Yesu shikpɔŋ nɔ sɔɔmɔ nitsumɔ lɛ shishijee lɛ sɛɛ nɔ ni miihe ashɛ nyɔji ekpaa pɛ lɛ, Nikodemo yɔse Yesu “akɛ tsɔɔlɔ ni jɛ Nyɔŋmɔ ŋɔɔ ba.” Akɛni Nikodemo ená naakpɛɛ nii ni Yesu fee etsɛko yɛ Yerusalem yɛ Hehoo ni aye yɛ afi 30 Ŋ.B. lɛ he miishɛɛ hewɔ lɛ, eba beni duŋ ewo koni ebatsɔɔ hemɔkɛyeli ni eyɔɔ yɛ Yesu mli ní ekase tsɔɔlɔ nɛɛ he nii babaoo. Kɛkɛ ni Yesu gba Nikodemo anɔkwale ni mli kwɔ ni tsɔɔ bɔ ni ehe hiaa ni ‘afɔ́ lɛ ekoŋŋ’ bɔni afee ni ebote Nyɔŋmɔ Maŋtsɛyeli lɛ mli lɛ he sane. Yɛ be ni tamɔ nɛkɛ mli lɛ, Yesu wie hu akɛ: “Nɛkɛ Nyɔŋmɔ sumɔ je lɛ, akɛ eŋɔ ebi koome lɛ eha, koni mɔ fɛɛ mɔ ni heɔ enɔ yeɔ lɛ hiɛ akakpata, shi moŋ ená naanɔ wala.”—Yohane 3:1-16.

Mɛɛ gbɛkpamɔ ni yɔɔ naakpɛɛ kã Nikodemo hiɛ nɛkɛ! Ebaanyɛ etsɔ Yesu naanyo ni bɛŋkɛ kpaakpa, ni ebaanyɛ ekɛ ehiŋmɛi ana Yesu shihilɛ yɛ shikpɔŋ nɔ lɛ mli fãi srɔtoi lɛ. Ákɛ Yudafoi lɛ anɔyelɔ kɛ tsɔɔlɔ yɛ Israel lɛ, Nikodemo le Nyɔŋmɔ Wiemɔ lɛ jogbaŋŋ. Eyɛ sɛɛyoomɔ waa hu, taakɛ anaa yɛ bɔ ni eyɔse Yesu ákɛ tsɔɔlɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ tsu lɛ lɛ mli lɛ. Nikodemo sumɔɔ mumɔŋ nibii, ni ebaa ehe shi waa diɛŋtsɛ. Kwɛ bɔ ni eeefee nɔ ni wa kɛha Yudafoi asaneyelihe fe fɛɛ lɛ mlinyo akɛ eeekpɛlɛ kapintɛfonyo ni baa shi bi nɔ akɛ gbɔmɔ ni Nyɔŋmɔ tsu lɛ! Nɛkɛ sui nɛɛ fɛɛ ahe hiaa waa kɛ́ mɔ ko aaatsɔ Yesu kaselɔ.

Nɔ ni fe fɛɛ lɛ, Yohane tsɔɔ mli akɛ Yuda nɔyelɔ lɛ ‘ba Yesu ŋɔɔ nyɔɔŋ.’ (Yohane 3:2) Biblia he woloŋlelɔ ko tsɔɔ mli akɛ: “Nikodemo ba nyɔɔŋ, jeee yɛ gbeyei ni esheɔ hewɔ, shi moŋ koni ekɛtsĩ gbɔmɛi asafoku ni baanyɛ afolɔ saji ni eeebi Yesu lɛ mli lɛ anaa.” Ni kɛlɛ, Yohane wie Nikodemo he ákɛ “mɔ ni tsutsu ko ni eba Yesu ŋɔɔ nyɔɔŋ lɛ” yɛ shishinumɔ kome too ni ekɛwie Yosef ni jɛ Arimatia lɛ he ákɛ “Yesu kaselɔ, shi Yudafoi lɛ ashemɔ hewɔ lɛ ejieee ehe shi lɛ” nɔŋŋ naa. (Yohane 19:38, 39) No hewɔ lɛ, eeenyɛ efee akɛ Nikodemo tee Yesu ŋɔɔ beni duŋ ewo yɛ “Yudafoi lɛ ashemɔ” hewɔ, taakɛ mɛi krokomɛi ni yɔɔ yɛ egbii lɛ amli lɛ sheɔ gbeyei akɛ ekolɛ amɛkɛ Yesu aaaná nɔ ko feemɔ lɛ.—Yohane 7:13.