John 2
Maori Bible
2 Na i te toru o nga ra he marena i Kana o Kariri; a reira te whaea o Ihu:
2 I karangatia ano a Ihu ratou ko ana akonga ki te marena.
3 A, i te paunga o te waina, ka mea te whaea o Ihu ki a ia, Kahore a ratou waina.
4 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, E tai, he aha taku ki a koe? kahore ano kia taea noatia toku haora.
5 Ka mea tona whaea ki nga kaimahi, Ko tana e mea ai ki a koutou, meatia.
6 Na i reira etahi ipu kohatu e ono e tu ana, he tikanga na nga Hurai mo te horoi, e rua, e toru nga mehua o tetahi, o tetahi, ina ki.
7 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ratou, Whakakiia nga ipu ki te wai. A whakakiia ana e ratou, purena noa.
8 Na ka mea ia ki a ratou, Tena, utuhia, kawea atu ki te rangatira o te hakari. A kawea ana e ratou.
9 A, no ka whakamatau te rangatira o te hakari i te wai i whakawainatia, a kihai i mohio no hea ranei; ko nga pononga ia i utuhia ai te wai i mohio; ka karanga te rangatira o te hakari ki te tane marena hou,
10 Ka mea ki a ia, E whakatakotoria ana e nga tangata katoa te waina pai i te timatanga; a ka roa te inumanga, mo reira te waina he iti iho nei te pai: ko koe ia, kua tohu i te waina pai mo naianei.
11 I meatia tenei timatanga merekara e Ihu ki Kana o Kariri, i whakakitea e ia tona kororia; a whakapono ana ana akonga ki a ia.
12 Muri iho i tenei ka haere iho ia ki Kaperenauma, a ia, tona whaea, ona teina, me ana akonga: a kihai i maha nga ra i noho ai ratou ki reira.
13 Na kua tata te kapenga o nga Hurai, a ka haere a Ihu ki Hiruharama:
14 Na rokohanga atu e ia i roto i te temepara e noho ana nga kaihoko kau, hipi, kukupa, me nga kaiwhakawhitiwhiti moni.
15 A, ka hanga e ia he whiu ki nga aho nonohi, ka whiua katoatia e ia ki waho i te temepara, nga hipi, me nga kau; ringihia ana hoki te moni a nga kaiwhakawhitiwhiti moni, turakina ake nga tepu;
16 I mea ano ia ki nga kaihoko kukupa, Tangohia atu enei i konei; aua te whare o toku Matua e meinga hei whare hokohoko.
17 A ka mahara ana akonga ki te mea i tuhituhia, Ka pau ahau i te aroha ki tou whare.
18 Na ka whakahoki nga Hurai, ka mea ki a ia, he aha te tohu e whakakitea ana e koe ki a matou, ina koe ka mea nei i enei mea?
19 Na ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ratou, Wawahia tenei whare tapu, a kia toru nga ra ka ara ano i ahau.
20 Ano ra ko nga Hurai, E wha tekau ma ono nga tau i hanga ai tenei whare tapu, e oti ranei te hanga e koe i nga ra e toru?
21 Otira ko te whare tapu o tona tinana tana i korero ai.
22 Na reira, i tona aranga ake i te hunga mate, ka mahara ana akonga ki tana korerotanga i tenei; a whakapono ana ratou ki te karaipiture, ki te kupu hoki i korerotia e Ihu.
23 Na, i a ia i Hiruharama, i te kapenga, i te hakari, he tokomaha i whakapono ki tona ingoa, i to ratou kitenga i ana merekara i meatia e ia.
24 Otira kihai a Ihu i tuku atu i a ia ki a ratou, i mohio hoki ia ki nga tangata katoa.
25 A kahore ana meatanga kia whakaaturia te tangata e tetahi: i matau hoki ia ki te mea i roto i te tangata.
John 2
EasyEnglish Bible
The marriage at Cana
2 Two days after that, there was a marriage party. It was in the town of Cana, in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there. 2 People had asked Jesus and his disciples to come to the party too. 3 When people had drunk all the wine, Jesus' mother said to him, ‘They have no more wine.’ 4 Jesus replied, ‘Woman, why do you tell me this? It is not my time yet.’ 5 His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you to do.’
6 There were six big pots there. People had used stone to make them. Each pot could contain about 100 litres of water. The water was there so that the Jews could wash themselves in the way that their special rules taught. 7 Jesus said to the servants, ‘Fill the pots with water.’ So they filled the pots to the top. 8 Then he said, ‘Now take some of the water from the pots and give it to the master of the party.’ So they did that. 9 The master of the party tasted the water. The water had now become wine! The master did not know where the wine had come from. But the servants who had given it to him knew about it. Then the master asked the new husband to come to him. 10 The master said to him, ‘Everyone else brings out the best wine first. When people have had plenty to drink, then they give people cheaper wine. But you are different. You have kept the best wine until now.’
11 Jesus did this first miracle at Cana, in Galilee. In this way, Jesus showed how great and powerful he was. And his disciples believed in him.
Jesus goes to the temple
12 After this, Jesus went to a town called Capernaum. His mother, his brothers and his disciples went with him. They stayed there for a few days.[a]
13 It was almost time for the Jewish Passover festival. So Jesus went to Jerusalem.[b] 14 He went into the yard of the temple. There he found people who were selling cows, sheep and doves. Other people were sitting at tables to change coins for people. 15 So Jesus made a whip from some pieces of rope. Then he made all the people leave the temple quickly, with the sheep and the cows. He threw onto the ground all the coins of the men who changed money. He turned their tables over. 16 He said to the people who sold birds, ‘Take them out of here! Do not make my Father's house into a market!’ 17 His disciples remembered what it says in the Bible: ‘My love for your house burns inside me like a fire.’[c]
18 Then the Jews asked Jesus, ‘What is your authority to do this? Do a miracle to show us that you really do have authority.’ 19 Jesus answered them, ‘If you destroy this house of God, I will build it up again in three days.’ 20 The Jews replied, ‘People have worked for 46 years to build this house. But you say that you will build it again in three days!’ 21 But the house that Jesus was speaking about was his own body. 22 The disciples remembered this when Jesus had become alive again after his death. They remembered that he had said this. Then they believed what the Bible taught. They also believed the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover festival, he did many miracles.[d] Many people saw these miracles that showed he was from God. As a result, they believed in Jesus. 24 But Jesus himself did not trust the people. He knew what all people are really like. 25 He did not need anyone to tell him what people are like. He knew already what was really in each person.
Footnotes
- 2:12 Capernaum was another town in Galilee. It was next to the lake called Lake Galilee.
- 2:13 The Passover was an event that was very special to the Jews. Every year, all the men had to come to the temple at Jerusalem for the Passover Festival. They remembered the time, many years before, when God had led their ancestors out of Egypt. God had saved them so that they did not have to be slaves to Egypt's people. He had killed all the oldest sons of Egypt's people. But he had saved the Jewish sons of Israel's people. He told the Jews that they must put a lamb's blood on the wood over the top and on the sides of their doors. If the blood was there, their oldest sons would not die. See Exodus 12.
- 2:17 See Psalms 69:9.
- 2:23 Jesus did many miracles, but John only tells us about seven of them. In Greek, John uses a word for miracle that means sign. It tells us more about God.
John 2
New King James Version
Water Turned to Wine
2 On the third day there was a (A)wedding in (B)Cana of Galilee, and the (C)mother of Jesus was there. 2 Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. 3 And when they ran out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.”
4 Jesus said to her, (D)“Woman, (E)what does your concern have to do with Me? (F)My hour has not yet come.”
5 His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
6 Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, (G)according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 7 Jesus said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And He said to them, “Draw some out now, and take it to the master of the feast.” And they took it. 9 When the master of the feast had tasted (H)the water that was made wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom. 10 And he said to him, “Every man at the beginning sets out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now!”
11 This (I)beginning of signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, (J)and [a]manifested His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
12 After this He went down to (K)Capernaum, He, His mother, (L)His brothers, and His disciples; and they did not stay there many days.
Jesus Cleanses the Temple(M)
13 (N)Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 (O)And He found in the temple those who sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers [b]doing business. 15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make (P)My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, (Q)“Zeal for Your house [c]has eaten Me up.”
18 So the Jews answered and said to Him, (R)“What sign do You show to us, since You do these things?”
19 Jesus answered and said to them, (S)“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20 Then the Jews said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?”
21 But He was speaking (T)of the temple of His body. 22 Therefore, when He had risen from the dead, (U)His disciples remembered that He had said this [d]to them; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had said.
The Discerner of Hearts
23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name when they saw the (V)signs which He did. 24 But Jesus did not commit Himself to them, because He (W)knew all men, 25 and had no need that anyone should testify of man, for (X)He knew what was in man.
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