Yuhanna 3
1 la ni dinglime kange wi wo den cero Nicodemu, nii dur Yahuda.
There was a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish religious council. He belonged to the Pharisee [religious sect].
2 nii wo bow Yeecu nin ki kume la yico, “Rabbi, nyin nyumom mwin nii merangka wo bou kwama nine, wori nii kange mani wo ama diker nyimangkako mwi mane ri no kwama mani kange cori.”
He went to see Jesus at night, [to talk to him about God’s kingdom]. He said to Jesus, “Teacher, [we believe that] you are a teacher who has come from God. [We believe this because] we know that someone could perform the miracles you are doing only if God were helping him.”
3 Yeecu ciya cinen, “bilenke, no cii bo nii takri, mani ci to liyar kwama ti”
Jesus replied to him, “Listen to this carefully: Unless people are born again and [have a new life from God], they cannot even see the place where God rules [MET]!”
4 Nicodimu yi co “ciya boten nii nyi ki kwama ci cirame? mani ca do mor fwiye nee ce ti kiritti yob naci bo ten co, can do wa?
Then Nicodemus said to him, “(No one can be born when he is old!/How can anyone be born when he is old?) [RHQ] (There is no way he can enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time!/How can he enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time?) [RHQ]”
5 Yeecu ciya,”bilenke, bilenke, no ci bo bo nii ki mwem kangi yuwa tangberi mani ci do liyar kwamak ti.
Jesus answered, “Note this: Being born naturally is not [enough]; people need to also be born [spiritually] by God’s Spirit. If that does not happen, they cannot experience God ruling [MET] [their lives].
6 wo cii bo mor nange ri nange, la wo cii bo mor yuwatangberi, yuwatenbe.
Humans give birth to humans. But those who are born [again] as a result of what [God’s] Spirit [does receive a new] spiritual [nature from God].
7 Niyimangde wori min yi nen miki tam nyo cia fulongum boka mweko.
Do not be surprised about my telling you that you must be born again [and have a new life from God].
8 yiwako ki cui fiye ci fobi, mwan nuwa diir cero, dila mwi nyombo fte cibow wiyeu kaka fiye ci yaken tiyeu. nyo kange nubo gwam wo ci bo co mor yiwu tangbeke.”
[Let me illustrate]: The wind blows wherever it wants to blow. You hear its sound, but you do not know where the wind comes from or where it is going. Similarly, those [who do not know God cannot understand/control/predict] how people are born again as a result of what God’s spirit [does].”
9 Nicodimu ciya lan yi co “dikero wo a manyi?
Nicodemus replied to him, “How can that happen?”
10 Yeecu ciya lan yi co “mwin nii meranka Icirailari durwal mwi nyombo digero wa?
Jesus replied to him, “You [(sg)] are a [well-known] teacher among [us] Israelite people, so (I am surprised that you do not understand these things!/how is it that you do not understand these things?) [RHQ]
11 bilenke, bilengke ma yinenti tok ike nyi nyomeu, nyi nee to-e. di duwal kom yo bo warke nyeu.
Listen to this carefully: (My disciples and I/I) tell you [(pl)] about the things that my disciples and I have seen and know [are true], but you [(pl)] do not admit that what my disciples and I are saying [is true].
12 no min yi nen diker dor kalere mwi ne bo bilenke ri, mwa nee bilenke nyi no yinen dor diker dii kwama ri?
I have told you about the things [that happen here] on earth that are true, but you [(pl)] do not believe me. So if I tell you [(sg)] about things [that happen] in heaven, (you certainly will not believe me!/how will you believe me?) [RHQ]
13 nii kange mani wo kwiken dii kwama no cum co wo yirau dii kwamari bi bwe nii fiye.
I am the only one who has gone up to heaven; no one else has gone up there. I am also the one who came down from heaven. [So I know what happens there].
14 na wo ci yam kung bi bwe nii fiye dii,
[Long ago when the Israelite people rebelled against God] in the desolate area, [God sent poisonous snakes to bite them]. But when Moses lifted up [on a pole] the [model of a] poisonous snake, [everyone who looked at that model was healed from their snake bites]. Similarly, [even though I] am the one who came from heaven, [some day people] will lift me up [on a cross to kill me].
As a result, everyone who believes/trusts in me will have eternal life.” (aiōnios g166)
16 kwama ciu kale wo ri cin neken bibwe ce wiin cuar, la wo ne bilenke cineneri mani a bwiya ti la wi ki lai dume diriri. (aiōnios g166)
God loved us people [MTY] in the world so much that he gave his only Son [as a sacrifice for us], in order that everyone who believes in him would not be separated from God forever. Instead, they would have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 kwama tungu bo bwew mor kalewo na kume dor bitinero dila na dor bitinero fiya fuloka fiye ci wiye
When God sent his Son into the world, his purpose was not to punish the [people in] [MTY] the world for their sins. Instead, he sent him in order that they might be saved by him {he might save them} [from being] ([guilty/punished]) [for their sins].
18 wo ne bilenke cine neri mani a bwiya ti, wo nebo bilenke cine neri, kweri bwiyam bwiya wiro ci nebo bilenke ki den bi bwe kwama ro wiin cuwareu.”
Everyone who trusts in his Son, [God says that they] will not be punished {that he will not punish them}. But God has already [said that] everyone who does not trust in his Son will be punished {that he will punish everyone who does not trust in his Son}, because they have not trusted in what his only Son [has done for them].
19 Won co dike bwi bolang filang ko bou dor bitiner, nubo cwi kuntacile la filang ko, wori nangen cero cile.
The [one who was like a] light [MET] [to reveal God’s truth to us] came into the world. But people loved doing what was [evil, like] darkness [MET] [is evil], instead of loving the [one who was like a] light. That is the reason [God will] judge people [and condemn them].
20 No wo ma bwirang keri ko filang ko, bou bo filang nin wori nangen cero nungi yanglang.
Everyone who does what is evil hates the [one who is like a] light, and they will not come to the [one who is like a] light, because it would be shown {[the one who is like a light] would show} that their deeds [are evil, and he would rebuke them].
21 Bwen dwal nyiri, niwo ma bilenkeu, bou filang ko nin na nungi yang lang, nangen cero na kwama ce co mane.
But those who live according to [God’s] truth come to the [one who is like a] light, in order that it may be seen clearly {that people may see clearly} that the things they have done, they did them because [they have depended] on God.
22 Bwikowo Yeesu kange bibei tomange ceu cuu biten Yahudiya, co yim wi lenger kange ci kange yuka mwengek kwamak.
Some time later Jesus and we disciples went to Judea district. He stayed with us there and [directed us as we] baptized people.
23 Yuwanna yuu mwem ti Ainon bidom kange Salima wori mwembo bidom wi. Nubo bouti cinen con yuu cinen mwembo.
John [the Baptizer] was also baptizing people. He was doing that at Aenon [village] near Salim [town in Samaria district], because there were many springs in that area. [Many] people kept coming [to John] and were being baptized {he was baptizing them}.
24 Fiya Yuwana ci tung bo furcuna bwiri.
That happened before John was put {they put John} in prison.
25 Kwalkang ke kweni tiber bibei tomange Yuwana kange Yahudawa, ker maka duklumek.
Then some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew started arguing about the Jewish rituals of washing things [to make them acceptable to God].
26 Cin ya Yuwana nin cin yi co ki, “nii merangka, nii wuro kange mweu dinge kon caji Jordaneu dor we? mo ware, too, co yuu mwem ti, takeu gwam ci yaken ti ci nin.
Then those disciples went to John and said to him, “Teacher, [do you remember] the man who was with you when you were baptizing people on the other side of the Jordan River? He is the one you were telling us about. Well, now he is baptizing people, and many people are going to him [instead of coming to us]!”
27 Yuwana kari, “Nii mani a yoo kange diger ti, tano ci ne co dii kwamari.”
John replied, “A person can become [important] only if God [MTY] permits it. [So] we [should not be jealous about Jesus being popular]!
28 Mo ki bwimi mwan wari, man toki ma kebo Kiristi', dila cin twomou ye nimde co.
You yourselves can verify what I said. I told you that I am not (the Messiah/God’s promised king). Instead, I [told you that] I was sent {that [God] sent me} to prepare the way for him.
29 Bine ki nii bine, dila fakuwe nii bineu wo ti nuwa ceu, bilange ducce ki dir nii binero, wuro, co bilangtum mimbo kambo ken.
[Let me illustrate] [MET]: [He is like a] ([bridegroom/man who is being married]), [and I am like his friend]. The friend of the bridegroom stands there and waits [for him to come]. That friend is very happy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice [when he arrives]. Similarly, I am very happy [about what you have told me].
30 Ca yokten miu man yiram.
It is necessary for Jesus to become more important [by making more disciples than I have], and for me to become less [important].”
31 Nii wo bou diyeu, la gwam. Nii wo dor bitenereu, ki no dorbitinerer, tok diger ti dor, dorbitinere. Nii wo bou dii kwamau la gwam.
[Jesus] came from heaven. He is more important than anyone else. Those who are born from [parents here] on earth [MTY] are just humans, and they speak about things [that happen here] on the earth. But since Jesus came from heaven, his [words are] more important than anyone else’s.
32 Co war kerti dor digero co toweu kange co nuwau, dila kange man wo ciya warke ceu.
He tells people what he has seen and what he heard [in heaven], but very few people [HYP] listen to what he says.
33 Nii wo ciya warkeceu, co nungi kwama nii bilenker.
Those who have accepted what he has said verify that what God has said is true.
34 La nii wo kwama tun ceu tok ker kwamar ti. Co nebo yuwa tangbe ki cuwaka.
[We know it is true] because [Jesus], the one God sent, speaks the message of God. [That is also true] because God causes his Spirit to live [in Jesus] to completely [direct everything he says and does].
35 Tee cwi bi bwece, neken co digero gwam kang cak.
God loves his Son, and has caused him to have control/power over everything.
36 Nii wo ne bilenke ki bweri, dume na ce, nii wo nuwabo bweri mani ca to dume ti, cwika kwama ko a yii kange co. (aiōnios g166)
Those who trust in [God’s] Son have eternal life. But those who reject God’s Son will never have [eternal] life. Instead, God is angry with them [and he will surely punish them]. (aiōnios g166)
