John 3
1 There was a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a member of the Jewish ruling council.
ARAMAS amen mia, kisan Parsär akan, me mar a Nikodemus, me saumas amen ren Sus akan,
2 He came at night to where Jesus was and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God, for nobody could do the miraculous signs you're doing unless God was with him.”
Me poto dong i ni pong o, katiti ong i: Rapi, se asa, me komui saunpadak amen, me tapido sang ren Kot, pwe sota, me kak wia kilel akan due me komui kotin wiada, ma Kot so iang.
3 “I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “Unless you are reborn, you can't experience God's kingdom.”
Iesus kotin sapeng masani ong i: Melel, melel I indai ong uk, meamen so ipwi sapal, sota pan kak kilang wein Kot.
4 “How can you be reborn when you're old?” Nicodemus asked. “You can't go back into your mother's womb and be born a second time!”
Nikodemus potoan ong i: Iaduen aramas laud pan kak ipwidi? A pan kak pur ong nan kaped en in a, ipwidi sang?
5 “I tell you the truth, you can't enter God's kingdom unless you are born of water and the Spirit,” Jesus told him.
Iesus kotin sapeng: Melel, melel I indai ong uk, meamen so ipwiki pil o ngen, a sota kak pedelong ong nan wein Kot!
6 “What's born of the flesh is flesh, and what's born of the Spirit is Spirit.
Me ipwiki uduk, iei uduk, a me ipwiki Ngen, iei ngen.
7 Don't be surprised at my telling you, ‘You must be reborn.’
Koe der puriamuiki, me I katitiki ong uk: Komail en ipwi sapal.
8 The wind blows wherever it wants, and just as you hear the sound it makes, but don't know where it's coming from or where it's going, that's how it is for everyone who is born of the spirit.”
Ang kin pein ipip sili, o koe kin rong ngil a, a koe sasa, wasa a tapi sang ia o wasa a ko ong ia; iduen amen amen, me ipwiki Ngen.
9 “How is this possible?” Nicodemus asked.
Nikodemus sapeng indai ong i: Iaduen mepukat kak wiaui?
10 “You're a famous teacher in Israel, and yet you don't understand such things?” Jesus replied.
Iesus kotin sapeng masani ong i: Saunpadak en Israel amen koe, a koe sasa duen mepukat?
11 “I tell you the truth, we speak of what we know and give evidence regarding what we have seen, but you refuse to accept our testimony.
Melel, melel I indai ong uk, me se asadar, iei me se kin indada, o me se kilanger, iei me se katitiki, a komail sota kin kamelele at kadede.
12 If you don't trust what I say when I tell you about earthly things, how would you ever trust what I say if I were to tell you about heavenly things?
Ma I katitiki ong komail men pa, a komail ap sota kamelele, a iaduen, komail pan kamelele, ma I katitiki ong komail men nanlang?
13 No one has gone up to heaven, but the Son of man came down from heaven.
Sota meamen, me kodala nanlang, i eta, me kodido sang nanlang, Nain aramas, me kin mimieta nanlang.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so the Son of man must be lifted up,
Duen Moses me kauadar serpent amen nan sap tan, iduen Nain aramas pan kakauda.
Pwe meamen posonla i, sota pan lokidokila, a en aneki maur soutuk. (aiōnios g166)
16 For God loved the world, and this is how: he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who trusts in him shouldn't die, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Pwe iet duen Kot kotin kupura sappa, me a kotikidoki sapwilim a Ieros, pwe karos, me posonla i, ender salongala, a en aneki maur soutuk. (aiōnios g166)
17 God didn't send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Pwe Kot me kotin porone dong sappa sapwilim a Ol, kaidin en kadeikada sappa, a pwe sappa en kamauri kila i.
18 Those who trust in him are not condemned, while those who don't trust in him are condemned already because they didn't trust in the one and only Son of God.
Me poson i, sota pan pakadeikada, a me so poson i, iei pakadeikadar, pweki a sota poson mar en sapwilim en Kot ieros.
19 This is how the decision is made: the light came to the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light, for their actions were evil.
A iet kadeik o, marain pwara dong sappa, a aramas pok ong rotorot mon marain, pweki ar wiawia kan me sued.
20 All those who do evil hate the light and don't come into the light, because they don't want their actions to be exposed.
Pwe amen amen, me wiawia sued, kin kailongki marain, o sota kin pwara dong marain, pwe a wiawia kan de sansaleda.
21 But those who do good come into the light, so that what God accomplishes in them can be revealed.”
A me wiawia melel, kin ko dong marain, pwe a wiawia kan en sansaleda, me re tapi sang ren Kot.
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into Judea and spent some time with the people, baptizing them.
Murin mepukat Iesus o sapwilim a tounpadak kan kotilang sap en Iudäa ap kotikot ia wia paptais.
23 John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there and people kept coming to be baptized.
A Ioanes pil wia paptais Enon koren iong Salim, aki pil toto mi wasa o, irail ari koieila paptaisela.
24 (This was before John was imprisoned.)
Pwe Ioanes saikenta lokidokilar nan imateng.
25 An argument developed between John's disciples and a Jew over ceremonial purification.
En Ioanes a tounpadak kan o ol en Sus amen ap akamaiki pena duen kamakelekel.
26 They went to John and told him, “Rabbi, the man you were with on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you testified in support of—see, now he's baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
Irail ari ko dong ren Ioanes indang i: Rapi, me kot re omui palilan Iordan, me komui kin kadede, masani, a kin wia paptais o karos kin pwarala re a.
27 “No one receives anything unless they're given it from heaven,” John replied.
Ioanes sapeng masani: Aramas amen sota kak aneki meakot, ma a so aneki sang nanlang.
28 “You yourselves can testify that I declared, ‘I'm not the Messiah. I've been sent to prepare his way.’
Komail pein kadede kin ia, me i indada: Kaidin Kristus ngai, pwe ngai me pakatarador mo a.
29 The bridegroom is the one who has the bride! The best man waits, listening for the bridegroom, and is so happy when he hears the bridegroom's voice—in the same way my happiness is now complete.
Me li amen kisin nin ong, iei ol kamod. A kompoke pan ol kamod kin u rongerong perenki ngil en ol kamod; ari, iei ai peren unsokala.
30 He must become more important, and I must become less important.”
I en kakairida, a ngai en kakairidi.
31 He who comes from above is greater than all; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth and talks about earthly things. He who comes from heaven is greater than all.
Me kotido sang poa, i me poedi karos, a me kisan sappa, iei men sappa, o a kin kasokasoia duen sappa. A me kotido sang nanlang, me poedi karos,
32 He gives evidence about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts what he has to say.
O me a kilangada o rongada, iei me a kin kadedeki, a sota me kamelele a kadede.
33 Yet anyone who accepts what he says confirms that God is truthful.
A me kamelele a kadede, kin kadede, me Kot me melel.
34 For the one God sent speaks God's words, because God doesn't restrict the Spirit.
Pwe i, me Kot kotin poronedor, kin kida en Kot a masan, pwe Kot sota kotikida Ngen ki men song.
35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.
Sam me kotin kupura sapwilim a Ol o kotiki onger ni lim a meakaros.
36 Anyone who trusts in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to trust the Son will not experience eternal life but remains under God's condemnation. (aiōnios g166)
Me poson sapwilim a Ol, aneki maur soutuk. A me sota poson sapwilim a Ol, sota pan kilang maur, a ongiong en Kot pan mimieta re a. (aiōnios g166)
