John 3

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

1 كَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مِنَ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ ٱسْمُهُ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ، رَئِيسٌ لِلْيَهُودِ.

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 هَذَا جَاءَ إِلَى يَسُوعَ لَيْلًا وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، نَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ قَدْ أَتَيْتَ مِنَ ٱللهِ مُعَلِّمًا، لِأَنْ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ هَذِهِ ٱلْآيَاتِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتَ تَعْمَلُ إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱللهُ مَعَهُ».

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

3 أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «ٱلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُولَدُ مِنْ فَوْقُ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَرَى مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ».

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 قَالَ لَهُ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانَ أَنْ يُولَدَ وَهُوَ شَيْخٌ؟ أَلَعَلَّهُ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَطْنَ أُمِّهِ ثَانِيَةً وَيُولَدَ؟».

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 أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «ٱلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ لَا يُولَدُ مِنَ ٱلْمَاءِ وَٱلرُّوحِ لَا يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱللهِ.

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

6 اَلْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ ٱلْجَسَدِ جَسَدٌ هُوَ، وَٱلْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ هُوَ رُوحٌ.

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

7 لَا تَتَعَجَّبْ أَنِّي قُلْتُ لَكَ: يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تُولَدُوا مِنْ فَوْقُ.

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 اَلرِّيحُ تَهُبُّ حَيْثُ تَشَاءُ، وَتَسْمَعُ صَوْتَهَا، لَكِنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ تَأْتِي وَلَا إِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ. هَكَذَا كُلُّ مَنْ وُلِدَ مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ».

9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.

9 أَجَابَ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَكُونَ هَذَا؟».

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

10 أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَنْتَ مُعَلِّمُ إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلَسْتَ 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 اَلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: إِنَّنَا إِنَّمَا نَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا نَعْلَمُ وَنَشْهَدُ بِمَا رَأَيْنَا، وَلَسْتُمْ 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 قُلْتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضِيَّاتِ وَلَسْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ، فَكَيْفَ تُؤْمِنُونَ إِنْ قُلْتُ لَكُمُ ٱلسَّمَاوِيَّاتِ؟

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

13 وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ صَعِدَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِي نَزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ ٱلَّذِي هُوَ فِي ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

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

14 «وَكَمَا رَفَعَ مُوسَى ٱلْحَيَّةَ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ هَكَذَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُرْفَعَ ٱبْنُ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ،

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

15 لِكَيْ لَا يَهْلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ بَلْ تَكُونُ لَهُ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةُ.

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 لِأَنَّهُ هَكَذَا أَحَبَّ ٱللهُ ٱلْعَالَمَ حَتَّى بَذَلَ ٱبْنَهُ ٱلْوَحِيدَ، لِكَيْ لَا يَهْلِكَ كُلُّ مَنْ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ، بَلْ تَكُونُ لَهُ ٱلْحَيَاةُ ٱلْأَبَدِيَّةُ.

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

17 لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُرْسِلِ ٱللهُ ٱبْنَهُ إِلَى ٱلْعَالَمِ لِيَدِينَ ٱلْعَالَمَ، بَلْ لِيَخْلُصَ بِهِ ٱلْعَالَمُ.

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 اَلَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ لَا يُدَانُ، وَٱلَّذِي لَا يُؤْمِنُ قَدْ دِينَ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِٱسْمِ ٱبْنِ ٱللهِ ٱلْوَحِيدِ.

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 وَهَذِهِ هِيَ ٱلدَّيْنُونَةُ: إِنَّ ٱلنُّورَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْعَالَمِ، وَأَحَبَّ ٱلنَّاسُ ٱلظُّلْمَةَ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ ٱلنُّورِ، لِأَنَّ 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 لِأَنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ ٱلسَّيِّآتِ يُبْغِضُ ٱلنُّورَ، وَلَا يَأْتِي إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ لِئَلَّا تُوَبَّخَ 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 مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ٱلْحَقَّ فَيُقْبِلُ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ، لِكَيْ تَظْهَرَ أَعْمَالُهُ أَنَّهَا بِٱللهِ مَعْمُولَةٌ».

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

22 وَبَعْدَ هَذَا جَاءَ يَسُوعُ وَتَلَامِيذُهُ إِلَى أَرْضِ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ، وَمَكَثَ مَعَهُمْ هُنَاكَ، وَكَانَ 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 أَيْضًا يُعَمِّدُ فِي عَيْنِ نُونٍ بِقُرْبِ سَالِيمَ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ هُنَاكَ مِيَاهٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَكَانُوا يَأْتُونَ وَيَعْتَمِدُونَ.

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

24 لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُوحَنَّا قَدْ أُلْقِيَ بَعْدُ فِي ٱلسِّجْنِ.

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

25 وَحَدَثَتْ مُبَاحَثَةٌ مِنْ تَلَامِيذِ يُوحَنَّا مَعَ يَهُودٍ مِنْ جِهَةِ ٱلتَّطْهِيرِ.

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 فَجَاءُوا إِلَى يُوحَنَّا وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، هُوَذَا ٱلَّذِي كَانَ مَعَكَ فِي عَبْرِ ٱلْأُرْدُنِّ، ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ قَدْ شَهِدْتَ لَهُ، هُوَ يُعَمِّدُ، وَٱلْجَمِيعُ يَأْتُونَ إِلَيْهِ».

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

27 أجَابَ يُوحَنَّا وَقَالَ: «لَا يَقْدِرُ إِنْسَانٌ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ شَيْئًا إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ.

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

28 أَنْتُمْ أَنْفُسُكُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ لِي أَنِّي قُلْتُ: لَسْتُ أَنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ بَلْ إِنِّي مُرْسَلٌ أَمَامَهُ.

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 مَنْ لَهُ ٱلْعَرُوسُ فَهُوَ ٱلْعَرِيسُ، وَأَمَّا صَدِيقُ ٱلْعَرِيسِ ٱلَّذِي يَقِفُ وَيَسْمَعُهُ فَيَفْرَحُ فَرَحًا مِنْ أَجْلِ صَوْتِ ٱلْعَرِيسِ. إِذًا فَرَحِي هَذَا قَدْ كَمَلَ.

30 He must increase; I must decrease.

30 يَنْبَغِي أَنَّ ذَلِكَ يَزِيدُ وَأَنِّي أَنَا أَنْقُصُ.

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 اَلَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنْ فَوْقُ هُوَ فَوْقَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ، وَٱلَّذِي مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُوَ أَرْضِيٌّ، وَمِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ يَتَكَلَّمُ. اَلَّذِي يَأْتِي مِنَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ هُوَ فَوْقَ ٱلْجَمِيعِ،

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

32 وَمَا رَآهُ وَسَمِعَهُ بِهِ يَشْهَدُ، وَشَهَادَتُهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يَقْبَلُهَا.

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

33 وَمَنْ قَبِلَ شَهَادَتَهُ فَقَدْ خَتَمَ أَنَّ ٱللهَ صَادِقٌ،

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

34 لِأَنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَهُ ٱللهُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِكَلَامِ ٱللهِ. لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِكَيْلٍ يُعْطِي ٱللهُ ٱلرُّوحَ.

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

35 اَلْآبُ يُحِبُّ ٱلِٱبْنَ وَقَدْ دَفَعَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ فِي يَدِهِ.

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 ٱلَّذِي يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلِٱبْنِ لَهُ حَيَاةٌ أَبَدِيَّةٌ، وَٱلَّذِي لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱلِٱبْنِ لَنْ يَرَى حَيَاةً بَلْ يَمْكُثُ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبُ ٱللهِ».