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耶稣的弟弟也不信他

这事以后,耶稣周游加利利,不愿在犹太往来,因为犹太人想要杀他。 犹太人的住棚节快到了, 耶稣的弟弟就对他说:“你应当离开这里上犹太去,好让你的门徒也可以看见你所行的事; 因为没有人想引人注目,却在暗处行事的。你既然行这些事,就应该向世人显明自己。” 原来连他的弟弟也不信他。 耶稣就对他们说:“我的时候还没有到,你们的时候却常常是方便的。 世人不能恨你们,却憎恨我,因为我指证他们的行为是邪恶的。 你们上去过节吧!我现在不上去过这个节,因为我的时机还没有成熟。” 他说了这些话以后,仍然住在加利利。

住棚节时在殿里教导人

10 然而,他的弟弟上去过节以后,他也上去过节,不是公开地去,却是暗中地去。 11 过节的时候,犹太人寻找耶稣,说:“那人在哪里呢?” 12 群众因他纷纷议论,有的说:“他是好人。”有的说:“不,他是欺骗众人的。” 13 但没有人敢公开讲论他,因为怕犹太人。

14 节期当中,耶稣上圣殿去教导人。 15 犹太人就希奇,说:“这个人没有学过,怎会通晓经书呢?” 16 耶稣说:“我的教训不是我自己的,而是出于那差我来的。 17 人若愿意遵行 神的旨意,就会知道这教训是出于 神,还是我凭着自己的意思说的。 18 那凭着自己的意思说的,是求自己的荣誉;但那寻求差他来者的荣耀的,才是真诚的人,在他里面没有不义。 19 摩西不是曾经把律法传给你们吗?你们竟然没有一个人遵行律法。你们为甚么想要杀我呢?” 20 群众回答:“你是鬼附的,谁想要杀你呢?” 21 耶稣说:“我行了一件事,你们都以为希奇。 22 摩西曾经把割礼传给你们(其实割礼不是从摩西开始的,而是从列祖开始的),因此,你们在安息日也给人行割礼。 23 如果人在安息日行割礼,为的是要遵守摩西的律法,那么我在安息日使一个人全身健康,你们就向我生气吗? 24 不要按外貌判断人,总要公公平平地判断人。”

他是基督吗?

25 当时,有些耶路撒冷人说:“这不是他们想要杀的人吗? 26 你看,他还在公开地讲话,竟然没有人对他说甚么,难道官长们真的认为这个人就是基督吗? 27 可是我们知道这个人是从哪里来的,只是基督来的时候,没有人知道他是从哪里来的!” 28 当时耶稣在殿里教导人,大声说:“你们以为认识我,也知道我从哪里来,其实我不是凭着自己的意思来的,但那差我来的是真实的,你们却不认识他。 29 然而我认识他,因为我从他那里来,也是他差我来的。” 30 于是他们想逮捕他,只是没有人下手,因为他的时候还没有到。 31 群众中有许多人信了他。他们说:“基督来的时候,他所行的神迹,能比这人所行的更多吗?”

法利赛人等想逮捕耶稣

32 法利赛人听见群众纷纷议论这些关于耶稣的事,祭司长和法利赛人就派差役去逮捕耶稣。 33 于是耶稣说:“我跟你们在一起的时候不多了,我要回到那差我来的那里去。 34 你们要寻找我,却找不着;我所在的地方,你们是不能去的。” 35 犹太人彼此说:“这个人要到哪里去,使我们找不着他呢?难道他要到散居在希腊人中的犹太人那里,去教导希腊人吗? 36 他说‘你们要寻找我,却找不着;我所在的地方,你们是不能去的’这话,是甚么意思呢?”

信的人要接受圣灵

37 节期的最后一天,就是最隆重的那一天,耶稣站着高声说:“人若渴了,可以到我这里来喝! 38 信我的人,就像圣经所说的,从他的腹中要涌流出活水的江河来。” 39 他这话是指着信他的人要接受圣灵说的;那时圣灵还没有降临,因为耶稣还没有得着荣耀。

群众因耶稣起了纷争

40 群众中有人听了这些话,就说:“这真是‘那位先知’!” 41 另有人说:“他是基督。”还有人说:“基督是从加利利出来的吗? 42 圣经不是说基督是大卫的后裔,是从大卫本乡伯利恒出来的吗?” 43 群众因为耶稣的缘故,就起了纷争。 44 他们中间有人想逮捕耶稣,只是没有人下手。

官长不信耶稣

45 差役回到祭司长和法利赛人那里。他们就问差役:“你们为甚么没有把他带来?” 46 差役回答:“从来没有人像他这样讲话的!” 47 法利赛人说:“连你们也受了欺骗吗? 48 官长或法利赛人中间有谁是信他的呢? 49 至于这群不明白律法的人,他们是可咒诅的。” 50 他们当中有一个人,就是以前来见耶稣的尼哥德慕,对他们说: 51 “如果不先听取他本人的口供,查明他所作的事,我们的律法怎能把他定罪呢?” 52 他们回答:“你也是从加利利出来的吗?你去考查一下,就知道先知是不会从加利利兴起的。”

53 于是各人都回家去了。(后期抄本才加上7:53~8:11)

Tiñecalaˈyuˈ ntyjee Jesús ñˈeⁿñê

Jnda̱ tuii na nmeiiⁿˈ tyomaˈno̱o̱ⁿyâ tsˈo̱ndaa Galilea ñˈeⁿ Jesús. Ee jnaaⁿˈ na tyoqueⁿndye nnˈaⁿ na cwiluiitquiendye nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ judíos na ñeˈcalaˈcueeˈna jom, joˈ chii tiñeˈcjaⁿ Judea. Ndoˈ jaawindyooˈ na nncueeˈ ncuee na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndye nnˈaⁿ judíos quia na quilˈana xeⁿnquieˈ ncwaⁿˈ na cwijaañjoomˈ nˈomna chiuu ñetˈom weloo weloona ndyuˈñeeⁿcheⁿ. Ndoˈ na manncueeˈ xueeˈñeeⁿ tyolue ntyjeeⁿ nnoom:

—Cwa sa, caluiˈ ñjaaⁿñe. Cjaˈ Judea cha nnˈaⁿ na mˈaⁿ laˈñeⁿ na cwilaˈjomndye ñˈoom na mañequiaaˈ mati nntyˈiaana tsˈiaaⁿ na macheˈ. Ee tsˈaⁿ na matseicantyjaaˈ tsˈom na calaˈyuˈ nnˈaⁿ ñˈeⁿñe, ticatsonaˈ na nljooˈñe jo jnda̱a̱. Quiaandyuˈ na caliu chaˈtso nnˈaⁿ tsˈiaaⁿ na macheˈ.

Nmeiiⁿˈ jluena nnoom ee meiⁿ joona tîcalaˈyuˈna ñˈeⁿñê. Quia joˈ matsoom nda̱a̱na:

—Tyooweˈntyjo̱ xjeⁿ na caˈmo̱o̱ⁿya nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ na cwiluiitquiendye na cwiluiindyo̱ nquii na macwjiˈnˈmaaⁿñe nnˈaⁿ. Sa̱a̱ ˈo meiⁿquia xjeⁿ na ñeˈconomˈyoˈ, tjaaˈnaⁿ na teincuuˈ. Joo nnˈaⁿ tsjoomnancue tijndoona ˈo. Sa̱a̱ cantyja ˈnaⁿ ja luaañe, ñequiiˈcheⁿ mˈaⁿna na jndoona ja, cweˈ ncˈe na macwjiˈyuuˈndyo̱ cantyja ˈnaaⁿ natia na cwilˈana. Tsaˈyoˈ na ñencjoˈyoˈ xueewaaˈ, ja tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nncjo̱ xuee. Ee tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nntseicaˈmo̱ⁿndyo̱ na cwiluiindyo̱ nquii na macwjiˈnˈmaaⁿñe nnˈaⁿ.

Ndoˈ jnda̱ na tsoom na luaaˈ nda̱a̱na, ljooˈñetyeeⁿ we ndyee xuee Galilea.

Tja Jesús na tueeˈ xuee xeⁿnquieˈ ncwaⁿˈ

10 Ndoˈ jnda̱ na tyˈe ntyjeeⁿ na tueeˈ xuee, quia joˈ mati jom tjantyjo̱o̱ⁿ, sa̱a̱ tîtseicaˈmo̱ⁿñê nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ. Tjaaⁿ chaˈcwijom tsˈaⁿ na ticalˈue tsˈom na caliu nnˈaⁿ na mˈaaⁿ. 11 Ndoˈ nnˈaⁿ judíos na ticueeˈ nˈomna jom jeeⁿ tyolˈueena jom quiiˈntaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ na tquio ncuee. Tyotaˈxˈeena, tyoluena:

—¿Yuu mˈaaⁿ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ?

12 Ndoˈ tˈmaⁿ waa na ticatjoomˈ na jlaˈneiⁿ nnˈaⁿ na jndyendye cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈaⁿ. Ee cwantindye joona tyolue: “Ya tsˈaⁿñe tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ.” Sa̱a̱ ntˈomcheⁿ tyolue: “Tiyuuˈ, ee manquiuˈnnˈaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ.”

13 Sa̱a̱ cweˈ ncˈe na nquiaana nnˈaⁿ judíos na cwiluiitquiendye nda̱a̱na, joˈ na tîcalaˈneiⁿndyeyuna cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈaⁿ.

14 Jnda̱ na tueeˈ xcwe ncuee, tjaqueⁿˈeⁿ naquiiˈ watsˈom tˈmaⁿ ndoˈ joˈ joˈ tyoˈmo̱o̱ⁿ nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ. 15 Sa̱a̱ tileicalaˈno̱ⁿˈ nnˈaⁿ judíos na cwiluiitquiendye. Tyoluena:

—Nchaaˈ lˈuu na tja tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ scwela. Quia joˈ ¿chiuu na jeeⁿ ya matseitjoomˈm ñˈoom?

16 Tˈo̱ Jesús nda̱a̱na, matsoom:

—Nchii nnco̱ matseijndaaˈndyo̱ ñˈoom na maˈmo̱o̱ⁿya. Nqueⁿ na jñoom ja seijndaaˈñê chiuu catsjo̱o̱ya. 17 Meiⁿcwiˈñeeⁿcheⁿ tsˈaⁿ na ñeˈcatsˈaa cantyja na matsa̱ˈntjom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, juu nntseiˈno̱ⁿˈ aa Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom seijndaaˈñe ñˈoom na maˈmo̱o̱ⁿya, oo aa cweˈ ñˈoom na seitiuu nnco̱ na mañequiaya. 18 Meiⁿcwiˈñeeⁿcheⁿ tsˈaⁿ na macwjiˈ ñˈoom cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ nquii, matseijndeii tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ na caluiitˈmaⁿñê nda̱a̱ ncˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ. Sa̱a̱ tsˈaⁿ na matseijndeii na catseitˈmaaⁿˈñenaˈ nquii na jñom jom, tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ cwiluiiñê na mayomˈm. Tiquinquiuˈnnˈaaⁿ.

19 ’Moisés seiljeiⁿ ñˈoom na tqueⁿ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nda̱a̱ˈyoˈ na matsa̱ˈntjomnaˈ. Sa̱a̱ meiiⁿ na ljoˈ, meiⁿcwiindyoˈ ˈo tyoolaˈcanda̱a̱ˈndyoˈ juunaˈ. Ee xeⁿ cwilaˈcanda̱ˈyoˈ juunaˈ xoqueⁿndyoˈ na nlacueˈyoˈ ja.

20 Nnˈaⁿ na jndyendye tˈo̱o̱na nnoom, jluena:

—ˈU tsaⁿjndii matseixmaⁿˈ. ¿ˈÑeeⁿ tsˈaⁿ maqueⁿñe na nntseicueeˈ ˈu?

21 Tˈo̱ Jesús nda̱a̱na, matsoom:

—Xuee na cwitaˈjndya̱a̱ya seinˈmaⁿya tsˈaⁿ na leicjacaa, ndoˈ sˈaanaˈ na tjoomˈ ticalaˈno̱ⁿˈyoˈ. 22 Sa̱a̱ calaˈno̱ⁿˈyoˈ ñˈoom na nntsjo̱o̱. Tso Moisés na calˈaˈyoˈ costumbre yonom ndaˈyoˈ na ˈndaandye. Ndoˈ cwilaˈcanda̱a̱ˈndyoˈ ñˈoomˈñeeⁿ meiiⁿ xuee na cwitaˈjndya̱a̱ya. Sa̱a̱ nchii jom seicato̱o̱ⁿˈo̱ⁿ costumbreˈñeeⁿ. Nquiee weloo welooya jlaˈcato̱o̱ˈna juunaˈ. 23 Nquiuˈyoˈ na mañequiaa ljeii na tqueeⁿ na wanaaⁿ na cwilˈaˈyoˈ costumbreˈñeeⁿ meiⁿ xuee na cwitaˈjndya̱a̱ya. Ndoˈ na luaaˈ waa, chiuu na cwilaˈwjeeˈyoˈ ja ncˈe na juu xuee na cwitaˈjndya̱a̱ya seinˈmaⁿya cwii tsˈaⁿ na wiiˈ. 24 Joˈ chii tintjeiˈyoˈ cwenta na cweˈ tomti cantyja na cwiwitquiooˈ. Catjeiˈyoˈ cwenta cantyja na matyˈiomyanaˈ.

Jesús ¿aa Cristo cwiluiiñê?

25 Quia joˈ ntˈom nnˈaⁿ Jerusalén tyotaˈxˈeena nda̱a̱ ncˈiaana:

—¿Aa nchii tsaⁿsˈamˈaaⁿˈ tsˈaⁿ na cwilˈuee naⁿmaⁿnˈiaaⁿ na nlaˈcueeˈna? 26 Sa̱a̱ cantyˈiaˈyoˈ ñequio na jndooˈ jndye nnˈaⁿ matseineiiⁿ, meiⁿ tjaa ljoˈ coluena nnoom. ¿Aa nntsˈaacheⁿnaˈ na cwilaˈtiuu naⁿmaⁿnˈiaaⁿ cwentaaya na tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ mayuuˈcheⁿ cwiluiiñê Cristo? 27 Sa̱a̱ nqueⁿ quia nncwjeeⁿˈeⁿ tjaa ˈñeeⁿ juu nntseiˈno̱ⁿˈ yuu jnaⁿyom. Sa̱a̱ tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ manquiuuyaaya yuu jnaaⁿ.

28 Jnda̱ jndii Jesús na jluena ñˈoomwaaˈ, seiweeⁿ jñeeⁿˈeⁿ. Matsoom:

—Machˈeenaˈ na cwitaˈjnaⁿˈyoˈ ja ndoˈ manquiuˈyaˈyoˈ yuu tsˈaⁿ ja. Sa̱a̱ nchii na jndyo̱o̱ cantyja ˈnaⁿ nnco̱. Nqueⁿ na jñoom ja quiiˈntaaⁿˈyoˈ cwiluiiñê na mayomˈm, sa̱a̱ jom ticataˈnaⁿˈyoˈ. 29 Sa̱a̱ ja mawajnaⁿˈa jom, ee jnaaⁿya jo nnoom, ndoˈ manquiityeeⁿ jñoom ja quiiˈntaaⁿˈyoˈ.

30 Cweˈ ncˈe na tsoom ñˈoomwaaˈ, tyoqueⁿndye naⁿmaⁿnˈiaaⁿ na nntˈuena jom. Sa̱a̱ ncˈe na tyooweˈntyjo̱ na ntyjii Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na nncwinoom nawiˈ tˈmaⁿ, joˈ chii meiⁿcwiindyena tîcatˈuii jom. 31 Ndoˈ jndyendye nnˈaⁿ na tyomˈaⁿna joˈ joˈ, jlaˈyuˈna ñˈeⁿñê. Ndoˈ tyoluena nda̱a̱ ncˈiaana:

—Quia nncwjeeˈ nquii Cristo, ¿aa nntsˈaacheⁿnaˈ jndyeti tsˈiaaⁿ nntsˈaaⁿ na tixocanda̱a̱ na nluii na cweˈ tsˈaⁿ nntsˈaa nchiiti na machˈee tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ?

Tyˈecatˈuena Jesús

32 Nnˈaⁿ tmaaⁿˈ fariseos tyondyena na nmeiiⁿˈ ñˈoom tyolaˈneiⁿ nnˈaⁿ na jndyendye cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Jesús. Joˈ chii jlaˈjomndyena ñequio ntyee na cwiluiitquiendye nda̱a̱ ncˈiaana nnˈaⁿ judíos. Jñoomna nnˈaⁿ na cwilˈa cwenta watsˈom na cˈoocatˈue naⁿˈñeeⁿ jom. 33 Matso Jesús nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ na jndyendye:

—Chjootindyo cwii mˈaaⁿtya̱ ñˈeⁿndyoˈ. Ndoˈ nda̱nquia nncjo̱lcwa̱ˈnndaˈa na mˈaaⁿ nqueⁿ na jñoom ja na mˈaⁿˈyoˈ. 34 Quia ljoˈcheⁿ nlˈueˈyoˈ ja sa̱a̱ taxocaliuˈyoˈ ja. Ndoˈ yuu na nncˈo̱o̱ⁿya, ˈo xocanda̱a̱ nntsquieˈcañomˈyoˈ.

35 Quia joˈ ntˈom nnˈaaⁿya nnˈaⁿ judíos tyoluena nda̱a̱ ncˈiaana:

—¿Yuu nncjaayuu tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ na xocanda̱a̱ nliuuya jom? ¿Aa nncˈoomñê quiiˈntaaⁿ ncˈiaaya nnˈaⁿ judíos na jnda̱ tˈoomˈndye quiiˈntaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ griegos, cha nnda̱a̱ mˈmo̱o̱ⁿ nda̱a̱na? 36 ¿Ljoˈ ñeˈcatso ñˈoom na matseineiiⁿ luaaˈ na nlˈua̱a̱ya jom sa̱a̱ xocaliuuya jom? Ndoˈ na matsoom yuu na wjaⁿ jaa xocanda̱a̱ nntsquia̱caño̱o̱ⁿya jom.

Candaa na cwiñeˈquianaˈ na cwitaˈndoˈ nnˈaⁿ

37 Xuee na cwintycwii ncuee cwilˈana na tˈmaⁿti xuee juunaˈ na cwilaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndyena. Juu xueeˈñeeⁿ tjameintyjeeˈ Jesús, seiweeⁿ jñeeⁿˈeⁿ. Tsoom:

—ˈÑeeⁿ juu na matseiqueeⁿnaˈ tsˈom na ñecˈoomñe nacje ˈnaaⁿˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, candyontyjo̱ naxa̱ⁿˈa, ndoˈ catseiyuˈ ñˈeⁿndyo̱. 38 Nntsˈaanaˈ ñˈeⁿ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ chaˈxjeⁿ matso ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na jnda̱ teiljeii. Juu tsˈaⁿ na matseiyuˈ ñˈeⁿndyo̱, nnaaⁿˈ quiiˈ tsˈoom chaˈcwijom candaa na cwiñeˈquia na ticantycwii na wandoˈ tsˈaⁿ.

39 Luaaˈ matsoom na maˈmo̱o̱ⁿ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Espíritu Santo na juu nntoˈñoom nnˈaⁿ na cwilaˈyuˈ ñˈeⁿñê. Ee xjeⁿˈñeeⁿ tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nñequiaa Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom juu naquiiˈ nˈom nnˈaⁿ, ee tyooweˈntyjo̱ xjeⁿ na nntseitˈmaaⁿˈñê Jesús.

Tiñecwii na cwilue nnˈaⁿ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Jesús

40 Ndoˈ quiiˈntaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ na jndyendye quia tyondyena ñˈoommeiⁿˈ, tyoluena:

—Mayuuˈcheⁿ tsaⁿsˈamˈaaⁿˈ cwiluiiñê nquii tsˈaⁿ na waa ñˈoom na nncwjeˈcañoom tsjoomnancue na nñequiaa ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nda̱a̱ya.

41 Ndoˈ jlue ntˈomcheⁿ:

—Tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ cwiluiiñê Cristo.

Ndoˈ ntˈom jlue:

—Chiuu sa ˈo, juu Cristo ticatsonaˈ na nnaaⁿ Galilea. 42 Ee ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na teiljeii matsonaˈ na juu Cristo cwiluiiñê tsjaaⁿ David na jndyowicantyjooˈ. Ndoˈ mati jom tsˈaⁿ tsjoom chjoo Belén yuu na jnaⁿ David.

43 Ñˈoomwaaˈ to̱ⁿˈnaˈ nnˈaⁿ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Jesús. 44 Ee cwantindye joona ñeˈcatˈuena jom, sa̱a̱ meiⁿcwii tsˈaⁿ tîcatˈuii jom.

Naⁿmaⁿnˈiaaⁿ ticalaˈyuˈna na Jesús cwiluiiñê Cristo

45 Quia joˈ nquiee nnˈaⁿ na cwilˈa cwenta watsˈom tyˈelcweeˈna na mˈaⁿ ntyee na cwiluiitquiendye ñequio nnˈaⁿ tmaaⁿˈ fariseos. Taxˈee naⁿˈñeeⁿ nda̱a̱ nnˈa na cwilˈa cwenta watsˈom:

—¿Chiuu na tînquioˈñˈomˈyoˈ jom?

46 Tˈo̱o̱ naⁿˈñeeⁿ na cwilˈa cwenta watsˈom, jluena:

—Meiⁿjom ndiiˈ tyoondya̱a̱yâ na nntseineiⁿ cwii tsˈaⁿ chaˈna na matseineiⁿ tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ.

47 Quia joˈ fariseosˈñeeⁿ tˈo̱o̱na nda̱a̱ naⁿˈñeeⁿ, jluena:

—¿Aa chaˈ mati ˈo manquiuˈnnˈaⁿnaˈ? 48 Tjaaˈnaⁿ cwii tsˈaⁿ na matseixmaⁿ nˈiaaⁿ oo cwii fariseo na matseiyuˈ ñˈeⁿñê. 49 Sa̱a̱ naⁿmˈaⁿˈ na cje cwilˈa, ticalaˈno̱ⁿˈna ljeii na matsa̱ˈntjom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. Joona laˈxmaⁿna na catsuundyena.

50 Tˈo̱ Nicodemo, tsaⁿ na tyjeˈcañoom na mˈaaⁿ Jesús cwii teijaaⁿ. Jom macañˈeeⁿ ñˈeⁿ naⁿmaⁿnˈiaaⁿˈñeeⁿ. 51 Tsoom:

—Ñˈoom na matsa̱ˈntjom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na teiljeiinaˈ na cwileiñˈo̱o̱ⁿya, manquiuuya na matsonaˈ na ticatyˈiomyanaˈ na nntuˈxa̱a̱ⁿya cwii tsˈaⁿ cwii tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nndya̱a̱ya jnaaⁿˈ, ndoˈ na nliuuya ljoˈ sˈaa.

52 Tˈo̱o̱ naⁿˈñeeⁿ nnoom, jluena:

—¿Aa maxjeⁿ mati ˈu tsˈaⁿ na jnaⁿˈ Galilea? Tcuu tcuu catseiˈnaⁿˈ ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na teiljeii, quia joˈ nljeiˈ tjaaˈnaⁿ cwii profeta na nnaⁿ Galilea.

Jno̱o̱ⁿ na seitjo̱o̱ñe cwii yuscu

53 Ndoˈ cwii ndoˈ cwiindyena tyˈena wˈaana.

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.(B) But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles(C) was near, Jesus’ brothers(D) said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” For even his own brothers did not believe in him.(E)

Therefore Jesus told them, “My time(F) is not yet here; for you any time will do. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(G) because I testify that its works are evil.(H) You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time(I) has not yet fully come.” After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. 11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus(J) and asking, “Where is he?”

12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”(K) 13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.(L)

Jesus Teaches at the Festival

14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.(M) 15 The Jews(N) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning(O) without having been taught?”(P)

16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(Q) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(R) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,(S) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law?(T) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(U)

20 “You are demon-possessed,”(V) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,(W) and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision(X) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),(Y) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(Z)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(AA) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(AB) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(AC) 27 But we know where this man is from;(AD) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(AE) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(AF) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(AG) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(AH) because I am from him and he sent me.”(AI)

30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(AJ) because his hour had not yet come.(AK) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(AL) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(AM) than this man?”

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(AN) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(AO) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(AP)

35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered(AQ) among the Greeks,(AR) and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”(AS)

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(AT) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(AU) 38 Whoever believes(AV) in me, as Scripture has said,(AW) rivers of living water(AX) will flow from within them.”[c](AY) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(AZ) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(BA) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(BB)

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(BC)

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(BD) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(BE) and from Bethlehem,(BF) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(BG) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(BH)

Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”(BI) the guards replied.

47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(BJ) the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(BK) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”

50 Nicodemus,(BL) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(BM)


[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]

53 Then they all went home,

Footnotes

  1. John 7:1 Some manuscripts not have authority
  2. John 7:8 Some manuscripts not yet
  3. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”