变水为酒

第三天,在加利利迦拿有一个婚宴。耶稣的母亲在那里, 耶稣和他的门徒们也被邀请赴宴。 酒用尽了,耶稣的母亲对他说:“他们没有酒了。”

耶稣对她说:“母亲[a],这与你我有什么关系?我的时候还没有到。”

他的母亲对仆人们说:“他吩咐你们什么,你们就做什么。”

犹太人洁净的规矩,有六口石缸摆在那里。每缸可容两三桶[b]水。

耶稣对仆人们说:“把这些缸装满水。”他们就装满了,直到缸沿。 耶稣又对他们说:“现在舀出来,送去给管宴席的。”他们就送去了。

当管宴席的尝了那水变的酒,并不知道这是从哪里来的,只有舀水的那些仆人知道。管宴席的就叫来新郎, 10 对他说:“人人都是先摆上好酒,等宾客喝醉了,才摆上次等的。你却把好酒留到现在!”

11 耶稣在加利利迦拿行了这头一件神迹,显明了他的荣耀,他的门徒们就信了他。

12 这事以后,耶稣和他的母亲、兄弟以及他的门徒们,都下到迦百农去,在那里住了几天。

洁净圣殿

13 犹太人的逾越节快到了,耶稣上耶路撒冷去。 14 他看见圣殿里有卖牛、羊、鸽子的,还有兑换银币的人坐在那里。 15 耶稣就用绳子做了一条鞭子,把所有的牛、羊都从圣殿里赶出去,倒出兑换银币之人的银币,并推翻了他们的桌子, 16 又对卖鸽子的人说:“把这些东西从这里拿走!不要把我父的殿当成做买卖的地方!”

17 他的门徒们就想起经上记着:“我为你的殿,心火焚烧。”[c]

18 于是那些犹太人问耶稣说:“你做这些事,有什么权柄的[d]凭据给我们看呢?”

19 耶稣回答说:“你们把这圣所毁了吧!三天内我要把它建起来。”

20 那些犹太人说:“这圣所建了四十六年,而你能在三天内把它建起来吗?”

21 其实耶稣所说的圣所,就是指他自己的身体。 22 当他从死人中复活以后,他的门徒们才想起他说过这话,就相信了经上的话和耶稣所说的话。

23 当耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节的时候,许多人看见他所行的这些神迹,就信了他的名。 24 但耶稣自己却信不过他们,因为他了解所有的人。 25 他也不需要谁来见证人的事,因为他知道人里面是什么。

Footnotes

  1. 约翰福音 2:4 母亲——原文直译“妇人”。
  2. 约翰福音 2:6 两三桶——原文为“2-3梅翠提斯”;或译作“约一百公升”。1梅翠提斯=39公升。
  3. 约翰福音 2:17 《诗篇》69:9。
  4. 约翰福音 2:18 权柄的——辅助词语。

变水为酒

第三天,在加利利的迦拿有人举办婚宴,耶稣的母亲在那里。 耶稣和门徒也被邀请去赴宴。 酒喝完了,耶稣的母亲就对祂说:“他们没有酒了。” 耶稣说:“妇人,这跟你我有什么相干[a]?我的时候还没有到。” 祂母亲对仆人说:“祂叫你们做什么,你们就做什么。” 那里有六口犹太人用来行洁净礼仪的石缸,每口可以盛约一百升水。

耶稣对仆人说:“把缸倒满水!”他们就往缸里倒水,一直满到缸口。 耶稣又说:“现在可以舀些出来,送给宴席总管。”他们就送了去。 那些仆人知道这酒是怎样来的,宴席总管却不知道。他尝过那水变的酒后,便把新郎叫来, 10 对他说:“人们都是先拿好酒款待客人,等客人喝够了,才把次等的拿出来,你却把好酒留到现在!” 11 这是耶稣第一次行神迹,是在加利利的迦拿行的,彰显了祂的荣耀,门徒都信了祂。

12 这事以后,耶稣和祂的母亲、弟弟并门徒一起去迦百农住了几天。

洁净圣殿

13 犹太人的逾越节快到了,耶稣便上耶路撒冷去。 14 祂看见圣殿区有人在卖牛羊和鸽子,还有人在兑换银币, 15 就用绳索做成鞭子把牛羊赶出去,倒掉钱商的银币,推翻他们的桌子, 16 又对卖鸽子的说:“把这些东西拿出去!不要把我父的殿当作市场。” 17 祂的门徒想起圣经上说:“我对你的殿充满炙热的爱。”

18 当时,犹太人质问祂:“你给我们显什么神迹来证明你有权这样做?”

19 耶稣回答说:“你们拆毁这座殿,我三天之内会把它重建起来。”

20 他们说:“这座殿用了四十六年才建成,你三天之内就要把它重建起来吗?” 21 其实耶稣说的殿是指自己的身体, 22 所以等到祂从死里复活以后,祂的门徒想起这句话,就相信了圣经和耶稣所传的道。

23 耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节期间,许多人看见祂行的神迹,就信了祂。 24 耶稣却不信任他们,因为祂洞悉万人。 25 不用别人告诉祂,祂也深知人的内心。

Footnotes

  1. 2:4 这跟你我有什么相干”或译“我与你有什么相干”。

迦拿的婚礼

第三天,加利利的迦拿城里,有人在举行婚礼。耶稣的母亲也在那里, 耶稣和他的门徒们也应邀出席。 酒都喝光了,耶稣的母亲对他说∶“他们没酒了。”

耶稣对她说∶“亲爱的妇人,您为什么告诉我呢?我的时刻还没到呢!”

他母亲吩咐仆人们说∶“他叫你们做什么,你们就做什么。”

有六口水缸摆在那里,是犹太人在洁净仪式 [a]上用的那种缸,每缸能装大约八十或一百二十升水。

耶稣对仆人们说∶“把缸灌满水。”他们便把水缸灌得满满的。

耶稣又吩咐仆人说∶“你们舀一些酒拿给管筵席的。”

于是,仆人就把它送了过去, 管筵席的尝了尝那已经变成酒的水。(他不知道这酒的来历,只有舀酒的仆人们知道。)管筵席的叫来新郎, 10 对他说∶“人们都是先上最好的酒,等客人喝醉了,然后才上次酒,但是你却把最好的酒留到最后!”

11 这是耶稣在加利利迦拿时,显示的第一个奇迹,他显示出了他的荣耀,门徒们都信仰他了。

耶稣在大殿

12 婚礼之后,耶稣和他母亲、兄弟们,以及门徒们一起到迦百农去了。他们在那里住了几天。 13 快到犹太人的逾越节时,耶稣便启程前往耶路撒冷。 14 在大殿院里,他看到人们在那里卖牛、羊、鸽子,还有一些人坐在桌边为人们兑换钱币, 15 所以,耶稣就用绳子做成一条鞭子,把他们连牛、羊一起都赶了出去,还掀翻了兑换钱币的人的桌子,把钱币撒了一地。 16 然后他又对卖鸽子的人说∶“把这些东西全都拿出去!不要把我父的大殿当成集市!”

17 他的门徒想起《经》上的话:

“对您的大殿的热情,
将把我吞噬掉。” (A)

18 犹太人对耶稣说∶“你用什么奇迹向我们显示你有权做这些事情呢?”

19 耶稣对他们说∶“拆毁这座大殿,我将在三天之内把它重建起来。”

20 犹太人说∶“我们花了四十六年才建成它,你三天之内就能重建它吗?”

21 其实,耶稣所说的大殿,是指他自己的身体。 22 耶稣复活后,他的门徒们想起了他说过的话,他们便相信了《经》和耶稣的话。

23 耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节期间,许多人看到耶稣所行的奇迹,就都信仰了他。 24 但是耶稣却信不过他们, 25 因为他了解人的内心,他不需要任何人告诉他关于人类的事情,因为他知道人类的内心。

Footnotes

  1. 約 翰 福 音 2:6 洁净仪式: 犹太人有关于吃东西、在大殿里崇拜和其它特殊的事情之前用特殊的方式清洗的教规。

From Water to Wine

1-3 Three days later there was a wedding in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were guests also. When they started running low on wine at the wedding banquet, Jesus’ mother told him, “They’re just about out of wine.”

Jesus said, “Is that any of our business, Mother—yours or mine? This isn’t my time. Don’t push me.”

She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”

6-7 Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, “Fill the pots with water.” And they filled them to the brim.

“Now fill your pitchers and take them to the host,” Jesus said, and they did.

9-10 When the host tasted the water that had become wine (he didn’t know what had just happened but the servants, of course, knew), he called out to the bridegroom, “Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you’ve saved the best till now!”

11 This act in Cana of Galilee was the first sign Jesus gave, the first glimpse of his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

12 After this he went down to Capernaum along with his mother, brothers, and disciples, and stayed several days.

Tear Down This Temple . . .

13-14 When the Passover Feast, celebrated each spring by the Jews, was about to take place, Jesus traveled up to Jerusalem. He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves. The loan sharks were also there in full strength.

15-17 Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, “Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a shopping mall!” That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture, “Zeal for your house consumes me.”

18-19 But the Jews were upset. They asked, “What credentials can you present to justify this?” Jesus answered, “Tear down this Temple and in three days I’ll put it back together.”

20-22 They were indignant: “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you’re going to rebuild it in three days?” But Jesus was talking about his body as the Temple. Later, after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this. They then put two and two together and believed both what was written in Scripture and what Jesus had said.

23-25 During the time he was in Jerusalem, those days of the Passover Feast, many people noticed the signs he was displaying and, seeing they pointed straight to God, entrusted their lives to him. But Jesus didn’t entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were. He didn’t need any help in seeing right through them.