John 1
1 The one who expresses [MET] ([God’s character/what God is like]) has always existed (from the beginning [MTY] [of everything/before everything began]). He has always existed with God, and he has God’s nature.
Dati inu tuba Nigburang na rani, nigbura nazi nigino me nan Asere, nigbura nigino me Asere mani.
2 He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
Me mani datti unu tuba mazi nan Ugomo Asere.
3 He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
Vatt timumum, awuzi ahira ameme, daki a barka ire imum sarki me ba.
4 He is the one who [caused everything to] live. He, who caused us people to live, [revealed to us the truth about God as] a light [MET] [reveals what is in the darkness].
Me mani ivai irani, ivai igino me ya cukuno masaa ma nabu.
5 People do not want him to reveal [that what they do is evil] [MET], just [like] darkness [is evil]. But [just like] darkness cannot put out light [MET], [evil people have never prevented the one who was like a light from revealing God’s truth] (OR, [evil people have never] understood the [one who was like] a light.)
Masaa mazin nu gido mareu, mareu me daki ma ranga masaa ba.
6 A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
7 He came to tell people [about the one who was like] [MET] a light. He came to show that everything that the [one who was like a light] [MET] said was true, in order that he could enable all people to believe [in the one who was like a light].
8 John himself was not the [one who was like a] light [MET]. Instead, he came to tell others about that [one who was like a] light.
9 [While John was doing that], the one who was truly [like] a light was about to show himself to the world. He was the one who enables all people [to know about God, as] a light [MET] enables [people to know what is in the darkness].
Kadure ka masaa me ka raani sa ka ehzi unee me sa mazi nu bezi anu masaa me.
10 Although the one [who was like a light] was [here] on the earth, and although he was the one whom [God] caused to create everything, [most] people [MTY, HYP] did not realize who he [was]. (OR, although he was the one whom [God] caused to create everything, [most] people did not accept him.)
Maa ra anyimo unee me, unee me wa cukuno atari ti meme vat anime unee me waa rusi in me ba.
11 Although he came to the land that belonged to him [because he created it, most of] his own people, [the Jews], rejected him (OR, did not accept him).
Maa eh ahira anu meme, anu ameme wa nyare me.
12 But those [of us who welcomed him, God] authorized [that we would have a relationship with] him [MET] [like] children [have a relationship with their father]. We were people who believed [that what he said] about himself [MTY] [was true].
Vat ibinani andesa waa kabi me, andesa wahemi in niza ni meme maa nya we nikara wa cukuno ahana Asere.
13 We became [like God’s children], not because our ancestors [belonged to God], or because of someone’s sexual desires, nor because some man desired to have children like himself. Instead, we were caused by God {God caused us} to become [like] his children.
Ande besa ayoo inzo a maye ba nani usuro unipum nani unubu, usuro Asere ani.
14 The one who expresses [MET] ([God’s character/what God is like]) became a human being, and he lived among us [for a while]. As a result, we saw how wonderful he is. He came from [God] his father, and there was no other person as wonderful as he. He was wonderful because he always acted (kindly toward us/in ways we did not deserve), and he always [spoke] truthfully to us [about God].
Nigburang niginome na cukuno nipum. Anyimo aru ta ira ni nonzo nimeme, ninonzo ni vana u inde ugino me ahira acoo umeme, gbem ini mum iriri nan kadure.
15 [One day] when John was telling people about him, [he saw Jesus]. Then he shouted to them, “I told you [previously] that someone will come later who is more important than I am, since he existed [long] before me. This [is the man I was talking about]!”
Yuhana maa bezi uni tisa in nikara magu, “Unu ugeme me mani maa buki tize anice nimeme unu guna, 'Desa ma ehze adumo am ma tekum, barki maa rani aje am.”'
16 We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted in kind way toward us in ways we did not deserve.
Barki umyinca umeme taa kabi imum iriri aseser imum iriri.
17 Moses proclaimed [God’s] laws [to our ancestors]. But what Jesus Christ did for us [was much better]. He acted in kindness toward us in ways we did not deserve and told us the truth [about God].
Barki u inko utize atari ti Musa a nya tini urunta nan kadure. ka ciki ahira a Yeso vana Asere cas.
18 No one has ever seen God. But God’s only Son, [Jesus], who has always had a very close relationship with God, has told us about God.
Daki a iri uganiya sa uye ma iri Asere ba. Vana u inde Asere me, me sa ma hibi abigiri ba acoo, me mani maa bezi me.
19 The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem [city] sent some [Jewish] priests and (Levites/men who worked in the temple) to where John was, to ask him some questions. They said to him, “What do you [claim about] yourself?”
Yahaya ma beziwe imumbe samarusa, ine ini ayahudawa watumi ahira ana katuma kudege. Ugomo Asere nannan lawiya uhana urshalima wa ikime nani memani aveni.
20 So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
Manno mabuki kadura, daki mawuzi matara nan weba ma; azomemani ugomo asere ba.
21 Then they asked him, “Then what [do you say about yourself]? Are you [the prophet] Elijah [that was prophesied to return] {([someone/another prophet]) [prophesied would return]} [before the Messiah]?” He replied, “No, [I] am not.” Then they asked him, “Are you the prophet [like Moses that] ([we are waiting for/God promised to send])?” He replied, “No.”
Wanna wa ikime wagun me aneni homami iliya me? makabirkawe, “A'a azomemaniba.” Wanno wagunme hamani unu beze tizeme? Manno magunwe, A; a”.
22 So they asked him, “Then who do you [claim to be]? [Tell us] so that we can [go back and] report to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
Wanno wakuri wa ikime hu aveni barki tikem ukabirka uweme barki tirusi imumbe satidi kabuka andesa tumanduru? Utisa nicce agi aveni?
23 John replied, “[I] am the one [the prophet Isaiah said] would proclaim [this new message] loudly [to the people who would pass by] in this desolate area: ‘Prepare [yourselves to receive] the Lord when he comes [MET], [just like people prepare] a road [for an important official].
Makabirka we magun mi nigmirangnige sa nitisa anija'a nigusa nyani ugomo asere muriba mushime gusi imumbe sa Ishaya mazinnu boo me.”
24 Some of those people [who were questioning] John were ones who had been sent by the Pharisee [religious group] {whom the Pharisee [religious group] had sent}.
We me, Afarisiyawa wani watumi we.
25 They asked John, “Since [you say] you are not the Messiah, nor [the prophet] Elijah, nor the prophet [like Moses], [what authority] do you have? [Furthermore], why are you baptizing [Jews, treating them as though they were non-Jews who wanted to become Jews]?”
Wanno wa ikime barki nyanini uzorsanu azohu ugomo asere mani ba a zohu iliya mani ba hume unu bezizzi kadura kagino me?
26 John replied, “I am [just] baptizing people with water [to prepare them to welcome the Messiah]. But [right now] someone is among you whom you people do not know.
Yahaya makabirka we, magunwe me in gei mani in zorso anabon, uye maluri anyimo ashime sa iteshi me.
27 He [will preach to you] after I [am gone]. [He is so important that] I am not worthy to [serve him as a slave] [MET] [by] untying his sandals.”
Memani ma-eze adumo umunu be sa binyimo bakpatak ameme daki mabari in suso ini ma ba.
28 Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
Awuzi anime ubatanya uni uhuru uraba u urdu uni, ahira sa yahaya ma zorso anabon.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. He said to the people, “Look! Here is the [man whom] God [has appointed to be a sacrifice] [MET], [like] the lambs [that the people of Israel sacrificed! By sacrificing himself] he will [make it possible for everyone in] the world to be no longer [guilty for having] sinned.
Unu sana-ahira yahaya ma iri yeso ma eze ahira ameme, yahaya magu,”yaira mi vana ubitan bu gomo asere, desa madi ziki madini munee.
30 He is the one about whom I said [before], ‘Someone will come later who is more important than I am, since he existed [long] before me.’
Anime ani mabukishi uye ma eze adumo am, memani unaje am barki dati marani aminiba.
31 I myself did not [previously] recognize that he [was the Messiah]. But [now I know who he is], and I have baptized people with water to enable [you people of] Israel to recognize who he is.”
Dati maruseme ba me abezeme ayumu isaraila ma-ah ma zorsanu in maye.
32 John spoke clearly [what God had shown him about Jesus]. He said, “I saw [God’s] Spirit as he was descending from heaven in the form of a dove. The Spirit remained on Jesus.
Yahaya kaberka magu ma-ira bibewu bezennu tuzo. Kase kuhurge ka sure a zesare ku cukuno ane gerza numeme.
33 I myself did not know [previously] that he [was the Messiah]. However, [God] sent me to baptize people with water, [people who said they wanted to turn from their sinful ways. While I was doing that], God told me, ‘The man on whom you will see my Spirit descend and remain is the one who will put the Holy Spirit within you [(pl) to truly change your lives].’
Dati maruseme ba, memani dese matumum in zorso anu in mayi, memani ma bukum dese ma ira bibew ba asere batu bikure bicukunu aneeh numeme memani. Ma zorsa anabu in bibew ba asere.
34 I saw [the Spirit descend on him], and I tell you that he is (the Son of God/the person who is both God and man).”
Makure ire in kure beze, unu uginome vana asere mane.
35 The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
Unu sana ahirs yahaya ma lure nan na nakatuma ana ware.
36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look! There is the man God [has appointed to be a sacrifice, like] the lambs [MET] [the people of Israel have sacrificed!]”
Mazen nuhira yeso mazen tanu manno magu irane vana ubetam baasere!”
37 (When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
Ahana akztumame ana ware sa wakunna ma rezo adeze, wanno wadusa wa tarse yeso.
38 Jesus turned around and saw us/them coming behind him. So he asked us/them, “What do you want?” We/They replied, “Teacher, [tell us] where you are staying, [because we want to talk with you].”
Yeso magamirka ma iri wazinnu tarsa ume, manno maunwe, “Nyanini izin nu nyarame? Wanno wagun me, hu unu urusa abanga abanname unu unyenkike uciki abanie.
39 He replied, “Come [with me], and you will see [where I am staying]!” So we/they went with him and saw where he was staying. We/They stayed with him until about 4 o’clock (OR, from about 4 PM until the next day).
Manno magun wae ayeni, i'iri.” Wanno waha waka ira ahira me sa machikin, wanno wahirii negome uhana azumo anazi unu wunjoro.
40 (One of us/One of the two men) who heard what John had said and who went with Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s [younger] brother.
Unu idai ayumo ana wareme sa wakunna tize ti yahaya wanno wa kuri wa tarzi yeso, andarawas mani mazi uhenu u bitrus.
41 [After Andrew left Jesus], the first thing he did was to find his own [older] brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah!”
Maubi ma uhenu umeme sa bitrus, takem Asere, “Memani asere ma hummaka maturi me.
42 Then he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked intently at him, and then said, “You are Simon. Your father’s name is John. You will be given {[I] will give you} the name Cephas.” [Cephas is an Aramaic name that means ‘solid rock’. It] means [the same in Greek as the name] Peter.
Manno mahan me ahira Ayeso, Yeso ma iri me, magun me hamani saminu vana u yahaya? adi tesawe kefas.” (ni neni bitrus).
43 The next day [Jesus] decided to leave [the Jordan River valley]. He went to Galilee [district] and (OR, on the way there he) found a man named Philip. Jesus said to him, “Come with me!”
Sa ahira asana yeso mahiri udusa a manyanga mu galili, abini me ani makem Filibus magun me ano tarsam.
44 Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
Filibus unanu betsaida mani nepeni numeme nan andarawas, nan bitrus.
45 Then Philip [searched for] Nathaniel and found him, and said to him, “We have met [the Messiah], the one Moses [wrote about]! The prophets also [prophesied that he would come]. He is Jesus, from Nazareth [town]. His father’s name is Joseph.”
Filibus ma kemnata-ala, magumme ta kem dey sa musa ma nyatike abanga ameme anyimo aka dura be sa ugomo. Asere ma inki men, ana kadura ka asere wa kuri wa nyentika abanga ameme, memani yeso una anu nazere, vana u yusufu.
46 Nathaniel replied, “Nazareth? (Nothing good can come from [such an unimportant place]!/Can anything good come from [such an unimportant place]?) [RHQ]” Philip replied, “Come and see!”
Nata ala magunme ade kem imum ihuma unazarat me filibus magun me aye u'iri.
47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
Yeso ma-iri nata-ala ma eze ahira ameme, magu ina nu ana ira'a ni, unu u isara-ile nun ukadura, de besa mazo me ini mum izenze a puru ameme.
48 Nathaniel asked him, “How do you know what I [am like]?” Jesus replied, “I saw you before Philip called you, when you were [by yourself] under the fig tree.”
Nata-ala magunme urusam abane? Yeso ma kabir kame ma gunme udaniya, sa wara akurame filibus matitiwe mamu rusawe.
49 Then Nathaniel declared, “Teacher, you [must be] (the Son of God/the person who is both God and man)! You are the King of Israel [we have been waiting for]!”
Nata-al ma kabirka me magu, “Una kura huu vana asere mani hurugomo isara'ila mani!”
50 Jesus replied to him, “You [RHQ] believe [those things about me] because I told you I saw you when you were under the fig tree. [I was able to see you supernaturally even though I was far away from you]. But you will see [me do] things that are more surprising than that!”
Yeso makabir ka me, “Ma gumme mi maguna huu mairawe akura uzunu bezi kadura, ude ire imum be sa iteki iginome.”
51 Then Jesus said to him, “This is the absolute truth: [Just like what your ancestor Jacob saw long ago in a vision], some day you [(pl)] will see heaven opened up, and you will see God’s angels ascending from me and descending on me, the one who came from heaven.”
Yeso ma bukime ane ani mabuka, “Shi ide ire a zesere a harzena Malika asere wazen nu yize nan na tazu nan vana unuboo.
