John 3
1 There was a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish religious council. He belonged to the Pharisee [religious sect].
Det var ein mann av farisæarflokken som heitte Nikodemus, ein av rådsherrarne åt jødarne.
2 He went to see Jesus at night, [to talk to him about God’s kingdom]. He said to Jesus, “Teacher, [we believe that] you are a teacher who has come from God. [We believe this because] we know that someone could perform the miracles you are doing only if God were helping him.”
Han kom ein gong til Jesus um natti og sagde: «Rabbi, me veit at du er ein lærar som er komen frå Gud; for ingen kann gjera desse teikni som du gjer, utan Gud er med honom.»
3 Jesus replied to him, “Listen to this carefully: Unless people are born again and [have a new life from God], they cannot even see the place where God rules [MET]!”
Jesus svara: «Det segjer eg deg for sant og visst: Ingen kann sjå Guds rike utan han vert fødd på nytt.»
4 Then Nicodemus said to him, “(No one can be born when he is old!/How can anyone be born when he is old?) [RHQ] (There is no way he can enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time!/How can he enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time?) [RHQ]”
Nikodemus segjer til honom: «Korleis kann ein som er gamall verta fødd? han kann då vel ikkje koma inn i livet åt mor si andre gongen, og fødast til verdi!»
5 Jesus answered, “Note this: Being born naturally is not [enough]; people need to also be born [spiritually] by God’s Spirit. If that does not happen, they cannot experience God ruling [MET] [their lives].
Jesus svara: «Det segjer eg deg for sant og visst: Utan ein vert fødd av vatn og ånd, kann han ikkje koma inn i Guds rike.
6 Humans give birth to humans. But those who are born [again] as a result of what [God’s] Spirit [does receive a new] spiritual [nature from God].
Det som er født av kjøtet, er kjøt, og det som er født av åndi, er ånd.
7 Do not be surprised about my telling you that you must be born again [and have a new life from God].
Undrast ikkje på at eg sagde med deg: De lyt fødast på nytt!
8 [Let me illustrate]: The wind blows wherever it wants to blow. You hear its sound, but you do not know where the wind comes from or where it is going. Similarly, those [who do not know God cannot understand/control/predict] how people are born again as a result of what God’s spirit [does].”
Vinden blæs kvar han vil, og du høyrer han tyt, men du veit ikkje kvar han kjem ifrå eller kvar han fer av. So er det med kvar som er fødd av åndi».
9 Nicodemus replied to him, “How can that happen?”
«Korleis kann det ganga til?» spurde Nikodemus.
10 Jesus replied to him, “You [(sg)] are a [well-known] teacher among [us] Israelite people, so (I am surprised that you do not understand these things!/how is it that you do not understand these things?) [RHQ]
«Du er Israels lærar, og veit ikkje det!» svara Jesus.
11 Listen to this carefully: (My disciples and I/I) tell you [(pl)] about the things that my disciples and I have seen and know [are true], but you [(pl)] do not admit that what my disciples and I are saying [is true].
«Det segjer eg deg for visst og sant: Me talar um det me veit, og vitnar um det me hev set, men de tek ikkje imot vitnemålet vårt!
12 I have told you about the things [that happen here] on earth that are true, but you [(pl)] do not believe me. So if I tell you [(sg)] about things [that happen] in heaven, (you certainly will not believe me!/how will you believe me?) [RHQ]
Når eg hev tala til dykk um det som høyrer jordi til, og de ikkje trur, korleis skal de då tru når eg talar til dykk um det som høyrer himmelen til?
13 I am the only one who has gone up to heaven; no one else has gone up there. I am also the one who came down from heaven. [So I know what happens there].
Og ingen hev stige upp til himmelen utan han som steig ned frå himmelen, Menneskjesonen, som var i himmelen.
14 [Long ago when the Israelite people rebelled against God] in the desolate area, [God sent poisonous snakes to bite them]. But when Moses lifted up [on a pole] the [model of a] poisonous snake, [everyone who looked at that model was healed from their snake bites]. Similarly, [even though I] am the one who came from heaven, [some day people] will lift me up [on a cross to kill me].
Og liksom Moses lyfte upp ormen i øydemarki, soleis lyt Menneskjesonen lyftast upp,
so kvar den som trur, skal hava æveleg liv i honom. (aiōnios g166)
16 God loved us people [MTY] in the world so much that he gave his only Son [as a sacrifice for us], in order that everyone who believes in him would not be separated from God forever. Instead, they would have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
For so elska Gud verdi at han gav Son sin, den einborne, so kvar den som trur på honom, ikkje skal verta fortapt, men hava ævelegt liv. (aiōnios g166)
17 When God sent his Son into the world, his purpose was not to punish the [people in] [MTY] the world for their sins. Instead, he sent him in order that they might be saved by him {he might save them} [from being] ([guilty/punished]) [for their sins].
For Gud sende ikkje Son sin til verdi so han skulde døma verdi, men so verdi skulde verta frelst ved honom.
18 Everyone who trusts in his Son, [God says that they] will not be punished {that he will not punish them}. But God has already [said that] everyone who does not trust in his Son will be punished {that he will punish everyone who does not trust in his Son}, because they have not trusted in what his only Son [has done for them].
Den som trur på honom, vert ikkje dømd; den som ikkje trur, er alt dømd, for di han ikkje hev trutt på namnet åt Guds einborne Son.
19 The [one who was like a] light [MET] [to reveal God’s truth to us] came into the world. But people loved doing what was [evil, like] darkness [MET] [is evil], instead of loving the [one who was like a] light. That is the reason [God will] judge people [and condemn them].
Og dette er domen: Ljoset hev kome til verdi, og menneski lika myrkret betre enn ljoset, for gjerningarne deira var vonde.
20 Everyone who does what is evil hates the [one who is like a] light, and they will not come to the [one who is like a] light, because it would be shown {[the one who is like a light] would show} that their deeds [are evil, and he would rebuke them].
For kvar den som driv på med det som låkt er, hatar ljoset, og kjem ikkje til ljoset; for han vil ikkje at gjerningarne hans skal koma upp i dagen, slike dei er.
21 But those who live according to [God’s] truth come to the [one who is like a] light, in order that it may be seen clearly {that people may see clearly} that the things they have done, they did them because [they have depended] on God.
Men den som gjer etter sanningi, kjem til ljoset, so gjerningarne hans kann verta synberre; for dei er gjorde i Gud.»
22 Some time later Jesus and we disciples went to Judea district. He stayed with us there and [directed us as we] baptized people.
Sidan kom Jesus og læresveinarne hans til Juda-bygderne, og der var han ei tid med deim, og døypte.
23 John [the Baptizer] was also baptizing people. He was doing that at Aenon [village] near Salim [town in Samaria district], because there were many springs in that area. [Many] people kept coming [to John] and were being baptized {he was baptizing them}.
Johannes døypte og då; det var i Ænon, tett med Salim, han døypte; for det var mykje vatn der; og folk kom dit og let seg døypa.
24 That happened before John was put {they put John} in prison.
Den tid var Johannes endå ikkje sett i fengsel.
25 Then some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew started arguing about the Jewish rituals of washing things [to make them acceptable to God].
So vart det eit ordskifte millom læresveinarne åt Johannes og ein Juda-mann um reinsingi.
26 Then those disciples went to John and said to him, “Teacher, [do you remember] the man who was with you when you were baptizing people on the other side of the Jordan River? He is the one you were telling us about. Well, now he is baptizing people, and many people are going to him [instead of coming to us]!”
Og dei kom til Johannes og sagde: «Rabbi, han som var i hop med deg på hi sida åt Jordan, han som du hev vitna for, han døyper, og alle kjem til honom.»
27 John replied, “A person can become [important] only if God [MTY] permits it. [So] we [should not be jealous about Jesus being popular]!
Johannes svara: «Eit menneskje kann ikkje få noko, utan det er gjeve honom frå himmelen.
28 You yourselves can verify what I said. I told you that I am not (the Messiah/God’s promised king). Instead, I [told you that] I was sent {that [God] sent me} to prepare the way for him.
De er sjølve vitni mine at eg sagde: «Eg er ikkje Messias, » men: «Eg er send fyre honom.»
29 [Let me illustrate] [MET]: [He is like a] ([bridegroom/man who is being married]), [and I am like his friend]. The friend of the bridegroom stands there and waits [for him to come]. That friend is very happy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice [when he arrives]. Similarly, I am very happy [about what you have told me].
Det er brudgomen som hev bruri; men belesveinen, som stend innmed og lyder på brudgomen, gleder seg hjarteleg når han høyrer målet hans. Slik gleda hev eg no fenge, og det i fullt mål.
30 It is necessary for Jesus to become more important [by making more disciples than I have], and for me to become less [important].”
Han lyt veksa, eg lyt minka.
31 [Jesus] came from heaven. He is more important than anyone else. Those who are born from [parents here] on earth [MTY] are just humans, and they speak about things [that happen here] on the earth. But since Jesus came from heaven, his [words are] more important than anyone else’s.
Den som kjem ovantil, er yver alle; den som er frå jordi, er av jordi, og det han talar, er av jordi. Den som kjem frå himmelen, er yver alle;
32 He tells people what he has seen and what he heard [in heaven], but very few people [HYP] listen to what he says.
det han hev set og høyrt, det vitnar han um, men ingen tek imot vitnemålet hans.
33 Those who have accepted what he has said verify that what God has said is true.
Den som hev teke imot hans vitnemål, hev stadfest at Gud er sannordig.
34 [We know it is true] because [Jesus], the one God sent, speaks the message of God. [That is also true] because God causes his Spirit to live [in Jesus] to completely [direct everything he says and does].
For den som Gud sende, talar Guds ord; for Gud gjev honom Anden umælt.
35 God loves his Son, and has caused him to have control/power over everything.
Faderen elskar Sonen, og hev gjeve alt i hans hender.
36 Those who trust in [God’s] Son have eternal life. But those who reject God’s Son will never have [eternal] life. Instead, God is angry with them [and he will surely punish them]. (aiōnios g166)
Den som trur på Sonen, hev æveleg liv; men den som ikkje lyder Sonen, fær ikkje sjå livet, men Guds vreide vert verande yver honom». (aiōnios g166)
