4 UNikodimo wathi kuye: “Angáthini na ukuzalwa umntu oselemdala? Kaloku akangekhe aphindele esizalweni sikanina, aze azalwe kwakhona.”
5 Waphendula uYesu, wathi: “Ndithi kuwe, inene, ukuba umntu akathanga azalwe ngamanzi nanguMoya kaThixo, akanakulawulwa nguThixo.
6 Okuzalwa yinyama negazi kuyinyama negazi; okuzalwa nguMoya kunguMoya.
7 Sukumangaliswa kukuba ndithe kuwe: ‘Nimelwe kukuzalwa ngokutsha.’
8 Umoya uphephezela apho uthanda khona, ùsive isandi sawo, kodwa ùbe ungawazi apho úvela khona nalapho úya khona. Bakwanjalo ke bonke abazelwe nguMoya kaThixo.”
9 Waphendula uNikodimo esithi: “Ingenzeka njani le nto?”
10 Waphendula uYesu wathi: “Ungumfundisi omkhulu nje wakwaSirayeli, ungathini ukungazazi ezi zinto?