John 3
1 There was a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council.
Kuweriti na mkulu gwa Shiyawudi yawamshema Nikodemu, kaweriti gwa shipinga sha Mafalisayu.
2 He came at night to where Jesus was and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God, for nobody could do the miraculous signs you're doing unless God was with him.”
Lishaka limu kamgendera Yesu pashiru na kamgambira, “Mfunda, tuvimana handa gwenga gwa mfunda yagutumitwi na Mlungu. Kwahera muntu yakaweziti kutenda mauzauza gagutenda mpaka Mlungu kapamuhera na yomberi.”
3 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “Unless you are reborn, you can't experience God's kingdom.”
Yesu kamwankula, “Nakugambira nakaka, Kwahera muntu yakaweza kuwona Ufalumi wa Mlungu, pakayiwuka kayi ndiri.”
4 “How can you be reborn when you're old?” Nicodemus asked. “You can't go back into your mother's womb and be born a second time!”
Nikodemu kamkosiya, “Muntu mkulu kaweza hashi kwiwuka kayi? Hashi, kaweza kwingira mumtima mwa mawu gwakuwi na kwiwuka mala ya pili?”
5 “I tell you the truth, you can't enter God's kingdom unless you are born of water and the Spirit,” Jesus told him.
Yesu kamwankula, “Nakaka nukugambira, muntu yoseri pakiwuka ndiri kwa mashi na Rohu Mnanagala, hapeni kingiri Muufalumi wa Mlungu.
6 “What's born of the flesh is flesh, and what's born of the Spirit is Spirit.
Muntu kiwuka shinshimba kwa tati na mawu, kumbiti yakiwuka shirohu kwa Rohu Mnanagala.
7 Don't be surprised at my telling you, ‘You must be reborn.’
Nagulikangasha toziya nukugambira mpaka gwiwuki kayi.
8 The wind blows wherever it wants, and just as you hear the sound it makes, but don't know where it's coming from or where it's going, that's how it is for everyone who is born of the spirit.”
Liyega ligendaga palifira kugenda, gulipikanira kuvuma kwakuwi, kumbiti guvimana ndiri kwalilawiti ama kwaligenda. Ntambu iraayi, iwera hangu kwa muntu yakiwuka kwa Rohu.”
9 “How is this possible?” Nicodemus asked.
Nikodemu kamkosiya, “Hashi, shitwatila ashi, shiwezikani?”
10 “You're a famous teacher in Israel, and yet you don't understand such things?” Jesus replied.
Yesu kamwankula, “Hashi, gwenga guwera mfunda gwa Israeli na guvimana ndiri vitwatira avi?
11 “I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know and give evidence regarding what we have seen, but you refuse to accept our testimony.
Nukugambira nakaka, tutakula galii tugamaniti na tuwera wakapitawu wa galii tugawoniti, su mwenga mjimira ndiri ujumbi wetu.
12 If you don't trust what I say when I tell you about earthly things, how would you ever trust what I say if I were to tell you about heavenly things?
Mjimira ndiri paniwagambireni vitwatira vya isi ayi, hashi hamjimiri panuwagambireni vitwatira vya kumpindi?
13 No one has gone up to heaven, but the Son of man came down from heaven.
Kwahera muntu yakapatiti kugenda kumpindi kwa Mlungu, ira Mwana gwa Muntu ndo mweni yakalawiti kumpindi kwa Mlungu.”
14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of man must be lifted up,
Gambira Musa ntambu yakamtuliti njoka gwa shaba palusiki kushiwala kulii, ntambu iraayi Mwana gwa Muntu hakanyasulwi kumpindi,
su kila yakamjimira kawera na ukomu wa mashaka goseri. (aiōnios g166)
16 For God loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn't die, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Mana Mlungu kawafiriti nentu wantu wa pasipanu, su kamlaviyiti Mwana gwakuwi gwa gweka, su kila yakamjimira hapeni kahowi, kumbiti kaweri na ukomu wa mashaka goseri. (aiōnios g166)
17 God didn't send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Mlungu kamjegiti ndiri Mwana gwakuwi pasipanu kupatoza, kumbiti kapalopoziyi.
18 Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don't trust in him are condemned already because they didn't trust in the one and only Son of God.
Woseri yawamjimira Mwana hapeni katozwi, kumbiti woseri yawamjimira ndiri watozwa kala, toziya wamjimira ndiri Mwana gwa gweka gwa Mlungu.
19 This is how the decision is made: the light came to the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light, for their actions were evil.
Na toza yeni ndo ayi, gulangala gwiza pasipanu, kumbiti wantu wafiriti ntiti kuliku gulangala, toziya vitendu vyawu vidoda.
20 All those who do evil hate the light and don't come into the light, because they don't want their actions to be exposed.
Woseri walii yawatenda vidoda wagukalalira gulangala, hapeni wizi muulangala, toziya wafira ndiri vitendu vyawu vimaniki.
21 But those who do good come into the light, so that what God accomplishes in them can be revealed.”
Kumbiti woseri yawatenda unakaka wiza mu mulangala, su gulangala guvilangaliri vitendu vyawu vyawavitenda vyakumjimilira Mlungu.
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into Judea and spent some time with the people, baptizing them.
Shakapanu, Yesu pamuhera na wafundwa wakuwi wagenditi kumkowa gwa Yudeya, kalikaliti kuliya pamuhera nawomberi kwa shipindi pakabatiza wantu.
23 John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there and people kept coming to be baptized.
Viraa Yohani kaweriti kankubatiza wantu kulii Ainoni, pakwegera na Salemu, toziya kulii kuweriti na mashi gamema. Wantu wamgendiriti, nayomberi kaweriti kankuwabatiza.
24 (This was before John was imprisoned.)
Shipindi ashi Yohani wenimtuli mushibetubetu.
25 An argument developed between John's disciples and a Jew over ceremonial purification.
Likakatala lilawiriti pakati pa wafundwa wa Yohani na Myawudi yumu kuusu shitiba sha kunawa ntambu yayifiriwitwi.
26 They went to John and told him, “Rabbi, the man you were with on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you testified in support of—see, now he's baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
Su wamgenderiti Yohani na kumgambira, “mfunda, gumuhola muntu uliya yakaweriti pamuhera nagwenga kusika kumwambu kwa Yoridani, ulii gwenga yagumtakuliti? Vinu yomberi kankubatiza na kila muntu kamgendera!”
27 “No one receives anything unless they're given it from heaven,” John replied.
Yohani kawankula, “Kwahera muntu yakawera na shintu shoseri, mpaka kapananwi kulawa kumpindi.
28 “You yourselves can testify that I declared, ‘I'm not the Messiah. I've been sent to prepare his way.’
Maweni mwenga muweza kutakula galii gantakuliti, ‘Neni na Kristu ndiri, kumbiti wantumiti su numulongoleri.’”
29 The bridegroom is the one who has the bride! The best man waits, listening for the bridegroom, and is so happy when he hears the bridegroom's voice—in the same way my happiness is now complete.
Mpalu gwa ndowa ndo mweni gwa mdala gwa ndowa, su wagolokera ndowa yawagolokiti na kupikinira, wanemelera nentu pawapikanira liziwu lya mpalu gwa ndowa. Hangu ndo ntambu ya nemeleriti nentu.
30 He must become more important, and I must become less important.”
Mweni ndo kendereyi kamanikana ira neni nendereyi kumanikana ndiri.
31 He who comes from above is greater than all; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth and talks about earthly things. He who comes from heaven is greater than all.
Yakiza kulawa kumpindi kwa Mlungu ndo mkulu kuliku woseri. Yakalawila pasipanu ndo gwa pasipanu na katakulaga vitwatira vya pasi panu, kumbiti yakiza kulawa kumpindi kwa Mlungu ndo mkulu kuliku woseri.
32 He gives evidence about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts what he has to say.
Yomberi kapitawulira galii kagawoniti na kugapikanira, kumbiti kwahera muntu yakaujimilira ujumbi wakuwi.
33 Yet anyone who accepts what he says confirms that God is truthful.
Su muntu yoseri yakajimira ukapitawu wakuwi, katakula weri handa Mlungu ndo gwa nakaka.
34 For the one God sent speaks God's words, because God doesn't restrict the Spirit.
Uliya yakatumitwi na Mlungu kutakula visoweru vya Mlungu, toziya Mlungu kumpanana muntu ayu Rohu Mnanagala pota na shipimu.
35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.
Tati kamfira Mwana gwakuwi na kavitula vintu vyoseri mumawoku mwakuwi.
36 Anyone who trusts in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to trust the Son will not experience eternal life but remains under God's condemnation. (aiōnios g166)
Yakamwamini Mwana kana ukomu wa mashaka goseri, yakamjimira ndiri Mwana hakaweri ndiri na ukomu, su maya ga Mlungu hagaweri kwakuwi. (aiōnios g166)
