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1Kwali na Mkulu yumwe wa Wayahudi, itagwa lyake lyali Nikodemo. Mkulu ayu nayali mli chilundo cha Mafalisayo.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Nechilo imwe nakaluta kwa Yesu na kumuuza, “Mlangusa, tuvizela kota hegwe uli mlangusa yatumigwe na Nguluwi, kwa vila kuduhu munhu yolajila viduzanduza kota vyoudita hegwe wone hawele na ludali lya Nguluwi.”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 nakedichila, “Ndanguwalonjelani ndikomya, kuduhu munhu yowona Undewa wa Nguluwi mbaka yavumbuche lwa keli.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemo nakauza, “Yowa ndaze munhu mkulu yavumbuche lwa keli? Hambi koweza kwinjila kuli munda wa mayake ndo yavumbuche lwa keli!”“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 nakamlonjela, “Ndanguwalonjelani ndikomya, kuduhu munhu yokwinjila kuli Undewa wa Nguluwi wone havumbuche kwa malenga na kwa Muhe Yelile.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Munhu kovumbuka chilukuli na Mhaza wa heye na mayake, ila kovumbuka kwa Muhe Yelile.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Uleche kijesa vyondikulonjele kota igana mvumbuche lwa keli.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Mbeho iputaga kweng'ha kota vyoilingugana, hegwe kohulika lizi vyoidita, ila kowa huvizelele kota kohi koulawila na kohi kouluta. Ahi ndo vyoili kwa munhu yaleligwe kwa Muhe Yelile.”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 nakamuuza, “Mbuli azi zowa ndaze?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu nakedichila, “Hegwe uli mlangusa mkulu ahano Isilaeli ila hugazelele agano?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Ndangukulonjela ndikomya, twangulonga agala tugazelele na twangulonga ulolezi kwa agala tugawene, ila kuduhu munhu yowakola lupichi kubochela aga tutumigwe.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.

12Wone hamkundile hondiwalonjele mbuli za isi ino, hambi mokunda ndaze hondiwalonjela mbuli za kilanga?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Kuduhu munhu yalutile kilanga ila heye Mwana wa Munhu, yaduliche kulawa kilanga.”No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Kota vila Musa vyowenule izoka lya shaba akula kugunuche, hiho yowa kuli Mwana wa Munhu kokwinuligwa kuchanya,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15leka munhu yoneche yomkunda yawe na ukomu wa mazuwa gose ne kuduma.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Nguluwi nakawagana wanhu wa isi, mbaka kamigala Mwanage yaliyeng'ha leka chila munhu yomkunda yaleche kubagama ila yawe na ukomu wa mazuwa gose ne kuduma.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.

17Nguluwi hamwigale Mwanage kuli isi leka yawataguse wanhu, ila kamigala yawalohole.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Munhu yoneche yamkundile Yesu kahela utaguso, ila munhu yohomkunda, mina katagusigwa, kwavila kalema kumkunda Mwana yaliyeng'ha wa Nguluwi.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.

19Utaguso awo ndo uno. Lumuli luya kuli isi yeng'ha ila wanhu nawagana kutitu woleka lumuli, kwa vila madito gawo geha.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.

20Chila munhu yalingudita gehile kangulema lumuli, nahokuya kuli lumuli mina halingugana gehile ga heye goneche.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Leka munhu yoneche yalingudita ga kukomya galingumnojeza Nguluwi koyaga kuli lumuli, leka madito ga heye goneche gaditigwa kwa kumtogola Nguluwi.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.”

22Kumala kwa ago, Yesu nakafika mkowa wa Yudeya hamwe na walanguswa wa heye. Nakekala ako hamwe na hewo hado, yowabatiza wanhu.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yohani na heye nayali yobatiza wanhu ako Ainoni, behi na Salemu, mina ako kwali na malenga menji. Wanhu nawaluta kwa heye, na heye nakawabatiza.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Mhela awo Yohani nayang'hali hindilwa mchinwengho.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Kitwanza nakulawila hagati kwa wamwe wa walanguswa wa Yohani na Myahudi yumwe kuli chihendo cha kihovuga leka wamlande Nguluwi.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Walanguswa awo nawamlutila Yohani na kumlonjela, “Mlangusa, yula munhu yawele hamwe na hegwe kumwambu kwa Yolodani, na hegwe ulonjile mbuli za heye, sambi na heye kangubatiza, na wanhu weng'ha wanguluta kwa heye!”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.”

27Yohani nakamlonjela, “Munhu howeza kuwa na chinhu wone hapeligwe kulawa kilanga.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Na hemwe namwe moweza kulavya ulolezi kota nandonga, ‘Heni siwele Kilistu Mlohozi, ila nhumigwa leka ndimlongole!’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Mkasano wa heye mzenjele, ila mganwa wa mzenjele, yalingwima na kuhulichiza, kasechelelaga hoyohulika mzenjele yolonga. Ndo usangalalo wa heni vyowenele.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.

30Imgana heye yazidi kuwa na ukulu, na heni ndiwe mdodo.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Munhu yawele nguya kulawa kilanga ka mkulu kwa weng'ha, yalingulawa kuli isi ndo wa isi, na hulongaga mbuli za isi. Ila yalinguya kulawa kilanga mkulu kusinda weng'ha.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.

32Heye kalongaga gala goyawene na kugahulika, ila kuduhu ne munhu yalingukunda usenga wa heye.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ila munhu yoneche yalingukunda usenga wa heye kangukangaza kuta Nguluwi kangukomya ng'hatu.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Yula yatumigwe na Nguluwi kangulonga ulonzi wa Nguluwi, mina Nguluwi kampaga munhu Muhe wa heye kulihela mmbaka.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Mhaza kangumgana Mwana wa heye na kangumpa vinhu vyeng'ha mmoko mwake.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Yalingumkunda Mwana kanawo ukomu wa mazuwa gose, yohambe yamkunde Mwana howa na ukomu wa mazuwa gose ne kuduma, na heye kopona kuli kuzudila kwa Nguluwi.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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