五饼二鱼

这些事以后,耶稣渡过加利利[a],也就是太巴列湖,到对岸去。 有一大群人,因为看到他在病人身上所行的神迹,就跟随他。

耶稣上了山,与他的门徒们在那里坐下。 那时犹太人的逾越节快到了。 耶稣举目观看,见一大群人向他走来,就对腓力说:“我们从哪里买饼给这些人吃呢?” 他说这话是要试试腓力,其实他自己已经知道要做什么了。

腓力回答:“就是两百个银币[b]的饼,也不够每个人吃一小块!”

他的一个门徒,就是西门彼得的弟弟安得烈,对耶稣说: “这里有个孩子,带了五个大麦饼和两条鱼。可是对这么多人,这些算什么呢?”

10 耶稣说:“让他们坐下来。”

那地方草多,他们坐了下来;男人的数目约有五千。 11 耶稣就拿起饼来,祝谢以后,分给那些坐着的人[c],把鱼也如此分了,他们要多少就给多少。

12 大家吃饱了以后,耶稣就对他的门徒们说:“把剩下的碎块收拾起来,免得浪费。” 13 他们就把大家吃剩的那五个大麦饼的碎块收拾起来,装满了十二个篮子。

14 众人看见耶稣所行的神迹,就说:“这个人确实是那位要来到世上的先知!” 15 耶稣看出他们要来强迫他做王,就又独自退到山上去了。

在水面上行走

16 到了晚上,他的门徒们下到湖边。 17 他们上了船,开始渡过湖往迦百农去。原来天色已经黑了,而耶稣还没有来到他们那里。 18 当时,大风吹起,湖水翻腾。 19 他们已经划了约有四、五公里[d],看到耶稣在湖面上行走,逐渐向船靠近,他们就感到惧怕。

20 耶稣对他们说:“是我,不要怕!” 21 门徒们这才愿意接他上船。船立刻就到了他们所要去的地方。

生命的粮

22 第二天,留在湖对岸的众人,知道在那里除了一条小船之外[e],没有别的船;而且知道耶稣没有和他的门徒们一起上船,是门徒们自己去的。 23 有几条别的小船从太巴列城来,靠近主祝谢后众人吃饼的地方。 24 这样,众人一发现耶稣已经不在那里,连他的门徒们也不在那里,就上了船,往迦百农去找耶稣。

25 他们在湖的对岸找到了耶稣,就问他:“拉比,你是什么时候到这里来的?”

26 耶稣回答说:“我确确实实地告诉你们:你们找我,并不是因为看见了神迹,而是因为你们吃饼吃饱了。 27 不要为那会腐败的食物做工,而要为那存留到永生的食物做工。这食物就是人子要给你们的,因为人子是父神所印证的。”

28 他们问:“我们应该做什么,才算做神的工作呢?”

29 耶稣回答说:“信神所派来的那一位,就是做神的工作。”

30 他们就问:“那么,你行个什么神迹,好让我们看了就可以信你呢?你可以做什么呢? 31 我们的祖先在旷野吃了吗哪,正如经上所记:‘他把从天上来的粮赐给他们吃。’[f]

32 耶稣对他们说:“我确确实实地告诉你们:那从天上来的粮不是摩西赐给你们的,而是我父把从天上来的真粮赐给了你们。 33 要知道,神的粮就是从天上降下来、赐生命给世人的那一位。”

34 他们就对耶稣说:“主啊,请你时常把这粮赐给我们!”

35 耶稣对他们说:“我就是生命的粮。到我这里来的人,绝不饥饿;信我的人,永不干渴。 36 但是我告诉过你们,你们虽然看到了我[g],还是不信。 37 凡是父赐给我的人,都会到我这里来,而到我这里来的人,我绝不丢弃[h] 38 因为我从天上降下来,不是要行自己的意思,而是要行那派我来者的意思。 39 那派我来者[i]的旨意,就是要我不失去他赐给我的任何人,而且要我在末日使他复活。 40 要知道,我父[j]的旨意正是:所有看见子而信他的人都得到永恒的生命,并且在末日,我将要使他复活。”

41 这时候,一些犹太人因为耶稣说‘我是从天上降下来的粮’,就私下议论他, 42 并说:“这不就是约瑟的儿子耶稣吗?我们不都认识他的父母吗?现在他怎么说‘我是从天上降下来的’呢?”

43 耶稣就对他们说:“你们不要彼此议论了。 44 如果不是派我来的父引领他,没有人能到我这里来;到我这里来的,在末日我还要使他复活。 45 先知书上记着:‘他们都将成为神所教导的人。’[k]任何人听了并领会了从父而来的教导,就会到我这里来。 46 这并不是说,有谁看到父;只有从神而来的那一位,他才看到父。

47 “我确确实实地告诉你们:信我[l]的人,就有永恒的生命。 48 我就是生命的粮。 49 你们的祖先在旷野吃了吗哪,还是死了。 50 那从天上降下来、让人吃了而不死的粮,就在这里。 51 我就是从天上降下来的生命的粮。人如果吃了这粮,就将活着,直到永远。我要赐的粮就是我的肉身,是为了世人的生命所赐的[m]。”

52 于是那些犹太人彼此争论,说:“这个人怎么能把自己的肉身给我们吃呢?”

53 耶稣说:“我确确实实地告诉你们:如果你们不吃人子的肉,不喝人子的血,你们里面就没有生命。 54 吃我肉、喝我血的人,就有永恒的生命,在末日我还要使他复活; 55 因为我的肉是真食物,我的血是真饮物。 56 吃我肉、喝我血的人,住在我里面,我也住在他里面。 57 永生的父怎样差派了我,我又因父而活,照样,以我为食的人也将因我而活。 58 这才是从天上降下来的粮,不像吗哪。你们的[n]祖先吃过吗哪还是死了,而吃这粮的人就将活着,直到永远。”

59 这些话是耶稣在迦百农教导人的时候,在会堂里说的。

许多门徒离开耶稣

60 他的门徒当中有许多人听了,就说:“这话实在严厉,谁能听呢?”

61 耶稣自己里面知道他的门徒们为这话私下议论,就对他们说:“这话绊倒你们[o]吗? 62 所以,如果你们看见人子升到他原先所在的地方,你们会怎么样呢? 63 赐人生命的是灵[p],肉体没有什么用。我对你们说的话就是灵,就是生命。 64 然而你们当中有一些不信的人。”原来,耶稣从起初就知道哪些人不[q]信,也知道哪一个人要出卖他。 65 耶稣又说:“所以我告诉过你们:如果不是蒙父所赐,没有人能到我这里来。”

66 从此耶稣的门徒中有许多人离开回到背后的事上,不再与他同行。 67 耶稣就对十二使徒[r]说:“你们也不会想离开吧?”

68 西门彼得回答:“主啊,你有永恒生命的话语,我们还去归从谁呢? 69 我们已经相信,也知道你就是神的那位圣者。[s]

70 耶稣对他们说:“我不是拣选了你们十二使徒吗?可是你们当中有一个是魔鬼。” 71 耶稣说的是加略西门的儿子[t]犹大;这个人虽然是十二使徒中的一个,后来却要出卖耶稣。

Footnotes

  1. 约翰福音 6:1 湖——原文直译“海”。
  2. 约翰福音 6:7 两百个银币——原文为“200得拿利”。1得拿利=约1日工资的罗马银币。
  3. 约翰福音 6:11 分给那些坐着的人——有古抄本作“分给门徒们,门徒们又分给那些坐着的人”。
  4. 约翰福音 6:19 四、五公里——原文为“25-30视距”。1视距=185公尺。
  5. 约翰福音 6:22 除了一条小船之外——有古抄本作“除了耶稣的门徒们上的那一条小船之外”。
  6. 约翰福音 6:31 《出埃及记》16:4;《诗篇》78:24。
  7. 约翰福音 6:36 有古抄本没有“我”。
  8. 约翰福音 6:37 丢弃——原文直译“赶出去”。
  9. 约翰福音 6:39 有古抄本附“——父”。
  10. 约翰福音 6:40 我父——有古抄本作“那派我来者”。
  11. 约翰福音 6:45 《以赛亚书》54:13。
  12. 约翰福音 6:47 有古抄本没有“我”。
  13. 约翰福音 6:51 有古抄本没有“所赐的”。
  14. 约翰福音 6:58 有古抄本没有“吗哪。你们的”。
  15. 约翰福音 6:61 绊倒你们——或译作“使你们觉得反感”。
  16. 约翰福音 6:63 灵——或译作“圣灵”。
  17. 约翰福音 6:64 有古抄本没有“不”。
  18. 约翰福音 6:67 使徒——辅助词语。
  19. 约翰福音 6:69 你就是神的那位圣者。——有古抄本作“你就是基督,永生神的儿子。”
  20. 约翰福音 6:71 儿子——辅助词语。

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick. Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him. (It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.

Philip replied, “Even if we worked for months, we wouldn’t have enough money[a] to feed them!”

Then Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up. “There’s a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?”

10 “Tell everyone to sit down,” Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. (The men alone numbered about 5,000.) 11 Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted. 12 After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, “Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted.” 13 So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.

14 When the people saw him[b] do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed, “Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!”[c] 15 When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself.

Jesus Walks on Water

16 That evening Jesus’ disciples went down to the shore to wait for him. 17 But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn’t come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum. 18 Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough. 19 They had rowed three or four miles[d] when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified, 20 but he called out to them, “Don’t be afraid. I am here![e] 21 Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived at their destination!

Jesus, the Bread of Life

22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them. 23 Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten. 24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him. 25 They found him on the other side of the lake and asked, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

26 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs. 27 But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man[f] can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval.”

28 They replied, “We want to perform God’s works, too. What should we do?”

29 Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”

30 They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do? 31 After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[g]

32 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses didn’t give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven. 33 The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34 “Sir,” they said, “give us that bread every day.”

35 Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. 37 However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. 38 For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. 39 And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. 40 For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”

41 Then the people[h] began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

43 But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said. 44 For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up. 45 As it is written in the Scriptures,[i] ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. 46 (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)

47 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life. 48 Yes, I am the bread of life! 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. 50 Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”

52 Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.

53 So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. 54 But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57 I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”

59 He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60 Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

61 Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? 63 The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew who would betray him.) 65 Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.”

66 At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. 67 Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?”

68 Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. 69 We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.[j]

70 Then Jesus said, “I chose the twelve of you, but one is a devil.” 71 He was speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of the Twelve, who would later betray him.

Footnotes

  1. 6:7 Greek Two hundred denarii would not be enough. A denarius was equivalent to a laborer’s full day’s wage.
  2. 6:14a Some manuscripts read Jesus.
  3. 6:14b See Deut 18:15, 18; Mal 4:5-6.
  4. 6:19 Greek 25 or 30 stadia [4.6 or 5.5 kilometers].
  5. 6:20 Or The ‘I am’ is here; Greek reads I am. See Exod 3:14.
  6. 6:27 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
  7. 6:31 Exod 16:4; Ps 78:24.
  8. 6:41 Greek Jewish people; also in 6:52.
  9. 6:45 Greek in the prophets. Isa 54:13.
  10. 6:69 Other manuscripts read you are the Christ, the Holy One of God; still others read you are the Christ, the Son of God; and still others read you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.

And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.

And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.

12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

13 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.

15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.

16 And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,

17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.

22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;

23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.

27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.

37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.

38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

48 I am that bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?

68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.