John 3
1 Vaba mutu wumosi mu Bafalisi dizina diandi Nikodemi, wuba pfumu yimosi yi Bayuda.
And there was a man of the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
2 Niandi wuyiza bata Yesu va builu ayi wunkamba: —Labi, tuzebi kueto ti ngeyo widi nlongi wuba kuidi Nzambi bila kuisi ko mutu wulenda vanga bikumu biobi wulembo vangi enati Nzambi kasi yandi va kimosi ko.
this one came to Him by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we have known that You have come from God—a teacher, for no one is able to do these signs that You do, if God may not be with him.”
3 Yesu wumvutudila: —Bukiedika ndikukamba, enati mutu kakadi butuka mbutuka yimonabuna kalendi ko mona kipfumu ki Nzambi!
Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone may not be born from above, he is not able to see the Kingdom of God”;
4 Nikodemi wuyuvula: —Buna buevi mutu kalenda butukila mu thangu keka nunu e? Wulenda buela vutuka diaka mu vumu ki ngudi andi ayi butuka e?
Nicodemus says to Him, “How is a man able to be born, being old? Is he able to enter into the womb of his mother a second time, and to be born?”
5 Yesu wumvutudila: —Bukiedika ndikukamba, enati mutu kakadi butuka mu nlangu ayi mu Pheve, kalendi ko kota mu Kipfumu ki Nzambi.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone may not be born of water and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the Kingdom of God;
6 Kioso kibutuka mu kinsuni kidi kinsuni. Vayi kioso kibutuka mu Pheve kidi kipheve.
that which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Bika kuaku simina bu ndikembi ti lufueti butuka mbutuka yimona.
You may not wonder that I said to you, It is required for you to be born from above;
8 Phemo yimvevumukanga koso ku yitidi ayi ngeyo weti wanga biyoko, vayi wukadi zaba kuevi wubedi ayi kuevi wulembo yendi. Buawu bobo buididi kuidi woso mutu wubutuka mu Pheve.
the Spirit blows where [that] One wills, and you hear [that] One’s voice, but you have not known from where [that] One comes, and to where [that] One goes; thus is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”
9 Nikodemi wunyuvula: —Buevi mambu momo malenda vangiminina e?
Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How are these things able to happen?”
10 Yesu wumvutudila: —Ngeyo widi nlongi wu Iseli vayi wukadi zaba mambu mama e?
Jesus answered and said to him, “You are the teacher of Israel and you do not know these things?
11 Bukiedika ndikukamba: beto tuntubanga mambu tuzebi; tunteliminanga kimbangi mu mambu tumona, vayi beno lutambudilanga ko kimbangi kieto.
Truly, truly, I say to you, what We have known We speak, and what We have seen We testify, and you do not receive Our testimony;
12 Enati ndiluyolukidi mambu ma ntoto vayi lukadi wilukila buna buevilulenda wilukila enati ndiluyolukidi mambu ma Diyilu e?
if I spoke to you of the earthly things, and you do not believe, how, if I will speak to you of the heavenly things, will you believe?
13 Kuisi ko mutu wukuma ku Diyilu, botula kaka Mutu wukulumuka va ntoto bu kaba ku Diyilu: Muana mutu niandi kaka wukuma ku diyilu.
And no one has gone up to Heaven, except He who came down out of Heaven—the Son of Man who is in Heaven.
14 Boso bu nangikina Moyize nioka mu dikanga, buawu bobo mamvandi Muana Mutu kela nangukulu.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up,
that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life, (aiōnios g166)
16 Bila Nzambi wuzodila ngolo batu va nza, diawu kavanina Muanꞌandi wumosi kaka muingi woso mutu wukunwilukila kabika bungana vayi kabaka luzingu lukalumani. (aiōnios g166)
for God so loved the world that He gave the only begotten Son, that everyone who is believing in Him may not perish, but may have continuous life. (aiōnios g166)
17 Bila Nzambi kasia fidisa ko Muanꞌandi va nza mu diambu di sambisa ntoto vayi muingi nza yivuka mu niandi.
For God did not send His Son into the world that He may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through Him;
18 Woso wukunwilukila kalendi sambusu ko vayi woso wunkambu wilukila wukisambusulu bila niandi mengi wilukila Muana wumosi kaka wu Nzambi.
he who is believing in Him is not judged, but he who is not believing has been judged already, because he has not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 Nzengolo nkanu yawu yayi: kiezila kiyiza va nza vayi batu baluta kuawu zola tombi viokila kiezila bila mavanga mawu maba mambimbi.
And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;
20 Bila woso mutu wumvanganga mambu mambimbi kazolanga ko kiezila ayi kalendi kuiza kuidi kiezila ko tala mavanga mandi mambimbi medi monika.
for everyone who is doing wicked things hates the light, and does not come into the light, that his works may not be detected;
21 Vayi woso mutu wunsadilanga kiedika, wunkuizanga ku kiezila mu diambudi mavanga mandi mamonika ti malembo vangimina mu Nzambi.
but he who is doing the truth comes into the light, that his works may be revealed, that in God they are having been worked.”
22 Momo bu mavioka, Yesu ayi minlonguki miandi, bayenda vuanda ndambu bilumbu mu Yuda. Kuna kaba botikilanga.
After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He tarried with them, and was immersing;
23 Yowani mamvandi buna wulembo botikila ku Enoni yifikimini ayi Salimi bila nlangu wuwombo wuba kuna; batu bayiza ayi babotoko.
and John was also immersing in Aenon, near to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being immersed—
24 Bila buna Yowani kakotosolo ko mu nloko.
for John was not yet cast into the prison—
25 Ziphaka zibua va khatitsika minlonguki mi Yowani ayi nyuda wumosi, mu diambu di vedila.
there arose then a question from the disciples of John with [some] Jews about purifying,
26 Buna bayenda kuidi Yowani ayi bankamba: —Labi, mutu wowo bedingi yaku kuna disimu di Yolidani, wowo teliminingi kimbangi, tala niandi mamvandi wulembo botika ayi batu boso balembo yendi kuidi niandi.
and they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified, behold, this One is immersing, and all are coming to Him.”
27 Yowani wuba vutudila: —Mutu kalendi tambula kima ko enati kasi kukitambula ko bu kiba ku diyilu.
John answered and said, “A man is not able to receive anything if it may not have been given him from Heaven;
28 Beno veka lulembo thelimina kimbangi bu ndituba ti: minu ndisiꞌama Klisto ko vayi minu ndifidusu ku ntualꞌandi.
you yourselves testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am having been sent before Him;
29 Nketo wukuelo vuiwulu kuidi bakala dinkuedidi. Vayi nkundi wu bakalakuedidi wuntelamanga va ndambu ayi wunkunwanga weti monanga khini mu wanga mbembo yi bakala dikuedidi. Khini yoyo yidi mu minu, yidukidi.
He who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing Him, rejoices with joy because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy has been fulfilled.
30 Bufueni niandi kaluta zangama vayi minu ndikuluka.
It is necessary [for] Him to increase, and me to become less;
31 Mutu wowo wuba ku Diyilu lutidi batu boso. Vayi mutu wowo wutotukila va ntoto, widi muisi ntoto; ayi wuntubanga banga muisi ntoto. Mutu wowo wuba ku Diyilu lutidi batu boso.
He who is coming from above is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaks; He who is coming from Heaven is above all.
32 Niandi wunteliminanga kimbangi mu mambu momo kamona ayi momo kawa vayi kadi mutu kakadi wilukila kimbangi kiandi.
And what He has seen and heard—this He testifies, and none receives His testimony;
33 Woso mutu wukikinina kimbangi kiandi, buna wunwilukila ti Nzambi wid wukiedika.
he who is receiving His testimony sealed that God is true;
34 Bila mutu wowo Nzambi katuma, weta tuba mambu ma Nzambi bila Nzambi wumvananga Pheve mu kambu teza.
for He whom God sent, He speaks the sayings of God; for God does not give the Spirit by measure;
35 Dise dinzolanga Muana ayi wutula bima bioso mu mioko miandi.
the Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand;
36 Woso mutu wunwilukilanga Muana beki luzingu lukalumani vayi wosowunkambu wilukila Muana kalendi baka ko luzingu lukalumani. Vayi nganziyi Nzambi yidi va niandi. (aiōnios g166)
he who is believing in the Son has continuous life; and he who is not believing the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.” (aiōnios g166)
