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].
| در این میان، مردی بود از گروه فریسیان به نام نیقودیموس، که یکی از اعضای شورای عالی یهود بود. |
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.”
| او شبی نزد عیسی آمد و گفت: «استاد، ما روحانیون این شهر، همه می‌دانیم که تو از طرف خدا آمده‌ای تا ما را تعلیم دهی. نشانه‌های معجزه‌آسایت گواه بر این است که خدا با توست.» |
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]!”
| عیسی جواب داد: «براستی به تو می‌گویم، اگر تولدی تازه پیدا نکنی، هرگز نمی‌توانی ملکوت خدا را ببینی.» |
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]”
| نیقودیموس با تعجب گفت: «منظورت از تولد تازه چیست؟ چگونه امکان دارد پیرمردی مثل من، به شکم مادرش بازگردد و دوباره متولد شود؟» |
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].
| عیسی جواب داد: «آنچه می‌گویم عین حقیقت است. تا کسی از آب و روح تولد نیابد، نمی‌تواند وارد ملکوت خدا شود. |
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].
| زندگی جسمانی را انسان تولید می‌کند، ولی زندگی روحانی را روح خدا از بالا می‌بخشد. |
7 Do not be surprised about my telling you that you must be born again [and have a new life from God].
| پس تعجب نکن که گفتم باید تولد تازه پیدا کنی. |
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].”
| درست همان‌گونه که صدای باد را می‌شنوی ولی نمی‌توانی بگویی از کجا می‌آید و به کجا می‌رود، در مورد تولد تازه نیز انسان نمی‌تواند پی ببرد که روح خدا آن را چگونه عطا می‌کند.» |
9 Nicodemus replied to him, “How can that happen?”
| نیقودیموس پرسید: «منظورت چیست؟ من سخنانت را به درستی درک نمی‌کنم.» |
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]
| عیسی جواب داد: «نیقودیموس، تو از علمای دینی اسرائیل هستی؛ چگونه این چیزها را درک نمی‌کنی؟ |
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].
| براستی به تو می‌گویم که ما آنچه را که می‌دانیم و دیده‌ایم می‌گوییم ولی شما نمی‌توانید باور کنید. |
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]
| من از امور این دنیا با شما سخن می‌گویم و شما باور نمی‌کنید. پس اگر از امور آسمان با شما صحبت کنم چگونه باور خواهید کرد؟ |
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].
| چون هیچ‌کس تا به حال به آسمان بالا نرفته که از آنجا برگشته باشد. اما پسر انسان از آسمان به این جهان آمده است. |
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].
| همان‌گونه که موسی در بیابان مجسمه‌ای برنزی از مار را بر بالای چوبی بلند کرد، پسر انسان نیز باید بلند کرده شود، |
| تا هر که به او ایمان آوَرَد، حیات جاویدان یابد. (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)
| زیرا خدا به قدری مردم جهان را دوست دارد که یگانه پسر خود را فرستاده است، تا هر که به او ایمان آورد، هلاک نشود بلکه زندگی جاوید بیابد. (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].
| خدا پسر خود را به جهان نفرستاد تا مردمان را محکوم سازد، بلکه تا جهان را به‌وسیلهٔ او نجات بخشد. |
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].
| «کسانی که به او ایمان بیاورند، هیچ نوع محکومیت و هلاکتی در انتظارشان نیست؛ ولی کسانی که به او ایمان نیاورند، از هم اکنون محکومند، چون به یگانه پسر خدا ایمان نیاورده‌اند. |
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].
| محکومیت بی‌ایمانان به این دلیل است که نور از آسمان به این جهان آمد ولی مردم تاریکی را بیشتر از نور دوست داشتند، چون اعمال و رفتارشان بد است. |
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].
| مردم از نور آسمانی نفرت دارند، چون می‌خواهند در تاریکی، گناه ورزند؛ پس به نور نزدیک نمی‌شوند، مبادا کارهای گناه‌آلودشان دیده شود و به سزای اعمالشان برسند. |
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.
| ولی درستکاران با شادی به سوی نور می‌آیند تا همه ببینند که آنچه می‌کنند، پسندیدهٔ خداست.» |
22 Some time later Jesus and we disciples went to Judea district. He stayed with us there and [directed us as we] baptized people.
| پس از آن، عیسی و شاگردانش اورشلیم را ترک گفتند. او مدتی در ناحیۀ یهودیه با اهالی آنجا به سر برد و ایشان را تعمید می‌داد. |
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}.
| یحیی در این هنگام نزدیک سالیم در محلی به نام عینون مردم را تعمید می‌داد، چون در آنجا آب زیاد بود و مردم برای تعمید نزد وی می‌آمدند. |
24 That happened before John was put {they put John} in prison.
| این پیش از آن بود که یحیی به زندان بیفتد. |
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].
| روزی، میان یکی از یهودیان و شاگردان یحیی بر سر آیین تطهیر بحثی درگرفت. |
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]!”
| شاگردان یحیی نزد او آمدند و گفتند: «استاد، آن شخصی که آن طرف رود اردن بود و گفتی که مسیح است، اکنون او نیز مردم را تعمید می‌دهد و همه نزد او می‌روند، در صورتی که باید پیش ما بیایند.» |
27 John replied, “A person can become [important] only if God [MTY] permits it. [So] we [should not be jealous about Jesus being popular]!
| یحیی جواب داد: «کسی نمی‌تواند چیزی دریافت کند، مگر آنچه که از آسمان به او عطا شود. |
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.
| کار من این است که راه را برای مسیح باز کنم تا مردم همه نزد او بروند. شما خود شاهدید که من صریحاً گفتم که مسیح نیستم، بلکه آمده‌ام تا راه را برای او باز کنم. |
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].
| در یک عروسی، عروس پیش داماد می‌رود و دوست داماد در شادی او شریک می‌شود. من نیز دوست دامادم و از خوشی داماد خوشحالم. |
30 It is necessary for Jesus to become more important [by making more disciples than I have], and for me to become less [important].”
| او باید روز‌به‌روز بزرگتر شود و من کوچکتر. |
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.
| «او از آسمان آمده و مقامش از همه بالاتر است. من از این زمین هستم و فقط امور زمینی را درک می‌کنم. |
32 He tells people what he has seen and what he heard [in heaven], but very few people [HYP] listen to what he says.
| او آنچه را که دیده و شنیده است بیان می‌کند، ولی عدهٔ کمی سخنان او را باور می‌کنند. |
33 Those who have accepted what he has said verify that what God has said is true.
| کسی که سخنان او را باور می‌کند، تأیید می‌کند که خدا حقیقت است، |
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].
| زیرا او از جانب خدا فرستاده شده است. او کلام خدا را بیان می‌کند، چرا که خدا روح خود را بدون حد و حصر به او می‌بخشد. |
35 God loves his Son, and has caused him to have control/power over everything.
| پدر آسمانی ما او را دوست می‌دارد، و همه چیز را به دست او سپرده است. |
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)
| هر که به پسر خدا ایمان بیاورد، حیات جاویدان دارد. اما هر که از پسر خدا اطاعت نکند، هرگز حیات جاویدان را تجربه نخواهد کرد، بلکه خشم خدا بر او باقی می‌ماند.» (aiōnios g166) |
