Yohane 3 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

3 ¹Panali munthu wa Afarisi, dzina lake Nikodemo, mkulu wa Ayuda. ²Munthu uyu anadza kwa Yesu usiku, nati kwa Iye, “Rabi, tikudziwa kuti Inu ndinu mphunzitsi wochokera kwa Atate wathu, pakuti palibe munthu angathe kuchita zizindikiro zimene Inu mukuchita, ngati Atate wathu sali naye.”

³Yesu anayankha nati, “Indetu, indetu, ndinena ndi iwe, ngati munthu sabadwa kuchokera Kumwamba, sangathe kuona ufumu wa Atate wathu.” ^a a v3 Mau akuti anōthen amatanthauza 'kuchokera kumwamba' komanso 'kachiwiri.' Nikodemo anamva 'kachiwiri' — ndicho chifukwa chake anafunsa za kulowanso m'mimba (v4).

⁴Nikodemo anafunsa nati, “Kodi munthu angabadwe bwanji atakalamba? Kodi angathe kulowanso m'mimba mwa amayi ake, nabadwenso?”

⁵Yesu anayankha nati, “Indetu, indetu, ndinena ndi iwe, ngati munthu sabadwa mwa madzi ndi Mzimu Woyera, sangathe kulowa mu ufumu wa Atate wathu. ⁶Chobadwa mwa thupi ndi thupi, ndipo chobadwa mwa Mzimu Woyera ndi mzimu. ⁷Usadabwe kuti ndakuuza, ‘Uyenera kubadwa kuchokera Kumwamba.’ ⁸Mphepo imawomba kumene ikufuna; umamva mkokomo wake koma sudziwa kumene ikuchokera kapena kumene ikupita. Momwemonso ndi mmene zilili ndi aliyense wobadwa mwa Mzimu.” ^b b v8 Mau omwewo amatanthauza 'mphepo' komanso 'Mzimu' — Yesu akugwiritsa ntchito chimene ungachimve koma osachitsata, kuti afanizire Yemwe amapereka kubadwa kwatsopano.

⁹Nikodemo anati kwa Iye, “Kodi zinthu izi zingatheke bwanji?”

¹⁰Yesu anamuyankha nati, “Kodi iwe ndiwe mphunzitsi wa Israeli, komatu sumvetsa zinthu izi? ¹¹Indetu, indetu, ndinena ndi inu, ife timanena chimene timachidziwa, timachitira umboni chimene tachiona, komatu inu simuvomereza umboni wathu. ¹²Ngati ndakuuzani zinthu za dziko lapansi ndipo simukhulupirira, nanga mudzakhulupirira bwanji ngati ndikuuzani zinthu za kumwamba? ¹³Palibe munthu anakwera kumwamba, koma yekhayo amene anatsika kuchokera kumwamba, Mwana wa Munthu. ¹⁴Monga Mose anakweza njoka m'chipululu, momwemonso Mwana wa Munthu ayenera kukwezedwa, ^c c v14 Mose anakweza njoka ya mkuwa pa mtengo m'chipululu kuti Mwisraeli aliyense amene njoka yamuluma aiyang'ane nakhale ndi moyo (Numeri 21:8–9). ¹⁵kuti aliyense womukhulupirira akhale ndi moyo wosatha. ¹⁶Pakuti Atate wathu anakonda dziko lapansi kotero kuti anapereka Mwana wake wobadwa yekha, kuti aliyense womukhulupirira asatayike koma akhale ndi moyo wosatha. ^d d v16 Chikondi chimene chinapereka Mwana ndi chikondi cha Atate. Atate wathu sanatumize mlendo m'dziko lapansi — anapereka Mwana wake weniweni, Yesu, kuti ife tibwerere kwathu monga ana ake. ¹⁷Pakuti Atate wathu sanatume Mwana wake m'dziko lapansi kuti aweruze dziko lapansi, koma kuti dziko lapansi lipulumutsidwe kudzera mwa Iye. ¹⁸Womukhulupirira saweruzidwa; koma wosakhulupirira waweruzidwa kale, chifukwa sanakhulupirire dzina la Mwana wobadwa yekha wa Atate wathu. ¹⁹Chiweruzo ndi ichi: kuwala kwalowa m'dziko lapansi, ndipo anthu anakonda mdima kuposa kuwala chifukwa ntchito zawo zinali zoipa. ²⁰Aliyense wochita zoipa amadana ndi kuwala ndipo sadza kukuwala, kuti ntchito zake zisaonekere poyera. ²¹Koma wochita choonadi amadza kukuwala, kuti zionekere kuti ntchito zake zinachitidwa mwa Atate wathu.”

Kubatiza mu Yudeya

²²Zitatha izi, Yesu ndi ophunzira ake anapita ku madera a ku Yudeya, kumene anakhala nawo, nabatiza anthu. ²³Yohane naye anali kubatiza ku Enoni pafupi ndi Salimu, chifukwa kunali madzi ambiri kumeneko, ndipo anthu amadza nabatizidwa, ²⁴pakuti Yohane anali asanaikidwe m'ndende. ²⁵Ndipo panabuka mkangano pakati pa ophunzira ena a Yohane ndi Myuda wina pa nkhani ya kuyeretsa. ²⁶Anadza kwa Yohane, nati kwa iye, “Rabi, munthu amene anali nanu tsidya la Yorodani, amene munamuchitira umboni uja—iye akubatiza, ndipo aliyense akupita kwa iye.”

²⁷Yohane anayankha nati, “Munthu sangathe kulandira ngakhale chinthu chimodzi, ngati sanapatsidwe kuchokera kumwamba. ²⁸Inu nokha mungachitire umboni kuti ndinati, ‘Ine sindine Khristu, koma ndatumidwa patsogolo pake.’ ²⁹Amene ali ndi mkwatibwi ndi mkwati—Yesu. Bwenzi la mkwati, amene aimirira namva iye, amakondwera kwambiri pakumva mau a mkwati. Motero chimwemwe changa tsopano chakwanira. ^e e v29 Yohane akumtcha Yesu kuti ndiye Mkwati — amene Atate wathu analonjeza kalekale kuti adzadza kudzatenga Mkwatibwi wake, anthu amene amawakonda. Chimwemwe cha Yohane ndi chimwemwe cha bwenzi pa ukwati umene wafika pomaliza. ³⁰Iye ayenera kukula, koma ine ndiyenera kuchepa.”

³¹Amene akuchokera kumwamba ali pamwamba pa onse. Wochokera pa dziko lapansi ngwa pa dziko lapansi, ndipo amanena mwa dziko lapansi. Amene akuchokera kumwamba ali pamwamba pa onse. ³²Iye amachitira umboni chimene anachiona nachimva, komatu palibe amene akulandira umboni wake. ³³Wolandira umboni wake amatsimikiza kuti Atate wathu ndi woona. ³⁴Amene Atate wathu anamtuma amanena mau a Atate wathu, pakuti amapereka Mzimu Woyera mopanda muyeso. ³⁵Atate wathu amakonda Mwana, ndipo wapereka zinthu zonse m'manja mwake. ^f f v35 Chikondi cha Atate ndi Mwana chimene chaonetsedwa m'vesi ili ndi moyo wamkati wa Mulungu mwini — wosatha, wosasintha, ndipo gwero la chilichonse chimene Atate wathu wapereka kwa Mwana kuti achinyamulire m'dziko lapansi. ³⁶Wokhulupirira Mwana ali ndi moyo wosatha; koma wosamvera Mwana sadzaona moyo—mkwiyo wa Atate wathu ukhalabe pa iye.