John 14-15

English Standard Version

I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14 ^(A)“Let not your hearts be troubled. ^(B)Believe in God;^[a] believe also in me. ²In ^(C)my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that ^(D)I go to prepare a place for you?^[b] ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ^(E)to myself, that ^(F)where I am you may be also. ⁴And you know the way to where I am going.”^[c] ⁵^(G)Thomas said to him, “Lord, ^(H)we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶Jesus said to him, “I am ^(I)the way, and ^(J)the truth, and ^(K)the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷^(L)If you had known me, you would have ^(M)known my Father also.^[d] From now on you do know him and ^(N)have seen him.”

⁸^(O)Philip said to him, “Lord, ^(P)show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? ^(Q)Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that ^(R)I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you ^(S)I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ¹¹Believe me that ^(T)I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else ^(U)believe on account of the works themselves.

¹²“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(V)whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I ^(W)am going to the Father. ¹³^(X)Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that ^(Y)the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴^(Z)If you ask me^[e] anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

¹⁵^(AA)“If you love me, you will ^(AB)keep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^(AC)Helper,^[f] to be with you forever, ¹⁷even ^(AD)the Spirit of truth, ^(AE)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^(AF)will be^[g] in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; ^(AG)I will come to you. ¹⁹^(AH)Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^(AI)you will see me. ^(AJ)Because I live, you also will live. ²⁰^(AK)In that day you will know that ^(AL)I am in my Father, and ^(AM)you in me, and ^(AN)I in you. ²¹^(AO)Whoever has my commandments and ^(AP)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^(AQ)he who loves me ^(AR)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^(AS)manifest myself to him.” ²²^(AT)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^(AU)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” ²³Jesus answered him, ^(AV)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^(AW)we will come to him and ^(AX)make our home with him. ²⁴Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^(AY)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶But the ^(AZ)Helper, the Holy Spirit, ^(BA)whom the Father will send in my name, ^(BB)he will teach you all things and ^(BC)bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ²⁷^(BD)Peace I leave with you; ^(BE)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^(BF)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither ^(BG)let them be afraid. ²⁸^(BH)You heard me say to you, ^(BI)‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^(BJ)am going to the Father, for ^(BK)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹And ^(BL)now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. ³⁰I will no longer talk much with you, for ^(BM)the ruler of this world is coming. ^(BN)He has no claim on me, ³¹but I do ^(BO)as the Father has commanded me, ^(BP)so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

I Am the True Vine

15 “I am the ^(BQ)true vine, and my Father is ^(BR)the vinedresser. ²^(BS)Every branch in me that does not bear fruit ^(BT)he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^(BU)that it may bear more fruit. ³Already ^(BV)you are clean ^(BW)because of the word that I have spoken to you. ⁴^(BX)Abide ^(BY)in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine; ^(BZ)you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^(CA)bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not abide in me ^(CB)he is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^(CC)and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷If ^(CD)you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^(CE)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ⁸^(CF)By this my Father is glorified, that you ^(CG)bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ⁹^(CH)As the Father has loved me, ^(CI)so have I loved you. Abide in my love. ¹⁰^(CJ)If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^(CK)I have kept ^(CL)my Father's commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, ^(CM)that my joy may be in you, and that ^(CN)your joy may be full.

¹²^(CO)“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³^(CP)Greater love has no one than this, ^(CQ)that someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are ^(CR)my friends ^(CS)if you do what I command you. ¹⁵^(CT)No longer do I call you servants,^[h] for the servant ^(CU)does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^(CV)all that I have heard from my Father ^(CW)I have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but ^(CX)I chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^(CY)bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^(CZ)whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷These things I command you, ^(DA)so that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

¹⁸^(DB)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ¹⁹^(DC)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^(DD)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you: ^(DE)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^(DF)they will also persecute you. ^(DG)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹But ^(DH)all these things they will do to you ^(DI)on account of my name, ^(DJ)because they do not know him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, ^(DK)they would not have been guilty of sin,^[i] but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³^(DL)Whoever hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴^(DM)If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^(DN)they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^(DO)seen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But ^(DP)the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^(DQ)‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶“But ^(DR)when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^(DS)he will bear witness about me. ²⁷And ^(DT)you also will bear witness, ^(DU)because you have been with me ^(DV)from the beginning.

Notas al pie

John 14:1 Or You believe in God
John 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you
John 14:4 Some manuscripts Where I am going you know, and the way you know
John 14:7 Or If you know me, you will know my Father also, or If you have known me, you will know my Father also
John 14:14 Some manuscripts omit me
John 14:16 Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7
John 14:17 Some manuscripts and is
John 15:15 Or bondservants, or slaves (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface); likewise for servant later in this verse and in verse 20
John 15:22 Greek they would not have sin; also verse 24

Zephaniah 2-3

English Standard Version

Judgment on Judah's Enemies

2 Gather together, yes, gather,
    O ^(A)shameless nation,
²^(B)before the decree takes effect^[a]
    —before the day passes away ^(C)like chaff—
^(D)before there comes upon you
    the burning anger of the Lord,
before there comes upon you
    the day of the anger of the Lord.
³^(E)Seek the Lord, ^(F)all you humble of the land,
    who do his just commands;^[b]
^(G)seek righteousness; seek humility;
    ^(H)perhaps ^(I)you may be hidden
    on the day of the anger of the Lord.
⁴^(J)For Gaza shall be deserted,
    and Ashkelon shall become a desolation;
Ashdod's people shall be driven out at noon,
    and Ekron shall be uprooted.

⁵Woe to ^(K)you inhabitants of the seacoast,
    you nation of ^(L)the Cherethites!
^(M)The word of the Lord is against you,
    ^(N)O Canaan, land of the Philistines;
    and I will destroy you ^(O)until no inhabitant is left.
⁶^(P)And you, O seacoast, ^(Q)shall be pastures,
    with meadows^[c] for shepherds
    and folds for flocks.
⁷^(R)The seacoast shall become the possession
    of ^(S)the remnant of the house of Judah,
    ^(T)on which they shall graze,
and in the houses of Ashkelon
    they shall lie down at evening.
For the Lord their God ^(U)will be mindful of them
    and ^(V)restore their fortunes.

⁸“I have heard ^(W)the taunts of Moab
    and ^(X)the revilings of the Ammonites,
how they have taunted my people
    and made boasts ^(Y)against their territory.
⁹Therefore, ^(Z)as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts,
    the God of Israel,
“Moab shall become ^(AA)like Sodom,
    and the Ammonites ^(AB)like Gomorrah,
a land possessed by nettles and salt pits,
    and a waste forever.
The remnant of my people shall plunder them,
    and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”
¹⁰This shall be their lot in return ^(AC)for their pride,
    because they taunted and boasted
    against the people of the Lord of hosts.
¹¹The Lord will be awesome against them;
    ^(AD)for he will famish all the gods of the earth,
and ^(AE)to him shall bow down,
    each in its place,
    all ^(AF)the lands of the nations.

¹²^(AG)You also, O Cushites,
shall be slain by my sword.

¹³And he will stretch out his hand against the north
    ^(AH)and destroy Assyria,
and he ^(AI)will make Nineveh a desolation,
    a dry waste like the desert.
¹⁴^(AJ)Herds shall lie down in her midst,
    all kinds of beasts;^[d]
^(AK)even the owl and the hedgehog^[e]
    shall lodge in her capitals;
a voice shall hoot in the window;
    devastation will be on the threshold;
    for ^(AL)her cedar work will be laid bare.
¹⁵This is the exultant city
    ^(AM)that lived securely,
that said in her heart,
    “I am, and there is no one else.”
What a desolation she has become,
    ^(AN)a lair for wild beasts!
^(AO)Everyone who passes by her
    hisses and ^(AP)shakes his fist.

Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations

3 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled,
    ^(AQ)the oppressing city!
²She listens to no voice;
    ^(AR)she accepts no correction.
^(AS)She does not trust in the Lord;
    she does not draw near to her God.

³^(AT)Her officials within her
    are roaring lions;
her judges are ^(AU)evening wolves
    that leave nothing till the morning.
⁴^(AV)Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men;
^(AW)her priests ^(AX)profane what is holy;
    they do violence to the law.
⁵The Lord within her ^(AY)is righteous;
    he does no injustice;
every morning he shows forth his justice;
    each dawn he does not fail;
    but ^(AZ)the unjust knows no shame.

⁶^(BA)“I have cut off nations;
    their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
    ^(BB)so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
    without a man, without an inhabitant.
⁷^(BC)I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
    ^(BD)you will accept correction.
Then your^[f] dwelling would not be cut off
    according to all that I have appointed against you.’^[g]
But ^(BE)all the more they were eager
    to make all their deeds corrupt.

⁸“Therefore ^(BF)wait for me,” declares the Lord,
    “for the day when I rise up to seize the prey.
For my decision is ^(BG)to gather nations,
    to assemble kingdoms,
to pour out upon them my indignation,
    all my burning anger;
for in the fire of my jealousy
    ^(BH)all the earth shall be consumed.

The Conversion of the Nations

⁹“For at that time I will change the speech of the peoples
    to ^(BI)a pure speech,
that all of them may call upon the name of the Lord
    and serve him with one accord.
¹⁰^(BJ)From beyond the rivers ^(BK)of Cush
    my worshipers, the daughter of my dispersed ones,
    shall bring my offering.

¹¹^(BL)“On that day ^(BM)you shall not be put to shame
    because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me;
for then ^(BN)I will remove from your midst
    your proudly exultant ones,
and ^(BO)you shall no longer be haughty
    in my holy mountain.
¹²But I will leave in your midst
    a people ^(BP)humble and lowly.
^(BQ)They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord,
¹³    ^(BR)those who are left in Israel;
they ^(BS)shall do no injustice
    and speak no lies,
^(BT)nor shall there be found in their mouth
    a deceitful tongue.
^(BU)For they shall graze and lie down,
    and none shall make them afraid.”

Israel's Joy and Restoration

¹⁴^(BV)Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion;
    shout, O Israel!
Rejoice and exult with all your heart,
    O daughter of Jerusalem!
¹⁵The Lord has taken away the judgments against you;
    he has cleared away your enemies.
^(BW)The King of Israel, ^(BX)the Lord, is in your midst;
    you shall never again fear evil.
¹⁶^(BY)On that day it shall be said to Jerusalem:
“Fear not, O Zion;
    ^(BZ)let not your hands grow weak.
¹⁷^(CA)The Lord your God is in your midst,
    ^(CB)a mighty one who will save;
^(CC)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
    he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
¹⁸I will gather those of you who mourn ^(CD)for the festival,
    so that you will no longer suffer reproach.^[h]
¹⁹Behold, at that time ^(CE)I will deal
    with all your oppressors.
And ^(CF)I will save the lame
    and gather the outcast,
and I will change ^(CG)their shame into ^(CH)praise
    and renown in all the earth.
²⁰^(CI)At that time I will bring you in,
    at the time when I gather you together;
for I will make you renowned and praised
    among all the peoples of the earth,
^(CJ)when I restore your fortunes
    before your eyes,” says the Lord.

Notas al pie

Zephaniah 2:2 Hebrew gives birth
Zephaniah 2:3 Or who carry out his judgment
Zephaniah 2:6 Or caves
Zephaniah 2:14 Hebrew beasts of every nation
Zephaniah 2:14 The identity of the animals rendered owl and hedgehog is uncertain
Zephaniah 3:7 Hebrew her
Zephaniah 3:7 Hebrew her
Zephaniah 3:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

Song of Solomon 4

English Standard Version

Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty

He

4 Behold, ^(A)you are beautiful, my love,
    behold, you are beautiful!
^(B)Your eyes are doves
    ^(C)behind your veil.
^(D)Your hair is like a flock of goats
    leaping down ^(E)the slopes of Gilead.
²Your ^(F)teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
    that have come up from the washing,
all of which bear twins,
    and not one among them has lost its young.
³Your lips are like ^(G)a scarlet thread,
    and your mouth is ^(H)lovely.
Your ^(I)cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
    ^(J)behind your veil.
⁴Your ^(K)neck is like the tower of David,
    built in ^(L)rows of stone;^[a]
on it ^(M)hang a thousand shields,
    all of ^(N)them shields of warriors.
⁵Your ^(O)two breasts are like two ^(P)fawns,
    twins of a gazelle,
    that ^(Q)graze among the lilies.
⁶^(R)Until the day breathes
    and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of ^(S)myrrh
    and the hill of ^(T)frankincense.
⁷^(U)You are altogether beautiful, my love;
    there is no ^(V)flaw in you.
⁸^(W)Come with me from ^(X)Lebanon, my ^(Y)bride;
    come with me from ^(Z)Lebanon.
Depart^[b] from the peak of Amana,
    from the peak of ^(AA)Senir and ^(AB)Hermon,
from the dens of lions,
    from the mountains of leopards.

⁹You have captivated my heart, my ^(AC)sister, my bride;
    you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
    with one ^(AD)jewel of your necklace.
¹⁰How beautiful is your love, my ^(AE)sister, my bride!
    How much ^(AF)better is your love than wine,
    and ^(AG)the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
¹¹Your ^(AH)lips drip nectar, my bride;
    ^(AI)honey and milk are under your tongue;
    the fragrance of your garments is ^(AJ)like the fragrance of ^(AK)Lebanon.
¹²A garden locked is my ^(AL)sister, my bride,
    a spring locked, ^(AM)a fountain ^(AN)sealed.
¹³Your shoots are ^(AO)an orchard of pomegranates
    with all ^(AP)choicest fruits,
    ^(AQ)henna with ^(AR)nard,
¹⁴nard and saffron, ^(AS)calamus and ^(AT)cinnamon,
    with all trees of ^(AU)frankincense,
^(AV)myrrh and ^(AW)aloes,
    with all ^(AX)choice spices—
¹⁵a garden fountain, a well of ^(AY)living water,
    and flowing streams from ^(AZ)Lebanon.