John 3 (CEKAK) · Opened

1Judah uk kaminawk thungah, Nicodemu, tiah ahmin kaom Farasi kami maeto oh:Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.

2anih loe qum ah Jesu khaeah caeh moe, anih khaeah, Rabbi, nang loe Sithaw khae hoi angzo patukkung ah na oh, tiah kang panoek o: Sithaw mah anih to om thuih ai nahaeloe, na sak ih dawnrai hmuennawk hae mi mah doeh sah thai mak ai, tiah a naa.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.”

3Jesu mah anih ih lok to pathim pae, anih khaeah, Loktang to, loktang ah kang thuih, Mi kawbaktih doeh tapen let ai kami loe, Sithaw mah siangpahrang ah uk ih prae to hnu thai mak ai, tiah a naa.Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

4Nikodemu mah anih khaeah, Kami loe mitong pacoengah kawbangmaw tapen let thai tih, anih loe amno zokthung ah vai hnetto akun ueloe, tapen let thai tih maw? tiah a naa.“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?”

5Jesu mah, Loktang to, loktang ah kang thuih, Tui hoi Muithla hoiah tapen ai kami loe, Sithaw prae thungah akun thai mak ai.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

6Taksa ah tapen kami loe taksa ah oh; Muithla ah tapen kami loe muithla ah oh.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

7Na tapen let han oh, tiah kang thuih pongah dawnrai hmah.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

8Takhi loe a koeh baktiah song, takhi tuen to na thaih, toe naa bang hoiah maw angzoh moe, naa bangah maw caeh, tiah na thui thai ai: Muithla ah tapen kami loe to tiah oh, tiah a naa.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.”

9Nikodemu mah anih khaeah, Hae hmuenawk loe kawbangmaw om thai tih? tiah pathim.“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

10Jesu mah anih khaeah, Israel kaminawk patukkung ah na oh to mah, hae hmuennawk hae na panoek ai maw? tiah a naa.“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

11Loktang to, loktang ah kang thuih, Kaicae loe panoek ih hmuen to ka thuih o moe, ka hnuk o ih hmuen to ni ka taphong o; ka taphong o ih hmuen to na talawk o ai.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.

12Long hmuen kawngnawk ka thuih naah mataeng doeh, na tang o ai nahaeloe, van hmuen kawngnawk ka thuih nahaeloe, kawbangmaw na tang o thai tih?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

13Van hoi angzo tathuk, van ah kaom kami Capa ai ah loe, mi doeh van ah daw vai ai.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

14Mosi mah praezaek ah takhing ih pahui baktih toengah, kami Capa to takhing o tih.Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

15Mi kawbaktith doeh Anih tang kami loe anghmaa mak ai, dungzan hinghaih to hnu tih.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

16Sithaw mah long palung phi pongah, maeto khue tawnh ih a Capa to a paek, mi kawbaktih doeh Anih tang kami loe anghmaa mak ai, dungzan hinghaih to hnu tih.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.

17Long lokcaek hanah Sithaw mah a Capa to long ah patoeh ai; Anih rang hoiah long pahlong han ih ni patoeh.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

18Anih tang kami loe lokcaek mak ai, toe tang ai kami loe maeto khue tawnh ih Sithaw Capa ahmin to tang ai pongah, lokcaek ah oh boeh.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.

19Hae loe lokcaekhaih ah oh, aanghaih loe long ah angzoh, toe a sak o ih hmuennawk to hoih ai pongah, kaminawk mah aanghaih pongah vinghaih to koeh o kue.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.

20Kahoih ai hmuen sah kami loe aanghaih to hnukma, a toksakhaih amtueng moeng tih, tiah a poek pongah, aanghaih thungah angzoh han koeh ai.Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21Toe loktang hoi kahing kami loe, Sithaw rang hoiah a sak o ih hmuennawk to amtueng thai hanah, aanghaih thungah angzoh, tiah a naa.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.”

22To pacoengah Jesu hoi a hnukbang kaminawk loe Judea prae ah caeh o; anih loe nihcae hoi nawnto to ahmuen ah oh moe, tuinuemhaih to paek.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

23Johan mah doeh Salim taengah kaom Aenon avang ah tuinuemhaih to paek: to ahmuen ah loe tui pop pongah, kaminawk angzoh o moe, tuinuemhaih to sak o.Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

24To nathuem ah Johan loe thongim krah ai vop.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25Ciimcaihaih kawng pongah Judahnawk hoi Johan hnukbang kaminawk lok angaek o.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

26Nihcae loe Johan khaeah caeh o moe, anih khaeah, Rabbi, khenah, Jordan vapui yaeh ah nang hoi nawnto kaom kami, na taphong ih kami mah tuinuemhaih to paek, kaminawk loe anih khaeah caeh o boih boeh, tiah a naa o.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.”

27Johan mah, Van hoiah anih han paek ai ah loe, kami mah tidoeh hnu thai mak ai.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

28Kai loe Kri na ai ni, toe kai loe Anih hmaa ah patoeh ih kami ni, tiah hnukung ah nangcae na oh o.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

29Zu lak naah nongpa mah ni nongpata to lak: toe zu kala thendoeng ih ampui loe anih taengah angdoet moe, anih ih lok to thaih, zu lakung ih lok to thaih pongah, paroeai anghoe: to pongah kang hoehaih loe hae tiah akoep boeh.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.

30Anih loe pung tahang aep tih, toe kai loe amsah tathuk tih.He must increase; I must decrease.

31Van hoiah angzo kami loe hmuen boih ranui ah oh: long hoiah angcoeng kami loe long hmuen ah oh moe, long hmuen kawng to a thuih: van hoiah angzo kami loe hmuen boih ranui ah oh.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.

32Anih mah loe hnuk moe, thaih ih hmuen to ni a thuih; mi mah doeh a thuih ih lok to talawk pae o ai.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

33A thuih ih lok talawk kami mah loe, Sithaw loe loktang ni, tiah catui to a daengh.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

34Sithaw mah patoeh ih kami loe Sithaw lok to thuih: Sithaw mah anih khaeah tahhaih om ai ah Muithla to paek.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

35Ampa mah Capa to palung pongah hmuennawk anih ban ah paek boih.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

36Capa tang kami loe dungzan hinghaih to tawnh: Capa tang ai kami loe hinghaih hnu mak ai; Sithaw palungphuihaih a nuiah om tih, tiah a naa.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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