Johan 3
1 Te vaengah Pharisee khuikah hlang pakhat, a ming ah Nikodemu, Judah rhoek kah boei te om.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
2 Anih loh khoyin ah a taengla a paan tih, “Rhabbi, Pathen taeng lamkah aka pawk saya pakhat la kam ming uh, Pathen te a taengah om pawt atah miknoek na saii he saii ham coeng mahpawh,” a ti nah.
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 Jesuh loh anih te a doo tih, “Nang taengah rhep rhep kan thui, koep a cun hlang pawt loh Pathen kah ram te a hmuh ham coeng pawh,” a ti nah.
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
4 Nikodemu loh amah te, “Metlam patong la aka om hlang he a thang ham a coeng eh? Pabae la a manu bung khuila kun ham neh a thaang ham a coeng moenih?” a ti nah.
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 Jesuh loh, “Nang taengah rhep rhep kan thui, tui neh Mueihla kah a cun pawt te tah, Pathen kah ram khuiah a kun ham coeng pawh.
Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he can’t enter into God’s Kingdom.
6 Pumsa kah a cun tah pumsa la om tih Mueihla kah a cun tah mueihla la om van.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Nang taengah kan thui te ngaihmang sak boeh, nangmih he koep cun ham a kuek.
Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
8 Khohli loh a ngaih la hli tih a ol te na yaak. Tedae me lamkah ha pawk tih mela a caeh khaw na ming moenih. Mueihla kah a cun khaw te tlam ni boeih a om,” a ti nah.
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 Nikodemu loh a doo tih, “He tla om thai aya?” a ti nah.
Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”
10 Jesuh loh anih te a doo tih, “Nang tah Israel kah saya la na om coeng dae he khaw na ming mahnim?
Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?
11 Nang taengah rhep rhep kan thui, m'ming te n'thui tih m'hmuh te ni m'phong. Tedae kaimih kah olphong te na ming uh moenih.
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 Nangmih taengah diklai koe ka thui vaengah na tangnah uh pawt atah nangmih taengah vaan koe te ka thui koinih metlam na tangnah uh eh?
If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 Te dongah vaan lamkah aka rhum hlang capa pawt koinih vaan la luei uh mahpawh.
No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
14 Moses loh khosoek ah rhul a tai bangla hlang capa khaw tai ham a kuek van.
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 Pathen loh diklai a lungnah tangloeng tih khueh duen capa te a paek. Amah aka tangnah boeih tah poci pawt vetih dungyan hingnah a dang ni. (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 Pathen loh diklai te laitloek thil hamla diklai ah capa a tueih moenih. Tedae anih lamloh diklai te khang ham ni a tueih.
For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
18 Amah aka tangnah tah laitloek thil mahpawh, tedae aka tangnah pawt tah Pathen capa khueh duen ming te a tangnah pawt dongah a tangtae la lai a tloek thil coeng.
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 Laitloeknah he om ngawn coeng. Vangnah tah diklai la ha pawk coeng dae hlang rhoek loh a khoboe thae a khueh dongah vangnah lakah yinnah te lat a lungnah uh.
This is the judgement, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil.
20 A thae la aka khoboe boeih loh vangnah te a hmuhuet tih a khoboe te a toeltham pawt ham ni vangnah khuila ha pawk pawh.
For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
21 Oltak aka saii tah vangnah khuila ha pawk. Te daengah ni Pathen ming neh a saii a bitat te a phoe sak eh,” a ti nah.
But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”
22 He phoeiah Jesuh tah a hnukbang rhoek neh Judah kho la pawk. Te vaengah amih taengah tapkhoeh om tih a nuem.
After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them and baptised.
23 Salim Johan long khaw Salim kaep kah Aenon ah om tih a nuem. Tui khaw muep a om tapkhoeh dongah ha pawk uh vaengah a nuem uh.
John also was baptising in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came and were baptised;
24 Johan te thongim ah hlak la a om hlan dongah ni.
for John was not yet thrown into prison.
25 Te phoeiah Johan kah hnukbang rhoek te Judah hoel neh cimcaihnah kawng olpungnah om.
Therefore a dispute arose on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews about purification.
26 Te dongah Johan te a paan uh tih, “Rhabbi, anih ke Jordan rhalvangan la nang taengah om tih, a kawng na phong dae ta. Anih loh a nuem dongah a taengla boeih ha pawk uh coeng ke,” a ti na uh.
They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he baptises, and everyone is coming to him.”
27 Johan loh a doo tih, “Anih te vaan lamloh paek la om pawt koinih hlang loh pakhat khaw a dang thai moenih,” a ti nah.
John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
28 Nangmih loh kai taengah na phong uh te, ‘Kai tah Khrih moenih, tedae a hmaikah a tueih te ni,’ ka ti.
You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
29 Yulokung loh vasakung te a khueh la om dae yulokung kah paya long tah khueh pawh. Aka pai tih aka hnatun loh yulokung kah ol dongah omngaihnah neh omngaih. Te dongah ka omngaihnah tah soep coeng.
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 Anih te a rhoeng mak atah, ka tlak khaw a kuek mai coeng.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 A so lamkah aka pawk tah hlang boeih soah om. Diklai ah aka om tah diklai kah la om tih diklai lamkah te a thui. Vaan lamkah aka pawk tah a soah boeih om.
“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 A hmuh neh a yaak te a phong. Tedae anih kah olphong te doe uh pawh.
What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
33 Anih kah olphong aka doe loh Pathen tah oltak ni tila kutnoek a daeng coeng.
He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
34 Anih te Pathen loh a tueih dongah Pathen kah olthang ni a thui. Mueihla a paek te khaw a tarhing a khueh pah moenih.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
35 Pa loh capa te a lungnah dongah a cungkuem he a kut ah a paek.
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
