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].
Mutta oli mies, fariseusten joukosta, nimeltä Nikodeemus, juutalaisten hallitusmiehiä.
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.”
Hän tuli Jeesuksen tykö yöllä ja sanoi hänelle: "Rabbi, me tiedämme, että sinun opettajaksi tulemisesi on Jumalasta, sillä ei kukaan voi tehdä niitä tunnustekoja, joita sinä teet, ellei Jumala ole hänen kanssansa."
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]!”
Jeesus vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Totisesti, totisesti minä sanon sinulle: joka ei synny uudesti, ylhäältä, se ei voi nähdä Jumalan valtakuntaa".
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]”
Nikodeemus sanoi hänelle: "Kuinka voi ihminen vanhana syntyä? Eihän hän voi jälleen mennä äitinsä kohtuun ja syntyä?"
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].
Jeesus vastasi: "Totisesti, totisesti minä sanon sinulle: jos joku ei synny vedestä ja Hengestä, ei hän voi päästä sisälle Jumalan valtakuntaan.
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].
Mikä lihasta on syntynyt, on liha; ja mikä Hengestä on syntynyt, on henki.
7 Do not be surprised about my telling you that you must be born again [and have a new life from God].
Älä ihmettele, että minä sanoin sinulle: teidän täytyy syntyä uudesti, ylhäältä.
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].”
Tuuli puhaltaa, missä tahtoo, ja sinä kuulet sen huminan, mutta et tiedä, mistä se tulee ja minne se menee; niin on jokaisen, joka on Hengestä syntynyt."
9 Nicodemus replied to him, “How can that happen?”
Nikodeemus vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Kuinka tämä voi tapahtua?"
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]
Jeesus vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Sinä olet Israelin opettaja etkä tätä tiedä!
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].
Totisesti, totisesti minä sanon sinulle: me puhumme, mitä tiedämme, ja todistamme, mitä olemme nähneet, ettekä te ota vastaan meidän todistustamme.
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]
Jos ette usko, kun minä puhun teille maallisista, kuinka te uskoisitte, jos minä puhun teille taivaallisista?
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].
Ei kukaan ole noussut ylös taivaaseen, paitsi hän, joka taivaasta tuli alas, Ihmisen Poika, joka on taivaassa.
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].
Ja niinkuin Mooses ylensi käärmeen erämaassa, niin pitää Ihmisen Poika ylennettämän,
että jokaisella, joka häneen uskoo, olisi iankaikkinen elämä. (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)
Sillä niin on Jumala maailmaa rakastanut, että hän antoi ainokaisen Poikansa, ettei yksikään, joka häneen uskoo, hukkuisi, vaan hänellä olisi iankaikkinen elämä. (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].
Sillä ei Jumala lähettänyt Poikaansa maailmaan tuomitsemaan maailmaa, vaan sitä varten, että maailma hänen kauttansa pelastuisi.
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].
Joka uskoo häneen, sitä ei tuomita; mutta joka ei usko, se on jo tuomittu, koska hän ei ole uskonut Jumalan ainokaisen Pojan nimeen.
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].
Mutta tämä on tuomio, että valkeus on tullut maailmaan, ja ihmiset rakastivat pimeyttä enemmän kuin valkeutta; sillä heidän tekonsa olivat pahat.
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].
Sillä jokainen, joka pahaa tekee, vihaa valkeutta eikä tule valkeuteen, ettei hänen tekojansa nuhdeltaisi.
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.
Mutta joka totuuden tekee, se tulee valkeuteen, että hänen tekonsa tulisivat julki, sillä ne ovat Jumalassa tehdyt."
22 Some time later Jesus and we disciples went to Judea district. He stayed with us there and [directed us as we] baptized people.
Sen jälkeen Jeesus meni opetuslapsineen Juudean maaseudulle ja oleskeli siellä heidän kanssaan ja kastoi.
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}.
Mutta Johanneskin kastoi Ainonissa lähellä Salimia, koska siellä oli paljon vettä; ja ihmiset tulivat ja antoivat kastaa itsensä.
24 That happened before John was put {they put John} in prison.
Sillä Johannesta ei vielä oltu heitetty vankeuteen.
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].
Niin Johanneksen opetuslapset rupesivat väittelemään erään juutalaisen kanssa puhdistuksesta.
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]!”
Ja he tulivat Johanneksen luo ja sanoivat hänelle: "Rabbi, se, joka oli sinun kanssasi Jordanin tuolla puolella ja josta sinä olet todistanut, katso, hän kastaa, ja kaikki menevät hänen tykönsä".
27 John replied, “A person can become [important] only if God [MTY] permits it. [So] we [should not be jealous about Jesus being popular]!
Johannes vastasi ja sanoi: "Ei ihminen voi ottaa mitään, ellei hänelle anneta taivaasta.
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.
Te olette itse minun todistajani, että minä sanoin: en minä ole Kristus, vaan minä olen hänen edellänsä lähetetty.
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].
Jolla on morsian, se on ylkä; mutta yljän ystävä, joka seisoo ja kuuntelee häntä, iloitsee suuresti yljän äänestä. Tämä minun iloni on nyt tullut täydelliseksi.
30 It is necessary for Jesus to become more important [by making more disciples than I have], and for me to become less [important].”
Hänen tulee kasvaa, mutta minun vähetä.
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.
Hän, joka ylhäältä tulee, on yli kaikkien. Joka on syntyisin maasta, se on maasta, ja maasta on, mitä hän puhuu; hän, joka taivaasta tulee, on yli kaikkien.
32 He tells people what he has seen and what he heard [in heaven], but very few people [HYP] listen to what he says.
Ja mitä hän on nähnyt ja kuullut, sitä hän todistaa; ja hänen todistustansa ei kukaan ota vastaan.
33 Those who have accepted what he has said verify that what God has said is true.
Joka ottaa vastaan hänen todistuksensa, se sinetillä vahvistaa, että Jumala on totinen.
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].
Sillä hän, jonka Jumala on lähettänyt, puhuu Jumalan sanoja; sillä ei Jumala anna Henkeä mitalla.
35 God loves his Son, and has caused him to have control/power over everything.
Isä rakastaa Poikaa ja on antanut kaikki hänen käteensä.
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)
Joka uskoo Poikaan, sillä on iankaikkinen elämä; mutta joka ei ole kuuliainen Pojalle, se ei ole elämää näkevä, vaan Jumalan viha pysyy hänen päällänsä." (aiōnios g166)
