JUAN 3
Si Jesus kag si Nicodemus
1 May isa ka tawo nga ang iya ngalan si Nicodemus. Ini nga tawo isa sa mga manugdumala sang mga Judio, kag miyembro siya sang grupo nga ginatawag nga Pariseo.2 Isa sadto ka gab-i, nagkadto siya kay Jesus kag nagsiling sa iya,3 Nagsabat si Jesus,4 Nagpamangkot si Nicodemus,5 Nagsabat si Jesus,6 Ang ginbata paagi sa tawo, tawhanon, pero ang ginbata paagi sa gahom sang Espiritu Santo , espirituhanon.7 Gani indi ka matingala sa akon ginsiling sa imo nga kinahanglan matawo kamo liwat.8 Nagahuyop ang hangin sa bisan diin nga iya gusto. Mabatian ta ang iya huni, pero wala kita kahibalo kon diin ini nagahalin kag kon diin ini nagapakadto. Pareho man sini sa tawo nga natawo paagi sa Espiritu Santo. "9 Gani nagpamangkot si Nicodemus,10 Nagsabat si Jesus,11 Sa pagkamatuod, ginasugid ko sa imo nga ang mga butang nga amon nahibaluan kag nakita amo ang amon ginasugid. Ugaling indi kamo magpati sa amon ginasugid.12 Karon, kon wala gani kamo nagapati sa akon ginasugid sa inyo parte sa mga butang diri sa kalibutan, mas indi na gid kamo magpati sa akon kon sugiran ko kamo parte sa mga butang didto sa langit.
13 Kag wala sing bisan sin-o nga nakasaka sa langit kundi ako lang gid nga Anak sang Tawo, kay didto man ako naghalin sa langit."
14 it Nagsiling pa gid si Jesus,
15 agod ang kada isa nga magtuo sa akon makaangkon sang kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan."
16 Kay ginahigugma gid sang Dios ang mga tao sa kalibutan, amo gani nga ginhatag niya ang iya bugtong nga Anak, agod nga ang bisan sin-o nga magtuo sa iya indi mawala + 16 mawala: sa English, perish, be destroyed. kundi hatagan sang kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan.17 Kay ang Dios wala nagpadala sang iya Anak diri sa kalibutan agod sentensyahan ang mga tawo nga silutan , kundi ginpadala niya siya sa pagluwas sang mga tawo.18 it Gani ang bisan sin-o nga tawo nga nagatuo sa iya indi pagsentensyahan nga silutan , pero ang bisan sin-o nga wala nagatuo sa iya nasentensyahan na tungod nga wala siya nagtuo sa bugtong nga Anak sang Dios. + 18 sa bugtong nga Anak sang Dios: sa literal, sa ngalan sang bugtong nga Anak sang Dios. 19 Silutan sila tungod kay nag-abot siya diri sa kalibutan bilang suga + 19 bilang suga: buot silingon, agod maghatag sing kasanag sa mga hunahuna sang mga tawo. f pero mas gusto pa sang mga tawo nga magpabilin sa kadulom sang sa magpalapit sa iya nga nagahatag sang kasanag, kay malain ang ila mga ginahimo.20 Ang tawo nga malain ang iya ginahimo wala naluyag sa kasanag. Nagalikaw pa gani siya sa kasanag kay basi kon mahibaluan ang iya ginahimo nga malain.
21 Pero ang tawo nga nagaginawi suno sa kamatuoran nagapalapit sa kasanag, agod makita nga ang iya maayo nga hinimuan nahimo niya paagi sa bulig sang Dios.
Si Jesus kag si Juan
22 Pagkatapos sini nagkadto si Jesus kag ang iya mga sumulunod sa kaumahan sang Judea. Nagtiner sila didto nga nagapangbautiso sa mga tawo.23 Nagapangbautiso man si Juan didto sa Enon, malapit sa Salim, kay madamo ang tubig didto. Nagkaladto ang mga tawo kay Juan agod magpabautiso.
24 (Wala pa sadto napriso si Juan.)
25 Karon ang iban sa mga sumulunod ni Juan kag ang isa ka Judio nagbinais parte sa bautiso. + 25 bautiso: ukon ritual sang pagpanghugas. 26 Sang ulihi nagkadto sila kay Juan kag nagsiling,27 Nagsabat si Juan,28 Kamo mismo makapamatuod nga nagsiling ako nga indi ako ang Cristo, kundi ginpadala lang ako sang Dios una sa iya para magbalita nga siya magaabot na .29 it Pareho bala kon may kasal : ang nobya para gid lang sa nobyo, kag ang amigo sang nobyo nga nagatambong kag nagahulat nagakalipay kon mabatian niya nga ara na ang nobyo. Pareho man sa akon subong, nalipay gid ako nga ang mga tawo nagakadto na kay Jesus .
30 Kinahanglan magdugang pa gid ang pagkabantog ni Jesus, kag ako iya dapat na nga kalimtan."
Ang Naghalin sa Langit
31 Si Cristo halin sa langit, gani labaw siya sa tanan. Taga-diri kita sa kalibutan kag ang mga butang nga aton ginahambal amo ang diri lang gid sa kalibutan. Pero siya nga halin sa langit labaw sa tanan.32 Nagasugid siya parte sa mga butang nga iya nakita kag nabatian sa langit, pero diutay gid lang ang nagapati sa iya ginasugid.33 Pero ang mga nagapati sa iya nga ginasugid nagapamatuod nga ang ginasugid sang Dios matuod.34 Kay si Cristo nga ginpadala sang Dios diri sa kalibutan nagasugid sa aton kon ano ang ginasugid sang Dios sa iya, tungod kay wala sing limitasyon ang paghatag sang Dios sa iya sang Espiritu Santo .35 Ginahigugma sang Amay ang iya Anak kag gintugyan niya sa iya ang tanan.36 Ang bisan sin-o nga nagatuo sa Anak sang Dios may kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan. Pero ang bisan sin-o nga indi magtuman sa Anak sang Dios indi gid paghatagan sang kabuhi nga wala sing katapusan , kundi ang kaakig sang Dios magapabilin sa iya.
John 3
Born from Above
1-2 There was a man of the Pharisee sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader among the Jews. Late one night he visited Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we all know you're a teacher straight from God. No one could do all the God-pointing, God-revealing acts you do if God weren't in on it."
3 Jesus said, "You're absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it's not possible to see what I'm pointing to—to God's kingdom."
4 "How can anyone," said Nicodemus, "be born who has already been born and grown up? You can't re-enter your mother's womb and be born again. What are you saying with this 'born-from-above' talk?"
5-6 Jesus said, "You're not listening. Let me say it again. Unless a person submits to this original creation—the 'wind-hovering-over-the-water' creation, the invisible moving the visible, a baptism into a new life—it's not possible to enter God's kingdom. When you look at a baby, it's just that: a body you can look at and touch. But the person who takes shape within is formed by something you can't see and touch—the Spirit—and becomes a living spirit.
7-8 "So don't be so surprised when I tell you that you have to be 'born from above'—out of this world, so to speak. You know well enough how the wind blows this way and that. You hear it rustling through the trees, but you have no idea where it comes from or where it's headed next. That's the way it is with everyone 'born from above' by the wind of God, the Spirit of God."
9 Nicodemus asked, "What do you mean by this? How does this happen?"
10-12 Jesus said, "You're a respected teacher of Israel and you don't know these basics? Listen carefully. I'm speaking sober truth to you. I speak only of what I know by experience; I give witness only to what I have seen with my own eyes. There is nothing secondhand here, no hearsay. Yet instead of facing the evidence and accepting it, you procrastinate with questions. If I tell you things that are plain as the hand before your face and you don't believe me, what use is there in telling you of things you can't see, the things of God?
13-15 "No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.
16-18 "This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again. Anyone who trusts in him is acquitted; anyone who refuses to trust him has long since been under the death sentence without knowing it. And why? Because of that person's failure to believe in the one-of-a-kind Son of God when introduced to him.
19-21 "This is the crisis we're in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won't come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is."
The Bridegroom's Friend
22-26 After this conversation, Jesus went on with his disciples into the Judean countryside and relaxed with them there. He was also baptizing. At the same time, John was baptizing over at Aenon near Salim, where water was abundant. This was before John was thrown into jail. John's disciples got into an argument with the establishment Jews over the nature of baptism. They came to John and said, "Rabbi, you know the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan? The one you authorized with your witness? Well, he's now competing with us. He's baptizing, too, and everyone's going to him instead of us."
27-29 John answered, "It's not possible for a person to succeed—I'm talking about eternal success—without heaven's help. You yourselves were there when I made it public that I was not the Messiah but simply the one sent ahead of him to get things ready. The one who gets the bride is, by definition, the bridegroom. And the bridegroom's friend, his 'best man'—that's me—in place at his side where he can hear every word, is genuinely happy. How could he be jealous when he knows that the wedding is finished and the marriage is off to a good start?
30 "That's why my cup is running over. This is the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to the sidelines.
31-33 "The One who comes from above is head and shoulders over other messengers from God. The earthborn is earthbound and speaks earth language; the heavenborn is in a league of his own. He sets out the evidence of what he saw and heard in heaven. No one wants to deal with these facts. But anyone who examines this evidence will come to stake his life on this: that God himself is the truth.
34-36 "The One that God sent speaks God's words. And don't think he rations out the Spirit in bits and pieces. The Father loves the Son extravagantly. He turned everything over to him so he could give it away—a lavish distribution of gifts. That is why whoever accepts and trusts the Son gets in on everything, life complete and forever! And that is also why the person who avoids and distrusts the Son is in the dark and doesn't see life. All he experiences of God is darkness, and an angry darkness at that."