John 3
1 There was a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish religious council. He belonged to the Pharisee [religious sect].
Bez' e oa un den, e-touez ar farizianed, anvet Nikodem, unan eus re vras ar Yuzevien.
2 He went to see Jesus at night, [to talk to him about God’s kingdom]. He said to Jesus, “Teacher, [we believe that] you are a teacher who has come from God. [We believe this because] we know that someone could perform the miracles you are doing only if God were helping him.”
Hemañ a zeuas, e-pad an noz, da gavout Jezuz hag a lavaras dezhañ: Mestr, ni a oar out un doktor deuet a-berzh Doue, rak den ne c'hell ober ar mirakloù-se a rez, nemet Doue a vefe gantañ.
3 Jesus replied to him, “Listen to this carefully: Unless people are born again and [have a new life from God], they cannot even see the place where God rules [MET]!”
Jezuz a respontas dezhañ: E gwirionez, e gwirionez, me a lavar dit, ma ne vez ket ganet un den a-nevez, ne c'hell ket gwelout rouantelezh Doue.
4 Then Nicodemus said to him, “(No one can be born when he is old!/How can anyone be born when he is old?) [RHQ] (There is no way he can enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time!/How can he enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time?) [RHQ]”
Nikodem a lavaras dezhañ: Penaos e c'hell un den bezañ ganet pa'z eo kozh? Hag eñ a c'hell distreiñ e kof e vamm, ha bezañ ganet un eil gwech?
5 Jesus answered, “Note this: Being born naturally is not [enough]; people need to also be born [spiritually] by God’s Spirit. If that does not happen, they cannot experience God ruling [MET] [their lives].
Jezuz a respontas: E gwirionez, e gwirionez, me a lavar dit, ma ne vez ket un den ganet a zour hag a Spered, ne c'hell ket mont e rouantelezh Doue.
6 Humans give birth to humans. But those who are born [again] as a result of what [God’s] Spirit [does receive a new] spiritual [nature from God].
Ar pezh a zo ganet eus ar c'hig, a zo kig, hag ar pezh a zo ganet eus ar Spered, a zo spered.
7 Do not be surprised about my telling you that you must be born again [and have a new life from God].
Na vez ket souezhet eus ar pezh am eus lavaret dit: Ret eo ma viot ganet a-nevez.
8 [Let me illustrate]: The wind blows wherever it wants to blow. You hear its sound, but you do not know where the wind comes from or where it is going. Similarly, those [who do not know God cannot understand/control/predict] how people are born again as a result of what God’s spirit [does].”
An avel a c'hwezh e-lec'h ma kar, hag e klevez an trouz; met n'ouzout ket nag a-belec'h e teu, na pelec'h ez a. Evel-se e c'hoarvez gant pep den a zo ganet eus ar Spered.
9 Nicodemus replied to him, “How can that happen?”
Nikodem a lavaras dezhañ: Penaos e c'hell an traoù-se en em ober?
10 Jesus replied to him, “You [(sg)] are a [well-known] teacher among [us] Israelite people, so (I am surprised that you do not understand these things!/how is it that you do not understand these things?) [RHQ]
Jezuz a respontas dezhañ: Te a zo doktor Israel, ha n'ouzout ket an traoù-se?
11 Listen to this carefully: (My disciples and I/I) tell you [(pl)] about the things that my disciples and I have seen and know [are true], but you [(pl)] do not admit that what my disciples and I are saying [is true].
E gwirionez, e gwirionez, me a lavar dit: ni a lavar ar pezh a ouzomp, hag e roomp testeni eus ar pezh hon eus gwelet, met ne zegemerit ket hon testeni.
12 I have told you about the things [that happen here] on earth that are true, but you [(pl)] do not believe me. So if I tell you [(sg)] about things [that happen] in heaven, (you certainly will not believe me!/how will you believe me?) [RHQ]
Ma ne gredit ket pa em eus komzet deoc'h eus traoù douarel, penaos e kredot pa gomzin deoc'h eus traoù neñvel?
13 I am the only one who has gone up to heaven; no one else has gone up there. I am also the one who came down from heaven. [So I know what happens there].
Den n'eo pignet en neñv, nemet an hini a zo diskennet eus an neñv, Mab an den [a zo en neñv].
14 [Long ago when the Israelite people rebelled against God] in the desolate area, [God sent poisonous snakes to bite them]. But when Moses lifted up [on a pole] the [model of a] poisonous snake, [everyone who looked at that model was healed from their snake bites]. Similarly, [even though I] am the one who came from heaven, [some day people] will lift me up [on a cross to kill me].
Hag evel ma savas Moizez an naer el lec'h distro, evel-se eo ret e vo savet Mab an den,
evit [na vo ket kollet] piv bennak a gred ennañ, [met ma] en devo ar vuhez peurbadus. (aiōnios g166)
16 God loved us people [MTY] in the world so much that he gave his only Son [as a sacrifice for us], in order that everyone who believes in him would not be separated from God forever. Instead, they would have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Rak kement en deus Doue karet ar bed, m'en deus roet e Vab nemetañ, evit na vo ket kollet piv bennak a gred ennañ, met m'en devo ar vuhez peurbadus. (aiōnios g166)
17 When God sent his Son into the world, his purpose was not to punish the [people in] [MTY] the world for their sins. Instead, he sent him in order that they might be saved by him {he might save them} [from being] ([guilty/punished]) [for their sins].
Rak Doue n'en deus ket kaset e Vab er bed evit barn ar bed, met evit ma vo salvet ar bed drezañ.
18 Everyone who trusts in his Son, [God says that they] will not be punished {that he will not punish them}. But God has already [said that] everyone who does not trust in his Son will be punished {that he will punish everyone who does not trust in his Son}, because they have not trusted in what his only Son [has done for them].
An hini a gred ennañ n'eo ket barnet, met an hini na gred ket a zo dija barnet, abalamour n'en deus ket kredet e anv Mab nemetañ Doue.
19 The [one who was like a] light [MET] [to reveal God’s truth to us] came into the world. But people loved doing what was [evil, like] darkness [MET] [is evil], instead of loving the [one who was like a] light. That is the reason [God will] judge people [and condemn them].
Hag an dra kiriek d'ar varnedigezh eo penaos ar sklêrijenn a zo deuet er bed, ha penaos o deus an dud karet muioc'h an deñvalijenn eget ar sklêrijenn, abalamour ma oa fall o oberoù.
20 Everyone who does what is evil hates the [one who is like a] light, and they will not come to the [one who is like a] light, because it would be shown {[the one who is like a light] would show} that their deeds [are evil, and he would rebuke them].
Rak piv bennak a ra an droug a gasa ar sklêrijenn, ha ne zeu ket d'ar sklêrijenn, gant aon na vefe rebechet e oberoù.
21 But those who live according to [God’s] truth come to the [one who is like a] light, in order that it may be seen clearly {that people may see clearly} that the things they have done, they did them because [they have depended] on God.
Met an hini a ra hervez ar wirionez, a zeu d'ar sklêrijenn, evit ma vo disklêriet e oberoù, abalamour int graet e Doue.
22 Some time later Jesus and we disciples went to Judea district. He stayed with us there and [directed us as we] baptized people.
Goude-se, Jezuz a yeas gant e ziskibien war douar Judea, hag eno e chomas ganto hag e vadeze.
23 John [the Baptizer] was also baptizing people. He was doing that at Aenon [village] near Salim [town in Samaria district], because there were many springs in that area. [Many] people kept coming [to John] and were being baptized {he was baptizing them}.
Yann a vadeze ivez e Enon, tost ouzh Salim, abalamour ma oa eno kalz a zour, hag ez aed di evit bezañ badezet,
24 That happened before John was put {they put John} in prison.
rak Yann ne oa ket bet c'hoazh lakaet er prizon.
25 Then some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew started arguing about the Jewish rituals of washing things [to make them acceptable to God].
Bez' e voe un tamall etre diskibien Yann hag ar Yuzevien, diwar-benn ar c'hlanidigezh.
26 Then those disciples went to John and said to him, “Teacher, [do you remember] the man who was with you when you were baptizing people on the other side of the Jordan River? He is the one you were telling us about. Well, now he is baptizing people, and many people are going to him [instead of coming to us]!”
Dont a rejont da gavout Yann, hag e lavarjont dezhañ: Mestr, an hini a oa ganit d'an tu all d'ar Jordan, hag ac'h eus roet testeni dezhañ, setu, eñ a vadez, hag an holl a ya d'e gavout.
27 John replied, “A person can become [important] only if God [MTY] permits it. [So] we [should not be jealous about Jesus being popular]!
Yann a respontas: Den ne c'hell ober netra, ma n'eo ket bet roet dezhañ eus an neñv.
28 You yourselves can verify what I said. I told you that I am not (the Messiah/God’s promised king). Instead, I [told you that] I was sent {that [God] sent me} to prepare the way for him.
C'hwi hoc'h-unan a zo testoù din em eus lavaret: N'eo ket me eo ar C'hrist, met kaset on bet a-raok dezhañ.
29 [Let me illustrate] [MET]: [He is like a] ([bridegroom/man who is being married]), [and I am like his friend]. The friend of the bridegroom stands there and waits [for him to come]. That friend is very happy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice [when he arrives]. Similarly, I am very happy [about what you have told me].
An hini en deus ar wreg eo an ozhac'h; met mignon an ozhac'h a zo eno hag en selaou; leuniet eo a levenez o klevout mouezh an ozhac'h, hag al levenez-se a zo va hini; mat-tre eo.
30 It is necessary for Jesus to become more important [by making more disciples than I have], and for me to become less [important].”
Ret eo dezhañ kreskiñ ha din bihanaat.
31 [Jesus] came from heaven. He is more important than anyone else. Those who are born from [parents here] on earth [MTY] are just humans, and they speak about things [that happen here] on the earth. But since Jesus came from heaven, his [words are] more important than anyone else’s.
An hini a zeu eus an nec'h a zo dreist an holl; an hini a zeu eus an douar a zo eus an douar hag a gomz eus an douar; an hini a zeu eus an neñv a zo dreist an holl;
32 He tells people what he has seen and what he heard [in heaven], but very few people [HYP] listen to what he says.
reiñ a ra testeni eus ar pezh en deus gwelet ha klevet; met den ne zegemer e desteni.
33 Those who have accepted what he has said verify that what God has said is true.
An hini a zegemer e desteni, en deus siellet penaos eo Doue gwirion.
34 [We know it is true] because [Jesus], the one God sent, speaks the message of God. [That is also true] because God causes his Spirit to live [in Jesus] to completely [direct everything he says and does].
Rak an hini en deus Doue kaset a lavar komzoù Doue, rak Doue ne ro ket dezhañ ar Spered dre vuzul.
35 God loves his Son, and has caused him to have control/power over everything.
An Tad a gar ar Mab hag en deus lakaet pep tra etre e zaouarn.
36 Those who trust in [God’s] Son have eternal life. But those who reject God’s Son will never have [eternal] life. Instead, God is angry with them [and he will surely punish them]. (aiōnios g166)
An hini a gred er Mab en deus ar vuhez peurbadus, met an hini na sent ket ouzh ar Mab ne welo ket ar vuhez, met fulor Doue a chomo warnañ. (aiōnios g166)
