ἐκεῖνον δεῖ αὐξάνειν, ἐμὲ δὲ ἐλαττοῦσθαι.

ekeinon dei auxanein, eme de elattousthai.

illum oportet crescere me autem minui

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

It is necessary for him to increase and for me to decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must increase in importance, while I must decrease in importance.

He must increase, but I must decrease."

He must become more important, but I must become less important."

He must become more important while I become less important."

"He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must become greater; I must become less."

He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must grow greater, but I must grow less.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

Jesus must become greater, but I must become less important.

`Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

He must become more important. I must become less important.

“He must increase, but I must decrease.

He, the groom, must take center stage; and I, the best man, must step to His side.

He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.

He must increase; I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

It is expedient unto him to increase, but unto me, to decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must increase, but I must decrease. [He must grow more prominent; I must grow less so.]

He must become greater, and I must become less important.

John answered, “It’s not possible for a person to succeed—I’m talking about eternal success—without heaven’s help. You yourselves were there when I made it public that I was not the Messiah but simply the one sent ahead of him to get things ready. The one who gets the bride is, by definition, the bridegroom. And the bridegroom’s friend, his ‘best man’—that’s me—in place at his side where he can hear every word, is genuinely happy. How could he be jealous when he knows that the wedding is finished and the marriage is off to a good start? “That’s why my cup is running over. This is the assigned moment for him to move into the center, while I slip off to the sidelines.

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must increase in renown, and I must decrease.

He must become more important while I become less important.”

It behooveth him to wax, but me to be made less. [It behooveth him to wax, forsooth me to be diminished, or made less.]

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

Jesus must become more important, while I become less important.

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

“A man can receive nothing at all,” replied John, “unless it is given him from Heaven. You yourselves can witness that I said, ‘I am not Christ but I have been sent as his forerunner.’ It is the bridegroom who possesses the bride, yet the bridegroom’s friend who merely stands and listens to him can be overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That is why my happiness is now complete. He must grow greater and greater and I less and less.

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must increase, but I must decrease.’

He must increase and I must decrease.

He must increase [in prominence], but I must decrease.

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must increase; I must decrease.”

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must ·become greater [increase], and I must ·become less important [decrease].

He must increase, while I must decrease.”

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must become more important. I must become less important.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

He must become more important, while I become less important.

He must become more and more great, but I must become less and less great.

He must increase, but I must decrease.’

It is necessary for that one [Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach] to increase, but for me to decrease.

He must increase in importance, while I must decrease in importance.

He must increase, but I must decrease.”

He must become more and more important, and I must become less important.

He must become greater. And I must become less important.

It is necessary for that one to increase, but for me to decrease.”

He must become greater; I must become less.’

It-is-necessary for that One to grow, and for me to diminish.