ヨハネ 10
Japanese Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
羊飼いの声を聞きわける羊
10 イエスが言った。「人が羊の囲いに入る時、その人は門を使うべきだ。もし塀をよじ登ろうとするならば、その人は泥棒だ。その人は羊を盗もうとしている。 2 だが、羊の面倒を見る者なら門を通って入ってくるだろう。その人は羊飼いだ。 3 門を守る者は、羊飼いのために門を開けてくれる。そこで羊は羊飼いの声に耳を傾ける。その人は自分の羊を名前で呼び、外に連れ出す。 4 その人の羊がみんな集まったら、その人は羊たちの先を歩く。羊はその人の声を知っているからこそ、その人についていくのだ。 5 しかし、羊は知らない人にはついて行ったりは絶対にしない。その声が知らない人なら、羊は走って逃げていく」
6 イエスはこの物語を人々に話したが、彼らはその意味がさっぱりわからなかった。
イエスは良い羊飼い
7 イエスはもう一度言った。「わかりやすく言おう！わたしが羊の門だ。 8 羊を気にかけているふりをしてやって来た者はみんな泥棒であり、強盗だ。そして、羊たちも彼らの言うことを聞きはしない。 9 わたしが門だ。誰でもわたしを通って入る者は救われる。その人たちは入ることも出来れば、出ることも出来る。彼らは必要な全てを見つけるのだ。 10 泥棒は盗むため、殺すため、滅ぼすために来る。だが、わたしはいのちを与えるために来た。そのいのちとは、あなた方がいま想像している以上のものだ。
11 わたしは良い羊飼いだ。そして、良い羊飼いは自分のいのちを羊のために捧げる。 12 羊を飼うために雇われた労働者は羊飼いとは違う。彼ら労働者は、羊を自分のものとしているわけではない。だからオオカミが来ているのを見ても、羊をその場に残して自分だけが逃げ去ってしまうだろう。そうなればオオカミが羊を襲い、羊たちは四方八方に散らされる。 13 そんな男は羊に心を向けることはなく、その場から逃げてしまう、ただの雇われた労働者だ。
14-15 わたしは羊を養い、気にかけている羊飼いだ。お父さんがわたしのことを知っているように、わたしも自分の羊のことを知っている。わたしがお父さんのことを知っているように、わたしの羊もわたしのことを知っている。そして、わたしはこの羊たちのために、自分のいのちを捧げるのだ。 16 わたしには、この群れの中にはいない他の羊たちも抱えている。わたしは、その羊たちをも導かなければならない。彼らはわたしの声を聞き、1人の羊飼いのもとで1つの群れとなるのだ。 17 わたしが自分のいのちを手放したからこそ、お父さんはわたしを愛している。わたしが自分のいのちを諦めるからこそ、わたしは再びいのちを取り戻せるのだ。 18 わたしからいのちを取り去る者はいない。わたしが、わたしのいのちを自由にささげるのだ。また、わたしにはそれを取り戻す権利もある。これはお父さんがわたしに命じたことだ」
19 イエスがこれを言ったことによって、ユダヤ人たちはまた二つに分かれた。 20 ほとんどの人はこう言った。「やつは悪霊に取り憑かれて、イカれてしまった。どうしてあんなヤツの話を聞くのだ？」
21 だが、他の者たちはこう言った。「これらのことばは悪霊に取り憑かれた者とは思えない。生まれつき目が見えない者を悪霊が癒すことはできん！」
イエスに対するユダヤ人指導者たち
22 季節は冬、神殿の都エルサレムでは献身祭が始まった。 23 イエスはエルサレム神殿・ソロモンの廊下にいた。 24 ユダヤ指導者たちは、イエスの周りを囲んでこう言った。「どれだけ長い間、私たちはあなたの存在について悩ませるつもりなのか？もしあなたが救い主なら、はっきりとそう言えばいいじゃないか！」
25 イエスは答えた。「わたしはもう既に伝えたが、お前たちは信じなかった。わたしはお父さんの権威によって奇跡を起こしている。これらの奇跡がわたしが誰なのかを物語っている。 26 それでもお前たちは信じることを拒む。それは、お前たちがわたしの羊ではないからだ。 27 わたしの羊はわたしの声を聞く。わたしは彼らを知っていて、彼らはわたしについて来る。 28 わたしは、自分の羊に永遠のいのちを与える。彼らは決して死なないだろう。そして、彼らがわたしの管理下にいる間は、誰もわたしから彼らを引き離せる者はいない。 29 わたしのお父さんこそがわたしに羊たちを与えた方であり、どんな方よりも偉大である。誰もわたしの羊を彼の手から盗むことはできないのだ。 30 お父さんとわたしは1つだ！」
31 ユダヤの指導者たちはイエスを殺そうとまた石を拾った。 32 だが、イエスは彼らに言った。「あなた方が目にしたわたしのすばらしい行いの全ては、お父さんの力から来ている。お父さんが行ったすばらしい出来事のどれを見て、わたしを殺そうと思うのですか？」
33 彼らは答えた。「私たちは、お前のした良いことで殺そうとしているわけではない！だが、神を侮辱したこと！そのことを言っているのだ。お前はただの人間だ。なのに、お前は自分が神だと言う！私たちがお前を殺そうとしているのはそれが理由だ！」
34 イエスは言った。「あなた方の掟の中には、『♪私は言った。お前たちは神々だ！』と書いてある。 35 この聖書箇所では、それらの人たち、又は神のメッセージを受け取った人たちのことを『神々』と呼んだ。その箇所を消すことはできない。 36 であれば、なぜ私が『神の子である』と言うことには侮辱だと責めたてるのだ？わたしは神に選ばれ、この世に送られた者だ。 37 もし、わたしのお父さんがしていることをわたしがしていないのなら、わたしの言うことを信じるな。 38 だが、もしわたしがお父さんの意志を実行しているなら、わたしのすることを信じるべきだ。わたしを信じられなくとも、わたしがなすことを信じるべきだ。そうすれば、お父さんがわたしの中にいて、わたしがお父さんの中にいることが理解できるだろう！」
39 彼らはまたイエスを逮捕しようとしたが、イエスは彼らから逃げた。
40 その後、イエスはヨルダン川を渡って、ヨハネが洗礼を授け始めた場所に戻った。イエスがそこに残っていると、 41 大勢の人がイエスのもとに集まって来た。彼らは言った。「ヨハネは一切、奇跡を行なわなかったが、この方についてヨハネが話したことは事実だ！」 42 こうして、そこにいる大勢がイエスを信じたのだ。
John 10
New Living Translation
The Good Shepherd and His Sheep
10 “I tell you the truth, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! 2 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep recognize his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger; they will run from him because they don’t know his voice.”
6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant, 7 so he explained it to them: “I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All who came before me[a] were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them. 9 Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved.[b] They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. 10 The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. 12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. 13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, 15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.
17 “The Father loves me because I sacrifice my life so I may take it back again. 18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again. For this is what my Father has commanded.”
19 When he said these things, the people[c] were again divided in their opinions about him. 20 Some said, “He’s demon possessed and out of his mind. Why listen to a man like that?” 21 Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God
22 It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication. 23 He was in the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 The people surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus replied, “I have already told you, and you don’t believe me. The proof is the work I do in my Father’s name. 26 But you don’t believe me because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else.[d] No one can snatch them from the Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”
31 Once again the people picked up stones to kill him. 32 Jesus said, “At my Father’s direction I have done many good works. For which one are you going to stone me?”
33 They replied, “We’re stoning you not for any good work, but for blasphemy! You, a mere man, claim to be God.”
34 Jesus replied, “It is written in your own Scriptures[e] that God said to certain leaders of the people, ‘I say, you are gods!’[f] 35 And you know that the Scriptures cannot be altered. So if those people who received God’s message were called ‘gods,’ 36 why do you call it blasphemy when I say, ‘I am the Son of God’? After all, the Father set me apart and sent me into the world. 37 Don’t believe me unless I carry out my Father’s work. 38 But if I do his work, believe in the evidence of the miraculous works I have done, even if you don’t believe me. Then you will know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
39 Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them. 40 He went beyond the Jordan River near the place where John was first baptizing and stayed there awhile. 41 And many followed him. “John didn’t perform miraculous signs,” they remarked to one another, “but everything he said about this man has come true.” 42 And many who were there believed in Jesus.
Footnotes
- 10:8 Some manuscripts do not include before me.
- 10:9 Or will find safety.
- 10:19 Greek Jewish people; also in 10:24, 31.
- 10:29 Other manuscripts read for what my Father has given me is more powerful than anything; still others read for regarding that which my Father has given me, he is greater than all.
- 10:34a Greek your own law.
- 10:34b Ps 82:6.
John 10
King James Version
10 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.
42 And many believed on him there.
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