John 3
1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a ruler of the Jews.
Bil je človek izmed farizejev, po imenu Nikodém, vladar Judov.
2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that yoʋ are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs yoʋ are doing unless God is with him.”
Ta isti je ponoči prišel k Jezusu in mu rekel: »Rabi, vemo, da si učitelj, ki je prišel od Boga, kajti noben človek ne more delati teh čudežev, ki jih delaš ti, razen če ni Bog z njim.«
3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to yoʋ, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Razen če se človek ponovno ne rodi, ne more videti Božjega kraljestva.‹«
4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a person be born when he is old? Can he enter the womb of his mother a second time and be born?”
Nikodém mu reče: »Kako je lahko človek ponovno rojen, ko je star? Ali lahko drugič vstopi v maternico svoje matere in se rodi?«
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to yoʋ, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
Jezus je odgovoril: »Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Razen če se človek ne rodi iz vode in iz Duha, ne more vstopiti v Božje kraljestvo.‹
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
To, kar je rojeno iz mesa, je meso, in to, kar je rojeno iz Duha, je duh.
7 Do not be amazed that I said to yoʋ, ‘You must be born again.’
Ne čudi se, da sem ti rekel: ›Morate se ponovno roditi.‹
8 The wind blows where it wishes. Yoʋ hear the sound of it, but yoʋ do not know where it is coming from or where it is going; so it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Veter piha, kjer želi in slišiš zvok le-tega, toda ne moreš povedati, od kod prihaja in kam gre. Tako je z vsakim, ki je rojen iz Duha.«
9 In response Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”
Nikodém je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Kako so te stvari mogoče?«
10 Jesus answered him, “Yoʋ are the teacher of Israel, and yoʋ do not understand these things?
Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Ali si ti učitelj Izraelu, pa ne veš teh stvari?
11 Truly, truly, I say to yoʋ, we speak of what we know, and we testify about what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony.
Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Mi govorimo to, kar vemo in pričujemo to, kar smo videli, vi pa našega pričevanja ne sprejemate.
12 If I have spoken to you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I speak to you about heavenly things?
Če sem vam govoril zemeljske stvari in niste verovali, kako boste verovali, če vam povem o nebeških stvareh?
13 No one has ascended into heaven, except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
In noben človek se ni dvignil v nebesa, razen tisti, ki je prišel dol iz nebes, celó Sin človekov, ki je v nebesih.
14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
In kakor je Mojzes povzdignil kačo v divjini, točno tako mora biti povzdignjen Sin človekov,
da se, kdorkoli veruje vanj, ne bo pogubil, temveč bo imel večno življenje. (aiōnios g166)
16 “For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
Kajti Bog je tako ljubil svet, da je dal svojega edinorojenega Sina, da kdorkoli veruje vanj, se ne bo pogubil, temveč bo imel večno življenje. (aiōnios g166)
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.
Kajti Bog svojega Sina ni poslal na svet, da svet obsodi, temveč, da bi bil svet po njem lahko rešen.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
Kdor veruje vanj, ni obsojen, toda kdor ne veruje, je že obsojen, ker ni veroval v ime edinorojenega Božjega Sina.
19 This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
In to je obsodba, da je svetloba prišla na svet, ljudje pa so raje ljubili temo kakor svetlobo, ker so bila njihova dejanja hudobna.
20 For whoever does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.
Kajti vsak, kdor počne zlo, sovraži svetlobo niti ne prihaja k svetlobi, da njegova dejanja ne bi bila pograjana.
21 But whoever lives by the truth comes to the light, so that it may be evident that his works have been done in obedience to God.”
Toda kdor ravna po resnici, prihaja k svetlobi, da bi se njegova dejanja lahko razodela, da so narejena v Bogu.‹«
22 After this Jesus went into the Judean countryside along with his disciples, and he spent some time there with them, baptizing people.
Po teh besedah so prišli Jezus in njegovi učenci v judejsko deželo in z njimi je ostal tam ter krščeval.
23 Now John was also baptizing people in Aenon near Salem, because there was plenty of water there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.
Pa tudi Janez je krščeval v Enónu blizu Salíma, ker je bilo tam veliko vode; in prihajali so in bili so krščeni.
24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Kajti Janez še ni bil vržen v ječo.
25 Now a discussion arose between the disciples of John and a Jew about purification.
Potem je med nekaterimi Janezovimi učenci in Judi nastalo pričkanje glede očiščevanja.
26 So John's disciples came and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with yoʋ beyond the Jordan, about whom yoʋ have testified, behold, he is baptizing people, and everyone is going to him.”
In prišli so k Janezu ter mu rekli: »Rabi, kdor je bil s teboj onstran Jordana, o katerem prinašaš pričevanje, glej, isti krščuje in vsi ljudje prihajajo k njemu.«
27 John replied, “A person cannot receive anything unless it is given to him from heaven.
Janez je odgovoril in rekel: »Človek ne more ničesar prejeti, razen če mu ni dano iz nebes.
28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent ahead of him.’
Vi sami mi prinašate pričevanje, da sem rekel: ›Jaz nisem Kristus, temveč, da sem poslan pred njim.‹
29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and listens for him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.
Kdor ima nevesto, je ženin, toda ženinov prijatelj, ki stoji in ga posluša, se silno razveseljuje zaradi ženinovega glasu. Ta moja radost je torej dopolnjena.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.”
On mora rasti, toda jaz se moram manjšati.
31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. But he who comes from heaven is above all.
Kdor prihaja od zgoraj, je nad vsem. Kdor je z zemlje, je zemeljski in govori zemeljsko. Kdor prihaja iz nebes, je nad vsem.
32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
Kar je videl in slišal, to pričuje in noben človek ne sprejema njegovega pričevanja.
33 Whoever does receive his testimony has certified that God is true.
Kdor je sprejel njegovo pričevanje, je pristavil k njegovemu pečatu, da je Bog resničen.
34 For he whom God sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without measure.
Kajti tisti, ki ga je Bog poslal, govori Božje besede, kajti Bog mu ne daje Duha na mero.
35 The Father loves the Son and has put all things in his hand.
Oče ljubi Sina in mu je vse stvari dal v njegovo roko.
