OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 3:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει, πνεῖ

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τό πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ καί τήν φωνήν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἔρχεται καί ποῦ ὑπάγει οὕτως ἐστίν πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος)

The word translated wind can also mean spirit. Jesus here speaks of the Holy Spirit, as if he were wind. Just like people in Jesus’ time could not understand how the wind blew but could observe the effects of the wind, people cannot understand how the Holy Spirit works but can witness the effects of his work. If this might confuse your readers, you could express this with a simile. Alternate translation: [The Holy Spirit is like the wind that blows wherever it wants]

οὕτως ἐστὶν

thus (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Τό πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ καί τήν φωνήν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἔρχεται καί ποῦ ὑπάγει οὕτως ἐστίν πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος)

This phrase connects this sentence with the previous sentence. In the same way that people cannot understand the wind but recognize its effects, people who are not born from the Spirit cannot understand those who are born from the Spirit but can recognize the effects of the new birth. Alternate translation: [So it is with] or [So it happens with]

ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος

¬which ˓having_been˒_born of the Spirit

See how you translated this phrase in [3:6](../03/06.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ Πνεύματος

the Spirit

Here, the Spirit refers to the Holy Spirit, who enables people to be born again. If this might confuse your readers, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: [the Holy Spirit]