John 3 (SBS) · Opened

1Kuvena mufalisi wezina lya Nicodema, muyendisi wa Majuda.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Uzu mukwame chakeza kwa Jesu mi chati, “Rabbi, twizi kuti umuruti yo zwa kwa Ireeza mukuti kakwina muntu yo wola kupanga zisupo zowola kupanga haisi haiva Ireeza wina naye.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.”

3Jesu cha mwitava, “Niti, niti, haisi zumwi chapepwa hape, ka woli kuvona muvuso wa Ireeza.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nicodema chati kwali, “Muntu wola vule kupepwa hape yacho supule? kawoli kwi njila lyo vuveli mwi vumo livanyina ni kupepwa, uwola?”“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?”

5Jesu che tava, “Nini, niti, haisi zumwi cha pepwa ka mezi ni ka Luhohu, kawoli kwi njila mumuvuso wa Ireeza.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Chivapepwa che nyama che nyama, imi chivapepwa cha Luhuho cha Luhuho.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Sanzi mukomokwa kuti nawamba izi kwenu,' Muswanela kupepwa sinca,'Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Luhuho luhunga konse kulusaka; mu zuwa mulumu walo, kono kamwizi luzwa kapa kuluya. Cwale nji zumwi ni zumwi ya vapepwa cha Luhuho.”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.”

9Nicodema chetava chati kwali, Izi zintu ziwola kuva vule?“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Jesu chetava chati, “U muruti wa Isilayele, imi nahanu kozuwisisi izi zintu?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Niti, niti, niwamba kwenu, tuwamba zitwizi, imi tupaka zituva voni. Kono kamutambuli vupaki vwetu.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.

12Ha ni miwambila kuamana ni zintu ze inkanda mi kamuzumini, muwola vule kuzumina hanimi wambila zintu ze wulu.If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Kakwina yava kambami kwi wulu konji yavasuki kwihulu: Mwana wa Muntu.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Ili Mushe mwava nyamwini inzoka mwi halaupa,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15cwale Mwana Muntu uswanela ku nyamuna mwihulu, ili kuti vonse va zumina kwakwe vave ni vuhalo vusa mani.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Kakuli Ireeza ava saki ahulu inkanda, mane avahi Mwanakwe yenke, ili kuti yense yo zumina kwakwe kate afwe kono kave nivuhalo vusamani.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.

17Ireeza kana ava tumiki Mwanakwe kwiza kuwatula inkanda, kono kwiza kuhaza inkanda kakwe.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Iye yozumina kwakwe kete ka watulwa, kono yasa zumini u watulwe kale kakuli kana avazumini mwi zina lya yenke vulyo Mwana wa Ireeza.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.

19Ili nji vaka lye nkatulo: iseli livakezi mwinkanda, imi vaantu vava kusaka ififi kuhita iseli kakuti mitendo yavo iva silafele.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.

20Cwale yense yo tenda vuvi u toyete iseli imi kakezi kwi seli ili kuti mitendo yakwe sainzi izivahali.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Nivakuva vulyo, iye yotenda initi wiza kwi seli ili kuti ni mitendo, yapanga u yipanga cha Ireeza, ka ivoneke.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.”

22Hakumana izi Jesu ni varutwana vakwe chivaya mwinkanda ya Judeya. Uko avakekali inako navo ni kukoloveza.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Linu Johani naye chaka kakoloveza mwa Enoni kwi mbali ya Salimu kakuli kuvena menzi mangi. Vaantu vavali kwiza kwali imi vava kukolovezwe,Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24aho Johani kena aveni kusohelwa mwi ntolongo.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Cwale chikweza inkani mukati ka varutiwa va Johani ni Mujuda kuamana ni kulijoloza.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Vava yendi kwa Johani nikuti kwali, “Rabbi, uzu yavena nawe kwi mbali imwi ya lwizi lwa Jodani, iye yova paki, lole, ukwete ukoloveza, mi vonse vakwete kuya kwakwe,”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.”

27Johani chetava, “Muntu kawoli kutambula zonse haisi haiva chivahewa kwakwe kuzwa kwiwulu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Iwe umwine uwolakupaka kuti nivawambi, 'Kanjime Keresite kono nihakuva vulyo, niva tumwa havusu vwakwe.'You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Musesiwa uwila kumusesi. Linu valikani va musesi, vazimana ni kumuzuwa, kusanga luli kakuli wazuwa inzwi lya musesi. Izi, linu, nji kusanga kwangu mi chikwatendahala. Uswanela kuwela, kono ni swanela fukuza.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.

31Iye yozwa kwihulu wina he wulu lya vonse. Iye yozwa mwinkanda uzwa mwinknda imi uwamba kuamana ni nkanda. Iye yozwa kwi wulu wina hewulu lya vonse. U paka kuamana kaza vavoni niza vazuwi, kono kakwina yo tambula vupaki vwakwe. Iye yotambula vupaki vwakwe initifaza kuti Ireeza we niti.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.

34Kakuli yavatumiwa Ireeza uwamba linzwii lya Ireeza. Kakuli kahi Luhuho cha kupima. Muzazi wa chikwame usaka Mwana imi avahi zintu zonse mu manza akwe. Iye yo zumina ku Mwana wina vuhalo vusa mani, kono yasa zumini ku Mwana kete avone vuhalo, kono vukali vwa Ireeza vwina hakwe.”For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

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