Johani 3

¹Kwaivapo mumwe wavaFarise, wainzi Nikodimo, mukuru wavaJudha.There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

²Iye akavuya kwaari vusiku, akati kwaari: Rabhi, tinoziva kuti muri Mudzidzisi wakabva kunaMwari; nokuti hakuna munhu unogona kuita zviratidzo izvozvo zvamunoita, kana Mwari asinaye.The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

³Jesu akapindura, akati kwaari: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwauri: Kana munhu asingaberekwi kutsva haangavoni vushe bwaMwari.Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

⁴Nikodimo akati kwaari: Munhu ungagoberekwa seiko ava mukuru? Ungapinda zve mudumbu ramai vake rwechipiri, akaberekwa here?Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

⁵Jesu akapindura, akati: Zvirokwazvo zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwauri: Kana munhu asingaberekwi nemvura noMweya, haangagoni kupinda muvushe bwaMwari.Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

⁶Chakaberekwa nenyama inyama, chakaberekwa noMweya, mweya.That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁷Usashamiswa, nokuti ndakati kwauri: Munofanira kuberekwa kutsva?Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

⁸Mhepo inovhuvhuta painoda napo, unonzwa inzwi rayo, asi hauzivi painobva napainoenda; mumwe nomumwe wakaberekwa noMweya wakadaro.The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

⁹Nikodimo akapindura, akati kwaari; Zvinhu izvi zvingagoitwa seiko?Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

¹⁰Jesu akapindura, akati kwaari: Iwe uri mudzidzisi wavaIsraeri haunzwisisi zvinhu izvozvi here?Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

¹¹Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwauri: Tinotaura zvatinoziva tinopupura zvatakavona; asi imi hamugamuchiri kupupura kwedu.Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

¹²Kana ndakakuvudzai zvinhu zvenyika, mukasatenda, mungagotenda seiko, kana ndichikuvudzai zvinhu zvokudenga?If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

¹³Hakuno munhu wakakwira kudenga, asi iye wakaburuka kudenga, iye Mwanakomana womunhu.And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

¹⁴Mosesi sezvaakasimudza nyoka murenje, saizvozvo Mwanakomana womunhu unofanira kusimudzwa vo,And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

¹⁵kuti aninani unotenda kwaari, arege kuparara ave novupenyu bwusingaperi.That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

¹⁶Nokuti Mwari wakada nyika nokudaro, kuti wakapa Mwanakomana wake wakaberekwa mumwe woga, kuti aninani unotenda kwaari, arege kuparara, asi ave novupenyu bwusingaperi.For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁷Nokuti Mwari haana kutumira Mwanakomana wake panyika, kuti arashe nyika, asi kuti nyika iponeswe naye.For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

¹⁸Unotenda kwaari, haatongwi; asi usingatendi kwaari, watotongwa, nokuti haana kutenda kuzita roMwanakomana waMwari wakaberekwa mumwe woga.He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

¹⁹Kutongwa ndokuku, kuti chiedza chakasvika panyika, asi vanhu vakada rima kupfuvura chiedza, nokuti mabasa avo akanga akaipa.And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

²⁰Nokuti mumwe nomumwe, unoita zvakaipa, unovenga chiedza, haavuyi pachiedza, kuti mabasa ake arege kubudiswa pachena.For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

²¹Asi unoita zvokwadi, unovuya pachiedza, kuti mabasa ake avonekwe, kuti akaitwa munaMwariBut he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

²²Shure kwaizvozvo Jesu wakasvika munyika yeJudhea, navadzidzi vake, akagara’ko navo achibhabhatidza.After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

²³NaJohane wakanga achibhabhatidza vo paAinoni, pedo neSarimi, nokuti kwaiva nemvura zhinji ipapo; vakavuya, vakabhabhatidzwa.And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

²⁴Nokuti Johane wakanga achigere kuiswa mutirongo.For John was not yet cast into prison.

²⁵Zvino nharo dzikamuka pamusoro pokuzvinatsa pakati pavadzidzi vaJohane nomumwe muJudha.Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.

²⁶Vakavuya kuna Johane, vakati kwaari: Rabhi, uya waiva nemi mhiri kwaJorodhani, wamaimbopupurira, tarirai, iye unobhabhatidza, vuye vose vanovuya kwaari.And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

²⁷Johane akapindura, akati: Munhu haangagamuchiri chinhu, kana asina kuchipiwa chichibva kudenga.John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

²⁸Imi mumene mungandipupurira, kuti ndakati: Handizi Kristu ini, asi kuti ndakatumwa pamberi pake.Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

²⁹Unomwenga ndichochikomba; asi shamwari yechikomba inomira ichimunzwa, inofara zvikuru nenzwi rechikomba. Naizvozvo kufara kwangu uku kwazadzika.He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

³⁰Iye unofanira kukura, asi ini ndinofanira kudukupiswa.He must increase, but I must decrease.

³¹Unobva kumusoro ndiye uri pamusoro pavose; nounobva panyika ndowenyika, unotaura zvenyika; unobva kudenga ndiye uri pamusoro pavose.He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

³²Zvaakavona nezvaakanzwa, ndizvo zvaanopupura; asi hakunomunhu unogamuchira kupupura kwake.And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

³³Uyo wakagamuchira kupupura kwake, wakasimbisa kuti Mwari ndowa zvokwadi.He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

³⁴Nokuti wakatumwa naMwari, ndiye unotaura mashoko aMwari; nokuti haapi Mweya achiyera.For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

³⁵Baba vanoda Mwanakomana, vakamupa zvose muruvoko rwake.The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

³⁶Unotenda kuMwanakomana, unovupenyu bwusingaperi; asi usingatereri Mwanakomana, haangavoni vupenyu, asi kutsamwa kwaMwari kunogara pamusoro pake.He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.