变水为酒

第三天,在加利利的迦拿有人举办婚宴,耶稣的母亲在那里。 耶稣和门徒也被邀请去赴宴。 酒喝完了,耶稣的母亲就对祂说:“他们没有酒了。” 耶稣说:“妇人,这跟你我有什么相干[a]?我的时候还没有到。” 祂母亲对仆人说:“祂叫你们做什么,你们就做什么。” 那里有六口犹太人用来行洁净礼仪的石缸,每口可以盛约一百升水。

耶稣对仆人说:“把缸倒满水!”他们就往缸里倒水,一直满到缸口。 耶稣又说:“现在可以舀些出来,送给宴席总管。”他们就送了去。 那些仆人知道这酒是怎样来的,宴席总管却不知道。他尝过那水变的酒后,便把新郎叫来, 10 对他说:“人们都是先拿好酒款待客人,等客人喝够了,才把次等的拿出来,你却把好酒留到现在!” 11 这是耶稣第一次行神迹,是在加利利的迦拿行的,彰显了祂的荣耀,门徒都信了祂。

12 这事以后,耶稣和祂的母亲、弟弟并门徒一起去迦百农住了几天。

洁净圣殿

13 犹太人的逾越节快到了,耶稣便上耶路撒冷去。 14 祂看见圣殿区有人在卖牛羊和鸽子,还有人在兑换银币, 15 就用绳索做成鞭子把牛羊赶出去,倒掉钱商的银币,推翻他们的桌子, 16 又对卖鸽子的说:“把这些东西拿出去!不要把我父的殿当作市场。” 17 祂的门徒想起圣经上说:“我对你的殿充满炙热的爱。”

18 当时,犹太人质问祂:“你给我们显什么神迹来证明你有权这样做?”

19 耶稣回答说:“你们拆毁这座殿,我三天之内会把它重建起来。”

20 他们说:“这座殿用了四十六年才建成,你三天之内就要把它重建起来吗?” 21 其实耶稣说的殿是指自己的身体, 22 所以等到祂从死里复活以后,祂的门徒想起这句话,就相信了圣经和耶稣所传的道。

23 耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节期间,许多人看见祂行的神迹,就信了祂。 24 耶稣却不信任他们,因为祂洞悉万人。 25 不用别人告诉祂,祂也深知人的内心。

Footnotes

  1. 2:4 这跟你我有什么相干”或译“我与你有什么相干”。

The Wedding at Cana

On (A)the third day there was a wedding at (B)Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with (C)his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, (D)“Woman, (E)what does this have to do with me? (F)My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

Now there were six stone water jars there (G)for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty (H)gallons.[a] Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. When the master of the feast tasted (I)the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested (J)his glory. And (K)his disciples believed in him.

12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and (L)his brothers[b] and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.

Jesus Cleanses the Temple

13 (M)The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus (N)went up to Jerusalem. 14 (O)In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make (P)my Father's house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, (Q)“Zeal for your house will consume me.”

18 So the Jews said to him, (R)“What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, (S)“Destroy this temple, and in three days (T)I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,[c] and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about (U)the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, (V)his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed (W)the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Jesus Knows What Is in Man

23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name (X)when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus (Y)on his part did not entrust himself to them, because (Z)he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for (AA)he himself knew what was in man.

Footnotes

  1. John 2:6 Greek two or three measures (metrētas); a metrētēs was about 10 gallons or 35 liters
  2. John 2:12 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
  3. John 2:20 Or This temple was built forty-six years ago

The Wedding at Cana

Two days later there was a wedding in the town of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his followers were also invited to the wedding. When all the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

Jesus answered, “Dear woman, why come to me? My time has not yet come.”

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you to do.”

In that place there were six stone water jars. The Jews used jars like these in their washing ceremony.[a] Each jar held about 20 or 30 gallons.

Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled the jars to the top.

Then he said to them, “Now take some out and give it to the master of the feast.”

So the servants took the water to the master. When he tasted it, the water had become wine. He did not know where the wine came from. But the servants who brought the water knew. The master of the wedding called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “People always serve the best wine first. Later, after the guests have been drinking a lot, they serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine till now.”

11 So in Cana of Galilee, Jesus did his first miracle. There he showed his glory, and his followers believed in him.

Jesus in the Temple

12 Then Jesus went to the town of Capernaum with his mother, brothers and his followers. They all stayed in Capernaum for a few days. 13 But it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. So Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 In the Temple he found men selling cattle, sheep, and doves. He saw others sitting at tables, exchanging money. 15 Jesus made a whip out of cords. Then he forced all these men, with the sheep and cattle, to leave the Temple. He turned over the tables and scattered the money of the men who were exchanging it. 16 Then he said to those who were selling pigeons, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a place for buying and selling!”

17 When this happened the followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: “My strong love for your Temple completely controls me.”[b]

18 The Jews said to Jesus, “Show us a miracle for a sign. Prove that you have the right to do these things.”

19 Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and I will build it again in three days.”

20 The Jews answered, “Men worked 46 years to build this Temple! Do you really believe you can build it again in three days?”

21 (But the temple Jesus meant was his own body. 22 After Jesus was raised from death, his followers remembered that Jesus had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the words Jesus said.)

23 Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover Feast. Many people believed in him because they saw the miracles he did. 24 But Jesus did not believe in them because he knew them all. 25 He did not need anyone to tell him about people. Jesus knew what was in a person’s mind.

Footnotes

  1. 2:6 washing ceremony The Jews washed themselves in special ways before eating, before worshiping in the Temple, and at other special times.
  2. 2:17 “My . . . me.” Quotation from Psalm 69:9.

Tre giorni dopo, si fecero delle nozze in Cana di Galilea, e la madre di Gesú si trovava là.

Or anche Gesú fu invitato alle nozze con i suoi discepoli.

Essendo venuto a mancare il vino, la madre di Gesú gli disse: «Non hanno piú vino».

Gesú le disse: «Che cosa c'è tra te e me o donna? L'ora mia non è ancora venuta»,

Sua madre disse ai servi: «Fate tutto quello che egli vi dirà».

Or c'erano là sei recipienti di pietra, usati per la purificazione dei Giudei, che contenevano due o tre misure ciascuno.

Gesú disse loro: «Riempite d'acqua i recipienti». Ed essi li riempirono fino all'orlo.

Poi disse loro: «Ora attingete e portatene al maestro della festa». Ed essi gliene portarono.

E come il maestro della festa assaggiò l'acqua mutata in vino (or egli non sapeva da dove venisse quel vino, ma ben lo sapevano i servi che avevano attinto l'acqua), il maestro della festa chiamò lo sposo,

10 e gli disse: «Ogni uomo presenta all'inizio il vino migliore e, dopo che gli invitati hanno copiosamente bevuto, il meno buono; tu, invece, hai conservato il buon vino fino ad ora».

11 Gesú fece questo inizio dei segni in Cana di Galilea e manifestò la sua gloria, e i suoi discepoli credettero in lui.

12 Dopo questo, egli discese a Capernaum con sua madre, i suoi fratelli e i suoi discepoli; ed essi rimasero lí pochi giorni.

13 Or la Pasqua dei Giudei era vicina, e Gesú salí a Gerusalemme.

14 E trovò nel tempio venditori di buoi, di pecore, di colombi, e i cambiamonete seduti;

15 fatta quindi una frusta di cordicelle, li scacciò tutti fuori del tempio insieme con i buoi e le pecore, e sparpagliò il denaro dei cambiamonete e ne rovesciò le tavole,

16 e ai venditori di colombi disse: «Portate via da qui queste cose; non fate della casa del Padre mio una casa di mercato».

17 Cosí i suoi discepoli si ricordarono che stava scritto: «Lo zelo della tua casa mi ha divorato».

18 Allora i Giudei risposero e gli dissero: «Quale segno ci mostri per fare queste cose?».

19 Gesú rispose e disse loro: «Distruggete questo tempio e in tre giorni io lo ricostruirò».

20 Allora i Giudei dissero: «Ci son voluti quarantasei anni per edificare questo tempio, e tu lo ricostruiresti in tre giorni?».

21 Ma egli parlava del tempio del suo corpo.

22 Quando poi egli fu risuscitato dai morti, i suoi discepoli si ricordarono che egli aveva loro detto questo e credettero alla Scrittura e alle parole che Gesú aveva detto.

23 Ora, mentre egli si trovava in Gerusalemme alla festa della Pasqua, molti credettero nel suo nome vedendo i segni che faceva,

24 ma Gesú non si fidava di loro, perché li conosceva tutti,

25 e perché non aveva bisogno che alcuno gli testimoniasse dell'uomo, perché egli conosceva ciò che vi era nell'uomo. Gesú ammaestra Nicodemo sulla nuova nascita