Johan 3
1 Judah uk kaminawk thungah, Nicodemu, tiah ahmin kaom Farasi kami maeto oh:
There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 anih loe qum ah Jesu khaeah caeh moe, anih khaeah, Rabbi, nang loe Sithaw khae hoi angzo patukkung ah na oh, tiah kang panoek o: Sithaw mah anih to om thuih ai nahaeloe, na sak ih dawnrai hmuennawk hae mi mah doeh sah thai mak ai, tiah a naa.
The same came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him.
3 Jesu mah anih ih lok to pathim pae, anih khaeah, Loktang to, loktang ah kang thuih, Mi kawbaktih doeh tapen let ai kami loe, Sithaw mah siangpahrang ah uk ih prae to hnu thai mak ai, tiah a naa.
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nikodemu mah anih khaeah, Kami loe mitong pacoengah kawbangmaw tapen let thai tih, anih loe amno zokthung ah vai hnetto akun ueloe, tapen let thai tih maw? tiah a naa.
Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesu mah, Loktang to, loktang ah kang thuih, Tui hoi Muithla hoiah tapen ai kami loe, Sithaw prae thungah akun thai mak ai.
Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 Taksa ah tapen kami loe taksa ah oh; Muithla ah tapen kami loe muithla ah oh.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Na tapen let han oh, tiah kang thuih pongah dawnrai hmah.
Marvel not that I said to you, You must be born again.
8 Takhi loe a koeh baktiah song, takhi tuen to na thaih, toe naa bang hoiah maw angzoh moe, naa bangah maw caeh, tiah na thui thai ai: Muithla ah tapen kami loe to tiah oh, tiah a naa.
The wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nikodemu mah anih khaeah, Hae hmuenawk loe kawbangmaw om thai tih? tiah pathim.
Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?
10 Jesu mah anih khaeah, Israel kaminawk patukkung ah na oh to mah, hae hmuennawk hae na panoek ai maw? tiah a naa.
Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a master of Israel, and know not these things?
11 Loktang to, loktang ah kang thuih, Kaicae loe panoek ih hmuen to ka thuih o moe, ka hnuk o ih hmuen to ni ka taphong o; ka taphong o ih hmuen to na talawk o ai.
Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and you receive not our witness.
12 Long hmuen kawngnawk ka thuih naah mataeng doeh, na tang o ai nahaeloe, van hmuen kawngnawk ka thuih nahaeloe, kawbangmaw na tang o thai tih?
If I have told you earthly things, and you believe not, how shall you believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 Van hoi angzo tathuk, van ah kaom kami Capa ai ah loe, mi doeh van ah daw vai ai.
And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 Mosi mah praezaek ah takhing ih pahui baktih toengah, kami Capa to takhing o tih.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 Mi kawbaktith doeh Anih tang kami loe anghmaa mak ai, dungzan hinghaih to hnu tih. (aiōnios g166)
That whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 Sithaw mah long palung phi pongah, maeto khue tawnh ih a Capa to a paek, mi kawbaktih doeh Anih tang kami loe anghmaa mak ai, dungzan hinghaih to hnu tih. (aiōnios g166)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (aiōnios g166)
17 Long lokcaek hanah Sithaw mah a Capa to long ah patoeh ai; Anih rang hoiah long pahlong han ih ni patoeh.
For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 Anih tang kami loe lokcaek mak ai, toe tang ai kami loe maeto khue tawnh ih Sithaw Capa ahmin to tang ai pongah, lokcaek ah oh boeh.
He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 Hae loe lokcaekhaih ah oh, aanghaih loe long ah angzoh, toe a sak o ih hmuennawk to hoih ai pongah, kaminawk mah aanghaih pongah vinghaih to koeh o kue.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 Kahoih ai hmuen sah kami loe aanghaih to hnukma, a toksakhaih amtueng moeng tih, tiah a poek pongah, aanghaih thungah angzoh han koeh ai.
For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 Toe loktang hoi kahing kami loe, Sithaw rang hoiah a sak o ih hmuennawk to amtueng thai hanah, aanghaih thungah angzoh, tiah a naa.
But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are worked in God.
22 To pacoengah Jesu hoi a hnukbang kaminawk loe Judea prae ah caeh o; anih loe nihcae hoi nawnto to ahmuen ah oh moe, tuinuemhaih to paek.
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 Johan mah doeh Salim taengah kaom Aenon avang ah tuinuemhaih to paek: to ahmuen ah loe tui pop pongah, kaminawk angzoh o moe, tuinuemhaih to sak o.
And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 To nathuem ah Johan loe thongim krah ai vop.
For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Ciimcaihaih kawng pongah Judahnawk hoi Johan hnukbang kaminawk lok angaek o.
Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 Nihcae loe Johan khaeah caeh o moe, anih khaeah, Rabbi, khenah, Jordan vapui yaeh ah nang hoi nawnto kaom kami, na taphong ih kami mah tuinuemhaih to paek, kaminawk loe anih khaeah caeh o boih boeh, tiah a naa o.
And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him.
27 Johan mah, Van hoiah anih han paek ai ah loe, kami mah tidoeh hnu thai mak ai.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Kai loe Kri na ai ni, toe kai loe Anih hmaa ah patoeh ih kami ni, tiah hnukung ah nangcae na oh o.
You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 Zu lak naah nongpa mah ni nongpata to lak: toe zu kala thendoeng ih ampui loe anih taengah angdoet moe, anih ih lok to thaih, zu lakung ih lok to thaih pongah, paroeai anghoe: to pongah kang hoehaih loe hae tiah akoep boeh.
He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 Anih loe pung tahang aep tih, toe kai loe amsah tathuk tih.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 Van hoiah angzo kami loe hmuen boih ranui ah oh: long hoiah angcoeng kami loe long hmuen ah oh moe, long hmuen kawng to a thuih: van hoiah angzo kami loe hmuen boih ranui ah oh.
He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth: he that comes from heaven is above all.
32 Anih mah loe hnuk moe, thaih ih hmuen to ni a thuih; mi mah doeh a thuih ih lok to talawk pae o ai.
And what he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no man receives his testimony.
33 A thuih ih lok talawk kami mah loe, Sithaw loe loktang ni, tiah catui to a daengh.
He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true.
34 Sithaw mah patoeh ih kami loe Sithaw lok to thuih: Sithaw mah anih khaeah tahhaih om ai ah Muithla to paek.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him.
35 Ampa mah Capa to palung pongah hmuennawk anih ban ah paek boih.
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
36 Capa tang kami loe dungzan hinghaih to tawnh: Capa tang ai kami loe hinghaih hnu mak ai; Sithaw palungphuihaih a nuiah om tih, tiah a naa. (aiōnios g166)
He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God stays on him. (aiōnios g166)
