John 3 (YAF) · Opened

1Mutu mosi wákala muna mukanzu wa Bafwadisi khumbu yandi Nikundimu, kákala phi mosi hana kati dya bapfumu ba Bayuta.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Wisa muwana Yesu muna phipha yimosi, amana wumuzimbwadini: «Mulongi, tuzayi ni Nzambi wákutuma ndangu wisa tulonga; mukuma ka mutu ku wufwani mu kuhanga bidimbu bya biphadi bwosu wisibya hanga ngeyi, yuka ni Nzambi keku hakimosi yi yandi.»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 wámuvutwala: «Mu kyedika, yikuzimbwadibwa: ka mutu ku walenda mona Kipfumu kya Nzambi yuka ni kabutukiku lubutuku lwa pha.»Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikundimu wámuhyula: «Khi phila, mutu yandu wukodi kedi kafwani mu kubutuka hika mbala yikwawu? Wufwani hika ni kavutuka mu kundu dya ngudi wandi, amana kabutuka hika mbala ya zodi?»“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 wumuvutwadini: «Kyedika, kyedika, yikuzimbwadibwa: yuka ni mutu kabutukiku mu mamba yi mu Kitembu, kafwaniku mu kukota mu Kipfumu kya Nzambi.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Kina kibutukidini mu kimutu, kyenina kya kimutu; amana kina kibutukidini mu kitembu kyenina Kitembu.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Yitukaku kikuma kya buna yikuzimbwadini: "Bulungi kwena benu ni lwabutuka mu mbala yikwawu."Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Muphephi wisi fula kuna wuzodini; wisiwa yuka, kaasi wazáyaku kuna wisi tuka yi kuna wisi kwenda. Phila mosi bwenina yi wuna wubutukini mu Kitembu.»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.”

9Nikundimu wumuhyudini: «Abweti bwalenda salamina bwabuna?»“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu wumuvutwadini: «Ngeyi wenina mulongi mu Kiseledi, amana wuzayibwoku bwabuna?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Kyedika, kyedika, yikuzimbwadibwa: thwisi zonzila mana tuzayi, amana thwisi ta kimbangi kya mana tumoni, kaasi benu lwisiku tambwasa kimbangi kya betu.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.

12Yuka ni lubatiku khwikila tangwa mbati luzonzila mambu ma tsi; abweti lwakhwíkidila yuka ni yiluzonzila mambu ma ku zilu?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Heku mutu watombuka kedi ku zilu, yuka ni ka wuna ku wakulunga ku zilu, Mwana wa mutu!No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Bwosu buna kátombula Moyize nyoka muna nganga, Mwana wa mutu phi bafweti mutombula bwabuna,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15ndangu wosu wuna wukwikidini, katambula mwena yandi moyu wa mvula yi mvula.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Mukuma Nzambi watoma zola tsi, wáhana Mwana wandi mosi, ndangu wosu wuna wukwikidini mwena yandi, katotaku kaasi katambula moya wa mvula yi mvula.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.

17Kikuma Nzambi kátumaku Mwana wandi mu tsi kikuma kya kufundisa tsi, kaasi ndangu, muna nzila ya yandi, tsi yahuluka.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Wuna wisi kwikila mwena yandi bamufundisaku; kaasi wuna wisiku kwikila, bamufundisi kedi, kikuma kakwikidiku mu zina dya Mwana mosi wa Nzambi.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.

19Amana tala pfundusu buna yenina: mwini wisa muna tsi, kaasi batu básangwala yi phipha kuluta mwini, kikuma miza mya bawu mya mbi.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.

20Mukuma wosu wuna wisi hanga mambu mambi wámenga mwini; yandi kisiku kwisa kwena mwini, hanga mihangu myandi myazayakana nana;Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21kaasi wuna wisi lemvuka ku kyedika, kisi kwisa kwena mwini, ndangu bwamonika ni mihangu myandi myisi hangama mu kimosi yi Nzambi.»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.”

22Kunima dya bwabuna, Yesu wisa mu mulambu wa Yuteya hakimosi yi balonguki bandi. Kwakuna, wánanga hakimosi yi bawu amana kakala botika.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yowani yandi phi kakala botika kuna Eno, bela-bela yi Sadimi, kikuma mamba ma lawu kwákala. Batu bakala kwenda kwakuna yi kutambulaka mbotika.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Hana Yowani khaku kedi kakota mu boloku.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Hanga balonguki ba Yowani beka tendana yi Muyuta mosi kikuma kya dyambu ditadidini kudisemisa.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Benda kwena Yowani amana bámuzimbwala: «Mulongi, tala mutu wuna wukadiki yandi ku sambwa dikwawu dya Yolutani, wuna wátila ngeyi kimbangi, kabati botika amana batu boosu babati kwisa kwena yandi!»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.”

27Yowani wávutula: «Ka mutu ku wabonga kima kyahika yuka ni kimutukiku ku zilu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Benu-benu lufwani mu kuthila kimbangi ni meni bwabu yízonza: "Meni yeku Kidisitu, kaasi ku thwala ya yandi báthuma."You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Yandi wuvwini mukhetu wa longu, kenina mukwedi; kaasi nduku wa mukwedi wuna wenina hana kabeta, wubati muhinikina, kyesi kya lawu kisi kala kyawu mu kuyuka ndinga ya mukwedi; Bwabuna phi kyenina kyesi kyama, kyalungila kyenina.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.

30Yambulenu yandi kaluma, meni yibetuka kwama.»He must increase; I must decrease.

31«Wuna wutukini ku zilu kenina hana thandu ya boosu; wuna wenina ha tsi kenina phi wa ha tsi, amana ndinga yandi phi yenina ya ha tsi. Wuna wutukini ku zilu kenina ha thandu ya boosu;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.

32kisi ta kimbangi kya mamana kamonini yi mana kayukini, kaasi ka mutu ku wisikya tambwasa kimbangi kyandi.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Wuna wátambwasa kimbangi kyandi, kisi songila ni Nzambi kyedika kisi zonza.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Mukuma wuna katumi Nzambi, kisi zonza ndaka za Nzambi, kikuma kisi hana Kitembu kyakonda kitesu.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Tata kisi muzola Mwana; amana wásya moosu muna moku mandi.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Wuna wisi kwikila mwena Mwana, kenina yi luzingu lwa mvula yi mvula; wuna wakonda mulemvukila Mwana, kabongalwoku luzingu, kaasi khabu za Nzambi zenina yi yandi.»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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