John 3 (SHR) · Opened

1Hàli mulume muguma w’omu Bafarizeyi, izîno lyâge Nikodemu, muguma omu bagula b’Abayahudi.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Anacijà emwa Yezu budufu, amubwîra, erhi: «Rabi, rhumanyire oku we Mwigîriza warhumagwa na Nnâmahanga; ntâye wankajira ebisômerîne odwîrhe wajira nka Nyamuzinda arhali bo 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.”

3Yezu amushuza, erhi: «Okuli, okuli, nkubwîzire, ntâye wankabona Obwâmi bwa Nyamuzinda nka arhashubir’iburhwa buhyâhya».Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemu amubwîra, erhi: «Kurhi omuntu akaciburhwa anakola mushosi?»“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?”

5Yezu amushuza, erhi: «Okuli, okuli, nkubwîzire, ntâye wankajà omu Bwâmi bwa Nyamuzinda nka arhashubir’iburhwa omu mîshi na muli Mûka Mutagatîfu.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“Eciburhwa n’omubiri guli mubiri, n’eciburhwa na Mûka guli mûka”.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7“Orhasômeragwa obwenge nkubwîzire, nti”: “Kukwânîne okuburhwa buhyâhya”.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8“Empûsi olunda esîmire lwo enahûkiza: onayumve omuhûsi gwâyo, ci orhîshi emunda yarhenga erhi emunda yajà. Kwo n’okwo ngasi yêshi oburhwa na Mûka”».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.”

9Naye Nikodemu, erhi: «Kurhi okwo kwankahashikana?»“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yezu amushuza, erhi: «Kàli oli muyigîriza omu Israheli, wanagal’ihaba ebyo?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11“Okuli, okuli, nkubwîre, ebi rhuyishi byo rhuderha, n’ebi rhwabwîne byo rhunywêra akasheba, ci murhayêmêra obuhamîrizi bwîrhu”.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“Akabà murhayêmîri nka nammubwîra eby’en’igulu, kurhi mwa nkayêmêra nkola nammubwîra eby’empingu”?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“Ntâye wayinamukire empingu aha nyuma z’olya wahonaga empingu, Mwene-omuntu ôbà empingu”».No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14«Kulyâla Mûsa amanikaga enjoka omu irungu, ntyo, kukwânîne Mwene-omuntu ayinamulwe,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15“lyo ngasi yêshi omuyêmîre abona obuzîne bw’ensiku n’amango”.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16“Nêci, Nnâmahanga azigîre igulu, kuhika abâna Omugala cûsha, mpu ngasi yêshi wâmuyêmêra alek’ihera, ci abone obuzîne bw’ensiku n’amango”.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“Bulya Nyamuzinda arharhumaga Omugala en’igulu mpu ayish’ihana igulu, ci mpu lyo aciza igulu”.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18“Ngasi omuyêmîre, arhahanwa; ci orhamuyêmîri, mîra olwâge lwatûbagwa, bulya arhayêmêraga izîno lya Mugala cûsha wa Nnâmahanga”.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“Nalwo olubanja lw’olu: obulangashane bwayishire en’igulu, n’abantu bagal’isîma omwizimya ahâli h’obulangashane, bulya ebijiro byâbo byàli bibî”.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“Nêci, ngasi yêshi ojira ebibî, erhi kushomba ashomba obulangashane arhanajà ahâli obulangashane, lyo ebijiro byâge birhamanyibwa”.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21“Ojira okushingânîne yêhe, anajè ahalangala, lyo babona oku ebijiro byâge Nyamuzinda abijirira”».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.”

22Enyuma ly’ebyo, Yezu ajà bo n’abaganda bâge omu cihugo c’e Yudeya; ajirayo nsiku haguma nabo, anakabatiza.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Naye Yowane erhi adwîrhe abatiza e Heno, hôfi h’e Salimi, bulya amîshi galiyo manji, n’abantu bakayish’ibatizibwa.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Erhi Yowane arhacishwêkwa obwo.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Hanacizûka akadali ekarhî k’abaganda ba Yowane n’Omuyahudi oku kucishuka.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Bajà emwa Yowane, bamubwîra, mpu: «Rabi, olya wali naye ishiriza lya Yordani, olya wahamîririzagya, naye akola adwîrhe abatiza, n’abantu boshi badwîrhe bamushimba!»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.”

27Yowane anacishuza, erhi: «Ntâco omuntu ankacîhà nka cirhamuhirwi kurhenga enyanya.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28“Mwene muli bahamîrizi bâni kulya naderhaga, nti”: “Arhali nie Kristu, ci ntumirwe nti mmushokolere”:You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29“Ogwêrhe omuhya erhi muhya-mulume; ci omwîra w’omuhya-mulume, omuyimangira n’okumuyumva, anasîme akayumva izù ly’omu hya-mulume”. “Ogwo gwo mwishingo gwâni, na buno gukola guli mwimâna”.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“Kukwânîne agandâze, nâni ncifunye”.He must increase; I must decrease.

31“Owarhenga enyanya akulire boshi”; “naye owa hano igulu anali w’en’igulu”, “n’ebyaderha binali by’en’igulu”. “Owarhenga empingu alushire boshi”.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.

32“Eby’abwîne n’eby’ayumvîrhe byo ahamîriza; ci ntâye oyêmêra obuhamîrizi bwâge”.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33“Oyêmêra obuhamîrizi bwâge ayêrekana oku Nyamuzinda aderha okunali”.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34“Oyu Nyamuzinda arhumaga, binwa bya Nyamuzinda aderha, bulya Nyamuzinda nka ahâna Mûka Mutagatîfu arhagera”.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35“Nnâmahanga-Îshe asîma Omugala, anahizire byoshi omu maboko gâge”.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36“Oyêmêra Omugala, agwêrhe obuzîne bw’ensiku n’amango; olahîre okuyêmêra Omugala, arhakabona akalamo, ci obukunizi bwa Nyamuzinda bwâmumananakwo”».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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