John 3
1 And there was a man of the Farisees, Nychodeme bi name, a prince of the Jewis.
Erat autem homo ex pharisæis, Nicodemus nomine, princeps Judæorum.
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.
Hic venit ad Jesum nocte, et dixit ei: Rabbi, scimus quia a Deo venisti magister, nemo enim potest hæc signa facere, quæ tu facis, nisi fuerit Deus cum eo.
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.
Respondit Jesus, et dixit ei: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renatus fuerit denuo, non potest videre regnum Dei.
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?
Dicit ad eum Nicodemus: Quomodo potest homo nasci, cum sit senex? numquid potest in ventrem matris suæ iterato introire et renasci?
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.
Respondit Jesus: Amen, amen dico tibi, nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua, et Spiritu Sancto, non potest introire in regnum Dei.
6 `That that is borun of the fleisch, is fleisch; and `that that is borun of spirit, is spirit.
Quod natum est ex carne, caro est: et quod natum est ex spiritu, spiritus est.
7 Wondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth you to be borun ayen.
Non mireris quia dixi tibi: oportet vos nasci denuo.
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.
Spiritus ubi vult spirat, et vocem ejus audis, sed nescis unde veniat, aut quo vadat: sic est omnis qui natus est ex spiritu.
9 Nychodeme answeride, and seide to hym, Hou moun these thingis be don?
Respondit Nicodemus, et dixit ei: Quomodo possunt hæc fieri?
10 Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art a maister in Israel, and knowist not these thingis?
Respondit Jesus, et dixit ei: Tu es magister in Israël, et hæc ignoras?
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.
amen, amen dico tibi, quia quod scimus loquimur, et quod vidimus testamur, et testimonium nostrum non accipitis.
12 If Y haue seid to you ertheli thingis, and ye bileuen not, hou if Y seie to you heueneli thingis, schulen ye bileue?
Si terrena dixi vobis, et non creditis: quomodo, si dixero vobis cælestia, credetis?
13 And no man stieth in to heuene, but he that cam doun fro heuene, mannys sone that is in heuene.
Et nemo ascendit in cælum, nisi qui descendit de cælo, Filius hominis, qui est in cælo.
14 And as Moises areride a serpent in desert, so it bihoueth mannys sone to be reisid,
Et sicut Moyses exaltavit serpentem in deserto, ita exaltari oportet Filium hominis:
ut omnis qui credit in ipsum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam. (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)
Sic enim Deus dilexit mundum, ut Filium suum unigenitum daret: ut omnis qui credit in eum, non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam. (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.
Non enim misit Deus Filium suum in mundum, ut judicet mundum, sed ut salvetur mundus per ipsum.
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.
Qui credit in eum, non judicatur; qui autem non credit, jam judicatus est: quia non credit in nomine unigeniti Filii Dei.
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.
Hoc est autem judicium: quia lux venit in mundum, et dilexerunt homines magis tenebras quam lucem: erant enim eorum mala opera.
20 For ech man that doith yuele, hatith the liyt; and he cometh not to the liyt, that hise werkis be not repreued.
Omnis enim qui male agit, odit lucem, et non venit ad lucem, ut non arguantur opera ejus:
21 But he that doith treuthe, cometh to the liyt, that hise werkis be schewid, that thei ben don in God.
qui autem facit veritatem, venit ad lucem, ut manifestentur opera ejus, quia in Deo sunt facta.
22 Aftir these thingis Jhesus cam, and hise disciplis, in to the loond of Judee, and there he dwellide with hem, and baptiside.
Post hæc venit Jesus et discipuli ejus in terram Judæam: et illic demorabatur cum eis, et baptizabat.
23 And Joon was baptisinge in Ennon, bisidis Salym, for many watris weren there; and thei camen, and weren baptisid.
Erat autem et Joannes baptizans, in Ænnon, juxta Salim: quia aquæ multæ erant illic, et veniebant et baptizabantur.
24 And Joon was not yit sent in to prisoun.
Nondum enim missus fuerat Joannes in carcerem.
25 Therfor a questioun was maad of Jonys disciplis with the Jewis, of the purificacioun.
Facta est autem quæstio ex discipulis Joannis cum Judæis de purificatione.
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.
Et venerunt ad Joannem, et dixerunt ei: Rabbi, qui erat tecum trans Jordanem, cui tu testimonium perhibuisti, ecce hic baptizat, et omnes veniunt ad eum.
27 Joon answerde, and seide, A man may not take ony thing, but it be youun to hym fro heuene.
Respondit Joannes, et dixit: Non potest homo accipere quidquam, nisi fuerit ei datum de cælo.
28 Ye you silf beren witnessyng to me, that Y seide, Y am not Crist, but that Y am sent bifore hym.
Ipsi vos mihi testimonium perhibetis, quod dixerim: Non sum ego Christus: sed quia missus sum ante illum.
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.
Qui habet sponsam, sponsus est: amicus autem sponsi, qui stat, et audit eum, gaudio gaudet propter vocem sponsi. Hoc ergo gaudium meum impletum est.
30 It bihoueth hym to wexe, but me to be maad lesse.
Illum oportet crescere, me autem minui.
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.
Qui desursum venit, super omnes est. Qui est de terra, de terra est, et de terra loquitur. Qui de cælo venit, super omnes est.
32 And he witnessith that thing that he hath seie, and herde, and no man takith his witnessing.
Et quod vidit, et audivit, hoc testatur: et testimonium ejus nemo accipit.
33 But he that takith his witnessyng, hath confermyd that God is sothefast.
Qui accepit ejus testimonium signavit, quia Deus verax est.
34 But he whom God hath sent, spekith the wordis of God; for not to mesure God yyueth the spirit.
Quem enim misit Deus, verba Dei loquitur: non enim ad mensuram dat Deus spiritum.
35 The fadir loueth the sone, and he hath youun alle thingis in his hoond.
Pater diligit Filium et omnia dedit in manu ejus.
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)
Qui credit in Filium, habet vitam æternam; qui autem incredulus est Filio, non videbit vitam, sed ira Dei manet super eum. (aiōnios g166)
