1 Ma Yudase tɔ̃ɖedze ɔwɛ̃ gɔ marɔ sɔ Nikodemo fiɛ ɔpia i ikuri nɛ masɛ marɔ sɔ ma Farisise ɔwe. 2 Kasɛ̃ kawɛ̃ ne, ɔba Yesu kɔrɛ ɔba ɔ̃aɣere wũ sɔ, “Rabi, boɣe sɔ Ratedze aɖe abɔrɛ i Ɣaa kɔrɛ ala ara wa ato abara ne, kuwɛ̃ iibawo wã ɔbara si Ɣaa kɔrɔ̃ iisia wũ iso.”

3 Yesu ɔɣere wũ sɔ, “Gbagbaã nto loɣere-ɔ sɔ si mailedza ɔturi iɣe ne, ɔ̃ibanya Ɣaa sigara iɖe ɔnya.”

4 Ne Nikodemo ɔkarɛ wũ sɔ, “Nda maabara maaledza ɔkpakpa iɣe gɔ ɔ̃isibawo ɔ̃ ɔnyi kayiri ame ɔkpese ɔbo?”

5 Ne Yesu ɔɣere wũ sɔ, “Gbagbaã nto loɣere-ɔ sɔ, si maiɣe ɔturi makigu i ndu gu Ɣaa Siwarã ame ne, ɔ̃ibawo Ɣaa sigarakaɖekɔ̃ ame ɔbo. 6 Maɣese nsɛ maɣe ɔturi i siturina ame, ɣɛɛ Ɣaa Siwarã nsɛ siɣe ɔturi i siwarã ame. 7 Ne ɔso daatã ibara-ɔ ɣaa sɔ nto loɣere-ɔ sɔ ikote sɔ maaledza mi ɔɖuɖu iɣe. 8 Ɔwiri sɛ ɔkpɛ̃ ɔkɛlɛ ngbegɔ iɖe ɔɖɔɛ, ɣɛɛ ɔ̃ kulu kere iɖe aanɔ, aibatsue ngbegɔ iɖe ɔbɔrɛ, ɣee ngbegɔ iɖe ɔsɛ. Ngbɔ ame nɖe ɔbiara gɔ maɣe makigu i Siwarã ame ne.”

9 Ne Nikodemo ɔkarɛ wũ sɔ, “Nda i nnɛgbe aabara iaba?”

10 Yesu ɔɣere wũ sɔ, “Fɔ lɛ ratedzekpakpa i Israel ne, aiɣe nnɛgbe? 11 Gbagbaã nto loɣere-ɔ sɔ, ara wa boɣe boto boɣere mi, fiɛ nwa bonya iso boto boɖe mi ika, ɣɛɛ miito mibie sɔ miafɔ nnɛ boto boɣere mi. 12 Si aito afɔ me aɖe si loɣere-ɔ kayiiso ngbe ara ne, nda aabara fiɛ aafɔ me aɖe si loɣere-ɔ ara wa mpia i kato? 13 Kuwɛ̃ iisɛ kato ɔnya iɖo mme, Ɔturi Awune Ɔbi, gɔ lose i kato ɔba karɔ̃.

14 “Lɛ kumɛgɔ i Mose ɔsu aɣɛ wa mabara ala ibɔra ɔsa i ɔdziri iso i fafuĩ ame ne, ngbɔ ame iɖe maakɔlɛ mme, Ɔturi Awune Ɔbi, kato ne, 15 sɔ mma ɔɖuɖu lofɔ me maɖe ne, maana ngbã mɛ loisɛ miro.

16 “Alasɔ Ɣaa ɔbua ɔto ɔɖɔɛ kayiiso maturi sɔ ɔsu ɔ̃ Ɔbi ɔwɛ̃ saã ɔtã sɔ ɔbiara gɔ lofɔ wũ ɔɖe ne, ɔ̃ibawɔ, ɣɛɛ ɔ̃ana ngbã mɛ loisɛ miro. 17 Alasɔ Ɣaa iipia ɔ̃ Ɔbi sɔ ɔba ɔ̃atã kayiiso maturi ipɔ, ɣɛɛ sɔ si ɔba ɔ̃aɖe ma Ɖidze.

18 “Mma lofɔ Ɔbi maɖe ne, Ɣaa iitã ma ipɔ, ɣɛɛ mma loifɔ wũ maɖe ne, maɔɖe ipɔ koko alasɔ maifɔ Ɣaa Ɔbi ɔwɛ̃ saã maɖe. 19 Nnɛ ɔso i Ɣaa sɛ ɔtã maturi ipɔ nɖe sɔ, ikpawaĩ ɔba kayiiso, ɣɛɛ mato maɖɔɛ idududu maɖo ikpawaĩ alasɔ ma kurabarara ɔnyanyarĩ. 20 Mma ɔɖuɖu nsɛ mabara ara lalaa ɔtsiri ikpawaĩ, fiɛ maisɛ mabie sɔ maabore mabo ne alasɔ maito mabie sɔ ma ara lalaa si are kayi. 21 Ɣɛɛ mma nsɛ mabara ara i ɔnukuare ɔri iso, masɛ mabore maba ikpawaĩ kɔrɛ sɔ si iate sɔ mato makã Ɣaa atsue.”

22 Nnɛgbe kama ne, Yesu gu ɔ̃ marasuãdze ɔkɛlɛ Yudea ibuiti ame. Ɔwegu ma i mmɔ kɛkɛĩ fiɛ ɔpie maturi Ɣaa ndu i ɔwore ame. 23 Ɔwi gɔmɔ ame ne, Yohanes ɔ̃ wũ ɔto ɔpie maturi Ɣaa ndu i Aenon gɔ lobore ɔbo Salim alasɔ ndu ɔsi i mmɔ. Maturi to maba ɔ̃ kɔrɛ fiɛ ɔto ɔpie ma Ɣaa ndu. 24 Ɔwi gɔmɔ ame ne, maimɔɛ̃ Yohanes mapia i iyo.

25 Iyi iwɛ̃ ne, karawararã ɔbo i Yohanes marasuãdze gu ɔ Yudase ɔwɛ̃ ndɛ̃ i ma Yudase ifoforeso kubarara iso. 26 Ne ɔso maba maaɣere Yohanes sɔ, “Ratedze, ato anyigi ɔrɛrɛ̃ ɔwɛ̃ gɔ lowegu-ɔ i Yordan kama isɛ fiɛ aɖe ɔ̃ iso aɖansiɛ mmɔ? Kiniɔ ne, ɔ̃ ka nto ɔpie maturi Ɣaa ndu fiɛ ma ɔɖuɖu ɔɔsore so makpa ɔ̃ kɔrɛ ne.”

27 Yohanes ɔtã ma mmuai sɔ, “Ɔturi iibawe kuira si iiɖe Ɣaa lotã wũ. 28 Mi mɔmɔ ɖe me aɖansiɛ sɔ loɣere mi sɔ, iiɖe me nɖe Kristo gɔmɔ, ne Ɣaa lopia me sɔ loɖe wũ katɔ̃. 29 Ɔrɛrɛ̃ gɔ nto ɔkɔ ɔrɔ̃go ne, ɔ̃ mba ɔrɔ̃go ne. Ɔ̃ ɔlaa gɔ nɖe ɔ̃ masaa fiɛ ɔɣɛ i ɔ̃ kɔrɛ ɔto ɔkã wũ atsue sɛ ɔna isoɣɔ si ɔto ɔnɔ ɔ̃ silɔ. Ngbɔ ame i isoɣɔ ɔɔyi i wũ ame ne. 30 Ne ɔso ɔ̃ iyere aakɔlɛ kato, ɣɛɛ wũ ire aaba karɔ̃.

31 “Ngɔ lose i Ɣaa sigarakaɖekɔ̃ ɔmɔ ɔɖo ɔbiara. Ngɔ lose i karɔ̃ iso ne, karɔ̃ iso ɔre ɔɖe fiɛ karɔ̃ iso ara iso ɔsɛ ɔɖe ika. Ɣɛɛ ngɔ lose i kato ne, ɔɖo ma ɔɖuɖu. 32 Ɔsɛ ɔɣɛ ara wa ɔnya gu nwa ɔnɔ, ɣɛɛ kuwɛ̃ iisɛ ɔfɔ ɔ̃ itɔ̃me. 33 Ɣɛɛ ngɔ lofɔ ɔ̃ itɔ̃me ɔɖe ɔsia ita sɔ Ɣaa ne, ɔnukuarese ɔɖe. 34 Ngɔ i Ɣaa ɔpia katɔ̃me ne, ɔsɛ ɔɣɛ Ɣaa itɔ̃me, alasɔ Ɣaa sɛ ɔtã ɔ̃ Siwarã ɔyi i ɔ̃ ame. 35 Ɣaa sɛ ɔɖɔɛ ɔ̃ Ɔbi, fiɛ ɔsu ira biara ɔpia i ɔ̃ ɔle kayirinɔ.

36 “Ɔbiara gɔ lofɔ Ɔbi ɔɖe ba ngbã mɛ loibaro, ɣɛɛ ɔbiara gɔ losɛ̃ Ɣaa Ɔbi atsue ikã ne, ɔ̃ibana ngbã, ɣɛɛ Ɣaa kutsue ikpadzɛ̃ sia wũ iso.”