John 3
1 And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
爰にファリザイ人の中にニコデモと呼ばれて、ユデア人の長だちたる者ありしが、
2 This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou hast come as a teacher from God; for no one can do these signs which thou doest, unless God be with him.
夜イエズスの許に至りて云ひけるは、ラビ、我等は汝が神より來りたる教師なる事を知れり、其は何人も、神之と共に在すに非ざれば、汝の為せる如き奇蹟を行ひ得ざればなり。
3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly do I say to thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
イエズス答へて曰ひけるは、誠に眞に汝に告ぐ、人新に生るるに非ずば、神の國を見ること能はず。
4 Nicodemus saith to him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb a second time, and be born?
ニコデモ云ひけるは、人既に老いたるに争でか生るる事を得べき、豈再び母の胎内に入て新に生るるを得んや。
5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly do I say to thee, Unless a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.
イエズス答へ給ひけるは、誠に實に汝に告ぐ、人は水と霊とより新に生るるに非ずば、神の國に入る事能はず。
6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.
肉より生れたる者は肉なり、霊より生れたる者は霊なり。
7 Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again.
汝等再び生れざるべからずと我が汝に告げたるを怪しむこと勿れ。
8 The wind bloweth where it will; and thou hearest the sound thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
風は己が儘なる處に吹く、汝其聲を聞くと雖も、何處より來りて何處に往くかを知らず、総て霊より生れたる者も亦然り、と。
9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?
ニコデモ答へて、此等の事如何にしてか成り得べき、と云ひしかば、
10 Jesus answered and said to him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
イエズス答へて曰ひけるは、汝はイスラエルに於て師たる者なるに、是等の事を知らざるか。
11 Truly, truly do I say to thee, We speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.
誠に實に汝に告ぐ、我等は知れる所を語り、見たる所を證す、然れど汝等は其證言を承けざるなり。
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how will ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?
我が地上の事を語りてすら汝等は信ぜざるものを、天上の事を語るとも争でか之を信ぜんや。
13 And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of man.
天より降りたるもの、即ち天に在る人の子の外は、誰も天に昇りしものなし。
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up
又モイゼが荒野にて蛇を揚げし如く、人の子も必ず揚げらるべし、
是総て之を信仰する人の、亡びずして永遠の生命を得ん為なり。 (aiōnios g166)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave the only begotten Son, that every one who believeth in him may not perish, but may have everlasting life. (aiōnios g166)
蓋神の此世を愛し給へる事は、御獨子を賜ふ程にして、是総て之を信仰する人の亡びずして永遠の生命を得ん為なり。 (aiōnios g166)
17 For God sent not the Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through him the world might be saved.
即ち神が御子を此世に遣はし給ひしは、世を審判せしめん為に非ず、世が彼に由りて救はれん為なり。
18 He that believeth in him is not condemned; he that believeth not hath already been condemned, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
彼を信仰する人は審判せられず、信ぜざる人は既に審判せられたり、其は神の御獨子の御名を信ぜざればなり。
19 And this is the condemnation, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil.
審判とは是なり、即ち光既に世に來りたるに、人は己の行の惡き為に、光よりも寧暗を愛したるなり。
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
総て惡を為す人は光を憎み、己が行を責められじとて光に來らず。
21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
然れど眞理を行ふ人は、己が行の顕れん為に光に來る、其は神の内に行はれたればなり、と。
22 After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judaea; and there he remained with them, and baptized.
第二款 イエズスユデアに留り給ふ 其後イエズス弟子等とユデア地方に至り、共に留りて洗し居給ひしが、
23 And John also was baptizing in AEnon, near Salim, because there was much water there; and they came, and were baptized.
ヨハネもサリムに近きエンノンに水多かりければ、其處にて洗しつつあり、人々來りて洗せられ居たり。
24 For John was not yet thrown into prison.
即ちヨハネ未だ監獄に入れられざりしなり。
25 Then there arose a question on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.
然るにヨハネの弟子等とユデア人との間に、洗禮に就きて議論起りしかば、
26 And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, he baptizeth, and all men are going to him.
彼等ヨハネの許に來りて云ひけるは、ラビ、ヨルダン[河]の彼方に汝と共に在りし時、汝より證明せられたる彼人は、今自ら洗して、人皆之に趣くなり、と。
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, unless it be given him from heaven.
ヨハネ答へて云ひけるは、人は天より賜はりたるに非ずば、何物をも自ら受くる能はず、
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I was sent before that man.
汝等自ら我に就きて證する如く、我曾て、我はキリストに非ず、唯其先に遣はされたるのみ、と告げたりき。
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy then hath become full.
新婦を有てる人こそ新郎なれ。然て新郎の友として立ちて之に聞く人は、新郎の聲の為に喜びに喜ぶ。然れば我此喜は円満なり。
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
彼は榮ゆべく我は衰ふべし。
31 He that cometh from above is above all. He that is from the earth is earthly, and speaketh earthly things; he that cometh from heaven
上より來れる人は衆人に上たり、地よりの人は地に属して地上の事を語る、天より來れる人は衆人に上たるなり。
32 testifieth what he hath seen and heard; and no one receiveth his testimony.
彼は其親ら見且聞きし所を證すと雖も、一人も其證言を承けず、
33 He that hath received his testimony hath set his seal that God is true.
其證言を承けたる人は、神の眞實にて在す事を證印せる者なり。
34 For he whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
即ち神の遣はし給ひし者は神の御言を語る、神は[聖]霊を賜ふに制限なければなり。
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
父は御子を愛して萬物を其手に賜へり。
