John 3
1 And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews,
Bil je človek izmed farizejev, po imenu Nikodém, vladar Judov.
2 this one came unto him by night, and said to him, 'Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come — a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be 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 and said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign 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 saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to 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, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign 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 hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.
To, kar je rojeno iz mesa, je meso, in to, kar je rojeno iz Duha, je duh.
7 'Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;
Ne čudi se, da sem ti rekel: ›Morate se ponovno roditi.‹
8 the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been 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 Nicodemus answered and said to him, 'How are these things able to happen?'
Nikodém je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Kako so te stvari mogoče?«
10 Jesus answered and said to him, 'Thou art the teacher of Israel — and these things thou dost not know!
Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Ali si ti učitelj Izraelu, pa ne veš teh stvari?
11 'Verily, verily, I say to thee — What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;
Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Mi govorimo to, kar vemo in pričujemo to, kar smo videli, vi pa našega pričevanja ne sprejemate.
12 if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe?
Če sem vam govoril zemeljske stvari in niste verovali, kako boste verovali, če vam povem o nebeških stvareh?
13 and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down — the Son of Man who is in the 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 'And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,
In kakor je Mojzes povzdignil kačo v divjini, točno tako mora biti povzdignjen Sin človekov,
15 that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during, (aiōnios g166)
da se, kdorkoli veruje vanj, ne bo pogubil, temveč bo imel večno življenje. (aiōnios g166)
16 for God did so love the world, that His Son — the only begotten — He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. (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 to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may 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 he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Kdor veruje vanj, ni obsojen, toda kdor ne veruje, je že obsojen, ker ni veroval v ime edinorojenega Božjega Sina.
19 'And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for 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 every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
Kajti vsak, kdor počne zlo, sovraži svetlobo niti ne prihaja k svetlobi, da njegova dejanja ne bi bila pograjana.
21 but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.'
Toda kdor ravna po resnici, prihaja k svetlobi, da bi se njegova dejanja lahko razodela, da so narejena v Bogu.‹«
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;
Po teh besedah so prišli Jezus in njegovi učenci v judejsko deželo in z njimi je ostal tam ter krščeval.
23 and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were 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 was not yet cast into the prison —
Kajti Janez še ni bil vržen v ječo.
25 there arose then a question from the disciples of John with [some] Jews about purifying,
Potem je med nekaterimi Janezovimi učenci in Judi nastalo pričkanje glede očiščevanja.
26 and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto 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 answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;
Janez je odgovoril in rekel: »Človek ne more ničesar prejeti, razen če mu ni dano iz nebes.
28 ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;
Vi sami mi prinašate pričevanje, da sem rekel: ›Jaz nisem Kristus, temveč, da sem poslan pred njim.‹
29 he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.
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 'Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;
On mora rasti, toda jaz se moram manjšati.
31 he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming 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 'And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;
Kar je videl in slišal, to pričuje in noben človek ne sprejema njegovega pričevanja.
33 he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;
Kdor je sprejel njegovo pričevanje, je pristavil k njegovemu pečatu, da je Bog resničen.
34 for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;
Kajti tisti, ki ga je Bog poslal, govori Božje besede, kajti Bog mu ne daje Duha na mero.
35 the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;
Oče ljubi Sina in mu je vse stvari dal v njegovo roko.
36 he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.' (aiōnios g166)
Kdor veruje v Sina, ima večno življenje; kdor pa ne veruje Sinu, ne bo videl življenja, temveč na njem ostaja Božji bes.« (aiōnios g166)
