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١ 1 غَيْرَ أَنَّ إِنْسَاناً مِنَ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ، اسْمُهُ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ، وَهُوَ عُضْوٌ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الْيَهُودِيِّ،

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jewish people.

٢ 2 جَاءَ إِلَى يَسُوعَ لَيْلاً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ جِئْتَ مِنَ اللهِ مُعَلِّماً، لأَنَّهُ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ مَا تَعْمَلُ مِنْ آيَاتٍ إِلّا إِذَا كَانَ اللهُ مَعَهُ».

This man came to him at 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."

٣ 3 فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا أَحَدَ يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يَرَى مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ إِلّا إِذَا وُلِدَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ».

Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

٤ 4 فَسَأَلَهُ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ الإِنْسَانَ أَنْ يُولَدَ وَهُوَ كَبِيرُ السِّنِّ؟ أَلَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَطْنَ أُمِّهِ ثَانِيَةً ثُمَّ يُولَدَ؟»

Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

٥ 5 أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ أَحَدٌ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ إِلّا إِذَا وُلِدَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَالرُّوحِ.

Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.

٦ 6 فَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ هُوَ جَسَدٌ، وَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ هُوَ رُوحٌ.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

٧ 7 فَلا تَتَعَجَّبْ إِذَا قُلتُ لَكَ إِنَّكُمْ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى الْوِلادَةِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

Do not be surprised that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'

٨ 8 الرِّيحُ تَهُبُّ حَيْثُ تَشَاءُ وَتَسْمَعُ صَفِيرَهَا، وَلكِنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ تَأْتِي وَلا إِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ. هكَذَا كُلُّ مَنْ وُلِدَ مِنَ الرُّوحِ».

The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

٩ 9 فَعَادَ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ يَسْأَلُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَتِمَّ هَذَا؟»

Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can these things be?"

١٠ 10 أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أَنْتَ مُعَلِّمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا تَعْلَمُ هَذَا!

Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?

١١ 11 الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنَّنَا نَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا نَعْلَمُ وَنَشْهَدُ بِمَا رَأَيْنَا، وَمَعَ ذلِكَ لَا تَقْبَلُونَ شَهَادَتَنَا.

Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

١٢ 12 إِنْ كُنْتُ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِأُمُورِ الأَرْضِ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا، فَكَيْفَ تُؤْمِنُونَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِأُمُورِ السَّمَاءِ؟

If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

١٣ 13 وَمَا صَعِدَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ إِلّا الَّذِي نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي هُوَ فِي السَّمَاءِ.

And no one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

١٤ 14 وَكَمَا عَلَّقَ مُوسَى الْحَيَّةَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، فَكَذلِكَ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَلَّقَ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ،

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

١٥ 15 لِتَكُونَ الْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ. (aiōnios g166)

so that everyone who believes in him may have life without end. (aiōnios g166)

١٦ 16 لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا أَحَبَّ اللهُ الْعَالَمَ حَتَّى بَذَلَ ابْنَهُ الْوَحِيدَ، لِكَيْ لَا يَهْلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ. (aiōnios g166)

For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have life without end. (aiōnios g166)

١٧ 17 فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُرْسِلِ ابْنَهُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ لِيَدِينَ الْعَالَمَ، بَلْ لِيَخْلُصَ الْعَالَمُ بِهِ،

For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

١٨ 18 فَالَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَا يُدَانُ، أَمَّا الَّذِي لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ فَقَدْ صَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ حُكْمُ الدَّيْنُونَةِ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِاسْمِ ابْنِ اللهِ الْوَحِيدِ.

The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

١٩ 19 وَهَذَا هُوَ الْحُكْمُ: إِنَّ النُّورَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ، وَلكِنَّ النَّاسَ أَحَبُّوا الظُّلْمَةَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ النُّورِ، لأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ كَانَتْ شِرِّيرَةً.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their works were evil.

٢٠ 20 فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ الشَّرَّ يُبْغِضُ النُّورَ، وَلا يَأْتِي إِلَيْهِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تُفْضَحَ أَعْمَالُهُ.

For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works will not be exposed.

٢١ 21 وَأَمَّا الَّذِي يَسْلُكُ فِي الْحَقِّ فَيَأْتِي إِلَى النُّورِ لِتَظْهَرَ أَعْمَالُهُ وَيَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهَا عُمِلَتْ بِقُوَّةِ اللهِ».

But the one who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."

٢٢ 22 وَذَهَبَ يَسُوعُ وَتَلامِيذُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى بِلادِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَأَقَامَ فِيهَا مَعَهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ يُعَمِّدُ.

After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and was baptizing.

٢٣ 23 وَكَانَ يُوحَنَّا أَيْضاً يُعَمِّدُ فِي عَيْنِ نُونٍ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ سَالِيمَ، لأَنَّ الْمِيَاهَ هُنَاكَ كَانَتْ كَثِيرَةً فَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَأْتُونَ وَيَتَعَمَّدُونَ.

Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.

٢٤ 24 فَإِنَّ يُوحَنَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ قَد أُلْقِيَ بَعْدُ فِي السِّجْنِ.

For John was not yet thrown into prison.

٢٥ 25 وَحَدَثَ جِدَالٌ بَيْنَ تَلامِيذِ يُوحَنَّا وَأَحَدِ الْيَهُودِ فِي شَأْنِ التَّطَهُّرِ.

Now a dispute arose between John's disciples with a Jew about purification.

٢٦ 26 فَذَهَبُوا إِلَى يُوحَنَّا وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي رَأَيْنَاهُ مَعَكَ فِي مَا وَرَاءَ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَالَّذِي شَهِدْتَ لَهُ، هُوَ أَيْضاً يُعَمِّدُ، وَالْجَمِيعُ يَتَحَوَّلُونَ إِلَيْهِ!»

And they came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look, he is baptizing, and everyone is coming to him."

٢٧ 27 فَأَجَابَ يُوحَنَّا: «لا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَنَالَ شَيْئاً إِلّا إِذَا أُعْطِيَ لَهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ!

John answered, "No one can receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.

٢٨ 28 أَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنِّي قُلْتُ: لَسْتُ الْمَسِيحَ، بَلْ أَنَا رَسُولٌ يُمَهِّدُ لَهُ الطَّرِيقَ.

You yourselves bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Messiah,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'

٢٩ 29 وَمَنْ لَهُ الْعَرُوسُ، يَكُونُ هُوَ الْعَرِيسَ! أَمَّا صَدِيقُ الْعَرِيسِ، الَّذِي يَقِفُ قُرْبَهُ وَيَسْمَعُهُ، فَيَبْتَهِجُ لِفَرَحِهِ بِصَوْتِ الْعَرِيسِ. وَهَا إِنَّ فَرَحِي هَذَا قَدْ تَمَّ.

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. So this joy of mine is now complete.

٣٠ 30 فَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَزِيدَ هُوَ وَأَنْقُصَ أَنَا».

He must increase, but I must decrease.

٣١ 31 الَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنْ فَوْقُ هُوَ فَوْقَ الْجَمِيعِ. أَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، فَإِنَّهُ أَرْضِيٌّ وَيَتَكَلَّمُ كَلاماً أَرْضِيًّا. الآتِي مِنْ فَوْقُ هُوَ فَوْقَ الْجَمِيعِ،

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.

٣٢ 32 وَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ بِمَا سَمِعَ وَرَأَى، وَلا أَحَدَ يَقْبَلُ شَهَادَتَهُ!

What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.

٣٣ 33 عَلَى أَنَّ الَّذِي يَقْبَلُ شَهَادَتَهُ، يُصَادِقُ عَلَى أَنَّ اللهَ حَقٌّ،

He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.

٣٤ 34 لأَنَّ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ اللهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلِامِ اللهِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُعْطِي الرُّوحَ لَيْسَ بِالْمِكْيَالِ.

For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for he does not give the Spirit by measure.

٣٥ 35 فَالأَبُ يُحِبُّ الاِبْنَ، وَقَدْ جَعَلَ فِي يَدِهِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

٣٦ 36 مَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِالاِبْنِ، فَلَهُ الْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ. وَمَنْ يَرْفُضْ أَنْ يُؤْمِنَ بِالاِبْنِ، فَلَنْ يَرَى الْحَيَاةَ، بَلْ يَسْتَقِرَّ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبُ اللهِ. (aiōnios g166)

Whoever believes in the Son has everlasting life, but whoever refuses to believe in the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." (aiōnios g166)

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