ᎣᏍᏛ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᏣᏂ ᎤᏬᏪᎳᏅᎯ 3
1 ᎠᏍᎦᏯ ᎡᎲᎩ ᏂᎦᏗᎹᏏ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ, ᎠᏂᏆᎵᏏᏱ ᎤᏤᎵᎪᎯ, ᎠᏂᏧᏏ ᏗᎬᏩᏁᎶᏗ ᎨᏒᎩ.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏌ ᎤᎷᏤᎸᎩ ᏒᏃᏱ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᏗᏍᏇᏲᎲᏍᎩ, ᎣᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᏔᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏅᏓᏣᏅᏏᏛ ᎨᏒᎢ: ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᏥᏕᏣᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎭ ᏱᏙᎬᏩᎸᏫᏍᏓᏏ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏂᏚᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎲᎾᏱᎩ.
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
3 ᏥᏌ ᎤᏁᏨ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᎤᏙ ᎯᏳᎯᏯ, ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎬᏪᏎᎭ, ᎩᎶ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎤᏕᏅᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎥᏝ ᏴᎬᎪᏩᏛ ᎾᎿᎭᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏫ ᏳᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 ᏂᎦᏗᎹᏏᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᎦᏙ ᏱᎦᎵᏍᏙᏓ ᏴᏫ ᏯᏕᎲᎦ ᎿᎭᏉ ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏱᎩ? ᏥᎪ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎤᏥᏏᏱ ᏫᏯᏴᎭ, ᏯᏕᎲᎦ?
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
5 ᏥᏌ ᎤᏁᏨᎩ; ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ, ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎬᏪᏎᎭ, ᎩᎶ ᎠᎹ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎬᏩᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᎨᏎᏍᏗ, ᎥᏝ ᏴᎬᏴᎭ ᎾᎿᎭᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ.
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6 ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎤᏇᏓᎵ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ ᎤᏇᏓᎵᏉ ᎨᏐᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎨᏐᎢ.
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 ᏞᏍᏗ ᏣᏍᏆᏂᎪᏒᎩ ᎠᏎ ᏔᎵᏁ ᎢᏣᏕᏗ, ᏥᎬᏲᏏ.
Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 ᎤᏃᎴ ᎤᏚᎵᏍᏛᏉ ᎢᏘᏢ ᏫᎦᏃᎸᏗᏍᎪᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏃᏴᎬ ᎭᏛᎩᏍᎪᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᏱᎦᏔᎰ ᏗᎦᏛᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏩᎦᏛᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏯᏍᎩᏂ ᏄᏍᏗ ᎾᏂᎥ ᎩᎶ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏧᎾᏄᎪᏫᏒᎯ.
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 ᏂᎦᏗᎹᏏ ᎤᏁᏨ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᎦᏙ ᏱᎦᎵᏍᏙᏓ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᏄᏍᏗ?
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 ᏥᏌ ᎤᏁᏨ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᏥᎪ ᏔᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ ᎢᏏᎵ ᎠᏁᎲᎢ, ᏂᎦᏔᎲᎾᏃ ᎢᎩ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ.
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ, ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎬᏪᏎᎭ; ᎣᏂᎦᏔᎲ ᎣᏥᏁᎪᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎣᎩᎪᎲᎯ ᎣᏥᏃᎮᏍᎪᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᏱᏗᏣᏓᏂᎸᎪ ᎣᏥᏃᎮᏍᎬᎢ.
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
12 ᎢᏳᏃ ᎡᎶᎯ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎲ ᎢᏨᏃᎮᎮᎸ ᏂᏦᎯᏳᎲᏍᎬᎾ ᏱᎩ, ᎦᏙ ᏱᎦᎵᏍᏙᏓ ᏱᏦᎯᏳᎲᎦ, ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎲ ᏱᏨᏃᎮᎮᎸ?
If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
13 ᎥᏝᏰᏃ ᎩᎶ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏫᏳᎶᏐᎢ, ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏅᏓᏳᎶᏒᎯ ᎤᏩᏒ, ᏴᏫ ᎤᏪᏥ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏤᎭ.
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 ᎠᎴ ᎼᏏ ᎢᎾᏛ ᏧᏌᎳᏓᏁ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏪᏥ ᏓᏰᏥᏌᎳᏗᏂ,
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᏂᎦᎥᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎨᏳᏒᎩ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᏕᎤᏲᏒᎩ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏩᏒᎯᏳ ᎤᏕᏁᎸᎯ, ᎩᎶ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎦ ᎤᏲᎱᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ, ᎬᏂᏛᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏩᏛᏗ. (aiōnios g166)
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏰᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎤᎷᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᏴᏧᏅᏒ ᎤᏪᏥ ᏧᏭᏓᏁᏗᏱ ᎡᎶᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ ᎢᏳᏩᏂᏐᏗᏱ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎠᏥᏍᏕᎸᏗᏱ.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 ᎩᎶ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏥᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎪᎢ, ᎥᏝ ᎤᏍᎦᏅᏨᎯ ᏧᏚᎪᏔᏅᎯ ᏱᎨᏐᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ Ꮎ ᏂᎪᎯᏳᎲᏍᎬᎾ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᏳᎳ ᎤᏍᎦᏅᏨᎯ ᏧᏚᎪᏔᏅᎯ ᎨᏐᎢ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪ ᏄᏬᎯᏳᏅᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏪᏥ ᏕᎤᏙᎥ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏩᏒᎯᏳ ᎤᏕᏁᎸᎯ.
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
19 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᎭ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨ ᏥᏚᎾᏚᎪᏓᏁᎭ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎢᎦᎦᏘ ᎡᎶᎯ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏥᎸ, ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏟ ᎤᏂᏰᎸᏅ ᎤᎵᏏᎩ ᎡᏍᎦᏉ ᎢᎦ-ᎦᏘ, ᏚᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᏰᏃ ᎤᏲᎢᏳ ᎨᏒᎩ.
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
20 ᎤᏲᏰᏃ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᎠᏍᎦᎪ ᎢᎦᎦᏘ, ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᏱᎦᎷᎪ ᎢᎦᎦᏛᎢ, ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪ ᏄᏚᎵᏍᎬᎾ ᎨᏒ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏄᏍᏛ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ.
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21 ᏚᏳᎪᏛᏍᎩᏂ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᎢᎦᎦᏛ ᎦᎷᎪᎢ, ᎤᏚᎵᏍᎪ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏰᎸᏗ ᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎲᎢ.
But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
22 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏂᏙᎸ, ᏥᏌ ᎠᎴ ᎬᏩᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᏧᏗᏱ ᏭᏂᎶᏒᎩ, ᎾᎿᎭᏃ ᎤᏁᏙᎸᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᏓᏬᎥᎩ.
After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 ᏣᏂᏃ ᎾᏍᏉ ᎢᏃᏂ ᏓᏓᏬᏍᎬᎩ, ᏎᎵᎻ ᎾᎥᎢ, ᎾᎿᎭᏰᏃ ᎤᏣᏛᎩ ᎠᎹ. ᎠᏂᎷᎬᎩᏃ ᎠᎴ ᏕᎨᎦᏬᏍᎬᎩ.
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
24 ᏣᏂᏰᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎠᏏ ᏗᏓᏍᏚᏗᏱ ᏯᏥᏴᏗᏍᎨᎢ.
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᎧᏃᎮᏗ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏓᏁᎸᎩ ᏣᏂ ᎬᏩᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎠᏂᏧᏏᏃ ᎠᏓᏅᎦᎸᏗᏱ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ.
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 ᏣᏂᏃ ᎤᏂᎵᏤᎸᎩ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏎᎸᎩ; ᏔᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏥᏍᏕᏙᎲᎩ ᏦᏓᏂ ᏍᎪᏂᏗᏢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᏃᎮᏍᎬᎩ, ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏓᏬᎠ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏛᏉ ᎬᏩᎷᏤᎭ.
So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
27 ᏣᏂ ᎤᏁᏨ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏒᎩ; ᏴᏫ ᎥᏝ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏴᎬᏩᏛ ᎬᏂ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏅᏓᏰᏥᏁᎸᎯ ᏱᎩ.
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 ᏂᎯ ᎢᏨᏒ ᎢᏥᎦᏔᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᏥᏪᏍᎬᎩ; ᎠᏴ ᎥᏝ ᎦᎶᏁᏛ ᏱᎩ, ᎥᎩᏅᏏᏛᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᎢᎬᏱ ᏥᏰᏅᎡᎯ.
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 ᎤᏓᏴᏍᏗ ᎤᏪᎧᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏕᏒᎲᏍᎩ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎠᏕᏒᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᎾᎵᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏥᎦᏙᎪ ᎠᎴ ᏧᏛᎦᏁᎰᎢ, ᎤᏣᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎵᎮᎵᎪ ᏅᏗᎦᎵᏍᏙᏗᏍᎪ ᎠᏕᏒᎲᏍᎩ ᎧᏁᎬᎢ. ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏴ ᎦᎵᎡᎵᎬ ᎤᎧᎵᏨ.
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
30 ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᏎ ᏛᏛᏃᏏ, ᎠᏴᏍᎩᏂ ᎠᏎ ᏓᏥᏲᎶᏥ.
He must increase; I must decrease.
31 ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏅᏓᏳᎶᏒᎯ ᎤᏟ ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎡᏍᎦᏉ ᎾᏂᎥᎢ. ᎡᎶᎯ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏨᎯ ᎡᎶᎯᏉ ᎡᎯ ᎨᏐᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎬ ᎡᎶᎯᏉ ᎡᎯ ᎨᏐᎢ, ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏍᎩᏂ ᏅᏓᏳᎶᏒᎯ ᎤᏟ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎡᏍᎦᏉ ᎾᏂᎥᎢ.
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
32 ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎪᎲᎢ ᎤᏛᎦᏅᎾᏍᎩ ᎧᏃᎮᎭ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎩᎶ ᏱᏓᏓᏂᎸᎦ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏃᎮᎸᎢ.
He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎩᏂ Ꮎ ᏧᏓᏂᎸᏨᎯᏍᎩᏂ ᎤᏃᎮᎸᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏍᏓᏱᏛ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎬᏩᏥᎪᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ.
Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 ᎾᏍᎩᏰᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏅᏏᏛ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎦᏬᏂᎭ; ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏰᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏟᎶᏛᏉ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᏳᏁᎭ.
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 ᎠᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎤᎨᏳᎯᏳ ᎤᏪᏥ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏗᏳ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏚᏲᎯᏎᎸ.
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
