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.’