1 Hua’ats jun i inic pel i oc’lec c’al an Israelchic ax im bij Nicodemo. Jaye pel i fariseo. 2 Chich acal quin tsa’biy a Jesús, in ucha’:

―Huahua’ tu Israel i tso’ob abal it abath tit Exobchix c’al a Dios abal tucu exobchi in cahuintal. Cum tu tejhua’methanchal a tsap c’al i labith t’ajbilab, jaxtam i tso’ob abal it lej abath c’al a Dios ani jaja’ ti tolmiyal. 3 Tam uchan c’al a Jesús:

―Lej chubax nan tu uchal abal c’al in t’ajtal ey ti hua’tsinenec ni jita’ yab in ejtohual quin tso’obna’ jant’ini’ tin t’ajal a Dios ti Ts’ale. In yejenchal ca oc’ox it hua’tsin.

4 Tam conoyat a Jesús c’al a Nicodemo:

―¿Jant’ini’ in ejtohual ca it hua’tsin jun ani puliquits ti inic? Auxe’ max in ejtohual ca huichiy tin chucul in mim ani ca it hua’tsin junil ti t’ele’.

5 Toc’tsin a Jesús:

―Expith jitats ca it ejatliyat c’al i ja’ ani c’al an Espíritu Santo, jats ne’ets ca otsits jun tin t’ajal a Dios ti Ts’ale. Lej chubax jahua’ antsana’ nan tu uchal. 6 Ca hua’tsin i t’ele’, in cua’al in anam t’u’ul ejtil in mim ani in tata. Ca it ejatliyat jun i inic c’al an Espíritu Santo, in cua’al i it ejattalab. 7 Yab ca jic’pa’ abal nan tu uchal in yejenchal ca it hua’tsin jitats in le’ ca otsits jun tin t’ajal a Dios ti Ts’ale. 8 U juchnal an ic’ abal ju’tamq’ui quin le’na’. Aba ani’ a ejtohual ca ats’anchi in cahuith an ic’, yab a tso’ob ma ju’ta ti tal ani ma ju’ta ti ne’ets. Antsana’ jaye yab a ejtohual ca tso’obna’ jant’ini’ tu it ejatliyab i inicchic c’al an Espíritu Santo. An Espíritu Santo im pithal i it ejattalab an inicchic jitats quin le’nanchi quim pitha’, ani yab a ejtohual ca tso’obna’ jant’ini’ tim pithalchic.

9 Tam conoyat a Jesús c’al a Nicodemo:

―¿Jant’ini’ tam u ejtohual cu bats’u i it ejattalab?

10 Toc’tsin a Jesús:

―Tata’ ojni’ it lej huit’ath tit exobchix c’al an Israelchic ani jant’ini’ ti yab a ejtohual ca ejtiy an cau jahua’ nan tu uchal. 11 Nan u tso’obits abal jats an lej chubax cau jahua’ tu uchal, cum tin tso’oblinchamalits u Tata ti eb. Aba ani’ pel i chubaxtalab, yab a le’ ca belchi. 12 An cau axi nan tu t’ilchal tin cuenta teje’ tsabal yab a le’ ca belchi, ani más yab ne’ets ca belchi max tu t’ilchiye hualim xi tihua’ c’al u Tata ti eb.

13 Nana’ tin Juntal patal an inicchic u c’uajattal ti eb, ani expith nana’ ja’its an inic ax im pa’inec in tal ti eb. 14 Tam ti biyal a Moisés in ts’ejca’ c’al i pat’al in t’ipoth inquithtal i tsan, ani in tejcou chum i acanlab ti al an joltam. Quin met’a’ jitats ts’icathits c’al an tsan, ani ne’ets ca jeltha. Nana’ tin Juntal patal an inicchic im bijchithits quin q’uet’an al jun i pelc’oth te’. 15 Antsana’ ne’ets quin t’ajchin abal ca pithan i it ejattalab patal jitats tiquim bela’ nana’, ani ne’ets ca ets’ey c’uajiy c’al a Dios yab ca q’uibey, in ulu a Jesús.

16 Cum a Dios lej ichich hual in tsu’tal an inicchic, jaxtam in aba’ in lej juncats Tsacamil ca chich teje’ tsabal. Patal jitats quim bela’ in Tsacamil a Dios ne’ets ca pithan i it ejattalab abal ca ets’ey c’uajiy c’al a Dios yab ca q’uibey. 17 A Dios in aba’ in Tsacamil abal c’al jaja’ ca jec’ontha an inicchic, yab abal ca jolbiyat.

18 Jitats quim bela’ in Tsacamil a Dios yab ne’ets ca jolbiyat c’al a Dios. Max yab quim bela’ tamna’ jolbithits. 19 Jolbithits cum yab im belal ani im pojcal jaja’ axi che’nec quim pitha’ an inicchic i tajaxtalab tin ichich. Tocat in culbetnale ca xe’tsin más al an yic’uax ani iba al an tajax. Antsana’ in culbetnal cum in ey in c’anithal ani in t’ajal jahua’ yab alhua’. 20 Patal jitats ax in t’ajal jahua’ yab alhua’ im pojcal an tajaxtalab, cum yab in le’ ca tejhua’metha jahua’ yab alhua’ in t’ajal. 21 Jitats in ne’thal juncuth in tsalap c’al an chubaxtalab u xe’ets al an tajax, ani antsana’ ti ne’ets ca tsu’tat c’al in at inic abal u tolmiyab c’al a Dios quin t’aja’ jahua’ alhua’.

22 Taley talbel u c’ale huahua’ tu exobalil a Jesús junax c’al jaja’ ti tsabal Judea. Ani taja’ xe’ets a Jesús ti pujal tsab ox a q’uicha. 23 Jayetseq’ui taja’ utat hue’ ti Enón axi utat ti bichou Salim, xe’ets ti pujal a Juan cum hua’ats yan i ja’ taja’. Tats tu che’el an inicchic ani u pujnal. 24 Antsana’ ti xe’ets a Juan tam ti yabaye baliyame ti al an huic’axte’.

25 Tam taja’chic in ts’i’quiy ti t’ilom talchic in exobalil a Juan ani talchic i Israelchic. In t’iloxnal jant’o in ey ca t’oquetha an inicchic ani ca t’oquetha an eyextalab abal tin cuenta an c’ac’naxtalab c’al a Dios. 26 Taley chich c’al a Juan in exobalilchic quin tauna’. Uchan a Juan c’al jaja’chic:

―Ca t’aja’ ti cuenta exobchix, nixe’ xi inic a ulu abal it junax xe’tsin c’al jaja’ ti jayq’ui’ jum poq’ue’ ti pulic itse’ Jordán. Xohue’ xe’ets ti pujal jaye, ani jat’hua’ tim patal an inic u ts’at’el c’al jaja’.

27 Tam a Juan in ucha’chic:

―Pelits a Dios expith ax im pithal in uchbil an inicchic, max ti pujal ani max jant’ots in uchbil. 28 Nan tu lejquith ucha’itschic abal nana’ yab ja in Cristo. A Dios tin aba’ quin chich hue’ oc’chith abal cu tolmiy an inicchic quin t’ojojoy in ichich abal quim bats’u a Cristo talbel. 29 An ts’ic’ach axi ne’ets ca tomquin c’al i inic ne’ets ca c’alna c’al jaja’. Antsana’ jitats ca juncun c’al a Cristo ne’ets ca c’alna c’al jaja’. Nana’ expith u tolmiyal an inicchic ca juncun c’al a Cristo ejtil max pel tin conox c’al i ts’ic’ach ax u le’nab ca juncun c’al i cuitol. In lej culbel tam u juncunal i inicchic c’al a Cristo. 30 Lej bijithits a Cristo expith ca c’athpich t’ajchin ti cuenta c’al an inicchic cum in ey lej pulic, ani nana’ tocat quin tsu’tat más tsa’at u ey.

31 A Cristo ojni’ tal ti eb ani lej c’athpich pulic in ey. Yab hua’ats jita’ teje’ tsabal quim baju ejtil in ey jaja’. Jitats ca hua’tsin teje’ pel i inic, ani in t’iloxnal jahua’ hua’ats teje’ tsabal. 32 A Cristo tal ti eb ani in t’iloxnal jahua’ in tsu’umal ani jahua’ in ats’amal ti eb. Ani an inicchic yab in le’ quim belchi jahua’ in ulal. 33 Max i belchal jahua’ in ulal a Cristo abal lej chubax, tam jun t’ajat i mac’uchith belchal jaye abal chubax patal jahua’ in ulal a Dios. 34 Cum ja’its a Dios ax in aba’ a Cristo teje’ tsabal abal tucu olnanchi in cahuintal a Dios. Patal jahua’ in ulal jaja’ pel i chubaxtalab cum jum putat pithnenec an Espíritu Santo c’al a Dios, ani yab pithnenec t’ipothq’ui. 35 An Tatalab ti eb in lej c’anithal a Cristo cum pel in Tsacamil, ani in tala’ pithamalits tin c’ubac patal jahua’ hua’ats ti eb ani ti tsabal. 36 Jitats quim bela’ in Tsacamil a Dios, jats ax u pithnal i it ejattalab abal ca ets’ey c’uajiy c’al a Dios. Jitats yab quim bela’, jats ne’ets ca ijcanchat an c’ac’ath yajchictalab c’al a Dios taye tal.