John 3
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
Erat autem homo ex Pharisaeis, Nicodemus nomine, princeps Iudaeorum.
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.”
Hic venit ad Iesum nocte, et dixit ei: Rabbi, scimus quia a Deo venisti magister, nemo enim potest haec signa facere, quae tu facis, nisi fuerit Deus cum eo.
3 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Respondit Iesus, et dixit ei: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renatus fuerit denuo, non potest videre regnum Dei.
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?”
Dicit ad eum Nicodemus: Quomodo potest homo nasci, cum sit senex? numquid potest in ventrem matris suae iterato introire, et renasci?
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.
Respondit Iesus: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua, et Spiritu sancto, non potest introire in regnum Dei.
6 Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
Quod natum est ex carne, caro est: et quod natum est ex spiritu, spiritus est.
7 Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
Non mireris quia dixi tibi: oportet vos nasci denuo.
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.”
Spiritus ubi vult spirat: et vocem eius audis, sed nescis unde veniat, aut quo vadat: sic est omnis, qui natus est ex spiritu.
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
Respondit Nicodemus, et dixit ei: Quomodo possunt haec fieri?
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
Respondit Iesus, et dixit ei: Tu es magister in Israel, et haec ignoras?
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.
Amen, amen dico tibi, quia quod scimus loquimur, et quod vidimus testamur, et testimonium nostrum non accipitis.
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?
Si terrena dixi vobis, et non creditis: quomodo, si dixero vobis caelestia, credetis?
13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
Et nemo ascendit in caelum, nisi qui descendit de caelo, Filius hominis, qui est in caelo.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Et sicut Moyses exaltavit serpentem in deserto; ita exaltari oportet Filium hominis:
ut omnis, qui credit in ipsum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam aeternam. (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)
Sic enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret: ut omnis, qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam aeternam. (aiōnios g166)
17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
Non enim misit Deus Filium suum in mundum, ut iudicet mundum, sed ut salvetur mundus per ipsum.
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.
Qui credit in eum, non iudicatur: qui autem non credit, iam iudicatus est: quia non credit in nomine unigeniti Filii Dei.
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.
Hoc est autem iudicium: quia lux venit in mundum, et dilexerunt homines magis tenebras, quam lucem: erant enim eorum mala opera.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
Omnis enim, qui male agit, odit lucem, et non venit ad lucem, ut non arguantur opera eius:
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.”
qui autem facit veritatem, venit ad lucem, ut manifestentur opera eius, quia in Deo sunt facta.
22 After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
Post haec venit Iesus, et discipuli eius in terram Iudaeam: et illic demorabatur cum eis, et baptizabat.
23 Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
Erat autem et Ioannes baptizans in Aennon, iuxta Salim: quia aquae multae erant illic, et veniebant, et baptizabantur.
24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Nondum enim missus fuerat Ioannes in carcerem.
25 Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
Facta est autem quaestio ex discipulis Ioannis cum Iudaeis de Purificatione.
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.”
Et venerunt ad Ioannem, et dixerunt ei: Rabbi, qui erat tecum trans Iordanem, cui tu testimonium perhibuisti, ecce hic baptizat, et omnes veniunt ad eum.
27 John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
Respondit Ioannes, et dixit: Non potest homo accipere quidquam, nisi fuerit ei datum de caelo.
28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
Ipsi vos mihi testimonium perhibetis, quod dixerim: Non sum ego Christus: sed quia missus sum ante illum.
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.
Qui habet sponsam, sponsus est: amicus autem sponsi, qui stat, et audit eum, gaudio gaudet propter vocem sponsi. Hoc ergo gaudium meum impletum est.
30 He must increase; I must decrease.
Illum oportet crescere, me autem minui.
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.
Qui desursum venit, super omnes est. Qui est de terra, de terra est, et de terra loquitur. Qui de caelo venit, super omnes est.
32 He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
Et quod vidit, et audivit, hoc testatur: et testimonium eius nemo accipit.
33 Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
Qui autem accepit eius testimonium, signavit quia Deus verax est.
34 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
Quem enim misit Deus, verba Dei loquitur: non enim ad mensuram dat Deus spiritum.
35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
Pater diligit Filium: et omnia dedit in manu eius.
