John 3
1 And there was a man of the Farisees, Nychodeme bi name, a prince of the Jewis.
Now there was one of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler among the Jews.
2 And he cam to Jhesu bi niyt, and seide to hym, Rabi, we witen, that thou art comun fro God maister; for no man may do these signes, that thou doist, but God be with hym.
This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him. "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these signs which you are continually doing, unless God is with him."
3 Jhesus answerde, and seide to hym, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen, he may not se the kyngdom of God.
"In very truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
4 Nychodeme seide to hym, Hou may a man be borun, whanne he is eeld? whether he may entre ayen in to his modris wombe, and be borun ayen?
"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus replied; "Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?"
5 Jhesus answeride, Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, but a man be borun ayen of watir, and of the Hooli Goost, he may not entre in to the kyngdom of God.
"I tell you solemnly," Jesus answered, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 `That that is borun of the fleisch, is fleisch; and `that that is borun of spirit, is spirit.
What is born of the flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Wondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth you to be borun ayen.
Marvel not at my telling you, ‘You must all be born again from above.’
8 The spirit brethith where he wole, and thou herist his vois, but thou wost not, fro whennus he cometh, ne whidir he goith; so is ech man that is borun of the spirit.
The wind blows where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with every one who has been born of the Spirit."
9 Nychodeme answeride, and seide to hym, Hou moun these thingis be don?
"How can this be?" said Nicodemus in reply.
10 Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art a maister in Israel, and knowist not these thingis?
"Are you the Teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?" said Jesus.
11 Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, for we speken that that we witen, and we witnessen that that we han seyn, and ye taken not oure witnessyng.
"Most solemnly I tell you we are speaking of what we know, and it is about that of which we were eyewitnesses that we give testimony. Yet all of you reject our testimony.
12 If Y haue seid to you ertheli thingis, and ye bileuen not, hou if Y seie to you heueneli thingis, schulen ye bileue?
If I have told you earthly things and yet none of you believe me, how will you believe if I tell you concerning heavenly things?
13 And no man stieth in to heuene, but he that cam doun fro heuene, mannys sone that is in heuene.
There is no one gone up to heaven, except the One who came down from heaven - the Son of man himself.
14 And as Moises areride a serpent in desert, so it bihoueth mannys sone to be reisid,
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,
in order that every one who believes in him may have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 For God louede so the world, that he yaf his `oon bigetun sone, that ech man that bileueth in him perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf. (aiōnios g166)
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever trusts in him should not perish, but have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 For God sente not his sone in to the world, that he iuge the world, but that the world be saued bi him.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that bileueth in hym, is not demed; but he that bileueth not, is now demed, for he bileueth not in the name of the `oon bigetun sone of God.
He who trusts in him is not condemned, but he who does not trust has already been condemned, because he has not put his trust in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the dom, for liyt cam in to the world, and men loueden more derknessis than liyt; for her werkes weren yuele.
And this is the condemnation, that Light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For ech man that doith yuele, hatith the liyt; and he cometh not to the liyt, that hise werkis be not repreued.
For every one who practises wrong hates light, and does not come to the light, lest his actions be exposed;
21 But he that doith treuthe, cometh to the liyt, that hise werkis be schewid, that thei ben don in God.
but he who does what is true, comes to the light, in order that his actions may be shown to have been wrought in God."
22 Aftir these thingis Jhesus cam, and hise disciplis, in to the loond of Judee, and there he dwellide with hem, and baptiside.
After this Jesus and his disciples went into the countryside of Judea, and there he was staying with them and baptizing.
23 And Joon was baptisinge in Ennon, bisidis Salym, for many watris weren there; and thei camen, and weren baptisid.
John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there were many streams there, and people kept coming to receive baptism.
24 And Joon was not yit sent in to prisoun.
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 Therfor a questioun was maad of Jonys disciplis with the Jewis, of the purificacioun.
Then some of John’s disciples got into a controversy with a Jew in regard to purification; so they came to John and said to him.
26 And thei camen to Joon, and seiden `to hym, Maister, he that was with thee biyonde Jordan, to whom thou hast borun witnessyng, lo! he baptisith, and alle men comen to hym.
"Rabbi, see! The man who was with you on the other side of Jordan, and to whom you yourself have borne testimony, is now baptizing, and everybody is coming to him."
27 Joon answerde, and seide, A man may not take ony thing, but it be youun to hym fro heuene.
In reply John said. "A man cannot obtain anything unless it has been granted to him from heaven.
28 Ye you silf beren witnessyng to me, that Y seide, Y am not Crist, but that Y am sent bifore hym.
You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but have been sent before him.’
29 He that hath a wijf, is the hosebonde; but the freend of the spouse that stondith, and herith hym, ioieth with ioye, for the vois of the spouse. Therfor in this thing my ioye is fulfillid.
He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So then this joy of mine has now complete fulfilment.
30 It bihoueth hym to wexe, but me to be maad lesse.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cam from aboue, is aboue alle; he that is of the erthe, spekith of the erthe; he that cometh from heuene, is aboue alle.
"He that comes from above is above all; but one who is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 And he witnessith that thing that he hath seie, and herde, and no man takith his witnessing.
He bears testimony to what he has heard and seen, yet no one receives his testimony.
33 But he that takith his witnessyng, hath confermyd that God is sothefast.
Whoever does receive it has set his seal that God is true.
34 But he whom God hath sent, spekith the wordis of God; for not to mesure God yyueth the spirit.
For he whom God sent utters the words of God; for God does not give the Spirit sparingly.
35 The fadir loueth the sone, and he hath youun alle thingis in his hoond.
the Father loves the Son and has committed everything into his hands.
36 He that bileueth in the sone, hath euerlastynge lijf; but he that is vnbileueful to the sone, schal not se euerlastynge lijf, but the wraththe of God dwellith on hym. (aiōnios g166)
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but he who disobeys the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him." (aiōnios g166)
