Jọn 3
1 O nwere otu nwoke onyeisi ndị Juu nke so nʼotu ndị Farisii aha ya bụ Nikọdimọs.
Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a ruler of the Jews.
2 Ọ bịakwutere ya nʼabalị sị ya, “Onye ozizi, anyị maara na ị bụ onye ozizi sitere na Chineke, nʼihi na o nweghị onye ọbụla pụrụ ịrụ ọrụ ebube dị otu a ma ọ bụrụ na Chineke anọnyereghị ya.”
He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that yoʋ are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs yoʋ are doing unless God is with him.”
3 Jisọs zara sị ya, “Nʼezie, nʼezie agwa m unu, ọ bụrụ na amụghị mmadụ ọzọ, ọ pụghị ịhụ alaeze Chineke anya.”
Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to yoʋ, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nikọdimọs sịrị ya, “Olee otu a ga-esi mụgharịa mmadụ mgbe o mere okenye? Ọ ga-aba nʼafọ nne ya nke ugboro abụọ?”
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a person be born when he is old? Can he enter the womb of his mother a second time and be born?”
5 Ma Jisọs sịrị, “Nʼezie, nʼezie agwa m unu, ọ bụrụ na amụghị mmadụ site na mmiri na Mmụọ Nsọ, o nweghị ike ịba nʼalaeze Chineke.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to yoʋ, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 Ihe e si nʼanụ ahụ mụọ bụ anụ ahụ, ma ihe a mụrụ site na Mmụọ bụ mmụọ.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Ya ejula gị anya na m sịrị gị, ‘Agaghị ịmụ unu ọzọ.’
Do not be amazed that I said to yoʋ, ‘You must be born again.’
8 Ifufe na-efe nʼebe ọbụla masịrị ya. I nwere ike nụ ụzụ ya ma ịmataghị ebe o si abịa maọbụ ebe ọ na-aga. Otu a ka ọ dịkwara onye ọbụla a mụrụ site na Mmụọ.”
The wind blows where it wishes. Yoʋ hear the sound of it, but yoʋ do not know where it is coming from or where it is going; so it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 Nikọdimọs zara sị ya, “Olee otu ihe ndị a ga-esi mee?”
In response Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”
10 Jisọs zara sị ya, “Ị bụ onye ozizi ndị Izrel, ma ị ghọtaghị ihe ndị a?
Jesus answered him, “Yoʋ are the teacher of Israel, and yoʋ do not understand these things?
11 Nʼezie, nʼezie agwa m unu. Anyị na-ekwu banyere ihe anyị maara, na-akọwapụtakwa ihe anyị hụrụ, ma unu onwe unu adịghị anabata akaebe anyị.
Truly, truly, I say to yoʋ, we speak of what we know, and we testify about what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
12 Ekwuola m banyere ihe dị nʼụwa ma unu ekweghị ya, oleekwanụ otu unu ga-esi kwere, ma ọ bụrụ na mụ agwa unu banyere ihe ndị dị nʼeluigwe?
If I have spoken to you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I speak to you about heavenly things?
13 O nwebeghị onye ọbụla rigooro nʼeluigwe ewezuga Nwa nke Mmadụ bụ onye siri nʼeluigwe rịdata.
No one has ascended into heaven, except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
14 Dị ka Mosis weliri agwọ elu nʼime ọzara, otu a ka a ga-ewelikwa Nwa nke Mmadụ elu.
Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 Nʼihi na Chineke hụrụ ụwa nʼanya, nke a mere o jiri nye Ọkpara ọ mụrụ naanị ya, ka onye ọbụla kweere na ya ghara ịla nʼiyi, kama ka o nwee ndụ ebighị ebi. (aiōnios g166)
“For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 Nʼihi na Chineke eziteghị Ọkpara ya nʼụwa ka o maa ụwa ikpe, kama ka e site nʼaka ya zọpụta ụwa.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
18 Ikpe amaghị onye ọbụla kwere na ya, ma onye ọbụla na-ekweghị aghọọlarị onye ikpe mara, nʼihi na o kweghị nʼaha Ọkpara Chineke mụrụ naanị ya.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
19 Nke a bụ mkpebi ikpe ahụ; na Ìhè abịala nʼụwa, ma ụmụ mmadụ hụrụ ọchịchịrị nʼanya kama ìhè ahụ, nʼihi na ọrụ ha jọrọ njọ.
This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
20 Nʼihi na onye ọbụla na-eme ihe ọjọọ kpọrọ ìhè ahụ asị, ọ dịghị abịakwute ìhè ahụ, ka a ghara ime ka ọrụ ya pụta ìhè.
For whoever does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.
21 Ma ndị na-ebi ndụ nʼeziokwu na-abịakwute ìhè ahụ, ka e nwee ike hụta ya nke ọma, na ihe niile ha na-eme sitere na ike Chineke.
But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be evident that his works have been done in obedience to God.”
22 Emesịa, Jisọs na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya banyere nʼime obodo Judịa, ebe ọ nọtụrụ nwa oge, meekwa baptizim.
After this Jesus went into the Judean countryside along with his disciples, and he spent some time there with them, baptizing people.
23 Nʼotu aka ahụ, Jọn nọkwa nʼọnụ mmiri Enọn dị nso na Salim na-eme baptizim nʼihi na mmiri buru ibu nʼebe ahụ, ndị mmadụ gakwara nʼihu na-abịakwute ya, ọ na-emekwa ha baptizim.
Now John was also baptizing people in Aenon near Salem, because there was plenty of water there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.
24 E tinyebeghị Jọn nʼụlọ mkpọrọ mgbe ahụ.
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 Nʼoge a, ịrụrịta ụka malitere nʼetiti ndị na-eso ụzọ Jọn na otu onye Juu banyere mmemme ịdị ọcha.
Now a discussion arose between the disciples of John and a Jew about purification.
26 Ha bịakwutere Jọn sị ya, “Onye ozizi, onye ahụ ị gbara ama banyere ya nọ nʼofe Jọdan na-eme baptizim, mmadụ niile na-agakwukwara ya.”
So John's disciples came and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with yoʋ beyond the Jordan, about whom yoʋ have testified, behold, he is baptizing people, and everyone is going to him.”
27 Jọn zaghachiri sị, “Ihe mmadụ nwere ike ịnata bụ naanị ihe ahụ e nyere ya site nʼeluigwe.
John replied, “A person cannot receive anything unless it is given to him from heaven.
28 Unu onwe unu ga-agbara m akaebe na m sịrị, na abụghị m Kraịst ahụ, kama e zitere m ka m buru ụzọ bịa.
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent ahead of him.’
29 Nwanyị a na-alụ ọhụrụ bụ nke di ya. Enyi onye na-alụ nwunye ọhụrụ na-eche ma na-egekwa ntị ịnụ olu ya, ọṅụ na-ejupụtakwa ya obi mgbe ọ nụrụ olu onye ahụ na-alụ nwunye ọhụrụ. Ya mere, ọṅụ m e zuola oke ugbu a.
He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.
30 Ọ ghaghị ịdị elu, ma mụ onwe m aghaghị ịdịkwa ala.
He must increase, but I must decrease.”
31 “Onye ahụ si nʼelu bịa dị elu karịa ihe niile, onye ahụ si nʼụwa bụkwa nke ụwa ma na-ekwukwa okwu dị ka onye si nʼụwa. Onye ahụ si nʼeluigwe dị elu karịa ihe niile.
He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. But he who comes from heaven is above all.
32 Ọ na-agba ama banyere ihe ọ hụrụ nakwa nke ọ nụrụ, ma o nweghị onye na-anabata ama ya.
He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
33 Onye ọbụla nabatara akaebe ya ji nke a mere akara, na Chineke bụ eziokwu.
Whoever does receive his testimony has certified that God is true.
34 Nʼihi na onye Chineke zitere na-ekwu okwu Chineke. Nʼihi na ọ na-enye Mmụọ ya nʼuju.
For he whom God sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.
35 Nna hụrụ Ọkpara ya nʼanya, o tinyekwala ihe niile nʼaka ya.
The Father loves the Son and has put all things in his hand.
36 Onye ọbụla kwere nʼỌkpara ahụ nwere ndụ ebighị ebi, ma onye ọbụla jụrụ Ọkpara ahụ agaghị ahụ ndụ nʼihi na iwe Chineke ga-adịrị ya.” (aiōnios g166)
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life; rather, the wrath of God remains upon him. (aiōnios g166)
