1 PBDD Naan erai kulutn Farisi bengaratn Nikodemus. Ise siolah pemimpin bangsa Yahudi. BSB BSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 PBDD Waktu malopm, ise awi notah ampe Yesus dan montuh, "Rabi, kaitn tau bahwa Iko sesio Guru se awi ante Allah koe beloh eraipun sekate mulah tanda-tanda ajaib se Iko ulah, kecuali Allah naan baya ise." 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 PBDD Jawab Yesus ampe ise," sebujur-bujurne Aku montuh ampe iko, ena erai kulutn doho wolupm gane, ise doho kate minda Kerajaan Allah." BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 PBDD Nikodemus mondrik," sara one gane erai kulutn kate lahir gane ena ise aut tuo? Halukah Ise gane sinop suakng untukng inene dan wa lahir gane?" 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 PBDD Jawab Yesus pe Ise, "Sesungguhne, Aku montuh pe iko, ena erai kulutn doho wa lahir gane ante ranu baya Roh, ise doho kate sinop suakng Kerajaan 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 PBDD None se wa ekuh ante daging koe daging, dan none se ekuh ante Roh siolah Roh. BSB BSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 PBDD Ailah heran koe Aku muntuh ampe iko,' Iko harus wa ekuh gane, BSB BSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 PBDD Riwut besiwui pe onepun ise kakatn dan iko kerongoi nainne, tapi iko doho tau ante one tanjakne ali peone ise kkatn tulak. Sarayo lou ali setiap kulutn se waekuh ante 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 PBDD Nikodmus mondrik, "sara one mungkin kedeo situ terjadi? BSB BSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 PBDD Yesus menjawab, "Tu eh iko guru ulutn Israel, tapi iko doho ngerti hal situ? BSB BSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 PBDD Sebujur-bujurne, Aku montuh ampe iko bahwa kaitn bapander tentang none se kaitn ketahui dan ngumi kesaksian tentang none sekaitn otau, tapi ikodoho nerima kesaksian kaitn. 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 PBDD Ena Aku ngumi tau tentang hal-hal duniawika iko doho percaya, saraone mungkin iko anta percaya ena Aku ngumitau iko tentang hal-hal surgawi? 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 PBDD Beloh erai kulutnpun suah mongket pe surga, kecuali Ise se ukah mange ante surga, sesio Anak Mirisia. BSB BSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 PBDD Sama sara Musa mekongket nipo tembaga ba suakng jubut, sarayo lou Anak mirisia harus wa pekombo, BSB BSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 PBDD Supaya setiap ulutn se percaya ampe-Ise kahalu wolupm se Kekal. BSB BSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
17 PBDD Koe Allah nyuyu Anak-Ne pe suakng dunia doho agin ngehakimi dunia, melainkan supaya dunia waselamatkan nyendalo Anak-Ne. BSB BSB: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 PBDD Ulutn se percaya ampe-Ise doho akan wahukum, leka ulutn sedoho percaya aut naan ba iwe hukuman koe ise doho percaya pe ngaratn Anak Tunggal Allah. 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 PBDD Inalah hukuman sio: Tarakng se awi pesuakng dunia, leka mirisia lebih sanang ampe siropm daripada tarakng koe none se reo gawi sesio kejahatan. 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 PBDD Koe setip ulutn se mulah se doho maeh gali ampe tarakng dan doho awi lou ampe tarakng sio agar kelakuan-kelakunne doho wa ungkit-ungkit. 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 PBDD Akan leka, ulutn segawi kebenaran awi ampe tarakng sio supaya waontuh gawian-gawian sio walakukanne ba suakng 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 PBDD Seukah sio, Yesus dan murid-murid-Ne tulak pe tana Yudea. Ba indo Ise nenggawis waktune baya reo dan ngondrus (membaptis). BSB BSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 PBDD Yohanes lou ngondrus ba Ainon riet Salim koe deo ranu ba indo. Ulutn-ulutn awi-awi dan wa ondrus. 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 PBDD Waktu sio Yohanes balupm wa pesinop pesuakng penjara. BSB BSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 PBDD Dan, timbullah perdebatan antara sesenu murid Yohanes dan erai kulutn Yahudimengenai penyucian. BSB BSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 PBDD Reo nengkawokng Yohanes dan montuh, "Guru, ulutn se baya iko ba seberang Yordan, se tentang Ise iko ukah muara, pindalah, Ise lou ngondrus dan deo ulutn seawi ampe-Ise." 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 PBDD Yohanes menjawab," mirisia doho halu nerima nonepun, kecuali hal situ wa umi ampe ise ante surga. BSB BSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 PBDD Ikopun halu ngumi kesaksian bahwa aku suah ngontuh, Aku doho Mesias,' tapi aku wa utus agin nemponoh ante-Ise. BSB BSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 PBDD Ulutn se naan penganten wawe sesio penganten upo-upo; tapi kawatn penganten upo, se sekondrokng dan ngerongoi ise, sanang beta kerongoi nain penganten upo. Jari kesananganku situ ukah watanjari ponu. 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 PBDD Ise harus makin olai dan aku harus makin idik." BSB BSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31 PBDD "Ise se awi ante ombo naan ba ombo ne, Ise seberasal ante bumi adalah ante bumi dan ba pander tentang hal-hal se naan babumi. Ise se awi ante surga adalah baombo segala sesuatu. 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 PBDD Ise Ngumi kesaksian tentang none se wapinda dan wa rongoi-Ne, tapi ulutn-ulutn sedoho kesaksian-Ne. BSB BSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 PBDD Ulutn senerima kesaksian-Ne ngakui ali sungguh bahwa Allah sio bujur. BSB BSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 PBDD Sebab, ulutn se wa utus Allah anta mekampe pengontuh Allah koe Allah ngumi Roh sedoho terbatas. BSB BSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 PBDD Uma setuasi pe Anak dan ukah nyarah segala sesuatu pe suakngkanyakng-Ne. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 PBDD Ulutn se percaya ampe Anak senaan pembolupm sekekal, tapi ulutn sedoho ngandre Anak doho kotau pembolupm, melaitn murka Allah tetap naan ampe ise." 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.”