1 N ow there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

وَكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الفِرِّيْسِيِّيْنَ اسْمُهُ نِيقُودِيْمُوسُ، كانَ مِنْ قادَةِ اليَهُودِ.

2 t he same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.

فَجاءَ إلَى يَسُوعَ لَيلاً وَقالَ لَهُ: «يا مُعَلِّمُ، نَحْنُ نَعلَمُ أنَّكَ مُعَلِّمٌ جِئْتَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، لِأنَّهُ ما مِنْ أحَدٍ يَسْتَطِيْعُ أنْ يَصْنَعَ المُعجِزاتِ الَّتِي تَصْنَعُها أنتَ إنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ اللهُ مَعَهُ.»

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

فَأجابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أقُولُ الحَقَّ لَكَ: لَنْ يَرَى أحَدٌ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ ما لَمْ يُولَدْ ثانِيَةً.»

4 N icodemus saith unto 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?

فَقالَ لَهُ نِيْقُودِيْمُوسُ: «وَكَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ لِأحَدٍ أنْ يُولَدَ ثانِيَةً وَهُوَ عَجُوزٌ؟ أيُمكِنُهُ أنْ يَدخُلَ بَطْنَ أُمِّهِ ثانِيَةً وَيُولَدَ؟»

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

فَأجابَ يَسُوعُ: «أقُولُ الحَقَّ لَكَ: يَنبَغِي أنْ يُولَدَ الإنسانُ مِنَ الماءِ وَالرُّوحِ، وَإلّا فَلَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ.

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

فَما يُولَدُ مِنَ البَشَرِ هُوَ بَشَرِيٌّ، وَما يُولَدُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ هُوَ رُوحِيٌّ.

7 M arvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.

لا تَسْتَغرِبْ أنِّي قُلْتُ لَكَ يَنبَغِي أنْ تُولَدُوا ثانِيَةً.

8 T he wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

تَهُبُّ الرِّيْحُ حَيْثُ تُحِبُّ. فَأنتَ تَسْمَعُ صَوْتَها، لَكِنَّكَ لا تَعْرِفُ مِنْ أيْنَ تَأْتِي وَلا إلَى أيْنَ تَذْهَبُ. هَكَذا هُوَ الأمْرُ مَعَ كُلِّ مَنْ يُولَدُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ.»

9 N icodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

فَقالَ نِيْقُودِيْمُوسُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أنْ يَكُونَ هَذا؟»

10 J esus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?

فَأجابَ يَسُوعُ: «كَيْفَ لا تَعلَمُ هَذا وَأنتَ مِنْ مُعَلِّمِي بَنِي إسْرائِيلَ؟

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

أقُولُ الحَقَّ لَكَ: إنَّنا نَتَحَدَّثُ عَمّا نَعْرِفُ، وَنُخبِرُ بِما رَأيْنا، لَكِنَّكُمْ تَرْفُضُونَ ما نَقُولُ.

12 I f I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?

حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنِ الأُمُورِ الأرْضِيَّةِ وَلا تُؤْمِنُونَ، فَكَيْفَ سَتُؤْمِنُونَ إنْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ عَنِ الأُمُورِ السَّماوِيَّةِ؟

13 A nd no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.

وَلَمْ يَصْعَدْ أحَدٌ إلَى السَّماءِ، إلّا الَّذِي نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّماءِ. وَهُوَ ابْنُ الإنسانِ.

14 A nd as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;

وَكَما رَفَعَ مُوسَى الحَيَّةَ فِي البَرِّيَّةِ، يَنبَغِي أنْ يُرفَعَ ابْنُ الإنسانِ،

15 t hat whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.

لِكَيْ يَنالَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ الحَياةَ الأبَدِيَّةَ.»

16 F or God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

فَقَدْ أحَبَّ اللهُ العالَمَ كَثِيْراً، حَتَّى إنَّهُ قَدَّمَ ابْنَهُ الوَحِيْدَ، لِكَيْ لا يَهلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَهُ الحَياةُ الأبَدِيَّةُ.

17 F or God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.

فَاللهُ لَمْ يُرْسِلِ ابْنَهُ إلَى العالَمِ لِكَيْ يَدِيْنَ العالَمَ، لَكِنَّهُ أرسَلَهُ لِكَيْ يُخَلِّصَ بِهِ العالَمَ.

18 H e that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.

مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لا يُدانُ، أمّا الَّذِي لا يُؤْمِنُ فَهُوَ مُدانٌ لِأنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِاسْمِ ابْنِ اللهِ الوَحِيْدِ.

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

وَهَذا هُوَ أساسُ الدَّيْنُونَةِ: أنَّ النُّورَ قَدْ جاءَ إلَى العالَمِ، لَكِنَّ النّاسَ فَضَّلُوا الظُّلْمَةَ عَلَى النُّورِ لِأنَّ أعمالَهُمْ كانَتْ شِرِّيْرَةً.

20 F or every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.

فَمَنْ يَفْعَلُ الشُّرُورَ يَكْرَهُ النُّورَ. وَهُوَ لا يَأْتِي إلَى النُّورِ خَوْفاً مِنْ أنْ تَنكَشِفَ أعمالُهُ.

21 B ut he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.

أمّا الَّذِي يُطِيْعُ الحَقَّ، فَيَأْتِي إلَى النُّورِ لِكَيْ يَتَّضِحَ أنَّهُ يَعْمَلُ أعمالَهُ بِقُوَّةِ اللهِ. يَسُوعُ وَيُوحَنّا المَعْمَدان

22 A fter these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ ذَهَبَ يَسُوعُ وَتَلامِيْذُهُ إلَى إقلِيْمِ اليَهُودِيَّةِ. فَأقامَ هُناكَ مَعَهُمْ، وَكانَ يُعَمِّدُ النّاسَ.

23 A nd John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

وَكانَ يُوحَنّا أيضاً يُعَمِّدُ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ عَيْنِ نُونَ قُرْبَ قَرْيَةِ سالِيْمَ. فَقَدْ كانَ هُناكَ ماءٌ كَثِيْرٌ، وَكانَ النّاسُ يَأْتُونَ وَيَتَعَمَّدُونَ هُناكَ،

24 F or John was not yet cast into prison.

إذْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُوحَنّا قَدْ سُجِنَ بَعْدُ.

25 T here arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.

وَحَدَثَتْ مُجادَلَةٌ بَيْنَ بَعْضِ تَلامِيْذِ يُوحَنّا وَبَيْنَ رَجُلٍ يَهُودِيٍّ حَولَ مَسْألَةِ الاغتِسالِ الطَّقْسِيِّ.

26 A nd they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

فَجاءُوا إلَى يُوحَنّا وَقالُوا لَهُ: «يا مُعَلِّمُ، لَقَدْ شَهِدْتَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلِ الَّذِي كانَ مَعَكَ عَلَى الضِّفَّةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ. وَها هُوَ أيْضاً يُعَمِّدُ النّاسَ، وَالجَمِيعُ يَذْهَبُونَ إلَيْهِ!»

27 J ohn answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

فَقالَ لَهُمْ يُوحَنّا: «لا يَسْتَطِيْعُ أحَدٌ أنْ يَأْخُذَ شَيْئاً ما لَمْ يُعْطَ لَهُ مِنَ السَّماءِ.

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

وَأنتُمْ أنفُسُكُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ عَلى أنِّي قُلْتُ: أنا لَسْتُ المَسِيْحَ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ أرسَلَنِي قَبلَهُ.

29 H e that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

العَرُوسُ لِلعَرِيْسِ، أمّا إشْبِيْنُ العَرِيْسِ فَيَقِفُ مُنتَظِراً أنْ يَسْمَعَ صَوْتَهُ. وَيَفْرَحُ كَثِيْراً حِيْنَ يَسْمَعُ صَوْتَ العَرِيْسِ. وَقَدِ اكتَمَلَ الآنَ فَرَحِي هَذا بِمَجِيْئِهِ.

30 H e must increase, but I must decrease.

يَنبَغِي أنْ تَزْدادَ أهَمِّيَتُهُ، وَأنْ تَنقُصَ أهَمِّيَّتِي.» يَسُوعُ فَوقَ الجَمِيع

31 H e that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

وَتابَعَ يُوحَنّا فَقالَ: «الَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنْ فَوْقُ يَكُونُ فَوْقَ الجَمِيعِ. أمّا الَّذِي مِنَ الأرْضِ، فَإلَى الأرْضِ يَنتَمِي، وَيَتَكَلَّمُ كَلاماً أرْضِيّاً. فَمَنْ يَأْتِي مِنَ السَّماءِ يَسْمُو عَلَى الجَمِيعِ.

32 W hat he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.

فَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ بِما رَأى وَسَمِعَ. وَما مِنْ أحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ يَقْبَلُ شَهادَتَهُ.

33 H e that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.

أمّا مَنْ يَقْبَلُ شَهادَتَهُ فَهُوَ يُقِرُّ بِأنَّ اللهَ صادِقٌ.

34 F or he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.

لِأنَّ الَّذِي أرسَلَهُ اللهُ، يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلامِ اللهِ. فَاللهُ يُعطِي الرُّوحَ لِلابْنِ بِلا حَدٍّ.

35 T he Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

الآبُ يُحِبُّ الابْنَ، وَقَدْ وَضَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فِي يَدِهِ.

36 H e that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.

فَالَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِالابْنِ يَملِكُ حَياةً أبَدِيَّةً، أمّا الَّذِي لا يُؤْمِنُ بِالابْنِ فَلَنْ يَرَى تِلْكَ الحَياةَ، وَلَنْ يُرْفَعَ عَنْهُ غَضَبُ اللهِ.»