John 3 (TBX) · Opened

1De tambiy wei Parisi yo ti lei Nikodimas, inyon gyovaxa wei kanzol wei xel Yudayeiw o ti.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Moxo lam wou Yesu eivek boukeing me neil wou, “Putoung, xa woulek bei wang on putoung tiwei Anutu wong e lam o. Wangwei Anutu se mendei is xelti on tyek se bong dee wei lulvako yo nambei ingwei wang mi wong on.”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 neil elox wou e bei, “A neil wou wang zonghek, xelti embei se dumbek no on tyek se gyei Anutu xe tete lalei.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodimas teling, “Nambei nya tambiy dumbek no gyeik ingwei wo teiv takwei yo? Neing ayang moxo tyek se nox me na eivek ta veis luyuw me dumbek no!”“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 lewexe bei, “A neil wou wang zonghek, xelti embei se dumbek en memiing me Laweeng Vambuing on tyek se na eivek Anutu xe tete lalei.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Lul wei neing wong e umbek eno inyon neing, de lul wei Laweeng Vambuing wong e umbek eno inyon laweeng.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Wa seng detek en a xe qayeeng, ‘Qe wang dumbek no.’Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8De laweeng mi vei me la danghei danghei wei embei na yo. Eno wang mi ngo nindenduing, ekom wa seng woulek bei e lam anghei inya o embei na nya. Om inyon teyei lek xel dalus wei umbek vako en Laweeng Vambuing o.”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.”

9Nikodimas teling, “Lulti yon tyek bong ambei nya?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu neil wou, “Wa Israelyeiw xe putoung, ekom wa seng woulek lulti beimambei ne?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11A neil wou wang zonghek, xa luk en vati wei xa woulek o, me xa neil qayeeng en vati wei xa xei woy yo, ekom xam xomaxoneing seng wongis xa xe qayeeng.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 neil wou xam en lul wei tembuing o ekom xam seng wongis, woyom wangwei a neil wou xam en lul wei tyoung gheyapu yo on tyek xam ghe bongis ambei nya?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Xelti se la eivek tyoung gheyapu ti qe tambiy tiwei lam anghei tyoung gheyapu nei yo, inyon Xomaxoneing Neu Moux.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Inye nambei Mose zeim myeiy lek la eivek tembuing bandaing o, om Xomaxoneing Neu Moux eno tyek xel a zeim e zekna,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15om xel dalus wei embei bongis e eno tyek na qou deing mapieing luta luta.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16“En Anutu lalei vind xomaxoneing wei tembuing sapa yo omek wong emaxow Neu Moux tixemou tateis on, en kandek eti yeiw wei wongis e eno se mey, qe xel a qou deing mapieing luta luta.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.

17En Anutu se wong Neu Moux lam lek tembuing bei e nam bong qayeeng en xomaxoneing lek tembuing. Qe wong e lam bei e nam devind xomaxoneing wei tembuing sapa veil meyeing.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Eti yeiw wei wongis moxo eno se nale lek qayeeng, qe eti yeiw wei se wongis e eno nale lek qayeeng woy. En nambei se wongis Anutu Neu Moux tixemou tateis on lei.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.

19Xel xe qayeeng on qes ambei nye, xeiyaing lam eivek tembuing, ekom xomaxoneing laleind vind mapetok ghanaw xeiyaing en nambei xel xe kwa yon nilul.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.

20Xomaxoneing sapa wei mi wo kwa nilul eno mi pesek xeiyaing, om xel embei se nam eivek xeiyaing, en tyek xel xe kwa nilul on nam yanyateiv.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Ekom eti yeiw wei mi betiwou kwa wei zonghek eno mi lam eivek xeiyaing en kandek xel gyei embo nimza bei lulul wei xel mi wong eno xel mi wong xuk en Anutu xe nikanzek.”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.”

22Ka tine la veil, eno Yesu lis e xe xel betiyeing la danghei wei Yudia nei. Moxo toundei is xel anghei inyon me lipek moux alis vex.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yoan lipek xomaxoneing is ambei nyon nanghei Ainon paviy beyeeng Salim, en nambei memiing ngenong di yeip inyon, me xomaxoneing di lam bei e zipek xel.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Inyon atax gyeik xel se ghei toung Yoan eivek xeitueing o.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Xel betiyeing wei Yoan o valu is Yuda ti pyalek ama en kwa wei xel mi lipek me wo vako wou Anutu manghalus o.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Yoan xe xel betiyeing lam neil wou e bei, “Putoung, tambiy tiwei toundei is wang anghei memiing Yorodan loxalu nei me wang neil e xe qayeeng, eno di lipek moux alis vex, me xel dalus la wou e.”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.”

27Yoan neil elox wou xel bei, “Tambiy ti teyei bei qou vatiyeiw, wangwei Anutu wei tyoung gheyapu nei bong wou e yo.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Xam venaxow a neil teyei en qayeeng wei a neil o bei, ‘A se Kilisi, qe a tambiy tiwei Anutu wong a lam atax en e yo.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Tambiy ti dii vex ti eno vex tiyon e venei. De e xe gweleeng mi nale me li nenya wou tambiy wei ii vex o xe lukeing me wo xeilala ngandoung. Om gweimbeeng xeilala tiyon eno pup eivek a laleing.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.

30Moxo lei e zekna gheyapu, de a leing e deteiwou.He must increase; I must decrease.

31“Tambiy tiwei lam anghei gheyapu eno la ghey en lulul sapa, de tambiy wei lam anghei tembuing eno inyon tembuing, me mi luk en lul wei tembuing o. De tambiy tiwei lam anghei tyoung gheyapu eno la ghey en lulul sapa.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.

32Moxo mi luk en vati wei yei me ngo yo, ekom xelti se zeimaxoun e xe qayeeng.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Tambiy tiwei zeimaxoun e xe qayeeng eno talex lek bei Anutu yon zonghek ayang.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34En tambiy tiwei Anutu wong e lam eno mi neil Anutu xe qayeeng, en Anutu wong Laweeng Vambuing dalus wou e.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35De Ma lalei vind Neu Moux me toung lulul dalus la eivek e mema.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Xelti bongis Neu Moux on qou mapieing luta luta, ekom xelti pesek Neu Moux on tyek se gyei mapieing, en tyek Anutu xe lalei vanei detei lek e.”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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