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

¹ከፈሪሳውያንም ወገን የአይሁድ አለቃ የሆነ ኒቆዲሞስ የሚባል አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤ እርሱም በሌሊት ወደ ኢየሱስ መጥቶ።

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.”

²መምህር ሆይ፥ እግዚአብሔር ከእርሱ ጋር ከሆነ በቀር አንተ የምታደርጋቸውን እነዚህን ምልክቶች ሊያደርግ የሚችል የለምና መምህር ሆነህ ከእግዚአብሔር ዘንድ እንደ መጣህ እናውቃለን አለው።

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.”

³ኢየሱስም መልሶ። እውነት እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ ሰው ዳግመኛ ካልተወለደ በቀር የእግዚአብሔርን መንግሥት ሊያይ አይችልም አለው።

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?”

⁴ኒቆዲሞስም። ሰው ከሸመገለ በኋላ እንዴት ሊወለድ ይችላል? ሁለተኛ ወደ እናቱ ማኅፀን ገብቶ ይወለድ ዘንድ ይችላልን? አለው።

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

⁵ኢየሱስም መለሰ፥ እንዲህ ሲል። እውነት እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ ሰው ከውኃና ከመንፈስ ካልተወለደ በቀር ወደ እግዚአብሔር መንግሥት ሊገባ አይችልም።

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

⁶ከሥጋ የተወለደ ሥጋ ነው፥ ከመንፈስም የተወለደ መንፈስ ነው።

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

⁷ዳግመኛ ልትወለዱ ያስፈልጋችኋል ስላልሁህ አታድንቅ።

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.”

⁸ነፋስ ወደሚወደው ይነፍሳል፥ ድምፁንም ትሰማለህ፥ ነገር ግን ከወዴት እንደ መጣ ወዴትም እንዲሄድ አታውቅም፤ ከመንፈስ የተወለደ ሁሉ እንዲሁ ነው።

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

⁹ኒቆዲሞስ መልሶ። ይህ እንዴት ሊሆን ይችላል? አለው።

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

¹⁰ኢየሱስም መልሶ እንዲህ አለው። አንተ የእስራኤል መምህር ስትሆን ይህን አታውቅምን?

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.

¹¹እውነት እውነት እልሃለሁ፥ የምናውቀውን እንናገራለን ያየነውንም እንመሰክራለን፥ ምስክራችንንም አትቀበሉትም።

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

¹²ስለ ምድራዊ ነገር በነገርኋችሁ ጊዜ ካላመናችሁ፥ ስለ ሰማያዊ ነገር ብነግራችሁ እንዴት ታምናላችሁ?

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

¹³ከሰማይም ከወረደ በቀር ወደ ሰማይ የወጣ ማንም የለም፥ እርሱም በሰማይ የሚኖረው የሰው ልጅ ነው።

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

¹⁴ሙሴም በምድረ በዳ እባብን እንደ ሰቀለ እንዲሁ በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ የዘላለም ሕይወት እንዲኖረው እንጂ እንዳይጠፋ የሰው ልጅ ይሰቀል ይገባዋል።

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

¹⁶በእርሱ የሚያምን ሁሉ የዘላለም ሕይወት እንዲኖረው እንጂ እንዳይጠፋ እግዚአብሔር አንድያ ልጁን እስኪሰጥ ድረስ ዓለሙን እንዲሁ ወዶአልና።

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.

¹⁷ዓለም በልጁ እንዲድን ነው እንጂ፥ በዓለም እንዲፈርድ እግዚአብሔር ወደ ዓለም አልላከውምና።

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

¹⁸በእርሱ በሚያምን አይፈረድበትም፤ በማያምን ግን በአንዱ በእግዚአብሔር ልጅ ስም ስላላመነ አሁን ተፈርዶበታል።

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.

¹⁹ብርሃንም ወደ ዓለም ስለ መጣ ሰዎችም ሥራቸው ክፉ ነበርና ከብርሃን ይልቅ ጨለማን ስለ ወደዱ ፍርዱ ይህ ነው።

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.

²⁰ክፉ የሚያደርግ ሁሉ ብርሃንን ይጠላልና፥ ሥራውም እንዳይገለጥ ወደ ብርሃን አይመጣም፤

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

²¹እውነትን የሚያደርግ ግን ሥራው በእግዚአብሔር ተደርጎ እንደ ሆነ ይገለጥ ዘንድ ወደ ብርሃን ይመጣል።

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

²²ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ወደ ይሁዳ አገር መጣ፥ በዚያም ከእነርሱ ጋር ተቀምጦ ያጠምቅ ነበር።

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

²³ዮሐንስም ደግሞ በሳሌም አቅራቢያ በሄኖን በዚያ ብዙ ውኃ ነበርና ያጠምቅ ነበር፥

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

²⁴እየመጡም ይጠመቁ ነበር ዮሐንስ ገና ወደ ወኅኒ አልተጨመረም ነበርና።

²⁴For John was not yet thrown into prison.

²⁵ስለዚህም በዮሐንስ ደቀ መዛሙርትና በአይሁድ መካከል ስለ ማንጻት ክርክር ሆነ።

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

²⁶ወደ ዮሐንስም መጥተው። መምህር ሆይ፥ በዮርዳኖስ ማዶ ከአንተ ጋር የነበረው አንተም የመሰከርህለት፥ እነሆ፥ እርሱ ያጠምቃል ሁሉም ወደ እርሱ ይመጣሉ አሉት።

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.”

²⁷ዮሐንስ መለሰ፥ እንዲህ ሲል። ከሰማይ ካልተሰጠው ሰው እንዳች ሊቀበል አይችልም።

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

²⁸እናንተ። እኔ ክርስቶስ አይደለሁም፥ ነገር ግን። ከእርሱ በፊት ተልኬአለሁ እንዳልሁ ራሳችሁ ትመሰክሩልኛላችሁ።

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

²⁹ሙሽራይቱ ያለችው እርሱ ሙሽራ ነው፤ ቆሞ የሚሰማው ሚዜው ግን በሙሽራው ድምጽ እጅግ ደስ ይለዋል። እንግዲህ ይህ ደስታዬ ተፈጸመ።

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.

³⁰እርሱ ሊልቅ እኔ ግን ላንስ ያስፈልጋል።

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.

³¹ከላይ የሚመጣው ከሁሉ በላይ ነው፤ ከምድር የሚሆነው የምድር ነው የምድሩንም ይናገራል። ከሰማይ የሚመጣው ከሁሉ በላይ ነው።

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.

³²ያየውንና የሰማውንም ይህን ይመሰክራል፥ ምስክሩንም የሚቀበለው የለም።

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

³³ምስክሩን የተቀበለ እግዚአብሔር እውነተኛ እንደ ሆነ አተመ።

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

³⁴እግዚአብሔር የላከው የእግዚአብሔርን ቃል ይናገራልና፤ እግዚአብሔር መንፈሱን ሰፍሮ አይሰጥምና።

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

³⁵አባት ልጁን ይወዳል ሁሉንም በእጁ ሰጥቶታል።

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

³⁶በልጁ የሚያምን የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው፤ በልጁ የማያምን ግን የእግዚአብሔር ቍጣ በእርሱ ላይ ይኖራል እንጂ ሕይወትን አያይም።

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.”