1 PBL Naan erai ulun Farisi aran ye Nikodemus. Da ye erai ulun pemimpin bangsa Yahudi. BSB BSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 PBL Suang olo malem, Da sulet tong Yesus ali ngulek, Rabi, kain ketoan leka Ko ye na ulek Guru ye sulet ke Allah leka eloh erai ulun ye tau ngene tanda-tanda ajaib ye Ko nget ye apu na ene, aka sa Allah naan sendro Ko." 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 PBL Yesus ngejawab dali, "Sebene-bene ye Ab ngulek tong ko, aka sa Allah naan sendro ko, aka erai ulun sa mulik na beloos da beloh mahan kite 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 PBL Nikodemus nyituk, "Nget me elen erai ulun tau na belolos mulik aka da apu tuha?Mahan lah da masuk eso muliktong suang butung ne da uli iro na belolos eso?" 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 PBL Yesus ngejawab, "Nget ye Ab ngulek tong ko, erai ulun ye sa na belolos ke danum ali Roh, da eloh mahan masuk tong suang 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 PBL Se ye na belolos ke denia ye lah denia ali se ye na belolos ke Roh yelah roh. BSB BSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 PBL Ya ko kewauh leka Ab ngulek tong ko, 'Ko harus na belolos mulik. BSB BSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 PBL Enus begarak tong kame da kakan ali ko keringa engan ye, et ko saketoan keme sulet ye ali tong kame da sagar tulak. Ngero ade setiap ulun ye na belolos ke 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 PBL Nikodemus ngituk, nget me leen kawus hal iro jaji?" BSB BSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 PBL Yesus ngejawab, sa sih ko guru ulun Israel, nget ko sa ketaru kawus hal iro? BSB BSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 PBL Sebene-bene ye, Ab ngulek tong ko leka kain bepander nget se ye kain ketoan alo ngokoi kesaksian nget se ye apu kain kite, et ko sa nerima kesaksian kain. 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 PBL Aka Ab ngulek tong ko nget hal-hal duniawi aa ko sa percaya, nget me ko tau percaya aka Ab ngulek tong ko nget hal-hal sorgawi? 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 PBL Beloh erai ulun ye mo malan tong surga, je Da ye apu pini dolui ke surga ye iro Tia Meresia. BSB BSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 PBL Sama nget Musa pekengket nepe tembaga te suang alas nget ro ade Tia Meresia harus na ene mo. BSB BSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 PBL Dian kawus ulun ye percaya tong Da mahan bolum ye kekal. BSB BSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
17 PBL Leka Allah nyiu Tia Da tong suang dunia sa dian menghakimi dunia, je dian dunia na selamat lalo Tia Da. BSB BSB: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 PBL Ulun ye percaya tong Da sa sagar nehukum, et ulun ye sa percaya apu nondo te wa hukuman leka da ye percaya tong aran Tia panyepu 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 PBL Ihe hukum iro: Maa apu sulet tong suang dunia, nget meresia lewi kakan tedendem ke ye maa leka se ye na ene dali ye iro daat sompoi. 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 PBL Leka senu ulun ye ngene sompoi, sa Maa ali sa sulet ade tong Maa iro dian pengkoe-pengkoe da na surah-surah. 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 PBL Nget iro ulun ye ngene ye buen sulet tong Maa iro dian na petendre pengkoe-pengkoe da iro na ene da te suang 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 PBL Uli iro, Yesus ali kawan murid Da tulak tong tana Yudea. Te biduh, Da mengkawus olo melem sendro dali, membaptis. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 PBL Yohanes siut membaptis Ainon dani Salim leka naan danum tebiduh. Ulun-ulun deo sulet kaweng na 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 PBL Kede iro, Yohanes malem masuk tong suang penjara. BSB BSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 PBL Kede, iro dali rawek besual jawab ali sasenu murid Yohanes ali erai ulun Yahudi nget leen penyucian. BSB BSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 PBL Dali nyeruku Yohanes ngulek, "Guru, ulun ye sendro ko te pai Yordan, ye nget Da ko apu besaksi, teneng, Da ade membaptis ali kawus ulun sulet tong Da." 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 PBL Yohanes ngejawab, "Meresia beloh tau nerima se lei, je aka hal iro na okoi tong da ke surga. BSB BSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 PBL Ko gegales ahan ngokoi kesaksian nget ye ab pini ngulek; Ab sa Mesias, je ab na utus dian une ke Da. BSB BSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 PBL Ulun ye tempun penganten bawe ye lah penganten upo, et uyang penganten upo, ye jakat ali ngeringga da, ye ego keringga engan penganten upo. Jaji, ka ego ab apu 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 PBL Da harus besolai, ali ab harus beidis." BSB BSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31 PBL "Da ye sulet ke mo ye lah te mo ke kawus ye, Da ye sulet ke dunia ye lah ke dunia ali ngulek nget hal-hal ye naan te dunia. Da ye sulet ke surga ye lah te mo lewi ke ye naan. 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 PBL Da ye ngokoi kesaksian nget ye na teneng ali ye na dingga Da, je ulun-ulun sa nerima kesaksian Da. BSB BSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 PBL Ulun ye nerima kesaksian Da percaya ali bene nge Allah iro bujur bene. BSB BSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 PBL Leka ulun ye na utus Allah sagar pekempe pander Allah leka Allah ngakoi Roh ye sa bebatas. BSB BSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 PBL Ma sayang Tia ali apu nyarah uras ye tong suang kami-Da. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 PBL Ulun ye percaya tong Tia tempun bolum ye kekal, et ulun ye sa taat Tia sa sagar kite pemulum, melainkan murka Allah naan suang da." 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.”