От Иоанна 3
New Russian Translation
Никодим приходит ночью к Иисусу
3 Среди фарисеев был один человек, которого звали Никодим. Он был одним из иудейских вождей. 2 Однажды ночью он пришел к Иисусу и сказал:
– Рабби, мы знаем, что Ты Учитель, пришедший от Бога, потому что никто не может творить таких знамений, какие Ты творишь, если Бог не с ним.
3 В ответ Иисус сказал:
– Говорю тебе истину, никто не сможет увидеть Божьего Царства, если не будет заново рожден[a].
4 – Как это человек может быть рожден еще раз, когда он уже стар? – удивился Никодим. – Не может же он опять войти в утробу своей матери и снова родиться!
5 Иисус ответил:
– Говорю тебе истину, никто не сможет войти в Царство Божье, если не будет рожден от воды и Духа[b]. 6 От плоти рождается плоть, а Дух рождает дух. 7 Не удивляйся тому, что Я сказал: вы должны быть заново рождены. 8 Ветер[c] дует, где хочет. Ты слышишь его шум, но не можешь определить, откуда он приходит и куда уходит. Так же и с каждым рожденным от Духа.
9 – Как это может быть? – спросил Никодим.
10 Иисус ответил:
– Ты – учитель Израиля, и ты этого не понимаешь? 11 Говорю тебе истину: мы говорим о том, что знаем, и свидетельствуем о том, что видели, но вы не принимаете нашего свидетельства. 12 Если Я сказал вам о земных вещах, и вы не верите, то как же вы поверите, если Я буду говорить вам о небесном? 13 Никто не поднимался на небо, кроме Того, Кто сошел с неба, то есть Сына Человеческого[d]. 14 И как Моисей поднял змея в пустыне[e], так будет поднят[f] и Сын Человеческий, 15 чтобы каждый, кто поверит в Него, имел жизнь вечную[g], 16 Ведь Бог так полюбил этот мир, что отдал Своего единственного Сына, чтобы каждый верующий в Него не погиб, но имел вечную жизнь. 17 Бог послал Сына в мир не затем, чтобы осудить мир, но чтобы спасти мир через Него. 18 Верующий в Него не будет судим. Кто же не верит, тот уже осужден, потому что он не поверил во имя единственного Сына Бога. 19 Суд заключается в том, что в мир пришел Свет, но люди полюбили тьму больше, чем Свет, потому что их дела были злы. 20 Ведь каждый, кто делает зло, ненавидит Свет и не идет к Свету, чтобы не обнаружились его дела. 21 Но кто живет по истине, тот, наоборот, идет к Свету, чтобы было ясно видно, что его дела совершены в Боге.
Иоанн Креститель говорит об Иисусе
22 После этого Иисус с учениками пошли в Иудею. Там Иисус пробыл с ними некоторое время и крестил. 23 Иоанн тоже продолжал крестить в Еноне, у Салима, потому что там было много воды. Люди постоянно приходили к нему креститься. 24 Это было еще до того, как Иоанна заключили в темницу. 25 Между некоторыми из учеников Иоанна и одним иудеем возник спор об обрядовом очищении. 26 Они пришли к Иоанну и сказали:
– Рабби, Тот Человек, Который был с тобой на другой стороне реки Иордана и о Котором ты свидетельствовал, сейчас Сам крестит, и все идут к Нему.
27 Иоанн ответил:
– Человек может делать только то, что ему поручено Небом. 28 Вы сами свидетели тому, что я говорил: «Я не Христос, но я послан, чтобы идти впереди Него».
29 Невеста принадлежит жениху. Друг же жениха стоит рядом, слушает его радостный голос и сам радуется его счастью. В этом и моя радость, и сейчас она исполнилась[h]. 30 Ему предстоит возвеличиваться, а мне умаляться.
31 Тот, Кто свыше приходит, выше всех, а земной принадлежит земле и говорит по-земному, но Пришедший с небес – превыше всех! 32 Он свидетельствует о том, что Он Сам видел и слышал, но никто не принимает Его свидетельства. 33 Тот же, кто принимает, свидетельствует, что Бог истинен. 34 Посланный Богом говорит слова Божьи, и Бог дает Ему Своего Духа без всякого ограничения. 35 Отец любит Сына и все отдал в Его руки. 36 Верующий в Сына имеет жизнь вечную, тот же, кто отвергает Сына, не увидит жизни, и его ожидает Божий гнев.
Footnotes
- 3:3 Заново рожден – на языке оригинала это выражение также имеет значение: «рожден свыше» (также в 7 стихе).
- 3:5 См. Иез. 36:25-27.
- 3:8 Ветер – на языке оригинала это слово означает и «ветер», и «дух».
- 3:13 В некоторых древних рукописях Евангелия от Иоанна за этими словами следует: «сущего на небесах».
- 3:14 См. Чис. 21:4-9.
- 3:14 Поднят – это предсказание Иисуса сбылось, когда Он был распят за наши грехи (см. 19:17-24).
- 3:15 Или: «чтобы каждый, кто поверит, имел жизнь вечную в Нем»
- 3:29 Здесь в аллегорической форме Иоанн уподобляет Иисуса жениху, себя – его другу, а всех верующих в Иисуса – невесте.
John 3
Common English Bible
Jesus and Nicodemus
3 There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a Jewish leader. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could do these miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.”
3 Jesus answered, “I assure you, unless someone is born anew,[a] it’s not possible to see God’s kingdom.”
4 Nicodemus asked, “How is it possible for an adult to be born? It’s impossible to enter the mother’s womb for a second time and be born, isn’t it?”
5 Jesus answered, “I assure you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, it’s not possible to enter God’s kingdom. 6 Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Don’t be surprised that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’ 8 God’s Spirit[b] blows wherever it wishes. You hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. It’s the same with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus said, “How are these things possible?”
10 “Jesus answered, “You are a teacher of Israel and you don’t know these things? 11 I assure you that we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you don’t receive our testimony. 12 If I have told you about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Human One.[c] 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so must the Human One[d] be lifted up 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life. 16 God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life. 17 God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him isn’t judged; whoever doesn’t believe in him is already judged, because they don’t believe in the name of God’s only Son.
19 “This is the basis for judgment: The light came into the world, and people loved darkness more than the light, for their actions are evil. 20 All who do wicked things hate the light and don’t come to the light for fear that their actions will be exposed to the light. 21 Whoever does the truth comes to the light so that it can be seen that their actions were done in God.”
John’s final witness
22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into Judea, where he spent some time with them and was baptizing. 23 John was baptizing at Aenon near Salem because there was a lot of water there, and people were coming to him and being baptized. (24 John hadn’t yet been thrown into prison.)
25 A debate started between John’s disciples and a certain Jew about cleansing rituals. 26 They came to John and said, “Rabbi, look! The man who was with you across the Jordan, the one about whom you testified, is baptizing and everyone is flocking to him.”
27 John replied, “No one can receive anything unless it is given from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said that I’m not the Christ but that I’m the one sent before him. 29 The groom is the one who is getting married. The friend of the groom stands close by and, when he hears him, is overjoyed at the groom’s voice. Therefore, my joy is now complete. 30 He must increase and I must decrease. 31 The one who comes from above is above all things. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all things. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 Whoever accepts his testimony confirms that God is true. 34 The one whom God sent speaks God’s words because God gives the Spirit generously. 35 The Father loves the Son and gives everything into his hands. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever doesn’t believe in the Son won’t see life, but the angry judgment of God remains on them.”
John 3
Lexham English Bible
A Meeting with Nicodemus
3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was[a] Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to him at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are[b] a teacher who has come from God, for no one is able to perform these signs that you are performing unless God were with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above,[c] he is not able to see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother’s womb for the second time and be born, can he?”[d]
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘It is necessary for you to be born from above.’[e] 8 The wind blows wherever it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly I say to you, we speak what we know, and we testify about what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony! 12 If I tell you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven—the Son of Man. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,[f] thus it is necessary that the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.”[g]
God’s Love for the World
16 For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge[h] the world, but in order that the world should be saved through him. 18 The one who believes in him is not judged,[i] but the one who does not believe has already been judged,[j] because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed. 21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.
Additional Testimony by John the Baptist About Jesus
22 After these things Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing. 23 Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized. 24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 So a dispute occurred on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew[k] concerning purification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified—look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!”
27 John answered and said, “A man can receive not one thing unless it is granted to him from heaven! 28 You yourselves testify about me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I am sent before that one.’ 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly[l] because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine is complete. 30 It is necessary for that one to increase, but for me to decrease.”
31 The one who comes from above is over all. The one who is from the earth is from the earth and speaks from the earth; the one who comes from heaven is over all. 32 What he has seen and heard, this he testifies, and no one accepts his testimony. 33 The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true. 34 For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand. 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life—but the wrath of God remains on him.[m]
Footnotes
- John 3:1 Literally “the name to him”
- John 3:2 Here both the pronoun and verb are understood in Greek and are supplied in the translation
- John 3:3 The same Greek word can mean either “from above” or “again,” which allows for the misunderstanding by Nicodemus here; Jesus was speaking of new birth “from above,” while Nicodemus misunderstood him to mean a second physical birth
- John 3:4 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “can he”
- John 3:7 The same Greek word can mean either “from above” or “again” (see also v. 3)
- John 3:14 An allusion to Num 21:5–9
- John 3:15 Some interpreters and Bible translations extend the quotation of Jesus’ words through v. 21
- John 3:17 Or “he should condemn”
- John 3:18 Or “condemned”
- John 3:18 Or “been condemned”
- John 3:25 Some significant early manuscripts read “the Jews”
- John 3:29 Literally “with joy”
- John 3:36 Some interpreters and Bible translations extend the quotation of John the Baptist’s words through v. 36
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