John 3
1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among his people.
Urunu marane neza numeme nikodimo memani unaje wa yahudawa.
2 This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him.’
Unu uginome ma e ahira a yeso in niye magunmme hu una jetirusa hu unu rusamani sa wa e ahire asere, barki unu rusa wuza katuma kawe ma maraneba, de be sa mazi nigo nan na Asere memani madi uiuzi kani.”
3 ‘In truth I tell you,’ exclaimed Jesus, ‘unless a person is reborn, they cannot see the kingdom of God.’
Yeso makabirka me magu aneni inzinu bezi uwe in kadaki akuri ayo unububa mada irame akura asere be.
4 ‘How can a person,’ asked Nicodemus, ‘be born when they are old? Can they be born a second time?’
Nikodimo magun me adi wo aneni ayo unubu sama uiuna ucokoro? ani madi kuri maribe aburu aino meme makuri mayome?”
5 ‘In truth I tell you,’ answered Jesus, ‘unless a person owes their birth to water and Spirit, they cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Yeso makabirka me magu, “Inkadaki ayo unubu usuro ugmei nan bibe ba asere ba mada ribeneme akura asere ba.
6 All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.
Immum be sa unubu mayo unubu mani, imum be sa bibe ba yo bibe bini.
7 Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.
Kati icukuno we imum itize barki sa ma guna ya cukuno gbas akuri ayo we.
8 The wind blows wherever it wants, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it goes; it is the same with everyone who owes his birth to the Spirit.’
Ueebu usuma uhama ahira iriba u uni uduki u kunna tanu tu uni utame ahira sa wasuroni uyami ahira me sa uhazani, anima izi ahira ade be sa bibe ba yo me.”
9 ‘How can that be?’ asked Nicodemus.
Nikodimo ma kabirka me magu, “Aneni idi cukuno?”
10 ‘What! You a teacher of Israel,’ exclaimed Jesus, ‘and yet do not understand this!
Yeso ma kabirka me magu hume sa uzi unu bezi ihori anyimo isra'ila daki wa rusa ani me ba?
11 In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.
Ine ini inzin nu gusan hu, imumbe sa tirusa ine ini ta buka we tizin nu kuri ubizi imumbe sata ira yagashi uhem inni mumbe sata bezi.
12 If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?
Izi nu uboo ushi abanga uneh da hem ni ba, indi wa aneni i hem in na banga atize ta zezzere?
13 No one has ascended to heaven, except him who descended from heaven – the Son of Man himself.
Avene mamu nyene azesere in daki memani de be sa matuu usuro azezze abanname me mani vana unu be sa marani azezzere me.
14 And, as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
Kasi musa sama yeze biwa, biginome ani ja'a, ane ani adi yeze vana unubu.
Barki vat desa ma hem in me madi kem uvenke uzatu umara. (aiōnios g166)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Barki uhemme sa ugomo asere mawu uneh men madusa ma nya vana uinde ugino me, barki vat debe sama kaba me kati macorno me, idi cukono me madi kem venke uzatu umarsa. (aiōnios g166)
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
Ugomo asere matubarka vana umeme uneh ugeme barki agi ma weki tize tini ba manyari uneh ukem ukaba ahira amame.
18 The person who believes in him escapes condemnation, while the person who does not believe in him is already condemned, because they have not believed in the only Son of God.
Vat debe sama hem me, ada weke me tize ba vat debe sa ma nyari me uhem in niza nu vana u inde ugino ugomo asere.
19 The ground of their condemnation is this, that though the light has come into the world, people preferred the darkness to the light, because their actions were wicked.
U weki utize teki u yenne masa'a mariba uneh anabu wa taki unu nyara u mareu nan kani.
20 For the person who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, fearing that their actions will be exposed;
Vat de sa ma wuza imum izenzen ma nyar si me masa'a me nyani agu ma hanaa hira anmasa'a me barki kati a iri katuma ka zenze ka meme.
21 but the person who lives by the truth comes into the light, so it can be clearly seen that God is in all they do.
Unu uwuza ukadura me mani madike ma-e ahira a masaa me, barki masuso tize timeme, unuguna, ugomo asere mani mawuna ini.
22 After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptised.
Yeso nan nahana akatuma kameme wa dusa amanyanga mu yahudiya abinime madii nan we mazi nu zarso anabu.
23 John, also, was baptising at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptised.
Yahaya mazin nu zorso anabu uainon mamamun nan nu salima barki gmei marani gbardan ahira me anabu wa ezi azorsowe.
24 (For John had not yet been imprisoned).
Barki anime da amu hanan yahaya udenge uni rereba.
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a fellow Jew on the subject of purification;
Abineme ana katuma ka yahaya wa meki matara nan ure u yahude ahira a tize tumeki unicce.
26 and the disciples came to John and said, ‘Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony – he, also, is baptising, and everybody is going to him.’
Wakuri wa eh ahira a yahaya, wagunmme desa dati wazi wazi nanme, urusa u urdun me, desa hu necce nu we wabezi urusa ume, manno mazin nu zorso anabu ine ini anabu wazin nu haza ahira ameme.
27 John’s answer was – ‘A person can gain nothing but what is given them from heaven.
Yahaya ma kabirka magu in daki anya unu imum ahira a sere unu ukem ini mazoni.
28 You are yourselves witnesses that I said “I am not the Christ,” but “I have been sent before him as a messenger.”
Shi acce ashime irusa uguna ana azo mimani asere me, mi a tuburkon ini a je ameme.
29 It is the groom who has the bride; but the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the groom’s voice. This joy I have felt to the full.
Una anya memani unu unee uso uroni unu nee sa ma turi, magunna tize timeme, ma wuza apuru arom kgan innu kunna uni gmirang ni manyani manya me, barki ani me iriba iram in ya gminca.
30 He must become greater, and I less.’
Me madingi ukingizi mi, indii unu kaza unupum.
31 He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from heaven is above all others.
Unu aye usuro azesere marani azesere nan na nabu desa marani adizii me una dizzii mani tize ta dizii tini mawuza, unu uayye azezere mara azezere a ko de avi.
32 He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.
Imum be sama kunna ma kuri ma ira, ine ini mazin nukurzo men, vat anime anu wa game imum be sa mazi nu boo me.
33 They who did accept his statement confirm the fact that God is true.
Vat desa mahem ini mum be sa maboo makuri, matunno azezzere ani uguna ugomo Asere una kadura mani.
34 For he whom God sent as his messenger gives us God’s own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.
Barki desa ugomo asere matu mime, abanga ugomo asere ani maboo, ugomo asere ma nyinza bibe bizatu ubinani.
35 The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.
Acome ma hem invana me makuri mawu vat imum atari ti meme.
36 The person who believes in the Son has eternal life, while a person who rejects the Son will not even see that life, but remains under God’s displeasure. (aiōnios g166)
Desa ma hem invaname mazin nu venke uzatu ubinani. De be sa ma game vana me, mada kem me uvenke ugino me, madi ribe anyimo iriba ugomo Asere. (aiōnios g166)
