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Si Jesus kag si Nicodemus

May isa ka tawo nga ang iya ngalan si Nicodemus. Ini nga tawo isa sa mga manugdumala sang mga Judio, kag miyembro siya sang grupo nga ginatawag nga Pariseo. Isa sadto ka gab-i, nagkadto siya kay Jesus kag nagsiling sa iya, “Rabbi,[a] nahibaluan namon nga ikaw manunudlo nga ginpadala sang Dios, tungod kay wala sing may makahimo sang mga milagro nga pareho sang imo ginapanghimo kon ang Dios wala nagaupod sa iya.” Nagsabat si Jesus, “Sa pagkamatuod, ginasugid ko sa imo nga wala sing tawo nga masakop sa paghari sang Dios[b] kon indi siya matawo liwat.”[c] Nagpamangkot si Nicodemus, “Ti, paano ang pagkatawo liwat sang tawo kon tigulang na siya? Indi na siya puwede nga magsulod sa tiyan sang iya iloy agod magpakatawo liwat.” Nagsabat si Jesus, “Sa pagkamatuod, ginasugid ko sa imo nga wala sing tawo nga masakop sa paghari sang Dios kon indi siya matawo paagi sa tubig kag sa Espiritu Santo. Ang ginbata paagi sa tawo, tawhanon, pero ang ginbata paagi sa gahom sang Espiritu Santo, espirituhanon. Gani indi ka matingala sa akon ginsiling sa imo nga kinahanglan matawo kamo liwat. Nagahuyop ang hangin sa bisan diin nga iya gusto. Mabatian ta ang iya huni, pero wala kita kahibalo kon diin ini nagahalin kag kon diin ini nagapakadto. Pareho man sini sa tawo nga natawo paagi sa Espiritu Santo.” Gani nagpamangkot si Nicodemus, “Ti paano bala ang pagkahimo sini?” 10 Nagsabat si Jesus, “Bantog ka nga manunudlo sa Israel, pero wala ka kahibalo sini? 11 Sa pagkamatuod, ginasugid ko sa imo nga ang mga butang nga amon nahibaluan kag nakita amo ang amon ginasugid. Ugaling indi kamo magpati sa amon ginasugid. 12 Karon, kon wala gani kamo nagapati sa akon ginasugid sa inyo parte sa mga butang diri sa kalibutan, mas indi na gid kamo magpati sa akon kon sugiran ko kamo parte sa mga butang didto sa langit. 13 Kag wala sing bisan sin-o nga nakasaka sa langit kundi ako lang gid nga Anak sang Tawo, kay didto man ako naghalin sa langit.”

14 Nagsiling pa gid si Jesus, “Pareho sang ginhimo ni Moises sa iya pagbayaw sang man-og sa kamingawan, sa amo man nga paagi, ako nga Anak sang Tawo kinahanglan nga pagabayawon man,[d] 15 agod ang kada isa nga magtuo sa akon makaangkon sang kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan.”

16 Kay ginahigugma gid sang Dios ang mga tawo sa kalibutan, amo gani nga ginhatag niya ang iya bugtong nga Anak, agod nga ang bisan sin-o nga magtuo sa iya indi mawala[e] kundi hatagan sang kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan. 17 Kay ang Dios wala nagpadala sang iya Anak diri sa kalibutan agod sentensyahan ang mga tawo nga silutan, kundi ginpadala niya siya sa pagluwas sang mga tawo. 18 Gani ang bisan sin-o nga tawo nga nagatuo sa iya indi pagsentensyahan nga silutan, pero ang bisan sin-o nga wala nagatuo sa iya nasentensyahan na tungod nga wala siya nagtuo sa bugtong nga Anak sang Dios.[f] 19 Silutan sila tungod kay nag-abot siya diri sa kalibutan bilang suga[g] pero mas gusto pa sang mga tawo nga magpabilin sa kadulom sang sa magpalapit sa iya nga nagahatag sang kasanag, kay malain ang ila mga ginahimo. 20 Ang tawo nga malain ang iya ginahimo wala naluyag sa kasanag. Nagalikaw pa gani siya sa kasanag kay basi kon mahibaluan ang iya ginahimo nga malain. 21 Pero ang tawo nga nagaginawi suno sa kamatuoran nagapalapit sa kasanag, agod makita nga ang iya maayo nga hinimuan nahimo niya paagi sa bulig sang Dios.

Si Jesus kag si Juan

22 Pagkatapos sini nagkadto si Jesus kag ang iya mga sumulunod sa kaumahan sang Judea. Nagtiner sila didto nga nagapangbautiso sa mga tawo. 23 Nagapangbautiso man si Juan didto sa Enon, malapit sa Salim, kay madamo ang tubig didto. Nagkaladto ang mga tawo kay Juan agod magpabautiso. 24 (Wala pa sadto napriso si Juan.)

25 Karon ang iban sa mga sumulunod ni Juan kag ang isa ka Judio nagbinaisay parte sa bautiso.[h] 26 Sang ulihi nagkadto sila kay Juan kag nagsiling, “Manunudlo, nadumduman mo bala atong tawo nga upod mo anay didto sa tabok sang Suba sang Jordan, nga imo ginpakilala sa mga tawo? Nagapangbautiso na siya subong kag halos ang tanan nga tawo didto na nagakadto sa iya!” 27 Nagsabat si Juan, “Wala gid sing sarang mahimo ang tawo kon indi pagbuot sang Dios. 28 Kamo mismo makapamatuod nga nagsiling ako nga indi ako ang Cristo, kundi ginpadala lang ako sang Dios una sa iya para magbalita nga siya magaabot na. 29 Pareho bala kon may kasal: ang nobya para gid lang sa nobyo, kag ang amigo sang nobyo nga nagatambong kag nagahulat nagakalipay kon mabatian niya nga ara na ang nobyo. Pareho man sa akon subong, nalipay gid ako nga ang mga tawo nagakadto na kay Jesus. 30 Kinahanglan magdugang pa gid ang pagkabantog ni Jesus, kag ako iya dapat na nga kalimtan.”

Ang Naghalin sa Langit

31 Si Cristo halin sa langit, gani labaw siya sa tanan. Taga-diri kita sa kalibutan kag ang mga butang nga aton ginahambal amo ang diri lang gid sa kalibutan. Pero siya nga halin sa langit labaw sa tanan. 32 Nagasugid siya parte sa mga butang nga iya nakita kag nabatian sa langit, pero diutay gid lang ang nagapati sa iya ginasugid. 33 Pero ang mga nagapati sa iya nga ginasugid nagapamatuod nga ang ginasugid sang Dios matuod. 34 Kay si Cristo nga ginpadala sang Dios diri sa kalibutan nagasugid sa aton kon ano ang ginasugid sang Dios sa iya, tungod kay wala sing limitasyon ang paghatag sang Dios sa iya sang Espiritu Santo. 35 Ginahigugma sang Amay ang iya Anak kag gintugyan niya sa iya ang tanan. 36 Ang bisan sin-o nga nagatuo sa Anak sang Dios may kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan. Pero ang bisan sin-o nga indi magtuman sa Anak sang Dios indi gid paghatagan sang kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan, kundi ang kaakig sang Dios magapabilin sa iya.

Footnotes

  1. 3:2 Rabbi: buot silingon, manunudlo.
  2. 3:3 masakop sa paghari sang Dios: sa literal, makakita sang ginharian sang Dios.
  3. 3:3 matawo liwat: ukon, matawo halin sa ibabaw.
  4. 3:14 Sa Num. 21:8-9, ginhimo ni Moises ang man-og nga saway kag ginhigot ini sa kahoy nga malaba kag ginbandira. Ang bisan sin-o nga ginkagat sang man-og magaayo kon magtulok sining man-og nga saway.
  5. 3:16 mawala: sa English, perish, be destroyed.
  6. 3:18 sa bugtong nga Anak sang Dios: sa literal, sa ngalan sang bugtong nga Anak sang Dios.
  7. 3:19 bilang suga: buot silingon, agod maghatag sing kasanag sa mga hunahuna sang mga tawo.
  8. 3:25 bautiso: ukon, ritual sang pagpanghugas.

Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus(A) who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.(B) He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi,(C) we know(D) that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs(E) you are doing if God were not with him.”(F)

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a](G)

“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”

Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(H) Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[b] gives birth to spirit.(I) You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[c] must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[d](J)

“How can this be?”(K) Nicodemus asked.

10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(L) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know,(M) and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.(N) 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven(O) except the one who came from heaven(P)—the Son of Man.[e](Q) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(R) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[f](S) 15 that everyone who believes(T) may have eternal life in him.”[g](U)

16 For God so loved(V) the world that he gave(W) his one and only Son,(X) that whoever believes(Y) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(Z) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(AA) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(AB) 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,(AC) but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.(AD) 19 This is the verdict: Light(AE) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.(AF) 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.(AG) 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

John Testifies Again About Jesus

22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.(AH) 23 Now John(AI) also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.)(AJ) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.(AK) 26 They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi,(AL) that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan—the one you testified(AM) about—look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”

27 To this John replied, “A person can receive only what is given them from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but am sent ahead of him.’(AN) 29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom.(AO) The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.(AP) 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”[h]

31 The one who comes from above(AQ) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.(AR) The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard,(AS) but no one accepts his testimony.(AT) 33 Whoever has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent(AU) speaks the words of God, for God[i] gives the Spirit(AV) without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.(AW) 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,(AX) but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

Footnotes

  1. John 3:3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7.
  2. John 3:6 Or but spirit
  3. John 3:7 The Greek is plural.
  4. John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
  5. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
  6. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  7. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.
  8. John 3:30 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 36.
  9. John 3:34 Greek he

There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

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.

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.

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?

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.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

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.

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.