Iohannem 3
1 Erat autem homo ex Pharisaeis, Nicodemus nomine, princeps Iudaeorum.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
2 Hic venit ad Iesum nocte, et dixit ei: Rabbi, scimus quia a Deo venisti magister, nemo enim potest haec signa facere, quae tu facis, nisi fuerit Deus cum eo.
He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.”
3 Respondit Iesus, et dixit ei: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renatus fuerit denuo, non potest videre regnum Dei.
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
4 Dicit ad eum Nicodemus: Quomodo potest homo nasci, cum sit senex? numquid potest in ventrem matris suae iterato introire, et renasci?
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”
5 Respondit Iesus: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua, et Spiritu sancto, non potest introire in regnum Dei.
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
6 Quod natum est ex carne, caro est: et quod natum est ex spiritu, spiritus est.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Non mireris quia dixi tibi: oportet vos nasci denuo.
Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
8 Spiritus ubi vult spirat: et vocem eius audis, sed nescis unde veniat, aut quo vadat: sic est omnis, qui natus est ex spiritu.
The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Respondit Nicodemus, et dixit ei: Quomodo possunt haec fieri?
Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”
10 Respondit Iesus, et dixit ei: Tu es magister in Israel, et haec ignoras?
Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?
11 Amen, amen dico tibi, quia quod scimus loquimur, et quod vidimus testamur, et testimonium nostrum non accipitis.
Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know and testify of that which we have seen, and you don’t receive our witness.
12 Si terrena dixi vobis, et non creditis: quomodo, si dixero vobis caelestia, credetis?
If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 Et nemo ascendit in caelum, nisi qui descendit de caelo, Filius hominis, qui est in caelo.
No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
14 Et sicut Moyses exaltavit serpentem in deserto; ita exaltari oportet Filium hominis:
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 Sic enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret: ut omnis, qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam aeternam. (aiōnios g166)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only born Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 Non enim misit Deus Filium suum in mundum, ut iudicet mundum, sed ut salvetur mundus per ipsum.
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
18 Qui credit in eum, non iudicatur: qui autem non credit, iam iudicatus est: quia non credit in nomine unigeniti Filii Dei.
He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God.
19 Hoc est autem iudicium: quia lux venit in mundum, et dilexerunt homines magis tenebras, quam lucem: erant enim eorum mala opera.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.
20 Omnis enim, qui male agit, odit lucem, et non venit ad lucem, ut non arguantur opera eius:
For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
21 qui autem facit veritatem, venit ad lucem, ut manifestentur opera eius, quia in Deo sunt facta.
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”
22 Post haec venit Iesus, et discipuli eius in terram Iudaeam: et illic demorabatur cum eis, et baptizabat.
After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them and baptized.
23 Erat autem et Ioannes baptizans in Aennon, iuxta Salim: quia aquae multae erant illic, et veniebant, et baptizabantur.
John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came and were baptized;
24 Nondum enim missus fuerat Ioannes in carcerem.
for John was not yet thrown into prison.
25 Facta est autem quaestio ex discipulis Ioannis cum Iudaeis de Purificatione.
Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
26 Et venerunt ad Ioannem, et dixerunt ei: Rabbi, qui erat tecum trans Iordanem, cui tu testimonium perhibuisti, ecce hic baptizat, et omnes veniunt ad eum.
They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”
27 Respondit Ioannes, et dixit: Non potest homo accipere quidquam, nisi fuerit ei datum de caelo.
John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
28 Ipsi vos mihi testimonium perhibetis, quod dixerim: Non sum ego Christus: sed quia missus sum ante illum.
You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
29 Qui habet sponsam, sponsus est: amicus autem sponsi, qui stat, et audit eum, gaudio gaudet propter vocem sponsi. Hoc ergo gaudium meum impletum est.
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore my joy is made full.
30 Illum oportet crescere, me autem minui.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 Qui desursum venit, super omnes est. Qui est de terra, de terra est, et de terra loquitur. Qui de caelo venit, super omnes est.
“He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 Et quod vidit, et audivit, hoc testatur: et testimonium eius nemo accipit.
What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
33 Qui autem accepit eius testimonium, signavit quia Deus verax est.
He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
34 Quem enim misit Deus, verba Dei loquitur: non enim ad mensuram dat Deus spiritum.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
35 Pater diligit Filium: et omnia dedit in manu eius.
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
