yōhanaḥ 3
1 nikadimanāmā yihūdīyānām adhipatiḥ phirūśī kṣaṇadāyāṁ
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jewish people.
2 yīśaurabhyarṇam āvrajya vyāhārṣīt, hē gurō bhavān īśvarād āgat ēka upadēṣṭā, ētad asmābhirjñāyatē; yatō bhavatā yānyāścaryyakarmmāṇi kriyantē paramēśvarasya sāhāyyaṁ vinā kēnāpi tattatkarmmāṇi karttuṁ na śakyantē|
This man came to him at 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."
3 tadā yīśuruttaraṁ dattavān tavāhaṁ yathārthataraṁ vyāharāmi punarjanmani na sati kōpi mānava īśvarasya rājyaṁ draṣṭuṁ na śaknōti|
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
4 tatō nikadīmaḥ pratyavōcat manujō vr̥ddhō bhūtvā kathaṁ janiṣyatē? sa kiṁ puna rmātr̥rjaṭharaṁ praviśya janituṁ śaknōti?
Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
5 yīśuravādīd yathārthataram ahaṁ kathayāmi manujē tōyātmabhyāṁ puna rna jātē sa īśvarasya rājyaṁ pravēṣṭuṁ na śaknōti|
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
6 māṁsād yat jāyatē tan māṁsamēva tathātmanō yō jāyatē sa ātmaiva|
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 yuṣmābhiḥ puna rjanitavyaṁ mamaitasyāṁ kathāyām āścaryaṁ mā maṁsthāḥ|
Do not be surprised that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
8 sadāgatiryāṁ diśamicchati tasyāmēva diśi vāti, tvaṁ tasya svanaṁ śuṇōṣi kintu sa kuta āyāti kutra yāti vā kimapi na jānāsi tadvād ātmanaḥ sakāśāt sarvvēṣāṁ manujānāṁ janma bhavati|
The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
9 tadā nikadīmaḥ pr̥ṣṭavān ētat kathaṁ bhavituṁ śaknōti?
Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can these things be?"
10 yīśuḥ pratyaktavān tvamisrāyēlō gururbhūtvāpi kimētāṁ kathāṁ na vētsi?
Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?
11 tubhyaṁ yathārthaṁ kathayāmi, vayaṁ yad vidmastad vacmaḥ yaṁcca paśyāmastasyaiva sākṣyaṁ dadmaḥ kintu yuṣmābhirasmākaṁ sākṣitvaṁ na gr̥hyatē|
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.
12 ētasya saṁsārasya kathāyāṁ kathitāyāṁ yadi yūyaṁ na viśvasitha tarhi svargīyāyāṁ kathāyāṁ kathaṁ viśvasiṣyatha?
If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 yaḥ svargē'sti yaṁ ca svargād avārōhat taṁ mānavatanayaṁ vinā kōpi svargaṁ nārōhat|
And no one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
14 aparañca mūsā yathā prāntarē sarpaṁ prōtthāpitavān manuṣyaputrō'pi tathaivōtthāpitavyaḥ;
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have life without end. (aiōnios g166)
16 īśvara itthaṁ jagadadayata yat svamadvitīyaṁ tanayaṁ prādadāt tatō yaḥ kaścit tasmin viśvasiṣyati sō'vināśyaḥ san anantāyuḥ prāpsyati| (aiōnios g166)
For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have life without end. (aiōnios g166)
17 īśvarō jagatō lōkān daṇḍayituṁ svaputraṁ na prēṣya tān paritrātuṁ prēṣitavān|
For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
18 ataēva yaḥ kaścit tasmin viśvasiti sa daṇḍārhō na bhavati kintu yaḥ kaścit tasmin na viśvasiti sa idānīmēva daṇḍārhō bhavati, yataḥ sa īśvarasyādvitīyaputrasya nāmani pratyayaṁ na karōti|
The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
19 jagatō madhyē jyōtiḥ prākāśata kintu manuṣyāṇāṁ karmmaṇāṁ dr̥ṣṭatvāt tē jyōtiṣōpi timirē prīyantē ētadēva daṇḍasya kāraṇāṁ bhavati|
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their works were evil.
20 yaḥ kukarmma karōti tasyācārasya dr̥ṣṭatvāt sa jyōtirr̥̄tīyitvā tannikaṭaṁ nāyāti;
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works will not be exposed.
21 kintu yaḥ satkarmma karōti tasya sarvvāṇi karmmāṇīśvarēṇa kr̥tānīti sathā prakāśatē tadabhiprāyēṇa sa jyōtiṣaḥ sannidhim āyāti|
But the one who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
22 tataḥ param yīśuḥ śiṣyaiḥ sārddhaṁ yihūdīyadēśaṁ gatvā tatra sthitvā majjayitum ārabhata|
After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and was baptizing.
23 tadā śālam nagarasya samīpasthāyini ainan grāmē bahutaratōyasthitēstatra yōhan amajjayat tathā ca lōkā āgatya tēna majjitā abhavan|
Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.
24 tadā yōhan kārāyāṁ na baddhaḥ|
For John was not yet thrown into prison.
25 aparañca śācakarmmaṇi yōhānaḥ śiṣyaiḥ saha yihūdīyalōkānāṁ vivādē jātē, tē yōhanaḥ saṁnnidhiṁ gatvākathayan,
Now a dispute arose between John's disciples with a Jew about purification.
26 hē gurō yarddananadyāḥ pārē bhavatā sārddhaṁ ya āsīt yasmiṁśca bhavān sākṣyaṁ pradadāt paśyatu sōpi majjayati sarvvē tasya samīpaṁ yānti ca|
And they came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look, he is baptizing, and everyone is coming to him."
27 tadā yōhan pratyavōcad īśvarēṇa na dattē kōpi manujaḥ kimapi prāptuṁ na śaknōti|
John answered, "No one can receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 ahaṁ abhiṣiktō na bhavāmi kintu tadagrē prēṣitōsmi yāmimāṁ kathāṁ kathitavānāhaṁ tatra yūyaṁ sarvvē sākṣiṇaḥ stha|
You yourselves bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
29 yō janaḥ kanyāṁ labhatē sa ēva varaḥ kintu varasya sannidhau daṇḍāyamānaṁ tasya yanmitraṁ tēna varasya śabdē śrutē'tīvāhlādyatē mamāpi tadvad ānandasiddhirjātā|
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. So this joy of mine is now complete.
30 tēna kramaśō varddhitavyaṁ kintu mayā hsitavyaṁ|
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 ya ūrdhvādāgacchat sa sarvvēṣāṁ mukhyō yaśca saṁsārād udapadyata sa sāṁsārikaḥ saṁsārīyāṁ kathāñca kathayati yastu svargādāgacchat sa sarvvēṣāṁ mukhyaḥ|
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.
32 sa yadapaśyadaśr̥ṇōcca tasminnēva sākṣyaṁ dadāti tathāpi prāyaśaḥ kaścit tasya sākṣyaṁ na gr̥hlāti;
What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
33 kintu yō gr̥hlāti sa īśvarasya satyavāditvaṁ mudrāṅgitaṁ karōti|
He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
34 īśvarēṇa yaḥ prēritaḥ saēva īśvarīyakathāṁ kathayati yata īśvara ātmānaṁ tasmai aparimitam adadāt|
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for he does not give the Spirit by measure.
35 pitā putrē snēhaṁ kr̥tvā tasya hastē sarvvāṇi samarpitavān|
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
36 yaḥ kaścit putrē viśvasiti sa ēvānantam paramāyuḥ prāpnōti kintu yaḥ kaścit putrē na viśvasiti sa paramāyuṣō darśanaṁ na prāpnōti kintvīśvarasya kōpabhājanaṁ bhūtvā tiṣṭhati| (aiōnios g166)
Whoever believes in the Son has everlasting life, but whoever refuses to believe in the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." (aiōnios g166)
