John 3 (YOM) · Opened

1Vaba mutu wumosi mu Bafalisi dizina diandi Nikodemi, wuba pfumu yimosi yi Bayuda.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Niandi wuyiza bata Yesu va builu ayi wunkamba : —Labi, tuzebi kueto ti ngeyo widi nlongi wuba kuidi Nzambi bila kuisi ko mutu wulenda vanga bikumu biobi wulembo vangi enati Nzambi kasi yandi va kimosi ko.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 wumvutudila : —Bukiedika ndikukamba, enati mutu kakadi butuka mbutuka yimonabuna kalendi ko mona kipfumu ki Nzambi !Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemi wuyuvula : —Buna buevi mutu kalenda butukila mu thangu keka nunu e ? Wulenda buela vutuka diaka mu vumu ki ngudi andi ayi butuka e ?“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 wumvutudila : —Bukiedika ndikukamba, enati mutu kakadi butuka mu nlangu ayi mu Pheve, kalendi ko kota mu Kipfumu ki 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.

6Kioso kibutuka mu kinsuni kidi kinsuni. Vayi kioso kibutuka mu Pheve kidi kipheve.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Bika kuaku simina bu ndikembi ti lufueti butuka mbutuka yimona.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Phemo yimvevumukanga koso ku yitidi ayi ngeyo weti wanga biyoko, vayi wukadi zaba kuevi wubedi ayi kuevi wulembo yendi. Buawu bobo buididi kuidi woso mutu wubutuka mu Pheve.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.”

9Nikodemi wunyuvula : —Buevi mambu momo malenda vangiminina e ?“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu wumvutudila : —Ngeyo widi nlongi wu Iseli vayi wukadi zaba mambu mama e ?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Bukiedika ndikukamba : beto tuntubanga mambu tuzebi ; tunteliminanga kimbangi mu mambu tumona, vayi beno lutambudilanga ko kimbangi kieto.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.

12Enati ndiluyolukidi mambu ma ntoto vayi lukadi wilukila buna buevilulenda wilukila enati ndiluyolukidi mambu ma Diyilu e ?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Kuisi ko mutu wukuma ku Diyilu, botula kaka Mutu wukulumuka va ntoto bu kaba ku Diyilu : Muana mutu niandi kaka wukuma ku diyilu.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Boso bu nangikina Moyize nioka mu dikanga, buawu bobo mamvandi Muana Mutu kela nangukulu.Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15Mu diambu di woso mutu wunkunwilukila kabaka luzingu lukalumani.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Bila Nzambi wuzodila ngolo batu va nza, diawu kavanina Muanꞌandi wumosi kaka muingi woso mutu wukunwilukila kabika bungana vayi kabaka luzingu lukalumani.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.

17Bila Nzambi kasia fidisa ko Muanꞌandi va nza mu diambu di sambisa ntoto vayi muingi nza yivuka mu niandi.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Woso wukunwilukila kalendi sambusu ko vayi woso wunkambu wilukila wukisambusulu bila niandi mengi wilukila Muana wumosi kaka wu 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.

19Nzengolo nkanu yawu yayi : kiezila kiyiza va nza vayi batu baluta kuawu zola tombi viokila kiezila bila mavanga mawu maba mambimbi.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.

20Bila woso mutu wumvanganga mambu mambimbi kazolanga ko kiezila ayi kalendi kuiza kuidi kiezila ko tala mavanga mandi mambimbi medi monika.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Vayi woso mutu wunsadilanga kiedika, wunkuizanga ku kiezila mu diambudi mavanga mandi mamonika ti malembo vangimina mu 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.”

22Momo bu mavioka, Yesu ayi minlonguki miandi, bayenda vuanda ndambu bilumbu mu Yuda. Kuna kaba botikilanga.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yowani mamvandi buna wulembo botikila ku Enoni yifikimini ayi Salimi bila nlangu wuwombo wuba kuna ; batu bayiza ayi babotoko.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Bila buna Yowani kakotosolo ko mu nloko.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Ziphaka zibua va khatitsika minlonguki mi Yowani ayi nyuda wumosi, mu diambu di vedila.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Buna bayenda kuidi Yowani ayi bankamba : —Labi, mutu wowo bedingi yaku kuna disimu di Yolidani, wowo teliminingi kimbangi, tala niandi mamvandi wulembo botika ayi batu boso balembo yendi kuidi niandi.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 wuba vutudila : —Mutu kalendi tambula kima ko enati kasi kukitambula ko bu kiba ku diyilu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Beno veka lulembo thelimina kimbangi bu ndituba ti : minu ndisiꞌama Klisto ko vayi minu ndifidusu ku ntualꞌandi.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Nketo wukuelo vuiwulu kuidi bakala dinkuedidi. Vayi nkundi wu bakalakuedidi wuntelamanga va ndambu ayi wunkunwanga weti monanga khini mu wanga mbembo yi bakala dikuedidi. Khini yoyo yidi mu minu, yidukidi.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.

30Bufueni niandi kaluta zangama vayi minu ndikuluka.He must increase; I must decrease.

31Mutu wowo wuba ku Diyilu lutidi batu boso. Vayi mutu wowo wutotukila va ntoto, widi muisi ntoto ; ayi wuntubanga banga muisi ntoto. Mutu wowo wuba ku Diyilu lutidi batu boso.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.

32Niandi wunteliminanga kimbangi mu mambu momo kamona ayi momo kawa vayi kadi mutu kakadi wilukila kimbangi kiandi.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Woso mutu wukikinina kimbangi kiandi, buna wunwilukila ti Nzambi wid wukiedika.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Bila mutu wowo Nzambi katuma, weta tuba mambu ma Nzambi bila Nzambi wumvananga Pheve mu kambu teza.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Dise dinzolanga Muana ayi wutula bima bioso mu mioko miandi.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Woso mutu wunwilukilanga Muana beki luzingu lukalumani vayi wosowunkambu wilukila Muana kalendi baka ko luzingu lukalumani. Vayi nganziyi Nzambi yidi va niandi.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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