendi.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Uoshe uje natambula vukaleho vuendi amuesa ngeci Njambi uapua ua vusunga.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Uoshe uje yanatumu Njambi akahandeka mezi a Njambi, omuo Njambi mukakuhana Cimbembesi kuakuhona kuseteka.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Ishe uazanga Muana, kaha nahana viuma vioshe mu mavoko endi.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Uoshe atsiliela muli Muana ali na muono ua yaye, kaha uoshe kononoka Muana kakakala na muono, vuno honi vutenu vua Njambi vukakala hali ikeye.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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