John 3
1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man among his people.
Bil je človek izmed farizejev, po imenu Nikodém, vladar Judov.
2 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.”
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.«
3 “In truth I tell you,” exclaimed Jesus, “unless a person is reborn, they cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Razen če se človek ponovno ne rodi, ne more videti Božjega kraljestva.‹«
4 “How can a person,” asked Nicodemus, “be born when they are old? Can they be born a second time?”
Nikodém mu reče: »Kako je lahko človek ponovno rojen, ko je star? Ali lahko drugič vstopi v maternico svoje matere in se rodi?«
5 “In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “unless a person owes their birth to water and Spirit, they cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Jezus je odgovoril: »Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Razen če se človek ne rodi iz vode in iz Duha, ne more vstopiti v Božje kraljestvo.‹
6 All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.
To, kar je rojeno iz mesa, je meso, in to, kar je rojeno iz Duha, je duh.
7 Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.
Ne čudi se, da sem ti rekel: ›Morate se ponovno roditi.‹
8 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.”
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.«
9 “How can that be?” asked Nicodemus.
Nikodém je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Kako so te stvari mogoče?«
10 “What! You a teacher of Israel,” exclaimed Jesus, “and yet do not understand this!
Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Ali si ti učitelj Izraelu, pa ne veš teh stvari?
11 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.
Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Mi govorimo to, kar vemo in pričujemo to, kar smo videli, vi pa našega pričevanja ne sprejemate.
12 If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?
Če sem vam govoril zemeljske stvari in niste verovali, kako boste verovali, če vam povem o nebeških stvareh?
13 No one has ascended to heaven, except him who descended from heaven – the Son of Man himself.
In noben človek se ni dvignil v nebesa, razen tisti, ki je prišel dol iz nebes, celó Sin človekov, ki je v nebesih.
14 And, as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
In kakor je Mojzes povzdignil kačo v divjini, točno tako mora biti povzdignjen Sin človekov,
da se, kdorkoli veruje vanj, ne bo pogubil, temveč bo imel večno življenje. (aiōnios g166)
16 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)
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)
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
Kajti Bog svojega Sina ni poslal na svet, da svet obsodi, temveč, da bi bil svet po njem lahko rešen.
18 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.
Kdor veruje vanj, ni obsojen, toda kdor ne veruje, je že obsojen, ker ni veroval v ime edinorojenega Božjega Sina.
19 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.
In to je obsodba, da je svetloba prišla na svet, ljudje pa so raje ljubili temo kakor svetlobo, ker so bila njihova dejanja hudobna.
20 For the person who lives an evil life hates the light, and will not come to it, fearing that their actions will be exposed;
Kajti vsak, kdor počne zlo, sovraži svetlobo niti ne prihaja k svetlobi, da njegova dejanja ne bi bila pograjana.
21 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.
Toda kdor ravna po resnici, prihaja k svetlobi, da bi se njegova dejanja lahko razodela, da so narejena v Bogu.‹«
22 After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized.
Po teh besedah so prišli Jezus in njegovi učenci v judejsko deželo in z njimi je ostal tam ter krščeval.
23 John, also, was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptized.
Pa tudi Janez je krščeval v Enónu blizu Salíma, ker je bilo tam veliko vode; in prihajali so in bili so krščeni.
24 (For John had not yet been imprisoned).
Kajti Janez še ni bil vržen v ječo.
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a fellow Jew on the subject of purification;
Potem je med nekaterimi Janezovimi učenci in Judi nastalo pričkanje glede očiščevanja.
26 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.”
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.«
27 John’s answer was – “A person can gain nothing but what is given them from heaven.
Janez je odgovoril in rekel: »Človek ne more ničesar prejeti, razen če mu ni dano iz nebes.
28 You are yourselves witnesses that I said ‘I am not the Christ,’ but ‘I have been sent before him as a messenger.’
Vi sami mi prinašate pričevanje, da sem rekel: ›Jaz nisem Kristus, temveč, da sem poslan pred njim.‹
29 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.
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.
30 He must become greater, and I less.”
On mora rasti, toda jaz se moram manjšati.
31 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.
Kdor prihaja od zgoraj, je nad vsem. Kdor je z zemlje, je zemeljski in govori zemeljsko. Kdor prihaja iz nebes, je nad vsem.
32 He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement.
Kar je videl in slišal, to pričuje in noben človek ne sprejema njegovega pričevanja.
33 They who did accept his statement confirm the fact that God is true.
Kdor je sprejel njegovo pričevanje, je pristavil k njegovemu pečatu, da je Bog resničen.
34 For he whom God sent as his messenger gives us God’s own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit.
Kajti tisti, ki ga je Bog poslal, govori Božje besede, kajti Bog mu ne daje Duha na mero.
35 The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.
Oče ljubi Sina in mu je vse stvari dal v njegovo roko.
36 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)
Kdor veruje v Sina, ima večno življenje; kdor pa ne veruje Sinu, ne bo videl življenja, temveč na njem ostaja Božji bes.« (aiōnios g166)
