¹Bez' e oa un den, e-touez ar farizianed, anvet Nikodem, unan eus re vras ar Yuzevien.

¹But there was a man from among the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;

²Hemañ a zeuas, e-pad an noz, da gavout Jezuz hag a lavaras dezhañ: Mestr, ni a oar out un doktor deuet a-berzh Doue, rak den ne c'hell ober ar mirakloù-se a rez, nemet Doue a vefe gantañ.

²he came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God, for none can do these signs that thou doest unless God be with him.

³Jezuz a respontas dezhañ: E gwirionez, e gwirionez, me a lavar dit, ma ne vez ket ganet un den a-nevez, ne c'hell ket gwelout rouantelezh Doue.

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

⁴Nikodem a lavaras dezhañ: Penaos e c'hell un den bezañ ganet pa'z eo kozh? Hag eñ a c'hell distreiñ e kof e vamm, ha bezañ ganet un eil gwech?

⁴Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?

⁵Jezuz a respontas: E gwirionez, e gwirionez, me a lavar dit, ma ne vez ket un den ganet a zour hag a Spered, ne c'hell ket mont e rouantelezh Doue.

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

⁶Ar pezh a zo ganet eus ar c'hig, a zo kig, hag ar pezh a zo ganet eus ar Spered, a zo spered.

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

⁷Na vez ket souezhet eus ar pezh am eus lavaret dit: Ret eo ma viot ganet a-nevez.

⁷Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that *ye* should be born anew.

⁸An avel a c'hwezh e-lec'h ma kar, hag e klevez an trouz; met n'ouzout ket nag a-belec'h e teu, na pelec'h ez a. Evel-se e c'hoarvez gant pep den a zo ganet eus ar Spered.

⁸The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it comes and where it goes: thus is every one that is born of the Spirit.

⁹Nikodem a lavaras dezhañ: Penaos e c'hell an traoù-se en em ober?

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

¹⁰Jezuz a respontas dezhañ: Te a zo doktor Israel, ha n'ouzout ket an traoù-se?

¹⁰Jesus answered and said to him, Thou art the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things!

¹¹E gwirionez, e gwirionez, me a lavar dit: ni a lavar ar pezh a ouzomp, hag e roomp testeni eus ar pezh hon eus gwelet, met ne zegemerit ket hon testeni.

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

¹²Ma ne gredit ket pa em eus komzet deoc'h eus traoù douarel, penaos e kredot pa gomzin deoc'h eus traoù neñvel?

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

¹³Den n'eo pignet en neñv, nemet an hini a zo diskennet eus an neñv, Mab an den [a zo en neñv].

¹³And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

¹⁴Hag evel ma savas Moizez an naer el lec'h distro, evel-se eo ret e vo savet Mab an den,

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

¹⁵evit [na vo ket kollet] piv bennak a gred ennañ, [met ma] en devo ar vuhez peurbadus.

¹⁵that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.

¹⁶Rak kement en deus Doue karet ar bed, m'en deus roet e Vab nemetañ, evit na vo ket kollet piv bennak a gred ennañ, met m'en devo ar vuhez peurbadus.

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

¹⁷Rak Doue n'en deus ket kaset e Vab er bed evit barn ar bed, met evit ma vo salvet ar bed drezañ.

¹⁷For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.

¹⁸An hini a gred ennañ n'eo ket barnet, met an hini na gred ket a zo dija barnet, abalamour n'en deus ket kredet e anv Mab nemetañ Doue.

¹⁸He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

¹⁹Hag an dra kiriek d'ar varnedigezh eo penaos ar sklêrijenn a zo deuet er bed, ha penaos o deus an dud karet muioc'h an deñvalijenn eget ar sklêrijenn, abalamour ma oa fall o oberoù.

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

²⁰Rak piv bennak a ra an droug a gasa ar sklêrijenn, ha ne zeu ket d'ar sklêrijenn, gant aon na vefe rebechet e oberoù.

²⁰For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;

²¹Met an hini a ra hervez ar wirionez, a zeu d'ar sklêrijenn, evit ma vo disklêriet e oberoù, abalamour int graet e Doue.

²¹but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God.

²²Goude-se, Jezuz a yeas gant e ziskibien war douar Judea, hag eno e chomas ganto hag e vadeze.

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

²³Yann a vadeze ivez e Enon, tost ouzh Salim, abalamour ma oa eno kalz a zour, hag ez aed di evit bezañ badezet,

²³And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to [him] and were baptised:

²⁴rak Yann ne oa ket bet c'hoazh lakaet er prizon.

²⁴for John was not yet cast into prison.

²⁵Bez' e voe un tamall etre diskibien Yann hag ar Yuzevien, diwar-benn ar c'hlanidigezh.

²⁵There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.

²⁶Dont a rejont da gavout Yann, hag e lavarjont dezhañ: Mestr, an hini a oa ganit d'an tu all d'ar Jordan, hag ac'h eus roet testeni dezhañ, setu, eñ a vadez, hag an holl a ya d'e gavout.

²⁶And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him.

²⁷Yann a respontas: Den ne c'hell ober netra, ma n'eo ket bet roet dezhañ eus an neñv.

²⁷John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.

²⁸C'hwi hoc'h-unan a zo testoù din em eus lavaret: N'eo ket me eo ar C'hrist, met kaset on bet a-raok dezhañ.

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

²⁹An hini en deus ar wreg eo an ozhac'h; met mignon an ozhac'h a zo eno hag en selaou; leuniet eo a levenez o klevout mouezh an ozhac'h, hag al levenez-se a zo va hini; mat-tre eo.

²⁹He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

³⁰Ret eo dezhañ kreskiñ ha din bihanaat.

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.

³¹An hini a zeu eus an nec'h a zo dreist an holl; an hini a zeu eus an douar a zo eus an douar hag a gomz eus an douar; an hini a zeu eus an neñv a zo dreist an holl;

³¹He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks [as] of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all,

³²reiñ a ra testeni eus ar pezh en deus gwelet ha klevet; met den ne zegemer e desteni.

³²[and] what he has seen and has heard, this he testifies; and no one receives his testimony.

³³An hini a zegemer e desteni, en deus siellet penaos eo Doue gwirion.

³³He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true;

³⁴Rak an hini en deus Doue kaset a lavar komzoù Doue, rak Doue ne ro ket dezhañ ar Spered dre vuzul.

³⁴for he whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives not the Spirit by measure.

³⁵An Tad a gar ar Mab hag en deus lakaet pep tra etre e zaouarn.

³⁵The Father loves the Son, and has given all things [to be] in his hand.

³⁶An hini a gred er Mab en deus ar vuhez peurbadus, met an hini na sent ket ouzh ar Mab ne welo ket ar vuhez, met fulor Doue a chomo warnañ.

³⁶He that believes on the Son has life eternal, and he that is not subject to the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.