1 Imocac ngadeau yudangic Yudaia bangecfu kecgec, yeni Yesu kpehomebesonga sing hofocgec. Imocac amma yeng ihai mi kengha amma Gariraia bangecfu yerecgema kefec. 2 Anu yudangic yeneac bedzo 40ac hombang wegene haec.* Hombang imoc Anutungo bangec kisiu kifa 40 garengyunuu bedzonginau kecgec, yeni imoc negensima hombanga tacandae. 3 Nga Yesu munafora yeneng edegec, “Ge bangec yomoc wama Yudaia bangecfu kemma fakaga imoc ihai mena medacfocga henggecde. 4 Mong ye habu yeneac kicfu fingecbeso negende, ye sufu sufuu ua mi mebeso. Ge fakaga imoc annadeu ngicngac yeneng fakaga hentegecgecdeac didiu kecma mebesena.” 5 Nga munafora yeneng ifingoc ye mi negensinggegec.

6 Ifi anggec Yesungo yofi edeyunuec, “Neac naso mi hadac nga ngeneac naso, imoc ine nasosoc feude. 7 Ngicngac yeni ubango naric mi ukungunugecde. Nga neng ine angammemengina mangana dekperagianduaeac ubango ukunugec. 8 Ngeni hombannu kenggec nga ni ine bic mi kembade nocac neac nasoyombong mi ande.” 9 Ye ifi dema wama Gariraia bangecfu tarec.

10 Taru munafora hombanggac kemmagec ye ifingoc kemma fingectegecma mi keng keng sufu sufuu kenec. 11 Ifi anu yudangic yeneng hombannu Yesu hofocma kpesiemegec, “Ngic imoc dahai?”

12 Kpesiemegec ngicngac habutoango yeac sangic kpema homac denegeng amma degec, “Ye ngic gombunga.” ifi demagec goa yeneng degec, “Kpac, ngic imocngo ngicngac habutoa ikoc ayemmeande.” 13 Amma yudangic yeneac kengecyunuu mongngo Yesuac yoac didiu mi deec.

14 Anu hombang imoc bic dzonginemanu Yesungo womonnu emma ngicngac edekpou ayemmeec. 15 Kpouyemmeu negemma yudangic yeneng kerectegec amma degec, “Ngic imoc ye dafi, ye negen negeng mong mi mema sifu mitikibiu yoac oho ohoya fede, imoc negende.” 16 Ifi degec Yesungo yofi merengyemmeec, “Ni yoac kpoungemmeduae, imoc neanna yoac kpac. Imoc suenuec, yeac yoac. 17 Ni yoac kpoungemmeduae, imoc Anutuarunac me neanna ubanaac deduae, imoc ngic mongngo Anutuac enac tofohobeso negende, yeng negentegerude. 18 Ngic mong ye ubeaac yoac deande, ye yengena dedengerec fingerudeac negensima imoc deude. Nga mong ye ngic sueec, yeac dedengerec fingerudeac ua meande, yeng ngic fora, yearu faka dindingac fede. Faka segesegea yearu mong mi fede.

19 Mosengo dedeseriyoac ngemmeec, fora. Nga ngenearunac ngic mongngo imoc ine mi modackecde, kpac. Amma ngeni nocac nuhomebeso negendae?”

20 Ifi deu habutoa yeneng merenggec, “Ge yafinggagoc. Merang gubeso dede?” 21 Ifi degec Yesungo yofi edeyunuec, “Ni faka kuhagoc meba ngeni henggecac sasawango kerectegec andae. 22 Negenggec, Mosengo ngeni sebi tosangina, imoc herecgegecdeac uayoac ngemmeec. Mose ye yengenaoc imoc mi hanahemanu yeac bangecfora yeneng ine hanahegec. Imocac amma ngeni faka imoc modacma sabata nasoungoc ua imoc megecde. 23 Amma ngeni Moseac dedeseriyoac mi ferahegecdeac sabata nasoungoc ngic yeneac sebi tosangina herecgeandae. Ngeni faka ifia mekecdaeu neng sabata nasou ngic mong sebia hafoangoc mengerebare nocac ngaba anendae? 24 Ngeni kicnginango sebiu heheng imohai mi isinggema debisia. Ngeni ine yoac dindingac negengising amma debisia.”

25 Ifi deu Yerusareng taonggac ngic goango kpesiemegec, “Ngic imoc kpehomebeso dedae me? 26 Nga ngic ye yoac didiu demanu nocac turunga mong mi merendae? Yeni ye Messia, imoc bic ireckedae gedang. 27 Nga Messia haudeu ye dahacnac haude imoc ngic mongngo mi negenude nga ngic yoc ye dahacnac, imoc ine negendacdimbe.”

28 Ifi degec Yesungo imoc negemma womong manau namma yoac kucgoc dema yofi edekpou ayemmeec, “Ngeni ni negennuma dahacnac hayai, imoc negendaengoc. Ni neanna negen negennu wiac mong mebesonga mi hayai. Suenuec, yeng fora anu ngeneng ye mi negendae. 29 Nga suenuec, ye negemmiduae, nocac yearunacnoc hayai.”

30 Ifi deu yeni mendanggema witicamau faibesonga negenggec. Nga nasoya mi haecac mongngo mi kpeserema megec. 31 Nga habutoa yenearunac ngicngac homacngo ye negensinggema degec, “Messiango haude, imohai yeng faka kuhagoc meude, imoc ngic yocngo faka kuhagoc homacngoc meande, imoc mi ferahema meude.”

32 Habutoa yeneng ifi dema sangicfu yoac denengeng anggec. Anggec farisaio yeneng imoc negemma womong gareng enarafocngina yenigoc kpedzucnema keracnatang sueyunugec Yesu mendanggema witicamau faigecdeac kenggec. 33 Ifi anggec Yesungo yofi deec, “Ni naso wegenanecsac ngenigoc kecbade. Kecma suenuec, yearu monggoc dzigenema embade. 34 Ngeni ni hofocnubibiema naric mi meficnugecde nga ni kembade, imohai ngeni naric mi hagecde.”

35 Ifi deu yudangic yenaocngoc denegeng amma degec, “Ngic yomoc ye dahai kenu hofocma mi hennideac dede. Ye arengfocnina grik bangecfu sinsararang kpema kecdae, ihai gedang kemma grikngicngac yoac edekpou ayemmeude. 36 Ngeni ni hofocnubibiema naric mi meficnugecde nga ni kembade, imohai ngeni naric mi hagecde. Yoac imocac hania mi negentegecdimbe.”

37 Hombang wisic wisickea, imocac nasoyadau Yesungo mama yoac kucgoc yofi deec, “Ngic mong ye dokuac homeandeu ye nearu naric hama nebeso. 38 Nga mongngo ni negensinnude, yeacnoc mitikibiu yofi oho ohoya fede, ‘Yeac hereunac kekecac dokukiwa tohoma kenude.’ ” 39 Ngicngac ye negensinggema kecdae, yeneng Tiri Asu ngade megecde, imocac ifi deec. Yesungo naso imohai kurumennu emma kuc nga kibikperagiagoc mi anecac amma Asu imoc mi yemmeyemmea.

40 Anu ngicngac habutoa yeneng yoara imoc negemma goango degec, “Ngic yomocngo profetenina fora yombong.” 41 Amma goa yeneng degec, “Ngic imoc ye Messia.” nga goa yeneng degec, “Kpahac, Messiango Gariraia bangecfunac mi haude.” 42 Mitikibiu yoac yofi oho ohoya fede, “Ye Dawidiac dzominga Beterehennunac, imoc Dawidiac ama yombong.” 43 ngic yeni ifi dema Yesuac amma tohoemmegec. 44 Tohoma goango ye mendanggema witicamau faibesonga, ifi degec amma mongngo ine sebiau mi kpesereec.

45 Keracnatang yeni womong gareng enara nga farisaio yenearu eng dzigenema kenggecac kpesiyemmegec, “Ngeni nocac Yesu mi mehadae?” 46 Kpesiyemmegec degec, “Ngic mongngo yoac ifia deu mi negenning.” 47 Ifi degec farisaio yeneng merengyemmegec, “Ngeni ifingoc yeac ikocfu makpedau me? 48 Enarameme nga farisaio neneac botucfunac mongngo ye naric mi negensinggedimbe, kpac yombong. 49 Nga sicsauc areng yomocngo dedeseriyoac mi negentegecdae, ngeni sowec medae.”

50-51 Ifi degec, yenearunac mong kpara Nikodemo, ye warac Yesuaru kenec, yeng yofi deec, “Dedeseriyoacninango yofi dede, ‘Ngic monggac yoara nga angammemea mi hennegeng amma isinggema tactacngoc yoacfu mi faibesonga.’ ” 52 Ifi deu turunga yofi meremmigec, “Ge ifingoc Gariraia bangecfunac me? Mitikibiu hennegeng amma yofi bic hennade, profete mongngo Gariraia bangecfunac mi fingerude.” 53 Ifi dema yacma amanginasoc kendacgec.