San Juan 3

I winak, ʼo u chac que alax u camul

1 ʼO jun achi, ma Nicodémo u bi, nim u patan chiquixol i aj Israel winak. Ire cachiʼil i aj Fariséo.

2 I ma Nicodémo-le, xa ʼe lapan ruʼ i Jesus chaʼab, y xu bij che:
—Nim laj Tijonel, ketaʼam chi Dios at u takom lok, col a cʼutu chake. Ketaʼam ile man niʼpa i ca ʼano, mi jun ca tiqui chu ʼonquil we n-ti u choʼab i Dios ruʼ —xu bij.

3 Are ʼuri i Jesus xu bij che:
—Sak laj tzij quin bij chawe: are i n-calax ta chic julaj chic, n-coc ta ʼuri che u ʼatbal tzij i Dios.

4 I ma Nicodémo xu bij che:
—¿Wach u ʼonquil ʼuri chi jun achi, nim chic, calax tan chic u camul? ¿Xataba ca tiqui tan chic che i oquic pu chʼacul u chuch, y calax tan chic? —xcha.

5 I Jesus xu bij che:
—Katzij quin bij chawe: mi jun coc che u ʼatbal tzij i Dios we n-alaxnak ta jun u cʼaslemal ruʼ yat, xak rumal i u Tewal i Dios. 6 Jun, we xui alaxnak che u chuch u kajaw, toʼ winak ʼuri alaxnak; jun ʼut, we alaxnak u cʼaslemal rumal u Tewal i Dios, ʼo u cʼaslemal ʼuri ruʼ i Dios. 7 Mat oc ʼil che iri chi xin bij chawe: ʼo u chac ʼis que alax tan chic julaj chic.

8 I tew xa ipa quicʼaw wi; yet ca ta are quicʼawic, péro n-awetaʼam taj pa ca pe wi, xak n-awetaʼam taj pa ca ʼe wi. Xak queje coʼon ile chique niʼpa i que alax tan chic rumal i u Tewal i Dios (ʼalaj chi cʼacʼ chic qui cʼaslemal, péro n-awetaʼam taj wach mer u ʼonquil) —xu bij i Jesus che.

9 I ma Nicodémo xu bij chic:
—N-quin ta tu be wach u ʼonquil ile.

10 I Jesus xu bij che:
—Yet, chi at nim laj tijonel que i aj Israel winak, ¿n-ca ta tu be i quin bij chawe-ri? 11 Sak laj tzij quin bij chawe: yoj caka bij niʼpa i ketaʼam; caka bij wach i kilom, y yix n-qui coj taj wach i caka bij.

12 We n-qui coj taj wach i quin bij chiwe re i cʼaslemal waral chuwach i jyub taʼaj, ¿wach u cojic ʼuri qui ʼano we quin lap chiwe wach usucʼ i cʼaslemal re aj chicaj?
13 Mi jun aj waral chuwach ulew ʼelnak bi chicaj; xui i jun chi kajnak lok rilom i chila chicaj. Ire-le are i Achi aj Chicajt. 14 I mam Moises ujer, are je ʼo che i jyub tzʼinilic, xu ʼan jun u qʼuexwach cumatzt xu yac ʼan chicaj chiquiwach i winak. Xak queje ile ʼo ni u chac chi i Achi aj Chicaj ca yactaj ni chicaj chiquiwach i winak.

15 ʼO ni u chac, man queje ile, pachin jun cu cuba u cʼux che, n-ca sachsax tu wach, are, ca yaʼ u cʼaslemal chi n-ca qʼuis ta chic.

Nim i cʼaxnabal u cʼux i Dios chake

17 I Dios xu tak li u Cʼojol chuwach i jyub taʼaj, ʼelsabal-que i winak chupam i qui mac. Are rumal-i xu tak li u Cʼojol, n-are ti yabal tojbal mac piquiwi.
18 Pachin jun cu cuba u cʼux che Ire, n-cril ti tojbal mac, péro pachin jun n-cu cuba tu cʼux che, ʼo chic i tojbal mac ca pe puwi. Ca pe puwi man nu cubam tu cʼux che u Cʼojol i Dios, chi xa jun ʼolic. 19 I qui mac i winak are iri: are xcʼun i sak chuwach i jyub taʼaj, i winak n-xcaj ta xe qʼuiji pa sak, mas kus xquil i ʼekum chuwach i sak, man niʼpa i quiqui ʼano, xui i mac atzalal. 20 Niʼpa i quiqui ʼan i n-ʼus taj, tzel quiquil i sak, xak n-cacaj ta que oc pa sak, man n-cacaj taj ca ʼiltajic chi n-ʼus ti quiqui ʼano.

21 Niʼpa i quiqui ʼan i ʼutz sucʼulic chuwach i Dios, que tejeb che i sak; ca ʼalijin ʼuri chi niʼpa i que tijin chu ʼanic are i Dios que tow chu ʼonquil.

I ma Wan aj kajsanel ya xu bij u ʼij i Jesucrísto

24 Queje ile xqui ʼano are cʼa maja ca tzʼapix i ma Wan pa cárcel.
25 I aj Israel winak, ʼo usucʼ chiquiwach quiqui ʼan i rawasil, chʼajbal quib chuwach i Dios. I u tijoxelab i ma Wan, xak juban aj Israel, xe oc chu chapic quib chi tzij puwi i costúmbre-le.

26 Teʼuri xe ʼe ruʼ i ma Wan, y xqui bij che:
—Tijonel, ¿ca cʼun cha cʼux i achi chi xupon awuʼ are at ʼo chʼaka ya Jordan? Are i jun chi xa lap chake wach u patan. Chatapeʼ, ire xak cu kajsaj ya piquiwi i winak, y conojel i winak lic que upon ruʼ —xqui bij che. (Ile are i Jesus chi xqui lapo.)

27 I ma Wan xu bij chique:
—Mi jun ca tiqui che i patan-le we n-yatal ta che rumal i Diost 28 Lic i tom chic yix are xin bij chi n-yin ti in Crísto; yin xa in taktal li nabe chuwach ire. 29 Xa in aj cojol u tzij chiquiwach i winak. In queje pacha i ramig i achi chi ca cʼuliʼic. Jun achi, we ca cʼuliʼic, re ire i ixok chi ca cʼuli ruʼt. I ramig chi aj cojol u tzij, ca taqʼui chucʼulel chu tayic; are cu ta u chʼawbal, ca quicot rumal. Queje ile quin ʼan yin woʼor, mas quin quicot rumal (man mas que upon i winak ruʼ i Jesus chuwach i wuʼ yin.)

30 I Jesus, ʼo u chac chi ire mas cocsax u ʼij, xak ʼo u chac chi yin coqʼuil ca sach in ʼij —xu bij i ma Wan chique.

Wach coʼon i Jun chi cʼun-nak chicaj

John 3

Jesus and Nicodemus

1 There was a Jewish leader named Nicodemus, who belonged to the party of the Pharisees.

2 One night he went to Jesus and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God. No one could perform the miracles you are doing unless God were with him.”

3 Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again.”t

4 “How can a grown man be born again?” Nicodemus asked. “He certainly cannot enter his mother's womb and be born a second time!”
5  “I am telling you the truth,” replied Jesus. “No one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. 6 A person is born physically of human parents, but is born spiritually of the Spirit. 7 Do not be surprised because I tell you that you must all be born again.t

8 The wind blows wherever it wishes; you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is like that with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

9 “How can this be?” asked Nicodemus.
10 Jesus answered, “You are a great teacher in Israel, and you don't know this? 11 I am telling you the truth: we speak of what we know and report what we have seen, yet none of you is willing to accept our message. 12 You do not believe me when I tell you about the things of this world; how will you ever believe me, then, when I tell you about the things of heaven?

13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from heaven.”t
14  As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up, t 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. 16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its saviour.
18  Those who believe in the Son are not judged; but those who do not believe have already been judged, because they have not believed in God's only Son. 19  This is how the judgement works: the light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil. 20  All those who do evil things hate the light and will not come to the light, because they do not want their evil deeds to be shown up.

21  But those who do what is true come to the light in order that the light may show that what they did was in obedience to God.

Jesus and John

24 (This was before John had been put in prison.)t
25 Some of John's disciples began arguing with a Jewt about the matter of ritual washing.

26 So they went to John and said, “Teacher, you remember the man who was with you on the east side of the Jordan, the one you spoke about? Well, he is baptizing now, and everyone is going to him!”
27 John answered, “No one can have anything unless God gives it to him. 28 You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.’t 29 The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.

30 He must become more important while I become less important.”

He who Comes from Heaven