John 3
1 And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews,
Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.
2 this one came unto him by night, and said to him, 'Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come — a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'
He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.
3 Jesus answered and said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'
Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'
Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?
5 Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;
Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
6 that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.
That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
7 'Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;
Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.
8 the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'
The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, 'How are these things able to happen?'
And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?
10 Jesus answered and said to him, 'Thou art the teacher of Israel — and these things thou dost not know!
And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
11 'Verily, verily, I say to thee — What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;
Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.
12 if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe?
If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?
13 and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down — the Son of Man who is in the heaven.
And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
14 'And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,
As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:
15 that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during, (aiōnios g166)
So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 for God did so love the world, that His Son — the only begotten — He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. (aiōnios g166)
For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;
God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
18 he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.
19 'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
20 for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.
21 but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'
But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;
After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.
23 and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized —
Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.
24 for John was not yet cast into the prison —
For at this time John had not been put into prison.
25 there arose then a question from the disciples of John with [some] Jews about purifying,
Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.
26 and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'
And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.
27 John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;
And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;
You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
29 he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
30 'Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;
He has to become greater while I become less.
31 he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.
He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.
32 'And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;
He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.
33 he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;
He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.
34 for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;
For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
35 the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;
The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.
36 he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.' (aiōnios g166)
He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him. (aiōnios g166)
