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Jesus blir hånet av brødrene sine

Etter dette gikk Jesus fra by til by i Galilea. Han ville holde seg borte fra Judea, etter som de religiøse lederne der var ute etter å drepe ham. Snart var det tid for løvhyttefesten[a]. Brødrene til Jesus oppfordret ham til å gå til Judea og delta i høytiden.

De sa: ”Du burde forlate Galilea og gå til Judea, slik at tilhengerne dine får se alle miraklene du gjør. Du kommer aldri til å bli berømt dersom du gjemmer deg i en avkrok på denne måten. Dersom du kan gjøre disse merkelige miraklene, da bør du vise det fram for all verden.”

For heller ikke brødrene hans trodde på ham. Jesus svarte: ”Det rette tidspunktet for å reise er ikke ennå kommet for meg, men dere kan dra når som helst. Ingen har grunn til å hate dere, men meg hater de på grunn av at jeg stadig minner lederne om deres synd og ondskap. Gå dere av sted til Jerusalem. Det er ikke rette tiden for meg ennå å gå til denne høytiden, gjentok han.” Så ble han alene tilbake i Galilea.

Jesus underviser i templet

10 Da brødrene hadde gitt seg av sted til høytiden i Jerusalem, gikk Jesus etter i hemmelighet. Han unngikk å bli gjenkjent av folk. 11 De religiøse lederne forsøkte å få tak i ham under høytiden og spurte om noen hadde sett han. 12 Derfor snakket folket i smug om ham. Noen sa: ”Han er et godt menneske”, mens andre sa: ”Nei, han bedrar folket.” 13 Ingen hadde mot nok til å snakke åpent om ham. Alle var redde for de religiøse lederne.

14 Da halve høytiden allerede var over, gikk Jesus opp til templet og begynte å undervise. 15 De religiøse lederne ble forskrekket da de hørte visdommen hans. De sa: ”Hvordan kan han vite så mye til tross for at han aldri har vært elev hos noen av våre religiøse lærere?”

16 Da svarte Jesus: ”Det jeg lærer bort, er ikke mine egne tanker, men Guds, etter som det er han som har sendt meg. 17 Dersom noen virkelig vil gjøre Guds vilje, vil han forstå om læren min er fra Gud eller om det bare er mine egne tanker. 18 Den som framfører sine egne tanker, vil ha æren selv, men den som gir æren til den som har sendt ham, er en troverdig person som taler sannhet. 19 Dere har fått Moseloven[b]. Hvorfor følger dere ikke da loven? Dere vil jo drepe meg!”

20 Folket svarte: ”Du er besatt av en ond Ånd! Det er vel ingen som vil drepe deg.”

21-23 Jesus svarte: ”Jeg gjorde noe som virkelig forskrekket dere, da jeg helbredet en mann på hviledagen[c]. Arbeider dere ikke selv hver gang dere lyder Moseloven i punktet om omskjærelsen? Ut fra det avsnittet omskjærer dere guttene på hviledagen. Moses, eller rettere sagt forfedrene deres, bestemte at omskjærelsen skal bli gjort på den åttende dagen etter fødselen. Dette gjelder også om den åttende dagen faller på en hviledag. Dersom det nå er tillatt å omskjære noen på hviledagen, hvorfor skal da jeg bli dømt for at jeg helbredet noen på hviledagen? 24 Dere skal ikke dømme etter hvordan saker og ting ser ut på overflaten, men fell en rettferdig dom ut fra en dypere innsikt i saken.”

Ulike meninger om hvem Jesus er

25 Noen blant dem som bodde i Jerusalem, sa til hverandre: ”Er det ikke denne mannen som våre ledere vil drepe? 26 Her står han helt åpent fram og underviser, og ingen sier noe til ham. Har kanskje medlemmene i Det jødiske rådet[d] blitt overbevist om at han virkelig er Messias, den lovede kongen? 27 Men hvordan skulle han kunne være det? Vi vet jo hvor denne mannen ble født. Når Messias kommer, da skal ingen vite hvor han kommer fra.”

28 Jesus ropte med høy røst der han sto og underviste i templet: ”Ja, dere kjenner meg og vet hvor jeg kommer fra. Likevel var det ikke mitt eget påfunn å komme, men jeg kommer på oppdrag av en som er troverdig, en som dere ikke kjenner. 29 Men jeg kjenner ham, for jeg kommer fra han, og han har sendt meg.”

30 De religiøse lederne var klare til straks å fange Jesus, men ingen rørte ham. Tidspunktet var ennå ikke kommet som Gud hadde bestemt at han skulle bli tatt til fange. 31 Mange blant folket begynte å tro på ham og sa: ”Han må være Messias, den lovede kongen! Hvem ellers kan gjøre slike mirakler som han gjør!”

32 Da fariseerne[e] fikk vite at folket snakket om Jesus i smug, sendte de øversteprestene og noen menn av tempelvakten ut for å fange ham. 33 Jesus talte til folket og sa: ”Jeg kommer bare til å bli hos dere en kort tid. Snart vil jeg vende tilbake til ham som har sendt meg. 34 Dere skal lete etter meg, men ikke finne meg. Der jeg er, dit kan dere ikke komme.”

35 De religiøse lederne ble forskrekket over denne påstanden og sa til hverandre: ”Hvor tenker han å ta veien, etter som vi ikke kan finne han? Vil han rømme landet og begynne å undervise blant jødene som bor i andre land, eller vil han undervise andre folk? 36 Hva mener han når han sier: ’Dere skal lete etter meg, men ikke finne meg, for der jeg er, dit kan dere ikke komme’?”

37 På den siste dagen, som var høydepunktet under løvhyttefesten, ropte Jesus til folket: ”Dersom noen er tørst, kom da til meg og drikk! 38 Gud har lovet i Skriften[f], at strømmer av levende vann skal flyte fram fra det innerste hos dem som tror på meg.” 39 Med levende vann mente han Guds Ånd, som alle de som trodde på ham, skulle få. Ånden hadde ikke kommet ennå, etter som Jesus ikke hadde vendt tilbake til sin herlighet i himmelen.

40 Da folket hørte ham si dette, sa noen: ”Han må være profeten som skal holde fram Guds budskap.[g] 41 Andra sa: ”Han er Messias, den lovede kongen.” En tredje gruppe sa: ”Nei, det kan ikke være ham. Messias skal vel ikke komme fra Galilea! 42 Har ikke Gud sagt i Skriften at Messias skal tilhøre kong Davids slekt og komme fra Betlehem, byen der David bodde?”[h] 43 Folket hadde altså delte meninger om ham. 44 Noen ville også arrestere ham, men ingen rørte ham.

45 Tempelvaktene, som hadde blitt sendt ut for å fange han, vendte nå tilbake til øversteprestene og fariseerne som spurte: ”Hvorfor tok dere ham ikke med hit?”

46 Vaktene svarte: ”Vi har aldri hørt noe menneske tale som ham!”

47 ”Har dere også blitt villedet?” hånte fariseerne. 48 ”Finnes det noen i Det jødiske rådet eller noen av fariseerne som tror at Gud har sendt ham? 49 At folkemassen gjør det, det er så sin sak, for de kjenner ikke loven[i], og er en forbannet hop.”

50 Da protesterte Nikodemus, det medlemmet i Det jødiske rådet som tidligere om natten hadde oppsøkt Jesus. Han sa: 51 ”Er det lovlig å dømme et menneske skyldig før det er blitt holdt rettssak?”

52 De svarte: ”Er du også fra Galilea, etter som du forsvarer ham? Les i Skriften så får du se at ingen profet kommer fra Galilea.”

Kvinnen som hadde vært utro

[53 Senere gikk alle hjem, hver og en til sitt.

Footnotes

  1. 7:2 Løvhyttefesten var en åtte dager lang fest som ble feiret på høsten. Det var dels en takkefest knyttet avlingene, dels en minnefest om at Gud hadde bevart Israels folk under vandringen fra Egypt. Se Tredje Mosebok 23:34-43.
  2. 7:19 Moseloven, eller den jødiske loven, finnes skrevet ned i Første til Femte Mosebok.
  3. 7:21-23 I grunnteksten: Sabbaten. Jødene sin hviledag er den sjuende dagen i deres uke, altså lørdagen. Den dagen utfører ikke jødene noe unødvendig arbeid. Hviledagen ble innstiftet av Gud allerede i Første Mosebok 2:3.
  4. 7:26 Det jødiske rådet hadde omkring 70 medlemmer, og besto av alle de religiøse og politiske lederne i Israel. Rådet fungerte under den romerske okkupasjonen som domstol, men hadde også rett til å bestemme i enkelte politiske spørsmål.
  5. 7:32 Fariseerne var et religiøst parti blant jødene.
  6. 7:38 ”Skriften” for jødene er Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente. I dette tilfellet sammenfatter Jesus en rekke bibelsteder med tilsvarende innhold.
  7. 7:40 Se Femte Mosebok 18:15,18, der Moses sier at en profet lik ham skal komme.
  8. 7:42 Se Mika 5:2.
  9. 7:49 Med loven menes her hele den jødiske Skriften, det vil si. Bibelens første del, den som vi kaller Det gamle testamente.

耶稣的兄弟们不信

这些事以后,耶稣周游加利利,不愿在犹太往来,因为犹太人想要杀他。 这时犹太人的住棚节近了。 耶稣的兄弟们对他说:“你离开这里上犹太去吧,好让你的门徒也看见你所做的事。 因为人要扬名,没有在隐秘的地方行事的,如果你要做这些事,该把自己显明给世人看。” 原来连他的兄弟们也不信他。 于是耶稣对他们说:“我的时机还没有到,你们的时机却随时都有。 世人不会恨你们,却是恨我,因为我指证他们的行为是恶的。 你们上去过节吧!我现在不上去过这节[a],因为我的时机还没有成熟。” 耶稣说了这些话,仍然留在加利利

耶稣过住棚节

10 但他的兄弟们上去过节以后,他也上去,不是公开去,却似乎[b]是秘密地去的。 11 节期间,犹太人寻找耶稣,说:“他在哪里?” 12 人群中有许多人对他议论纷纷,另有的说:“他是好人。”有的说:“不,他是迷惑群众的。” 13 可是没有人公开谈论他,因为他们怕犹太人。

14 节期已过了一半,耶稣上圣殿去教导人。 15 犹太人惊讶地说:“这个人没有学过,怎么那样熟悉经典呢?” 16 于是耶稣回答他们,说:“我的教导不是我自己的,而是差我来那位的。 17 人若立志要遵行 神的旨意,就会知道这教导究竟是出于 神,还是我凭着自己说的。 18 凭着自己说的人是寻求自己的荣耀;但那寻求差他来那位的荣耀的人,他是真诚的,在他心里没有不义。 19 摩西不是传了律法给你们吗?你们却没有一个人守律法。为什么想要杀我呢?” 20 众人回答:“你是被鬼附了!谁想要杀你呢?” 21 耶稣回答,对他们说:“我做了一件事,你们都惊讶。 22 摩西传割礼给你们(其实割礼不是从摩西开始,而是从列祖开始的),你们就在安息日给人行割礼。 23 人若在安息日受割礼,是为了不违背摩西的律法,我在安息日使一个人痊愈了,你们就向我发怒吗? 24 不要凭外表断定是非,总要按公平断定是非。”

这是基督吗?

25 于是耶路撒冷人中有的说:“这个人不是他们想要杀的吗? 26 你看,他还公开讲道,他们也不对他说什么。难道官长真的认为这是基督吗? 27 然而,我们知道这个人从哪里来;可是基督来的时候,没有人知道他从哪里来。” 28 那时,耶稣在圣殿里教导人,喊着说:“你们认识我,也知道我从哪里来;我并不是凭着自己来的。但差我来的那位是真实的,你们不认识他。 29 我却认识他,因为我从他那里来,是他差遣了我。” 30 于是他们想要捉拿耶稣,只是没有人下手,因为他的时候还没有到。 31 但人群中有好些人信他,他们说:“基督来的时候,他所行的神迹难道会比这人行的更多吗?”

祭司长差人捉拿耶稣

32 法利赛人听见群众对耶稣这样议论纷纷,祭司长和法利赛人就打发圣殿警卫去捉拿他。 33 于是耶稣说:“我跟你们在一起的时候不会太久了,我要回到那差我来的那里去。 34 你们要找我,却找不到;我所在的地方,你们不能去。” 35 于是犹太人彼此问:“这人要往哪里去,使我们找不到他呢?难道他要往散居在希腊犹太人那里去教导希腊人吗? 36 他说‘你们要找我,却找不到;我所在的地方,你们不能去’,这话是什么意思呢?”

活水的江河

37 节期的最后一天,就是最隆重的一天,耶稣站着,喊着说:“人若渴了,到我这里来喝! 38 信我的人,就如经上所说:‘从他腹中将流出活水的江河来。’” 39 耶稣这话是指信他的人要受圣灵说的;那时还没有赐下圣灵,因为耶稣还没有得到荣耀。

众人因耶稣而分裂

40 众人听见这些话,有的说:“这真是那先知。” 41 另有的说:“这是基督。”但也有的说:“难道基督是出自加利利吗? 42 经上不是说‘基督是大卫的后裔,出自大卫的本乡伯利恒’吗?” 43 于是众人因耶稣而分裂了。 44 其中有人要捉拿他,只是没有人下手。

犹太领袖的不信

45 警卫们回到祭司长和法利赛人那里。他们对警卫说:“你们为什么没有带他来呢?” 46 警卫回答:“从来没有像他这样说话的!” 47 于是法利赛人说:“你们也受了迷惑吗? 48 难道官长或法利赛人中有信他的吗? 49 但这些不明白律法的众人是被诅咒的!” 50 其中有尼哥德慕,就是从前去见过耶稣的,对他们说: 51 “不先听本人的口供,查明他所做的事,难道我们的律法还定他的罪吗?” 52 他们回答他说:“你也是出自加利利吗?你去查考就知道,加利利是不出先知的。”

犯奸淫时被捉的女人

53 于是各人都回家去了,

Footnotes

  1. 7.8 有古卷是“我现在还没有上去过这节”。
  2. 7.10 有古卷没有“似乎”。

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.”

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.

His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

For neither did his brethren believe in him.

Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.

When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

43 So there was a division among the people because of him.

44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

53 And every man went unto his own house.