1 Amoon na ca Farisen ya nit ku ñu naan Nikodem te mu bokk ca kilifay Yawut ya.
1Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, 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.»
2The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is 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 him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, The word translated “anew” here and in John 3:7 (anothen) also means “again” and “from above”. he can’t see the Kingdom 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 said to 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 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, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!
6 Lu juddoo ci nit, nit la; waaye lu juddoo ci Xelum Yàlla, xel la.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Li ma ne: “Fàww ngeen judduwaat,” bumu la jaaxal.
7 Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
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.»
8 The wind The same Greek word (pneuma) means wind, breath, and spirit. blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Ci baat yooyu Nikodem ne ko: «Nu loolu man a ame?»
9Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”
10 Yeesu tontu ko ne: «Yaw yaay jàngal bànni Israyil te xamuloo mbir yii?
10Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?
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 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don’t receive our witness.
12 Gannaaw gëmuleen li ma leen di wax ci mbiri àddina, naka ngeen man a gëme, bu ma leen waxee ci mbiri asamaan?
12 If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 Kenn musul a yéeg ci asamaan su dul ki fa jóge, muy Doomu nit ki.
13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in 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 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 ngir képp ku ko gëm am ci moom dund gu dul jeex.»
15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
17 Yàlla yónniwul Doomam ci àddina ngir mu daan nit ñi, waaye ngir musal leen.
17 For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should 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.
18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only 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 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 Képp kuy def lu bon day bañ leer gi te du ci ñëw, ndax ragal ay jëfam di feeñ bëccëgu ndarakàmm.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
21 Waaye ku def lu jub day ñëw ci leer gi, ngir ñu xam ne, def na ay jëfam ci kanam Yàlla.
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”
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, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized.
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.
23John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.
24 Booba tëjaguñu Yaxya ci kaso.
24For John was not yet thrown into prison.
25 Foofa ay taalibey Yaxya tàmbalee werante ak benn Yawut ci mbirum sangu set.
25There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
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!»
26They came to John, and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”
27 Yaxya tontu leen: «Kenn mënul a am dara lu ko Yàlla joxul.
27John answered, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
28 Yéen ci seen bopp man ngeen a seede ne, waxoon naa ne, duma Almasi bi waaye dañu maa yónni ma jiitusi ko.
28You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have 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 has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
30 Li war moo di moom, mu gën a màgg te man, ma gën a féete suuf.»
30He must increase, but I must decrease.
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 comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 day wax li mu gis ak li mu dégg, waaye kenn nanguwul li mu seede.
32What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
33 Képp ku nangu seedeem nangu nga ne Yàlla, dëgg lay wax.
33He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, 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 has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
35 Baay bi dafa bëgg Doom ji, te jox na ko sañ-sañ ci lépp.
35The Father loves the Son, and has given all things 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.
36One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys The same word can be translated “disobeys” or “disbelieves” in this context. the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”