¹There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

¹Bil pa je človek med farizeji, Nikodem po imenu, poglavar Judov.

²The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

²Ta pride k Jezusu po noči in mu reče: Rabi! vemo, da si od Boga prišel kot učenik; zakaj nihče ne more delati teh znamenj, ki jih ti delaš, če Bog ni ž njim.

³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

³Jezus odgovori in mu reče: Resnično, resnično ti pravim: Če se kdo na novo ne rodi, ne more videti kraljestva Božjega.

⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

⁴Reče mu Nikodem: Kako se more človek roditi, ko je star? Ali more drugič iti v telo matere svoje in se roditi?

⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

⁵Jezus odgovori: Resnično, resnično ti pravim: Če se kdo ne rodi iz vode in Duha, ne more priti v kraljestvo Božje.

⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁶Kar se je rodilo iz mesa, je meso, in kar se je rodilo iz Duha, je duh.

⁷Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

⁷Ne čudi se, da sem ti rekel: Treba se vam je na novo roditi.

⁸The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

⁸Veter veje, kjer hoče, in glas njegov slišiš, pa ne veš, odkod prihaja in kam gre: tako je z vsakim, ki je rojen iz Duha.

⁹Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

⁹Nikodem odgovori in mu reče: Kako se more to zgoditi?

¹⁰Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

¹⁰Jezus pa odgovori in mu reče: Ti si učenik Izraelov, in tega ne veš?

¹¹Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

¹¹Resnično, resnično ti pravim: Kar vemo, govorimo, in kar smo videli, pričamo, ali pričevanja našega ne sprejemate.

¹²If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

¹²Če vam pravim pozemeljske reči, in ne verujete, kako boste verovali, če vam bom pravil nebeške?

¹³And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

¹³In nihče ni stopil v nebesa, razen kdor je prišel iz nebes, Sin človekov, ki je v nebesih.

¹⁴And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

¹⁴In kakor je Mojzes povišal kačo v puščavi, tako mora biti povišan Sin človekov,

¹⁵That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

¹⁵da se ne pogubi, kdorkoli veruje vanj, temuč da ima večno življenje.

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁶Kajti tako je Bog ljubil svet, da je dal Sina svojega edinorojenega, da se ne pogubi, kdorkoli veruje vanj, temuč da ima večno življenje.

¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

¹⁷Bog namreč ni poslal Sina svojega na svet, da bi svet sodil, marveč da se svet zveliča po njem.

¹⁸He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

¹⁸Kdor veruje vanj, ne bo sojen; kdor ne veruje, je že obsojen, ker ni veroval v ime edinorojenega Sina Božjega.

¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

¹⁹Sodba je pa to, da je luč prišla na svet, ali ljudje so bolj ljubili temo nego luč: zakaj njih dela so bila hudobna.

²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

²⁰Vsak namreč, kdor dela hudobno, sovraži luč in ne hodi k luči, da se ne karajo dela njegova;

²¹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

²¹kdor pa dela resnico, hodi k luči, da se razodenejo dela njegova, ker so v Bogu storjena.

²²After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

²²Potem pride Jezus in učenci njegovi v Judejsko deželo, in tu prebiva ž njimi in krščuje.

²³And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

²³Krščeval je pa tudi Janez v Enonu blizu Salima, ker je bilo tam mnogo vode, in ljudje so prihajali in se dali krstiti.

²⁴For John was not yet cast into prison.

²⁴Janez namreč še ni bil vržen v ječo.

²⁵Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

²⁵Nastane torej prepir med učenci Janezovimi in nekim Judom o očiščevanju.

²⁶And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

²⁶In pridejo k Janezu in mu reko: Rabi! ta, ki je bil s teboj onkraj Jordana, ki si zanj ti pričal, glej, ta krščuje in vsi gredo k njemu.

²⁷John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

²⁷Janez odgovori in reče: Človek ne more ničesar vzeti, če mu ni dano iz nebes.

²⁸Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

²⁸Vi sami ste mi priče, da sem rekel: Jaz nisem Kristus, ali poslan sem pred njim.

²⁹He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

²⁹Kdor ima nevesto, je ženin; prijatelj pa ženinov, ki stoji in ga posluša, se srčno veseli glasu ženinovega. To veselje moje je torej dopolnjeno.

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.

³⁰On mora rasti, jaz pa se manjšati.

³¹He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

³¹Kdor prihaja od zgoraj, ta je nad vsemi. Kdor je iz zemlje, je pozemski in govori zemske reči. Kdor je prišel iz nebes, ta je nad vsemi,

³²And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.

³²in kar je videl in slišal, to priča: a njegovega pričevanja nihče ne sprejema.

³³He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.

³³Kdor je sprejel njegovo pričevanje, je potrdil, da je Bog resničen.

³⁴For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.

³⁴Kajti ta, ki ga je poslal Bog, govori besede Božje: zakaj njemu Bog ne daje Duha na mero.

³⁵The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

³⁵Oče ljubi sina, in vse mu je dal v roko.Kdor veruje v Sina, ima večno življenje; a kdor je neveren Sinu, ne bo videl življenja, ampak jeza Božja ostane na njem.

³⁶He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

³⁶Kdor veruje v Sina, ima večno življenje; a kdor je neveren Sinu, ne bo videl življenja, ampak jeza Božja ostane na njem.