耶穌的禱告

17 耶穌說完後,就抬頭望著天說:「父啊!時候到了,願你使你的兒子得榮耀,好讓你的兒子也使你得榮耀。 因為你把管理世人的權柄賜給了祂,使祂可以將永生賜予你交託給祂的人。 這永生就是,認識你——獨一的真神,並且認識你所差來的耶穌基督。 我已經完成你交給我的工作,使你在地上得了榮耀。 父啊,現在讓我和你同享創世以前我們所共有的榮耀吧!

「你從世上賜給我的人,我已將你[a]顯明給他們。他們本來屬於你,你將他們賜給了我,他們遵守你的道。 如今他們知道,你賜給我的一切都是從你那裡來的, 因為我已經把你賜給我的道賜給他們,他們也接受了,並且確實知道我是從你那裡來的,也相信是你差遣了我。

「我不為世人祈求,卻為他們祈求,就是為你賜給我的那些人祈求,因為他們屬於你。 10 一切屬於我的都是你的,屬於你的也是我的,我從他們身上得了榮耀。 11 現在我要離開這個世界去你那裡了,他們卻仍然留在世上。聖父啊,求你為了自己的名,就是你賜給我的名而保守他們,使他們像我們一樣合而為一。 12 我和他們在一起的時候,靠著你賜給我的名保守他們,看顧他們。除了那個注定滅亡的人以外,他們一個也沒有滅亡,這是為了應驗聖經上的話。

13 「現在我要去你那裡了,我趁著還在世上的時候這樣說,是要叫他們心裡充滿我的喜樂。 14 我已將你的道賜給他們,世人恨他們,因為他們像我一樣不屬於這個世界。 15 我不求你帶他們離開這個世界,但求你保守他們脫離那惡者。 16 因為他們像我一樣不屬於這個世界。 17 求你用真理,就是你的道,使他們聖潔。 18 你怎樣差我到世上來,我也照樣差他們到世人中間。 19 為了他們,我獻上自己,使他們藉著真理可以聖潔。

20 「我不但為這些人祈求,也為那些因他們的話而信我的人祈求, 21 使他們都合而為一,正如父你在我裡面,我在你裡面一樣,並且使他們也在我們裡面,好讓世人相信是你差我來的。 22 我又將你賜給我的榮耀賜給他們,使他們像我們一樣合而為一。 23 我在他們裡面,你在我裡面,好使他們也完完全全地合而為一。這樣,世人便知道我是你差來的,而且知道你愛他們,就像愛我一樣。

24 「父啊!我在哪裡,願你賜給我的人也在哪裡,好讓他們看見你賜給我的榮耀,因為在創世以前你已經愛我了。 25 公義的父啊!世界還未認識你以前,我已經認識你了,這些人也知道是你差我來的。 26 我使他們認識了你的名,我還要使他們更認識你,好讓你對我的愛存在他們裡面,我也在他們裡面。」

Footnotes

  1. 17·6 」希臘文是「你的名」,「名」代表一個人的全部。

耶穌臨別為門徒禱告

17 耶穌講完了這些話,就舉目望天,說:“父啊,時候到了,求你榮耀你的兒子,讓兒子也榮耀你, 正如你把管理全人類的權柄給了他,使他賜永生給你所賜給他的人。 認識你是獨一的真神,並且認識你所差來的耶穌基督,這就是永生。 我在地上已經榮耀了你,你交給我要作的工,我已經完成了。 父啊,現在讓我在你自己面前得著榮耀,就是在創世以前我與你同享的榮耀。

“你從世上分別出來賜給我的人,我已經把你的名顯明給他們了。他們是你的,你把他們賜給了我,他們也遵守了你的道。 現在他們知道,你所給我的,無論是甚麼,都是從你那裡來的; 因為你賜給我的話,我已經給了他們,他們也領受了,又確實知道我是從你那裡來的,並且信你差了我來。 我為他們求;我不為世人求,而是為你賜給我的人求,因為他們是你的。 10 我的一切都是你的,你的一切也是我的,並且我因著他們得了榮耀。 11 我不再在這世上,他們卻在這世上,我要到你那裡去。聖父啊,求你因你賜給我的名,保守他們,使他們合而為一,好像我們一樣。 12 我跟他們在一起的時候,因你賜給我的名,我保守了他們,也護衛了他們;他們中間除了那滅亡的人以外,沒有一個是滅亡的,這就應驗了經上的話。 13 現在我到你那裡去,我在世上說這些話,是要他們心裡充滿我的喜樂。 14 我把你的道賜給了他們;世人恨他們,因為他們不屬於這世界,像我不屬於這世界一樣。 15 我不求你使他們離開世界,只求你保守他們脫離那惡者。 16 他們不屬於這世界,像我不屬於這世界一樣。 17 求你用真理使他們成聖;你的道就是真理。 18 你怎樣差我到世上來,我也怎樣差他們到世上去。 19 我為了他們的緣故,自己分別為聖,使他們也因著真理成聖。

祈求使門徒合而為一

20 “我不但為他們求,也為那些因他們的話而信我的人求, 21 使他們都合而為一,像父你在我裡面,我在你裡面一樣;使他們也在我們裡面,讓世人相信你差了我來。 22 你賜給我的榮耀,我已經賜給了他們,使他們合而為一,像我們合而為一。 23 我在他們裡面,你在我裡面,使他們完完全全合而為一,讓世人知道你差了我來,並且知道你愛他們,好像愛我一樣。 24 父啊,我在哪裡,願你賜給我的人也和我同在哪裡,讓他們看見你賜給我的榮耀,因為在創立世界以前,你已經愛我了。 25 公義的父啊,世人雖然不認識你,我卻認識你,這些人也知道你差了我來。 26 我已經把你的名指示他們,還要再指示,使你愛我的愛在他們裡面,我也在他們裡面。”

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

17 After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, ‘Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people,[a] to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

‘I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them in your name that[b] you have given me. I guarded them, and not one of them was lost except the one destined to be lost,[c] so that the scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to you, and I speak these things in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.[d] 14 I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but I ask you to protect them from the evil one.[e] 16 They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth.

20 ‘I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us,[f] so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

25 ‘Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.’

Footnotes

  1. John 17:2 Gk flesh
  2. John 17:12 Other ancient authorities read protected in your name those whom
  3. John 17:12 Gk except the son of destruction
  4. John 17:13 Or among themselves
  5. John 17:15 Or from evil
  6. John 17:21 Other ancient authorities read be one in us