Jan 3
1 Te gen yon nonm yo te rele Nikodèm ki te fè pati gwoup farizyen yo. Se te yonn nan chèf jwif yo.
Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among his people.
2 Yon jou lannwit, li vin bò kot Jezi, li di l' konsa: Mèt, nou konnen se Bondye ki voye ou moutre nou tout bagay sa yo. Paske, pesonn pa ka fè tout mirak w'ap fè yo si Bondye pa avèk li.
This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him.’
3 Jezi reponn li: Sa m'ap di ou la a, se vre wi: Pesonn pa kapab wè Pèyi kote Bondye Wa a si li pa fèt yon dezyèm fwa.
‘In truth I tell you,’ exclaimed Jesus, ‘unless a person is reborn, they cannot see the kingdom of God.’
4 Nikodèm di li: Ki jan yon nonm ki fin granmoun ka fèt yon dezyèm fwa? Li pa ka tounen nan vant manman l', pou l' fèt yon lòt fwa ankò.
‘How can a person,’ asked Nicodemus, ‘be born when they are old? Can they be born a second time?’
5 Jezi reponn li: Sa m'ap di ou la a, se vre wi: Pesonn pa ka antre nan Peyi kote Bondye Wa a si li pa fèt nan dlo ak nan Sentespri.
‘In truth I tell you,’ answered Jesus, ‘unless a person owes their birth to water and Spirit, they cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 Lachè soti nan lachè, lespri soti nan Lespri Bondye.
All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.
7 Pa sezi si mwen di ou: se pou nou fèt yon dezyèm fwa.
Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.
8 Van an soufle kote l' vle. Ou tande bri l'ap fè. Men, ou pa konnen ki bò l' soti, ni ki bò l' prale. Se menm jan an pou tout moun ki fèt nan Lespri Bondye.
The wind blows wherever it wants, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it goes; it is the same with everyone who owes his birth to the Spirit.’
9 Lè sa a Nikodèm di li: Ki jan sa ka fèt menm?
‘How can that be?’ asked Nicodemus.
10 Jezi reponn li: Ou se yon gwo mèt k'ap moutre pèp Izrayèl la anpil bagay, epi ou pa konn bagay sa yo?
‘What! You a teacher of Israel,’ exclaimed Jesus, ‘and yet do not understand this!
11 Sa m'ap di ou la a, se vre wi: mwen menm, mwen pale sa m' konnen, mwen di sa m' te wè. Men nou menm, nou pa vle asepte sa m'ap di a.
In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.
12 Nou pa kwè m' lè m'ap pale nou bagay k'ap pase isit sou latè. Ki jan n'a fè kwè m' lè m'a pale nou bagay k'ap pase nan syèl la?
If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?
13 Pesonn pa janm moute nan syèl la, esepte Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a ki desann soti nan syèl la.
No one has ascended to heaven, except him who descended from heaven – the Son of Man himself.
14 Menm jan Moyiz te leve sèpan ki te fèt an bwonz lan byen wo sou yon poto nan mitan dezè a, konsa tou yo gen pou yo leve Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a byen wo tou.
And, as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.’ (aiōnios g166)
16 Paske, Bondye sitèlman renmen lèzòm li bay sèl Pitit li a pou yo. Tout moun ki va mete konfyans yo nan li p'ap pedi lavi yo. Okontrè y'a gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. (aiōnios g166)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 Bondye pa voye Pitit li a sou latè pou kondannen lèzòm, men pito pou l' te kapab delivre yo.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
18 Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan Pitit Bondye a p'ap kondannen. Men, moun ki pa kwè nan li, yo deja kondannen, paske yo pa t' gen konfyans nan sèl Pitit Bondye a.
The person who believes in him escapes condemnation, while the person who does not believe in him is already condemned, because they have not believed in the only Son of God.
19 Men ki bò kondannasyon an soti pou yo: limyè a te vini nan lemonn, men lèzòm te pito fènwa a pase limyè a, paske sa y'ap fè a mal.
The ground of their condemnation is this, that though the light has come into the world, people preferred the darkness to the light, because their actions were wicked.
20 Lè yon moun ap fè sa ki mal, li pa vle wè limyè a, li p'ap vini kote limyè a ye, paske li pè pou move zak li yo pa parèt aklè.
For the person who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, fearing that their actions will be exposed;
21 Men, moun ki fè sa ki bon vre, se nan limyè a menm l'ap vini, pou moun ka wè aklè se obeyi l'ap obeyi Bondye nan sa l'ap fè a.
but the person who lives by the truth comes into the light, so it can be clearly seen that God is in all they do.
22 Apre sa, Jezi ale ansanm ak disip li yo nan peyi Jide. Li rete kèk tan la ak yo, li t'ap batize moun.
After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized.
23 Jan Batis menm t'ap batize moun tou nan Enon, toupre Salim, paske te gen anpil dlo la. Anpil moun te vin jwenn li la pou l' li te batize yo.
John, also, was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptized.
24 (Lè sa a, yo pa t' ankò mete Jan Batis nan prizon.)
(For John had not yet been imprisoned).
25 De twa nan patizan Jan yo tonbe diskite ak yon jwif sou regleman relijyon an ki mande pou moun lave kò yo.
Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a fellow Jew on the subject of purification;
26 Y' ale bò kot Jan, yo di l' konsa: Mèt, ou chonje nonm ki te avè ou lòt bò larivyè Jouden an, moun ou t'ap pale nou an? Enben, l'ap batize koulye a. Tout moun al jwenn li.
and the disciples came to John and said, ‘Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony – he, also, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him.’
27 Jan reponn yo: Pesonn pa ka gen anyen si se pa Bondye nan syèl la ki ba li li.
John’s answer was – ‘A person can gain nothing but what is given them from heaven.
28 Nou menm, nou ka di mwen te di nou sa: Se pa mwen ki Kris la, se voye Bondye voye m' pran devan li.
You are yourselves witnesses that I said “I am not the Christ,” but “I have been sent before him as a messenger.”
29 Nan yon maryaj, lamarye se pou nonm k'ap marye a. Zanmi nonm k'ap marye a kanpe toupre l', l'ap koute. Li pa manke kontan lè li tande vwa nonm k'ap marye a. Se konsa, mwen menm, mwen kontan nèt koulye a.
It is the groom who has the bride; but the groom’s friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the groom’s voice. This joy I have felt to the full.
30 Li fèt pou li vin pi gran, pou mwen menm, mwen vin pi piti toujou.
He must become greater, and I less.’
31 Moun ki soti anwo a pi gran pase nou tout. Moun ki soti sou latè, se pou latè li ye, l'ap pale nou bagay ki sou latè. Moun ki soti anwo nan syèl la, li pi wo pase nou tout.
He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from heaven is above all others.
32 L'ap di sa l' wè, sa l' tande. Men, pesonn pa asepte mesaj li.
He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.
33 Moun ki asepte sa l'ap di a, li rekonèt sa Bondye di a se vre.
They who did accept his statement confirm the fact that God is true.
34 Moun Bondye voye a, se pawòl Bondye l'ap pale, paske Bondye ba li Sentespri san mezi.
For he whom God sent as his messenger gives us God’s own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.
35 Papa a renmen Pitit la, li ba li pouvwa sou tout bagay.
The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.
36 Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan Pitit la, yo gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Moun ki desobeyi Pitit la, yo p'ap gen lavi sa a. Se kòlè Bondye k'ap tonbe sou yo. (aiōnios g166)
The person who believes in the Son has eternal life, while a person who rejects the Son will not even see that life, but remains under God’s displeasure. (aiōnios g166)
