John 3
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
Te vaengah Pharisee khuikah hlang pakhat, a ming ah Nikodemu, Judah rhoek kah boei te om.
2 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.”
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.
3 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
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.
4 “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?”
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.
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
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.
6 Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
Pumsa kah a cun tah pumsa la om tih Mueihla kah a cun tah mueihla la om van.
7 Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
Nang taengah kan thui te ngaihmang sak boeh, nangmih he koep cun ham a kuek.
8 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.”
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.
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
Nikodemu loh a doo tih, “He tla om thai aya?” a ti nah.
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
Jesuh loh anih te a doo tih, “Nang tah Israel kah saya la na om coeng dae he khaw na ming mahnim?
11 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.
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.
12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
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?
13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
Te dongah vaan lamkah aka rhum hlang capa pawt koinih vaan la luei uh mahpawh.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Moses loh khosoek ah rhul a tai bangla hlang capa khaw tai ham a kuek van.
Te dongah amah aka tangnah boeih tah dungyan hingnah a dang ni. (aiōnios g166)
16 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)
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)
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
Pathen loh diklai te laitloek thil hamla diklai ah capa a tueih moenih. Tedae anih lamloh diklai te khang ham ni a tueih.
18 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.
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.
19 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.
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.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
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.
21 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.”
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.
22 After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
He phoeiah Jesuh tah a hnukbang rhoek neh Judah kho la pawk. Te vaengah amih taengah tapkhoeh om tih a nuem.
23 Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
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.
24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Johan te thongim ah hlak la a om hlan dongah ni.
25 Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
Te phoeiah Johan kah hnukbang rhoek te Judah hoel neh cimcaihnah kawng olpungnah om.
26 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.”
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.
27 John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
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.
28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
Nangmih loh kai taengah na phong uh te, ‘Kai tah Khrih moenih, tedae a hmaikah a tueih te ni,’ ka ti.
29 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.
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.
30 He must increase; I must decrease.
Anih te a rhoeng mak atah, ka tlak khaw a kuek mai coeng.
31 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.
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.
32 He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
A hmuh neh a yaak te a phong. Tedae anih kah olphong te doe uh pawh.
33 Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
Anih kah olphong aka doe loh Pathen tah oltak ni tila kutnoek a daeng coeng.
34 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
Anih te Pathen loh a tueih dongah Pathen kah olthang ni a thui. Mueihla a paek te khaw a tarhing a khueh pah moenih.
35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
Pa loh capa te a lungnah dongah a cungkuem he a kut ah a paek.
