1 PBT Detero mbei nena eido Nikodemus, ne Yahudi kena betena mena. BSB BSB: Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 PBT Denembei ne wari yei kote meyowe neperena eriyowe, kiri-kirina, denimeyanene we kiri-kirina mang wari kenare miyena nemane detero si wena kembari poi meko yena nena tena mekoipai, nemane Mang Wari nembre nembrenate. 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 PBT Wari yeineteate sauke, "De nou terena ate sena ware, nepere detero nekou tena senoipainya, ne Mang Walri kena derepo itipai." BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
4 PBT Nikodemus simiyone, "Beyamane detelro te nekoute seno naye ne dasinate urupuko? Nemane ne nenang kena semiyene nentenonde nepelre nekoute senonde?" 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 PBT Walri yei ate sauke, "Terepere tere, De wete senaware, nemane detelro mbei-mbei bu plre aru mro-mro re senoipainya, ne Mang Walri kena diyatena ipai. 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 PBT Beyasa eu endung, nepelre beyasa aru mro-mro re songkayena nena aru mro-mro. BSB BSB: Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
7 PBT We kembeng tena bitipainya de da ate senaware, 'We meterena nekoite senoimerena.' BSB BSB: Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
8 PBT Aru sepronuna mepetena nenei kenare nepelre we kurung mote betawe, nemane we nimeipai ne memena noruna nepelre memena noute ne ende. Nemane derati detelro mbei-mbei aru kena kembari karore senayena." 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 PBT Nikodemus simiyonu, "Beyamane ne meterena mekombonde?" BSB BSB: “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 PBT Walri yei sane younu, "Ambai we Israel kena kiri-kiri na we da atena metrena we nimeipai? BSB BSB: “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
11 PBT Nou terena, De wete senaware nepelre de nimeyane ne ate nepe senanemere, nepelre na a senanemerena dena dou nepe tanene, nepelre na dena a erandena we nena tena yatipai. 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 PBT De wete da kera sero tenowena ate santemerena we nena tena terepere eripai? 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 PBT Detelro si mena burate Walri yo te dekayo tena mena ipai, nemane nembeimo burare walri yore meyowena, nenape detero yei. BSB BSB: No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 PBT Ne mane Musa ware tembaga te paukura nerone burane mekombukona mane, nemane detero Yei yare tere wauwende, BSB BSB: Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 PBT nepelre detero mbei-mbei-nete terepere te erenaipondena ne walri sena te yate nayena. BSB BSB: that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
17 PBT Mang Walri nenei Yei te dakaro te tiyeikuko da kera tenowena nenate ate tiyendena nemna pe ambai, nemane yei kena warore da kera tenowena te tero meropone. BSB BSB: For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
18 PBT Detelro nete terepere eraipukona ne tena peko tena mikoipaiya, nemane detero nete terepere eripainya nete nate pekope derete nepe. Nemane ne Mang Walri Kena Yei yumbeite terepere eripai. 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 PBT Dana sete tuwanai nerena kiya nepe dayo burate meyowe, nepelre detero nekote kenate deraine nepe kiyate baite seraye nemane kembari mekayena peko. 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 PBT Nepelre detero pekotemekayena poitena kirite deraine nepere kiya kotena mipai nemane nena peko tena buratena kensipai. 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 PBT Nemane derati, detelro poite mekayena kiya kote nepe maye nepelre nena kembari mekayena Mang Walri kena bekoune. 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 PBT Nemane, Walri yei nenei oto noupere Yudea kani pote yaye, dipene, neyate tiki tapyko nepelre bute keroyaime. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
23 PBT Yohanis derati butekeroyoumu ainon yone salim kanopone nemane di pena bu dopere. Detelro dopere miyaye nete bute keroyomu. 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 PBT Ne ya pona, Yohanis ongko mie detelro pe tiyaimena neyena ne tenoipai. BSB BSB: (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 PBT Nepelre na, Yohanis kena ototouna plre Yahudi detelro mbei plre a mane dupuko mro-mro karo tena te. BSB BSB: Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
26 PBT Meterena Yohanes te tupe yekainere nepelre saneyaine, "Kiri kiri na, Detelro wembelre nembei Yordan buyene, netenate We sani yeme, tembe, Ne derati bute keroumu nepelre meterena detero nekoute miyaye." 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 PBT Yohanis sauke, "Detelro saisasi mena dowipai, nemane sa tena pe Wari diare inainere. BSB BSB: John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
28 PBT We meterena nepe eriyawe nemane de nepe sani yamare, 'We wapensimbe de Mesias,' dete tiyeikuko memete miyare. BSB BSB: You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
29 PBT Detelro, yei milre plre na nenape ne yei dopere nemane do yau esu tepemde bitikeite betondena kari dopere nena aerendena. Nepelre detena kari konaiyena kemenbonde. 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 PBT Neburate end nepelre de nemeye ate motinuwei mane." BSB BSB: He must increase; I must decrease.
31 PBT "Ne burare meyowe na nena meterena burare, some dayo burane dayo burare na nepre nena a meterena, dayo na ate meterena. Ne wariyore dekayorena sasasi meterena nena burane. 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 PBT Nena a erendena ne tembuko nepelre nebetopuko, nepelre detelro nena a eriyowe na nena tena dowipai. BSB BSB: He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
33 PBT Sime nena arndenate betonayena nemane terepere Mang Walri te eraipone. BSB BSB: Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 PBT Nepelre na, Mang Walri tiyeikukona detelro ne Mang Walri kena ate nepe sanemu nemane Mang Walri aru yatumena kaso-kaso plre. BSB BSB: For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
35 PBT Memai Yei tena bise derenu nepelre meterena sasasi nena me burate. BSB BSB: The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
36 PBT Detelro Yei kena ate betoipainya ne nou poi itipai, nemane Mang Walri kena poi ne tena ambai." 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.”