John 3
1 And there was a man of the Farisees, Nychodeme bi name, a prince of the Jewis.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 And he cam to Jhesu bi niyt, and seide to hym, Rabi, we witen, that thou art comun fro God maister; for no man may do these signes, that thou doist, but God be with hym.
the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen, he may not se the kyngdom of God.
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nychodeme seide to hym, Hou may a man be borun, whanne he is eeld? whether he may entre ayen in to his modris wombe, and be borun ayen?
Nicodemus saith unto 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?
5 Jhesus answeride, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen of watir, and of the Hooli Goost, he may not entre in to the kyngdom of God.
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 `That that is borun of the fleisch, is fleisch; and `that that is borun of spirit, is spirit.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Wondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth you to be borun ayen.
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.
8 The spirit brethith where he wole, and thou herist his vois, but thou wost not, fro whennus he cometh, ne whidir he goith; so is ech man that is borun of the spirit.
The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nychodeme answeride, and seide to hym, Hou moun these thingis be don?
Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art a maister in Israel, and knowist not these thingis?
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
11 Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, for we speken that that we witen, and we witnessen that that we han seyn, and ye taken not oure witnessyng.
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If Y haue seid to you ertheli thingis, and ye bileuen not, hou if Y seie to you heueneli thingis, schulen ye bileue?
If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 And no man stieth in to heuene, but he that cam doun fro heuene, mannys sone that is in heuene.
And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is in heaven.
14 And as Moises areride a serpent in desert, so it bihoueth mannys sone to be reisid,
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 For God louede so the world, that he yaf his `oon bigetun sone, that ech man that bileueth in him perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf. (aiōnios g166)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 For God sente not his sone in to the world, that he iuge the world, but that the world be saued bi him.
For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
18 He that bileueth in hym, is not demed; but he that bileueth not, is now demed, for he bileueth not in the name of the `oon bigetun sone of God.
He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the dom, for liyt cam in to the world, and men loueden more derknessis than liyt; for her werkes weren yuele.
And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
20 For ech man that doith yuele, hatith the liyt; and he cometh not to the liyt, that hise werkis be not repreued.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
21 But he that doith treuthe, cometh to the liyt, that hise werkis be schewid, that thei ben don in God.
But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
22 Aftir these thingis Jhesus cam, and hise disciplis, in to the loond of Judee, and there he dwellide with hem, and baptiside.
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 And Joon was baptisinge in Ennon, bisidis Salym, for many watris weren there; and thei camen, and weren baptisid.
And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 And Joon was not yit sent in to prisoun.
For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Therfor a questioun was maad of Jonys disciplis with the Jewis, of the purificacioun.
There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.
26 And thei camen to Joon, and seiden `to hym, Maister, he that was with thee biyonde Jordan, to whom thou hast borun witnessyng, lo! he baptisith, and alle men comen to hym.
And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 Joon answerde, and seide, A man may not take ony thing, but it be youun to hym fro heuene.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
28 Ye you silf beren witnessyng to me, that Y seide, Y am not Crist, but that Y am sent bifore hym.
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath a wijf, is the hosebonde; but the freend of the spouse that stondith, and herith hym, ioieth with ioye, for the vois of the spouse. Therfor in this thing my ioye is fulfillid.
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
30 It bihoueth hym to wexe, but me to be maad lesse.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cam from aboue, is aboue alle; he that is of the erthe, spekith of the erthe; he that cometh from heuene, is aboue alle.
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And he witnessith that thing that he hath seie, and herde, and no man takith his witnessing.
What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
33 But he that takith his witnessyng, hath confermyd that God is sothefast.
He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to [this], that God is true.
34 But he whom God hath sent, spekith the wordis of God; for not to mesure God yyueth the spirit.
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
35 The fadir loueth the sone, and he hath youun alle thingis in his hoond.
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that bileueth in the sone, hath euerlastynge lijf; but he that is vnbileueful to the sone, schal not se euerlastynge lijf, but the wraththe of God dwellith on hym. (aiōnios g166)
He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. (aiōnios g166)
