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John 3
3
John
The book of signs
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Jesus
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John
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Nicodemus
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Israel
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Moses
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Jordan
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Judea
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Aenon
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Raakeen ƴaar teeku Nikodem, a ɓaahee ŋ Farisen ca te a nikee kilifa Yawuut.
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Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2
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A hayya ŋ Yeesu na wek a woosa ɗe ne : « Jangɗohohi, ɓoo inhiɗ ne a Kooh woos ɗa ne fu jangiɗ ɓoo ; laam ali ɓo' minɗi haɓiɗ firndeeci fu na haɓɗe ne Kooh hunɗi na ɗe ɗah. »
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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.”
3
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Yeesu loffa ɗe ne : « Ñam na woyee ɗa wa, te amba ne wa keeh : Ɓo' nu rimkisɗi ɗah, a minɗi ɓaah ŋ Nguuriŋ-Kooh. »
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Jesus replied,
“Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4
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Nikodem meekissa ɗe ne : « Ɓoyi kaɗ po yaɓko'iɗ, a min na rimkohis ? A miniɗ aasis ŋ rookiŋ yaayiŋ ɗe, a rimkis e ? »
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“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?”
5
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Yeesu loffa ne : « Ñam na woyee ɗa wa te amba ne wa keeh, ɓo' nu rimukɗi rimki puloh ŋ masuɓ na Fuuɗsiŋ Kooh ɗah, a minanɗi aas ŋ Nguuriŋ-Kooh.
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Jesus answered,
“Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6
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In nu rimkoh ŋ ɓo' ɗah, wa ɓay kipes ɓo', in nu rimkoh ŋ Fuuɗsi Hoolohngaani ɗah, wa ɓay kipes kiŋ Fuuɗsi Hoolohngaani.
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Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7
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Kina feyu ŋ ini ŋ woo ɗa ne : “ Ɗu joyiɗ rimkis. ”
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Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8
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Puuɗsi na laɓe ŋ ɗisik nu wa waaɗ ɗah. Fu kerhee wa waaye fu inhuu ɗiski wa puloh na ɗiski wa na kee. Wa mand ɗaa ŋ ɓo' nu rimkoh ŋ Fuuɗsi Hoolohngaani ɗah. »
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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.”
9
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Nikodem meeksissa ɗe ne : « Ineem min na nikoh ? »
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“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10
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Yeesu loffa ɗe ne : « Jangɗohoh hend na ɗa ŋ ɗooƴ Israayel po fu inahɗi ineem e ?
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“You are Israel’s teacher,”
said Jesus,
“and you do not understand these things?
11
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Ñam woo ɗa wa te amba ne wa keeh, ɓoo na woye ini ɓoo inah, ɓoo seede'ee ini ɓoo hot, te ɗu na teyɗukeeɗi seedeeniŋ ɓoo.
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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.
12
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Ŋ woyee ɗu in ciŋ kehƴi, ɗu kosɗi so ɗah, ɗu kosohan ndo na, ne ŋ woo ɗu in caŋ ɗafka ɗah ?
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If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
13
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Ali ɓo' rapɗi ŋ ɗafka, ɗal Kuɓkiŋ ɓoyi, yi ruhsoh nga.
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No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14
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Te findi Musaa meeɓohee iiña moosa ŋ kehƴa hulanga ne ɓooɓa hot ɗe, Kuɓkiŋ ɓoyi joyiɗ meeɓohu ɗaa,
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Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15
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ne ɓo' nu kos ɗe ɗah, raak kipes ki heyɗi reehe. »
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that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
16
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Kooh waaɗiɗ adinaani po a eɗohha Kuɓkiŋ ɗe yino-kongi ne ɓo' nu kos Kuɓki ɗah, fu sooƴuu, waaye fu raak kipes ki heyɗi reehe.
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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.
17
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Laam Kooh woosɗi Kuɓkiŋ ɗe ŋ Adina ne a atte ɓi Adina, waaye ne Adina min mucɗu taamboh nga ɗe.
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For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18
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Yaa nu kos ɗe ɗah, atte'sanɗi. Waaye yaa nu kosɗi ɗe ɗah, a atte'uuɗ po ƴutiɗ ŋ kosaaɗiiki a kosaaɗi Kuɓkiŋ Kooh yino-kongi.
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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.
19
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Atteeni weɗɗi : Siñaari hayiɗ Adina, waaye ɓooɓi, a ñuusi ngisohiɗ ɓa siñaari sagu ne tumohaaɗ ciŋ ɓa moɗɗi.
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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.
20
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Tumoh moɗaaɗiici jen, sangiɗ siñaari, te ɓa hayanɗi nga, ɓa neƴƴoh ne in ci ɓa na tume hotu noh cong.
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Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21
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Waaye ɓi na pese ŋ keeh ki na haye ŋ siñaari, ne ɓooɓi min hot ne ini ɓa na haɓɗe, kurkoh ŋ Kooh.
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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.”
22
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Wa in ceem coot, Yeesu kaɗta kur caŋ Yudee na taalubeeciŋ ɗe ; a nikka na ɓa nga neeh caam, a ɓoktoheeɗa.
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After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23
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Yahya nameeɗa ɓoktoh ŋ Enon ŋ sero Salim, ndaam nikee ɗisik laayiɗ masuɓ ; ɓooɓa kaɗeeɗa ne ɓa ɓoktuk.
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Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
24
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Waam raak Yahya taƴuuɗi ŋ kaso paaɗ.
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(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25
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Wa raakka mbeh taalubeeciŋ ɗe taastiɗoheeɗa na ƴaar ŋ Yawuut ca ŋ ini kaɗ ŋ findi ɓa na farsukohe.
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Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26
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Ɓa hayya ŋ Yahya ɓa woosa ɗe ne : « Jangɗohohi, ƴaari nikee na ɗa ŋ ɓaka faahaŋ Yurdan, te fu seedeesa ɗe, ɗiski wa nik, a yaa ɓoktoheeɗa te ɓooɓi jen ɓaa kaɗ nga ɗe de'. »
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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.”
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Yahya loffa ɓa ne : « Ɓo' minɗi raak ali in ne Kooh eɗɗi ɗe wa ɗah.
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John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28
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Ɗu, ɗu miniɗ to seede ne ŋ woyiɗ ne : Ñam Mucɗohi Gapohse haa, waaye ŋ woosu ne ŋ adug ɗe.
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You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
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Kilooki, wuu heɗ kilooki ; waaye nawle heɗ kilooki, yi nik ŋ sero heɗ kilooki te a sikɗukee ɗe, na sume sum lool ne a kerah hoosooriŋ ɗe ɗah. Sumeem weɗ sumi ŋ sum woti te ɗiski wa nik, wa mitiɗ.
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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.
30
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A yi, a joy joy ɓaat yak a kaɗe, mi, ŋ uupee ƴissuut. »
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He must increase; I must decrease.
31
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Yi puloh ɗafki, a yi uup ɗafuk ɓooɓi jen ; yi puloh kehƴi a wuu kehƴi, te a na woye in ciŋ kehƴi. Ee di', Yi puloh Asamaan,
a yi uup ɗafuk ɓooɓi jen.
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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.
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A na woye ini a hot te a kerahhaa waaye ɓooɓi teyɗukɗi seedeeniŋ ɗe.
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He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
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Yi teyɗuk seedeeniŋ ɗe teeɓohiɗ ne a huniɗ ne in nu Kooh woo ɗah, wa keeh.
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Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34
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Yi Kooh woos, a na onee ɗe on Fuuɗsi Hoolohngaani te Fuuɗsi a on ɗe na topeeɗi, tahha po in ci a na woye, ca woo ciŋ Kooh.
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For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35
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Baabi waaɗiɗ Kuɓki te a degiɗ jen ŋ yaah ce.
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The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36
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Yi kos Kuɓki, a raakiɗ kipes ki heyɗi reehe. Yi sang kerhiɗ Kuɓki, a raakanɗi kipes ki keeh-keehi te ayrukiŋ Kooh genan na ɗe.
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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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