John 3 (PLJ) · Opened

1Mbarǝm gon ra gip mǝn Parise, mǝn sun'e Nikodimu, tǝra nǝm gip mǝn domtǝn kǝ kiri kǝ mǝn Yahuda.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Ar ni mbarǝmi ɗir kar Yesu gip gasi kan tǝ wule, <<Ba mǝn kulci, mǝ mom ki mǝn kulci mbarǝm kan ɗǝl sur kar Yam gwa ni. Domici murgon ra kan baa mani pi halama bar kǝ nǝmi bi na am ju kan kǝ pi gwa da'a Yam ni ra nan ti da gwa.>>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 nǝmi ti tǝ wule, <<Ge shirǝm ni a yari'i, o gǝr ki ni es dawo, kii shin mulki kǝ Yam da'a.>>Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodimu ngen momi kar ti tǝ wule, <<Imnu baa pa mani gǝri mbarǝm kan korsika gwawu? Rawo, tii mani paltǝn te gip tu dǝ naska dǝ gǝr ti ra dak!>>“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 nǝmi ti tǝ wule, <<Ge shirǝm ni a yari'i, ko nǝm murgon ra kan baa te gip mulki kǝ Yam da'a, e gǝr tǝni tǝp kǝ ba mal na ruhu da gwa.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Mbarǝmo, mbarǝm ni tǝ gǝri, Ruhu ngapo Ruhu ni tǝ gǝri.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Ba dǝ argon tu a yari'i'e, <Ar nǝm mbarǝm te yarka dǝ gǝr ti esi> dǝmi'i bar kǝ nǝmi bi na am da'a.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Itǝr ba bǝtl ni gam las tu ar ndu kopi gwa. Kǝ kum wultǝn gǝsi, ama kii mani yari las tu ar ɗǝl ɗir na las tu ar ba ri gwa dak. Untu ni ar ra na ko gonge mbarǝm tu kan Ruhu ni gǝr ti gwa.>>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.”

9Ar ni Nikodimu pa ngen momi kar Yesu tǝ wule, <<Imni untu baa pi rawu?>>“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Kan Yesu ba nǝmi ti tǝ wule, <<Bar mǝn kulci mbarǝm kǝ Isra'ila ni'e ki, ama kǝ mani momi bar ju da'a ya?>>“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Ge shirǝm ni a yari'i'e mǝ yari ni argon tu mǝ mom gwa, kan mǝ shirǝm ni den argon tu mǝ shin gwa, ama kup na untu kǝ nge nǝmi argon tu mǝ yari in kagwa.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.

12A shirǝm ni nan kǝn den bar ju kan kǝ atl ni gwa ama kǝ nǝm da'a, imni kii nǝm ami ni a yari in bar ju kan kǝ to yamka ni gwawu?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Murgon ra kan taɓe totǝn yam gwa da'a se de Nya Mbarǝm kan ɗǝl sur yam gwa.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Kandatu Musa tli ici ka zili gǝlla den dlo gip lǝpo, untu ni ar nǝm dǝ tli Nya Mbarǝm yami,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15kǝ dǝ muntu kup ngǝsh ti den tiwo, tǝ zam ge mbatl tu kan baa pa dagwa.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16<<Domici Yam ndu atl kundǝrǝndlip naaro, ar ni tǝ bi nya gǝs nǝm kan ra bom gwa, den'e muntu kup ngǝsh den tiwo, ba dǝ tǝ liika katl da'a ama tǝ zam ge mbatl tu kan baa pa dagwa.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.

17Domici Yam kar ni nya gǝs sur atl kǝ dǝ tǝ hukunte atl kundǝrǝndlip da'a, ama kǝ dǝ mbarǝm den kaar atl kundǝrǝndlip zam ɗǝltǝn ra tǝp kar ti.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Murgon tu kup ngǝsh den Nya Yamo baa tloyi ti shirǝm da'a, ama muntu kup ngǝsh den ti dawo, tare tloyi ti shirǝm wi domici tǝ ngǝsh ti den sun kǝ Nya Yam kan ne ti nǝm kan ra bom gwa da'a.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.

19Tloyi shirǝmi ni'e cirtǝn ɗir gip atl kundǝrǝndlip wi, ama mbarǝm ndu dǝmǝnka man cirtǝni, domici pitǝn gǝzǝno kǝ ɗasi tu ni.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.

20Murgon tu kup ba pi bar kǝ ɗasi tu'o tǝ nge ni cirtǝni, kan tii ndu ɗirtǝn kar cirtǝn da'a, bǝse dǝ pitǝn gǝs ɗǝlka den kaari.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Ama kup mǝn pitǝn koro, tǝ ɗir ni kar cirtǝni, kǝ dǝ shin ra hoyi den'e argon tu tǝ piwo, tǝ pi ni gip kopi shirǝm kǝ Yami.>>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.”

22Den kaar kǝ untuwo, ar ni Yesu na mir mǝn kulci kar ti ndara kǝti atl kǝ Yahuda, las tu kan tǝ ɓom dǝmi nan wur gwa, tǝ den pi mbarǝm batisma.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Wokociyiwo Yohana ra den pi mbarǝm batisma gip Ainon kan ra kosak na Salim, nan mal ra na naari lasi gwa, kan mbarǝm ba pi ta ɗirtǝn ba pi wur batisma.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Muntu pi ni kapǝn dǝ la Yohana gip bom moni.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Kan shirǝm ba gadlǝrka gip dlom kǝ mir mǝn kulci kar Yohana na mǝn Yahuda goni den shirǝm kǝ al'ada hotǝn ju kan mǝn Yahuda ba pi kǝ dǝmi dlǝran den bi doka gǝzǝn gwa.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Ar ni wu ɗir kar Yohana kan wu wul ti'e, <<Ba mǝn kulci, mbarǝm tu kan ra nan ki den kǝti ɓula Jodan, muntu kan kǝ bi seda den ti gwa, tin tu den pi batisma pa'e, mbarǝm ngap den ta ritǝn kar ti.>>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.”

27Den muntuwo ar ni Yohana bali wur tǝ wule, <<Mbarǝm baa mani ni zami argon tu kan bi ti sur yam gwa katl.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Kǝn na gam gin kii mani yari den'e a wule, <Ami ni'e Almasihu da'a, ama karǝm ni cina da ti.>You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Pel gǝro kǝ Ba mǝn pel gudlumi ni. Bar berǝm kǝ mǝn pel gudlumiyi ba ɓut ni kǝ dǝ tǝ kum yar kǝ Ba mǝn pel gudlumiyi. Ti ni tǝ kum yar kǝ Ba mǝn pel gudlumiyiwo, tǝ laa'i na ghol mbatl naari. Tǝp untu ni a pi ghol mbatl hoyi.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.

30Ar nǝm dǝ mbarǝm tu pi ta naartǝni, ami ngapo a pi ta catǝnka.>>He must increase; I must decrease.

31<<Ti muntu kan ɗǝl sur yamo, tǝ naar man kup ka. Muntu kup kan atl ni tǝ ɗǝlo kǝ atl ni tǝra, kan tǝ shirǝm ni den bar ju kan kǝ atl ni gwa. Ti muntu kan ɗǝl sur yamo tǝ naar man kup ka.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.

32Tǝ shirǝm ni den argon tu tǝ kum kan tǝ pal tǝ shin gwa, ama kup na untu murgon kan ra nǝm argon tu tǝ yari gwa da'a.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ama muntu kup nǝm shirǝmiwo, tǝ tabbate wi den'e Yam mǝn dlǝri den shirǝm gǝs ni.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Domici muntu kan Yam kar suro, shirǝm kǝ Yam ni tǝ yari, nan Yam bi ti ni Ruhu gǝs baa patǝn gwa.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Bǝbayi ba ndu Nyayi, ar ni tǝ bi bar kup gip am gǝsi.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Muntu kup ci cina gip ngǝshtǝn den Nyayiwo tǝra na ge mbatl tu kan baa pa da gwa. Ama muntu kup nge Nyayiwo, tii zam ge mbatl tu kan baa pa da'i da'a, se lo kǝ Yam kan ra den gam gǝs gwa.>>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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