John 3 (SWH1850)

1Kulikuwa na kiongozi mmoja Myahudi, wa kikundi cha Mafarisayo, jina lake Nikodemo.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Siku moja alimwendea Yesu usiku, akamwambia, “Rabi, tunajua kwamba wewe ni mwalimu uliyetumwa na Mungu, maana hakuna mtu awezaye kufanya ishara unazozifanya Mungu asipokuwa pamoja 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.”

3Yesu akamwambia, “Kweli nakwambia, mtu asipozaliwa upya hataweza kuuona ufalme wa Mungu.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemo akamwuliza, “Mtu mzima awezaje kuzaliwa tena? Hawezi kuingia tumboni mwa mama yake na kuzaliwa mara ya pili!”“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 akamjibu, “Kweli nakwambia, mtu asipozaliwa kwa maji na Roho, hawezi kamwe kuingia katika ufalme wa Mungu.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Mtu huzaliwa kimwili kwa baba na mama, lakini huzaliwa kiroho kwa Roho.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Usistaajabu kwamba nimekwambia kuwa ni lazima kuzaliwa upya.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Upepo huvuma kuelekea upendako; waisikia sauti yake, lakini hujui unakotoka wala unakokwenda. Ndivyo ilivyo kwa mtu aliyezaliwa kwa Roho.”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.”

9Nikodemo akamwuliza, “Mambo haya yanawezekanaje?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu akamjibu, “Je, wewe ni mwalimu katika Israel na huyajui mambo haya?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Kweli nakwambia, sisi twasema tunayoyajua na kushuhudia tuliyoyaona, lakini ninyi hamkubali ujumbe wetu.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.

12Ikiwa nimewaambieni mambo ya kidunia nanyi hamniamini, mtawezaje kuamini nikiwaambieni mambo ya mbinguni?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Hakuna mtu aliyepata kwenda juu mbinguni isipokuwa Mwana wa Mtu ambaye ameshuka kutoka mbinguni.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14“Kama vile Mose alivyomwinua juu nyoka wa shaba kule jangwani, naye Mwana wa Mtu atainuliwa juu vivyo hivyo,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15ili kila anayemwamini awe na uzima wa milele.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Maana Mungu aliupenda ulimwengu hivi hata akamtoa Mwana wake wa pekee, ili kila amwaminiye asipotee, bali awe na uzima wa milele.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.

17Maana Mungu hakumtuma Mwanae ulimwenguni ili auhukumu ulimwengu, bali aukomboe ulimwengu.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18“Anayemwamini Mwana hahukumiwi; asiyemwamini amekwisha hukumiwa kwa sababu hakumwamini Mwana wa pekee wa Mungu.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.

19Na hukumu yenyewe ndiyo hii: Mwanga umekuja ulimwenguni lakini watu wakapenda giza kuliko mwanga, kwani matendo yao ni maovu.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.

20Kila mtu atendaye maovu anauchukia mwanga, wala haji kwenye mwanga, maana hapendi matendo yake maovu yamulikwe.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Lakini mwenye kuuzingatia ukweli huja kwenye mwanga, ili matendo yake yaonekane yametendwa kwa kumtii Mungu.”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.”

22Baada ya hayo, Yesu alifika mkoani Yudea pamoja na wanafunzi wake. Alikaa huko pamoja nao kwa muda, akibatiza watu.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yohane pia alikuwa akibatiza watu huko Ainoni, karibu na Salemu, maana huko kulikuwa na maji mengi. Watu walimwendea, naye akawabatiza.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24(Wakati huo Yohane alikuwa bado hajafungwa gerezani.)(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Ubishi ulitokea kati ya baadhi ya wanafunzi wa Yohane na Myahudi mmoja kuhusu desturi za kutawadha.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Basi, wanafunzi hao wakamwendea Yohane na kumwambia, “Mwalimu, yule mtu aliyekuwa pamoja nawe ng'ambo ya Yordani na ambaye wewe ulimshuhudia, sasa naye anabatiza, na watu wote wanamwendea.”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.”

27Yohane akawaambia, “Mtu hawezi kuwa na kitu asipopewa na Mungu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Nanyi wenyewe mwaweza kushuhudia kuwa nilisema: Mimi siye Kristo, lakini nimetumwa ili nimtangulie!You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Bibiarusi ni wake bwanaarusi, lakini rafiki yake bwana arusi, anayesimama na kusikiliza, hufurahi sana anapomsikia bwana arusi akisema. Ndivyo furaha yangu ilivyokamilishwa.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.

30Ni lazima yeye azidi kuwa maarufu, na mimi nipungue.He must increase; I must decrease.

31“Anayekuja kutoka juu ni mkuu kuliko wote; atokaye duniani ni wa dunia, na huongea mambo ya kidunia. Lakini anayekuja kutoka mbinguni ni mkuu kuliko wote.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.

32Yeye husema yale aliyoyaona na kuyasikia, lakini hakuna mtu anayekubali ujumbe wake.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Lakini mtu yeyote anayekubali ujumbe wake anathibitisha kwamba Mungu ni kweli.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Yule aliyetumwa na Mungu husema maneno ya Mungu, maana Mungu humjalia mtu huyo Roho wake bila kipimo.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Baba anampenda Mwana na amemkabidhi vitu vyote.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Anayemwamini Mwana anao uzima wa milele; asiyemtii Mwana hatakuwa na uzima wa milele, bali ghadhabu ya Mungu hubaki juu yake.”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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