Janez 3
1 Bil je človek izmed farizejev, po imenu Nikodém, vladar Judov.
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jewish people.
2 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.«
This man came to him at night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
3 Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Razen če se človek ponovno ne rodi, ne more videti Božjega kraljestva.‹«
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
4 Nikodém mu reče: »Kako je lahko človek ponovno rojen, ko je star? Ali lahko drugič vstopi v maternico svoje matere in se rodi?«
Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
5 Jezus je odgovoril: »Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Razen če se človek ne rodi iz vode in iz Duha, ne more vstopiti v Božje kraljestvo.‹
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God.
6 To, kar je rojeno iz mesa, je meso, in to, kar je rojeno iz Duha, je duh.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Ne čudi se, da sem ti rekel: ›Morate se ponovno roditi.‹
Do not be surprised that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
8 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.«
The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
9 Nikodém je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Kako so te stvari mogoče?«
Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can these things be?"
10 Jezus je odgovoril in mu rekel: »Ali si ti učitelj Izraelu, pa ne veš teh stvari?
Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things?
11 Resnično, resnično, povem ti: ›Mi govorimo to, kar vemo in pričujemo to, kar smo videli, vi pa našega pričevanja ne sprejemate.
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.
12 Če sem vam govoril zemeljske stvari in niste verovali, kako boste verovali, če vam povem o nebeških stvareh?
If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 In noben človek se ni dvignil v nebesa, razen tisti, ki je prišel dol iz nebes, celó Sin človekov, ki je v nebesih.
And no one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
14 In kakor je Mojzes povzdignil kačo v divjini, točno tako mora biti povzdignjen Sin človekov,
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have life without end. (aiōnios g166)
16 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)
For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have life without end. (aiōnios g166)
17 Kajti Bog svojega Sina ni poslal na svet, da svet obsodi, temveč, da bi bil svet po njem lahko rešen.
For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
18 Kdor veruje vanj, ni obsojen, toda kdor ne veruje, je že obsojen, ker ni veroval v ime edinorojenega Božjega Sina.
The one who believes in him is not judged, but the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
19 In to je obsodba, da je svetloba prišla na svet, ljudje pa so raje ljubili temo kakor svetlobo, ker so bila njihova dejanja hudobna.
This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their works were evil.
20 Kajti vsak, kdor počne zlo, sovraži svetlobo niti ne prihaja k svetlobi, da njegova dejanja ne bi bila pograjana.
For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works will not be exposed.
21 Toda kdor ravna po resnici, prihaja k svetlobi, da bi se njegova dejanja lahko razodela, da so narejena v Bogu.‹«
But the one who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God."
22 Po teh besedah so prišli Jezus in njegovi učenci v judejsko deželo in z njimi je ostal tam ter krščeval.
After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and was baptizing.
23 Pa tudi Janez je krščeval v Enónu blizu Salíma, ker je bilo tam veliko vode; in prihajali so in bili so krščeni.
Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.
24 Kajti Janez še ni bil vržen v ječo.
For John was not yet thrown into prison.
25 Potem je med nekaterimi Janezovimi učenci in Judi nastalo pričkanje glede očiščevanja.
Now a dispute arose between John's disciples with a Jew about purification.
26 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.«
And they came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, look, he is baptizing, and everyone is coming to him."
27 Janez je odgovoril in rekel: »Človek ne more ničesar prejeti, razen če mu ni dano iz nebes.
John answered, "No one can receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 Vi sami mi prinašate pričevanje, da sem rekel: ›Jaz nisem Kristus, temveč, da sem poslan pred njim.‹
You yourselves bear me witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
29 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.
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 this joy of mine is now complete.
30 On mora rasti, toda jaz se moram manjšati.
He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 Kdor prihaja od zgoraj, je nad vsem. Kdor je z zemlje, je zemeljski in govori zemeljsko. Kdor prihaja iz nebes, je nad vsem.
He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 Kar je videl in slišal, to pričuje in noben človek ne sprejema njegovega pričevanja.
What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
33 Kdor je sprejel njegovo pričevanje, je pristavil k njegovemu pečatu, da je Bog resničen.
He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.
34 Kajti tisti, ki ga je Bog poslal, govori Božje besede, kajti Bog mu ne daje Duha na mero.
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for he does not give the Spirit by measure.
35 Oče ljubi Sina in mu je vse stvari dal v njegovo roko.
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.
36 Kdor veruje v Sina, ima večno življenje; kdor pa ne veruje Sinu, ne bo videl življenja, temveč na njem ostaja Božji bes.« (aiōnios g166)
Whoever believes in the Son has everlasting life, but whoever refuses to believe in the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." (aiōnios g166)
