1 Kwabyaga muyira mʉgʉma yo wagenda ahʉlwamo Nikotemo. Nikotemo oyo abyaga mʉgʉma w'oko bangʉmwa b'aBayuta. Na kuthyo abyaga w'omo kɨkembe ky'aBafarisayo. 2 Kɨro kɨgʉma mwahikira Yesʉ mo kɨro n'ɨmʉbwɨra athɨ: «Rabi, thwetsi kw'ɨwe ʉlɨ Mʉkangɨrɨtsya yo wathʉmawa na Gongo, kʉshangwa hathalɨ mʉndʉ yo wangakola ebɨmɨnyɨkalo ebyo oʉkola Gongo amabya athalɨ hagʉma naye.» 3 Yesʉ mwamʉshʉbɨtsya athɨ: «Kwenene, kwenene enyɨkʉbwɨra, omʉndʉ athangɨngɨra mo bwamɨ bwa Gongo athetsi abʉthwa ngendo lya kabɨrɨ*.» 4 Nikotemo mwamʉbʉtsya athɨ: «Omʉndʉ angashʉba bʉthwa athɨ yo wahera mʉshyakʉlʉ? Angashʉba ɨngɨra mo nda ya nyinya n'ɨshʉba bʉthwa ngendo lya kabɨrɨ?» 5 Yesʉ mwamʉshʉbɨtsya athɨ: «Kwenene, kwenene enyɨkʉbwɨra nyɨthɨ, omʉndʉ amabya athabuthirwe ko metsi na ko Mʉthɨma Mwerʉ, athangɨngɨra mo Bwamɨ bwa Gongo. 6 Ekyo kyabʉthawa ko mʉbɨrɨ nɨ mʉbɨrɨ, n'ekyo kyabʉthawa ko Mʉthɨma Mwerʉ nɨ mʉthɨma. 7 Ʉthashwekaga kʉshangwa monyɨkʉbwɨra nyɨthɨ: "Mʉtholere nɨmwabʉthwa erya kabɨrɨ." 8 Embeho eyɨnalotsya yo yishashire, hewethuwe uthetsi yo yɨthoka na yo yɨya. Na bathyo ko binabya ko bʉlɨ mʉndʉ yo ʉthabʉthwa ko Mʉthɨma Mwerʉ.» 9 Nikotemo mwamʉbwɨra athɨ: «Ebyo byangakoleka bɨthɨ?» 10 Yesʉ mwamʉshʉbɨtsya athɨ: «Ɨwe ʉlɨ mʉkangɨrɨtsya mo Isiraeli, uthetsi ebɨnwa bɨno! 11 Kwenene, kwenene enyɨkʉbwɨra: othʉnegena ebɨnwa byo thwetsi n'ɨhana butimo ko byo thwashʉngagako, hewethuwe imwe mo muthashonditsye ɨangɨrɨra obutimo bwethʉ. 12 Na mwamabya mʉthɨkɨrɨtsye mo ndambi enyɨbabwɨra ebɨndʉ by'ekɨhʉgo kʉthɨ ko mwangɨkɨrɨtsya nyamababwɨra ebɨndʉ by'omo lʉbʉla? 13 Kʉshangwa hathalɨ mʉndʉ yo w'ɨrʉkɨraga mo lʉbʉla, athalɨ Mʉgala w'oMʉndʉ yo wakimaga ɨthoka mo lʉbʉla. 14 Nga ko Mʉsa ahanɨkaga enzoka y'omʉlɨnga mo mbwarara, ni bathyo ko Mʉgala w'oMʉndʉ naye lɨtholere nɨahanɨkwa, 15 bʉshana obʉlɨ omʉndʉ yo ʉmwɨkɨrɨtsye abone obʉyɨngo bw'ekera n'ekera. 16 Kʉshangwa Gongo mwatsɨɨra kʉtsɨbʉ abandʉ b'omo kɨhʉgo, mwahika ko kɨka ky'erɨhana Mʉgala ʉwe kyʉsha, bʉshana obʉlɨ mʉndʉ yo ʉmwɨkɨrɨtsye athaheraga, hewethuwe abone obʉyɨngo bw'ekera n'ekera. 17 Gongo mwathathʉma Mʉgala ʉwe mo kɨhʉgo bʉshana asohe abandʉ b'omo kɨhʉgo, hewethuwe Gongo athʉmaga Mʉgala bʉshana mw'ɨtsʉkɨra ɨye ashabʉle abandʉ. 18 Oyo wɨkɨrɨtsye Mʉgala wa Gongo athasohirwe, hewethuwe yo ʉthɨkɨrɨtsye amalire ɨsohwa, kʉshangwa mwathɨkɨrɨtsye Mʉgala wa Gongo, kyʉsha. 19 Na shʉnga ekyo kɨnaleka abandʉ nɨ basohwa: ekyakakala mokyahika mo kɨhʉgo, he abandʉ mobatsɨɨra omwitsimya kʉlenga ekyakakala, kʉshangwa emɨkolano yabo yabyaga mɨbɨ. 20 Kʉshangwa obʉlɨ mʉndʉ oyo ʉkola ebɨbɨ, anabaga ekyakakala. Kandɨ anathɨnda ihika ahalɨ ekyakakala bʉshana ebɨbɨ bɨwe bɨthashʉngɨkaga. 21 Hewethuwe oyo ʉnakola eby'ekwenene anaya eyɨrɨ ekyakakala, bʉshana emɨkolano yɨwe ɨmɨnyɨkale kʉbʉya ko eyɨkoleka nga ko Gongo ahamulire.»

22 Honyuma w'ebyoshi ebyo, Yesʉ hagʉma n'abɨga bʉwe mobaya mo kɨhʉgo ky'iYuteya. Mwabya nabo eyo na agenda abatisya* 23 Na Yoani naye kuthyo agenda abatisya mo muyi w'iAinoni hofɨ n'omuyi w'iSalimu*, kʉshangwa eyo yabyaga metsi mangɨ. Abandʉ mobamʉgendera naye mwabatisyabo. 24 Kʉshangwa ko bɨro ebyo, Yoani abyaga niathetsi agʉshwa mo muliki.*

25 Kɨro kɨgʉma mokwahʉlʉka bʉhaka mo kathi k'abɨga ba Yoani na Muyuta mʉgʉma bʉshana n'emɨbere yabo y'erɨyetsya. 26 Aho mobagendera Yoani n'ɨmʉbwɨra bathɨ: «Mʉkangɨrɨtsya, unibukire omʉndʉ yo wabyaga hagʉma nawe ko ʉndɨ mwishirya w'eYorotani yo walethagako obutimo? Ɨngo shʉnga, ɨye abatisya n'abandʉ boshi abamuhikira!» 27 Yoani mwashʉbɨtsyabo athɨ: «Hathalɨ mʉndʉ yo wangawatha kʉ kɨndʉ athalɨ athahabwakyo na Gongo. 28 Imwe bene mʉlɨ batimo baye ko monyanegenire nyɨthɨ: "Nyɨthalɨ Kirisito, he nyithumirwe embere kw'ɨye.*" 29 Omwenye omuheruki yo muherukya, hewethuwe omwira w'omuherukya animana hofɨ naye n'ɨmʉhʉlɨkɨrɨtsya, anamoga kʉtsɨbʉ erɨonvwa omʉlenge w'omuherukya. Na kuthyo nangye nyimoyire, n'olʉmogo lwaye lulumirire. 30 Lɨtholere olʉkengerwa lʉwe nɨ lwalʉga n'olʉwaye nɨlwakeha.»

31 Oyo ʉthoka elʉgʉlʉ alɨ elʉgʉlʉ w'ebyoshi, owa hano ishi nɨ wa hano ishi, naye ananegena ebɨnwa by'omo kɨhʉgo. Hewethuwe oyo ʉthoka mo lʉbʉla alɨ elʉgʉlʉ w'ebyoshi*, 32 analetha butimo kw'ebyo ashʉngagako n'ebyo onvwa, hewethuwe hathalɨ mʉndʉ yo wɨmɨraga obutimo bʉwe. 33 Bʉlɨ mʉndʉ yo wɨmɨra obutimo bʉwe nɨamɨmɨra ko Gongo nɨ wa kwenene. 34 Kʉshangwa omʉndʉ yo Gongo athʉmaga ananegena ebɨnwa bya Gongo, kʉshangwa Gongo anamwotsutsyamo oMʉthɨma Mwerʉ ʉwe wo kalengyo. 35 Thatha atsiire Mʉgala ʉwe, naye amalire ihira ebɨndʉ byoshi mo minwe yɨwe. 36 Omʉndʉ yo wɨkɨrɨtsye Mʉgala wa Gongo awithe obʉyɨngo bw'ekera n'ekera. N'oyo ʉthɨnda ɨkɨrɨtsya Mʉgala wa Gongo athɨndabone obʉyɨngo obo, hewethuwe obʉhɨthane bwa Gongo bwandamubyako ko bɨro byoshi.