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1 ಫರಿಸಾಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯರ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ಯಾದ ನಿಕೊದೇಮನೆಂಬ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮನುಷ್ಯ ನಿದ್ದನು.

2 ಇವನು ರಾತ್ರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಯೇಸುವಿನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬಂದು ಆತನಿಗೆ--ರಬ್ಬಿಯೇ (ಗುರುವು), ನೀನು ದೇವರ ಬಳಿಯಿಂದ ಬಂದ ಬೋಧಕನೆಂದು ನಾವು ಬಲ್ಲೆವು, ಯಾಕಂದರೆ ದೇವರು ಒಬ್ಬನ ಕೂಡ ಇಲ್ಲದ ಹೊರತು ನೀನು ಮಾಡುವ ಅದ್ಭುತಕಾರ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಯಾವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನೂ ಮಾಡಲಾರನು ಅಂದನು.

3 ಯೇಸು ಪ್ರತ್ಯುತ್ತರವಾಗಿ ಅವನಿಗೆ--ನಾನು ನಿನಗೆ ನಿಜನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ, ಒಬ್ಬನು ತಿರಿಗಿ ಹುಟ್ಟದಿದ್ದರೆ ಅವನು ದೇವರ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ನೋಡಲಾರನು ಅಂದನು.

4 ನಿಕೊದೇಮನು ಆತನಿಗೆ--ಒಬ್ಬನು ಮುದುಕನಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಹುಟ್ಟುವದು ಹೇಗೆ? ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ತಾಯಿಯ ಗರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡನೆಯ ಸಾರಿ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿ ಹುಟ್ಟುವದಾದೀತೇ ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿದನು.

5 ಯೇಸು ಪ್ರತ್ಯುತ್ತರವಾಗಿ ಅವನಿಗೆ--ನಿನಗೆ ನಿಜನಿಜ ವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ, ಒಬ್ಬನು ನೀರಿನಿಂದಲೂ ಆತ್ಮ ನಿಂದಲೂ ಹುಟ್ಟದಿದ್ದರೆ ಅವನು ದೇವರ ರಾಜ್ಯದೊಳಗೆ ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಲಾರನು.

6 ಶರೀರದಿಂದ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಶರೀ ರವೇ; ಆತ್ಮನಿಂದ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಆತ್ಮವೇ.

7 ನೀವು ತಿರಿಗಿ ಹುಟ್ಟತಕ್ಕದ್ದು ಎಂದು ನಾನು ನಿನಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯಪಡಬೇಡ.

8 ಗಾಳಿಯು ತನ್ನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಬಂದ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಬೀಸುತ್ತದೆ; ನೀನು ಅದರ ಶಬ್ದವನ್ನು ಕೇಳುತ್ತೀ; ಆದರೆ ಅದು ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಬರುತ್ತದೋ ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹೋಗು ತ್ತದೋ ಹೇಳಲಾರಿ; ಅದರಂತೆಯೇ ಆತ್ಮನಿಂದ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬನು ಇದ್ದಾನೆ ಅಂದನು.

9 ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಕೊ ದೇಮನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯುತ್ತರವಾಗಿ ಆತನಿಗೆ--ಇವುಗಳು ಹೇಗಾದಾವು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ

10 ಯೇಸು ಪ್ರತ್ಯುತ್ತರ ವಾಗಿ ಅವನಿಗೆ--ಇಸ್ರಾಯೇಲ್ಯರಿಗೆ ಬೋಧಕನಾಗಿ ರುವ ನಿನಗೆ ಈ ವಿಷಯಗಳು ತಿಳಿಯುವದಿಲ್ಲವೋ?

11 ನಾನು ನಿನಗೆ ನಿಜನಿಜ ವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತೇನೆ, ನಾವು ಅರಿತಿರುವದನ್ನು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತೇವೆ ಮತ್ತು ನೋಡಿ ದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಕ್ಷೀಕರಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ; ಆದರೆ ನೀವು ನಮ್ಮ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ ಯನ್ನು ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸುವದಿಲ್ಲ.

12 ನಾನು ಭೂಲೋಕ ದವುಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಮಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರೆ ನೀವು ನಂಬುವದಿಲ್ಲ; ಆದರೆ ಪರಲೋಕದವುಗಳನ್ನು ನಿಮಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದರೆ ಹೇಗೆ ನಂಬೀರಿ?

13 ಪರಲೋಕದಿಂದ ಇಳಿದು ಬಂದಾತನೇ ಅಂದರೆ ಪರಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಕುಮಾರನೇ ಹೊರತು ಯಾವನೂ ಪರಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಏರಿಹೋದವನಲ್ಲ.

14 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಮೋಶೆಯು ಅರಣ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸರ್ಪವನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿದ ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಕುಮಾರನು ಸಹ ಎತ್ತಲ್ಪಡತಕ್ಕದ್ದು.

15 ಹೀಗೆ ಆತನನ್ನು ನಂಬುವ ಯಾವನಾದರೂ ನಾಶವಾಗದೆ ನಿತ್ಯಜೀವ ವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದಿರುವನು.

16 ದೇವರು ಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಪ್ರೀತಿಮಾಡಿ ತನ್ನ ಒಬ್ಬನೇ ಮಗನನ್ನು ಕೊಟ್ಟನು; ಆತನನ್ನು ನಂಬುವ ಯಾವನಾದರೂ ನಾಶವಾಗದೆ ನಿತ್ಯಜೀವ ವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದವನಾಗಿರುವನು.

17 ದೇವರು ಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ತೀರ್ಪು ಮಾಡುವದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲ; ಆದರೆ ತನ್ನ ಮಗನ ಮುಖಾಂತರ ಲೋಕವನ್ನು ರಕ್ಷಿಸುವದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಆತನನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದನು.

18 ಆತನ ಮೇಲೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಇಡುವವನಿಗೆ ತೀರ್ಪು ಆಗುವದಿಲ್ಲ; ಆದರೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಿಡದವನಿಗೆ ಆಗಲೇ ತೀರ್ಪಾಯಿತು; ಯಾಕಂದರೆ ಅವನು ದೇವರ ಒಬ್ಬನೇ ಮಗನ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಮೇಲೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಇಡಲಿಲ್ಲ.

19 ಆ ತೀರ್ಪು ಏನಂದರೆ, ಬೆಳಕು ಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದರೂ ಮನುಷ್ಯರ ಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳು ಕೆಟ್ಟವುಗಳಾ ಗಿರುವದರಿಂದ ಅವರು ಬೆಳಕಿಗಿಂತ ಕತ್ತಲೆಯನ್ನೇ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಮಾಡಿದರು.

20 ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದನ್ನು ಮಾಡುವ ಪ್ರತಿ ಯೊಬ್ಬನು ತನ್ನ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳು ಖಂಡಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಾವೆಂದು ಬೆಳಕನ್ನು ಹಗೆಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ಬರುವದಿಲ್ಲ.

21 ಆದರೆ ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸುವವನು ತನ್ನ ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳು ದೇವರಿಂದ ಮಾಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವುಗಳೆಂದು ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗು ವಂತೆ ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ಬರುತ್ತಾನೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದನು.

22 ಇವುಗಳಾದ ಮೇಲೆ ಯೇಸುವೂ ಆತನ ಶಿಷ್ಯರೂ ಯೂದಾಯ ದೇಶಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದರು; ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಆತನು ಅವರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಇದ್ದು ಬಾಪ್ತಿಸ್ಮ ಮಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು.

23 ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಯೋಹಾನನು ಸಹ ಸಲೀಮಿನ ಸವಿಾಪ ದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಐನೋನಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾಪ್ತಿಸ್ಮ ಮಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದನು; ಯಾಕಂದರೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹಳ ನೀರು ಇತ್ತು; ಅವರು (ಜನರು) ಬಂದು ಬಾಪ್ತಿಸ್ಮ ಮಾಡಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.

24 ಯಾಕಂದರೆ ಯೋಹಾನನು ಅದುವರೆಗೆ ಸೆರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಾಕಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ.

25 ತರುವಾಯ ಯೋಹಾನನ ಶಿಷ್ಯರಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲವರಿಗೂ ಯೆಹೂದ್ಯರಿಗೂ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಶುದ್ಧೀಕರಣದ ವಿಷಯವಾಗಿ ವಿವಾದ ಉಂಟಾಯಿತು.

26 ಅವರು ಯೋಹಾನನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಬಂದು ಅವ ನಿಗೆ--ಗುರುವೇ, ಇಗೋ, ಯೊರ್ದನಿನ ಆಚೆ ನಿನ್ನ ಬಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಒಬ್ಬಾತನ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀನು ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಕೊಟ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಾ; ಆತನೂ ಬಾಪ್ತಿಸ್ಮ ಮಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ, ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಆತನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾರೆ ಅಂದರು.

27 ಯೋಹಾನನು ಪ್ರತ್ಯುತ್ತರವಾಗಿ--ಪರಲೋಕ ದಿಂದ ಒಬ್ಬ ಮನುಷ್ಯನಿಗೆ ಕೊಡಲ್ಪಡದ ಹೊರತು ಅವನು ಯಾವದನ್ನೂ ಹೊಂದಲಾರನು.

28 ನಾನು ಕ್ರಿಸ್ತನಲ್ಲ, ಆದರೆ ಆತನ ಮುಂದಾಗಿ ಕಳುಹಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ವನೆಂದು ನಾನು ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ನೀವೇ ನನಗೆ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಗಳಾ ಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ.

29 ಮದಲಗಿತ್ತಿಯುಳ್ಳವನೇ ಮದಲಿಂಗನು; ಆದರೆ ಮದಲಿಂಗನ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತನು ನಿಂತುಕೊಂಡು ಆತನ ಮಾತನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಮದಲಿಂಗನ ಧ್ವನಿಗೆ ಬಹಳವಾಗಿ ಸಂತೋಷ ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಆದಕಾರಣ ಈ ನನ್ನ ಸಂತೋಷವು ನೆರವೇರಿತು.

30 ಆತನು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸಲ್ಪ ಡತಕ್ಕದ್ದು; ನಾನು ತಗ್ಗಿಸಲ್ಪಡತಕ್ಕದ್ದು.

31 ಮೇಲಿನಿಂದ ಬರುವಾತನು ಎಲ್ಲರ ಮೇಲೆ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ; ಯಾವನು ಭೂಸಂಬಂಧವಾದವನಾಗಿದ್ದಾನೋ ಅವನು ಭೂ ಸಂಬಂಧದವನಾಗಿದ್ದು ಭೂಸಂಬಂಧವಾದವುಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಪರಲೋಕದಿಂದ ಬರುವಾತನು ಎಲ್ಲರ ಮೇಲೆ ಇದ್ದಾನೆ.

32 ಆತನು ಯಾವದನ್ನು ಕಂಡು ಕೇಳಿದನೋ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಆದರೆ ಆತನ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯನ್ನು ಯಾವನೂ ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸುವದಿಲ್ಲ.

33 ಆತನ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿಯನ್ನು ಅಂಗೀಕರಿಸಿದವನು ದೇವರು ಸತ್ಯವಂತನೆಂಬದಕ್ಕೆ ತನ್ನ ಮುದ್ರೆಯನ್ನು ಹಾಕಿದ್ದಾನೆ.

34 ದೇವರು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದಾತನು ದೇವರ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನೇ ಆಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ದೇವರು ಆತನಿಗೆ ಆತ್ಮನನ್ನು ಅಳತೆ ಮಾಡದೆ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.

35 ತಂದೆಯು ಮಗನನ್ನು ಪ್ರೀತಿಸಿ ಎಲ್ಲವುಗಳನ್ನು ಆತನ ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾನೆ.

36 ಮಗನ ಮೇಲೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಿಡುವವನಿಗೆ ನಿತ್ಯಜೀವ ಉಂಟು; ಯಾವನು ಮಗನನ್ನು ನಂಬುವದಿಲ್ಲವೋ ಅವನು ಜೀವವನ್ನು ಕಾಣುವದಿಲ್ಲ; ಆದರೆ ದೇವರ ಕೋಪವು ಅವನ ಮೇಲೆ ನೆಲೆಗೊಂಡಿದೆ ಅಂದನು.

1 There 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 Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

2 And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3 And it came to pass at the seven years’ end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.

4 And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.

5 And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.

6 And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.

7 And Elisha came to Damascus; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither.

8 And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

9 So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die.

11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

13 And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.

14 So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover.

15 And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

16 And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign.

17 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem.

18 And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

19 Yet the Lord would not destroy Judah for David his servant’s sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children.

20 In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves.

21 So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents.

22 Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.

23 And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

24 And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead.

25 In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign.

26 Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel.

27 And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab.

28 And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram.

29 And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.