Yone 3
1 Amo esoha, Yu ouligisu dunu afae (Fa: lisi dunu) ea dio amo Nigoudimase, esalebe ba: i.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 E da gasia, wamowane Yesuma misini, amane sia: i, “La: bai (Olelesu)! Gode da hame fidi ganiaba, Dia da musa: hame ba: su dawa: digima: ne olelesu hamonanebe amo hamomu da hamedela: loba. Amo ninia ba: beba: le, di da Godema asunasi olelesu dunu ninia dawa:”
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.”
3 Be Yesu da ema bu adole i, “Na dima dafawane sia: sa! Nowa dunu da bu hame lalelegesea, e da Gode Ea Hinadafa Hou hamedafa ba: mu.”
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 Nigoudimase fofogadigili bu adole ba: i, “Abolebela: ? Asigilai dunu da habodane bu lalelegema: bela: ? E da ame ea hagomo ganodini bu galuli amo bu lalelegema: bela: ?”
“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?”
5 Yesu E bu adole i, “Na da dima dafawane sia: sa. Dunu e da hanoga amola A: silibuga bu hame lalelegesea, e da Gode Ea Hinadafa Hou amoga heda: mu hamedei.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6 Dunu da eda amola eme, amoga ela hamoiba: le lalelegesea, e da da: i hodo fawane hamosa. Be A: silibu Hadigidafa amoga lalelegesea, e da a: silibuwane ahoanumu.
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 Dilia huluane da bu lalelegemu da defea, amo Na da sia: beba: le, mae fofogadigima.
Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 Fo da hi hanaiba: le hi logoga ahoa. Fo da habodili misi, amola habodili masunu, di hame dawa: Fo ea sia: fawane naba. Dunu ilia da Gode Ea A: silibu Hadigidafa Gala amoga lalelegebeba: le, ilia hou da amo agoane ba: sa.”
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.”
9 Nigoudimase da bu fofogadigili amane adole ba: i, “Amo hou da habodane mahabela: ?”
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 Yesu da bu adole i, “Defea! Di da mimogo olelesu dunu Isala: ili soge ganodini. Amaiba: le, di abuliba: le amo hou hame dawa: sala: ?”
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 Na da dafawane sia: dilima olelesa. Na dawa: su liligi, na siga ba: su liligi, amo fawane na dilima sia: ne iaha. Be dilia huluane amo sia: ne iasu nabimu higasa.
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.
12 Na da osobo bagade hou dilima olelebeba: le, dilia da dafawaneyale hame dawa: be. Amaiba: le, Na da Hebene hou dilima olelesea, dilia da habodane dafawaneyale dawa: ma: bela: ?
If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
13 Osobo bagade dunu da Hebene sogega hamedafa heda: su. Be Dunu Egefe, E da osobo bagadega gudu sa: i, Hi fawane da Hebene sogega esalebe dunu.
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 Mousese da hemonega dunu hame esalebe hafoga: i wadela: i soge ganodini, sania balasiga hamoi amola ifaga gosagisili, gaguia gadole, bugili, amo hou defele ilia da Dunu Egefe gaguia gadomu.
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 Dunu huluane amo da Dunu Egefe Ea hou dafawaneyale dawa: sea, eso huluane Fifi Ahoanusu lama: ne, amo hou da doaga: mu. (aiōnios g166)
that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 Bai Gode da osobo bagade fifi asi gala hodole, ilima asigili, Egefe ilima i. Ea sia: dafawaneyale dawa: sea, lalegagusia, eso huluane mae bogole Fifi Ahoanumu. (aiōnios g166)
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. (aiōnios g166)
17 Gode da osobo bagade dunu huluane ilima se imunusa: fofada: musa: , Egefe hame asunasi. Be dunu huluane gaga: musa: , E da Egefe asunasi dagoi.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 Nowa dunu da Gode Egefe dafawaneyale dawa: sea, e da se imunusa: fofada: su hame ba: mu. Be nowa da dafawaneyale hame dawa: sea, e da Yesu Ea Dio dafawaneyale hame dawa: beba: le, se imunusa: fofada: su ba: mu.
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.
19 Gode Ea fofada: su da agoane ba: sa. Hadigidafa da osobo bagadega doaga: i dagoi. Be dunu ilia hou da wadela: iba: le, ilia hadigi higale, gasi hanai galebe.
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.
20 Nowa dunu da wadela: i hou hamosea, e da hadigi higabeba: le, hadigi amoga hame maha. Eno dunu da ea wadela: i hou ba: sa: besa: le, e da hadigiga hame maha.
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21 Be ida: iwane, moloiwane hamosu dunu, ea hadigi da Godema hamoi amo olelemusa: , e da hadigi amoga maha.”
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.”
22 Amalalu, Yesu amola Ea ado ba: su dunu, ilia da Yudia sogega asili, ouesalu, hanoga fane salasu hou hamonanu.
After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 Inone sogebi (amo da Sa: ilaime moilai gadenei) amoga Yone da ba: bodaise hou hamonanu. Bai amo sogebiga, hano bagohame dialebe ba: i. Dunu bagohame da ema doaga: beba: le, e da ili hanoga fane salasu.
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
24 (Amo esoha, Yone da se iasu diasu ganodini hame sali.)
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 Yone ea ado ba: su dunu da Yu dunuma sia: ga gegei. Ilia hanoga ulasu sema amoma dawa: beba: le, sia: ga gegei.
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 Amalalu, ilia Yonema misini, amane sia: i, “Olelesu! Dunu amo da ali Yodane gusu bega: amoga esalu. Di da Ea hou ninima olelei. Amo da wali ba: bodaise hou hamonanebeba: le, dunu huluane da Ema ahoa!”
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.”
27 Yone da bu adole i “Gode da osobo bagade dunuma hou hame olelei ganiaba, e da gasa bagade hou hame dawa: la: loba.
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 Na sia: dilia huluane nabi dagoi. Na amane sia: i, ‘Na da Mesaia hame be E bisili masa: ne, Gode da na asunasi.
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 Uda da uda lamu dunu amo ea uda. Be uda lamu dunu ea na: iyado, e da uda lamu dunu ea sia: nababeba: le, hahawane ba: sa. Amaiba: le, na hahawane hou da nabaiwane diala.
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.
30 Ea mimogo hou da heda: le, amola na hou da gudu sa: imu da defea.”
He must increase; I must decrease.
31 Gadodafa amoga misi dunu da osobo bagade dunu huluane baligisa. Osobo bagade dunu da osobo bagadega esalebeba: le, osobo bagade hou fawane sia: daha. Be Hebene sogega misi dunu da liligi huluane baligisa.
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.
32 E da Ea ba: su amola Ea nabasu liligi olelesa. Be dunu huluane da Ea sia: hame lalegagusa.
He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 Be nowa dunu Ea sia: dafawane lalegagusia, amo dunu e da Gode Ea hou da dafawanedafa eno dunuma olelesa.
Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 Gode Ea asunasi dunu da Gode Ea sia: fawane olelesa. Bai Gode da Ea A: silibu nabaiwane Ema iaha.
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 Adadafa da Egefema asigiba: le, Ea gasa bagade hou huludafa Ema ia dagoi.
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 Nowa da Gode Egefe dafawaneyale dawa: sea, e da eso huluane Fifi Ahoanusu lai dagoi. Be nowa da Gode Egefe Ea sia: hame nabawane hame hamosea, e da eso huluane Fifi Ahoanusu mae lale, Gode Ea ougi se iasu ba: mu agoai galebe!” (aiōnios g166)
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.” (aiōnios g166)
