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。

Jesus Changes Water into Wine

Three days later a wedding took place in the city of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his disciples had been invited too.

When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They’re out of wine.”

Jesus said to her, “Why did you come to me? My time has not yet come.”

His mother told the servers, “Do whatever he tells you.”

Six stone water jars were there. They were used for Jewish purification rituals. Each jar held 18 to 27 gallons.

Jesus told the servers, “Fill the jars with water.” The servers filled the jars to the brim. Jesus said to them, “Pour some, and take it to the person in charge.” The servers did as they were told.

The person in charge tasted the water that had become wine. He didn’t know where it had come from, although the servers who had poured the water knew. The person in charge called the groom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the best wine first. When people are drunk, the host serves cheap wine. But you have saved the best wine for now.”

11 Cana in Galilee was the place where Jesus began to perform miracles. He made his glory public there, and his disciples believed in him.

12 After this, Jesus, his mother, brothers, and disciples went to the city of Capernaum and stayed there for a few days.

Jesus Throws Merchants and Moneychangers out of the Temple Courtyard

13 The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 He found those who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons in the temple courtyard. He also found moneychangers sitting there. 15 He made a whip from small ropes and threw everyone with their sheep and cattle out of the temple courtyard. He dumped the moneychangers’ coins and knocked over their tables.

16 He told those who sold pigeons, “Pick up this stuff, and get it out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a marketplace!”

17 His disciples remembered that Scripture said, “Devotion for your house will consume me.”

18 The Jews reacted by asking Jesus, “What miracle can you show us to justify what you’re doing?”

19 Jesus replied, “Tear down this temple, and I’ll rebuild it in three days.”

20 The Jews said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple. Do you really think you’re going to rebuild it in three days?”

21 But the temple Jesus spoke about was his own body. 22 After he came back to life, his disciples remembered that he had said this. So they believed the Scripture and this statement that Jesus had made.

23 While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover festival, many people believed in him because they saw the miracles that he performed. 24 Jesus, however, was wary of these believers. He understood people 25 and didn’t need anyone to tell him about human nature. He knew what people were really like.

Jesus Changes Water Into Wine

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.(A) Jesus’ mother(B) was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

“Woman,[a](C) why do you involve me?”(D) Jesus replied. “My hour(E) has not yet come.”

His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”(F)

Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,(G) each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.[b]

Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”

They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.(H) He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside 10 and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

11 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs(I) through which he revealed his glory;(J) and his disciples believed in him.(K)

12 After this he went down to Capernaum(L) with his mother(M) and brothers(N) and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

Jesus Clears the Temple Courts(O)

13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,(P) Jesus went up to Jerusalem.(Q) 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves,(R) and others sitting at tables exchanging money.(S) 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house(T) into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”[c](U)

18 The Jews(V) then responded to him, “What sign(W) can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”(X)

19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”(Y)

20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body.(Z) 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(AA) Then they believed the scripture(AB) and the words that Jesus had spoken.

23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(AC) many people saw the signs(AD) he was performing and believed(AE) in his name.[d] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind,(AF) for he knew what was in each person.(AG)

Footnotes

  1. John 2:4 The Greek for Woman does not denote any disrespect.
  2. John 2:6 Or from about 75 to about 115 liters
  3. John 2:17 Psalm 69:9
  4. John 2:23 Or in him