João 3

Ko Īhu rāua ko Nikorima

1 Nā, he tangata tērā nō ngā Parihi, ko Nikorima tōna ingoa, he rangatira nō ngā Hūrai. 2 Ka haere mai tēnei ki a Īhu i te pō, ka mea ki a ia, "E Rapi, e mātau ana mātou i haere mai koe i te Atua hei kaiwhakaako, inā hoki e kore tētahi tangata e āhei te mea i ēnei merekara e meatia nei e koe, ki te kāhore te Atua i a ia."

3 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, "He pono, he pono, tāku e mea nei ki a koe, ki te kāhore te tangata e whānau hou, e kore ia e āhei te kite i te rangatiratanga o te Atua."

4 Ka mea a Nikorima ki a ia, "Me pēhea ka whānau ai te tangata i tōna koroheketanga? E taea rānei te tuarua o ngā haerenga ki roto ki te kōpū o tōna whaea, whānau mai ai?"

5 Ka whakahokia e Īhu, "He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koe, Ki te kāhore te tangata e whānau i te wai, i te Wairua hoki, e kore ia e āhei te tomo ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua. 6 Ko tā te kikokiko e whānau ai he kikokiko; ko tā te Wairua e whānau ai he wairua. 7 Aua rā e mīharo ki tāku i mea nei ki a koe, ‘He mea tūturu tēnei kia whānau hou koutou.’ 8 E pupuhi ana te hau ki tāna wāhi e pai ai, ka rongo hoki koe ki tōna haruru otiia e kore e mōhiotia e koe te wāhi i puta mai ai, e tae atu ai rānei. Ko te ritenga tēnei ki te hunga katoa ka whānau i te Wairua."

9 Ka whakahoki a Nikorima, ka mea ki a ia, "Me pēhea ka taea ai ēnei mea?"

10 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko koe te Kaiwhakaako o Īharaira, ā, kāhore i mātau ki ēnei mea? 11 He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koe, e kōrerotia ana e mātou tā mātou i mātau ai, e whakaaturia ana tā mātou i kite ai; heoi, e kore koutou e tango ki tā mātou whakaaturanga. 12 Ki te mea kua kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou ngā mea o te whenua, ā, kāhore koutou e whakapono, me pēhea ka whakapono ai ki te kōrerotia e ahau ki a koutou ngā mea o te rangi? 13 Kāhore hoki he tangata i kake noa ki te rangi, ko ia anake i heke iho i te rangi, arā ko te Tama a te tangata, e noho mai nei i te rangi.

14 "Ka rite hoki ki tā Mohi whakairinga i te nākahi i te koraha, kua takoto te tikanga kia pērā te whakairinga o te Tama a te tangata. 15 Kia kāhore ai e ngaro te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia, engari kia whiwhi ai ki te ora tonu.

16 "Koia anō te aroha o te Atua ki te ao, hōmai ana e ia tāna Tama kotahi, kia kāhore ai e ngaro te tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia, engari kia whiwhi ai ki te ora tonu. 17 Kīhai hoki te Atua i tono mai i tāna Tama ki te ao ki te whakahē i te ao; engari kia ora ai te ao i a ia.

18 "Ko ia e whakapono ana ki a ia, e kore e tau te hē ki a ia; tēnā ko ia e kore e whakapono, kua whakahēngia noatia ake, mōna kīhai i whakapono ki te ingoa o te Tama kotahi a te Atua. 19 Ko te whakahēnga hoki tēnei, nō te mea kua tae mai nei te mārama ki te ao, ā, nui atu tō ngā tāngata aroha ki te pōuri i tō rātou ki te mārama, he kino hoki nō ā rātou mahi. 20 E kino ana hoki ki te mārama ngā kaimahi katoa i te kino, e kore anō hoki e haere mai ki te mārama, kei whakakitea ā rātou mahi. 21 Tēnā ko te kaimahi i te pono, e haere mai ana ki te mārama, kia kitea ai āna mahi, he mea mahi i roto i te Atua."

Ko Īhu rāua ko Hoani

22 Ā, nō muri i ēnei mea ka haere a Īhu, rātou ko āna ākonga, ki te whenua o Hūria; ā, noho tahi ana rātou ki reira, me tāna iriiri anō. 23 Nā, i te iriiri anō hoki a Hoani ki Ēnona, ki tētahi wāhi e tata ana ki Harema, nō te mea he nui te wai o reira; ā, ka haere mai rātou, ka iriiria. 24 Kāhore anō hoki a Hoani i pangā ki te whare herehere.

25 Nā, ka ara he totohe a ngā ākonga a Hoani ki tētahi Hūrai mō te purenga. 26 Ā, ka haere rātou ki a Hoani, ka mea ki a ia, "E Rapi, ko te tangata i tāwāhi nā kōrua o Horano, ko tāu i whakaatu mai nā, nanā, kei te iriiri ia, e haere ana hoki te katoa ki a ia."

27 Ka whakahoki a Hoani, ka mea, "E kore tētahi mea e riro i te tangata, ki te kore e hōmai ki a ia i te rangi. 28 Ko koutou hei kaiwhakaae ki ahau, ki tāku meatanga, ‘Ehara ahau i a te Karaiti, engari i tonoa mai ahau i mua i a ia.’ 29 Ko te tangata i te wahine mārena hou, ko ia te tāne mārena hou. Nā, ko te hoa o te tāne mārena hou, e tū ana, e rongo ana ki a ia, ka hari pū ki te reo o te tāne mārena hou. Nā reira i tutuki ai tēnei hari ōku. 30 Ko te tikanga tēnei, ko ia kia nui haere, ko ahau kia iti haere."

Te Mea e Haere mai ana i te Rangi

31 "Ko ia e haere mai ana i runga, kei runga ake ia i te katoa; ko tō te whenua nō te whenua ia, nō te whenua anō āna kōrero. Ko ia e haere mai ana i te rangi, kei runga ake ia i te katoa. 32 Ā, ko tāna i kite ai, i rongo ai, ko ia tāna e whakaatu ai; kāhore hoki tētahi tangata e tango atu ki tāna whakaaturanga. 33 Ki te manako tētahi ki tāna whakaaturanga, kua piri tāna tohu ki te pono o tā te Atua. 34 Ko tā te Atua i tono mai ai, e kōrero ana ia i ngā kupu a te Atua; kāhore hoki te Wairua e hōmai e te Atua i runga i te mēhua. 35 E aroha ana te Matua ki te Tama, kua hoatu anō ngā mea katoa ki tōna ringa. 36 Ko ia e whakapono ana ki te Tama, he ora tonu tōna; ko ia e kore e whakapono ki te Tama, e kore e kite i te ora, engari ka mau tonu te riri a te Atua ki a ia."

1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the 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 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew. 8 The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things? 11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12 If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; 15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. 18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judæa; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Ænon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For John was not yet cast into prison. 25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying. 26 And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from 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 hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all. 32 What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness. 33 He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.