Yohana 20
1 Ni bu'u bu'u mble ni vi u mumla, ni mi sati'a u bubu ri tie bu'u ri, Maryamu Magdaliya aye ni nyu be, aye to ba ban tita wa ahe ni ny be rju ye.
Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary, the woman from Magdala [village], went to the [burial] cave [with some other women]. They saw that the stone had been removed {that someone had removed the stone} from the [entrance to the] cave.
2 Nda kma tsutsu hi ni ba Siman Bitrus mba almajere mba wa Yesu ni son'a, na hla bawu, “Ba ban Bachi ni mi be, ki na to bubu wa ba ka yo'a na.”
So Mary ran to where Simon Peter and I [were staying in Jerusalem]. She said to us, “They have taken the Lord’s [body] out of the burial cave, and we do not know where they have put it!”
3 U ba Bitrus ni almajere mba ba rju na hi ni be'a.
So Peter and I started going to the cave.
4 Wawu mba wu ba tsutsu me, u almajiri ri ma a kari guchi ni Bitrus ni be'a.
We were both running, but I ran faster than Peter and got there first.
5 Wa kudran na kloto ya, na to ipri nkinkla re me ni bubu'a, nda na ri hi ni mi na.
I stooped down [at the entrance] and looked inside. I saw the strips of linen cloth lying there [where his body had been laid], but I did not go inside.
6 U Siman Bitrus a ye ri ni kogon na ri hi ni mi be'a, na to ipri nkinklan re me a kri
Then Simon Peter, who was running behind me, arrived. He went inside the cave. He, too, saw the strips of linen cloth lying there.
7 ni vi pre wa a he ni tuma. Ani he ni bubu riri ni pre na, na ch'bi kpama kuru kan.
He also [saw the] cloth that they had [wrapped] around Jesus’ head. It had been folded and put {Someone had folded it and put it} aside, separate from the linen strips.
8 U almajiri wa a guchi hi ni nyu be'a ngame, lu ri hi ni mi be'a na ka to, na kpanyeme.
Then I also went inside. I saw [those things] and I believed [that Jesus had truly become alive again].
9 Hra ye ni nton kime, bana ya to tre Irji wa a hla, ani la ta sh'me ni kwu.
Before this happened, we did not understand from [what the prophets had written in] the Scriptures, that he had to become alive again after he died.
10 U almajere ba ba kma hi koh ngari.
Then [we two] disciples went back to where we were staying. [In the meantime], Mary [returned to the cave].
11 U Maryamu kri nyu be na siyi. Niwa a siyi, na kudran ya mi be'a.
As she stood outside the cave crying, she stooped down to look inside the cave.
12 Iwa to Maleku hari ba son ni nklon nkinklan, iri kotu u iri ni ko za ni bubu wa ba ka Yesu yo.
She saw two angels in very white [clothing], sitting at the place where Jesus’ body had been laid. One was where his head had been, and the other was where his feet had been.
13 U ba hla niwu, “Iwa ni nko u yi ni tu ngye? Wa hla, nitu wa ba ban Bachi mu, mina to bubu wa ba ka zi'a na.
They said to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” She said to them, “They have taken away [the body of] my Lord, and I do not know where they have put it!”
14 A tre kle, nikogon ki, na k'ma ya na to Yesu kri niki, nda na to ndi a Yesu na.
After she said that, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there], but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Yesu tre niwu, “Iwa u yi ngye? Wu si wa nha yi?” A ban andi ahi indji wa ani tie ndu ni rju'a, (labu). U wa hla niwu, “Iti ko u tie ban wu, u ka hla wurji wa u ka zi'a, ni ndu mi ban wu.”
He said to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” Thinking that he was the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have taken his [body] away, tell me where you have put it. Then I will get it [and bury it properly].”
16 Yesu hla niwu, “Maryamu.” Wa kma ya, na hla niwu ni Armaniyanci, “Rabboni” andi mala.
Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned toward him [again and recognized him]. Then she exclaimed in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” which means ‘Teacher’.
17 Yesu hla niwu, na bre wo ni me na, mi na hon hi ni Ti'a rina, hi ni mri vayi Mu ni hla bawu, mi hi ni Timu ni Timbi, Irji mu ni Irji mbi.
Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to me, because I have not yet returned to my Father. Go to my disciples and tell them, ‘I am about to return to my Father and your Father, to the one who is my God and your God’.”
18 Maryamu Magadaliya ahi na ka hla almaere “Mi ka to Bachi” na hla andi a hla wawu ikpe biyi.
So Mary went to where [we] disciples were and told us that she had seen the Lord [alive again]. She also told us what Jesus said that she [should tell us].
19 Ni yalu chachuki ni vi u mumla u sati'a almajere ba tro kpamba krju ti ni miko nitu sissri Yahudawa, Yesu ye kukri ni mi tsutsu mba, na tre, “Isi suron ni yi.”
On that Sunday evening [we] disciples gathered together. The doors were locked {[We] locked the doors} because we were afraid that [the Jewish leaders] [SYN] [might arrest us. Suddenly] Jesus appeared [miraculously] and stood among us! He said to us, “May God give you [inner] peace!”
20 Ni kogon wa a hla naki, na ka wo ma tsro ba ni ko san, u almajere ba ngyiri ni wa ba to Bachi'a
After he said that, he showed us [the wounds in] his hands and his side. We were very happy when we saw the Lord!
21 Yesu la hla bawu ngari, “Isi sron niyi, na wa Iti'a a ton me, Ime me mi ton yi.”
Jesus said to us again, “May God give you peace! Just like [my] Father sent me, now I am sending you [to proclaim my message].”
22 Wa Yesu tre naki, na fu vri ma sru ni bawu, na hla bawu kpa Brji Tsatsra (Ruhu) Maitsarki.
After saying that, he breathed on us and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit!
23 Indji wa bi kpa latre wru hle niwu, ba kpa wru hle niwu indji wa bi nji latrema ba nji latre'a.
If you forgive people for their having sinned, [God will already] have forgiven them. If you do not forgive them, [God] has not forgiven them.”
24 Toma, iri ni mi wlon don ha, wa ba yo ni vren hlan hen'a, ahe ni bana ninton wa Yesu ye rju ni tuma ni bawu'a na.
One of us disciples, Thomas, the one whom we called The Twin, was not with us when Jesus appeared to us.
25 Imbru almajere ba hla niwu, “ki to Bachi.” A hla ni bawu, “Se mi toh wrji wa ba kpan ni wo ma ri, ni ka vren wo mu yo nitu wrji'a ri mika kpa nyeme.”
When the rest of us told him that we had seen the Lord, he said to us, “If I do not see the marks of the nails in his hands and put my fingers in the place where the nails were, and put my hands into the place in his side [where the soldier thrust the spear], I will certainly not believe [that he was the one you saw]!”
26 Niwa a tie vi tandra, mri koh ma ba he nimi ngari, u Toma ahe ni ba. Yesu ka ye ka ba tro ba nkon ba, na kri ni mi mba, nda hla ndi, “Si sron ni yiwu.”
A week later we were in [the house] again. This time Thomas was with us. Although the doors had been locked {[we] had locked the doors}, Jesus [again] appeared [miraculously] and stood among us. He said, “May God give peace to you!”
27 U nda hla ni Toma, “Ka vren wo me yo niwayi ndi to wo Mu'a. Ka wo me yo ni wayi ni yo'u ni kosan Mu. Na ka kpa nyeme na, ndi kpa nyeme.
Then he [showed] Thomas [his hands] and said to him, “Put your finger here! Look at [the wounds in] my hands! Reach out your hand and put it in [the wound in] my side! Stop doubting [LIT/DOU]! Instead, believe [that I am alive again]!”
28 Toma ka kpa sa na hla niwu ndi, “Bachi mu ni Irji mu.”
Thomas answered him, “[You are truly] my Lord and my God!”
29 Yesu ka hla ni wu ndi, “Nitu wa wu to Me ri, ndi kpa nyeme. Lulu ni ba ndji biwa bana to na, nda kpa nyeme.”
Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed [that about me]. But God [is truly] pleased with those who have believed [that about me], even though they have not seen me!”
30 Zizan Yesu tie gbugbu gban bari ni shishi mri koh Ma, gban wa bana nha ba sru ni mi nvunvu yi na,
[We] disciples saw Jesus perform many other miracles, but [I] have not written about them in this book.
31 ama biyi ba nha ba zi nitu dun yi kpa nyeme ndi Yesu yi a Kristi'a, Ivren Irji, nitu kpa nyeme mbi, bi kpa ivri ni mi nde Ma.
But these [that I have written about, I] have written about them in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, (the Son of God/the man who is also God), and in order that you may have [eternal] life [by trusting] (in him/ in what he [has done for you]) [MTY].
