Joni 3
1 Lino kwakaliwo mu Falisi wakali kutegwa Nikkodimasi, muzululi wama Juda.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Judeans.
2 Ooyo mwaalumi wakaza kuli Jesu mansiku, mpawo wakati kulinguwe, “Muyiisyi kuti uli muyiisyi wakazwa kuli Leza, nkaambo tawope ukonzya kuchita zitondeezyo eezyo chita ado Leza ulaanguwe.
He came to Yeshua by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”
3 Jesu wakasandula kuli nguw, “Nkasimpe, kasimpe ado muntu wazyalwa bupya lubo takonzyi kubona bwami bwa Leza.”
Yeshua answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
4 Nikkodemasi wakati kulinguwe, “Mbubuli muntu mbwakonzya kuzyalwa nkali wachembaala? Tachikonzyoi kunjila lwabili mutumbu lyabanyina mpawo akuzyalwa, ulakonzya na?
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5 Jesu wakasandula, “Nkasimpe, nkasimpe ado muntu wazyalwa amaanzi amuuya, takonzyi kunjila mubwami bwa Leza.
Yeshua answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
6 Eecho chizyalwa kunyama ninyama, mpawo eecho chizyalwa kumuuya muuya.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Utagambi eecho nchindakwaambila, uyeelede kuzwalwa bupya.
Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
8 Luuwo luloonga kufumbwa nkuluyanda; ulamvwa muzuumo pesi tokonzyi kuziba nkulwazwa nekunba nkuluya. Nkikaako woonse muntu ooyo uzyalwa amuuya mbwabede.
The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nikkodemasi wakasandula kuti, “Mbubuli mbuzikonzya kuba zintu eezi?”
Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”
10 Jesu wakasandula wati kulinguwe, “Uli mwiiyi wa Isiolayili na aboobo tomvwisyi zintu eezi?
Yeshua answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?
11 Nkasimpe, nkasimpe ndakwaambila, twaambwa nzitwizi, mpawo tupa bumboni aatala anzitwakabona. Aboobo totambuli bumboni bwesu.
Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know and testify of that which we have seen, and you don’t receive our witness.
12 Na ndakaambide aatala azintu zyanyika mpawo twasyoma, mbuli mbokonzya kusyoma na ndakwambila ataala azintu zyajulu?
If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 Tawope wakaliinkide kujulu kunze kwayooyo wakaseluka kuzwa kujulu- Mwana aa Muntu.
No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
14 Mbubonya mbuli Mozesi mbwakasumpula nzoka munkanda, mbobonya Mwana aa Muntu mbwayosumpulwa,
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 Oobuya Leza mbwakayandisya nyika, eelyo wakiipa Mwana wakwe simuzyalwa aalike kuti kufumbwa uumusyoma mulinguwe atafwidilili pesi kuti aabe aabumi butamani. (aiōnios g166)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 Obuya Leza takatuma Mwana munyika kuti azoobeteke nyoka, pesi kuti azoofutule nyika kwiinfa mulinguwe.
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
18 Ooyo usyoma muli nguwe takoyoobetekwa, pesi ooyo utasyomi wabetekwa kale nkaambo taasyoma muzina lya Mwana alike wa Leza.
He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God.
19 Aaka nkikaambo kakutonga: Mumuni wasika munyika mpawo bantu bayanda mudima kwiinda mumuni nkaambo nchito zyabo nzyabubi.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.
20 Woonse uuchita bubi wasula mumuni aboobo tasiki kumumuni, kuchitila nchito eezi kuti zitabonwi.
For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
21 Nikuba kuti, ooyo uuchita kasimpe wasika kumumuni kuchitila zilaantanganana ziboneke eezyo nchito kuti zyachoitwa muli Leza.
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”
22 Musule acheechi, Jesu abasikwiiya bakwe bakayinka munyika ya Judiya. Ooko wakakukkala kkala antoomwe ambabo akubbabbatizya.
After these things, Yeshua came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them and immersed.
23 Lino Joni alakwe wakali kubbabbatizya mu Ayinoni afwiifwi ku Salimu nkaambo kwakali meenda mayingi nkuko. Bantu bakalikusika kulinguwe mpawo bakali ku bbabbatizigwa,
Yochanan also was immersing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came and were immersed;
24 nkaambo Joni takalina waalwa muntolongo.
for Yochanan was not yet thrown into prison.
25 Lino aawo kwakabuka lukazyano aakati kabasikwiiya ba Joni aba Juda aatala aapobwe lyakusanzyania.
Therefore a dispute arose on the part of Yochanan’s disciples with some Judeans about purification.
26 Bayiinka kuli Joni mpawo bamwaambila kuti, “Labbi, ooyo wakali aanduwe kulimwi bbazu lyamulonga wa Jodani, aatala ayooyo ngwakalungulula, laanga, uliiku bbabbatizya mpawo boonse balikwiinka kulinguwe.”
They came to Yochanan and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he immerses, and everyone is coming to him.”
27 Joni wakasandiula, “Muntu takonzyi kutambula chintu na chapegwa kulinguwe kuzwa kujulu.
Yochanan answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
28 Iwe lwako omwini ulanzya kupa bukamboni bwacheecho nchindakaamba, pesi kuti takatumwa kunembo lyakwe.
You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
29 Mulumi ngwaasibwiinga. Lino muzolwani wasibwiinga, ooyo uyiimikila akuswiilila nguwe, ulabotelwa kapati nkkambo kajwi lyasibwiinga. Eechi lino, ndo0lukondo lwangu ngalwazulila.
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full.
30 Weelela kuti kusumpulwa mebo ndifwiinsigwe.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 Ooyo uzwa kujulu ulaajulu azyoonse. Ooyo uzwa aansi uzwa aansi mpawo wambuula aatala aansi. Ooyo uzwa kujulu uli aajulu azyoonse.
“He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 Ulungululua aatala acheecho nchakabona anchakamvwa, pesi taakwe uzumina bukamboni bwakwe.
What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
33 Ooyo utambula bukamboni wazuminina kuti Leza nkasimpe.
He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
34 Ooyo Leza ngwatuma wambuula majwi aa Leza. Pesi tapi mweelo wamuuya.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
35 Taata uyanda Mwana mpawo wakamupa zyoonse zintu mumaboko aakwe.
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
