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

¹Now there was a man of the Pharisees named 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.

²The same came to him by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is 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 him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, The word translated “anew” here and in John 3:7 (anothen) also means “again” and “from above”. he can’t 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 said to 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?”

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, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t 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.

⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh. 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.

⁷ Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must 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.

⁸ The wind The same Greek word (pneuma) means wind, breath, and spirit. blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

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

⁹Nicodemus answered him, “How can these things be?”

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

¹⁰Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand 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.

¹¹ Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don’t receive 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?

¹² If I told you earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

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

¹³ No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended 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,

¹⁴ As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so 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.

¹⁵ that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

¹⁷ For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should 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.

¹⁸ He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only 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.

¹⁹ This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the 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.

²⁰ For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.

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

²¹ But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”

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

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

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

²³John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.

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

²⁴For John was not yet thrown into prison.

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

²⁵There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with some Jews 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.

²⁶They came to John, and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”

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

²⁷John answered, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from 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.

²⁸You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been 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 who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

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 is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

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

³²What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.

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

³³He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, 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 the Spirit without 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 into 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.

³⁶One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys The same word can be translated “disobeys” or “disbelieves” in this context. the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”