Johana 3
1 Na rĩrĩ, kwarĩ na mũndũ wa Afarisai wetagwo Nikodemo, warĩ wa kĩama kĩrĩa gĩathanaga kĩa Ayahudi.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 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.”
The same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Nake Jesũ akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ngũkwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩona ũthamaki wa Ngai atangĩciarwo rĩngĩ.”
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nake Nikodemo akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ angĩciarwo atĩa arĩ mũkũrũ? Ti-itherũ ndangĩhota gũtoonya nda ya nyina hĩndĩ ya keerĩ nĩguo aciarwo!”
Nicodemus saith unto 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 Jesũ akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ngũkwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, gũtirĩ mũndũ ũngĩtoonya ũthamaki-inĩ wa Ngai atangĩciarwo na maaĩ na Roho.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 Mwĩrĩ ũciaraga mwĩrĩ, no Roho aciaraga roho.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Ndũkagegio nĩ ũguo ndoiga atĩ, ‘No nginya ũciarwo rĩngĩ.’
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.
8 Rũhuho rũhurutanaga na kũrĩa rũngĩenda. Ũiguaga rũkĩhurutana, no ndũmenyaga kũrĩa rumĩte kana kũrĩa rũrorete. Ũguo noguo gũtariĩ harĩ mũndũ ũrĩa wothe ũciarĩtwo nĩ Roho.”
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nake Nikodemo akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Ũndũ ũcio ũngĩhoteka atĩa?”
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Nake Jesũ akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Wee ũrĩ mũrutani wa Isiraeli na ndũrataũkĩrwo nĩ maũndũ maya?
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
11 Ngũkwĩra atĩrĩ na ma, twaragia ũrĩa tũũĩ, na tũkoimbũra ũrĩa tuonete, no inyuĩ, mũtiĩtĩkagĩra ũira witũ.
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and bear witness of that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 Ndakwĩra maũndũ ma gũkũ thĩ, waga gwĩtĩkia; ũngĩtĩkia atĩa ingĩkwĩra maũndũ ma na igũrũ?
If I told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things?
13 Gũtirĩ mũndũ ũrĩ wathiĩ igũrũ tiga ũrĩa woimire igũrũ, na nĩwe Mũrũ wa Mũndũ.”
And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, which is in heaven.
14 Na o ta ũrĩa Musa aambararirie nyoka ya gĩcango werũ-inĩ, ũguo no taguo Mũrũ wa Mũndũ akaambarario,
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 “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)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 Nĩgũkorwo Ngai ndaatũmire Mũrũwe gũkũ thĩ aciirithie kĩrĩndĩ, no nĩguo kĩrĩndĩ kĩhonoke nĩ ũndũ wake.
For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
18 Ũrĩa wothe ũmwĩtĩkĩtie ti wa gũciirithio, no ũrĩa wothe ũtamwĩtĩkĩtie ũcio nĩarĩkĩtie gũtuĩrwo ciira, nĩgũkorwo ndehokete rĩĩtwa rĩa Mũrũ wa Ngai wa mũmwe.
He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 Rĩĩrĩ nĩrĩo ituĩro: Ũtheri nĩwokire gũkũ thĩ, no andũ makĩenda nduma gũkĩra ũtheri, nĩ ũndũ ciĩko ciao ciarĩ njũru.
And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
20 Mũndũ o wothe wĩkaga ũũru nĩathũire ũtheri, na ndangiumĩra ũtheri-inĩ nĩ gwĩtigĩra ciĩko ciake itikoimbũke.
For every one that doeth ill hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
21 No mũndũ ũrĩa wothe wĩkaga maũndũ ma ma nĩoimagĩra ũtheri-inĩ, nĩguo kuonekane kũna atĩ ũguo ekĩte nĩ Ngai ũmũhotithĩtie.”
But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
22 Thuutha wa ũguo, Jesũ na arutwo ake nĩmoimagarire magĩthiĩ bũrũri wa Judea, kũrĩa aikarangire nao, na akabatithanagia.
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 O nake Johana nĩabatithanagĩria Ainoni gũkuhĩ na Salimu, nĩgũkorwo kũu nĩ kwarĩ maaĩ maingĩ, nao andũ nĩmookaga kuo kaingĩ kaingĩ mabatithio.
And John also was baptizing in AEnon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 (Hĩndĩ ĩyo Johana ndaakoretwo aikĩtio njeera.)
For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Nĩ kwagĩire na ngarari gatagatĩ-inĩ ka arutwo amwe a Johana na Mũyahudi ũmwe ũhoro-inĩ wa mĩtugo yao ya gwĩtheria.
There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.
26 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.”
And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 Ũhoro-inĩ ũcio Johana agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ndarĩ ũndũ angĩamũkĩra o tiga ũrĩa aheetwo kuuma igũrũ.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
28 Inyuĩ ene no mũheane ũira muuge atĩ nĩndoigire atĩrĩ, ‘Niĩ ti niĩ Kristũ, no ndũmĩtwo njũke mbere yake.’
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
29 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.
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 We no nginya akĩrĩrĩrie kũneneha, na niĩ ngĩrĩrĩrie kũnyiiha.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 “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.
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 We oimbũraga maũndũ marĩa onete na akaigua no gũtirĩ mũndũ o na ũmwe wĩtĩkagĩra ũira wake.
What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
33 Mũndũ ũrĩa wĩtĩkĩrĩte ũira ũcio nĩahũũrĩte mũhũũri atĩ Ngai nĩ wa ma.
He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to [this], that God is true.
34 Nĩgũkorwo ũrĩa Ngai atũmĩte aragia ciugo cia Ngai nĩ ũndũ Ngai aheanaga Roho hatarĩ gĩthimi.
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
35 Ithe nĩendete Mũriũ na nĩ aigĩte indo ciothe moko-inĩ make.
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36 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)
He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. (aiōnios g166)
