John 1
1 In the beginning was that Word, and that Word was with God, and that Word was God.
Le gɔmedzedzea me la, Nya la li, eye Nya la li kple Mawu, eye Nya lae nye Mawu.
2 This same was in the beginning with God.
Eli kple Mawu le gɔmedzedzea me.
3 All things were made by it, and without it was made nothing that was made.
To eya me wowɔ nuwo katã, eye eya manɔmee la, womewɔ naneke si wowɔ la o.
4 In it was life, and that life was the light of men.
Eya me agbe le, eye agbe siae nye amegbetɔwo ƒe kekeli.
5 And that light shineth in the darkenesse, and the darkenesse comprehended it not.
Kekeli la klẽ ɖe viviti me, eye viviti la mete ŋu ɖu edzi o.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was Iohn.
Ame aɖe va dzɔ si Mawu dɔ ɖo ɖa. Eŋkɔe nye Yohanes.
7 This same came for a witnesse, to beare witnesse of that light, that all men through him might beleeue.
Ame sia va be yeaɖi ɖase tso kekeli la ŋu, ale be to eya dzi la, amewo katã naxɔe ase.
8 He was not that light, but was sent to beare witnesse of that light.
Menye Yohanes ye nye kekeli la o. Eya la, ɖeko wòva be yeaɖi ɖase le kekeli la ŋu.
9 This was that true light, which lighteth euery man that commeth into the world.
Kekeli vavã si klẽna na amewo katã la gbɔna va xexea me.
10 He was in the world, and the worlde was made by him: and the worlde knewe him not.
Enɔ xexea me, gake xexea me mekpɔe dze sii o, evɔ eya dzi woto wɔ xexea me.
11 He came vnto his owne, and his owne receiued him not.
Eva eya ŋutɔ tɔwo gbɔ, gake eya ŋutɔ ƒe amewo mexɔe o.
12 But as many as receiued him, to them he gaue prerogatiue to be the sonnes of God, euen to them that beleeue in his Name.
Ke ame siwo katã xɔe, eye woxɔ eƒe ŋkɔ dzi se la, ena ŋusẽ wo be woazu Mawu ƒe viwo,
13 Which are borne not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of ye wil of man, but of God.
ame siwo womedzi tso ʋu alo ŋutilã ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu alo ŋutsu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu me o, ke boŋ tso Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu me.
14 And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among vs, (and we sawe the glorie thereof, as the glorie of the onely begotten Sonne of the Father) full of grace and trueth.
Nya la trɔ zu ŋutilã va nɔ mía dome, eye eƒe agbe yɔ fũu kple amenuveve kple nyateƒe la. Míekpɔ eƒe ŋutikɔkɔe si nye Mawu, Fofo la ƒe Vi ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ la tɔ.
15 Iohn bare witnesse of him, and cryed, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that commeth after me, was before me: for he was better then I.
(Yohanes ɖi ɖase tso eŋuti gblɔ be, “Ame siae nye ame si ŋu menɔ nu ƒom le, esi megblɔ be, ‘Ame aɖe si li xoxoxo hafi meva dzɔ la gbɔna, ame sia de ŋgɔ wum sãa.’”)
16 And of his fulnesse haue all we receiued, and grace for grace.
Ena yayra geɖe mí tso eƒe amenuveve sɔ gbɔ la me.
17 For the Lawe was giuen by Moses, but grace, and trueth came by Iesus Christ.
Se la to Mose dzi va, ke Yesu Kristo ya tsɔ amenuveve kple nyateƒe la vɛ.
18 No man hath seene God at any time: that onely begotten Sonne, which is in the bosome of the Father, he hath declared him.
Ame aɖeke mekpɔ Mawu kpɔ o, ame si nye Via ɖeka hɔ̃ɔ la, ame si nɔ anyi ɖe Fofo la ƒe axadzi la, eyae ɖee fia mí.
19 Then this is the record of Iohn, when the Iewes sent Priestes and Leuites from Hierusalem, to aske him, Who art thou?
Azɔ esiae nye Yohanes ƒe ɖaseɖiɖi esime Yudatɔ siwo le Yerusalem la dɔ nunɔlawo kple Levitɔwo ɖo ɖe egbɔ be woabiae be, “Ame kae nènye?”
20 And he confessed and denied not, and said plainely, I am not that Christ.
Megbe o, ke boŋ eʋu eme na wo faa be, “Menye nyee nye Kristo la o.”
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou that Prophet? And he answered, No.
Wogabiae be, “Ekema ame kae nènye, Eliyaa?” Egaɖo eŋu be, “Ao, menye Eliyae menye o.” Wogabiae be, “Nyagblɔɖila lae nènyea?” Eye wòɖo eŋu be, “Gbeɖe, menye nyee o.”
22 Then said they vnto him, Who art thou, that we may giue an answere to them that sent vs? What sayest thou of thy selfe?
Wogabiae be, “Ke ame ka tututue nènye? Gblɔe na mí, ale be míanya nya si míagblɔ na ame siwo dɔ mí la. Gblɔ nya aɖe na mí tso ɖokuiwò ŋu.”
23 He said, I am the voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the Prophet Esaias.
Yohanes ɖo eŋu na wo kple Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya ƒe nya siawo be, “Nyee nye ame si le ɣli dom le gbea dzi ƒe gbe be, ‘Midzra Yehowa ƒe mɔ la ɖo wòanɔ dzɔdzɔe.’”
24 Nowe they which were sent, were of the Pharises.
Farisitɔwo ƒe ame dɔdɔwo hã
25 And they asked him, and saide vnto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, neither Elias, nor that Prophet?
biae be, “Esi menye wòe nye Kristo la alo Eliya loo alo Nyagblɔɖila la o ɖe, nu ka ta nèle mawutsi dem ta na amewo ɖo?”
26 Iohn answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye knowe not.
Yohanes ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Mele mawutsi dem ta na amewo kple tsi, gake ame aɖe le mia dome,
27 He it is that commeth after me, which was before me, whose shoe latchet I am not worthie to vnloose.
si le yonyeme gbɔna, eye nyemedze be matu eƒe afɔkpaka gɔ̃ hã o.”
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Iordan, where Iohn did baptize.
Nu siawo katã dzɔ le Betania, kɔƒe aɖe si le Yɔdan tɔsisi la godo, afi si Yohanes nɔ mawutsi dem ta na amewo le la me.
29 The next day Iohn, seeth Iesus comming vnto him, and saith, Beholde that Lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the world.
Esi ŋu ke la, Yohanes kpɔ Yesu wògbɔna egbɔ, ale wòdo ɣli gblɔ be, “Mikpɔ ɖa! Mawu ƒe Alẽvi si le xexe sia me ƒe nu vɔ̃wo ɖem ɖa lae nye ekem!
30 This is he of whom I saide, After me commeth a man, which was before me: for he was better then I.
Eya ŋutie menɔ nu ƒom le esi megblɔ be, ‘Ŋutsu aɖe gbɔna kpuie, ame si de ŋgɔ wum boo, eye wòli xoxoxo hafi nye ya meva dzɔ gɔ̃.’
31 And I knewe him not: but because he should be declared to Israel, therefore am I come, baptizing with water.
Nye ŋutɔ nyemenya ame si wònye o, ke nye dɔ koe nye be made mawutsi ta na amewo kple tsi, atsɔ aɖee afia Israel dukɔ la.”
32 So Iohn bare recorde, saying, I behelde that Spirit come downe from heauen, like a doue, and it abode vpon him,
Azɔ Yohanes ɖi ɖase le ale si wòkpɔ Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la wònɔ akpakpa ƒe nɔnɔme me, nɔ ɖiɖim ɖe Yesu dzi tso dziƒo la ŋu.
33 And I knewe him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, he saide vnto me, Vpon whom thou shalt see that Spirit come downe, and tary still on him, that is he which baptizeth with the holy Ghost.
Yohanes gagblɔ be, “Nye la, nyemenya be eyae nye amea o, gake esi Mawu ɖom ɖa be made mawutsi ta na amewo la, egblɔ nam be, ‘Ne èkpɔ Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la wòle ɖiɖim ɖe ame aɖe dzi la, nyae be eyae nye ame si dim nèle. Eyae ade mawutsi ta na amewo kple Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la.’
34 And I sawe, and bare record that this is that Sonne of God.
Mekpɔe be nu sia tututue dzɔ ɖe ŋutsu sia dzi, eya ta meɖi ɖase be eyae nye Mawu ƒe Vi la.”
35 The next day, Iohn stoode againe, and two of his disciples.
Le ŋkeke evea gbe la, Yohanes kple eƒe nusrɔ̃la eve aɖewo nɔ tsitre ɖe teƒe aɖe, eye Yesu va to wo gbɔ yina.
36 And he behelde Iesus walking by, and said, Beholde that Lambe of God.
Yohanes li ŋku ɖe Yesu dzi gãa hegblɔ be, “Mikpɔ ɖa! Mawu ƒe Alẽvi lae nye ekem!”
37 And the two disciples heard him speake, and followed Iesus.
Nusrɔ̃la eveawo se nya sia, eye wodze Yesu yome.
38 Then Iesus turned about, and saw them follow, and saide vnto them, What seeke ye? And they saide vnto him, Rabbi (which is to say by interpretation, Master) where dwellest thou?
Yesu trɔ kɔ kpɔ wo wonɔ eyome, eye wòbia wo be, “Nu ka dim miele?” Woɖo eŋu be, “Rabi” (si gɔmee nye “Nufiala”), “afi ka nènɔna?”
39 He saide vnto them, Come, and see. They came and sawe where hee dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth houre.
Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Miva kpɔe ɖa.” Ale wokplɔe ɖo yi aƒe si me wònɔna la me, eye wonɔ egbɔ tso ɣetrɔ ga ene me va se ɖe fiẽ hafi dzo.
40 Andrew, Simon Peters brother, was one of the two which had heard it of Iohn, and that followed him.
Ame siawo dometɔ ɖekae nye Andrea si nye Simɔn Petro nɔvi.
41 The same founde his brother Simon first, and said vnto him, We haue founde that Messias, which is by interpretation, that Christ.
Nu gbãtɔ si Andrea wɔ lae nye be edi nɔvia Simɔn, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Míekpɔ Mesia la” (si gɔmee nye Kristo).
42 And he brought him to Iesus. And Iesus behelde him, and saide, Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a stone.
Enumake wòkplɔ nɔvia Simɔn va Yesu gbɔ. Yesu kpɔe dũu, eye wògblɔ be, “Wòe nye Simɔn, Yohanes ƒe vi. Woayɔ wò azɔ be Kefa” (si gɔmee nye Kpe Gbadza).
43 The day following, Iesus woulde goe into Galile, and founde Philip, and said vnto him, Followe me.
Esi ŋu ke la, Yesu ɖoe be yeayi Galilea. Esi wònɔ mɔa dzi yina la, edo go Filipo, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Va, nàdze yonyeme.”
44 Nowe Philip was of Bethsaida, the citie of Andrew and Peter.
Filipo sia tso Betsaida si nye Andrea kple Petro wo de.
45 Philippe founde Nathanael, and saide vnto him, Wee haue founde him of whom Moses did write in the Lawe, and the Prophetes, Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, that was of Nazareth.
Filipo hã ɖe abla yi ɖadi Nataniel, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Nɔvi, míeke ɖe Mesia, ame si ŋuti woŋlɔ nu tsoe le Nyagblɔɖilawo kple Mose ƒe sea me la ŋu. Eŋkɔe nye Yesu, eye fofoae nye Yosef si tso Nazaret.”
46 Then Nathanael sayde vnto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saide to him, Come, and see.
Nataniel gblɔ be, “Nu nyui aɖe ate ŋu ado tso Nazaretia?” Filipo ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Va kpɔe ɖa.”
47 Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.
Esi Yesu kpɔ Nataniel wògbɔna egbɔ la, egblɔ be, “Israelvi vavã si me alakpa aɖeke mele o lae nye esi gbɔna.”
48 Nathanael sayde vnto him, Whence knewest thou mee? Iesus answered, and sayd vnto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast vnder the figge tree, I sawe thee.
Nataniel bia Yesu be, “Aleke nèwɔ nya ame si ƒomevi menye?” Yesu ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Mekpɔ wò le gboti ma te xoxoxo hafi Filipo va yɔ wò.”
49 Nathanael answered, and saide vnto him, Rabbi, thou art that Sonne of God: thou art that King of Israel.
Nataniel gblɔ be, “Nufiala, wòe nye Mawu ƒe Vi la vavã. Wòe nye Israel ƒe fia la!”
50 Iesus answered, and sayde vnto him, Because I sayde vnto thee, I sawe thee vnder the figtree, beleeuest thou? thou shalt see greater things then these.
Yesu gabiae be, “Ɖe nèxɔ dzinye se elabena mete ŋu kpɔ wò le gboti ma tea? Nu gãwo wu esia aɖe ame si menye la afia wò.
51 And he saide vnto him, Verely, verely I say vnto you, hereafter shall yee see heauen open, and the Angels of God ascending, and descending vpon that Sonne of man.
Nyateƒe gblɔm mele na wò be, èle dziƒo kpɔ ge wòaʋu, eye mawudɔlawo anɔ Amegbetɔ Vi la gbɔ vam, aganɔ dziƒo yim.”
