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1Ankoho ŋa kara li ba-Faridzyẽ, óli a mumõ mu bamfumu ba ba-Dzwife, nkwumu a nde Nikodeme.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Mu mpyibi, nde áyamono Yiisu ya ályele nde ti: «Muluo, bihi lisoolo ti we li muluo mumõ wu aafi kundaa Nzaami, mu kuulu ka oli a mbwuru wu kughu osa bilyimi bibi okiŋimi bi li mu okasa we, kala ti Nzaami ka li ya nde o.»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.”

3Yiisu ábvuhulu kundaa nde ti: «Mu engaŋma, me ndyele we yo: Mbwuru si mumõ ka kughu omono Emfumu e Nzaami o, kala ti ka bafiriburu nde o.»Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodeme áfwulu nde ti: «Bunu-abo bakughu oburu mbwuru wuulu ayi eŋmini? Nde kughu ofirisomo munsa mweẽ a ngughu a nde ya bafiriburu nde?»“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?”

5Yiisu ábvuhulu nde ti: «Mu engaŋma, me ndyele we yo: Mbwuru si mumõ ka kughu osomo mu Emfumu e Nzaami o, kala ti ka baburu nde mu madza ya mu Mufulu o.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Wu báburu mu musunu li musunu, ya wu báburu mu Mufulu li mufulu.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Ka kiŋimi o kala me aandyele we ti: “Bafaana ofiriburu we”.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Lipwubu liikafulu ku lidzyi lo, ya we aakagyughu likyi li lo, lo we ka akasoolo o nki nkolo lo liikafa ya kunu-ako lo liikagye. Oboho si oli kundaa nswe munde wu baaburu mu Mufulu.»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.”

9Nikodeme áfwulu nde ti: «Ndagha oyo bunu-abo yi kughu okala?»“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yiisu ábvuhulu nde ti: «We li muluo mumõ mu Isarayele ya we ka soolo mandagha mamo o!“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Mu engaŋma me ndyele kundaa we ti: Bihi-a-be liikabili mu mandagha ma lisoolo, ya lili bampughulu mu mandagha ma liikamono. Lo be ka lili mu okasa kana mu bumpughulu ba lili mu okasuo bihi o.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.

12Kala ti be ka lisi kana mu me o ŋa aandyele me be mandagha mama ŋa nsie, bunu-abo be liisa kana mu me kala ti me ndyele be mandagha mama ku yulu?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Mu kuulu mbwuru si mumõ nkini ámaakumu ku yulu o, kala ti ka oli yini a munde wu áafi ku yulu o, Mwana a mbwuru.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Ya bwunu a bu óseene Moyidze ntaala mu yulu ku syehe, oboho si bafaana oseene Mwana a mbwuru,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15mpaala nswe mbwuru wu aasa kana, abagha laama lili mibvu ya mibvu mu nde.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Mu obo, Nzaami bu ábvulu dzyi nsie, ágwi Mwana a nde wu a mbunu, mpaala nswe mbwuru wu aasa kana mu nde anyaã okpa, lo abagha laama lili mibvu ya mibvu.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.

17Mu kuulu Nzaami ka ágweghe Mwana a nde ŋa nsie mu oyalamana nsie o, lo mu kuulu nsie yibvwughu mu nde.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Mbwuru wu aasa kana mu nde, ka balamana nde o. Lo munde wu aagwene osa kana, ayi bamaalamana nde, mu kuulu nde ka aasi kana mu nkwumu a Mwana a Nzaami wu a mbunu o.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.

19Mumfwunu me ngu wu: Otsyeme oogyi mu nsie, lo baara baabvulu odzyi opyini ŋa ebini kii otsyeme, mu kuulu bigyighili bi bo bili bi bibi.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.

20Mu kuulu, mbwuru wu aakasa bubi aakabele otsyeme ya ka kughu ogya ku otsyeme o, nde li a nzalamweẽ ti mara bigyighili bi nde bi bibi bimoŋono.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Lo mbwuru wu aakasalala engaŋma aakagya ku otsyeme, mpaala bigyighili bi nde bimoŋono ti bye bili nsumu ya waa li Nzaami.»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.”

22Ŋa mbihi oŋo, Yiisu ágyene ya binduono bi nde ku etsulu e nsie kii Yude. Nde ákala mana bitsughu oko ya bo, ya nde ákaboghoro baara.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Dzã si ákaboghoro baara ŋa bula bubu Enone, la we ya bula bubu Salime, mu kuulu oŋo óli a madza malagha. Baara bákagya kundaa nde ya nde ákaboghoro bo.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Mu matala mamo, nkini áli bálo Dzã mu boloko o.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Lo mumbaŋana ábwi ŋa kara li binduono bi Dzã ya mu-Dzwife mumõ mu nkooro a muswagha wu a otsehebe manyuru.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Bo báyamono Dzã ya bályele nde ti: «Muluo, mbwuru munde wu aali ya we ku ngulu a mwele wu a Dzurudẽ, munde wuulu we aasuo bumpughulu mu nde, mono, nde li mu okaboghoro, ya baara bwohono bali mu okagye kundaa nde.»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.”

27Dzã ábvuhulu kundaa bo ti: «Mbwuru okagyagha yini a ki ookagwa nde yulu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Be, beme lili bampughulu ba me ŋa ándyele me ti: “Me ka ndi Kriste o, lo me ndi munde wu bágweghe ku nkulu a nde.”You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Nga-a-mukala me mulumu, lo ndughu a mulumu li ŋa bele a nde. Ndughu a mulumu aakagyughu nde ya likyi li nde liikaluhu nde mu esee. Ekye ngu esee e me, kye eli kii mukughu.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.

30Nde faana okulu mu mupfunu, ya me mfaana okughulu.»He must increase; I must decrease.

31«Wu fi ku yulu li ŋa yulu a byehene. Wu a ŋa nsie li wu a nsie ya likyi li nde lili lili nsie. Wu fi ku mayulu li ŋa yulu a byehene,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.

32ya li mpughulu mu mi aamono ya mu mi aagyughu nde. Lo mbwuru ka li mu okihi bumpughulu bu nde o.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Munde wu aakihi bumpughulu bu nde li mu osuo ti mi oolyele Nzaami mili mimi ngaŋma.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Mbwuru wu ógweghe Nzaami ályele mandagha ma Nzaami, mu kuulu Nzaami ágwi nde Mufulu a nde mukughu.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Taara dzyi Mwana ya nde aagwi bilogho byehene ŋa myaã mi nde.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Munde wu aasa kana mu Mwana li a laama lili mibvu ya mibvu. Munde wu aagwene osa kana mu Mwana ka abagha laama o, lo nkehe a Nzaami sa yikakala ŋa yulu a nde.»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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