1 But there was a man from among the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;
2 he came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God, for none can do these signs that thou doest unless God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that *ye* should be born anew.
8 The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it comes and where it goes: thus is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said to him, Thou art the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things!
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and we bear witness of that which we have seen, and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe?
13 And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,
15 that every one who believes on him may {not perish, but} have life eternal.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.
17 For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.
18 He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.
20 For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;
21 but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God.
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he abode with them and baptised.
23 And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to {him} and were baptised:
24 for John was not yet cast into prison.
25 There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.
26 And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
29 He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks {as} of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all,
32 {and} what he has seen and has heard, this he testifies; and no one receives his testimony.
33 He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true;
34 for he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure.
35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things {to be} in his hand.
36 He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.
1 Oli variseride seas mees, Nikodeemus nimi, uks juutide ülem.
2 See tuli Jeesuse juure öösel ja ütles Temale: „Rabi, me teame, et Sa Jumalalt oled tulnud õpetajaks; sest keegi ei või teha neid imetähti, mida Sina teed, kui Jumal ei ole temaga!"
3 Jeesus vastas ning ütles talle: „Tõesti, tõesti Ma ütlen sulle, kui keegi ei sunni ülalt, ei või ta Jumala riiki näha!"
4 Nikodeemus ütles Temale: „Kuidas võib inimene sündida, kui ta on vana? Ega ta või teist korda minna oma ema ihusse ja sündida?"
5 Jeesus vastas: „Tõesti, tõesti Ma ütlen sulle, kui keegi ei sünni veest ja Vaimust, ei või ta Jumala riiki pääseda!
6 Mis lihast on sündinud, on liha, ja mis Vaimust on sündinud, on vaim!
7 Ära pane imeks, et Ma ütlesin sulle: Te peate uuesti sündima!
8 Tuul puhub, kus ta tahab, ja sa kuuled ta häält, aga sa ei tea, kust ta tuleb ja kuhu ta läheb; nõnda on igaüks, kes on sündinud Vaimust!"
9 Nikodeemus vastas ning ütles Talle: „Kuidas see võib sündida?"
10 Jeesus vastas ning ütles talle: „Sina oled Iisraeli õpetaja, ja ei tea seda?
11 Tõesti, tõesti Ma ütlen sulle, Me räägime, mida Me teame, ja tunnistame, mis Me oleme näinud, ja te ei võta Meie tunnistust vastu!
12 Kui Ma teile räägin maisist asjust, ja te ei usu, kuidas te usuksite, kui Ma teile räägiksin taevasist asjust?
13 Ja ometi ei ole ükski muu läinud taevasse kui aga See, Kes taevast on maha tulnud, Inimese Poeg!
14 Ja nõnda nagu Mooses kõrves mao ülendas, nõnda ülendatakse Inimese Poeg,
15 et igaühel, kes usub Temasse, oleks igavene elu!
16 Sest nõnda on Jumal maailma armastanud, et Ta Oma Ainusündinud Poja , on annud, et ükski, kes Temasse usub, ei saaks hukka, vaid et temal oleks igavene elu!
17 Sest Jumal ei ole Oma Poega läkitanud maailma, et Ta maailma üle kohut mõistaks, vaid et maailm Tema läbi õndsaks saaks!
18 Kes usub Temasse, selle üle ei mõisteta kohut; aga kes ei usu, selle üle on juba kohus mõistetud, sest Ta ei ole uskunud Jumala ainusündinud Poja nimesse.
19 Aga see on kohus, et valgus on tulnud maailma ja inimesed armastasid pimedust rohkem kui valgust, sest nende teod olid kurjad.
20 Sest igaüks, kes teeb kurja, vihkab valgust ega tule valguse juure, et ta tegusid ei laidetaks.
21 Aga kes teeb tõtt, see tuleb valguse juure, et ta teod saaksid avalikuks, sest need on Jumalas tehtud!"
22 Pärast seda tulid Jeesus ja Tema jüngrid Juudamaale; ja seal Ta viibis nendega ja ristis.
23 Aga ka Johannes oli ristimas Ainonis Salimi lähedal, sest seal oli palju vett ja sinna tuli inimesi ja nad ristiti.
24 Sest Johannes ei olnud veel vangitorni heidetud.
25 Siis hakkasid Johannese jüngrid vaidlema ühe juudiga puhastuse pärast.
26 Ja nad tulid Johannese juure ja ütlesid temale: „Rabi! See, Kes oli Sinuga sealpool Jordanit, Kellest sina tunnistasid, vaata, see ristib ja kõik lähevad Tema juure!"
27 Johannes vastas ning ütles: „Inimene ei või midagi võtta, kui see temale ei ole antud taevast.
28 Te ise olete minu tunnistajad, et ma ütlesin: Mina ei ole Kristus, vaid mind on läkitatud Tema eele!
29 Kellel on pruut, see on peigmees; aga peigmehe sõber seisab ja kuulab teda ja on väga rõõmus peigmehe häälest. See mu rõõm on nüüd saanud täielikuks!
30 Tema peab kasvama, aga mina pean kahanema!
31 Kes tuleb ülalt, see on üle kõikide! Kes on maast, see on maast ja räägib maast; Kes tuleb taevast, on üle kõikide
32 ja tunnistab seda, mida Ta on näinud ja kuulnud, ja Tema tunnistust ei võta ükski vastu!
33 Kes võtab vastu Tema tunnistuse, see kinnitab, et Jumal on tõeline!
34 Sest See, Kelle Jumal on läkitanud, räägib Jumala sõnu; sest Jumal ei anna Vaimu mõõdu järele!
35 Isa armastab Poega ja on kõik annud Tema kätte!
36 Kes usub Pojasse, sellel on igavene elu; aga kes ei kuule Poja sõna, see ei saa elu näha, vaid Jumala viha jääb tema peale!"