Joon 3
1 Jehudi noksong phansiitte Nikodimas ngeh ih Pharisi mih wasiit angta.
Now there was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 Pheesiit Jisu reeni wang ano li wangta, [Chuupha, seng ih jat ehi an Rangte ih kaat thuk ho rah nyootte warah ah. Rangte heh damdoh lah angka bah an reelu paatjaajih loong ah o uh tajen reeka.
He went to Jesus at night, and he said to him: “Rabbi, we know that you have arrived as a teacher from God. For no one would be able to accomplish these signs, which you accomplish, unless God were with him.”
3 Jisu ih ngaakbaatta, “Ngah ih amiisak tiit ah baat hala; o uh weedop tup lah eka bah Rangte hasong ah mabah uh tachoh tupka ang ah.”
Jesus responded and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”
4 “Mihak ah mamah ma we ngaak dongtup ah?” Nikodimas ih chengta. “Amiimi dobah heh nuh mong nah tami ngaak nopka eno dopnyi tami doptup ka!”
Nicodemus said to him: “How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be reborn?”
5 “Ngah ih amiisak tiit ah baat hala,” Jisu ih ngaakbaatta, “Ju nyia Chiiala nah latupka bah Rangte Hasong nah o uh tajen nop wangka.
Jesus responded: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
6 Mina ah hansi ni henuh hewah ih dongtup ha; enoothong chiiala lam dobah Chiiala nawa ih tup ah.
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Sen loong ah weedop tup jaatjaat etheng ngeh ih baatrum kohaano nak paatja an.
You should not be amazed that I said to you: You must be born anew.
8 Pong ah madi pongtheng ah erah di pongla; sen ih pong huuk ah ba chaat han, enoothong manawa pongwang hala nyia maako pong kala erah an ih tajatko. Erah raangtaan ih o mina Chiiala nawa ih tup ha mirep erah likhiik ang ah.”
The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit.”
9 “Emah mamah mi ang ah?” Nikodimas ih chengta.
Nicodemus responded and said to him, “How are these things able to be accomplished?”
10 Jisu ih ngaakbaatta. “Ijirel ni nyootte elong laangma ang uh, eno an ih erah tanih jatko?
Jesus responded and said to him: “You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things?
11 Ngah ih amiisak tiit ah baat hala: Seng ih marah jat hi erah jengli nyia marah tup hi erah ah baat hi, erabah uh sen loong ah ih o ih uh seng jengkhaap ah tathang kan.
Amen, amen, I say to you, that we speak about what we know, and we testify about what we have seen. But you do not accept our testimony.
12 Arah mongrep dowa jaatrep tiit baat rumhala ah sen ih tahanpi ri; eno, Rangmong hasong tiit baat rumhala tang ah, mamah ma ih hanpi an?
If I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you have not believed, then how will you believe, if I will speak to you about heavenly things?
13 Eno rangmong ni wasiit taan uh maang thaak wangka, rangmong nawa ra taha Mina Sah ah luulu ba.”
And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
14 Phisaang hani Moses ih jaanmeen nawa hoon arah pu ah thong ni toonbotta, erah likhiik ih Mina Sah ah toonbot jaatjaat ih ah,
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up,
so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
16 Rangte ih mongrep ah erah than ih minchanha Hesah wasiit luulu ah thoonkota, tiimnge liidi o mina ih heh hanpi ah erah tatiika erah nang ebah lathoon roidong ah ba choh ah. (aiōnios g166)
For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
17 Rangte ih Hesah ah arah mongrep dandeete tadaap jataha, erah nang ih khopui pang suh daapkaat taha.
For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
18 O mina ih Hesah ah hanpiiha erah tadande ka ang ah; enoothong o mina ih lahanpiika erabah jen dande eta, tiimnge liidi heh ih Rangte Sah heh luulu ah tahanpiika.
Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
19 Dande ah emamah ih dande kaat ah; weephaak ah mongrep ni phaak e ra hala, enoothong mina loong ah ih weephaak nang ih laamang asuh ese choha, tiimnge liidi neng reeraang ah ethih.
And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.
20 O mina ethih mokala erah mih ah ih weephaak ah echiik eha eno weephaak ni tawangra, tiimnge liidi neng ethih reeraang loong ah noisok suh tanook rumka.
For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected.
21 Enoothong o mina ih amiisak moot ah mokala erah loong ah ba weephaak adoh thok haano heh reeraangta ah Rangte jeng chaatchaat ih reeta ngeh ih weephaak ah ih noisok rum ah.
But whoever acts in truth goes toward the Light, so that his works may be manifested, because they have been accomplished in God.”
22 Erah lilih, Jisu nyia heliphante loong ah Judia hadaang ko ih karumta, erah ni Jisu neng damdi chomroe saapoot roongtong ano juutem thuk rumta.
After these things, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea. And he was living there with them and baptizing.
23 Aenon ni ju ah hantek ang kano, Joon ih uh erah hah ni juutem rumta, erah hah ah Salim dowa ih haloh tah angta. Miloong ah heh reeni karumta, eno Joon ih ju ah tem ih rumta. (
Now John was also baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water in that place. And they were arriving and being baptized.
24 Erah langla Joon phaatak ni maangsak kaadi.)
For John had not yet been cast into prison.
25 Joon liphante loong dowa mararah ah Jehudi damdi neng banlam juusaakaat thoidi daanmui rumta.
Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification.
26 Erah thoidi Joon reeni wangrum ano liiwang rumta, [Nyootte, Jordan ju saadongko adi an damdi angta wah ah dokthun thaak uh, an ih kabaattu warah ah? Heh ih amadi juutem rumha, eno loongtang heh reeni karumla!]
And they went to John and said to him: “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you offered testimony: behold, he is baptizing and everyone is going to him.”
27 Joon ih ngaakbaat rumta, [O suh uh Rangte ih lakoka bah tiim uh tachoka.
John responded and said: “A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 Ngah ih baatrum taha nga haaki ah sen loong ah, ‘Ngah Kristo tah angkang, enoothong heh ngah ni ngah ban kaat thuk halang.’
You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but that I have been sent before him.
29 Jaaro suh nookte jaalah ah heteenuh kapte jaaro ah raangtaan ih; eno jaalah kapte warah reeni chapla joonte loong ah heh root ah japchaat rum ano eroon ela. Nga tenroon ah emamah ih ang ah.
He who holds the bride is the groom. But the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to Him, rejoices joyfully at the voice of the groom. And so, this, my joy, has been fulfilled.
30 Jisu ah nga nang ih elong jaatjaat ang ah ngah ehin.]
He must increase, while I must decrease.
31 O khothung nawa ra hala ah loongtang nang ih elongthoon. O arah hah nawa dongla erabah arah hah raangtaan eno heh ih bah arah hatoh hadaang tiit baat ah, enoothong o rangmong nawa ra hala erabah loongtang nang ih echoong ni.
He who comes from above, is above everything. He who is from below, is of the earth, and he speaks about the earth. He who comes from heaven is above everything.
32 Heh ih tiimjaat tupta nyia chaatta ah baat ha, erabah uh heh tiitkhaap ah o ih uh takapka.
And what he has seen and heard, about this he testifies. And no one accepts his testimony.
33 Enoothong o ih heh tiitkhaap ah kap eha erah dowa ih jattheng Rangte ah amiisak ju.
Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 Rangte ih marah wasiit daapjah hala heh Rangte jeng jengla, tiimnge liidi heh suh Rangte ih Chiiala thoontang koha.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure.
35 Hewah ih Hesah ah rapne ih minchan thoidi jirep ah heh chaan hephaan khui ni thiinkoha.
The Father loves the Son, and he has given everything into his hand.
36 O ih Hesah ah hanpi eha erah taang ni lathoon roidong ah jeela; Hesah jeng laboichaatte loong asuh bah roidong tajeeka, erah nang ebah Rangte tenkhat khui nah cham ah. (aiōnios g166)
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him.” (aiōnios g166)
