1 PBL Ghai naata Farisi ngarana Nikodemusa. Nia dona naata kapala bangsa Yahudi. BSB BSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 PBL Neiya gedde, nia na mai barrana Yesu monno napaneghe, "Rabi, zamme mapaddege bahwa Ghou dona Guru a mai walina Mori orona badai pongngu iya ata a paddege barawidi tada-tada ajaibpa ne Ghou parawimu, wattena Mori ghai pazamadangngani." 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 Walewe Yesu barrana, "Ghinna takka pongnguna Zauwa paneghe barramu, niaka naata ba dappa padadi balikoza, nia dana kolekige Kerajaanna Mori." BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 PBL Nikodemusa namatua, "Peina banamungkinnawe naiya ata bapadadi balini baka nia bana kaweda bako? Bisadommokadowe nia bana tama bali ne bebe dana inna monno nadadi bali?" 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 Walewe Yesu barrana, "Ghinnatakkana, Zauwa kupaneghe barramu, niaka naata badappa dadiko wali wee monno Roh, nia dana tama baki ne Kerajaanna Mori. 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 Appa nepadadi wali kanaa niadowe kanaa, monno appa ne papadadi wali Roh niadowe roh. BSB BSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 PBL Ammana pamangaddalla orona Zauwa baku tekkiwe barramu, 'Yemmi harusa bapakedde balimi.' BSB BSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 PBL Paringngi namapoghi ba ge ninia nia bana nau onno yemmi trengngewe punnina, takka yemmi di paddekige ba ge wali nia monno ba ge niniani bana kako. Ghinna kaina na ngara ata ne papadadida wali 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 Nikodemusa namatua, "Peighainawe banamunkinnawe ngarkua hal bana marawiwe?" BSB BSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 PBL Yesu nawalewe, "Indayemmiki guruda ata Israella, takka yemmi di padde ngakuakige hal neghe? BSB BSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 PBL Ghinnatakka pongnguna, Zauwa kutekkiwe barramu bahwa zamme mapaneghe ragu appa ne zamme papadde monno paya kesaksianna tagu appa ne zamme paeta, takka yemmi di deibakiwe kesaksiannama zamme. 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 Niaka Zauwa baku tekkigowe taguna hal-hal ponnutanah niakidowe yemmi di waige, peigahinawe banamungkinnanawe yemmi ba waige niaka Zauwa tekkiguwe taguna hal-hala 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 PBL Dai pongnguki iya ata penne surgadana, wattena Nia a burru ba wali surgadana, niadona Ana Atapia. BSB BSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 PBL Zama ghinnana Musa apapenni nippe tembaga ne maradda kikappadana, ghinna kaina Ana Atapia harusa bakeketaza, BSB BSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 PBL gai ngara ata waige barrana-Nia nakolena moripa a kekalla. BSB BSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
17 PBL Orona Mori bana patukani Ana-Na ne ponnutanah inda tagukinawe bana hakimiwe ponnutanah, melainkan gai ponnutanah kapassalamatawe melalui Anan-Na. 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 Ata waige barra-Na ba da hukumma kidi, takka ata da waige nee bani ne kabu hukumanna oroba nia dana waige ne ngarana Anai Kanuana Mori. 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 Neghe niabawe hukumanna ne: Mangewala na maibawe ne ponnutanah, takka atapia na louka pabeige kapattana walibarra mangewala orona appa ne parawida niadowe bokala. 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 Orona ngara ata a padawe bokala nabuttuge Mangewala monno dana mai kaiki barra Mangewala ne gai parawi-parawina dana makeke-keketakiwe. 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 Ba ka, ata a rawige dua namai barra Mangewala ne gai kapaetage parai-parawina ne kana rawige ne barrana Mori," 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 Nebaba ne, Yesu monno murid-murid-Na kako ne tanah Yudea. Ne nee, nia napa bage rapa pazamadangngadi ghidda monno babaptisa. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 PBL Yohanesa kaina na baptisa ne Ainon barra Salim orona ghai wee mangeda ne nee. Ata-ata mangeda mai monno abaptisazi. 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 Rapa ne, Yohanesa dappa patamakipuni nee dana golludana. BSB BSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 PBL Monno, Nakeddebawe bapabalena barra pirra murid Yohanesa monno na ata Yahudi taguna penyucianna. BSB BSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 PBL Ghidda kakoni Yohanesa monno paneghe, "Guru, Ata pazamadangngagu ne bali Yordanna, ne taguna Nia ghou mubersaksi ba, etaza, Nia kaina nabaptisa monno ngarakua ata mai barra-Na." 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 Yohanesa nawalewe, "Atapaia dana bisa banadeibawe lakka appawe, watte hal neghe bayawe barrana wali surgadana. BSB BSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 PBL Yemmi douna bisa biyawe kesaksianna bahwa zauwa pernah paneghe, 'Zauwa inda Mesiaskiga,' takka zauwa patukaga taguna baku ulluni-Nia. BSB BSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 PBL Ata ghaina mempelai maghinne niadona mempelai kabani-kabani; takka sahabata mempelai kabani-kabani, a dede monno rengngeza, na bersukacita takka bana rengnge lii mempelai kaban-kabani. 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 Niaka, sukacitagu kaladage monno zauwa harusa semakinna kiina." BSB BSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31 PBL "Nia a mai wali togona niadona neena togona ngarakuana, Nia walina wali ponnuntanah niadona wali ponnutanah monno paneghe taguna hal-hal a neena ne ponnutanah. Nia mai wali surgadana niadona ne ponnuna ngara kuanawe. 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 Nia naya kesaksianna tagu appawe nepaeta monno arengngeza-Nia, takka ata-ata da deibakiwe kesaksiannn-Nia. BSB BSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 PBL Ata deibawe kesaksianna-Nia akuiwe waige ghinnana bahwa Mori na dua. BSB BSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 PBL Sebab, ata papatukana Mori ba napadukkige patekkina Mori orona Mori banaya Roh ne dai batasnawe. BSB BSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 PBL Ama namanawwarana Ana monno a ya ba ngar kuanawe nee limma dana-Na. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 PBL Ata a waige barrana Ana ghaige moripa a kekalla, takka ata da dekuni Ana ba danna etaki moripa, melainkan murkana Mori enga ghaige barrana." 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.”