1 PBBM Adong ma sada alak parise namargoar si Nikodemus pamimpin ni halak Jahudi. BSB BSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 PBBM Di sada borngin ro ma ia mandapotkon Yesus, ning ia ma: “guru nami, ami boto do ho guru na di suru ni Allah; arana inda adong sada alak pe na malo mambaen tanda-tanda na songoni, pala inda idongasi Allah. 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 PBBM Ia lusi Yesus ma: udokon ma tu ho: inda adong na bisa mangaligi harajaan ni Allah, anggo inda ilahirkon mulak. BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 PBBM Idokon si Nikodemus ma tu Sia (Yesus): jika ma mungkin ilahirkon mulak alak na dung matobang? 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 PBBM Dialusi Yesus ma, udokon ma tu ho: anggo adong alak naso ilahir kon sian aek dohot Roh, inda bisa ia masuk tu harajoan ni Allah. 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 PBBM Pamatang do na lahir sian pamatang, jana tondi do na lahir sian tondi. BSB BSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 PBBM Ulang ko heran pala udokon: ingkon di lahir kon doho mulak. BSB BSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 PBBM Mangombus do angin sanga tu jia giot nia, ibege ho do sora ni i, tai inda iboto ho sian jia ia ro sanga tu jia Ia ke. Songoni ma pala alak na lahir sian Roh.” 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 PBBM Dialusi si Nikodemus ma: jika ma mungkin tarjadi na songon i? BSB BSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 PBBM Ning Yesus ma: guru ni alak Israel ma ho, tai um ipe ina ibotoho. BSB BSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 PBBM Udokon ma tu ho: sabotulna, amiboto do sanga aha na ami dokon i, sude na ami saksion i madung parjolo ami ida, tai inda porcaya homu. 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 PBBM Inda porcaya homu pala U (Yesus) caritohon taringot tu dunia oh, apalagi ma pala U (Yesus) caritahon taringot tu sorga, pasti ma ia inda iporcayai homu. 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 PBBM Sada alak pe inda adong na dung manaek tu surgo, selain Ia na madung turun sian sorga, ima Anak Manusia. BSB BSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 PBBM Songon si Musa na patuginjang kon ulok di padang gurun, songon i muse ma Anak Manusia angkon di patuginjang. BSB BSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 PBBM Anso sude alak na porcaya tu Sia, mangolu salolot ni lolot na. BSB BSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
17 PBBM Arana Allah menyuru Anak Nia (Yesus) tu tano on inda na giot mangukum i duniaon, tai nagiot palua na do. BSB BSB: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 PBBM Sanga ise na porcaya tu Sia, inda hona ukum, tai sanga ise naso porcaya pasti ma i hona ukum, arana inda porcaya ia di bagasan goar ni Anak Nia Na sadai. 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 PBBM On ma ukum i: natorang i madung ro tu dunia on, tai jopan do roa ni alaki di na golap dari pado di natorang i, arani kelakuan ni alai najat i. 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 PBBM Sanga ise mambaen najat, goyak do roa ni alai tu natorang i inda ra alai ro tu natorang i, anso ulang tarida kelakuan ni alai na jat i. 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 PBBM Tai, sanga ise mambaen na denggan, ro ma ia tu natorang anso tarida, bahaso parange nia ibagasan ni Allah. 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 PBBM Dung i, kehe ma Yesus dohot murid-murid Nia tu Yudea, isi ma alai tinggal dohot mambaptis (mandidi). BSB BSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 PBBM Si Johanes pe mambaptis do di Ainon na i lambung ni Salim, arana gok do aek isi, gok ma alak naro tusi anso di Baptis. 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 PBBM Ompak i, si Johanes inda pe ipamasuk tu kurungan. BSB BSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 PBBM Arani i martongkari ma murid-murid ni si Johanes dohot alak Jahudi taringot tu cara paiaskon. BSB BSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 PBBM Dungi idapotkon alai ma si Johanes, ning alai ma: “Rabbi, alak na rap dohot ko i saborang ni aek Yordan i, ima nai saksion mi, mandidion (mambaptis) muse do ia, gok do alak na ro tu Sia. 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 PBBM Di alusi si Johanes ma: inda adong sada alak pe na bisa mangkarejoon sanga aha, anggo inda baen na ilehen sian surgo. BSB BSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 PBBM Bisa do homu manyaksion (mancaritoon) bahaso na: inda au Mesias i, tai au isuru pature dalan Nia. BSB BSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 PBBM Penganten alak lai ido nampung penganten adaboru i, tai dongan ni penganten alak lai i, jong-jongsajo do alai marjonroa manangion sora ni panganten alak lai i. Songoni ma job ni roangku sannari. 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 PBBM Angkon mur di pagodang do Ia, tai anggo angkon mur di pamenek. BSB BSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31 PBBM Ise na ro sian ginjang, ima di ginjang ni sudena; ise na sian tano on, sarupo mai dohot tano on na mang kobari dohot bahasa ni tano on, ise naro sian surgo, ima di ginjang ni sude na. 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 PBBM Sude na di ida dohot ni ibege Nia do kasaksian Nia i, tai sada alak pe inda adong na manarimo kasaksian Nia i. BSB BSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 PBBM Sanga ise na manarimo kasaksian Nia i, ido na mangaku bahaso Allah i botul. BSB BSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 PBBM Sanga ise nadi suru ni Allah, Ia ma na manyampaion Firman Alla, arana ilehen Allah do Roh Nia (tondi Nia) nagok. BSB BSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 PBBM Holong do roa ni Amang (bapa) tu Anak (Yesus), ilehen Ia do sude na tu Sia. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 PBBM Sanga ise na porcaya tu Anak, da potan ngolu ma ia, tai sanga ise naso porsaya tu Anak i (Yesus), inda be da potan ngolu tai ukuman ni Allah. 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.”