Ioan 3
1 Și era un om dintre farisei, numit Nicodim, un fruntaș al iudeilor.
There was a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish religious council. He belonged to the Pharisee [religious sect].
2 El a venit la Isus noaptea și I-a zis: “Rabi, știm că ești un învățător venit de la Dumnezeu, căci nimeni nu poate face aceste semne pe care le faci Tu, dacă nu este Dumnezeu cu el.”
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.”
3 Isus i-a răspuns: “Adevărat îți spun că, dacă cineva nu se naște din nou, nu poate vedea Împărăția lui Dumnezeu.”
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]!”
4 Nicodim I-a zis: “Cum se poate naște un om când este bătrân? Poate să intre a doua oară în pântecele mamei sale și să se nască?”
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]”
5 Isus a răspuns: “Adevărat vă spun că, dacă nu se naște cineva din apă și din Duh, nu poate intra în Împărăția lui Dumnezeu.
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].
6 Ceea ce este născut din carne este carne. Ceea ce este născut din Spirit este spirit.
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].
7 Nu vă mirați că v-am spus: “Trebuie să vă nașteți din nou”.
Do not be surprised about my telling you that you must be born again [and have a new life from God].
8 Vântulsuflă unde vrea, iar voi îi auziți sunetul, dar nu știți de unde vine și încotro se îndreaptă. La fel este oricine este născut din Spirit.”
[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].”
9 Nicodim I-a răspuns: “Cum pot fi acestea?”
Nicodemus replied to him, “How can that happen?”
10 Isus i-a răspuns: “Ești tu învățătorul lui Israel și nu înțelegi aceste lucruri?
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]
11 Adevărat îți spun că noi spunem ceea ce știm și dăm mărturie despre ceea ce am văzut, iar tu nu primești mărturia noastră.
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].
12 Dacă v-am spus lucruri pământești și nu credeți, cum veți crede dacă vă voi spune lucruri cerești?
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]
13 Nimeni nu s-a înălțat la cer decât Cel care S-a coborât din cer, Fiul Omului, care este în ceruri.
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].
14 După cum Moise a înălțat șarpele în pustiu, tot așa trebuie să fie înălțat și Fiul Omului,
[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].
As a result, everyone who believes/trusts in me will have eternal life.” (aiōnios g166)
16 Fiindcă atât de mult a iubit Dumnezeu lumea, încât a dat pe singurul Său Fiu născut, pentru ca oricine crede în El să nu piară, ci să aibă viață veșnică. (aiōnios g166)
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)
17 Căci Dumnezeu nu L-a trimis pe Fiul Său în lume ca să judece lumea, ci pentru ca lumea să fie mântuită prin El.
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].
18 Cine crede în El nu este judecat. Cel care nu crede a fost deja judecat, pentru că nu a crezut în numele singurului Fiu născut al lui Dumnezeu.
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].
19 Aceasta este judecata: că lumina a venit în lume și oamenii au iubit mai degrabă întunericul decât lumina, pentru că faptele lor erau rele.
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].
20 Căci oricine face răul urăște lumina și nu vine la lumină, ca să nu i se descopere faptele.
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].
21 Dar cel care face adevărul vine la lumină, pentru ca faptele lui să fie descoperite, ca să se vadă că au fost făcute în Dumnezeu.”
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.
22 După aceste lucruri, Isus a venit cu ucenicii Săi în ținutul Iudeii. A rămas acolo cu ei și a botezat.
Some time later Jesus and we disciples went to Judea district. He stayed with us there and [directed us as we] baptized people.
23 Ioan boteza și el în Enon, lângă Salim, pentru că acolo era multă apă. Ei au venit și au fost botezați;
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}.
24 căci Ioan nu fusese încă aruncat în închisoare.
That happened before John was put {they put John} in prison.
25 De aceea, s-a iscat o dispută între discipolii lui Ioan și unii iudei în legătură cu purificarea.
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].
26 Aceștia au venit la Ioan și i-au zis: “Rabi, cel care era cu tine dincolo de Iordan, despre care ai mărturisit, iată că el botează și toată lumea vine la el.”
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]!”
27 Ioan a răspuns: “Nimic nu poate primi omul, dacă nu-i este dat din cer.
John replied, “A person can become [important] only if God [MTY] permits it. [So] we [should not be jealous about Jesus being popular]!
28 Voi înșivă mărturisiți că am spus: “Nu eu sunt Hristosul”, ci “Eu am fost trimis înaintea lui”.
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.
29 Cel care are mireasa este mirele; dar prietenul mirelui, care stă în picioare și îl aude, se bucură foarte mult din cauza glasului mirelui. De aceea bucuria mea este deplină.
[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].
30 El trebuie să crească, dar eu trebuie să mă micșorez.
It is necessary for Jesus to become more important [by making more disciples than I have], and for me to become less [important].”
31 “Cel ce vine de sus este mai presus de toate. Cel care vine de pe pământ aparține pământului și vorbește despre pământ. Cel care vine din cer este mai presus de toate.
[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.
32 Ceea ce a văzut și a auzit, despre aceasta mărturisește; și nimeni nu primește mărturia lui.
He tells people what he has seen and what he heard [in heaven], but very few people [HYP] listen to what he says.
33 Cel care a primit mărturia lui și-a pus pecetea pe aceasta: Dumnezeu este adevărat.
Those who have accepted what he has said verify that what God has said is true.
34 Căci cel pe care l-a trimis Dumnezeu vorbește cuvintele lui Dumnezeu; căci Dumnezeu dă Duhul fără măsură.
[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].
35 Tatăl îl iubește pe Fiul și a dat toate lucrurile în mâna lui.
God loves his Son, and has caused him to have control/power over everything.
36 Cine crede în Fiul are viață veșnică, dar cine nu ascultă de Fiul nu va vedea viața, ci mânia lui Dumnezeu rămâne asupra lui.” (aiōnios g166)
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)
