约翰福音 12
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
馬利亞用香膏膏主(A)
12 逾越節前六天，耶穌到了伯大尼，就是拉撒路所住的地方；耶穌曾經使這拉撒路從死人中復活。 2 有人在那裡為耶穌預備了筵席。馬大在那裡侍候，拉撒路也和一些人與耶穌一同吃飯。 3 馬利亞拿了半公斤珍貴純正的哪噠香膏，抹耶穌的腳，又用自己的頭髮去擦；屋裡就滿了香膏的香氣。 4 耶穌的一個門徒，就是那要出賣他的加略人猶大，說： 5 “為甚麼不把這香膏賣三百銀幣，賙濟窮人呢？” 6 他說這話，並不是因為他關懷窮人，而是因為他是個賊，又帶著錢囊，常取其中所存的。 7 耶穌就說：“由她吧，這香膏是她留下來為我安葬的日子用的。 8 你們常常有窮人跟你們在一起，卻不常有我。”
9 有一大群猶太人知道耶穌在那裡，就都來了，然而他們不單是為了耶穌的緣故，也是要看看耶穌使他從死人中復活的拉撒路。 10 於是祭司長想把拉撒路也殺掉， 11 因為有許多猶太人為了拉撒路的緣故，離開他們，信了耶穌。
騎驢進耶路撒冷(B)
12 第二天，有一大群上來過節的人，聽見耶穌要來耶路撒冷， 13 就拿著棕樹枝出去迎接他，歡呼說：
“和散那，
奉主名來的以色列王，
是應當稱頌的！”
14 耶穌找到一頭小驢，就騎在上面，正如經上所記的：
15 “錫安的居民哪，不要懼怕；
看哪，你的王來了，
他騎著小驢來了。”
16 門徒起初不明白這些事，可是到耶穌得了榮耀以後，他們才想起這些話是指著他說的，並且人們果然向他這樣行了。 17 那些和耶穌在一起，看見他叫拉撒路從墳墓出來，又使他從死人中復活的群眾，都為這事作見證。 18 群眾因為聽見他行了這神蹟，就去迎接他。 19 於是法利賽人彼此說：“你們看，你們都是徒勞無功，世人都去跟隨他了！”
主被舉起來就吸引萬人
20 上去過節作禮拜的人中，有些是希臘人。 21 他們來到加利利的伯賽大人腓力那裡，請求他，說：“先生，我們想見耶穌。” 22 腓力去告訴安得烈，安得烈就和腓力去告訴耶穌。 23 耶穌對他們說：“人子得榮耀的時候到了！ 24 我實實在在告訴你們，一粒麥子若不落在地裡死了，仍舊是一粒；如果死了，就結出許多果實來。 25 愛惜自己生命的，就喪掉生命；在這世上恨惡自己生命的，必會保全生命到永遠。 26 如果有人服事我，就應當跟從我；我在哪裡，服事我的人也會在哪裡；如果有人服事我，我父必尊重他。
27 “我現在心裡煩亂，我應該說甚麼呢？說‘父啊，救我脫離這時刻’嗎？然而我正是為了這個緣故來的，要面對這時刻。 28 父啊，願你榮耀你的名！”當時有聲音從天上來，說：“我已經榮耀了我的名，還要再榮耀。” 29 站在旁邊的群眾聽見了，就說：“打雷了。”另外有人說：“有天使對他說話。” 30 耶穌說：“這聲音不是為了我，而是為了你們發出的。 31 現在是這世界受審判的時候了，現在這世界的王要被趕出去。 32 我若從地上被舉起來，就要吸引萬人歸向我。” 33 他說這話，是指著自己將要怎樣死說的。 34 於是群眾對他說：“我們從律法上知道基督是永遠常存的，你怎麼說‘人子必須被舉起來’呢？這人子是誰呢？” 35 耶穌說：“光在你們中間的時間不多了。你們應當趁著有光的時候行走，免得黑暗追上你們。在黑暗中行走的人，不知道往哪裡去。 36 你們應當趁著有光的時候信從這光，使你們成為光明的兒女。”
主的道要審判不信的人
耶穌說完了這些話，就離開他們隱藏起來。 37 耶穌在他們面前行了許多神蹟，但是他們仍然不信他。 38 這是要應驗以賽亞先知所說的話：
“主啊，我們所傳的，有誰信呢？
主的膀臂向誰顯露呢？”
39 他們不能相信，因為以賽亞又說：
40 “ 神使他們瞎了眼，硬了心，
免得他們眼睛看見，
心裡明白而回轉過來；
我就醫好他們。”
41 以賽亞說這些話，是因為看見了他的榮耀，就指著他說的。 42 雖然這樣，官長當中也有許多人信了耶穌。但是因為法利賽人的緣故，他們不敢公開承認，免得被趕出會堂； 43 因為他們愛來自人的榮耀，過於愛來自 神的榮耀。
44 耶穌大聲說：“信我的，不單是信我，也是信那差我來的。 45 看見我的，就是看見那差我來的。 46 我是光，我到世上來，叫所有信我的不住在黑暗裡。 47 人若聽見我的話卻不遵守的，我不審判他，因為我來不是要審判世人，而是要拯救世人。 48 棄絕我又不接受我的話的人，自有審判他的。我所講的道在末日要定他的罪； 49 因為我沒有憑著自己說話，而是差我來的父給了我命令，要我說甚麼，講甚麼。 50 我知道他的命令就是永生。所以，我所講的，正是父吩咐我要我講的。”
John 12
Expanded Bible
Jesus with Friends in Bethany
12 [L Therefore] Six days before the Passover Feast, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus lived. (Lazarus is the man Jesus raised from the dead.) 2 There they had a dinner for Jesus. Martha served the food, and Lazarus was one of the people ·eating [L reclining; C it was customary to eat formal meals while reclining around a low table] with Jesus. 3 [L Then] Mary brought in a pint [C Greek litra; about eleven ounces, weighing just under a pound] of very expensive ·perfume [ointment/fragrant oil] made from pure nard. She ·poured the perfume on [anointed; C not the word for royal or priestly anointing, but for hospitality or care] Jesus’ feet, and then she wiped his feet with her hair. And the ·sweet smell [fragrance] from the perfume filled the whole house.
4 Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ ·followers [disciples] who would later ·turn against [betray] him, was there. Judas said, 5 “This ·perfume [ointment/fragrant oil] was worth an ·entire year’s wages [L three hundred denarii]. Why wasn’t it sold and the money given to the poor?” 6 But Judas did not really care about the poor; he said this because he was a thief. He was the one who kept the money ·box [or bag], and he often stole from it.
7 [L Therefore] Jesus answered, “Leave her alone. It was right for her to save this perfume for today, the day for me to be prepared for burial. 8 [L For] You will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me.”
The Plot Against Lazarus
9 A large crowd of ·people [L Jews] ·heard [learned; came to know] that Jesus was ·in Bethany [L there]. So they went there to see not only Jesus but Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead. 10 So the leading [T chief] priests ·made plans [plotted; counseled together] to kill Lazarus too. 11 Because of Lazarus many of the Jews were ·leaving [going away from; deserting] them and believing in Jesus.
Jesus Enters Jerusalem(A)
12 The next day a great crowd who had come to Jerusalem for the Passover Feast [C the annual festival celebrating God’s rescue of Israel from Egypt; Ex. 12; John 2:13] heard that Jesus was coming there. 13 So they took branches of palm trees [C a symbol of the nation of Israel] and went out to meet Jesus, shouting,
“·Praise God [L Hosanna; C an Aramaic cry to God for salvation, which became a shout of praise]!
·God bless [L Blessed is] the One who comes in the name of the Lord [Ps. 118:25–26]!
·God bless [L Blessed is] the King of Israel!”
14 Jesus found a ·colt [young donkey] and sat on it. ·This was as the Scripture says [L As it is written],
15 “Don’t be afraid, ·people of Jerusalem [L Daughter of Zion; C a term of endearment for the people of Jerusalem]!
Your king is coming,
sitting on the colt of a donkey [Zech. 9:9; C riding a donkey rather than a warhorse, perhaps signaling that he was a different sort of king than their nationalist expectations anticipated].”
16 The ·followers [disciples] of Jesus did not understand this at first. But after Jesus was ·raised to glory [L glorified], they remembered that this had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.
People Tell About Jesus
17 There had been ·many people [a crowd] with Jesus when he raised Lazarus from the dead and told him to come out of the tomb. Now they were ·telling others [testifying; witnessing] about what Jesus did. 18 ·Many people [A crowd] went out to meet Jesus, because they had heard ·about this miracle [L that he had done this sign]. 19 So the Pharisees said to each other, “You can see that ·nothing is going right for us [we are getting nowhere; L you are gaining nothing]. Look! The whole world ·is following [has gone after] him.”
Jesus Talks About His Death
20 There were some Greek people [C Gentiles—here meant to represent people from all over the world; 12:19], too, who came to Jerusalem to worship at the Passover Feast. 21 [L So] They went to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and ·said [requested], “Sir, we would like to ·see [meet] Jesus.” 22 Philip told Andrew, and then Andrew and Philip told Jesus.
23 Jesus ·said to [answered; replied to] them, “The ·time [L hour] has come for the Son of Man [C a title for the Messiah; Dan. 7:13–14] to ·receive his glory [be glorified; C through his death, resurrection, and ascension]. 24 ·I tell you the truth [L Truly, truly I say to you], a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die to make ·many seeds [L much fruit]. But if it never dies, it remains only a single ·seed [grain]. 25 ·Those who [L The one who…] love their lives will lose them, but those who hate their lives in this world will ·keep [guard; preserve] ·true life forever [L it for eternal life]. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me. Then my servant will be with me everywhere I am. My Father will honor anyone who serves me.
27 “Now ·I am very [L my soul is] troubled. Should I say, ‘Father, save me from this ·time [L hour]’? No, ·I came to this time so I could suffer [L for this reason I have come to this hour]. 28 Father, ·bring glory to [glorify; honor] your name!”
Then a voice came from heaven, “I have ·brought glory to [glorified] it, and I will ·do [L glorify; honor] it again.”
29 The crowd standing there, who heard the voice, said it was thunder.
But others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”
30 Jesus ·said [responded], “That voice was for your sake, not mine. 31 Now is the time for the world to be judged; now the ·ruler [prince] of this world [C Satan] will be ·thrown down [L cast/driven out]. 32 ·If [or When] I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people ·toward me [to myself].” 33 Jesus said this to show ·how [what kind of death] he would die.
34 The crowd ·said [responded to him], “We have heard from the ·law [C the Old Testament] that the ·Christ [Messiah] will ·live [remain] forever [Ps. 89:35–37; Is. 9:7; Ezek. 37:25]. So why do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
35 Then Jesus said, “The light will be ·with [among] you for a little longer, so walk while you have the light. Then the darkness will not ·catch [overtake] you. ·If you walk [L The one who walks] in the darkness, you will not know where you are going. 36 ·Believe [Put your trust] in the light while you still have it so that you will become children of light.” When Jesus had said this, he left and hid himself from them.
Some People Won’t Believe in Jesus
37 Though Jesus had done many ·miracles [L signs; 2:11] in front of the people, they still did not believe in him. 38 This was to ·bring about [L fulfill] ·what [L the message/word that] Isaiah the prophet had said:
“Lord, who believed ·what we told them [L our message/report]?
Who saw the Lord’s ·power [L arm; C a symbol of his power] in this [Is. 53:1]?”
39 This is why the people could not believe: Isaiah also had said,
40 “He has blinded their eyes,
and he has ·closed their minds [L hardened their heart].
Otherwise they would see with their eyes
and understand in their ·minds [L heart]
and ·come back to me and be healed [L turn/repent, and I would heal them; Is. 6:10].”
41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.
42 But many believed in Jesus, even many of the ·leaders [authorities]. But because of the Pharisees, they did not ·say they believed in him [L confess/proclaim him/it] for fear they would be put out of the synagogue. 43 They loved ·praise [glory] from people more than ·praise [glory] from God.
44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me is really believing in the One who sent me. 45 Whoever sees me sees the One who sent me. 46 I have come as light into the world so that whoever believes in me would not ·stay [remain] in darkness.
47 “Anyone who hears my words and does not ·obey [keep] them, I do not judge, because I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 There is a judge for those who ·refuse to believe in [reject] me and do not accept my words. The word I have ·taught [spoken] will ·be their judge [judge them] on the last day. 49 The things I ·taught [spoke] were not from myself. The Father who sent me ·told [commanded] me what to say and what to ·teach [speak]. 50 And I know that eternal life comes from what the Father commands. So whatever I say is what the Father told me to say.”
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