1 PBDS Ado seko urok'ng Farisi nang badamo Nikodemus. Io salah seko urok'ng pamimpin bangso Yahudi. BSB BSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 PBDS suatu ma'am, io atok ka Yesus lalu bakato, "Rabi, kami nahu'i Kito Guru nang atok ampat ka Allah karano ano ado seko urok'ng pun nang biso ngalakuot tando-tando ajaib nang Kito ngalakuot, kacuali Allah ado sabayo ba'io." 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 PBDS Yesus nyahuti io, "sa'sidi-sidi'e Aku bakato ka kau, kade seko urok'ng ano di lahirot agi (di lairot agi secaro rohani ampat ka Allah), io ano biso nanang Karajaan Allah." BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 PBDS Nikodemus batanyo, "Jamae mungkin seko urok'ng biso dibaranaakot agi kade io udoh tuho? Bisoke io taamo agi ka doop parut uma'e lantas di baranakot agi?" 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 PBDS Yesus nyahuti io, "Sasungguhe, Aku bakato kakau, kade seko urok'ng ano dilahirot apat ka ai ba Roh, io ano biso ta'amo ka doop karajaan 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 PBDS Ameo nang dilahirot ampat ka daging (dilahirot secaro jasmani) tatap daging, ba ameo nang dilahirot ampat ka Roh tatap roh (Roh Kudus nang ngidupot rohani manusio nang mati). BSB BSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 PBDS Ialah heran kareno Aku bakato ka'kau, "Kau harus dilahirot agi.' BSB BSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 PBDS Angin nyiup ka maepun io ma'o lantas kau nangar bunyi'e, tapi kau ano nahui ampat ka mae asale ba kamae io ma'o ampus. Ja'koo ugo basamua'e urok'ng nang dilahirot ampat ka Roh (Roh Allah: Roh nang di artiot angin)." 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 PBDS Nikodemus batanyo, "Jamaae mungkin jukut ang'koo tajadi?" BSB BSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 PBDS Yesus nyahut, "Buke'ke kau guru ueok'ng Israel, tapi kau ano ngarati samuae jauku ang'koo? BSB BSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 PBDS Sa'sidi-sidi'e, Aku ngatoot ka'kau bahwo kami bakato manganaai ameo nang kami nahui ba mare kesaksian manganaai ameo nang kami nanang, tapi kau ano narimo kesaksian kami. 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 PBDS Kade Aku mataki kau mangana'ai dunio ajo kau ano picayo, jamae mungkin kau ma'o picayo kade Aku mataki kau mangana'ai subayot? 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 PBDS Ano seko urok'ng pun nang paranoh naik ka subayot, kacuali Io nang udoh turut ampat ka subayot, Iolah Anak Manusio (Sabutot nang di make untu Anak Manusio nang Allah nyanjiot). BSB BSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 PBDS Sabayo saparati Musa naikot uwar timago ka padok balantaro, ja'koo ugo Anak Manusio harus ditingiot, BSB BSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 PBDS supayo samu'o urok'ng nang picayo ka-Io namu idup kakal. BSB BSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
17 PBDS Karano Allah nyuruh Anak'Ke ka doop dunio buke untu gadili dunio, malainkan supayo dunio di salamatot ngalalui Anak'Ke. BSB BSB: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 PBDS Urok'ng nang picayo ka-Io ano akan di ukum, tapi urok'ng nang ano picayo udoh ado kababoh ukuman karano io ano picayo ka namo 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 PBDS Anyianlah ukuman ang'koo: Tarok dah atok ka doop dunio, tapi manusio labih suko nang galap dari pado tarok kareno ameo nang ne'ido ngalakuoot adolah jahat. 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 PBDS Kareno satiap urok'ng nang babuat jahah teget tarok ba ano atok ugo ka tarok ang'koo supayo kalakuan-kalakuan'e ano diungkit-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 PBDS Tapi ang'koo, urok'ng nang ngalakuoot kabanaroot atok ka tarok ang'koo supayo donyatoot pabuatoot-pabuatoot'e nang io ngalakuoot ka doop 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 PBDS Dah ako ang'koo, Yesus ba murit'E ampus ka tanph Yudea. Ka naan, Io ngabisot waktu sarato ne'ido lantas maptis. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 PBDS Yohanes maptis ugo ka Ainon samak Salim karano manyak ai ka'koo. Urok'ng-urok'ng baatangan lantas dimaptis. 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 PBDS Waktu ang'koo, Yohanes nape ditamaan ka doop pinjaro. BSB BSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 PBDS Lantas, timulah patangkaroot antaro labih dari seko murit Yohanes ba seko urok'ng Yahudi manganaai panyucian. BSB BSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 PBDS Ne'ido namu'i Yohanes lantas bakato, "Guru, urok'ng nang sarato Kito ka sabarang Yordan, nang manganaai Io kau udoh basaksi, tananglah, Io ugo maptis kamudian samuo urok'ng atok ka-Io." 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 PBDS Yohanes nyahut, "Manusio ano biso narimo ameo pun, kacuali jukut ang'koo di bareoot ka io ampat ka subayot. BSB BSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 PBDS Kau sandiri biso mare kasaksioot aku paranoh ba kato, 'Aku buke Mesias,' tapi aku dinyuruh untu ngadohooi-Io. BSB BSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 PBDS Urok'ng nang ado ba panganten nang'bini adolah panganten nang'angaki; tapi ayuk panganten nang'angaki, nang badiri ba nangarot io, karepo'ot sidi nangarot suaro panganten nang'angaki (ka Yudea, ayuk nang'angaki di minto untu gatur gawe panganten ba pamimpin acaro). Lantas, karepo'otku anyian udolah cukup. 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 PBDS Io harus mangkin ayo ba aku harus mangkin kenek." BSB BSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31 PBDS "Io nang atok ampat ka'atas adolah ka'atas samuo'e, io nang asale ampat ka dunio lantas bakato manganaai jukut nang ado ka dunio. Io nang atok ampat ka subayot adaloh ka atas sagalo samuo'e. 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 PBDS Io mare kasaksio'ot manganaai ameo nang di nanang ba nang Io-nangar, tapi urok'ng-urok'ng ano narimo kasaksioot'E. BSB BSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 PBDS Urok'ng nang narimo kasaksioot'E ngako'i sidi sasunguhe Allah ang'koo banar. BSB BSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 PBDS Sabab, urok'ng nang Allah nyuruh ma'o nyampeoto pakato'oto Allah karano Allah mareoto Roh nang ano tabatas. BSB BSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 PBDS Bapo kasih ka Anak lantas udoh nyarohot sagalo sasuatu ka doop kokot'E. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 PBDS Urok'ng nang picayo ka Anak namu'o idup nang kakal, tapi urok'ng nang ano taat ka Anak ano biso nanango ka idupot, malainkan bero Allah tatap ado ka-io." 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.”