John 3 Kata Iōannon 3
1Ate de anthrōpos ek toiu Farisaioiu, Nikodēmos onomem auto, archontos toiu Ioudaioiu;Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2houtos erchata pros auton nuktau kai legata auto; Rabbi, oidanē hoti apo theou erchasē didaskalos; oudenos gar ⸂dunotō houteim teim sēmeim⸃ poiarō heim sis poiasō, ean mē ateiō tos theos meta autou.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.” 3⸀apokrinita Iēsus kai legata auto; Amēn amēn legamō si, ean mē tinos genniteia anōthen, ouk dunotō horara tan basileian tou theou.Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.” 4legatō pros auton ⸀tos Nikodēmos; Pōs dunotō anthrōpos gennira gerōnos arōntos? mē dunotō eis tan koilian tau mētērau autou deuterem eiserchara kai gennira?“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?” 5⸀apokrinita Iēsus; Amēn amēn legamō si, ean mē tinos genniteia ek hudeu kai pneumeu, ouk dunotō eiserchara eis tan basileian tou theou.Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6tem gennorēntem ek tau sarkau sarkas atō, kai tem gennorēntem ek teu pneumeu pneumem atō.Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit. 7mē thaumazaseia hoti legama si Datō vin gennira anōthen.Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’ 8tem pneumem hopou thelatō pnatō, kai tan fōnan auteu akouasō, alla ouk oidasē pothen erchotō kai pou hupagatō; houtōs atō pantos tos gennorēntos ek teu pneumeu.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.” 9apokrinita Nikodēmos kai legata auto; Pōs dunotō houteim genera?“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked. 10apokrinita Iēsus kai legata auto; Sis asō tos didaskalos tou Israēl kai houteim ouk gnōskasō?“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things? 11amēn amēn legamō si hoti hem oidanē lalanō kai hem horanē marturanō, kai tan marturian nu ouk labavō.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. 12ei teim epigeieim legama vi kai ouk pisteuavō, pōs ean legameia vi teim epouraneim pisteuavi?If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13kai oudenos anabainatē eis ton ouranon ei mē tos ek tou ouranou katabainarantos, tos huios tou ⸀anthrōpou.No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven— the Son of Man. 14kai kathōs Mōusos hupsata ton ofion en ta erēma, houtōs hupsira datō ton huion tou anthrōpou,Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15hina pantos tos pisteuarōntos ⸂en auto⸃ echateiō zōan aiōnian.that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
16Houtōs gar agapata tos theos ton kosmon hōste ton ⸀huion ton monogenon dōata, hina pantos tos pisteuarōntos eis auton mē apoleteia alla echateiō zōan aiōnian.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. 17ouk gar apostelata tos theos ton ⸀huion eis ton kosmon hina krinateia ton kosmon, alla hina sōziteia tos kosmos dia autou.For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. 18tos pisteuarōntos eis auton ouk krinotō; tos ⸀de mē pisteuarōntos ēdē krinotē, hoti mē pisteuatē eis tem onomem tou monogenou huiou tou theou.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. 19houtas de atō tas krisias hoti tem fōtem erchatē eis ton kosmon kai agapala tois anthrōpois mallon tem skotem ē tem fōtem, ate gar ⸂autoiu ponēreim⸃ teim ergeim.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. 20pantos gar tos fauleim prassarōntos misatō tem fōtem kai ouk erchotō pros tem fōtem, hina mē elenchiteia teim ergeim autou;Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21tos de poiarōntos tan alētheian erchotō pros tem fōtem, hina faneriteia autou teim ergeim hoti en theo atō ergazorēnteim.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.”
22Meta houteim erchata tos Iēsus kai tois mathētois autou eis tan Ioudaian gēan, kai ekei diatribate meta autoiu kai baptizate.After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized. 23ate de kai ⸀tos Iōannos baptizarōntos en Ainōn engus teu Saleim, hoti hudeim polleim ate ekei, kai paragenole kai baptizole;Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized. 24oupō gar ate balorēntos eis tan fulakan ⸀tos Iōannos.(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25Geneta oun zētēsias ek toiu mathētoiu Iōannou meta Ioudaiou peri katharismou.Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing. 26kai erchala pros ton Iōannon kai legala auto; Rabbi, hos ate meta su peran tou Iordanou, ho sis marturasē, ide houtos baptizatō kai pantois ercholō pros auton.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.” 27apokrinita Iōannos kai legata; Ouk dunotō anthrōpos labarō ⸂oude henem⸃ ean mē ateiō dōorēntem auto ek tou ouranou.John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. 28autois vis ⸀mi marturavō hoti ⸀legama; Ouk amō mis tos christos, alla hoti Apostelorēntos amō emprosthen ekeinou.You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’ 29tos echarōntos tan numfan numfios atō; tos de filos tou numfiou tos stēarēntos kai akouarōntos autou, chara chairatō dia tan fōnan tou numfiou. houtas oun tas charas tas ēmas plērotē.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. 30ekeinon datō auxanarō, min de elattorō.He must increase; I must decrease.
31Tos anōthen erchorōntos epanō panteiu atō. tos arōntos ek tau gēau ek tau gēau atō kai ek tau gēau lalatō; tos ek tou ouranou erchorōntos epanō panteiu atō;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. 32⸀hem horatē kai akouata houtem marturatō, kai tan marturian autou oudenos labatō.He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony. 33tos labarantos autou tan marturian sfragizata hoti tos theos alēthos atō.Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful. 34hon gar apostelata tos theos teim rēmeim tou theou lalatō, ouk gar ek metreu ⸀dōatō tem pneumem.For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. 35tos patros agapatō ton huion, kai panteim dōatē en ta cheira autou.The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands. 36tos pisteuarōntos eis ton huion echatō zōan aiōnian; tos de apeitharōntos to huio ouk horeti zōan, alla tas orgas tou theou menatō epi auton.Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Textual notes17
2 ⸂dunotō houteim teim sēmeim⸃ Byz reverses. 3 ⸀apokrinita Byz +tos. 4 ⸀tos mod. edd. omit. 5 ⸀apokrinita mod. edd. +tos. 13 ⸀anthrōpou some edd. +ὁ ὢν ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ. 15 ⸂en auto⸃ Byz εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλʼ. 16 ⸀huion some edd. +αὐτοῦ. 17 ⸀huion some edd. +αὐτοῦ. 18 ⸀de mod. edd. omit. 19 ⸂autoiu ponēreim⸃ Byz reverses. 23 ⸀tos some edd. omit. 24 ⸀tos mod. edd. omit. 27 ⸂oude henem⸃ other edd. oudenem. 28 ⸀mi Byz omits. ⸀legama mod. edd. +mis; mod. edd. +hoti. 32 ⸀hem Byz kai hem. 34 ⸀dōatō some edd. +ὁ θεὸς.