John 3 (ZAJP) · Opened

1Kukala na munhu yokemigwa Nikodemo, imwe wa wakulu wa Ikitala Kikulu cha Isi ya Wayahudi, yakalile Mfalisayo.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Kachola ha Yesu ikilo, kamulongela, “Mkulufunzi, tuvimanya kamba gweye kwa mkulufunzi ugaligwe na Mulungu. Kwavija haduhu munhu yondayadahe kutenda mizonza yuutenda kamba Mulungu hali hamoja na heyo.”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 kamulongela, “Nokulongela ikweli, munhu kamba havumbuke mwanza wa ikabili hadaha kuwona Undewa wa Mulungu.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemo kamuuza, “Vodahikaze munhu m'vyele kuleligwa kabili? Havidahika kwingila muinda ya mamaake na kuvumbuka mwanza wa ikabili!”“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 kamulongela, “Nokulongela ikweli, haduhu munhu yondayengile Muundewa wa Mulungu kamba havumbuke na mazi na Loho.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Kivumbuke na lukuli chowa lukuli, na kivumbuke na Loho wa Mulungu chowa loho.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Sambiukanganye kwavija nikulongela kamba mose molondigwa m'vumbuke kabili.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Ubeho ucholaga kuulonda, na mweye mohulika kisindo chake, ila mweye hamuutanga kuulawa ama kuuchola. Vivo ili na waja wose wavumbuke Muloho wa Mulungu.”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 kauza, “Yowaze mbuli ino?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yesu kamulongela, “Gweye kwa mkulufunzi muisi ya Islaeli, hugatangile gano?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Nokulongela ikweli, tolonga gaja tugamanyile na tosimulila gaja gatonile, ila haduhu munhu yoyose mmwanza wenu youtogola usenga wetu.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.

12Niwalongela mbuli za muulumwengu na hamzitogola, motogolaze kamba nihawalongela mbuli za kuulanga?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Haduhu munhu yoyose yakwelile kuulanga ila ayo yahumuluke kulawa kuulanga, nie, Mwana wa Munhu.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14“Kamba Musa viyamwinule nyoka kuluwala, vivija na Mwana wa Munhu kolondigwa yenuligwe,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15giladi yoyose yondayamtogole yeng'higwe ugima wa digunge.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Kwavija Mulungu kaunogela ulumwengu avo kamulava Mwanage imwe yeiyeka, giladi yoyose yondayamtogole sambiyadanganhike, ila yawe na ugima wa digunge.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.

17Kwavija Mulungu hamgalile Mwanage muulumwengu yeze kuutagusa ulumwengu, ila ulumwengu ukomboligwe kubitila heyo.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18“Awo womtogola Mwana hawatagusigwa. Ila awo woleka kumtogola wesha kutagusigwa, kwavija hawamtogole Mwana yeiyeka wa Mulungu.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.

19Na ino iyo nhaguso, mulangaza wiza muulumwengu, ila wanhu wanogelwa na ziza na kuwihila umulangaza, kwavija sang'hano zao ziha.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.

20Awo wose wotenda mbuli zihile wowihila mulangaza, na haweza kuna umulangaza kwavija hawalonda mbuli zao zihile zoneke.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Waja wotenda mbuli zinogile wokwiza kuna umulangaza, giladi yoneke kamba sang'hano zao zitendeka kubitila Mulungu.”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.”

22Abaho Yesu na wanahina zake wachola ng'ambu ya Yudea, kakala hiko mkipigiti kidodo na kubatiza.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yohana na heyo kakala yobatiza ako Ainoni behi na Salimu, kwavija hanhu haja kukala na mazi bwando. Wanhu wamgendela na heyo kawabatiza.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Mbuli zino zilawilila kipigiti Yohana hanageligwa mkifungo.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Wanahina wa Yohana wasonga kuibamilila na Muyahudi imwe muimbuli ya nzoela ya kusuluza magulu na makono.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Avo wachola ha Yohana wamulongela, “Mkulufunzi, munhu ija yakalile na gweye mwambu wa ikabili wa Ulwanda lwa Yolodani, ija iumulongile kamba iyo Kilisto, na heyo kobatiza, na wanhu wose womgendela.”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.”

27Yohana kawalongela, “Haduhu munhu yodaha kupata kinhu chochose kamba hagweleligwe na Mulungu.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Mweye wenyego iwo wasindila zangu haja hanilongile, ‘Nie sili Kilisto, ila nitumigwa nimulongole.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Mhambe mwenyego mulawilamhambe, mbwigaake mulawilamhambe kokwima na kumtegeleza mulawilamhambe, yahadihulika dizwi da mulawilamhambe kodeng'ha ng'hani. Avo sama ya kilamso kino ndeng'ha yangu ivikila.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.

30Vinoga heyo yabanze na nie nihungule.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Ayo yezile kulawa uchana kawabanza wose. Ayo yezile kulawa muisi ka munhu wa muisi, na kolonga mbuli za muisi. Ila ayo yezile kulawa kuulanga kawabanza wose.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.

32Kolonga gaja gayonile na kugahulika, ila haduhu munhu yozitogola mbuli zake.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Ila munhu yondayatogole mbuli zake kosindila kamba Mulungu iyo ikweli.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Munhu yatumigwe na Mulungu kopeta mbuli za Mulungu, kwavija Mulungu komgwelela Loho wake bila mhima.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Tata komnogela Mwana avo keka vinhu vose mmakono gake.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Munhu yoyose yomtogola Mwana kana ugima wa digunge, ila yoyose yomulema Mwana hawona ugima kwavija lusango lwa Mulungu lowa hamoja na heyo.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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