1 PBA Name Farisi nu a'ni Nikodemus. Sari ho, Yahudi hinung ho o' name tur. BSB BSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 PBA Dil paka om numi, sa ho' Yesus a' bung a' ra mateng, Guru, ni ahol Ariho Guru Lahtal mi ho' fede' name pirnu di, na utahoir ernu ba A panen eh hoo supi panen sah, sobo Lahtal a' ra tohuil hee supi panen no'. BSB BSB: He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
3 PBA Yesus a' ra mateng ubang ho, Na a' bul a' bul a' ra mateng, mang fede' namenu foil a' fain nene honi hee, sa e' dun Lahtal O' bang mate a' hol nene. BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 PBA Nikodemus A'tan, Maa taro' nife namenu sa tumo' am foil a' fain no'? Sa maa foil sabor mid sofo om lemid ai lafeng mie, o' fo foil a' fain no'? BSB BSB: “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
5 PBA Yesus a' ra mateng, "Na a' ra mateng a' bul, mang fede' namenu sei med Roh mi a' fain nene honi hee, sa Lahtal O' Bang Bolang om lemid sah. BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6 PBA Nabafe hir mi a' fain honi hee hir ei, sobo nabafe Roh mi a' fain honi hee, sariho Roh ei. BSB BSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 PBA Haai ahoir e' fede' Na ara mateng, "Ariho a foil afain fe. BSB BSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 PBA Hamoi toh tarofe lol ei i' nung a' ta ain, honie o' da' udfe i ma eh, sobo sa tarofe lol ho' med sa taro leam i a' hol nene. Nameba Roh mi a' fain hodi o' rupa honi. BSB BSB: The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 PBA Nikodemus A' tan, Naba eife maa no hoo barpi a' ra no'? BSB BSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 PBA Yesus ei a' bor, Taro' ni sofe, ariho Israel hinung o' guru sobo, na ernu hoo a barpi o' lel a' hol nene? BSB BSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 PBA Na a' bul a' bul ara mateng, sariho nabafe ni a' hol horo ni bit, med nabafe ni dun a' hol, horo ni umateng, sobo ni mateng pa' ho i med nene. BSB BSB: Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
12 PBA Mang fede' na ernu pali' mate ei horo Na u ira mateng sobo, i o' a' tino' bit nene, naba eife na ernu sorga ei Na u ira mateng, maa i o' a' tino' bit eme aai? BSB BSB: If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
13 PBA Name pirnu di e' mid sorga lemid dai, sei lal ho Ai nuba tong sorga mihel am horo, sariho Nameno' Ai. BSB BSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 PBA Mang fede' Musa mong la ham mi mon a' tel a' no'lafining, ho hee Nameno Ai hodi a' no' lafining o' rupa honi, BSB BSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 PBA honie sa nameba O' a' tino' bit ho, fetang so em ho med. BSB BSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
17 PBA Fede' Lahtal So Ai tahow pali' mate tahel ho, e' pali' mate o' a' hal lap nene, sobo honie sa pali' mate ho a' no' il a' no' luling O' Aife a' lai. BSB BSB: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 PBA Nameba O' a' tino' bitho, e' hukung med nene, sobo nameba e' O' a' tino' bit neneho, a' ra hukung om mi am, fede' Lahtal O' Ai lote pirnu ho, sa e' O' a' tino' bit nene. BSB BSB: Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
19 PBA Hukung ba hoo: Lel ho' pali' mate mi am sobo, nameno' paka horo apano' fede' nabafe supi panen ho a' ri ing fail sah karang. BSB BSB: And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
20 PBA Fede nameba na o' sah panen, ho hee sa lel ho e' riing, med lel hodi sa e' leho' nene, honie o' panen a' ten ernuho, haai fara ain lap nene. BSB BSB: Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21 PBA Honi sobo, nameba na o' a'bul panen ho, sa ma lel ho lema, honie sa o' panen a' ten ernu ho lel, fede' o' panen a' ten ernuho Lahtal Om femi panen. BSB BSB: But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
22 PBA No' hee, Yesus med O' sakola aibar sam Yudea pali' leam. Sa hemomi supi a' ra ham ham So sel a' no' an med name a' foil. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 PBA Yohanis di Ainon ba Salim a' bung homi name a' foil, fede' homi sei tofang. Name tofang ho' homi sa a' foil. BSB BSB: Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
24 PBA Sariho a' ra ham Yohanis name e' med sapiri mi dai. BSB BSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 PBA Homi, Yohanis o' sakola aibar med name Yahudi pirnu, supi bolang manep ei a' ra ham ho u sara tetang. BSB BSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 PBA Supi ho' Yohanis a' hol a' ra mateng,"Guru, Aiba ara ham ham mong Yordan mol denmi, sari Aiho ei a' ra ham a umateng eh ho, e' dun, Saridi name a' foil, no' hee name tofang o' lap ho' am." BSB BSB: So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
27 PBA Yohanis o'a'bor, Nameno' mang naba horodi med sah, sobo sari naho name tong sorga mi med en honi hee sa med no'. BSB BSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 PBA Iridi umateng no' sariho na ira mateng am, Nari hoo e' Mesias nene, sobo nari hoo name nahow notur ho' honi amfe Sari Aiho foil ho'. BSB BSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 PBA Nameba ob med ho, lote bar; sobo ai lote ho o' tenang el, sa toh alepang, med sa so lote amader ho ualepang apano' empir. Honife, napano' hoo a' no' afeng am. BSB BSB: The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
30 PBA Sari Aiho mate mang ta, sobo nari hoo ka ai hel mang ta. BSB BSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31 PBA Aiba tong lafining mihel ho, ernu tulo Sa barpi e' mota, Aiba pali' mate taho, na ernu pali' mate taho sa umateng. Aiba sorga mihel ho ernu turlo Sa barpi e' mota. BSB BSB: The One who comes from above is above all. 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.
32 PBA Nabafe Sa a'hol ma eh sa umateng, sobo name tofang o' mateng pa' ho med som mimeng nene. BSB BSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 PBA Nameba o' mateng pa' med ho, o' a' titino bit ubangho, Lahtal ho a' bul. BSB BSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 PBA Fede, nameba Lahtal tahowho, sa Lahtal O' mateng pa' umateng, fede' Lahtal Roh med en o' alomang o' tapor a' ai. BSB BSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 PBA O'mang So Ai ukarang an tofang Sa med a' tang mi meng am. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 PBA Nameba O' A'tino' bitho, fetang em med usei a' no', sobo nameba Aiho a' lol a' ta ain nene ho fetang a' hol nene, sobo Lahtal O' a' ri ing fail so a' ra sari name hota. BSB BSB: Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”