1. And there was a man of the Pharisees, Naḵdimon was his name, a ruler of the Yehuḏim.
2. This one came to יהושע by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from Elohim, for no one is able to do these signs You do if Elohim is not with him.”
3. יהושע answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he is unable to see the reign of Elohim.”
4. Naḵdimon said to Him, “How is a man able to be born when he is old? Is he able to enter into his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”
5. יהושע answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he is unable to enter into the reign of Elohim.
6. “That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
7. “Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You have to be born from above.’
8. “The Spirit breathes where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”
9. Naḵdimon answered and said to Him, “How is it possible for this to take place?”
10. יהושע answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Yisra’ĕl, and do not know this?
11. “Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what We know and witness what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.