John 3 (ZAK) · Opened

1Yaari ariho omukaangati wumwe wa Abhayahudi we esaango ya Abhafarisayo, eriina ryaaye Nikodemo.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2Orusiku rumwe obhutiku, Nikodemo akagya ku Yeesu, akamubhuurira, “Omweegya, tumenyiri kubha awe ni mweegya wuno otumirwe na Taatabhugya, kwo okubha atariho omuutu wuno akunagya kukora ebhitiika bhino awe okukora, eraabhe Taatabhugya atari hamwe neewe.”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.”

3Yeesu akabhuga, “Ndakubhuurira obhuheene, omuutu atakunagya kusikira mubhutemi bhwa Taatabhugya eraabhe akyaari kwiibhurwa rwa kabhiri.”Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemo akamubhuurya Yeesu, “Omuutu aranagyabhwi okwiibhurwa rwa kabhiri akubha mukaruka? Eheene, aranagya kukyoora muunda ya nina waabhu okubha yiibhurwe kweeki?”“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?”

5Yeesu akamukyoora, “Ndakubhuurira obhuheene, atariho omuutu wuno akunagya kusikira mubhutemi bhwa Taatabhugya eraabhe akyaari kwiibhurwa kwa amaanzi na kwe Ekoro Muhoreeru.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Omuutu ahiibhurwa okurwa kubhiibhuri bhaaye, nawe omuutu ahiibhurwa bhuhya kwe Ekoro Muhoreeru.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Otaruguura kwo okubha nikubhuuriiri, ‘Mureenderwa mwiibhurwe rwa kabhiri.’Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Ekoro Muhoreeru atuubheeni no obhukama bhuno bhukuhuumbuuta okweerekera hano bhukweenda. Oranagya okwiigwa obhuhuumbuuti bhwago, nawe otamenyiri hano bhukurweera na hano bhukugya. Niigo eri kwo omuutu wowoosi wuno yiibhwiirwe ne Ekoro Muhoreeru.”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 akamubhuurya Yeesu, “Omuutu aranagyabhwi okwiibhurwa ne Ekoro Muhoreeru?”“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Yeesu akamukyoora, “Awe ni mweegya wuno okusuukwa bhukongʼu mukyaaro kya Iziraeri, no otamenyiri amangʼana gayo?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Ndakubhuurira obhuheene, etwe turabhuga gano tumenyiri, na turamenyeekererya gano turuuzi. Nawe emwe mutakwiikirirya obhumenyeekererya bhweetu.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.

12Nibhabhuuriiri amangʼana gano gakukorwa mukyaaro hano, nawe emwe mutakwiikirirya. Bhoono muranagyabhwi kuniikirirya eraabhe ndabhabhuurira amangʼana ga amangʼana gano gakukorwa mwiisaaro?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Atariho omuutu wowoosi wuno yagiiri mwiisaaro. Nawe enye Omwaana wo Omuutu, neenye nikaaza okurwa mwiisaaro.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14“Hano Abhiiziraeri bhaari mukibhara, Musa akakora omusaambwa gwo okubhaazwa gwe enzoka ye eshaba no okuyitiirya kuriiti okubha bhahore. Egoego na neenye Omwaana wo Omuutu nireenderwa okutiiribhwa,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15okubha omuutu wowoosi wuno akuniikirirya abhe no obhuhoru bhwa kirakeego.”that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Taatabhugya yaseegiri bhukongʼu abhaatu bhoosi bha mukyaaro muno. Nikyo ekigirirye akamuragania omwaana waaye omweene ego yiize mukyaaro muno, okubha omuutu wowoosi araamwiikirirye atabhura, nawe abhe no obhuhoru bhwa kirakeego.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.

17Taatabhugya ataamutumiri Omwaana waaye mukyaaro muno, okubha atinire ekiina abhaatu, nawe abhatuurye kuhitira kweewe.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Taatabhugya atakutinira ekiina omuutu wuno amwiikiriirye Omwaana waaye. Nawe omuutu wuno atakumwiikirirya, amariri okutinirwa ekiina kwo okubha ataamwiikiriirye Omwaana wa Taatabhugya.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.

19Obhutini bhwe ekiina nibhwo bhuno, Omwaana wa Taatabhugya areetiri obhweero mukyaaro muno, nawe abhaatu bhaseegiri ekiirima kukira obhweero, kwo okubha amahokya gaabhu ni mabhiihu.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.

20Abhaatu bhoosi bhano bhakutemya mabhiihu, ebho bharabhiihirirwa obhweero bhuyo. Bhatakweenda okuuza mubhweero, okubha amahokya gaabhu mabhiihu gataaza gamenyekane.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Nawe abhaatu bhoosi bhano bhakukora amahokya ge eheene, ebho bharamoohya kubha mubhweero bhuyo, okubha emenyekane Taatabhugya niwe akubhaha obhunagya bhwo okugahokya.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.”

22Ambe, okuhita gayo, Yeesu na abhaanabheega bhaaye bhakarwa mumugye gwa Yerusaremu na bhakagya mukyaaro kya Yudea. Akiikara eyo kwiibhaga irebhe, akabha arabatiiza abhaatu.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Yohana neewe yaari arabatiiza abhaatu Ainoni eyo, haguhi ne ekyaaro kya Saremu, kwo okubha gaari gariyo eyo amaanzi maaru. Na abhaatu bhaari bharagya eyo ku Yohana okubha abhabatiize.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24Kwe eriibhaga riyo, Yohana yaari akyaari kugwaatwa no okutuurwa munyuumba ya abhabhohwa.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Orusiku rumwe, abhaanabheega bha Yohana bhakataanga okuhakana no Omuyahudi wumwe iguru ye enyaangi yo okwiiyeerya.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Niho bhakagya ku Yohana, bhakamubhuurira, “Omweegya, orahiita omuutu wuno yaari naawe kumwaambuko gwe Ekitaaro kya Yorodaani, no okagaamba amangʼana gaaye? Bhoono ewe woosi arabatiiza, na abhaatu bhoosi bharagya kweewe!”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 akabhuga, “Omuutu atakunagya kubhona kigiro kyokyoosi, eraabhe Taatabhugya akyaari kumuha.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Emwe ni bhamenyeekererya bhaane kubha nikabhuga, ‘Enye nitari Masiya, nawe Taatabhugya akaanituma okubha nimukaangatire Masiya.’You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Mumweenga, omweenga ni wo omukweeri. Nawe enye ni kyo omusaani wo omukweeri, niimeereeri embarika waaye ndazomererwa okwiigwa eriiraka ryaaye. Eheene ni mirimo gino giinzomeeri bhukongʼu.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.

30Ereenderwa Yeesu abhe omukuru bhukongʼu, nawe enye nibhe omusuuhu.”He must increase; I must decrease.

31Wuno arwiiri mwiisaaro, ni mukuru kukira bhoosi. Wowoosi wuno akurweera mukyaaro, aragaamba amangʼana ga mukyaaro muno. Nawe wuno arwiiri mwiisaaro, ni mukuru kukira abhaatu bhoosi.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.

32Ewe aramenyeekererya gano akarora no okwiigwa, nawe abhaatu bhatakwiikirirya amangʼana gaaye.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33Omuutu wowoosi wuno akwiikirirya amangʼana gaaye, areerekya kubha Taatabhugya ni we eheene,Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34kwo okubha Taatabhugya akamutuma Yeesu okubha agaambe amangʼana gaaye. Taatabhugya amuheeri Ekoro Muhoreeru kutama kubha ne ekireengo.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Taata Taatabhugya amuseegiri Omwaana waaye, kweeki amuheeri obhuturo iguru ye ebhigiro bhyoosi.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Omuutu wowoosi wuno akumwiikirirya Omwaana wa Taatabhugya, wuyo ano obhuhoru bhwa kirakeego. Nawe omuutu wowoosi wuno akumwaanga, wuyo atana obhuhoru bhwa kirakeego, kwo okubha obhururu bhwa Taatabhugya bhuri iguru waaye.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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