1 PBK Ado seurang Farisi benamo Nikodemus. Enye adolah seurang pemempen bengeso Yahudi. BSB BSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 PBK Suatu malom, nye jongok kepodo Yesus ngan boek, “Rabi, kamie tahuko bahwa kowe adolah Guru nyo jongok jak Allah ulenyo hopi ado seurang pon nyo depot melakuko tando tando ajaib nyo kou lakuko, kecuali Allah ado besamonye.” 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 PBK Jawab Yesus kepodonye, sebonor bonornye Ake boek kepodome, munye seseurang hopi delaherko belek, nye hopi depot ngole kerajaon Allah.” BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 PBK Nikodemus betanyo, “Upamone mungken seseurang depot delaherko belek munye nye lah tuha? Depotkah enye masok lagi kedelom rahim indoknye ngan delaherko belek? 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 PBK Jawab Yesus kepodonye, “Sesonggohnye, Ake boek kepodome, munye seseurang delaherko jak aek ngan Roh, nye hopi depot masok kedelom kerajaon 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 PBK Ape nyo delaherko jak degeng adolah degeng, ngan ape nyo delaherko jak Roh adolah roh. BSB BSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 PBK Jengonlah heran ulenyo Ake boek ngan me, ‘kowe haros delaherko belek’, BSB BSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 PBK Angen betiop kemone pon nyo endok ngan kowe dongor pemboekonnye, hambok kowe hopi tahuko jak mone asalnye ngan kemone nyo larie. Upaiyelah jugo ngan setiap urang nyo delaherko jak 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 PBK Nikodemus betanyo, “Upamone mungken segelo hal iye tejedi?” BSB BSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 PBK Yesus menjawab, “Bukonkah kowe guru urang Israel, cuma kowe hopi mengerti segelo hal nie? BSB BSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 PBK Sebonor bonornye, Ake melabehko kepodome bahwa kami boek tentang upah nyo kami ketahui ngan bori kesaksion tentang ape nyo kami kole, hambok kowe hopi nerimo kesaksion 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 PBK Munye Ake memboritahume tentang hal hal deniawi bae kowe hopi pecayo, upah mone mungken kowe nak pecayo munye Ake memboritahume tentang hal hal sergawi? 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 PBK Hopi seurang pon perenah noek ke surga, kecuali Enye nyo lah toron jak surga, yaitu Anak Mendesio. BSB BSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 PBK Samo upah Musa noeko ulor tembaga de padang belantara, demikion jugo Anak Mendesio haros detinggalko, BSB BSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 PBK empok setiap urang nyo pecayo kepodo- Nye mendepotko hidop nyo kekal. BSB BSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
17 PBK Ulenyo Allah mengotos Anak-Nye kedelom denia bukon untok menghakemi denia, meloenko empok denia deselamatko melalui Anak-Nyo. BSB BSB: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 PBK Urang nyo pecayo kepodo-Nye hopi akan dehokom, hambok urang nyo hopi pecayo lah ado debewoh hokomon ulenyo enye hopi pecayo podo 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 PBK Nielah hokomon nye: Tarang lah jongok kedelom denia, cuma mendesio lobeh mengagomi kekolomon jak podo tarang ulenyo ape nyo mika lakuko 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 PBK Ulenyo setiap urang nyo bebuat jahat membenci tarang ngan hopi jongok jugo kepodo tarang iye empok perbuaton-perbuatonnye hopi deungket -ungket. 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 PBK Cuma hambok, urang nyo melakuko kebonoron jongok kepodo Tarang iye empoknyo deyatoko perbuaton-perbuatonnye iye delakukonye de delom Allah? Yohanes Besaksi tentang Yesus 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 PBK Sesodah iye, Yesus ngan para mured-Nye lari ke tanoh Yudea. De sane, Enye menghabesko waktu besamo mike ngan membaptes. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 PBK Yohanes jugo membaptes de Ainon parok Salim ulenyo ado lobot aek de sane. Urang-urang bejongokon ngan debaptes. 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 PBK Waktu iye, Yohanes bolom demasokko ke delom penjara. BSB BSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 PBK Ngan timbol perdebaton antaro beberape mured Yohanes ngan seurang Yahudi menganai penyucion. BSB BSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 PBK Mike menomui Yohanes ngan boek, “Guru, Urang nyo besamome de seberang Yordan, nyo tentang Enye kowe lah besaksi, Keleklah, Enye jugo membaptes ngan segelo urang jongok kepodo-Nye.” 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 PBK Yohanes nyimboti, “Mendesio hopi depot menerimo ape pon, kecuali hal iye deboriko kepodonye deri surga. BSB BSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 PBK Kou dewek depot membori kesaksion bahwa ake pernah boek, ‘Ake bukon Mesias,’ cuma ake deutus untok mendehului-Nye. BSB BSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 PBK Urang nyo nuhani mempelai betina adolah mempelai jenton hambok dolor mempelai jenton, nyo togok ngan dongorkonye, sajo besukacita mendongor suaro mempelai jenton. Jedi, sukacitake nie lah dejediko ponoh. 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 PBK Enye haros semaken godong ngan ake haros semaken kecik.” BSB BSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31 PBK “Enye nyo jongok deri pocok adolah de pocok segelonye, Enye nyo beasal deri denia adolah jak denia ngan boek tentang hal-hal nyo ado de denia. Enye nyo jongok deri surga adolah de pucok segelo 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 PBK Enye membori kesaksion tentang ape nyo dekelek ngan dedongor-Nye, cuma urang-urang hopi menerimo kesaksion-Nye. BSB BSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 PBK Urang nyo menerimo kesaksion-Nye mengakui ngan sungguh bahwa Allah iye bonor. BSB BSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 PBK Sabab, urang nyo deutos Allah nak menyampoiko perkataon Allah ulenyo Allah memboriko Roh nyo hopi tebatas. BSB BSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 PBK Bepa mengasehi Anak ngan lah menyerahko segelo sesuatu ke delom tangon-Nye. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 PBK Urang nyo pecayo kepodo Anak menuhani hidop nyo kekal, hambok urang nyo hopi menaati Anak hopi nak ngelek kehidopon, meloenko murka Allah tetap ado podonye.” 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.”