Jan Laabaalihamo 1
1 Hali mi cilima Mi maama den ye. Mi maama den ye leni U Tienu. Mi Maama yeni den tie U Tienu.
In [the] beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 Mi den ye hali mi cilima leni U Tienu.
He was in the beginning with God.
3 Yaala n ye kuli tie Mi yaa tagime, kelima li bonla kuli tie Mi yaa tagime.
All things received being through him, and without him not one [thing] received being which has received being.
4 Li miali den ye mi niinni, li miali yeni den tie mi yenma bi niba kuli po.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 Mi yenma yendi li biigi nni, ama li biigili ki den gaama.
And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.
6 Jan den cua ki tie U Tienu tondo.
There was a man sent from God, his name John.
7 O den cua ki tie siedi, ki baa tiendi siedi mi yenma yeni po, ke bi niba kuli n daani kelima omaama po.
He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.
8 Wani ka, den tie mi yenma, ama o den cua ki baa tieni siedi mi yenma po.
He was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.
9 Mi yenma yeni den tie mi yenmoanma ki cua handuna nni ki baa yendi nisaalimiali kuli po.
The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.
10 Mi den cua handuna nni kelima mani n den tagi handuna ama handuna naa go den bandima.
He was in the world, and the world had [its] being through him, and the world knew him not.
11 Mi den cua o yaaba siiga, ama o yaaba ki den gaama.
He came to his own, and his own received him not;
12 Ama yaaba n den gaama kuli ki daani o yeli nni mi dini ba libali ke bi tua U Tienu bila,
but as many as received him, to them gave he [the] right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;
13 wan mali yaaba, ke laa tie leni soama ka, laa go tie gbannandi yanbuama, laa tie nisaali-yantiali, ama U Tienu wani o ba.
who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.
14 Mi maama yeni den tua gbannandi ki cua ti siiga ki gbie leni li hanbili leni imoamoani. Ti den laa okpiagidi wani ki bonjayenyenga yua n ñani Baa kani yaa kpiagidi.
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;
15 Jan tieni opo siedi ki kpaani: Wani n tie min maadi yua yaa maama ki yedi: Yua n tiena n tie min baa yua cie nni, kelima o den ye hali ke mini daa ye.
(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me; )
16 Ti kuli baa o hanbili ki go baadi li ki pugidi pugidi.
for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.
17 Kelima Musa n den cuani li bali maama, ama Jesu kilisiti n cuani li hanbili leni imoamoani.
For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.
18 kelima oba kuli ki maani ki le U Tienu, ama obijua yua n ye okani yogunu kuli, n cua ki doagidi o niba siiga ki teni ke bi bandi o.
No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
19 Jan n den cua ki tiedi laa siedi yaa yogunu, Jufinba yaaba n ye Jelusalema den soani bi kopadicianba leni lefi buolu yaaba, ke ban buali o yaa bualu n tiena: A tie ŋme yo?
And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?
20 Jan den doagidi ki waani ba imoamoani ki yedi: Mini ka tie Kilisiti.
And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.
21 Bi den buali o ki yedi anan tie ŋme? Elia bi? O den yedi: Mii tie Elia. Bi den buali o nan tie o sawalipualo bi? O den yedi ba: A-a.
And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Bi den yedi o: Lanwani a nan tie ŋme yo? K e ti bua ki ban waani yaaba n soani ti. A yedi ayuli po be?
They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 O den yedi ke o tie Yua n kpaani mi fanpienma nni ki tua: «Naadi mani o Diedo sanu.» Nani Esayi n den yedi maama.
He said, I [am] [the] voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of [the] Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.
24 Ban den soani yaaba yeni den tie falisieninbe.
And they were sent from among the Pharisees.
25 Bi go den buali o yaa buali n tiena: A yaa tie Kilisiti, kaa go tie Elia, ki naa go tie o sawalipualo mo be yaapo ke nan tendi bi niba mi walima?
And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
26 Jan den guani ki yedi ba: Mini wani n tendi mi ñima yaa batisima, ama onilo ye yi siiga ke yii bani o. O baa cua n puoli.
John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,
27 Mii pundi baa yua n gbaani ki lodi o cacaagbansiama.
he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.
28 Lankuli den tieni betani judana kpenu kandima, Jan n den batisi bi niba naankani.
These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.
29 Lan den fii ki fa Jan den laa ke Jesu kpendi o kani o den yedi: Diidi mani one n tie U Tienu pebiga yua n ŋuudi ki ñandi handuna tuonbiadi.
On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
30 Wani n tie min den baa yua, nitoa ba cua n puoli ki cie nni yeni, kelima o den ye hali ke n daa ye.
He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he was before me;
31 Mii den bani, wan tie yua ama n cua ki batisi bi niba leni mi ñima ke wan doagidi Isalele yaaba po.
and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.
32 Jan den tieni yaa siedo n tiena: N den laa ke U Tienu fuoma yua ñani tanpoli, nani ki kpaajiega yeni ki jagini opo.
And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.
33 Mii kpa bani o, ama yua n den soani nni ke min batisi bi niba, mi ñima nni yeni den yedi nni: Han baa le ke U Tienu fuoma yua jiidi ki jagini yua yaapo yeni wani n baa batisi bi niba leni U Tienu fuoma yua.
And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, he said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with [the] Holy Spirit.
34 N laa yo ki tieni siedi ke o tie U Tienu Bijua.
And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.
35 Li fii faama Jan go di ye li kani leni o hoadikaaba siiga bonbalie.
Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.
36 ki laa ke Jesu cuoni ki baa pedi ke o yedi: One n tie U Tienu pebiga.
And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.
37 Jan hoadikaliediba den gbadi wan yedi yaala ki fii ki hoadi Jesu.
And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.
38 Jesu den gbegidi ki nuali ki sua ke bi hua o, ke o yedi ba: Yi lingi be? Bi den guani ki yedi o labi, lani n tie canbaa a denpo ye le yo?
But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?
39 O den yedi ba: Cua mani yi baan le, bi den yegi leni o ki ban laa o deni n ye naani, li den tie liyenlebidili yogunu bi den sedi leni o laa juagu kuli.
He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
40 Andile Simono Pieli waalo den tie yaa niliediba n den gbadi Jan maama ki hoadi Jesu yeni siiga yendo.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard [this] from John and followed him.
41 Wani n den kpa tuogi o ciamo Simono ki yedi o: Ti laa Mesia, lani n tie U Tienu n gandi yua.
He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).
42 O den gedini o Jesu kani. Jesu den nuali o ki yedi o: A tie Simono Jonasa bijua, a ji baa yi sefa yo yaala n bua ki yedi Pieli.
And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).
43 Lan den fii ki fa Jesu den jagi ke o baa gedi Galile. O den tuogi leni Filipi ki yedi o: ŋoadi nni.
On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.
44 Filipi den tie Betisayida yua, Pieli leni Andile moko n den ñani yaa dogu.
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Filipi n den tuogi leni Nataneli ki yedi o: Ti laa Musa n den diani yua yaa maama li balimaama nni yeni, bi sawalipuaba n den maadi yua yaa maama yeni lani n tie Jesu Nasaleti Josefi bijua.
Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.
46 Nataneli den yedi o: Naani yaala n hani baa fidi ki ña nasaleti? Filipi den yedi o: Cua ki ban le.
And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.
47 Jesu den laa Nataneli ke o kpendi o kani, o den yedi one tie Isalele buolu yua moamoani tudima ki ye oniinni baa waamu.
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold [one] truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.
48 Nataneli den buali o, a bandini hali le? Jesu den guani ki yedi o: Hali ke Filipi ki yini a, han bi ye bu kankanbu tinga yeni n bi nua a.
Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.
49 Nataneli den guani ki yedi o: Labi lani n tie canbaa a tie U Tienu Bijua fini n tie Isalele yaaba bado.
Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesu den guani ki yedi o: Kelima n yedi a ke n bi nua ha bu kankanbu tinga lane ke a daani, ama a go baa la yaala n cie yeni.
Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 O go den yedi o: Imoamoani imoamoani kani n yedi yi ke dinla liiga yi baa le ke tanpoli luodi ke U Tienu Malekinba do tanpoli ki go jii O joa Bijua po.
And he says to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.
