Yohana 1
1 Kiogo sa kale pabile ni neno, ni ywa neno abile pamope ni Nnongo, nga ywa Neno abile Nnongo.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 Aywoo, Neno, palyo kinchogo abile pamope ni Nnongo.
This was in the beginning with God.
3 Ilebe yoti gatipangilwa petya ywembe, mana ntopo ywembe chalowa pangika kwaa hata kilebe chimo.
All things were made by him, and without him not a single creature was made.
4 Nkati yake ngaubile ukoti, ni wolo ukoti wabile bweya ya bandu boti.
In him was life, and the life was the light of man.
5 Bweya yating'ala mulubendo, wala lubendo lwaloweza kwaa kwiima.
And the light shone in darkness, but the darkness received it not.
6 Pabile ni mundu ywatumilwe kuoma kwa Nnongo, lina lyake akemelwa Yohana.
A man named John, was sent from God.
7 Ywaisile kati shaidi woshuhudia husu yelo bweya, ili bote baweze amini petya ywembe.
This man came as a witness, to testify concerning the light, that through him, all might believe.
8 Yohana abile kwaa yelo bweya, ila aisile ili shuhudia husu yelo bweya.
He was not himself the light; but came to testify concerning the light.
9 Eyo yabile bweya ya kweli yabile yaisa mu'dunia niyembe yampea bweya kila yumo.
The true light was he who, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
10 Abile mu'dunia, ni dunia iumbilwe petya ywembe, ni dunia yantangite kwaa.
He was in the world, and the world was made by him; yet the world knew him not.
11 Aisile kwa ilebe yake, ni bandu bake bampokya kwaa.
He came to his own land, and his own people did not receive him;
12 Ila kwa balo baingi babampokile, balo baamini lina lyake, kwa balo kabapeya haki ya kuwa bana ba Nnongo.
but to as many as received him, believing in his name, he granted the privilege of being children of God;
13 Bababelekilwe, kwa mwai kwaa, wala kwa mapenzi ga yega, wala kwa mapenzi ga mundu, ila kwa Nnongo mwene.
who derive their birth not from blood, nor from the desire of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God.
14 Ni ywembe Neno apangilwe yega ni tama nkati yitu, tuubweni utukufu wake, kati utukufu wa mundu kichake wa kipekee ywabile kuoma kwa Tate, atwelile neema ni kweli.
And the Word became incarnate, and sojourned amongst us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, ) full of favor and truth.
15 Yohana atishuhudia husu ywembe, ni akoiye kwa lilobe kabaya, “Ayoo nga ywembe nimmakiye habari yake nibayite, “Yolo ywaisa baada yango nga nkolo kuliko nenga, kwa maana abile kabla yango.”
(It was concerning him John testified, when he cried, This is He of whom I said, He that comes after me, is preferred to me; for he was before me.)
16 Kwa mana kuoma mu'utimilifu wake, twenga twaboti, twapoki bure ipawa baada ya ipawa.
Of his fulness we all have received, even favor for favor's sake;
17 Kwa mana saliya yatiisa petya Musa. Neema ni kweli yaisile petya Yesu Kristu.
for the law was given by Moses--the favor and the truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 Ntopo mundu ywamwonile Nnongo muda wowoti. Mundu pekee ywabile nga Nnongo, abile mu'kifua sa Tate, apangite ywembe ayowanike.
No one ever saw God; it is the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, who has made him known.
19 Awoo nga ushuhuda ba Yohana palyo makuhani ni alawi bantumilwe kwake ni Ayahudi kubamwuliza.”Wenga wa nyai?”
Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you?
20 Bila kusitasita ni kakana kwaa, ila kaayangwa, “Nenga na Kristo kwaa.”
he acknowledged, and denied not, but acknowledged, saying, I am not the Messiah.
21 Eyo kabannokiya, “kwa eyo wenga wanyai? wenga wa Eliya?” Kabaya, “Nenga kwaa” Kababaya, “Wenga wa nabii?” Kayangwa, “Hapana.”
And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? He answered, No.
22 Boka po kabammakiya, “Wenga wa nyai, ili tubapei jibu balo batutumile?” Kabaujishuhudie kwaa wenga wa mwene?”
They said, Tell, then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you say of yourself?
23 Kabaya, “Nenga nga lilobe lyake ywabile mmwitu:'Mwinyoshe ndela ya Ngwana,'kati nabii Isaya abayite.”
He answered, I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as said, the Prophet Isaiah.
24 Bai pabile ni bandu batumilwe palyo kuoma kwa Mafarisayo. Kabannobiya no baya,
Now they who were sent, were of the Pharisees.
25 “Kwa mwanja namani wabatiza bai kati wenga wa Kristo kwaa wala Eliya wala nabii?”
And they questioned him further, Why, then, do you immerse, if you be not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
26 Yohana kaayangwa kabaya, “Nabatiza kwa mase, Hata nyoo, nkati yinu atiyema mundu muntangite kwaa.
John answered, I immerse in water, but there is one among you whom you know not.
27 Aywoo nga aisa baada yango, Nenga nastahili kwaa kuilegeza gidamu ya ilatu yake.”
It is he who comes after me, and was before me; whose shoe-string I am not worthy to loose.
28 Makowe aga gapangike Bethania, ng'ambo ya Yordani, pandu Yohana abile atibabatiza bandu.
This happened at Bethabara, upon the Jordan, where John was immersing.
29 Lisoba lya naibele Yohana amweni Yesu aisa kwake kabaya, “Linga mwana ngondolo wa Nnongo ywaitola sambi ya dunia!
On the next day, John sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.
30 Aywoo nga ywembe ywa nilongela makowe gake natibaya, “Ywembe ywaisa kunchogo kwango nga nkolo kuliko nenga, kwa mana abile kabla yango.'
This is He, concerning whom I said, After me a man comes, who is preferred to me; for he was before me.
31 Hata nenga nintangite kwaa ywembe, lakini ipangilwe nyoo ili aitambulishe mu'Israeli, naisile kwabatiza kwa mase.”
As for me, I knew him not; but, that he might be made manifest to Israel, I am come immersing in water.
32 Yohana atishuhudia, “Namweni Roho kuoma kumaunde mpwano wa ua, ni abile nnani yake.
John testified further, saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven, like a dove, and remaining upon him.
33 Nenga nintangite kwaa lakini ywembe ywanitumile ili niabatize kwa mase anibakiye,'yolo ywabile lola Roho kauluka no tama nnani yake, Aywoo nga aabatiza kwa Roho Mtakatifu.'
For my part, I should not have known him, had not He, who sent me to immerse in water, told me, Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining, the same is He who immerses in the Holy Spirit.
34 Namweni na kumshuhudia yolo nga Mwana wa Nnongo.”
Having, therefore, seen this, I testify that he is the Son of God.
35 Kae lisoba lyanaibele Yohana ayemi pamope ni anapunzi bake abele,
The next day, John, being with two of his disciples,
36 bamweni Yesu katyanga ni Yohana kabaya, “Linga mwana ngondolo wa Nnongo!”
observed Jesus passing, and said, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 Anapunzi abele kaban'yowa Yohana kabaya aga kaban'yangwa Yesu.
The two disciples hearing this, followed Jesus.
38 Kae Yesu atikelebuka ni kuabona anapunzi balo bakinkengama, ni kabammakiya, “Mwapala namani? Kaban'yangwa, “Rabbi, (maana yake 'mwalimu,' utama kwaako?”
And Jesus turning about, saw them following, and said to them, What do you seek? They answered, Rabbi, (which signifies Teacher, ) where do you dwell?
39 Kaabakiya, “Muiche na mubweni, “Boka po kabayenda ni kubona pandu abile akitama, batitama pamope naywembe lisoba lelo, kwa mana ibile kati saa komi.
He replied, Come, and see. They went, and saw where he dwelt, and it being about the tenth hour, abode with him that day.
40 Yumo nkati ya balo abele kaban'yowa Yohana kalongela ni boka po kankengama Yesu abile Andrea, nnuna wake Simoni Petro.
One of the two, who, having heard John, followed Jesus, was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.
41 Amweni nnongo bake Simoni ni kummakiya, “Tumweni masihi” (maana yake Kristo)
The first he met, was his own brother, Simon; to whom he said, We have found the Messiah, (a name equivalent to Christ.)
42 Atikunneta kwa Yesu. Yesu atikunlola ni kubaya, “Wenga wa Simoni mwana wa Yohana “wakemilwe Kefa,” (maana yake 'Petro')
And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, looking upon him, said, You are Simon, the son of Jona; you shall be called Cephas, (which denotes the same as Peter.)
43 Lisoba lya isile palyo Yesu kabapala kuboka kuyendya Galilaya, ampatike Filipo no kum'bakiya, “Ngengame nenga.”
The next day, he resolved to go to Galilee, and meeting Philip, said to him, Follow me.
44 Filipo ywabile mwenyeji wa Bethsaida mji wa Andrea ni Petro.
Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Filipo ampatike Nathanaeli ni kummakiya, Tuweni yolo ywaandikilwe habari zake mu saliya ya manabii. Yesu mwana wa Yusufu, kuoma Nazareti.
Philip meets Nathanael, and says to him, We have found the person described by Moses in the law, and by the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, of Nazareth.
46 Nathanieli kammakiya, “Je kilebe kinoite chalowa boka Nazareti?” Filipo kammakiya, Uiche ni ubone.”
Nathanael says to him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip answered, Come and see.
47 Yesu amweni Nathanieli kaisa kwake nobaya, “Linga, mwisaeli ywa kweli abile kwaa ni ubocho nkati yake!
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said, concerning him, Behold an Israelite, indeed, in whom is no guile.
48 Nathanieli kammakiya “Unitangite kwaa nenga?” Yesu kayangwa ni kummakiya, “Kabla Filipo akukema kwaa paubile pae ya mtini, natikubona.”
Nathanael said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus answered, I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip called you.
49 Nathanieli kayangwa, “Rabbi wenga wa mwana wa Nnongo! wenga wa mpwalume wa Israeli”!
Nathanael replying, said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.
50 Yesu kayangwa ni kummakiya, kwa mana nikumakiye,'natikubona pae ya mtini' je waamini? walowa bona makowe makolo kuliko aga.”
Jesus answered him, saying, Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, you believe!
51 Yesu kabaya, Amini amini naabakiya mwalowa kubona maunde gayongolilwe, ni kubona malaika kabaoboka ni uluka nnani ya mwana wa Adamu.”
He added, Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending from the Son of Man, and descending to him.
