John 3
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
爰にファリザイ人の中にニコデモと呼ばれて、ユデア人の長だちたる者ありしが、
2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”
夜イエズスの許に至りて云ひけるは、ラビ、我等は汝が神より來りたる教師なる事を知れり、其は何人も、神之と共に在すに非ざれば、汝の為せる如き奇蹟を行ひ得ざればなり。
3 Jesus answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
イエズス答へて曰ひけるは、誠に眞に汝に告ぐ、人新に生るるに非ずば、神の國を見ること能はず。
4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
ニコデモ云ひけるは、人既に老いたるに争でか生るる事を得べき、豈再び母の胎内に入て新に生るるを得んや。
5 Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
イエズス答へ給ひけるは、誠に實に汝に告ぐ、人は水と霊とより新に生るるに非ずば、神の國に入る事能はず。
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
肉より生れたる者は肉なり、霊より生れたる者は霊なり。
7 Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
汝等再び生れざるべからずと我が汝に告げたるを怪しむこと勿れ。
8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
風は己が儘なる處に吹く、汝其聲を聞くと雖も、何處より來りて何處に往くかを知らず、総て霊より生れたる者も亦然り、と。
9 Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”
ニコデモ答へて、此等の事如何にしてか成り得べき、と云ひしかば、
10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?
イエズス答へて曰ひけるは、汝はイスラエルに於て師たる者なるに、是等の事を知らざるか。
11 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know and testify of that which we have seen, and you don’t receive our witness.
誠に實に汝に告ぐ、我等は知れる所を語り、見たる所を證す、然れど汝等は其證言を承けざるなり。
12 If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
我が地上の事を語りてすら汝等は信ぜざるものを、天上の事を語るとも争でか之を信ぜんや。
13 No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
天より降りたるもの、即ち天に在る人の子の外は、誰も天に昇りしものなし。
14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
又モイゼが荒野にて蛇を揚げし如く、人の子も必ず揚げらるべし、
是総て之を信仰する人の、亡びずして永遠の生命を得ん為なり。 (aiōnios g166)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
蓋神の此世を愛し給へる事は、御獨子を賜ふ程にして、是総て之を信仰する人の亡びずして永遠の生命を得ん為なり。 (aiōnios g166)
17 For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
即ち神が御子を此世に遣はし給ひしは、世を審判せしめん為に非ず、世が彼に由りて救はれん為なり。
18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God.
彼を信仰する人は審判せられず、信ぜざる人は既に審判せられたり、其は神の御獨子の御名を信ぜざればなり。
19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.
審判とは是なり、即ち光既に世に來りたるに、人は己の行の惡き為に、光よりも寧暗を愛したるなり。
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
総て惡を為す人は光を憎み、己が行を責められじとて光に來らず。
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”
然れど眞理を行ふ人は、己が行の顕れん為に光に來る、其は神の内に行はれたればなり、と。
22 After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them and baptized.
第二款 イエズスユデアに留り給ふ 其後イエズス弟子等とユデア地方に至り、共に留りて洗し居給ひしが、
23 John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came and were baptized;
ヨハネもサリムに近きエンノンに水多かりければ、其處にて洗しつつあり、人々來りて洗せられ居たり。
24 for John was not yet thrown into prison.
即ちヨハネ未だ監獄に入れられざりしなり。
25 Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
然るにヨハネの弟子等とユデア人との間に、洗禮に就きて議論起りしかば、
26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”
彼等ヨハネの許に來りて云ひけるは、ラビ、ヨルダン[河]の彼方に汝と共に在りし時、汝より證明せられたる彼人は、今自ら洗して、人皆之に趣くなり、と。
27 John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
ヨハネ答へて云ひけるは、人は天より賜はりたるに非ずば、何物をも自ら受くる能はず、
28 You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
汝等自ら我に就きて證する如く、我曾て、我はキリストに非ず、唯其先に遣はされたるのみ、と告げたりき。
29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full.
新婦を有てる人こそ新郎なれ。然て新郎の友として立ちて之に聞く人は、新郎の聲の為に喜びに喜ぶ。然れば我此喜は円満なり。
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
彼は榮ゆべく我は衰ふべし。
31 “He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
上より來れる人は衆人に上たり、地よりの人は地に属して地上の事を語る、天より來れる人は衆人に上たるなり。
32 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
彼は其親ら見且聞きし所を證すと雖も、一人も其證言を承けず、
33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
其證言を承けたる人は、神の眞實にて在す事を證印せる者なり。
34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
即ち神の遣はし給ひし者は神の御言を語る、神は[聖]霊を賜ふに制限なければなり。
35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
父は御子を愛して萬物を其手に賜へり。
