John 3
1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among the Jews.
Na rĩrĩ, kwarĩ na mũndũ wa Afarisai wetagwo Nikodemo, warĩ wa kĩama kĩrĩa gĩathanaga kĩa Ayahudi.
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.”
Nĩokire kũrĩ Jesũ ũtukũ, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Rabii, nĩtũũĩ we ũrĩ mũrutani uumĩte kũrĩ Ngai. Nĩgũkorwo gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩhota kũringa ciama iria ũringaga Ngai atarĩ hamwe nake.”
3 “In truth I tell you,” exclaimed Jesus, “unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Nake Jesũ akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ngũkwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩona ũthamaki wa Ngai atangĩciarwo rĩngĩ.”
4 “How can a man,” asked Nicodemus, “be born when he is old? Can he be born a second time?”
Nake Nikodemo akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ angĩciarwo atĩa arĩ mũkũrũ? Ti-itherũ ndangĩhota gũtoonya nda ya nyina hĩndĩ ya keerĩ nĩguo aciarwo!”
5 “In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
Jesũ akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ngũkwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩtoonya ũthamaki-inĩ wa Ngai atangĩciarwo na maaĩ na Roho.
6 All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.
Mwĩrĩ ũciaraga mwĩrĩ, no Roho aciaraga roho.
7 Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.
Ndũkagegio nĩ ũguo ndoiga atĩ, ‘No nginya ũciarwo rĩngĩ.’
8 The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes, or where it goes; it is the same with every one that owes his birth to the Spirit.”
Rũhuho rũhurutanaga na kũrĩa rũngĩenda. Ũiguaga rũkĩhurutana, no ndũmenyaga kũrĩa rumĩte kana kũrĩa rũrorete. Ũguo noguo gũtariĩ harĩ mũndũ ũrĩa wothe ũciarĩtwo nĩ Roho.”
9 “How can that be?” asked Nicodemus.
Nake Nikodemo akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ũndũ ũcio ũngĩhoteka atĩa?”
10 “What! You a teacher of Israel,” exclaimed Jesus, “and yet do not understand this!
Nake Jesũ akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Wee ũrĩ mũrutani wa Isiraeli na ndũrataũkĩrwo nĩ maũndũ maya?
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.
Ngũkwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, twaragia ũrĩa tũũĩ, na tũkoimbũra ũrĩa tuonete, no inyuĩ, mũtiĩtĩkagĩra ũira witũ.
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?
Ndakwĩra maũndũ ma gũkũ thĩ, waga gwĩtĩkia; ũngĩtĩkia atĩa ingĩkwĩra maũndũ ma na igũrũ?
13 No one has ascended to Heaven, except him who descended from Heaven — the Son of Man himself.
Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũrĩ wathiĩ igũrũ tiga ũrĩa woimire igũrũ, na nĩwe Mũrũ wa Mũndũ.”
14 And, as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
Na o ta ũrĩa Musa aambararirie nyoka ya gĩcango werũ-inĩ, ũguo no taguo Mũrũ wa Mũndũ akaambarario,
nĩguo ũrĩa wothe ũmwĩhokete agĩe na muoyo wa tene na tene. (aiōnios g166)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life. (aiōnios g166)
“Nĩgũkorwo Ngai nĩendire kĩrĩndĩ, akĩruta Mũrũ wake wa mũmwe, nĩgeetha mũndũ o wothe ũmwĩtĩkĩtie ndakoore, no agĩe na muoyo wa tene na tene. (aiōnios g166)
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
Nĩgũkorwo Ngai ndaatũmire Mũrũwe gũkũ thĩ aciirithie kĩrĩndĩ, no nĩguo kĩrĩndĩ kĩhonoke nĩ ũndũ wake.
18 He who believes in him escapes condemnation, while he who does not believe in him is already condemned, because he has not believed in the only Son of God.
Ũrĩa wothe ũmwĩtĩkĩtie ti wa gũciirithio, no ũrĩa wothe ũtamwĩtĩkĩtie ũcio nĩarĩkĩtie gũtuĩrwo ciira, nĩgũkorwo ndehokete rĩĩtwa rĩa Mũrũ wa Ngai wa mũmwe.
19 The ground of his condemnation is this, that though the Light has come into the world, men preferred the darkness to the Light, because their actions were wicked.
Rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo ituĩro: Ũtheri nĩwokire gũkũ thĩ, no andũ makĩenda nduma gũkĩra ũtheri, nĩ ũndũ ciĩko ciao ciarĩ njũru.
20 For he who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, for fear that his actions should be exposed;
Mũndũ o wothe wĩkaga ũũru nĩathũire ũtheri, na ndangiumĩra ũtheri-inĩ nĩ gwĩtigĩra ciĩko ciake itikoimbũke.
21 but he who acts up to the truth comes to the light, that his actions may be shown to have been done in dependence upon God.
No mũndũ ũrĩa wothe wĩkaga maũndũ ma ma nĩoimagĩra ũtheri-inĩ, nĩguo kuonekane kũna atĩ ũguo ekĩte nĩ Ngai ũmũhotithĩtie.”
22 After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized.
Thuutha wa ũguo, Jesũ na arutwo ake nĩmoimagarire magĩthiĩ bũrũri wa Judea, kũrĩa aikarangire nao, na akabatithanagia.
23 John, also, was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptized.
O nake Johana nĩabatithanagĩria Ainoni gũkuhĩ na Salimu, nĩgũkorwo kũu nĩ kwarĩ maaĩ maingĩ, nao andũ nĩmookaga kuo kaingĩ kaingĩ mabatithio.
24 (For John had not yet been imprisoned).
(Hĩndĩ ĩyo Johana ndaakoretwo aikĩtio njeera.)
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew on the subject of ‘purification;’
Nĩ kwagĩire na ngarari gatagatĩ-inĩ ka arutwo amwe a Johana na Mũyahudi ũmwe ũhoro-inĩ wa mĩtugo yao ya gwĩtheria.
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 baptizing, and everybody is going to him.”
Magĩũka kũrĩ Johana makĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Rabii, mũndũ ũrĩa mũraarĩ nake mũrĩmo ũrĩa ũngĩ wa Jorodani, ũrĩa wee warutire ũira ũmũkoniĩ-rĩ, nĩarabatithania, nao andũ othe nĩmarathiĩ kũrĩ we.”
27 John’s answer was — “A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven.
Ũhoro-inĩ ũcio Johana agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ndarĩ ũndũ angĩamũkĩra o tiga ũrĩa aheetwo kuuma igũrũ.
28 You are yourselves witnesses that I said ‘I am not the Christ,’ but ‘I have been sent before him as a Messenger.’
Inyuĩ ene no mũheane ũira muuge atĩ nĩndoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ ti niĩ Kristũ, no ndũmĩtwo njũke mbere yake.’
29 It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom’s friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This joy I have felt to the full.
Mũhiki nĩ wa mũhikania. No rĩrĩ, mũrata wa mũhikania ũrĩa ũmũrũgamĩrĩire nĩamũthikagĩrĩria, na akaiyũrwo nĩ gĩkeno rĩrĩa aigua mũgambo wa mũhikania. Gĩkeno ta kĩu nĩkĩo ndĩ na kĩo, na rĩu nĩgĩkinyanĩru.
30 He must become greater, and I less.”
We no nginya akĩrĩrĩrie kũneneha, na niĩ ngĩrĩrĩrie kũnyiiha.
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.
“Ũrĩa uumĩte igũrũ nĩ mũnene kũrĩ andũ othe; nake ũrĩa uumĩte thĩ nĩ wa gũkũ thĩ, na maũndũ marĩa aragia no ma gũkũ thĩ. Ũrĩa uumĩte igũrũ arĩ igũrũ rĩa andũ arĩa angĩ othe.
32 He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.
We oimbũraga maũndũ marĩa onete na akaigua no gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wĩtĩkagĩra ũira wake.
33 They who did accept his statement attested the fact that God is true.
Mũndũ ũrĩa wĩtĩkĩrĩte ũira ũcio nĩahũũrĩte mũhũũri atĩ Ngai nĩ wa ma.
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.
Nĩgũkorwo ũrĩa Ngai atũmĩte aragia ciugo cia Ngai nĩ ũndũ Ngai aheanaga Roho hatarĩ gĩthimi.
35 The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.
Ithe nĩendete Mũriũ na nĩ aigĩte indo ciothe moko-inĩ make.
36 He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under ‘God’s displeasure.’ (aiōnios g166)
Ũrĩa wothe wĩtĩkĩtie Mũriũ, arĩ na muoyo wa tene na tene, no ũrĩa wothe ũregete Mũriũ ndakona muoyo, nĩgũkorwo egũtũũra arakarĩirwo nĩ Ngai.” (aiōnios g166)
