John 2
English Standard Version
The Wedding at Cana
2 On (A)the third day there was a wedding at (B)Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with (C)his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” 4 And Jesus said to her, (D)“Woman, (E)what does this have to do with me? (F)My hour has not yet come.” 5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 Now there were six stone water jars there (G)for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty (H)gallons.[a] 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it. 9 When the master of the feast tasted (I)the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.” 11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested (J)his glory. And (K)his disciples believed in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and (L)his brothers[b] and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple
13 (M)The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus (N)went up to Jerusalem. 14 (O)In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. 16 And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make (P)my Father's house a house of trade.” 17 His disciples remembered that it was written, (Q)“Zeal for your house will consume me.”
18 So the Jews said to him, (R)“What sign do you show us for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, (S)“Destroy this temple, and in three days (T)I will raise it up.” 20 The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple,[c] and will you raise it up in three days?” 21 But he was speaking about (U)the temple of his body. 22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, (V)his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed (W)the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
Jesus Knows What Is in Man
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name (X)when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus (Y)on his part did not entrust himself to them, because (Z)he knew all people 25 and needed no one to bear witness about man, for (AA)he himself knew what was in man.
Footnotes
- John 2:6 Greek two or three measures (metrētas); a metrētēs was about 10 gallons or 35 liters
- John 2:12 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
- John 2:20 Or This temple was built forty-six years ago
John 2
The Message
From Water to Wine
2 1-3 Three days later there was a wedding in the village of Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there. Jesus and his disciples were guests also. When they started running low on wine at the wedding banquet, Jesus’ mother told him, “They’re just about out of wine.”
4 Jesus said, “Is that any of our business, Mother—yours or mine? This isn’t my time. Don’t push me.”
5 She went ahead anyway, telling the servants, “Whatever he tells you, do it.”
6-7 Six stoneware water pots were there, used by the Jews for ritual washings. Each held twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus ordered the servants, “Fill the pots with water.” And they filled them to the brim.
8 “Now fill your pitchers and take them to the host,” Jesus said, and they did.
9-10 When the host tasted the water that had become wine (he didn’t know what had just happened but the servants, of course, knew), he called out to the bridegroom, “Everybody I know begins with their finest wines and after the guests have had their fill brings in the cheap stuff. But you’ve saved the best till now!”
11 This act in Cana of Galilee was the first sign Jesus gave, the first glimpse of his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12 After this he went down to Capernaum along with his mother, brothers, and disciples, and stayed several days.
Tear Down This Temple . . .
13-14 When the Passover Feast, celebrated each spring by the Jews, was about to take place, Jesus traveled up to Jerusalem. He found the Temple teeming with people selling cattle and sheep and doves. The loan sharks were also there in full strength.
15-17 Jesus put together a whip out of strips of leather and chased them out of the Temple, stampeding the sheep and cattle, upending the tables of the loan sharks, spilling coins left and right. He told the dove merchants, “Get your things out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a shopping mall!” That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture, “Zeal for your house consumes me.”
18-19 But the Jews were upset. They asked, “What credentials can you present to justify this?” Jesus answered, “Tear down this Temple and in three days I’ll put it back together.”
20-22 They were indignant: “It took forty-six years to build this Temple, and you’re going to rebuild it in three days?” But Jesus was talking about his body as the Temple. Later, after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this. They then put two and two together and believed both what was written in Scripture and what Jesus had said.
23-25 During the time he was in Jerusalem, those days of the Passover Feast, many people noticed the signs he was displaying and, seeing they pointed straight to God, entrusted their lives to him. But Jesus didn’t entrust his life to them. He knew them inside and out, knew how untrustworthy they were. He didn’t need any help in seeing right through them.
Иохан 2
Священное Писание (Восточный Перевод)
Иса Масих превращает воду в вино
2 Через два дня в Кане, в Галилее, был свадебный пир, и мать Исы была там. 2 Иса и Его ученики тоже были приглашены на свадьбу. 3 Случилось так, что во время пира кончилось вино, и мать Исы тогда сказала Ему:
– У них нет вина.
4 Иса ответил:
– О, женщина[a], почему Я должен заботиться об этом? Моё время ещё не настало.
5 Мать Исы сказала слугам:
– Делайте то, что Он вам скажет.
6 Рядом стояло шесть больших каменных сосудов, которые иудеи использовали для обрядовых омовений.[b] В каждый сосуд вмещалось от восьмидесяти до ста двадцати литров[c] воды. 7 Иса сказал слугам:
– Наполните сосуды водой.
Те наполнили их водой до верха.
8 – А теперь зачерпните, – сказал Он, – и отнесите распорядителю пира.
Они так и сделали. 9 Тот попробовал воду, ставшую вином. Он не знал, откуда взялось вино, об этом знали только слуги. Распорядитель отозвал в сторону жениха 10 и упрекнул его:
– Все подают вначале вино получше, а потом, когда гости напьются, подают вино похуже. А ты сберегал лучшее вино до сих пор.
11 Так Иса положил начало знамениям в Кане Галилейской и явил Свою славу; и Его ученики уверовали в Него.
12 После этого Иса вместе с матерью, братьями[d] и учениками пошёл в Капернаум, и там они пробыли несколько дней.
Изгнание торговцев из храма(A)
13 Приближалось время иудейского праздника Освобождения[e], и Иса пошёл в Иерусалим. 14 В храме Он увидел людей, продававших быков, овец и голубей; у столов сидели те, кто менял деньги. 15 Сделав из верёвок плеть, Он выгнал из храма всех торговцев, а также овец и быков. Он опрокинул столы менял, рассыпав их монеты.
16 – Уберите это отсюда! – говорил Он продавцам голубей. – Как вы смеете превращать дом Моего Отца в базар!
17 Его ученики вспомнили записанное в Писании: «Ревность о доме Твоём снедает Меня»[f]. 18 Тогда предводители иудеев спросили у Него:
– Каким знамением Ты можешь доказать нам, что Ты имеешь право всё это делать?
19 Иса ответил им:
– Разрушьте этот храм, и Я в три дня восстановлю его.
20 Предводители иудеев ответили:
– Этот храм строился сорок шесть лет, а Ты собираешься восстановить его в три дня?
21 Но Иса имел в виду не здание храма, а Своё тело. 22 После того как Иса воскрес из мёртвых, ученики вспомнили Его слова и поверили Писанию и словам Исы.
23 Пока Иса был в Иерусалиме на празднике Освобождения, многие, видя знамения, которые Он творил, поверили в Него. 24 Но Сам Иса не доверялся им, потому что Он знал всех, 25 и Ему не нужно было знать о человеке по рассказам других, так как Он видел, что у каждого на душе.
Footnotes
- 2:4 Это обращение Исы к матери не было грубым, но подчёркивало их новые взаимоотношения: теперь Он в первую очередь был Масихом, Сыном Всевышнего, и лишь потом сыном Марьям.
- 2:6 У древних иудеев существовал особый ритуал омовения рук перед приёмом пищи, подобный тому, что можно наблюдать среди народов Востока.
- 2:6 Букв.: «два или три метретеса».
- 2:12 Братья – вероятнее всего, здесь имеются в виду единоутробные братья Исы – другие дети Марьям, рождённые от Юсуфа (см. Мат. 13:55; Мк. 6:3).
- 2:13 Праздник Освобождения – этот праздник отмечался в память об избавлении иудейского народа под руководством пророка Мусы из Египетского рабства (см. Исх. 12; 13:17-22; 14; Втор. 16:1-8).
- 2:17 Заб. 68:10.
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