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

¹A bol istý človek z farizeov, ktorému bolo meno Nikodém, židovské knieža.

²the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.

²Ten prišiel k Ježišovi vnoci a povedal mu: Rabbi, vieme, že si prišiel od Boha jako učiteľ, lebo nikto nemôže činiť divy, ktoré ty činíš, keby nebol s ním Bôh.

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

³A Ježiš odpovedal a riekol mu: Ameň, ameň ti hovorím. Ak sa niekto nenarodí znova, nemôže vidieť kráľovstvo Božie.

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

⁴A Nikodém mu povedal: Ako sa môže narodiť človek, keď je starý? Či azda môže po druhé vojsť do života svojej matky a narodiť sa?

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

⁵Ježiš mu odpovedal: Ameň, ameň ti hovorím, že ak sa niekto nenarodí z vody a z Ducha, nemôže vojsť do kráľovstva Božieho.

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

⁶Čo sa narodilo z tela, je telo, a čo sa narodilo z Ducha, je Duch.

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

⁷Nediv sa, že som ti povedal: Musíte sa narodiť znova.

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

⁸Vietor, kam chce, tam veje, a čuješ jeho zvuk, ale nevieš, odkiaľ prichádza a kam ide; tak je to s každým, kto sa narodil z Ducha.

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

⁹A Nikodém odpovedal a riekol mu: Jako sa to môže stať?

¹⁰Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?

¹⁰Ježiš odpovedal a riekol mu: Veď si ty učiteľ Izraelov a toho nevieš?

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

¹¹Ameň, ameň ti hovorím, že čo vieme, hovoríme, a čo sme videli, svedčíme, ale neprijímate nášho svedoctva.

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

¹²Ak som vám povedal zemské veci, a neveríte, jako potom, ak vám poviem nebeské, uveríte?!

¹³And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is in heaven.

¹³A nikto nevstúpil hore do neba, iba ten, ktorý sostúpil z neba - Syn človeka, ktorý je v nebi.

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

¹⁴A jako Mojžiš povýšil hada na púšti, tak musí byť povýšený Syn človeka,

¹⁵that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

¹⁵aby nikto, kto verí v neho, nezahynul, ale mal večný život.

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

¹⁶Lebo tak miloval Bôh svet, že svojho jednorodeného Syna dal, aby nikto, kto verí v neho, nezahynul, ale mal večný život.

¹⁷For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

¹⁷Lebo neposlal Bôh na svet svojho Syna, aby súdil svet, ale aby bol svet spasený skrze neho.

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

¹⁸Kto verí v neho, nebude odsúdený, ale ten, kto neverí, už je odsúdený, lebo neuveril v meno jednorodeného Syna Božieho.

¹⁹And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

¹⁹A to je ten súd, že svetlo prišlo na svet, ale ľudia viacej milovali tmu ako svetlo, lebo ich skutky boli zlé.

²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

²⁰Lebo každý, kto robí zlé, nenávidí svetlo a nejde k svetlu, aby neboly trestané jeho skutky.

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

²¹Ale ten, kto činí pravdu, ide k svetlu, aby boly zjavené jeho skutky, že sú vykonané v Bohu.

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

²²Potom prišiel Ježiš i jeho učeníci do Judskej zeme a tam sa zdržoval s nimi a krstil.

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

²³A krstil i Ján v Énone, blízko Sálema, lebo tam boly mnohé vody, a prichádzali ta a krstili sa.

²⁴For John was not yet cast into prison.

²⁴Lebo Ján nebol ešte hodený do žalára.

²⁵There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.

²⁵Vtedy povstal spor medzi niektorými z učeníkov Jánových so Židmi o očisťovanie.

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

²⁶A prišli k Jánovi a povedali mu: Rabbi, ten, ktorý bol s tebou za Jordánom, ktorému si ty vydal svedoctvo, hľa, on krstí, a všetci idú k nemu.

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

²⁷Ján odpovedal a riekol: Človek nemôže nič vziať, keby mu nebolo dané z neba.

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

²⁸Vy mi sami svedčíte, že som povedal: Ja nie som Kristus, ale že som poslaný pred ním.

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

²⁹Ten, ktorý má nevestu, je ženích, a priateľ ženíchov, ktorý tam stojí a čuje ho, veľmi sa raduje pre hlas ženícha. Nuž táto moja radosť sa splnila.

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.

³⁰On musí rásť a ja sa menšiť.

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

³¹Ten, ktorý prichádza s hora, je nad všetkých. Kto je zo zeme, je zo zeme a hovorí zo zeme; ten, ktorý prichádza z neba, je nad všetkých,

³²What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.

³²a čo videl a počul, to svedčí, ale nikto neprijíma jeho svedoctva.

³³He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to [this], that God is true.

³³Kto prijal jeho svedoctvo, ten spečatil, že Bôh je pravdivý.

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

³⁴Lebo ten, ktorého poslal Bôh, hovorí slová Božie; lebo nie z miery dáva Bôh Ducha.

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

³⁵Otec miluje Syna a dal všetko do jeho ruky.

³⁶He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

³⁶Kto verí v Syna, má večný život; ale kto nie je vo viere poslušný Synovi, neuzrie života, ale hnev Boží zostáva na ňom.