John 3

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

1 غَيْرَ أَنَّ إِنْسَاناً مِنَ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ، اسْمُهُ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ، وَهُوَ عُضْوٌ فِي الْمَجْلِسِ الْيَهُودِيِّ،

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 جَاءَ إِلَى يَسُوعَ لَيْلاً وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ جِئْتَ مِنَ اللهِ مُعَلِّماً، لأَنَّهُ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ مَا تَعْمَلُ مِنْ آيَاتٍ إِلّا إِذَا كَانَ اللهُ مَعَهُ».

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

3 فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا أَحَدَ يُمْكِنُهُ أَنْ يَرَى مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ إِلّا إِذَا وُلِدَ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ».

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 فَسَأَلَهُ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ الإِنْسَانَ أَنْ يُولَدَ وَهُوَ كَبِيرُ السِّنِّ؟ أَلَعَلَّهُ يَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَطْنَ أُمِّهِ ثَانِيَةً ثُمَّ يُولَدَ؟»

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 أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ أَحَدٌ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ إِلّا إِذَا وُلِدَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَالرُّوحِ.

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

6 فَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ الْجَسَدِ هُوَ جَسَدٌ، وَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ هُوَ رُوحٌ.

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

7 فَلا تَتَعَجَّبْ إِذَا قُلتُ لَكَ إِنَّكُمْ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى الْوِلادَةِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ.

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 الرِّيحُ تَهُبُّ حَيْثُ تَشَاءُ وَتَسْمَعُ صَفِيرَهَا، وَلكِنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ تَأْتِي وَلا إِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ. هكَذَا كُلُّ مَنْ وُلِدَ مِنَ الرُّوحِ».

9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

9 فَعَادَ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ يَسْأَلُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَتِمَّ هَذَا؟»

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

10 أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «أَنْتَ مُعَلِّمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلا تَعْلَمُ هَذَا!

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 الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنَّنَا نَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا نَعْلَمُ وَنَشْهَدُ بِمَا رَأَيْنَا، وَمَعَ ذلِكَ لَا تَقْبَلُونَ شَهَادَتَنَا.

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 إِنْ كُنْتُ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِأُمُورِ الأَرْضِ وَلَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا، فَكَيْفَ تُؤْمِنُونَ إِنْ حَدَّثْتُكُمْ بِأُمُورِ السَّمَاءِ؟

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

13 وَمَا صَعِدَ أَحَدٌ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ إِلّا الَّذِي نَزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ الَّذِي هُوَ فِي السَّمَاءِ.

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

14 وَكَمَا عَلَّقَ مُوسَى الْحَيَّةَ فِي الْبَرِّيَّةِ، فَكَذلِكَ لَا بُدَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَلَّقَ ابْنُ الإِنْسَانِ،

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

15 لِتَكُونَ الْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ.

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 لأَنَّهُ هكَذَا أَحَبَّ اللهُ الْعَالَمَ حَتَّى بَذَلَ ابْنَهُ الْوَحِيدَ، لِكَيْ لَا يَهْلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَهُ الْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ.

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

17 فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُرْسِلِ ابْنَهُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ لِيَدِينَ الْعَالَمَ، بَلْ لِيَخْلُصَ الْعَالَمُ بِهِ،

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 فَالَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَا يُدَانُ، أَمَّا الَّذِي لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ فَقَدْ صَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ حُكْمُ الدَّيْنُونَةِ، لأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِاسْمِ ابْنِ اللهِ الْوَحِيدِ.

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 وَهَذَا هُوَ الْحُكْمُ: إِنَّ النُّورَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ، وَلكِنَّ النَّاسَ أَحَبُّوا الظُّلْمَةَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ النُّورِ، لأَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُمْ كَانَتْ شِرِّيرَةً.

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

20 فَكُلُّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ الشَّرَّ يُبْغِضُ النُّورَ، وَلا يَأْتِي إِلَيْهِ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تُفْضَحَ أَعْمَالُهُ.

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 وَأَمَّا الَّذِي يَسْلُكُ فِي الْحَقِّ فَيَأْتِي إِلَى النُّورِ لِتَظْهَرَ أَعْمَالُهُ وَيَتَبَيَّنَ أَنَّهَا عُمِلَتْ بِقُوَّةِ اللهِ».

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

22 وَذَهَبَ يَسُوعُ وَتَلامِيذُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ إِلَى بِلادِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَأَقَامَ فِيهَا مَعَهُمْ، وَأَخَذَ يُعَمِّدُ.

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

23 وَكَانَ يُوحَنَّا أَيْضاً يُعَمِّدُ فِي عَيْنِ نُونٍ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ سَالِيمَ، لأَنَّ الْمِيَاهَ هُنَاكَ كَانَتْ كَثِيرَةً فَكَانَ النَّاسُ يَأْتُونَ وَيَتَعَمَّدُونَ.

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

24 فَإِنَّ يُوحَنَّا لَمْ يَكُنْ قَد أُلْقِيَ بَعْدُ فِي السِّجْنِ.

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

25 وَحَدَثَ جِدَالٌ بَيْنَ تَلامِيذِ يُوحَنَّا وَأَحَدِ الْيَهُودِ فِي شَأْنِ التَّطَهُّرِ.

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 فَذَهَبُوا إِلَى يُوحَنَّا وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي رَأَيْنَاهُ مَعَكَ فِي مَا وَرَاءَ نَهْرِ الأُرْدُنِّ، وَالَّذِي شَهِدْتَ لَهُ، هُوَ أَيْضاً يُعَمِّدُ، وَالْجَمِيعُ يَتَحَوَّلُونَ إِلَيْهِ!»

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

27 فَأَجَابَ يُوحَنَّا: «لا يَقْدِرُ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَنَالَ شَيْئاً إِلّا إِذَا أُعْطِيَ لَهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ!

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

28 أَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنِّي قُلْتُ: لَسْتُ الْمَسِيحَ، بَلْ أَنَا رَسُولٌ يُمَهِّدُ لَهُ الطَّرِيقَ.

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 وَمَنْ لَهُ الْعَرُوسُ، يَكُونُ هُوَ الْعَرِيسَ! أَمَّا صَدِيقُ الْعَرِيسِ، الَّذِي يَقِفُ قُرْبَهُ وَيَسْمَعُهُ، فَيَبْتَهِجُ لِفَرَحِهِ بِصَوْتِ الْعَرِيسِ. وَهَا إِنَّ فَرَحِي هَذَا قَدْ تَمَّ.

30 He must increase; I must decrease.

30 فَلابُدَّ أَنْ يَزِيدَ هُوَ وَأَنْقُصَ أَنَا».

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 الَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنْ فَوْقُ هُوَ فَوْقَ الْجَمِيعِ. أَمَّا مَنْ كَانَ مِنَ الأَرْضِ، فَإِنَّهُ أَرْضِيٌّ وَيَتَكَلَّمُ كَلاماً أَرْضِيًّا. الآتِي مِنْ فَوْقُ هُوَ فَوْقَ الْجَمِيعِ،

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

32 وَهُوَ يَشْهَدُ بِمَا سَمِعَ وَرَأَى، وَلا أَحَدَ يَقْبَلُ شَهَادَتَهُ!

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

33 عَلَى أَنَّ الَّذِي يَقْبَلُ شَهَادَتَهُ، يُصَادِقُ عَلَى أَنَّ اللهَ حَقٌّ،

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

34 لأَنَّ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ اللهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلِامِ اللهِ فَإِنَّ اللهَ يُعْطِي الرُّوحَ لَيْسَ بِالْمِكْيَالِ.

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

35 فَالأَبُ يُحِبُّ الاِبْنَ، وَقَدْ جَعَلَ فِي يَدِهِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

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 مَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِالاِبْنِ، فَلَهُ الْحَيَاةُ الأَبَدِيَّةُ. وَمَنْ يَرْفُضْ أَنْ يُؤْمِنَ بِالاِبْنِ، فَلَنْ يَرَى الْحَيَاةَ، بَلْ يَسْتَقِرَّ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبُ اللهِ.