הבשורה על-פי יוחנן 1
Habrit Hakhadasha/Haderekh
א בראשית היה הדבר, והדבר היה עם האלוהים, ואלוהים היה הדבר. 2 הוא היה בראשית עם האלוהים. 3 דרכו נברא הכל, אין דבר שלא נברא על-ידו. 4 בו היו חיים, וחיים אלה היו האור לבני-אדם. 5 האור מאיר בחושך, והחושך לא התגבר עליו.
6 אלוהים שלח אדם בשם יוחנן 7 להעיד על האור האמתי, כדי שכולם יאמינו בו. 8 יוחנן עצמו לא היה האור; הוא רק נשלח לזהות את האור 9 האמתי שבא לעולם כדי להאיר לכל בני-האדם.
10 האור בא אל העולם שנברא על ידיו, אך העולם לא הכיר אותו. 11 הוא בא אל שלו, אך אלה לא קיבלו אותו. 12 אבל לכל אלה שהאמינו בו הוא העניק את הזכות להיות בני-אלוהים. 13 כל המאמינים בו נולדו מחדש – לא בלידה ביולוגית מגבר ואישה, ולא מרצון האדם, אלא מרצון האלוהים. 14 הדבר נהיה בשר ושכן בתוכינו. אנחנו ראינו את כבודו, כבוד הבן היחיד מהאב, מלא חסד ואמת.
15 יוחנן העיד עליו וקרא: "הנה האדם שאליו התכוונתי, כשסיפרתי לכם שאחרי עומד לבוא אדם גדול ונעלה ממני, כי הוא היה לפני שהייתי אני." 16 כולנו התברכנו בברכות רבות מעושרו ומחסדו. 17 כי בעוד שמשה רבנו מסר לנו את התורה, ישוע המשיח העניק לנו חסד ואמת. 18 איש לא ראה מעולם את האלוהים, מלבד בנו היחיד הנמצא סמוך אל חיקו, והוא סיפר לנו על אביו.
19 זוהי, אם כן, עדותו של יוחנן: כאשר שלחו אליו היהודים כוהנים ולווים מירושלים כדי לברר מי הוא, 20 יוחנן הודה מיד: "אינני המשיח!"
21 "אם כן, מי אתה?" דרשו לדעת. "האם אתה אליהו?"
"לא," השיב יוחנן.
22 "מי אתה? מה יש לך לומר? ברצוננו לדעת מה להשיב לשולחינו."
23 "אני הקול הקורא במדבר כנבואת ישעיהו[a]: 'פנו דרך לה'!" השיב יוחנן.
28 כל זה התרחש בכפר בית-עניה שעל חוף הירדן – במקום שבו נהג יוחנן להטביל.
29 למחרת ראה יוחנן את ישוע בא לקראתו והכריז: "הביטו! הנה שה האלוהים הנושא את חטאי העולם. 30 אליו התכוונתי כשסיפרתי לכם שבקרוב יבוא אליכם אדם אשר היה עוד לפני שנולדתי. 31 אני עצמי לא הכרתי אותו; אני באתי רק להטביל אנשים במים ולהצביע עליו לעם ישראל." 32 יוחנן סיפר להם שהוא ראה את רוח הקודש יורדת בדמות יונה ונחה על ישוע.
33 "לא הכרתי את ישוע לפני כן," חזר ואמר יוחנן, "אולם כאשר אלוהים שלח אותי להטביל במים הוא אמר לי: 'בראותך את רוח הקודש יורדת ונחה על איש, דע כי אותו אתה מבקש – זהו האיש שיטביל ברוח הקודש.' 34 אני ראיתי את רוח הקודש יורדת ונחה על האיש הזה, ולכן אני מעיד שהוא בן האלוהים."
35 למחרת שוב עמד יוחנן באותו מקום עם שניים מתלמידיו. 36 בראותו את ישוע בא לקראתו הוא קרא: "הנה שה האלוהים!"
37 כששמעו שני התלמידים את קריאתו של יוחנן, פנו ללכת בעקבות ישוע.
38 ישוע הביט לאחור וראה שהשניים הולכים בעקבותיו. "מה רצונכם?" שאל אותם.
"רבי, היכן אתה גר?" השיבו בשאלה.
39 "בואו וראו," ענה ישוע. השניים הלכו אחריו למקום מגוריו, ונשארו איתו משעה ארבע אחר-הצהריים עד הערב.
40 אנדרי, אחיו של שמעון פטרוס, היה אחד משני התלמידים שהלכו אחריו. 41 אנדרי הלך מיד לחפש את אחיו, וכשמצא אותו קרא בהתרגשות: "מצאנו את המשיח!"
42 כשהביא אנדרי את פטרוס אל ישוע, הביט ישוע בפטרוס לרגע ואמר: "אתה אמנם שמעון בנו של יונה, אך מעתה ואילך תיקרא: פטרוס – כיפא[b]!"
43 למחרת החליט ישוע ללכת לגליל. הוא פגש בדרך את פיליפוס ואמר לו: "בוא אחרי." 44 פיליפוס היה מבית-צידה, עירם של אנדרי ופטרוס.
45 פיליפוס הלך לחפש את נתנאל, וכשמצא אותו קרא: "מצאנו את המשיח שעליו סיפרו משה רבנו והנביאים! שמו ישוע, בנו של יוסף מנצרת!"
46 "נצרת?" קרא נתנאל בחוסר אמון. "איזה דבר טוב יכול לצאת מנצרת?"
"בוא וראה במו עיניך," הפציר בו פיליפוס.
47 כשראה ישוע את נתנאל בא לקראתו, קרא: "הנה בא לקראתנו בן ישראל אמתי – אדם ישר אמתי שאין בו מרמה."
48 "כיצד אתה יודע מי אני ומה אני?" תמה נתנאל.
"ראיתי אותך יושב תחת עץ התאנה עוד לפני שפיליפוס מצא אותך," ענה ישוע.
49 "אדוני, אתה באמת בן-האלוהים, מלך ישראל!" קרא נתנאל.
50 "האם אתה מאמין בכך רק משום שאמרתי כי ראיתי אותך יושב תחת עץ התאנה?" שאל ישוע. "עוד תראה דברים גדולים מאלה! 51 אפילו תראה את השמים נפתחים ומלאכי אלוהים עולים ויורדים על בן-האדם."
Footnotes
- הבשורה על-פי יוחנן 1:23 ישעיהו מ 3
- הבשורה על-פי יוחנן 1:42 פירושו בעברית:"סלע"
John 1
New King James Version
The Eternal Word(A)
1 In the beginning (B)was the Word, and the (C)Word was (D)with God, and the Word was (E)God. 2 (F)He was in the beginning with God. 3 (G)All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 (H)In Him was life, and (I)the life was the light of men. 5 And (J)the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [a]comprehend it.
John’s Witness: The True Light
6 There was a (K)man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a (L)witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might (M)believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that (N)Light. 9 (O)That[b] was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and (P)the world did not know Him. 11 (Q)He came to His [c]own, and His [d]own did not receive Him. 12 But (R)as many as received Him, to them He gave the [e]right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 (S)who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Word Becomes Flesh
14 (T)And the Word (U)became (V)flesh and dwelt among us, and (W)we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, (X)full of grace and truth.
15 (Y)John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, (Z)‘He who comes after me [f]is preferred before me, (AA)for He was before me.’ ”
16 [g]And of His (AB)fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For (AC)the law was given through Moses, but (AD)grace and (AE)truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 (AF)No one has seen God at any time. (AG)The only begotten [h]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
A Voice in the Wilderness(AH)
19 Now this is (AI)the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20 (AJ)He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you (AK)the Prophet?”
And he answered, “No.”
22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
23 He said: (AL)“I am
(AM)‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them, saying, (AN)“I baptize with water, (AO)but there stands One among you whom you do not know. 27 (AP)It is He who, coming after me, [i]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”
28 These things were done (AQ)in [j]Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The Lamb of God(AR)
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! (AS)The Lamb of God (AT)who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who [k]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ 31 I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, (AU)therefore I came baptizing with water.”
32 (AV)And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, (AW)this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and testified that this is the (AX)Son of God.”
The First Disciples
35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples. 36 And looking at Jesus as He walked, he said, (AY)“Behold the Lamb of God!”
37 The two disciples heard him speak, and they (AZ)followed Jesus. 38 Then Jesus turned, and seeing them following, said to them, “What do you seek?”
They said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, when translated, Teacher), “where are You staying?”
39 He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He was staying, and remained with Him that day (now it was about the tenth hour).
40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was (BA)Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the [l]Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Now when Jesus looked at him, He said, “You are Simon the son of [m]Jonah. (BB)You shall be called Cephas” (which is translated, [n]A Stone).
Philip and Nathanael
43 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found (BC)Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” 44 Now (BD)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found (BE)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom (BF)Moses in the law, and also the (BG)prophets, wrote—Jesus (BH)of Nazareth, the (BI)son of Joseph.”
46 And Nathanael said to him, (BJ)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him, and said of him, “Behold, (BK)an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!”
48 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?”
Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
49 Nathanael answered and said to Him, “Rabbi, (BL)You are the Son of God! You are (BM)the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And He said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, (BN)hereafter[o] you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”
Footnotes
- John 1:5 Or overcome
- John 1:9 Or That was the true Light which, coming into the world, gives light to every man.
- John 1:11 His own things or domain
- John 1:11 His own people
- John 1:12 authority
- John 1:15 ranks higher than I
- John 1:16 NU For
- John 1:18 NU God
- John 1:27 ranks higher than I
- John 1:28 NU, M Bethany
- John 1:30 ranks higher than I
- John 1:41 Lit. Anointed One
- John 1:42 NU John
- John 1:42 Gr. Petros, usually translated Peter
- John 1:51 NU omits hereafter
John 1
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
Habrit Hakhadasha/Haderekh “The Way” (Hebrew Living New Testament)
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