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.”
Ivan 3
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Isus i Nikodem
3 Neki je čovjek, Nikodem, bio farizej i jedan od židovskih vođa. 2 Noću je došao k Isusu i rekao mu: »Učitelju, znamo da si učitelj poslan od Boga jer nitko ne može činiti čudesne znakove koje ti činiš, a da Bog nije s njim.«
3 Isus mu je odgovorio: »Govorim ti istinu: tko se ponovo ne rodi, ne može vidjeti Božje kraljevstvo.«
4 »Kako se čovjek može roditi kad je star?« pitao je Nikodem. »Sigurno ne može drugi put ući u majčinu utrobu da bi se rodio.«
5 Isus mu odgovori: »Govorim ti istinu, ako se čovjek ne rodi od vode i Duha, ne može ući u Božje kraljevstvo. 6 Što je rođeno od čovjeka—čovjek je; što je rođeno od Duha—duh je. 7 Nemoj se čuditi mojim riječima: ‘Moraš se ponovo roditi’. 8 Vjetar puše gdje god hoće. Možeš mu čuti šum, ali ne znaš ni odakle dolazi ni kamo ide. Tako je i sa svakim tko je rođen od Duha.«
9 »Kako je to uopće moguće?« upitao ga je Nikodem.
10 Isus mu je odgovorio: »Ti si učitelj u Izraelu, a još ne razumiješ o čemu ti govorim. 11 Govorim ti istinu. Govorimo o onome što znamo i prenosimo ono što smo vidjeli, ali vi ne prihvaćate što vam govorimo. 12 Govorio sam vam o zemaljskim stvarima i vi ne vjerujete. Pa kako ćete vjerovati kad vam budem govorio o nebeskima? 13 Nitko nikada nije uzašao na Nebo, osim Sina Čovječjeg, koji je i sišao s Neba.
14 Baš kao što je Mojsije podigao zmiju u pustinji,[a] tako mora biti podignut i Sin Čovječji, 15 da bi svatko tko u njega vjeruje, imao vječni život.«
16 Jer, Bog je toliko ljubio svijet da je dao svoga Sina jedinca da ne umre nitko tko u njega vjeruje, nego da ima vječni život. 17 Bog nije poslao svoga jedinoga Sina da sudi svijetu, nego da se svijet spasi po njemu. 18 Tko vjeruje u njega, nije osuđen, no onaj tko ne vjeruje, već je osuđen jer nije povjerovao u jedinoga Božjeg Sina. 19 Na ovome se temelji osuda: Svjetlo je došlo na svijet, ali ljudi su više voljeli tamu jer su im djela bila zla. 20 Svatko tko čini zlo, mrzi svjetlo i kloni ga se da njegova djela ne bi bila razotkrivena. 21 No onaj tko radi što je istinito, dolazi k svjetlu da se jasno vidi kako su njegova djela učinjena u Bogu.[b]
Isus i Ivan Krstitelj
22 Nakon toga, Isus je sa svojim učenicima otišao u unutrašnjost Judeje. Ondje je s njima boravio i krstio narod. 23 Ivan je također bio tu i krstio u Enonu, nedaleko od Salima, jer je tamo bilo mnogo vode. Ljudi su neprekidno dolazili i krstili se. 24 Ivan još nije bio bačen u tamnicu.
25 Tada je došlo do rasprave između nekih Ivanovih učenika i nekog Židova o obrednom pranju[c]. 26 Učenici su došli k Ivanu i rekli: »Učitelju, čovjek koji je bio s tobom s druge strane Jordana—onaj o kojem si govorio—on krsti i svi idu k njemu.«
27 Ivan je odgovorio: »Nitko ne može prisvojiti ništa ako mu to ne da Bog. 28 Vi sami možete posvjedočiti da sam rekao: ‘Ja nisam Krist.’ Bog me poslao da navijestim njegov dolazak. 29 Nevjesta pripada mladoženji. Mladoženjin prijatelj stoji sa strane, raduje se, pomaže i iščekuje njegov dolazak. Njegova je radost potpuna kad začuje mladoženjin glas. Takvu radost ja sada osjećam i ona je potpuna. 30 On će biti sve važniji, a ja sve nevažniji.«
Onaj koji dolazi s neba
31 Tko dolazi odozgo, taj je iznad svih. Tko je sa Zemlje, pripada Zemlji i govori o zemaljskim stvarima. Tko dolazi od Boga, taj je iznad svih! 32 On govori o onome što je vidio i čuo, no nitko ne prihvaća njegove riječi. 33 Tko prihvati njegove riječi, taj potvrđuje da je Bog istinit! 34 On, kojeg je poslao Bog, govori Božje riječi jer mu Bog daje Duha bez mjere. 35 Otac ljubi Sina i svu je vlast predao njemu. 36 Tko povjeruje u Sina, ima vječni život. A tko nije poslušan Sinu, neće nikada iskusiti taj život, već Božji gnjev ostaje na njemu.
Footnotes
- 3,14 Mojsije … pustinji Kad su Izraelci umirali od ugriza zmija, Bog je rekao Mojsiju da stavi brončanu zmiju na štap kako bi onaj tko u nju pogleda bio ozdravljen. Vidi Br 21,4-9.
- 3,21 Redci 16–21 Neki stručnjaci za Bibliju smatraju da su ovo Isusove riječi, dok drugi da su Ivanove.
- 3,25 obredno pranje Židovi su pristupali religijskim obredima pranja, na strogo propisane načine, prije jela, prije molitve u Hramu i u nekim posebnim prigodama.
John 3
King James Version
3 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, 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 the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of 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 again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell 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 a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which 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 in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon 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 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be 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, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
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