John 3

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

1 有一个法利赛人名叫尼哥德慕，是犹太人的官。

2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”

2 一天晚上，他来见耶稣，说：“老师，我们知道你是上帝差来教导人的，因为如果没有上帝的同在，没有人能行你所行的神迹。”

3 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”

3 耶稣说：“我实实在在地告诉你，人若不重生 ，就不能看见上帝的国。”

4 “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”

4 尼哥德慕说：“人老了，怎能重生呢？难道要再进母腹生一次吗？”

5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

5 耶稣说：“我实实在在地告诉你，人若不是从水和圣灵生的，就不能进上帝的国。

6 Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.

6 从肉体生的还是肉体，从灵生的才是灵。

7 Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’

7 我说你们必须重生，你不要惊奇。

8 The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

8 风随意吹动，你听见它的声音，却不知道它从哪里来、往哪里去。凡从灵生的人也是这样。”

9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

9 尼哥德慕又问：“这怎么可能呢？”

10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?

10 耶稣说：“你是以色列人的老师，还不明白这事吗？

11 Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.

11 我实实在在地告诉你，我们所说的是自己知道的，所见证的是自己见过的，可是你们不肯接受我们的见证。

12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

12 我对你们说地上的事，你们尚且不信，要是说天上的事，你们怎么会信呢？

13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

13 除了从天上降下来的人子 以外，没有人到过天上。

14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

14 摩西在旷野怎样举起铜蛇，人子也必照样被举起来，

15 that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.

15 叫一切信祂的人都得到永生。

16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

16 “因为上帝爱世人，甚至将祂独一的儿子赐给他们，叫一切信祂的人不致灭亡，反得永生。

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

17 上帝差祂的儿子到世上来，不是要定世人的罪，而是要借着祂的儿子拯救世人。

18 Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

18 信祂的人不会被定罪，不信的人已经被定罪，因为他们不信上帝独一的儿子。

19 And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

19 光来到世上，世人因为自己的行为邪恶而不爱光，反爱黑暗，这就是他们被定罪的原因。

20 Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

20 作恶的人恨光，不肯接近光，恐怕他们的罪行暴露出来。

21 But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”

21 但遵行真理的人喜欢接近光，好显明他们所做的是靠上帝做的。”

22 After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.

22 这事之后，耶稣和门徒前往犹太地区，在那里住下，给人施洗。

23 Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

23–24 那时约翰还没有入狱，他在靠近撒冷的哀嫩也给人施洗。那里水多，众人都去受洗。

24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

25 Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

25 约翰的门徒和一个犹太人为了洁净的礼仪争辩起来，

26 So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”

26 于是他们来见约翰，说：“老师，你看，以前在约旦河东岸和你在一起、你为祂做见证的那位在给人施洗，众人都去祂那里了！”

27 John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

27 约翰回答说：“除非是从天上赐的，否则人什么都得不到。

28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’

28 你们自己可以为我做见证，我说过我不是基督，我只是奉差遣在祂前面预备道路。

29 The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

29 娶新娘的是新郎，伴郎听见新郎的声音，就会欢喜快乐。因此，我现在也心满意足了。

30 He must increase; I must decrease.

30 祂必兴旺，我必衰微。

31 The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

31 “从上面来的超越万物；从地上来的，属于地，他所谈论的也不外乎地上的事。从天上来的超越万物。

32 He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.

32 祂见证的是自己的所见所闻，只是没有人接受祂的见证。

33 Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.

33 接受祂见证的人印证了上帝是真实的。

34 For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

34 上帝所差来的，说的是上帝的话，因为上帝将圣灵无限量地赐给祂。

35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.

35 父爱子，已把万物交在祂手里。

36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

36 信子的人有永生；不信子的人得不到永生，上帝的烈怒常在他身上。”