1 Amoon na ca Farisen ya nit ku ñu naan Nikodem te mu bokk ca kilifay Yawut ya.
1And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews,
2 Genn guddi mu ñëw ca Yeesu ne ko: «Kilifa gi, xam nanu ne, Yàllaa la yónni ngir nga jàngal nu, ndaxte kenn mënul a def firnde yii ngay wone te Yàlla àndul ak moom.»
2this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come — a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.`
3 Yeesu tontu ko ne: «Ci dëgg-dëgg maa ngi la koy wax, képp ku judduwaatul doo man a seede nguuru Yàlla.»
3Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;`
4 Nikodem ne ko: «Nit ku xas ba màggat, nan lay man a judduwaate? Ndax day dellu ci biiru yaayam ngir judduwaat?»
4Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?`
5 Yeesu tontu ko ne: «Ci dëgg-dëgg maa ngi la koy wax, ku judduwul ci ndox ak ci Xelum Yàlla, doo man a bokk ci nguuru Yàlla.
5Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;
6 Lu juddoo ci nit, nit la; waaye lu juddoo ci Xelum Yàlla, xel la.
6that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Li ma ne: “Fàww ngeen judduwaat,” bumu la jaaxal.
7`Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;
8 Ngelaw fu ko neex lay jublu. Yaa ngi koy dégg waaye xamuloo fu mu jóge, xamuloo fu mu jëm. Noonu la mel it ci képp ku juddoo ci Xelum Yàlla.»
8the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.`
9 Ci baat yooyu Nikodem ne ko: «Nu loolu man a ame?»
9Nicodemus answered and said to him, `How are these things able to happen?`
10 Yeesu tontu ko ne: «Yaw yaay jàngal bànni Israyil te xamuloo mbir yii?
10Jesus answered and said to him, `Thou art the teacher of Israel — and these things thou dost not know!
11 Ci dëgg-dëgg maa ngi la koy wax, noo ngi wax li nu xam, di nettali li nu gis, waaye nanguwuleen a gëm li nu seede.
11`Verily, verily, I say to thee — What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;
12 Gannaaw gëmuleen li ma leen di wax ci mbiri àddina, naka ngeen man a gëme, bu ma leen waxee ci mbiri asamaan?
12if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe?
13 Kenn musul a yéeg ci asamaan su dul ki fa jóge, muy Doomu nit ki.
13and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down — the Son of Man who is in the heaven.
14 Te itam na Musaa sampe woon ab bant ca diggu màndiŋ ma, takk ca jaan, ja mu defare woon xànjar, fàww ñu yékkatee noonu Doomu nit ki,
14`And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,
15 ngir képp ku ko gëm am ci moom dund gu dul jeex.»
15that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,
16 Ndaxte Yàlla dafa bëgg àddina, ba joxe jenn Doomam ji mu am kepp, ngir képp ku ko gëm am dund gu dul jeex te doo sànku mukk.
16for God did so love the world, that His Son — the only begotten — He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.
17 Yàlla yónniwul Doomam ci àddina ngir mu daan nit ñi, waaye ngir musal leen.
17For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;
18 Képp ku ko gëm deesu la daan, waaye ku ko gëmul daan nañu la ba noppi, ndaxte gëmuloo ci turu Doom ji Yàlla am kepp.
18he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 Ci nii la àtte bi ame: leer gi ñëw na ci àddina, waaye nit lëndëm gi lañu taamu ndax seeni jëf yu bon.
19`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;
20 Képp kuy def lu bon day bañ leer gi te du ci ñëw, ndax ragal ay jëfam di feeñ bëccëgu ndarakàmm.
20for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
21 Waaye ku def lu jub day ñëw ci leer gi, ngir ñu xam ne, def na ay jëfam ci kanam Yàlla.
21but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.`
22 Gannaaw loolu Yeesu ànd ak ay taalibeem, dem ca biir diiwaanu Yude, toog fa ak ñoom ab diir, di sóob nit ñi ci ndox.
22After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;
23 Yaxya moom itam doon na sóobe ci ndox ci dëkku Aynon, ca wetu dëkku Salim, ndaxte diiwaan booba bare woon na ndox. Nit ñi daan nañu ñëw ci moom, mu di leen sóob.
23and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized —
24 Booba tëjaguñu Yaxya ci kaso.
24for John was not yet cast into the prison —
25 Foofa ay taalibey Yaxya tàmbalee werante ak benn Yawut ci mbirum sangu set.
25there arose then a question from the disciples of John with [some] Jews about purifying,
26 Ci kaw loolu ñu dem ca Yaxya ne ko: «Kilifa gi, ndax fàttaliku nga kooka nga seede woon te mu nekkoon ak yaw ca gannaaw dexu Yurdan? Moom de, ma ngay sóobe ci ndox léegi te ñépp a ngay dem ca moom!»
26and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.`
27 Yaxya tontu leen: «Kenn mënul a am dara lu ko Yàlla joxul.
27John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;
28 Yéen ci seen bopp man ngeen a seede ne, waxoon naa ne, duma Almasi bi waaye dañu maa yónni ma jiitusi ko.
28ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;
29 Kiy céetal moo moom séetam. Waaye xaritu kiy céetal dafay taxaw di ko déglu, tey bég, bu déggee baatam. Mbég moomu moo di sama bos tey, te fi mu nekk mat na sëkk.
29he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.
30 Li war moo di moom, mu gën a màgg te man, ma gën a féete suuf.»
30`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;
31 Ki jóge ci kaw moo féete kaw ñépp; ki jóge ci suuf nag, ci suuf rekk la man a bokk, te ni niti àddina lay waxe. Ki jóge asamaan
31he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.
32 day wax li mu gis ak li mu dégg, waaye kenn nanguwul li mu seede.
32`And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;
33 Képp ku nangu seedeem nangu nga ne Yàlla, dëgg lay wax.
33he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;
34 Ndaw li Yàlla yónni, kàddug Yàlla lay wax, ndaxte mayu Xel mu Sell, mi Yàlla sol ci moom, amul dayo.
34for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;
35 Baay bi dafa bëgg Doom ji, te jox na ko sañ-sañ ci lépp.
35the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;
36 Ku gëm Doom ji, am nga dund gu dul jeex; ku déggadil Doom ji, amuloo dund, waaye merum Yàllaa ngi la tiim.
36he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.`