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, whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler among 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.
who came to Jesus by night, and said unto Him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for none can do these miracles which thou dost, unless God be 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 and said unto him, Verily verily I tell thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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 saith unto 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, I tell thee of a truth, Unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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; and 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.
Do not wonder that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
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.
As the wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not whence it cometh, or whither it goeth; so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nikodemu loh a doo tih, “He tla om thai aya?” a ti nah.
Nicodemus answered and said unto 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 and said unto him, Art thou a teacher of Israel and knowest not 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.
I assure thee, that we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; though ye receive not our testimony.
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 have told you earthly things and ye believe not, how will ye believe if I should tell you heavenly ones?
13 Te dongah vaan lamkah aka rhum hlang capa pawt koinih vaan la luei uh mahpawh.
For no one hath ascended up into heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even 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.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up:
that whosoever believeth on Him may 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 begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on Him might not perish, but have everlasting 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 sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved by 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 that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is already condemned; because he hath not believed on the name of the only-begotten 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.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds 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 every one that doth evil, hateth the light; and he cometh not to the light, least his deeds should be reproved.
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 that acts according to truth, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought 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 came Jesus, and his disciples into the land of Judea: and He stayed with them there, and baptized.
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.
And John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim; because there was much water there: and people came to him and were baptized.
24 Johan te thongim ah hlak la a om hlan dongah ni.
For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Te phoeiah Johan kah hnukbang rhoek te Judah hoel neh cimcaihnah kawng olpungnah om.
Now there arose a dispute between some of the disciples of John, and the Jews, about purifying.
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 nauh.
And they came to John, and said unto him, Rabbi, He that was with thee on the other side Jordan, to whom thou barest testimony, behold, He baptizeth and all the people come 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 and said, A man can take nothing upon him, unless it be 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.
Ye your selves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am 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 that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with great joy at the bridegroom's voice. Therefore my joy is complete.
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, that cometh from above, is above all: he that is of the earth, is earthly, and talketh like one of the earth:
32 A hmuh neh a yaak te a phong. Tedae anih kah olphong te doe uh pawh.
but He that cometh from heaven, is above all: and what He hath seen and heard, this He testifieth: and yet scarce any one receiveth his testimony.
33 Anih kah olphong aka doe loh Pathen tah oltak ni tila kutnoek a daeng coeng.
He that hath received his testimony, hath 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 hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God giveth the Spirit to Him not by measure.
35 Pa loh capa te a lungnah dongah a cungkuem he a kut ah a paek.
The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all into his hand:
36 Capa aka tangnah loh dungyan hingnah a khueh. Tedae capa ol aka aek tah hingnah hmu pawt tih anih loh Pathen kah kosi a rhaeh thil. (aiōnios g166)
wherefore he that believeth on the Son, hath eternal life; and he that obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. (aiōnios g166)
