Janez 3
1 Bil je človek izmed farizejev, po imenu Nikodém, vladar Judov.
Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.
2 Ta isti je ponoči prišel k Jezusu in mu rekel: »Rabi, vemo, da si učitelj, ki je prišel od Boga, kajti noben človek ne more delati teh čudežev, ki jih delaš ti, razen če ni Bog z njim.«
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 Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Razen če se človek ponovno ne rodi, ne more videti Božjega kraljestva.‹«
Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
4 Nikodém mu reče: »Kako je lahko človek ponovno rojen, ko je star? Ali lahko drugič vstopi v maternico svoje matere in se rodi?«
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 Jezus je odgovoril: »Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Razen če se človek ne rodi iz vode in iz Duha, ne more vstopiti v Božje kraljestvo.‹
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 To, kar je rojeno iz mesa, je meso, in to, kar je rojeno iz Duha, je duh.
That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
7 Ne čudi se, da sem ti rekel: ›Morate se ponovno roditi.‹
Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.
8 Veter piha, kjer želi in slišiš zvok le-tega, toda ne moreš povedati, od kod prihaja in kam gre. Tako je z vsakim, ki je rojen iz Duha.«
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 Nikodém je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Kako so te stvari mogoče?«
And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?
10 Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Ali si ti učitelj Izraelu, pa ne veš teh stvari?
And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
11 Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Mi govorimo to, kar vemo in pričujemo to, kar smo videli, vi pa našega pričevanja ne sprejemate.
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 Če sem vam govoril zemeljske stvari in niste verovali, kako boste verovali, če vam povem o nebeških stvareh?
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 In noben človek se ni dvignil v nebesa, razen tisti, ki je prišel dol iz nebes, celó Sin človekov, ki je v nebesih.
And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
14 In kakor je Mojzes povzdignil kačo v divjini, točno tako mora biti povzdignjen Sin človekov,
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:
So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 Kajti Bog je tako ljubil svet, da je dal svojega edinorojenega Sina, da kdorkoli veruje vanj, se ne bo pogubil, temveč bo imel večno življenje. (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 Kajti Bog svojega Sina ni poslal na svet, da svet obsodi, temveč, da bi bil svet po njem lahko rešen.
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 Kdor veruje vanj, ni obsojen, toda kdor ne veruje, je že obsojen, ker ni veroval v ime edinorojenega Božjega Sina.
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 In to je obsodba, da je svetloba prišla na svet, ljudje pa so raje ljubili temo kakor svetlobo, ker so bila njihova dejanja hudobna.
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 Kajti vsak, kdor počne zlo, sovraži svetlobo niti ne prihaja k svetlobi, da njegova dejanja ne bi bila pograjana.
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 Toda kdor ravna po resnici, prihaja k svetlobi, da bi se njegova dejanja lahko razodela, da so narejena v Bogu.‹«
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 Po teh besedah so prišli Jezus in njegovi učenci v judejsko deželo in z njimi je ostal tam ter krščeval.
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 Pa tudi Janez je krščeval v Enónu blizu Salíma, ker je bilo tam veliko vode; in prihajali so in bili so krščeni.
Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.
24 Kajti Janez še ni bil vržen v ječo.
For at this time John had not been put into prison.
25 Potem je med nekaterimi Janezovimi učenci in Judi nastalo pričkanje glede očiščevanja.
Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.
26 In prišli so k Janezu ter mu rekli: »Rabi, kdor je bil s teboj onstran Jordana, o katerem prinašaš pričevanje, glej, isti krščuje in vsi ljudje prihajajo k njemu.«
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 Janez je odgovoril in rekel: »Človek ne more ničesar prejeti, razen če mu ni dano iz nebes.
And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.
28 Vi sami mi prinašate pričevanje, da sem rekel: ›Jaz nisem Kristus, temveč, da sem poslan pred njim.‹
You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
29 Kdor ima nevesto, je ženin, toda ženinov prijatelj, ki stoji in ga posluša, se silno razveseljuje zaradi ženinovega glasu. Ta moja radost je torej dopolnjena.
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 On mora rasti, toda jaz se moram manjšati.
He has to become greater while I become less.
31 Kdor prihaja od zgoraj, je nad vsem. Kdor je z zemlje, je zemeljski in govori zemeljsko. Kdor prihaja iz nebes, je nad vsem.
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 Kar je videl in slišal, to pričuje in noben človek ne sprejema njegovega pričevanja.
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 Kdor je sprejel njegovo pričevanje, je pristavil k njegovemu pečatu, da je Bog resničen.
He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.
34 Kajti tisti, ki ga je Bog poslal, govori Božje besede, kajti Bog mu ne daje Duha na mero.
For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.
35 Oče ljubi Sina in mu je vse stvari dal v njegovo roko.
The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.
