約 翰 福 音 7
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
耶稣和他的兄弟们
7 此后，耶稣在加利利周游，他不想去犹太，因为犹太人想杀害他。 2 当时，犹太人的住棚节 [a]快到了， 3 所以，耶稣的兄弟对他说∶“你应该离开这儿去犹太，以便让你的门徒看到你所行的神迹， 4 一个人如果想让自己被众所周知，就不在暗中做事。你即然在做这些事，就在世人面前表现出来吧。” 5 （甚至连耶稣的兄弟们也不信仰他。） 6 耶稣对他们说∶“我的时刻还没有到，但是对你们随时都合适。 7 世人不会恨你们，但却恨我，因为我不停地告诉世人，他们的行为是邪恶的。 8 你们去过住棚节吧，我现在不去，因为我的时刻还没到。” 9 耶稣说完这番话后，继续留在了加利利。
10 他的兄弟去过住棚节了，耶稣也去了，不过不是公开去的，而是秘密去的。 11 犹太首领在节日里到处寻找他，打听说∶“那人在哪里呢？”
12 人们私下对耶稣议论纷纷，有人说∶“他是好人。”也有人说∶“根本不是，他迷惑群众。” 13 不过，没有人敢公开议论他，因为他们都害怕犹太首领。
耶稣在耶路撒冷教导人们
14 节日过了一半时，耶稣来到大殿院开始教导人们。 15 犹太首领都很吃惊，说∶“这人从未上过学，怎么会知道这么多事情呢？”
16 耶稣回答他们说∶“我教导的不是我自己的教导，而是来自于派遣我的上帝。 17 一个人如果想执行上帝的意旨，他就会明白我的教导是出自上帝还是出自我自己。 18 凭自己讲话的人，企图为自己获得荣耀；但是，要把荣耀带给派遣他来的那位的人－是可信的，他心中没有丝毫虚假。 19 难道摩西没有把律法 [b]颁布给你们吗？可是你们谁也不遵守它。你们为什么想杀害我呢？”
20 人群回答道∶“你一定是被鬼附身了！谁想要杀害你呢？”
21 耶稣回答说∶“我不过显示了一个奇迹，你们就感到惊讶。 22 摩西出于同样的目的，给了你们有关割礼的律法，（其实割礼是你们的祖先传下来的，而不是摩西传下来的。）你们就在安息日为婴儿施行割礼！ 23 既然一个人能在安息日受割礼，以便不违反摩西律法，那么我在安息日治好一个人的整个身体，为什么你们就对我感到愤怒呢？ 24 不要以外表来评判，而要做出公正的评判。”
人们猜测耶稣是基督吗？
25 一些耶路撒冷人开始议论说∶“这不是他们想要杀的那个人吗？ 26 看，他在大庭广众之下演讲，他们对他却一言不发。也许首领们的确知道他是基督呢？ 27 不过，我们知道这人是从哪儿来的；当基督来临的时候，没有人知道他从哪儿来。”
28 这时，耶稣还在大殿院里教导，他高声说∶“你们认识我，也知道我从哪里来，我不是自己到这里来的，派遣我来的那位（上帝）是真实的。你们不认识他， 29 但我认识他，因为我是从他那里来的，是他派我来的。”
30 听到这里，他们想要逮捕耶稣，可是却没有下手，因为他的时刻还没有到呢。不过，还是有很多人信仰了他， 31 他们说∶“就是基督来了，也不会比这个人显示更多的奇迹，不是吗？”
犹太首领企图逮捕耶稣
32 法利赛人听到人们私下对耶稣的议论，祭司长和法利赛人便派大殿的卫兵去逮捕他。耶稣说： 33 “我和你们在一起的时间非常短暂了，然后我就要回到派我来的那位那里去。 34 你们会寻找我，但是却找不到我，因为我去的地方，你们不能去。”
35 犹太人互相议论道∶“他要到哪里去能让我们找不到呢？他是不是到散居在非犹太人城市里的犹太侨民那里，去教导非犹太人呢？ 36 他说∶‘你们将会寻找我，但是却找不到我，因为我去的地方，你们不能去。’这话是什么意思呢？”
耶稣谈圣灵
37 节日的最后一天，也是最重要的一天，耶稣站起来高声说∶“如果有人渴了，就到我这里来喝水吧， 38 就像《经》上所说的那样，信仰我的人，活水的河流就会从他内心源源流出。” 39 耶稣这话是指那些信仰他的人，以后会领受到圣灵。当时圣灵还没赐给人们，因为耶稣还没有得到荣耀。
人们针对耶稣的争论
40 听了这些话，人群中的一些人开始议论说∶“这人真的是先知。”
41 另外一些人说∶“这人是基督。”
还有一些人说∶“基督怎么会来自加利利呢？ 42 《经》上不是说基督是大卫的后裔，来自于大卫住过的伯利恒吗？” 43 由于耶稣，人们发生了分歧。 44 有些人想逮捕耶稣，但却没有人动手。
犹太首领拒不相信
45 于是，大殿的卫兵回到祭司长和法利赛人那里去了，他们问卫兵∶“你们为什么没把他带来？”
46 卫兵们回答说∶“从来没有人像这样讲过话！”
47 法利赛人说∶“难道你们也被愚弄了吗？ 48 有首领或是法利赛人信仰他吗？ 49 那些不知律法的人是要受到诅咒的！”
50 尼哥底母 [c]对他们说： 51 “不先听他的口供，不调查他做了些什么，我们的律法能定他的罪吗？”
52 他们回答他说∶“难道你也是从加利利来的吗？查考一下《经》，你就会明白加利利没有出过先知。”
（一些希腊最早和最好的版本没有第7:53-8:11。）
通奸女子被捉
53 然后他们分手各自回家去了。
Footnotes
- 約 翰 福 音 7:2 住棚节： 每年特定的一周，犹太人住在帐篷里，为了纪念在摩西时代他们的祖先在旷野里。
- 約 翰 福 音 7:19 律法： 摩西颁布了上帝在西乃山上赐给他的律法。见《出埃及记》34:29-32。
- 約 翰 福 音 7:50 尼哥底母： 法利赛人之一，他曾经见过耶稣。
John 7
Lexham English Bible
Jesus’ Brothers Do Not Believe in Him
7 And after these things Jesus was going about in Galilee. For he did not want to go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews—the feast of Tabernacles—was near. 3 So his brothers said to him, “Depart from here and go to Judea, so that your disciples also can see your works that you are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret and yet he himself desires to be publicly recognized.[a] If you are doing these things, reveal yourself to the world!” 5 (For not even his brothers believed in him.)
Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles
6 So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it, that its deeds are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not[b] going up to this feast, because my time is not yet completed.[c] 9 And when he[d] had said these things, he remained in Galilee.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but (as it were) in secret. 11 So the Jews were looking for him at the feast, and were saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was a lot of grumbling concerning him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others were saying, “No, but he deceives the crowd.” 13 However, no one was speaking openly about him for fear of the Jews.
14 Now when the feast was already half over,[e] Jesus went to the temple courts[f] and began to teach.[g] 15 Then the Jews were astonished, saying, “How does this man possess knowledge,[h] because he[i] has not been taught?” 16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not mine, but is from the one who sent me. 17 If anyone wants to do his will, he will know about my[j] teaching, whether it is from God or I am speaking from myself. 18 The one who speaks from himself seeks his own glory. But the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him—this one is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law, and none of you carries out the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
20 The crowd replied, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I performed one work, and you are all astonished. 22 Because of this Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses would not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a whole man well[k] on the Sabbath? 24 Do not judge according to outward appearance, but judge according to righteous judgment!”
Is Jesus the Christ?
25 Then some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem began to say,[l] “Is this not the one whom they are seeking to kill? 26 And behold, he is speaking openly and they are saying nothing to him! Can it be that the rulers truly know that this man is the Christ? 27 Yet we know where this man is from, but the Christ, whenever he comes—no one knows where he is from!”
28 Then Jesus cried out in the temple courts,[m] teaching and saying, “You both know me and you know where I am from! And I have not come from myself, but the one who sent me is true, whom you do not know. 29 I know him, because I am from him and he sent me.”
30 So they were seeking to seize him, and no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 But from the crowd many believed in him and were saying, “Whenever the Christ comes, he will not perform more signs than this man has done, will he?”[n]
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers in order to take him into custody .[o] 33 Then Jesus said, “Yet a little time I am with you, and I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will seek me and will not find me,[p][q] and where I am, you cannot come.”
35 So the Jews said to one another, “Where is this one going to go, that we will not find him? He is not going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?[r] 36 What is this saying that he said, ‘You will seek me and will not find me,[s][t] and where I am, you cannot come’?”
The Promise of the Spirit
37 Now on the last day of the feast—the great day—Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink, 38 the one who believes in me.[u] Just as the scripture said, ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’”[v] 39 Now he said this concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were about to receive. For the Spirit was not yet given,[w] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)
Different Opinions About Jesus
40 Then, when they[x] heard these words, some from the crowd began to say,[y] “This man is truly the Prophet!” 41 Others were saying, “This man is the Christ!” But others were saying, “No, for the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he?[z] 42 Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So there was a division in the crowd because of him. 44 And some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 So the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And they said to them, “Why[aa] did you not bring him?” 46 The officers replied, “Never has a man spoken like this!” 47 Then the Pharisees replied to them, “You have not also been deceived, have you?[ab] 48 None[ac] of the rulers or of the Pharisees have believed in him, have they?[ad] 49 But this crowd who does not know the law is accursed!”
50 Nicodemus, the one who came to him previously—who was one of them—said to them, 51 “Our law does not condemn a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?”[ae] 52 They answered and said to him, “You are not also from Galilee, are you?[af] Investigate and see that a prophet does not arise from Galilee!” [[53 And each one went to his own house.[ag]
Footnotes
- John 7:4 Literally “with openness”
- John 7:8 Most manuscripts read “not yet” here, but this is obviously an easier reading intended to reconcile the statement with Jesus’ later actions
- John 7:8 Or “fulfilled”
- John 7:9 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had said”) which is understood as temporal
- John 7:14 Literally “now it being already in the middle of the feast”
- John 7:14 Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- John 7:14 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
- John 7:15 Literally “know letters”
- John 7:15 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“been taught”) which is understood as causal
- John 7:17 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 7:23 Or “a man entirely well”
- John 7:25 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 7:28 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- John 7:31 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “will he”
- John 7:32 Literally “that they could seize him”
- John 7:34 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 7:34 Some manuscripts explicitly state “me”
- John 7:35 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “is he”
- John 7:36 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 7:36 Some manuscripts explicitly state “me”
- John 7:38 An alternative punctuation of vv. 37–38 reads: “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and let him drink. 38 The one who believes in me, just as the scripture said, ‘Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.’”
- John 7:38 A quotation from the Old Testament of uncertain origin; texts most often suggested are Isa 44:3; 55:1; 58:11; Zech 14:8
- John 7:39 A few manuscripts supply the participle “given” here; while it is unlikely this represents the original reading, many English versions nevertheless supply “given” to avoid the impression that the Spirit did not exist prior to this point
- John 7:40 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- John 7:40 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 7:41 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does he”
- John 7:45 Literally “because of what”
- John 7:47 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “have you”
- John 7:48 Literally “not anyone”
- John 7:48 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “have they”
- John 7:51 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “does it”
- John 7:52 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are you”
- John 7:53 John 7:53–8:11 is not found in the earliest and best manuscripts and was almost certainly not an original part of the Gospel of John; one significant group of Greek manuscripts places it after Luke 21:38
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