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Yohane 3
Nkwa Asem
Yohane 3
Nkwa Asem
Yesu ne Nikodemo
3 Anadwo bi, ɔbarima bi a ɔyɛ Yudafo mpanyin no mu baako a wɔfrɛ no Nikodemo a ɔsan yɛ Farisini no, 2 kɔɔ Yesu nkyɛn, kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, yenim sɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔsomaa wo, efisɛ, obiara ntumi nyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne a woyɛ yi gye sɛ Onyankopɔn ka ne ho.” 3 Yesu buaa no se, “Merema woate ase sɛ, sɛ wɔanwo wo foforo a, worentumi nkɔ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu.”
4 Nikodemo bisaa no se, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na me abasiriwa yi, betumi akɔ me na yam ama wɔawo me bio?”
5 Yesu nso buaa no se, “Mereka nokware akyerɛ wo, sɛ wɔamfi nsu ne Honhom mu anwo obi a, ɔrentumi nkɔ Onyankopɔn Ahenni no mu. 6 Nea wofi onipa mu awo no no, yɛ ɔhonam, na nea wofi Honhom mu awo no no, yɛ honhom. 7 Mma ɛnnyɛ wo nwonwa sɛ maka se, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔwo wo foforo! 8 Sɛnea wote mframa nka nanso wuntumi nkyerɛ faako a efi ba ne faako a ɛbɔ kɔ no, saa ara na Honhom mu awo no nso te.”
9 Nikodemo bisaa no se, “Eyi ase ne dɛn? Mente ase.” 10 Yesu buaa no se, “Wo, ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo a wudi mu Israel na wonte eyi ase? 11 Nea yenim ne nea yɛahu na yɛreka akyerɛ mo yi, nanso munnye yɛn nni. 12 Sɛ meka asase yi so nsɛm kyerɛ mo na munnye nni a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na sɛ meka ɔsoro nsɛm kyerɛ mo a, mubegye adi? 13 Obiara nkɔɔ soro da gye me Onipa Ba no a mifi soro bae no.
14 “Sɛnea Mose maa ɔwɔ sɛso a wɔde kɔbere ayɛ asɛn dua so wɔ sare so no, saa ara na me nso wɔbɛma me so, 15 na obiara a ogye me di no, obenya nkwa a enni awiei. 16 Na sɛnea Onyankopɔn dɔɔ wiase ni, sɛ ɔde ne Ba a ɔwoo no koro no mae, na obiara a ogye no di no anyera na wanya nkwa a enni awiei. 17 Onyankopɔn ansoma ne Ba amma wiase sɛ ommebu wiase atɛn, na mmom ɔsomaa no sɛ, ommegye wiase nkwa.
18 “Obiara a ogye Ɔba no di no, wɔremmu no atɛn; na nea onnye no nni no, wɔabu no atɛn dedaw, efisɛ, wannye Onyankopɔn Ba koro no anni. 19 Nea Onyankopɔn gyina so bu atɛn ne sɛ: Hann no aba wiase nanso nnipa ani gye sum ho sen Hann no, efisɛ, wɔn nneyɛe nyinaa yɛ bɔne. 20 Ɔdebɔneyɛfo biara mpɛ Hann no, na ɔremmɛn Hann no, efisɛ, osuro sɛ ne nneyɛe bɔne no bɛda adi. 21 Na nea ɔyɛ Onyame apɛde no ba Hann no mu na obiara ahu sɛ ɔyɛ Onyame apɛde.”
Yohane di Yesu ho adanse
22 Eyi akyi, Yesu ne n’asuafo no fi Yerusalem kɔɔ Yudea akuraa bi ase kɔtenaa hɔ kakra bɔɔ asu wɔ hɔ. 23 Saa bere no ara na Yohane nso rebɔ asu wɔ Ainon a ɛbɛn Salim, efisɛ, na nsuwansuwa wɔ hɔ. Nnipa pii baa ne nkyɛn ma ɔbɔɔ wɔn asu. 24 Saa bere no na wɔmfaa Yohane ntoo afiase.
25 Da bi, Yohane akyidifo bi ne Yudani bi gyee akyinnye faa ahodwira ho. 26 Enti asuafo no kɔɔ Yohane nkyɛn kɔka kyerɛɛ no se, “Kyerɛkyerɛfo, ɔbarima bi a na ɔwɔ wo nkyɛn wɔ Yordan fa nohɔ no a wudii ne ho adanse no nso rebɔ asu na nnipa pii rekɔ ne nkyɛn.”
27 Yohane buae se, “Obi rentumi nni dwuma a ɛte sɛɛ gye sɛ Onyame ka ne ho. 28 Mo ara mudi me adanse sɛ meka kyerɛɛ mo se, ‘Ɛnyɛ me ne Kristo no na mmom wɔasoma me adi n’anim kan.’ 29 Adamfo a ɔboa ayeforokunu no wɛn n’aso twɛn no, na sɛ ɔte ne nne a, n’ani gye. Ɛno nti na m’anigye wie pɛyɛ no. 30 Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔyɛ ɔkɛse na me nso meyɛ ɔketewa. 31 Nea ofi soro aba no yɛ ɔkɛse sen obiara; nea ofi asase so no yɛ wiaseni na ɔkasa sɛ wiaseni. 32 Ɔsoroni no ka nea wahu ne nea wate nanso, obiara nnye no nni. 33 Wɔn a wogye no di no di adanse sɛ, Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔnokwafo. 34 Nea Onyankopɔn asoma no no ka Onyankopɔn asɛm, efisɛ, Onyankopɔn de ne Honhom ahyɛ no ma. 35 Agya no dɔ ne Ba no enti ɔde biribiara so tumi ahyɛ ne nsa. 36 Nea ogye Ɔba no di no benya nkwa a ɛnsa da, na nea onnye no nni no, rennya nkwa a ɛnsa da na mmom Onyankopɔn asotwe da ne so.”
John 3
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John 3
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Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
3 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus(A) who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.(B) 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi,(C) we know(D) that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs(E) you are doing if God were not with him.”(F)
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]”(G)
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(H) 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit.(I) 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[d](J)
9 “How can this be?”(K) Nicodemus asked.
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(L) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know,(M) and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.(N) 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven(O) except the one who came from heaven(P)—the Son of Man.[e](Q) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(R) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f](S) 15 that everyone who believes(T) may have eternal life in him.”[g](U)
16 For God so loved(V) the world that he gave(W) his one and only Son,(X) that whoever believes(Y) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(Z) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(AA) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(AB) 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(AC) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(AD) 19 This is the verdict: Light(AE) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(AF) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(AG) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
John Testifies Again About Jesus
22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.(AH) 23 Now John(AI) also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.)(AJ) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.(AK) 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi,(AL) that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified(AM) about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”
27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’(AN) 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom.(AO) The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.(AP) 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”[h]
31 The one who comes from above(AQ) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.(AR) The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard,(AS) but no one accepts his testimony.(AT) 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent(AU) speaks the words of God, for God[i] gives the Spirit(AV) without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.(AW) 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,(AX) but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
Footnotes
- John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.
- John 3:6 Or but spirit
- John 3:7 The Greek is plural.
- John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
- John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
- John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
- John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.
- John 3:30 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 36.
- John 3:34 Greek he
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