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。

Jesus Prays: Father, Glorify Your Son

17 Jesus spoke these things, and having lifted-up His eyes to heaven, said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You— just as You gave Him authority over all flesh in order that as to all that[a] You have given Him, He may give eternal life to them. And this is eternal life: that they may be knowing You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ Whom You sent-forth. I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given to Me that I should do. And now Father, You glorify Me with Yourself with the glory which I was having with You before the world was.

I Have Revealed Your Name To The Men You Gave Me. Keep Them In Your Name

“I revealed Your name to the men whom You gave to Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me. And they have kept Your word. They have now come-to-know that all[b] things that You have given to Me are from You— because I have given them the words which You gave to Me, and they received them, and truly understood that I came forth from You, and believed that You sent Me forth. I am praying[c] for them. I am not praying for the world, but for the ones whom You have given to Me— because they are Yours; 10 indeed all[d] My things are Yours, and Yours, Mine[e]. And I have been glorified in them. 11 And I am[f] no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep[g] them in[h] Your name which You have given to Me, in order that they may be one, just as We are. 12 When I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given to Me. And I guarded them, and none of them perished— except the son of [i] destruction, in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I am coming to You. And I am speaking these things in the world so that they may have My joy made-full in themselves.

I Have Given Them Your Word. Set Them Apart In The Truth, Which Is Your Word

14 I have given them Your word, and the world hated them— because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15 I am not praying that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the[j] evil one. 16 They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world— 17 set them apart[k] in[l] the truth. Your word is truth. 18 Just as You sent Me forth into the world, I also sent them forth into the world. 19 And I am setting apart Myself for them, in order that they may also be set apart in truth.

May These And The Ones Believing Through Them All Be One

20 “And I am not praying for these ones only, but also for the ones believing in Me through their word, 21 that[m] they may all be[n] one[o]— just as You, Father, are in Me and I am in You, that[p] they also may be in Us— in order that the world may be believing that You sent Me forth. 22 And I have given them the glory[q] which You have given to Me in order that they may be one just as We are one, 23 I in them and You in Me; in order that they may be perfected into one— in order that the world may be knowing that You sent Me forth, and loved them just as You loved Me.

Father, I Want Them To Be With Me And See The Glory You Have Given Me

24 “Father, as to what[r] You have given to Me, I desire that those ones also may be with Me where I am, in order that they may be seeing My glory which You have given to Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

Father, I Made You Known To Them In Order That Your Love May Be In Them

25 “Righteous Father, indeed the world did not know You— but I knew You. And these ones knew that You sent Me forth. 26 And I made Your name known to them, and will make it known, in order that the love with which You loved Me may be in[s] them, and I may be in them”.

Footnotes

  1. John 17:2 all that. This views all believers as an abstract whole.
  2. John 17:7 That is, all the words and works.
  3. John 17:9 Or, asking on-behalf-of; asking with-reference-to.
  4. John 17:10 Or, all that is Mine is Yours.
  5. John 17:10 And Yours, Mine. Only One equal to God (5:18) could say this. A lesser being could at best say ‘Most of what is Yours is mine’.
  6. John 17:11 I am no longer in... and I am coming to. That is, My public ministry is done... and I am coming back to You; or, I am coming back to You... and I am coming to You now in prayer.
  7. John 17:11 Or, preserve, protect, guard.
  8. John 17:11 Or, by. That is, in the sphere of all Your name means, includes, and stands for. Preserve them in their living relationship with You. Or, by means of. Protect them from evil and the evil one by the power of Your name.
  9. John 17:12 That is, destined for; or, belonging to this destiny.
  10. John 17:15 Or, from evil.
  11. John 17:17 That is, make them holy; or, set them apart for service, for the mission on which I sent them, v 18.
  12. John 17:17 That is, in the sphere of; or, by means of.
  13. John 17:21 This gives the content of this prayer, that they may all be one. Or, in order that, giving the purpose of it. I do not pray ‘Keep them’ and ‘Set them apart’ for them alone, but for all, in order that they may all be one.
  14. John 17:21 That is, be continuing to be; or, keep on being; not ‘get to be’.
  15. John 17:21 That is, one with Us (as defined by what follows, and equivalent to ‘may all abide in Us and Us in them’); or, one with each other (linking it to the command to love one another).
  16. John 17:21 Or, in order that.
  17. John 17:22 That is, the glory of Your name and word revealed through Me; or, the glory of My working through them, 14:13-14; or, the glory of humbly taking up their cross and serving You as I did; or, the glory of I in them (v 23), of the divine nature indwelling them (2 Pet 1:4).
  18. John 17:24 This views the totality of believers as an abstract whole.
  19. John 17:26 That is, within; or, among.

17 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.

13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.

24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

17 Jesus said these things, then lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you; even as you gave him authority over all flesh, so he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him. This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ. I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do. Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.

“I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word. Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are from you, for the words which you have given me I have given to them; and they received them, and knew for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent me. I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name. I have kept those whom you have given me. None of them is lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.(A) 18 As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world. 19 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

20 “Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me. 22 The glory which you have given me, I have given to them, that they may be one, even as we are one, 23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that you sent me and loved them, even as you loved me. 24 Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25 Righteous Father, the world hasn’t known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me. 26 I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

17 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven(A) and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come.(B) Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.(C) For you granted him authority over all people(D) that he might give eternal life(E) to all those you have given him.(F) Now this is eternal life: that they know you,(G) the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(H) I have brought you glory(I) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.(J) And now, Father, glorify me(K) in your presence with the glory I had with you(L) before the world began.(M)

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

“I have revealed you[a](N) to those whom you gave me(O) out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave me(P) and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,(Q) and they believed that you sent me.(R) I pray for them.(S) I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me,(T) for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine.(U) And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world,(V) and I am coming to you.(W) Holy Father, protect them by the power of[b] your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one(X) as we are one.(Y) 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by[c] that name you gave me. None has been lost(Z) except the one doomed to destruction(AA) so that Scripture would be fulfilled.(AB)

13 “I am coming to you now,(AC) but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy(AD) within them. 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them,(AE) for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.(AF) 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.(AG) 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.(AH) 17 Sanctify them by[d] the truth; your word is truth.(AI) 18 As you sent me into the world,(AJ) I have sent them into the world.(AK) 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.(AL)

Jesus Prays for All Believers

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one,(AM) Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.(AN) May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.(AO) 22 I have given them the glory that you gave me,(AP) that they may be one as we are one(AQ) 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me(AR) and have loved them(AS) even as you have loved me.

24 “Father, I want those you have given me(AT) to be with me where I am,(AU) and to see my glory,(AV) the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.(AW)

25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you,(AX) I know you, and they know that you have sent me.(AY) 26 I have made you[e] known to them,(AZ) and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them(BA) and that I myself may be in them.”

Footnotes

  1. John 17:6 Greek your name
  2. John 17:11 Or Father, keep them faithful to
  3. John 17:12 Or kept them faithful to
  4. John 17:17 Or them to live in accordance with
  5. John 17:26 Greek your name