OrthJBC - John - 3

3:1  Now there was a man of the Perushim. His name was Nakdimon, a manhig haYehudim.

3:2  This one came to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach during the lailah and said to him, "Rabbi, we have da'as that from Hashem you have come, a moreh, for no one is able these otot (miraculous signs) to do, which you do, unless Hashem is with him."

3:3  In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, "Omein, omein, I say to you, unless someone is born anew [1:13; Devarim 10:16; 30:6; Yirmeyah 4:4; Yeshayah 52:1; Yechezkel 44:7,9], he not able to see the Malchut Hashem."

3:4  Nakdimon says to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "How is a man, being old, able to be born? Surely he is not able into the womb of his Em (Mother) a second time to enter and to be born?"

3:5  In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, "Omein, omein, I say to you: unless someone is born of mayim (Tehillim 36:10 [9]) and Ruach Hakodesh [Yechezkel 36:25-27; 37:14], he is not able to enter into the Malchut Hashem.

3:6  "That which is born of basar is basar, and that which is born of the Ruach is ruach.

3:7  "Do not marvel that I said to you, `It is necessary for you to be born anew.'

3:8  "The ruach (wind, Spirit) blows where it wishes, and the sound of it you hear, but you do not have da'as of where it comes from and where it goes [Kohelet 11:5]; so it is with everyone having been born of the Ruach Hakodesh." [Yechezkel 37:9]

3:9  In reply, Nakdimon said to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, "How is it possible for these things to happen?"

3:10  In reply, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, "You hold the teaching office of rabbi of Yisroel and of these things you do not have da'as?

3:11  "Omein, omein, I say to you, that of which we have da'as we speak, and of that which we have seen, we give solemn edut (testimony), and the solemn edut of us you [pl.] do not receive.

3:12  "If I told you [pl.] about things of the Olam Hazeh and you have no emunah, how will you have emunah if I tell you about the things of the Olam Haba?

3:13  "And no one has ascended into Shomayim except the one having descended out of Shomayim, the Ben HaAdam [Daniel 7:13-14; Mishle 30:4; Devarim 30:12].

3:14  "And as Moshe lifted up the nachash in the wilderness [Bamidbar 21:8,9], so it is necessary for there to be a HAGBA (lifting up) of the Ben HaAdam [Tehillim 22; Yeshayah 53],

3:15  "that everyone having emunah [Bereshis 15:6; Bamidbar 14:11; Shemot 14:31] in him may have Chayyei Olam [Daniel 12:2; Yeshayah 52:13].

3:16  "For Hashem so had ahavah (agape) for the Olam Hazeh that G-d gave the matanah (gift) [Yeshayah 9:5 (6)] of his Ben Yachid [Bereshis 22:12], so that whosoever has emunah in him may not be ne'evad (lost, perish, be ruined with destruction), but find Chayyei Olam.

3:17  "For Hashem did not send the Ben HaElohim into the Olam Hazeh that he might judge the Olam Hazeh, but that the Olam Hazeh might be brought to the time of the Geulah and the Olam Haba through him (Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach).[Yeshayah 53:11]

3:18  "The one of emunah who is mekabel Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach (accepting the person of the Ben HaAdam, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach) is not judged, but the one without emunah who is not mekabel Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, already has been judged and condemned, because he has no emunah in ha-Shem of the Ben Yachid of Elohim.

3:19  "And this is the din (judgment), that the Ohr (Light) has come into the Olam Hazeh, and Bnei Adam had ahavah for the choshech (darkness) rather than for the Ohr (Light), for their ma'asim were ra'im (evil). [Tehillim 52:3]

3:20  "For everyone walking in the derech resha'im has sin'ah (hatred) for the Ohr (Light) and does not come to the Ohr (Light), lest his ma'asim be exposed. [Iyov 24:13-17]

3:21  "But the one doing HaEmes comes to the Ohr (Light) that his ma'asim hamitzot may be manifested, that they have been wrought in Hashem." THE JEWISH PEOPLE COME AND SUBMIT TO A TEVILAH OF TESHUVA, A TEVILAH OF EXPECTANT PREPARATION FOR THE COMING OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH; YOCHANAN SPEAKS OF THE ONE WHO IS MEKABEL REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH AND THE ONE WHO IS A DISOBEDIENT MORED B'MALCHUS (REBEL) AND NOT PART OF THE KALLAH OF REBBE, MELECH HAMOSHIACH THE CHOSSAN

3:22  After these things Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and his talmidim came into the land of Yehudah and there he was staying with them and was administering the mikveh mayim's tevilah.

3:23  And Yochanan was also administering the tevilah near Shalem at Einayim, because there was plenty of water there for a mikveh, and the Jewish people were coming and submitting to the tevilah.

3:24  Yochanan had not yet been incarcerated in the beit hasohar (prison).

3:25  There was then a discussion of Yochanan's talmidim with one of the Yehudim about the subject of tohorah (purification).

3:26  And they came to Yochanan and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Yarden, the one to whom you have given solemn edut, hinei, this one administers the mikveh mayim's tevilah and all Bnei Adam are coming to him."

3:27  In reply, Yochanan said, "A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from Shomayim.

3:28  "You yourselves bear 'ed (witness) to me, that I said I am not the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, but I have been sent as his foroisgeier (forerunner).[Malachi 3:1]

3:29  "The one having the Kallah (bride) is the Chosson (Bridegroom, i.e. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach) but the Shoshvin (the Chosson's best man), the one having stood and hearing him with simcha, rejoices because of the kol (voice) of the Chosson (Bridegroom). Therefore, this simcha of mine has been made sheleimah (complete).

3:30  "It is necessary for that one (Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach) to increase but for me to decrease." THE MOSHIACH WHO COMES FROM SHOMAYIM

3:31  The one coming from above (Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach) is over all; the one being from Olam Hazeh is of Olam Hazeh and of the Olam Hazeh he speaks; Hu Habah (He who comes, i.e. Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach) from Shomayim is over all.

3:32  Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach gives solemn edut (testimony) to that which he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his edut.

3:33  The One who has received Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach's edut has thereby set his chatam (seal) of attestation that Hashem is Emes.

3:34  For he whom Hashem sent speaks the Divrei Hashem (Words of Hashem), for Hashem gives the Ruach Hakodesh without measure. [Yeshayah 42:1]

3:35  Elohim HaAv (the Father) has ahavah (love) for HaBen (the Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach) and has given all things into his hand.

3:36  The one with emunah in HaBen (Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach) has Chayyei Olam; but the one disobeying HaBen will not see Chayyim, but the Charon Af of Hashem remains on him."