John 10
Common English Bible
10 1 I assure you that whoever doesn’t enter into the sheep pen through the gate but climbs over the wall is a thief and an outlaw. 2 The one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The guard at the gate opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 Whenever he has gathered all of his sheep, he goes before them and they follow him, because they know his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger but will run away because they don’t know the stranger’s voice.” 6 Those who heard Jesus use this analogy didn’t understand what he was saying.
I am the gate
7 So Jesus spoke again, “I assure you that I am the gate of the sheep. 8 All who came before me were thieves and outlaws, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9 I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 The thief enters only to steal, kill, and destroy. I came so that they could have life—indeed, so that they could live life to the fullest.
I am the good shepherd
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 When the hired hand sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. That’s because he isn’t the shepherd; the sheep aren’t really his. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. 13 He’s only a hired hand and the sheep don’t matter to him.
14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own sheep and they know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I give up my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that don’t belong to this sheep pen. I must lead them too. They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock, with one shepherd.
17 “This is why the Father loves me: I give up my life so that I can take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I give it up because I want to. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
19 There was another division among the Jews because of Jesus’ words. 20 Many of them said, “He has a demon and has lost his mind. Why listen to him?” 21 Others said, “These aren’t the words of someone who has a demon. Can a demon heal the eyes of people who are blind?”
Jesus at the Festival of Dedication
22 The time came for the Festival of Dedication[a] in Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was in the temple, walking in the covered porch named for Solomon. 24 The Jewish opposition circled around him and asked, “How long will you test our patience? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered, “I have told you, but you don’t believe. The works I do in my Father’s name testify about me, 26 but you don’t believe because you don’t belong to my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice. I know them and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life. They will never die, and no one will snatch them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them from my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Again the Jewish opposition picked up stones in order to stone him. 32 Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
33 The Jewish opposition answered, “We don’t stone you for a good work but for insulting God. You are human, yet you make yourself out to be God.”
34 Jesus replied, “Isn’t it written in your Law, I have said, you are gods?[b] 35 Scripture calls those to whom God’s word came gods, and scripture can’t be abolished. 36 So how can you say that the one whom the Father has made holy and sent into the world insults God because he said, ‘I am God’s Son’? 37 If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me. 38 But if I do them, and you don’t believe me, believe the works so that you can know and recognize that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.” 39 Again, they wanted to arrest him, but he escaped from them.
Jesus at the Jordan
40 Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had baptized at first, and he stayed there. 41 Many people came to him. “John didn’t do any miraculous signs,” they said, “but everything John said about this man was true.” 42 Many believed in Jesus there.
Footnotes
- John 10:22 Hanukkah
- John 10:34 Ps 82:6
约翰福音 10
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
牧人的比喻
10 “我确确实实地告诉你们：那不从门进入羊圈，却从别处爬进去的人，是贼、是强盗。 2 那从门进去的，才是羊的牧人。 3 看门的就给他开门，羊也听他的声音。他一一提名呼唤自己的羊，带领它们出去。 4 他把自己所有[a]的羊[b]带出去的时候，走在它们的前面。羊因为认得他的声音，就跟着他去。 5 羊绝不会跟着陌生人，反而会逃避，因为不认得他的声音。”
6 耶稣对他们说了这个比喻，他们却不明白他说的是什么。
好牧人
7 因此耶稣又说：“我确确实实地告诉你们：我就是羊的门。 8 所有在我以前来的，是贼、是强盗，因此羊没有听从他们。 9 我就是门。人如果通过我进来，就将得救，而且进进出出，将找到牧草。 10 盗贼来，无非是要偷窃、宰杀、毁灭；而我来是要他们得生命，并且得的更丰盛。
11 “我就是好牧人。好牧人为羊舍弃自己的生命； 12 那雇来的不是牧人，羊也不是自己的，他看见狼来了，撇下羊就逃。这样，狼就抢夺羊，把它们驱散了。 13 [c]这是因为那人是雇来的，并不顾念羊的事。
14 “我就是好牧人。我认识那属于我的，那属于我的也认识我， 15 就像父认识我，我也认识父那样，而且我为羊舍弃自己的生命。 16 我另外有羊，不是这圈里的。我必须把他们带来，他们会听我的声音，并且合成一群，同归一个牧人。 17 父之所以爱我，是因为我舍弃自己的生命，好把它再取回来。 18 没有人夺去我的生命，是我自愿舍弃的。我有权柄舍弃生命，也有权柄再把它取回来。这命令，我已经从我父领受了。”
19 因这些话，犹太人中又产生了分裂。 20 其中有许多人说：“他有鬼魔附身，发疯了！何必听他的呢？” 21 另有些人说：“这些话不是有鬼魔附身的人说的！鬼魔难道能开瞎子的眼睛吗？”
耶稣在献殿节
22 在耶路撒冷，当时正是献殿节。那时候是冬天。 23 耶稣正在圣殿的所罗门柱廊上走着， 24 犹太人围住了他，说：“你还让我们猜疑多久呢？如果你是基督，就明确地告诉我们吧！”
25 耶稣回答：“我告诉过你们，你们却不相信。我奉我父的名所行的这些事为我做见证； 26 可是你们不信，因为[d]你们不是我的羊。 27 我的羊听我的声音，我也认识他们，他们也跟着我； 28 并且我赐给他们永恒的生命，他们绝不会灭亡，直到永远。谁也不能把他们从我手中夺走。 29 我父，就是把他们[e]赐给我的那一位，他比一切更大。谁也不能把他们从我[f]父的手中夺走。 30 我与父是一体的。”
想用石头砸死耶稣
31 犹太人又拿起石头要砸死他。 32 耶稣对他们说：“我把很多从父而来的美好之事显给你们看了，你们是为哪一件要用石头砸死我呢？”
33 他们回答：“我们不会为了什么美好之事用石头砸死你，而是为了你说亵渎的话！因为你不过是人，竟然把自己当做神！”
34 耶稣对他们说：“你们的[g]律法上不是写道‘我说你们是神’[h]吗？ 35 而经上的话是不能废除的。神既然称那些承受他话语[i]的人为神， 36 那么，难道因为我说了‘我是神的儿子’，你们就对父所分别为圣、并差派到世上来的那一位说‘你说了亵渎的话’吗？ 37 如果我没有做我父的事，你们就不该相信我； 38 但如果我做了，你们即使不相信我，也该相信这些事。这样，你们就会知道并体会[j]父在我里面，我也在父[k]里面。” 39 于是他们又试图抓耶稣，他却从他们的手中脱离出来。
约旦河对岸有许多人信耶稣
40 耶稣又前往约旦河对岸，到约翰当初施洗的地方，住在那里。 41 有许多人来到他那里，说：“虽然约翰没有行过神迹，但约翰所说的有关这个人的事，都是真的。” 42 于是有许多人在那里信了耶稣。
Footnotes
- 约翰福音 10:4 有古抄本没有“所有”。
- 约翰福音 10:4 有古抄本没有“羊”。
- 约翰福音 10:13 有古抄本附“那雇来的会逃跑，”。
- 约翰福音 10:26 有古抄本附“就像我告诉过你们那样，”。
- 约翰福音 10:29 把他们——辅助词语。
- 约翰福音 10:29 有古抄本没有“我”。
- 约翰福音 10:34 有古抄本没有“你们的”。
- 约翰福音 10:34 《诗篇》82:6。
- 约翰福音 10:35 话语——或译作“道”。
- 约翰福音 10:38 体会——有古抄本作“相信”。
- 约翰福音 10:38 父——有古抄本作“他”。
John 10
Expanded Bible
The Shepherd and His Sheep
10 Jesus said, “·I tell you the truth [L Truly, truly I say to you], the person who does not enter the ·sheepfold [sheep pen] by the ·door [gate], but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. [C The sheep represent the people of God; the thief/robber stands for those who would lead them astray; Ps. 23; Ezek. 34.] 2 The one who enters by the ·door [gate] is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The ·one who guards the door [gatekeeper; watchman] opens it for him. And the sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out [compare Num. 27:15–17]. 4 When he brings all his sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and they follow him because they know his voice. 5 But they will never follow a stranger. They will run away from him because they don’t know his voice.” 6 Jesus told the people this ·story [figure of speech; illustration; parable], but they did not understand what ·it meant [he was telling them].
Jesus Is the Good Shepherd
7 So Jesus said again, “·I tell you the truth [L Truly, truly I say to you], I am the ·door [gate] for the sheep. [C Jesus now refers to himself as the door rather than the shepherd.] 8 All the people who came before me were thieves and robbers [C others who claimed to be the Messiah]. The sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the ·door [gate], and the person who enters through me will be saved and will be able to come in and go out and find pasture [compare Ps. 118:20]. 10 A thief comes [L only] to steal and kill and destroy, but I came ·to give life [L that they might have life]—life in all its ·fullness [abundance].
11 “I am the good shepherd [contrast Zech. 11:17]. The good shepherd ·gives [lays down] his life for the sheep. 12 The ·worker who is paid to keep the sheep [L hired hand] is different from the shepherd who owns them. When the worker sees a wolf coming, he runs away and leaves the sheep alone. Then the wolf ·attacks [or snatches; seizes] the sheep and scatters them. 13 The man runs away because he is only a ·paid worker [hired hand] and does not really care about the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my ·sheep [L own], and my ·sheep [L own] know me, 15 just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I ·give [lay down] my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not in this ·flock [fold; pen; C a reference to future Gentile followers of Christ], and I must bring them also. They will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock and one shepherd. 17 The Father loves me because I ·give [lay down] my life so that I can ·take [receive] it back again. 18 No one takes it away from me; I ·give [lay down] my own life ·freely [voluntarily; of my own free will]. I have the ·right [power; authority] to ·give [lay down] my life, and I have the ·right [power; authority] to ·take [receive] it back. This is what my Father commanded me to do.”
19 Again ·the leaders did not agree with each other [L there was a division among the Jews] because of these words of Jesus. 20 Many of them said, “·A demon has come into him and made him crazy [L He has a demon and is crazy]. Why listen to him?”
21 But others said, “A man who is ·crazy with a demon [L demon-possessed] does not say things like this. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
Jesus Is Rejected
22 The time came for the ·Feast of Dedication [C also called Hanukkah or the Feast of Lights, recalling the rededication of the Temple in 164 bc] at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon’s ·Porch [Portico; Colonnade; C on the eastern side of the Temple area; at a later time Christians gathered there to worship; Acts 3:11; 5:12]. 24 ·Some people [The Jewish leaders; L The Jews] gathered around him and said, “How long will you ·make us wonder [keep us in suspense] about you? If you are the ·Christ [Messiah], tell us plainly.”
25 Jesus answered them, “I told you already, but you did not believe. The ·miracles [L works] I do in my Father’s name ·show who I am [testify/bear witness about me]. 26 But you don’t believe, because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never ·die [perish], and no one can ·steal [snatch] them out of my hand. 29 My Father gave my sheep to me. He is greater than all, and no person can ·steal [snatch] my sheep out of my Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”
31 Again some of the ·people [Jewish leaders; L Jews] picked up stones to ·kill [L stone] Jesus. 32 But he ·said to [answered] them, “I have ·done [L shown you] many good works from the Father. Which of these good works are you ·killing [L stoning] me for?”
33 ·They [The Jewish leaders; L The Jews] answered him, “We are not ·killing [L stoning] you because of any good work you did, but ·because you speak against God [L for blasphemy]. You are only a human, but you ·say you are the same as God [claim to be God; L make yourself God]!”
34 Jesus answered them, “·It is written [L Is it not written…?] in your law that God said, ‘I said, you are gods’ [Ps. 82:6; C the “gods” here may be Israel’s judges, or the Israelites generally, or angelic powers]. 35 This Scripture called those people gods who received God’s ·message [word], and Scripture ·is always true [L cannot be broken/annulled/set aside]. 36 So why do you say that I ·speak against God [L blaspheme] because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’? [C Jesus is not denying he is God, but is making a lesser-to-greater argument; if Scripture calls lesser beings “gods,” why should they object that he—the One God sent—calls himself the Son of God?] I am the one ·God [L the Father] ·chose [consecrated; set apart] and sent into the world. 37 If I don’t do ·what my Father does [L the works of my Father], then don’t believe me. 38 But if I do ·what my Father does [the works of my Father; L them], even though you don’t believe in me, believe ·what I do [L the works]. Then you will ·know [recognize; learn] and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
39 [L So] They tried to ·take [seize; arrest] Jesus again [see 7:30], but he escaped from ·them [L their hands].
40 Then he went back across the Jordan River to the place where John had ·first [or earlier] baptized. Jesus stayed there, 41 and many people came to him and said, “John never did a ·miracle [L sign], but everything John said about this man is true.” 42 And in that place many believed in Jesus.
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