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

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

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.'

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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.'

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.

⁹Nikodeemos kostis: 'Kuidas see on võimalik?'

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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;

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

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

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

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

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

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:

²⁴sest Johannest ei olnud veel vangi heidetud.

²⁴for John was not yet cast into prison.

²⁵Siis hakkasid Johannese jüngrid ühe juudiga puhastamiste üle vaidlema.

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

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.'

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

³⁰Tema peab kasvama, aga mina pean kahanema.'

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁵Isa armastab Poega ja on andnud tema kätte kõik.

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

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

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.