John 3 (AVD) · Opened

1كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مِنَ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ ٱسْمُهُ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ، رَئِيسٌ لِلْيَهُودِ.Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2هَذَا جَاءَ إِلَى يَسُوعَ لَيْلًا وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَتَيْتَ مِنَ ٱللهِ مُعَلِّمًا، لِأَنْ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ هَذِهِ ٱلْآيَاتِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتَ تَعْمَلُ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱللهُ مَعَهُ».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.”

3أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُولَدُ مِنْ فَوْقُ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَرَى مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ».Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4قَالَ لَهُ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ أَنْ يُولَدَ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ؟ أَلَعَلَّهُ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَطْنَ أُمِّهِ ثَانِيَةً وَيُولَدَ؟».“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?”

5أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «ٱلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُولَدُ مِنَ ٱلْمَاءِ وَٱلرُّوحِ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6اَلْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ ٱلْجَسَدِ جَسَدٌ هُوَ، وَٱلْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ هُوَ رُوحٌ.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7لَا تَتَعَجَّبْ أَنِّي قُلْتُ لَكَ: يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تُولَدُوا مِنْ فَوْقُ.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8اَلرِّيحُ تَهُبُّ حَيْثُ تَشَاءُ، وَتَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهَا، لَكِنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ تَأْتِي وَلَا إِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ. هَكَذَا كُلُّ مَنْ وُلِدَ مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ».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.”

9أَجَابَ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا؟».“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنْتَ مُعَلِّمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَسْتَ تَعْلَمُ هَذَا!“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11اَلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنَّنَا إِنَّمَا نَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا نَعْلَمُ وَنَشْهَدُ بِمَا رَأَيْنَا، وَلَسْتُمْ تَقْبَلُونَ شَهَادَتَنَا.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.

12إِنْ كُنْتُ قُلْتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضِيَّاتِ وَلَسْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ، فَكَيْفَ تُؤْمِنُونَ إِنْ قُلْتُ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمَاوِيَّاتِ؟If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ صَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِي نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14«وَكَمَا رَفَعَ مُوسَى ٱلْحَيَّةَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ هَكَذَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُرْفَعَ ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ،Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15لِكَيْ لَا يَهْلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ بَلْ تَكُونُ لَهُ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةُ.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا أَحَبَّ ٱللهُ ٱلْعَالَمَ حَتَّى بَذَلَ ٱبْنَهُ ٱلْوَحِيدَ، لِكَيْ لَا يَهْلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَهُ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةُ.For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

17لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُرْسِلِ ٱللهُ ٱبْنَهُ إِلَى ٱلْعَالَمِ لِيَدِينَ ٱلْعَالَمَ، بَلْ لِيَخْلُصَ بِهِ ٱلْعَالَمُ.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18اَلَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَا يُدَانُ، وَٱلَّذِي لَا يُؤْمِنُ قَدْ دِينَ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِٱسْمِ ٱبْنِ ٱللهِ ٱلْوَحِيدِ.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.

19وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلدَّيْنُونَةُ: إِنَّ ٱلنُّورَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْعَالَمِ، وَأَحَبَّ ٱلنَّاسُ ٱلظُّلْمَةَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلنُّورِ، لِأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ كَانَتْ شِرِّيرَةً.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.

20لِأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ ٱلسَّيِّآتِ يُبْغِضُ ٱلنُّورَ، وَلَا يَأْتِي إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ لِئَلَّا تُوَبَّخَ أَعْمَالُهُ.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21وَأَمَّا مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْحَقَّ فَيُقْبِلُ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ، لِكَيْ تَظْهَرَ أَعْمَالُهُ أَنَّهَا بِٱللهِ مَعْمُولَةٌ».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.”

22وَبَعْدَ هَذَا جَاءَ يَسُوعُ وَتَلَامِيذُهُ إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ، وَمَكَثَ مَعَهُمْ هُنَاكَ، وَكَانَ يُعَمِّدُ.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23وَكَانَ يُوحَنَّا أَيْضًا يُعَمِّدُ فِي عَيْنِ نُونٍ بِقُرْبِ سَالِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ هُنَاكَ مِيَاهٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَكَانُوا يَأْتُونَ وَيَعْتَمِدُونَ.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُوحَنَّا قَدْ أُلْقِيَ بَعْدُ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25وَحَدَثَتْ مُبَاحَثَةٌ مِنْ تَلَامِيذِ يُوحَنَّا مَعَ يَهُودٍ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلتَّطْهِيرِ.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26فَجَاءُوا إِلَى يُوحَنَّا وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، هُوَذَا ٱلَّذِي كَانَ مَعَكَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ، ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ قَدْ شَهِدْتَ لَهُ، هُوَ يُعَمِّدُ، وَٱلْجَمِيعُ يَأْتُونَ إِلَيْهِ».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.”

27أجَابَ يُوحَنَّا وَقَالَ: «لَا يَقْدِرُ إِنْسَانٌ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ شَيْئًا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28أَنْتُمْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ لِي أَنِّي قُلْتُ: لَسْتُ أَنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ بَلْ إِنِّي مُرْسَلٌ أَمَامَهُ.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29مَنْ لَهُ ٱلْعَرُوسُ فَهُوَ ٱلْعَرِيسُ، وَأَمَّا صَدِيقُ ٱلْعَرِيسِ ٱلَّذِي يَقِفُ وَيَسْمَعُهُ فَيَفْرَحُ فَرَحًا مِنْ أَجْلِ صَوْتِ ٱلْعَرِيسِ. إِذًا فَرَحِي هَذَا قَدْ كَمَلَ.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.

30يَنْبَغِي أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يَزِيدُ وَأَنِّي أَنَا أَنْقُصُ.He must increase; I must decrease.

31اَلَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنْ فَوْقُ هُوَ فَوْقَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، وَٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُوَ أَرْضِيٌّ، وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَتَكَلَّمُ. اَلَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ هُوَ فَوْقَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ،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.

32وَمَا رَآهُ وَسَمِعَهُ بِهِ يَشْهَدُ، وَشَهَادَتُهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَقْبَلُهَا.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33وَمَنْ قَبِلَ شَهَادَتَهُ فَقَدْ خَتَمَ أَنَّ ٱللهَ صَادِقٌ،Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34لِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ ٱللهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلَامِ ٱللهِ. لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِكَيْلٍ يُعْطِي ٱللهُ ٱلرُّوحَ.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35اَلْآبُ يُحِبُّ ٱلِٱبْنَ وَقَدْ دَفَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فِي يَدِهِ.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36ٱلَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلِٱبْنِ لَهُ حَيَاةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ، وَٱلَّذِي لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلِٱبْنِ لَنْ يَرَى حَيَاةً بَلْ يَمْكُثُ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبُ ٱللهِ».Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

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