John 3 (UTR) · Opened

1Inggisɛ iFarasi oka nose dzɛ iyin di iNikodemu, o li onyi mi idzidzɛ mgbi ama o gbe emi iJuda teyi.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2O ba mbi iYesu mi otu wa nyan gbɛɛ, <<Otsetse, eyi ye abu li otsetse nkyɛ mbi Imgbasho. Bana inggisɛ onyi ka yagba kyɔ ambɛ okwulewo ama ngwi abu le kyɔ nɛ ba ni Imgbasho dzɛyan bayɔ.>>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.”

3IYesu nu uka gbɛɛ, <<N le nya abu otsitsi, inggisɛ onyi ka yagba di esutɔ mgbi Imgbasho gbɛ ba se ni a yilen mba akpe efa.>>Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4INikodemu byita gbɛɛ, <<A ka kyɔsinɛse yile inggisɛ mba ngwi o yɛɛ omyinɛ nɛ? O ka yagba yɛ kaka ifu mbi onɔn akpe ongwu fan ni a yilon mba gbɛɛ?>>“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?”

5IYesu gbɛɛ, <<N le nya abu otsitsi, inggisɛ onyi ka kaka esutɔ mgbi Imgbasho ba se a ka mban mi eni bɛyi Onodzi.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Mmbwɛ yi eyi li mba mmbwɛ yi eyi, Onodzi li mba onodzi.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7No ka kwulu abu ewo mi odzɛ ngwi ani gbɔgbɛɛ, <Se a ka yile abu mba na ba.>Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Awo li fa lu imbe ngwi i mina. Abu ka fwo owulu-wulu mgban kpaa abu ka ye imbe ngwi i tɔkyɛ hona imbe ngwi i le kɛ ba. Li ngha ndzɛ yi ali inggisɛ ngwu a mban mi Onodzi aali.>>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.”

9Nɛ iNikodemu byita gbɛɛ, <<Ka kyɔsinɛse ungwɔnɛ ka dzɛ ngha gbɛ?>>“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10IYesu gbɛɛ, <<Ngwi abu li otsetse mgbi emi Israi nɛ kpaa, abu yagba difwi ungwɔ ntonɛ lo?>>“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11N le nya abu otsitsi, eyi ye ungwɔ ngwi eyi le gbɔ, eyi dile nu obwɛndɛ mi ungwɔ ngwi eyi di, nghaduu ema gbela yi obwɛndɛ mgbi eyi ba.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.

12Ani gbɔdzɛ yi abu mi ungwɔ ongwi ɛsɛ nɛ kpaa abu noyɛyɛ ba; ma ka kyɔsinɛse ngwi abu ka noyɛyɛ kini Ani gbɔdzɛ yi abu mi ungwɔ ongwi esho?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Inggisɛ onyi kpaa kɛ esho ye ba se li Ongwɛ Inggisɛ nkyɛ esho nɛni.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Dafi iMose nose byi ifa kyilen esho mi okwɛsɛ na li ngha a ka wa kyile Ongwɛ Inggisɛ esho kyɛmɛ aali,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15adzi inggisɛ ngwu noyɛyɛ mbon yɔ no ka dzili ba, kpaa no tu oshishe gyegwu.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16<<Lubana Imgbasho di ɛsɛ nɛ kpan itukwu jo o kye Ongwan onyi kpokpo nu, gbɛɛ ali inggisɛ nnun oyɛyɛ ta no ka dzili ba, kpaa no tu oshishe igyegwu.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.

17Bana Imgbasho dɔ Ongwan esɔ ba ɛsɛ ikye owa fwo ɛsɛ ikwɔ nun obube ba, kpaa li ikye ni ɛsɛ watɔ ikpewon.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Ali inggisɛ nnun oyɛyɛ yɔ o ka dzili ba, kpaa ali inggisɛ nnun oyɛyɛ bayɔ teyi dzili wa ikyekyɛ o noyɛyɛ mi iyi mgbi Ongwɛ Imgbasho onyi kpokpo na ba.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.

19Nɛnɛ li ikwɔ ma aani: Osa ba ɛsɛ nɛni, kpaa inggisɛ nghao mina iifu ngha osa ikyekyɛ okyɔɔkyɔ mgbi ama li ibwubwe.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.

20Ali inggisɛ nkyungwɔ ibwubwe yɔ, o di osa lanyi nghanɛ o ka gbela ba imbe ngwi osa dzɛ ba di ali ibwubwe mgban wa dɔ ododa.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Nghaduu inggisɛ nkye otsitsi teyi yɔ, o ka ba imbe ngwi osa dzɛ zukwu nu ma difwi saan gbɛɛ ungwɔ ngwi ongwu kyɔ nɛ kyɛ mbi Imgbasho.>>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.”

22Ngwi ungwɔnɛ wa nyɛ nɛta iYesu yi engwafɔɔn tasɛ lu ikpɛsɛ iJudia, ka kye egbe gwee yi ama le kyɔ ma iBatisima.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Onɔ na iJɔn kpaa le kyɔ iBatisima mi Ayenɔ kwɛkwɛ yi iSalin, ikyekyɛ eni kwoba ba, inggisɛ dile ba tonya ba gbɛɛ ni iJɔn kyɔ ma iBatisima.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24(Ungwɔnɛ li onɔ ngwi a kye iJɔn wo obawi waba mani.)(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Angwodzɛ tɔ mi idzidzɛ mgbi engwafɔ iJɔn angbeka bɛyi inggisɛ iJuda oka mi odzɛ ewo ofwɔɔfwɔ.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26A ba mbi iJɔn wa gbɔ yan gbɛɛ, <<Otsetse, inggisɛ ndzɛ yi abu nose mi oyombo iJodan ongwu abu kyɔ obwɛndɛ saan mi ikyon na, o le kyɔ iBatisima, ma ali inggisɛ duu le lu mbon.>>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.”

27IJɔn nu uka mi odzɛ nɛ gbɛɛ, <<Inggisɛ ka yagba kyungwɔ ba sede ni Imgbasho ongwi esho kye nun yɔ.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Ema abuema ka kyɔ obwɛndɛ gbɛɛ ani teyi nya ema gbɛɛ, <Ani li iKrestu ma ba a dɔɔdɔ ani esɔ teyun ta.>You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Ongyaa ofufɛ li mgbi obongyaa ofufɛ. Uka mgbi obongyaa li fwoofwo yi obongyaa, o di li mbwo yi atsa onɔ ngwi o fwo ela mgbi obongyaa mani. Atsa na li mgbi ani, di li ngha ngwi atsa mgbi ani li mbwumbwo aali.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.

30IYesu ka sheeshe lu iyayi, ani ka yɛɛyɛ esɛ.He must increase; I must decrease.

31<<Ongwu nkyɛ esho ba ma ngha duu, ongwu ntɔkyɛ ɛsɛ ma li mgbi ɛsɛ, o li gbɔdzɛ dafi inggisɛ nkyɛ ɛsɛ. Ongwu nkyɛ esho ma ngha duu.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.

32O kyɔ obwɛndɛ mi ungwɔ ama ngwi o fwo diyɛ di, kpaa inggisɛ onyi gbela yi obwɛndɛ mgban ba.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Inggisɛ ngbela yan gbela gbɛɛ Imgbasho li otsitsi.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Lubana ongwu Imgbasho dɔn esɔ ma gbɔ elodzɛ mgbi Imgbasho, Imgbasho nun mfye mgbi Onodzi odondu ba.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35O kpa Otsɔn itukwu o di kye alungwɔ duu dɔn ubɔ.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Ali inggisɛ ngwu nu Ongwɛ oyɛyɛ yɔ dzɛ yi oshishe ogyegwu, ali inggisɛ nfwa Ongwɛ yɔ ka di oshishe ba, lubana itingga mgbi Imgbasho ka dzɛyan gyegwu.>>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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