T here was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
1 Na Farisifoɔ mu ɔbarima bi wɔ hɔ a ne din de Nikodemo, a ɔyɛ Yudafoɔ panyin: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Ɔno ara baa Yesu nkyɛn anadwo, kaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Rabbi, yɛnim sɛ woyɛ ɔkyerɛfoɔ a wofiri Onyankopɔn hɔ baeɛ: efisɛ obiara ntumi nyɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne a woyɛ yi, gye sɛ Onyankopɔn ka ne ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Yesu buaa kaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Nokorɛ, nokorɛ meka kyerɛ wo sɛ: Sɛ obi anwo bio a, ɔrentumi nhunu Onyankopɔn ahennie. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Nikodemo kaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na onipa a wabɔ mpanyin bɛwo? obetumi akɔ ne na yafunu mu ɛto so abiɛn na wɔawo no anaa? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Yesu buaa sɛ: Nokorɛ, nokorɛ meka kyerɛ wo sɛ: Sɛ obi anwo firi nsuo ne Honhom mu a, ɔrentumi nkɔ Onyankopɔn ahennie mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Deɛ wɔwo no firi honam no yɛ honam; na deɛ wɔwo no firi Honhom no yɛ honhom. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Mma ɛnyɛ wo nwonwa sɛ meka kyerɛɛ wo sɛ: Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔwo mo bio. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Mframa no bɔ baabi a ɔpɛ, na wote ne nne, nanso wonnim baabi a ɛfiri ne baabi a ɛrekɔ: saa na obiara a wɔwo no firi Honhom mu te. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Nikodemo buaa kaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na nneɛma yi bɛba? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Yesu buaa kaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Woyɛ Israel ɔkyerɛfoɔ, na wonnim nneɛma yi? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Nokorɛ, nokorɛ meka kyerɛ wo sɛ: Yɛka deɛ yɛnim, na yɛdi deɛ yɛahu ho adanse; na munnye yɛn adanse. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Sɛ meka asase so nneɛma kyerɛ mo na munnye nni a, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na sɛ meka ɔsoro nneɛma kyerɛ mo a mobɛgye adi? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Na obiara nkɔɔ ɔsoro da, gye ɔno a ɔfiri ɔsoro sianeɛ baeɛ no, Onipa Ba a ɔwɔ ɔsoro no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Na sɛdeɛ Mose pagya ɔwɔ no wɔ sare so no, saa ara na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔpagya Onipa Ba no: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a obiara a ɔgye no di no renyera, na wanya nkwa a enni awiei. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 Efisɛ Onyankopɔn dɔɔ wiase saa ara nti, ɔde n'ɔbaako pɛ Ba no maa, sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a obiara a ɔgye no di no renyera, na wanya nkwa a enni awiei. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Efisɛ Onyankopɔn ansoma ne Ba no amma wiase sɛ ɔbɛbu wiase atemmuo; na mmom sɛ wiase nam no so bɛnya nkwagyeɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Ɔno a ɔgye no di no, wɔmmu no atemmuo: nanso ɔno a ɔnnye nni no, wɔabu no atemmuo dada, efisɛ ɔnnye Onyankopɔn ɔbaako pɛ Ba no din nni. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Na eyi ne atemmuo no, sɛ hann aba wiase, na nnipa dɔɔ sum sen hann, efisɛ wɔn nneyɛeɛ yɛ bɔne. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Efisɛ obiara a ɔyɛ bɔne no tan hann, na ɔmma hann mu, anyɛ sɛ wɔbɛda n'nneyɛeɛ adi. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Nanso ɔno a ɔyɛ nokorɛ no ba hann mu, sɛdeɛ wɔbɛda n'nneyɛeɛ adi sɛ wɔyɛɛ no wɔ Onyankopɔn mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
22 Nneɛma yi akyi, Yesu ne n'asuafoɔ kɔɔ Yudea asase so; na ɔne wɔn tenaa hɔ, na ɔbaptisii. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
23 Na Yohane nso rebaptisii wɔ Ainon bɛn Salim, efisɛ nsuo pii wɔ hɔ: na wɔbae, na wɔbaptisii wɔn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
24 Efisɛ na wɔnsɛe Yohane angu afiase. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
25 Na akasakasa sii Yohane asuafoɔ mu bi ne Yudafoɔ no ntam wɔ adwiradeɛ ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
26 Na wɔbaa Yohane nkyɛn, kaa kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Rabbi, ɔno a ɔne wo wɔ Yordan agya, na wodii ne ho adanse no, hwɛ, ɔno nso rebaptisii, na nnipa nyinaa kɔ ne nkyɛn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
27 Yohane buaa kaa sɛ: Onipa ntumi nnye biribiara, gye sɛ wɔde afiri ɔsoro ama no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
28 Mo ankasa moadi m'adanse sɛ mekaa sɛ: Menyɛ Kristo no, na wɔsomaa me sɛ medi n'anim. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
29 Ɔno a ɔwɔ ayeforɔ no ne ayeforɔkunu: nanso ayeforɔkunu adamfo a ɔgyina na ɔtie no, ne ho agye no pa ara wɔ ayeforɔkunu nne nti: enti m'anigye yi ama me saa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
30 Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔno yɛ kɛse, na me de meyɛ ketewa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
31 Ɔno a ɔfiri soro ba no bɔ wɔn nyinaa so: ɔno a ɔfiri asase no yɛ asasefoɔ, na ɔka asase ho nsɛm: ɔno a ɔfiri ɔsoro ba no bɔ wɔn nyinaa so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
32 Na deɛ ɔahu na wate no, ɛno na ɔdi ho adanse; na obiara nnye n'adanse. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
33 Ɔno a ɔagye n'adanse no ahyɛ n'nsam sɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ nokorɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
34 Efisɛ ɔno a Onyankopɔn somaa no no ka Onyankopɔn nsɛm: efisɛ Onyankopɔn mfa Honhom no nsusuwso nni. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
35 Agya no dɔ Ba no, na ɔde nneɛma nyinaa ahyɛ ne nsam. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
36 Ɔno a ɔgye Ba no di no wɔ nkwa a enni awiei: na ɔno a ɔnnye Ba no nni no, ɔrenhu nkwa; na Onyankopɔn abufuo da no so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn