约翰福音 1
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
神成为人
1 太初有道，
道与神同在，
道就是神。
2 这道太初与神同在。
3 万有是藉着他而成的；
凡所成的，
没有一样不是藉着他而成的。
4 生命在他里面，
这生命就是人的光。
5 这光在黑暗中照耀，
黑暗却没有胜过[a]这光。
6 有一个人受神的差派而来，
他名叫约翰。
7 他为见证而来，
是要为这光做见证，
好让人都藉着他相信。
8 他不是这光，
而是要为这光做见证。
9 这光是真光，
来到这世界照亮每个人。
10 他在这世界，
世界也是藉着他而成的，
世界却不认识他。
11 他来到自己的地方，
自己的人却不接受他。
12 但是所有接受他的，
就是信他名的人，
他就赐给他们权柄成为神的儿女。
13 他们不是由血缘、
或肉体的意愿、
或人的意志所生的，
而是由神所生的。
14 道成了肉身，
居住在我们中间。
我们看到了他的荣耀，
正是从父而来的独生子的荣耀，
充满了恩典和真理。
15 约翰为他做见证，呼喊说：
“这一位就是我曾说过的，
‘那在我之后来的，已成为在我前面的，
因为他在我之前就已经存在。’”
16 原来从他的丰盛完美中，
我们都领受了恩典，而且恩上加恩。
17 因为律法是藉着摩西赐下的，
恩典和真理是藉着耶稣基督而来的。
18 从来没有人看见神，
只有在父怀里的那位独生子——神，
他将神表明了出来。
施洗约翰的见证
19 以下是约翰的见证。那时候，耶路撒冷的那些犹太人派了一些祭司和利未人到约翰那里去问他：“你是谁？”
20 他就承认，并毫不否认地告白：“我不是基督。”
21 他们又问：“那么你是谁呢？是以利亚吗？”
他说：“我不是。”
“是那位先知[b]吗？”
他回答：“不是。”
22 于是他们问：“你到底是谁？好让我们给那些派我们来的人一个答复。你自己说，你是什么人？”
23 约翰说：“正如先知以赛亚所说的，我就是在旷野里呼喊的声音：‘你们当修直[c]主的道[d]。’[e]”
24 那些被派来的人属于法利赛人， 25 他们又问约翰：“你既不是基督，又不是以利亚，也不是那位先知，那么，你为什么施洗呢？”
26 约翰回答说：“我用水[f]施洗，但有一位站在你们中间，是你们不认识的， 27 他是那在我之后来的，[g]我就是为他解鞋带也不配。”
28 这些事发生在约旦河对岸的伯大尼[h]，就是约翰施洗的地方。
神的羔羊
29 第二天，约翰看见耶稣向他走来，就说：“看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人罪孽的！ 30 这一位就是我所说的‘那在我之后来的人，已成为在我前面的，因为在我之前他就存在了。’ 31 我以前也不认识他，但为了让他向以色列显明，所以我来用水施洗。”
32 约翰又见证说：“我看到圣灵好像鸽子从天上降临，停留在他身上。 33 我以前也不认识他，可是那派我用水施洗的对我说：‘如果你看见圣灵降临在谁身上，又停留在谁身上，谁就是用圣灵施洗的那一位。’ 34 我看到了，就见证：这一位就是神的儿子[i]。”
35 过了一天，约翰和他的两个门徒又站在那里。 36 约翰看着耶稣走过，就说：“看哪，神的羔羊！”
37 那两个门徒听他说话，就跟从了耶稣。 38 耶稣转过身来，看到他们跟着走，就问：“你们寻找什么呢？”
他们对耶稣说：“拉比，你住在哪里呢？”——“拉比”翻译出来意思是“老师”。
39 耶稣说：“你们来看吧！”他们去了，看见耶稣住的地方，那天就住在他那里。那时大约是下午四点[j]。
40 听见了约翰的话而跟从耶稣的两个人中，有一个是西门彼得的弟弟安得烈。 41 安得烈先去找自己的哥哥[k]西门，对他说：“我们找到了弥赛亚。”——“弥赛亚”翻译出来就是“基督”。 42 他就带西门到耶稣那里。
耶稣注视着他，说：“你是约翰[l]的儿子西门，你将被称为矶法。”——“矶法”翻译出来就是“彼得[m]”。
腓力与拿旦业
43 又过了一天，耶稣决定前往加利利地区。他找到腓力，对他说：“你跟从我！”
44 腓力来自伯赛达，与安得烈和彼得同乡。 45 腓力找到拿旦业[n]，对他说：“我们发现了摩西在律法上所写的，和先知们所记的那一位。他就是约瑟的儿子，拿撒勒人耶稣。”
46 拿旦业对他说：“拿撒勒还能出什么好的吗？”
腓力说：“你来看吧！”
47 耶稣看见拿旦业向他走来，就指着他说：“看，一个真正的以色列人！他里面没有诡诈。”
48 拿旦业对耶稣说：“你怎么知道我呢？”
耶稣回答说：“腓力叫你以前，你还在无花果树下，我就看见你了。”
49 拿旦业说：“拉比，你是神的儿子，你是以色列的王！”
50 耶稣对他说：“因为我说‘我看见你在无花果树下’，你就信吗？你将会看到比这更大的事。” 51 耶稣又对他说：“我确确实实地告诉你们：你们将会看见天敞开了，神的天使们在人子上头，上去下来。”
Footnotes
- 约翰福音 1:5 胜过——或译作“领会”或“掌握”或“接受”。
- 约翰福音 1:21 那位先知——参《申命记》18:15。
- 约翰福音 1:23 修直——或译作“修平”。
- 约翰福音 1:23 道——或译作“路”。
- 约翰福音 1:23 《以赛亚书》40:3。
- 约翰福音 1:26 用水——或译作“在水里”。
- 约翰福音 1:27 有古抄本附“已成为在我前面的，”。
- 约翰福音 1:28 伯大尼——有古抄本作“伯达巴拉”。
- 约翰福音 1:34 神的儿子——有古抄本作“神所拣选的”。
- 约翰福音 1:39 下午四点——原文为“第十时刻”。
- 约翰福音 1:41 哥哥——原文直译“兄弟”。
- 约翰福音 1:42 约翰——有古抄本作“约拿”。
- 约翰福音 1:42 彼得——意思为“石头”。
- 约翰福音 1:45 拿旦业——一般认为，此人与其他《福音书》和《使徒行传》中的巴多罗迈是同一个人。
John 1
Names of God Bible
The Word Becomes Human
1 In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was already with God in the beginning.
3 Everything came into existence through him. Not one thing that exists was made without him.
4 He was the source of life, and that life was the light for humanity.
5 The light shines in the dark, and the dark has never extinguished it.[a]
6 God sent a man named John to be his messenger. 7 John came to declare the truth about the light so that everyone would become believers through his message. 8 John was not the light, but he came to declare the truth about the light.
9 The real light, which shines on everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world came into existence through him. Yet, the world didn’t recognize him. 11 He went to his own people, and his own people didn’t accept him. 12 However, he gave the right to become God’s children to everyone who believed in him. 13 These people didn’t become God’s children in a physical way—from a human impulse or from a husband’s desire to have a child. They were born from God.
14 The Word became human and lived among us. We saw his glory. It was the glory that the Father shares with his only Son, a glory full of kindness[b] and truth.
15 (John declared the truth about him when he said loudly, “This is the person about whom I said, ‘The one who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.’”)
16 Each of us has received one gift after another because of all that the Word is. 17 Laws were given through Moses, but kindness and truth came into existence through Yeshua Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God. God’s only Son, the one who is closest to the Father’s heart, has made him known.
John Prepares the Way(A)
19 This was John’s answer when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 John didn’t refuse to answer. He told them clearly, “I’m not the Messiah.”
21 They asked him, “Well, are you Elijah?”
John answered, “No, I’m not.”
Then they asked, “Are you the prophet?”
John replied, “No.”
22 So they asked him, “Who are you? Tell us so that we can take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John said, “I’m a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make the way for the Lord straight,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 Some of those who had been sent were Pharisees. 25 They asked John, “Why do you baptize if you’re not the Messiah or Elijah or the prophet?”
26 John answered them, “I baptize with water. Someone you don’t know is standing among you. 27 He’s the one who comes after me. I am not worthy to untie his sandal strap.”
28 This happened in Bethany on the east side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.
John Identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God
29 John saw Yeshua coming toward him the next day and said, “Look! This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. 30 He is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘A man who comes after me was before me because he existed before I did.’ 31 I didn’t know who he was. However, I came to baptize with water to show him to the people of Israel.”
32 John said, “I saw the Spirit come down as a dove from heaven and stay on him. 33 I didn’t know who he was. But God, who sent me to baptize with water, had told me, ‘When you see the Spirit come down and stay on someone, you’ll know that person is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 I have seen this and have declared that this is the Son of God.”
Calling of the First Disciples
35 The next day John was standing with two of his disciples. 36 John saw Yeshua walk by. John said, “Look! This is the Lamb of God.” 37 When the two disciples heard John say this, they followed Yeshua.
38 Yeshua turned around and saw them following him. He asked them, “What are you looking for?”
They said to him, “Rabbi” (which means “teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 Yeshua told them, “Come, and you will see.” So they went to see where he was staying and spent the rest of that day with him. It was about ten o’clock in the morning.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two disciples who heard John and followed Yeshua. 41 Andrew at once found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means “Christ”). 42 Andrew brought Simon to Yeshua.
Yeshua looked at Simon and said, “You are Simon, son of John. Your name will be Cephas” (which means “Peter”).
43 The next day Yeshua wanted to go to Galilee. He found Philip and told him, “Follow me!” 44 (Philip was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter.)
45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the man whom Moses wrote about in his teachings and whom the prophets wrote about. He is Yeshua, son of Joseph, from the city of Nazareth.”
46 Nathanael said to Philip, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Philip told him, “Come and see!”
47 Yeshua saw Nathanael coming toward him and remarked, “Here is a true Israelite who is sincere.”
48 Nathanael asked Yeshua, “How do you know anything about me?”
Yeshua answered him, “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Nathanael said to Yeshua, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the king of Israel!”
50 Yeshua replied, “You believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 Yeshua said to Nathanael, “I can guarantee this truth: You will see the sky open and God’s angels going up and coming down to the Son of Man.”
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