¹And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews,

¹Aga variseride hulgas oli inimene nimega Nikodeemos, üks juutide ülemaid.

²this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come — a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.`

²Ta tuli ühel ööl Jeesuse juurde ja ütles talle: 'Rabi, me teame, et sa oled Jumala juurest tulnud Õpetaja, sest keegi ei suudaks teha neid tunnustähti, mida sina teed, kui temaga ei oleks Jumal.'

³Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;`

³Jeesus vastas talle: 'Tõesti, tõesti, ma ütlen sulle, kes ei sünni ülalt, ei või näha Jumala riiki.'

⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?`

⁴Nikodeemos ütles talle: 'Kuidas saab inimene sündida, kui ta on vana? Ega ta saa ju minna tagasi oma ema üska ja teist korda sündida?'

⁵Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

⁵Jeesus vastas: 'Tõesti, tõesti, ma ütlen sulle, kes ei sünni veest ja Vaimust, ei saa minna Jumala riiki.

⁶that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁶Lihast sündinu on liha, ja Vaimust sündinu on vaim.

⁷`Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;

⁷Ära imesta, et ma sulle ütlen: Te peate sündima ülalt!

⁸the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.`

⁸Tuul puhub, kuhu ta tahab, ja sa kuuled ta häält, kuid ei tea, kust ta tuleb ja kuhu läheb. Niisamuti on kõigiga, kes on sündinud Vaimust.'

⁹Nicodemus answered and said to him, `How are these things able to happen?`

⁹Nikodeemos kostis: 'Kuidas see on võimalik?'

¹⁰Jesus answered and said to him, `Thou art the teacher of Israel — and these things thou dost not know!

¹⁰Jeesus vastas talle: 'Sina oled Iisraeli õpetaja, ja ei tea seda?

¹¹`Verily, verily, I say to thee — What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

¹¹Tõesti, tõesti, ma ütlen sulle, meie räägime, mida teame, ja tunnistame, mida oleme näinud, ja ometi ei võta teie meie tunnistust vastu.

¹²if the earthly things I said to you, and ye do not believe, how, if I shall say to you the heavenly things, will ye believe?

¹²Te ei usu mind juba siis, kui ma räägin maistest asjadest, kuidas te usuksite siis, kui ma teile räägiksin taevaseid asju?'

¹³and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down — the Son of Man who is in the heaven.

¹³Ja ometi ei ole keegi läinud üles taevasse peale Inimese Poja, kes on tulnud taevast alla.

¹⁴`And as Moses did lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so it behoveth the Son of Man to be lifted up,

¹⁴Ja nõnda nagu Mooses ülendas kõrbes vaskmao, nõnda peab ülendatama Inimese Poeg,

¹⁵that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during,

¹⁵et igaühel, kes usub, oleks temas igavene elu.

¹⁶for God did so love the world, that His Son — the only begotten — He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

¹⁶Sest nõnda on Jumal maailma armastanud, et ta oma ainusündinud Poja on andnud, et ükski, kes temasse usub, ei hukkuks, vaid et tal oleks igavene elu.

¹⁷For God did not send His Son to the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him;

¹⁷Jumal ei ole ju läkitanud oma Poega maailma, et ta kohut mõistaks maailma üle, vaid et maailm tema läbi päästetaks.

¹⁸he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

¹⁸Kes temasse usub, selle üle ei mõisteta kohut, ja kes ei usu, selle üle on kohus juba mõistetud, sest ta ei ole uskunud Jumala ainusündinud Poja nimesse.

¹⁹`And this is the judgment, that the light hath come to the world, and men did love the darkness rather than the light, for their works were evil;

¹⁹Ent kohus on see, et valgus on tulnud maailma, aga inimesed on armastanud pimedust enam kui valgust, sest nende teod on kurjad.

²⁰for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;

²⁰Igaüks, kes teeb halba, vihkab valgust ega tule valguse juurde, et ta tegusid ei paljastataks.

²¹but he who is doing the truth doth come to the light, that his works may be manifested, that in God they are having been wrought.`

²¹Aga kes teeb tõtt, see tuleb valguse juurde, et ta teod saaksid avalikuks, sest need on tehtud Jumalas.

²²After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;

²²Pärast seda läks Jeesus oma jüngritega Juudamaale; ta viibis seal koos nendega ja ristis.

²³and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized —

²³Ka Johannes oli Ainonis Salimi lähedal, sest seal oli palju vett, ja inimesed tulid sinna ja lasksid end ristida;

²⁴for John was not yet cast into the prison —

²⁴sest Johannest ei olnud veel vangi heidetud.

²⁵there arose then a question from the disciples of John with [some] Jews about purifying,

²⁵Siis hakkasid Johannese jüngrid ühe juudiga puhastamiste üle vaidlema.

²⁶and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.`

²⁶Ja nad tulid Johannese juurde ja ütlesid talle: 'Rabi! See, kes oli sinuga sealpool Jordanit ja kellest sa tunnistasid, vaata, ka see ristib ja kõik lähevad tema juurde.'

²⁷John answered and said, `A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

²⁷Johannes kostis: 'Keegi ei suuda võtta midagi, kui see ei ole temale antud taevast.

²⁸ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

²⁸Teie ise olete mu tunnistajad, et ma ütlesin, mina ei ole Messias, vaid ainult tema eele läkitatu.

²⁹he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.

²⁹Kellel on mõrsja, see on peigmees. Peigmehe sõber seisab aga kõrval ja kuulab teda ning on väga rõõmus peigmehe hääle üle. Nii on nüüd ka minu rõõm saanud täielikuks.

³⁰`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

³⁰Tema peab kasvama, aga mina pean kahanema.'

³¹he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.

³¹Kes tuleb ülalt, on üle kõikide. Kes on maast, on maast ja räägib maast. Kes tuleb taevast, on üle kõikide.

³²`And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;

³²Tema tunnistab seda, mida on näinud ja kuulnud, ja ometi ei võta keegi tema tunnistust vastu.

³³he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;

³³Tema tunnistuse vastuvõtmine tähendab pitseriga kinnitamist, et Jumal on tõeline.

³⁴for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;

³⁴Jah, see, kelle Jumal on läkitanud, räägib Jumala sõnu; Jumal ei anna ju Vaimu mõõdu järgi.

³⁵the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;

³⁵Isa armastab Poega ja on andnud tema kätte kõik.

³⁶he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.`

³⁶Kes usub Pojasse, sellel on igavene elu, aga kes ei kuula Poja sõna, see ei näe elu, vaid tema peale jääb Jumala viha.