John 1
1 The one who expresses [MET] ([God’s character/what God is like]) has always existed (from the beginning [MTY] [of everything/before everything began]). He has always existed with God, and he has God’s nature.
MAJAN kotier ni tapi o, a majan kotier ren Kot, a majan me udan Kot.
2 He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
I me kotikot ren Kot ni tapi o.
3 He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
I me dipijou karoj tapi kidar, o jota man meakot mia, me kaidin i kotin wiadar
4 He is the one who [caused everything to] live. He, who caused us people to live, [revealed to us the truth about God as] a light [MET] [reveals what is in the darkness].
Maur mi re a; o iei maur o marain en aramaj.
5 People do not want him to reveal [that what they do is evil] [MET], just [like] darkness [is evil]. But [just like] darkness cannot put out light [MET], [evil people have never prevented the one who was like a light from revealing God’s truth] (OR, [evil people have never] understood the [one who was like] a light.)
A marain o me dakarada rotorot, a rotorot jota linan kila.
6 A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
Aramaj amen me pakadarador jan ren Kot ad a loanej!
7 He came to tell people [about the one who was like] [MET] a light. He came to show that everything that the [one who was like a light] [MET] said was true, in order that he could enable all people to believe [in the one who was like a light].
I me pwara don kadede, pwen kadede marain o pwe karoj en pojon pweki i.
8 John himself was not the [one who was like a] light [MET]. Instead, he came to tell others about that [one who was like a] light.
Kaidin i me marain o, a a kin kadede marain o.
9 [While John was doing that], the one who was truly [like] a light was about to show himself to the world. He was the one who enables all people [to know about God, as] a light [MET] enables [people to know what is in the darkness].
Iei marain melel, me pwara don jappa, ap kamaraini aramaj karoj.
10 Although the one [who was like a light] was [here] on the earth, and although he was the one whom [God] caused to create everything, [most] people [MTY, HYP] did not realize who he [was]. (OR, although he was the one whom [God] caused to create everything, [most] people did not accept him.)
I me kotier jappa, o i me jappa tapi kidar, a jappa jaja i.
11 Although he came to the land that belonged to him [because he created it, most of] his own people, [the Jews], rejected him (OR, did not accept him).
A koti don udan japwilim a, a japwilim a kan me jan i.
12 But those [of us who welcomed him, God] authorized [that we would have a relationship with] him [MET] [like] children [have a relationship with their father]. We were people who believed [that what he said] about himself [MTY] [was true].
Karoj, me kajamo i, a kotiki on ir manaman, en wiala jeri en Kot, ir, me pojon mar a,
13 We became [like God’s children], not because our ancestors [belonged to God], or because of someone’s sexual desires, nor because some man desired to have children like himself. Instead, we were caused by God {God caused us} to become [like] his children.
Me kaidin ipwidi jan nta, de inon en uduk, de inon en ol o, pwe ipwidier jan ren Kot.
14 The one who expresses [MET] ([God’s character/what God is like]) became a human being, and he lived among us [for a while]. As a result, we saw how wonderful he is. He came from [God] his father, and there was no other person as wonderful as he. He was wonderful because he always acted (kindly toward us/in ways we did not deserve), and he always [spoke] truthfully to us [about God].
Majan me wia uduk ala okotikot re atail, o kitail kilaner a linan, linan dueta linan en leroj eu jan ren Jam o, me dir en mak melel.
15 [One day] when John was telling people about him, [he saw Jesus]. Then he shouted to them, “I told you [previously] that someone will come later who is more important than I am, since he existed [long] before me. This [is the man I was talking about]!”
loanej me kadede i nil laudeda indada: lei i, me i padaki wei: Me pan kotido mur i, iei me mier mo i, pwe a kotikotier mo i.
16 We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted in kind way toward us in ways we did not deserve.
Pwe kitail karoj ale jan nan audepa a mak japan potopot.
17 Moses proclaimed [God’s] laws [to our ancestors]. But what Jesus Christ did for us [was much better]. He acted in kindness toward us in ways we did not deserve and told us the truth [about God].
Pwe kapun me kokido jan Mojej, a mak o melel jan Iejuj Krijtuj.
18 No one has ever seen God. But God’s only Son, [Jesus], who has always had a very close relationship with God, has told us about God.
Jota me kilaner Kot kokodo, o ieroj ta, me kin kotikot pan kupur en Jam o, i me kotin kajaledar i.
19 The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem [city] sent some [Jewish] priests and (Levites/men who worked in the temple) to where John was, to ask him some questions. They said to him, “What do you [claim about] yourself?”
A met en Ioanej a kadede, ni men Juj kadarala jan Ierujalem jamero o lepit oko, pwen idok re a: Ij koe
20 So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
I ari kotin kadede; a jota likam; a kotin kadede: Kaidin Krijtuj nai.
21 Then they asked him, “Then what [do you say about yourself]? Are you [the prophet] Elijah [that was prophesied to return] {([someone/another prophet]) [prophesied would return]} [before the Messiah]?” He replied, “No, [I] am not.” Then they asked him, “Are you the prophet [like Moses that] ([we are waiting for/God promised to send])?” He replied, “No.”
Irail idok re a: A ij? Eliaj komui? A majani: Kaidin nai i. Komui jaukop o? A japen: Kaidin.
22 So they asked him, “Then who do you [claim to be]? [Tell us] so that we can [go back and] report to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
Irail ap indan i: A ij komui? Pwe jen japen irail me kadar kit dor. Da me komui kadedeki pein komui?
23 John replied, “[I] am the one [the prophet Isaiah said] would proclaim [this new message] loudly [to the people who would pass by] in this desolate area: ‘Prepare [yourselves to receive] the Lord when he comes [MET], [just like people prepare] a road [for an important official].
A majani: Nai nil eu, me likelikwir jili nan jap tan: Kaineneda al en Kaun o, duen jaukop Iejaia majanier!
24 Some of those people [who were questioning] John were ones who had been sent by the Pharisee [religious group] {whom the Pharisee [religious group] had sent}.
A irail pakadaradoer jan ren Parijar akan.
25 They asked John, “Since [you say] you are not the Messiah, nor [the prophet] Elijah, nor the prophet [like Moses], [what authority] do you have? [Furthermore], why are you baptizing [Jews, treating them as though they were non-Jews who wanted to become Jews]?”
Irail ap idok re a indada: Da me komui wia paptaijiki, ma komui kaidin Krijtuj, o kaidin Eliaj, o pil kaidin jaukop o?
26 John replied, “I am [just] baptizing people with water [to prepare them to welcome the Messiah]. But [right now] someone is among you whom you people do not know.
Ioanej japen irail majani: Nai me paptaijiki pil, a amen kin kotikot nan pun omail, me komail jaja.
27 He [will preach to you] after I [am gone]. [He is so important that] I am not worthy to [serve him as a slave] [MET] [by] untying his sandals.”
lei i me kotido mur i, me nai jowar on, en lapwada jal en japwilim a jut.
28 Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
Mepukat wiauier Petapara palilan Iordan, waja Ioanej kin wia paptaij ia.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. He said to the people, “Look! Here is the [man whom] God [has appointed to be a sacrifice] [MET], [like] the lambs [that the people of Israel sacrificed! By sacrificing himself] he will [make it possible for everyone in] the world to be no longer [guilty for having] sinned.
Mandan ran o a majani Iejuj a koti don i ap majani: Kilan Jippul en Kot, me kin wawei dip en jappa!
30 He is the one about whom I said [before], ‘Someone will come later who is more important than I am, since he existed [long] before me.’
lei i, me i padaki wei: ol amen pan kotido mur i iei, me mier mo i, pwe a kotikotier mo i.
31 I myself did not [previously] recognize that he [was the Messiah]. But [now I know who he is], and I have baptized people with water to enable [you people of] Israel to recognize who he is.”
A nai jo aja i, a pwe i en janjal don Ijrael, iei me i kokido paptaijiki pil.
32 John spoke clearly [what God had shown him about Jesus]. He said, “I saw [God’s] Spirit as he was descending from heaven in the form of a dove. The Spirit remained on Jesus.
A Ioanej kadede majani: I kilaner Nen o kotidido jan nanlan ni mom en muroi kotikot re a.
33 I myself did not know [previously] that he [was the Messiah]. However, [God] sent me to baptize people with water, [people who said they wanted to turn from their sinful ways. While I was doing that], God told me, ‘The man on whom you will see my Spirit descend and remain is the one who will put the Holy Spirit within you [(pl) to truly change your lives].’
A nai jo aja i, a me porone ia don wia paptaijiki pil, iei me kotin majani on ia: Me koe pan kilan. Nen piridi jok poa, o kotikoteta re a, iei i, me kin wia paptaijiki Nen jaraui.
34 I saw [the Spirit descend on him], and I tell you that he is (the Son of God/the person who is both God and man).”
A i kilanadar ap kadedeki, me iei Japwilim en Kot.
35 The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
Mandan ran o Ioanej pil kotida waja o, o na tounpadak riamen ian i.
36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look! There is the man God [has appointed to be a sacrifice, like] the lambs [MET] [the people of Israel have sacrificed!]”
A ni a udial Iejuj kotikot kokodo, ap majani: Kilan Jippul en Kot!
37 (When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
A tounpadak riamen ronadar a majan, ap idauen wei Iejuj.
38 Jesus turned around and saw us/them coming behind him. So he asked us/them, “What do you want?” We/They replied, “Teacher, [tell us] where you are staying, [because we want to talk with you].”
Iejuj ap kotin jaupeido majani ara idedauen, ap kotin majani on ira: Da me koma rapaki? Ira potoan on: Rapi (iet wewe: Jaunpadak), ia waja re kin kotikot ia?
39 He replied, “Come [with me], and you will see [where I am staying]!” So we/they went with him and saw where he was staying. We/They stayed with him until about 4 o’clock (OR, from about 4 PM until the next day).
A kotin majani on ira: Kodo kilan! Ira ap poto don kilaner waja, me a kotikot ia, ap mimieta re a ni ran o. Mepukat wiauier impan auer kaeijok.
40 (One of us/One of the two men) who heard what John had said and who went with Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s [younger] brother.
Andreaj, ri en Jimon Petruj amen re ra, me ronadar jan ren Ioanej ap idedauen i.
41 [After Andrew left Jesus], the first thing he did was to find his own [older] brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah!”
I me diaradar maj udan ri a Jimon, indai on i: Je diaradar Mejiaj (iet wewe: Krijtuj).
42 Then he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked intently at him, and then said, “You are Simon. Your father’s name is John. You will be given {[I] will give you} the name Cephas.” [Cephas is an Aramaic name that means ‘solid rock’. It] means [the same in Greek as the name] Peter.
I ap kalualan i ren Iejuj. A Iejuj lao majani i, ap majani: Jimon, koe nain Iona, koe nok adaneki Kepaj (iet wewe: Paip).
43 The next day [Jesus] decided to leave [the Jordan River valley]. He went to Galilee [district] and (OR, on the way there he) found a man named Philip. Jesus said to him, “Come with me!”
Mandan ran o a pan kotilan Kalilaa, Iejuj ap kotin diaradar Pilipuj, majani on i: Idauen ia do!
44 Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
Pilipuj men Petjaida, kanim en Andreaj o Petruj.
45 Then Philip [searched for] Nathaniel and found him, and said to him, “We have met [the Messiah], the one Moses [wrote about]! The prophets also [prophesied that he would come]. He is Jesus, from Nazareth [town]. His father’s name is Joseph.”
Pilipuj diaradar Natanael, ap indan i: Je diaradar i, duen me Mojej intiniedier nan puk en kapun o jaukop akan: Iejuj men Najaret, japwilim en Iojep.
46 Nathaniel replied, “Nazareth? (Nothing good can come from [such an unimportant place]!/Can anything good come from [such an unimportant place]?) [RHQ]” Philip replied, “Come and see!”
A Natanael indai on i: Pala maukot pan kak pwarada jan Najaret? Pilipuj indan i: Kodo kilan!
47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
Iejuj kotin majani Natanael koko don i, ap majani duen i: Kilan, ol melel en Ijrael amen, me jota kin widin.
48 Nathaniel asked him, “How do you know what I [am like]?” Jesus replied, “I saw you before Philip called you, when you were [by yourself] under the fig tree.”
Natanael potoan on i: Re kotin mani ia jan ia? Iejuj kotin japen majani on i: Mon Pilipuj a eker uk edo, ni om mod pan tuka pik o, I kilan uk ada.
49 Then Nathaniel declared, “Teacher, you [must be] (the Son of God/the person who is both God and man)! You are the King of Israel [we have been waiting for]!”
Natanael japen potoan on i: Rapi, ir me Japwilim en Kot, ir me Nanmarki en Ijrael.
50 Jesus replied to him, “You [RHQ] believe [those things about me] because I told you I saw you when you were under the fig tree. [I was able to see you supernaturally even though I was far away from you]. But you will see [me do] things that are more surprising than that!”
Iejuj kotin japen majani on i: Pweki I indai on uk, me I kilan uk ada pan tuka pik o, iei me koe pojonki, a koe nok kilan me lapa jan mepukat.
51 Then Jesus said to him, “This is the absolute truth: [Just like what your ancestor Jacob saw long ago in a vision], some day you [(pl)] will see heaven opened up, and you will see God’s angels ascending from me and descending on me, the one who came from heaven.”
A kotin majani on i: Melel, melel I indai on komail, jan met komail pan kilan nanlan a ritida o tounlan en Kot akan dauda o daudi pwarado ren Nain aramaj.
