¹Huan, pharisaite laka mi, a min Nikodem, judate vaihawmpa khat a oma,

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

²Huai mi tuh janin Jesu kiangah a honga, a kiangah, Rabbi, Pathiana kipana hongpai sinsakpa na hi chih ka thei uhi. Pathian a kianga a om keiin hiai thil lamdang na hih bang kuamahin a hih theikei ding, a chi a.

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.”

³Huan, Jesun a dawnga, a kiangah, Chihtaktakin, chihtaktakin ka honhilh ahi, Mi kuapeuh a pian thak kei aleh Pathian gam a mu theikei, a chi a.

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.”

⁴Nikodemin a kiangah, Mi a tek nungin bang chin a piang thei dia? A nu gila nihvei lutin a piang thei dia hia? a chi a.

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?”

⁵Jesun a dawnga, Chihtaktakin, chihtaktakin kon hilh ahi, kuapeuhmah tuia leh Khaa piang ahih kei leh Pathian gam a lut theikei.

⁵Jesus answered, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can’t enter into the Kingdom of God!

⁶Sa suan peuhmah sa ahi a, Kha suan peuhmah kha ahi.

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

⁷Na pianthak ngeingei ding ahi konchih lamdang sa ken.

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

⁸Huih a utnana ah a nunga, a ging na ja hi, himahleh koia kipana hongpai ahia, koiah ahia a hoh ding chihleng na thei ngal keia; kuapeuh Khaa piang tuh huchibang mahin a om hi, a chi a.

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.”

⁹Huan, Nikodemin a dawnga, a kiangah, Hiai bangchin a om thei dia? a chi a.

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

¹⁰Jesun a dawnga, a kiangah, Israelte sinsakpa na hi ngala, huaite na theikei maw?

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

¹¹Chihtaktakin, chihtaktakin ka honhilh ahi, kou ka theih uh ka gen ua, ka muh uh ka theisak uh; himahleh, ka thu theihsak uh na sang ngal kei uhi.

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.

¹²Khovela thil ka honhilh bawn ging louten, vana thil honhilh leng bang chin na taksang ding ua?

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

¹³Van ah kuamah a kah ngei kei a, van akipana hongsukpa kia loungal, Mihing Tapa vana ompa tuh.

¹³ No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

¹⁴Huan, Mosiin gamdaia gul a khaikang bangin, Mihing Tapa khai kangin a om ding ahi;

¹⁴ As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

¹⁵kuapeuh a gingtain amah jiaka khantawna hinna a neihna dingin.

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

¹⁶Banghanghiam chih leh, Pathianin khovel a it mahmah a, huchin a Tapa tang neihsun a pia hi, huchia kuapeuh amah gingta tuh a man that louh a, khantawna hinna a neih jawkna dingin.

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.

¹⁷Khovel siam louh tangsak dingin Pathianin Tapa khovel ah a sawl kei, khovel amah vanga a hin theihna ding in a sawl ahi jaw hi.

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

¹⁸Kuapeuh amah gingta tuh siam louhin a om kei ding a, kuapeuh a gingta lou tuh, tu a patin siam louhin a om pah ngal hi, Pathian Tapa tang neih sun min a gintak louh jiakin.

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.

¹⁹Hiai tuh siam louhna ahi, vak khovel ah a honga, himahleh min vak sangin mial a it jaw uh, a thilhihte uh a gitlouh jiakin.

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.

²⁰Kuapeuh thil gilou hih in vak a ho nak, vakah leng a hongpai kei hi; huchi lou in jaw a thilhihte a lang kha ding.

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

²¹Ahihhangin, kuapeuh a dik hih tuh a thilhihte Pathian jiaka hih a ahi chih a latna dingin, vakah a hong jel hi, a chi a.

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

²²Huai khitin Jesu a nungjuite toh Judia gamah a hoh ua, huaiah Jesu a kiang uah a om nilouh a, a baptis jel hi.

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

²³Johan inleng Ainon ah, Salim kho kiangah a baptis sama, huaia tui a tam jiakin; huan, mi a hong ua, baptisma a tang duamduam uhi.

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

²⁴Huchihlaiin Johan suangkulh ah a khum nai ngal kei ua.

²⁴For John was not yet thrown into prison.

²⁵Huan, Johan nungjuite leh Juda khat, silsiang thu ah a na kisel ua.

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

²⁶Huan, Johan kiangah a hongpai ua, a kiangah, Rabbi, Jordan gala na kianga om, a thu mi na theihsakpan, ngai dih, huai min mi a baptis a, mi tengteng a kiangah a hongpai uhi, a chi ua.

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.”

²⁷Johanin a dawng a, Mihingin bangmah a nei theikei uh, vana mi piak a hih kei leh.

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

²⁸Kei Kris ka hi kei hi, a maa mi sawl ka hi, ka chih, noumau mahmah hontheihpihte na hi uhi.

²⁸You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

²⁹Mou neipa tuh mou pasal ahi; himahleh, mouneipa lawm dinga a thu ja tuh, mouneipa aw jiakin a kipak mahmah a; en un ka kipahna a tungta ahi.

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.

³⁰Amah a lian semsem dinga, kei bel ka kiam semsem ding hi.

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.

³¹Tung lama kipana hongpai jaw mi tengteng sanga tungnungpen ahi; leia kipan bel leia ahi a, lei thu a gen nak, vana kipana hongpaipa jaw mi tengteng sanga tungnungpen ahi.

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.

³²A muh leh a jak peuh a theisak jel ahi; kuamahin a thu theihsak a taksang kei uh.

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

³³A thu theihsak taksangin, Pathian mi diktat ahi, chih a kipsak hi.

³³He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.

³⁴Pathian sawlin Pathian thu a gen hi; aman jaw teh chitchiatin Kha a pe ngal keia.

³⁴For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

³⁵Pan Tapa a it a, a khutah bangkim a vekin a peta hi.Kuapeuh Tapa gingtain khantawna hinna a nei; himahleh, Tapa thu manglouin hinna a neikei ding a, Pathian hehna a tungah a om jaw hi, a chi a.

³⁵The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

³⁶Kuapeuh Tapa gingtain khantawna hinna a nei; himahleh, Tapa thu manglouin hinna a neikei ding a, Pathian hehna a tungah a om jaw hi, a chi a.

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.”