Juan 1
Amuzgo de Guerrero
Juan
Juu na cwiluiiñe ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom tuiiñê na tsˈaⁿ jom
1 Xjeⁿ na to̱ˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na tqueeⁿ chaˈtso, juu na cwiluiiñe ñˈoomˈm maxjeⁿ mˈaaⁿ ñˈeⁿñê. Ndoˈ chaˈtso na cwiluiiñê mati juu canda̱a̱ˈñˈeⁿ cwiluiiñe. 2 Juu na cwiluiiñe ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom mˈaaⁿ ñˈeⁿñê xjeⁿ na jnaⁿjndyeecheⁿnaˈ. 3 Chaˈtso na maniom na tqueⁿ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, ñˈeeⁿ quia tqueⁿna joonaˈ. Cwii cwii nnom na maniom, ñequiiˈcheⁿ na ñˈeeⁿ na tqueⁿna joˈ. 4 Tseixmaⁿ cheⁿnqueⁿ na ticantycwii na wanoomˈm. Juu joˈ na matseixmaaⁿ matseijomnaˈ chaˈcwijom chom na matseixueeñenaˈ nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ. 5 Juu naxuee na matseixmaaⁿ, matseicano̱o̱ⁿnaˈ chaˈtso na cwiˈoo nacjooˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. Sa̱a̱ chaˈtso joo joˈ tîcanda̱a̱ nlqueⁿnaˈ xjeⁿ ˈnaaⁿnaˈ jom.
6 Tyomˈaaⁿ cwii tsaⁿsˈa na jñom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na mˈaⁿ nnˈaⁿ judíos. Juan jndyu tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ. 7 Jñoom na tyˈiom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom tsˈiaaⁿ jom na nncwjiˈyuuˈñê cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Cristo na cwiluiiñe naxueeñe, tyochˈeeⁿ na ljoˈ cha chaˈtsondye nnˈaⁿ ñˈeⁿ Cristo nlaˈyuˈna. 8 Nchii nqueⁿ cwiluiiñê naxueeñe sa̱a̱ jñoom na nncwjiˈyuuˈñê cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ juu na cwiluiiñe naxueeñe. 9 Cristo cwiluiiñê naxueeñe na mayuuˈcheⁿ, tuiiñê tsjoomnancue. Jom mañequiaaⁿ naxuee nnom ticwii cwii tsˈaⁿ.
10 Nquii na cwiluiiñe ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, tyomˈaaⁿñe tsjoomnancue, sa̱a̱ meiiⁿ na jom tqueeⁿ juunaˈ, maxjeⁿ tîcalaˈno̱ⁿˈ nnˈaⁿ ˈñeeⁿ cwiluiiñê. 11 Tyjeˈcañoom nnˈaⁿ judíos na mañecwii ndyuaana ñˈeⁿñê, sa̱a̱ tîcatoˈñoomna jom. 12 Sa̱a̱ ntˈomndye joona toˈñoomna jom, ndoˈ tyolaˈyuˈna ñˈeⁿñê. Nda̱a̱ joona tquiaaⁿ na cwilaˈxmaⁿna ntseinda Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. 13 Nchii cwiluiindyena ntseinaaⁿ chaˈxjeⁿ na cwiluiindye nda nnˈaⁿ. Meiⁿ nchii cwiluiindyena ntseinaaⁿ ee na queeⁿya tsˈom cwii tsˈaⁿ. Tomti maqueⁿnaˈ joona ntseinaaⁿ ee nqueⁿ lˈue tsˈoom.
14 Nquii na cwiluiiñe ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom tuiiñe na tsˈaⁿ, tyomˈaaⁿñe quiiˈntaaⁿna. Canda̱a̱ˈya mˈaaⁿ na candyaˈ tsˈom nnˈaⁿ, ndoˈ cwiluiiñe na mayuuˈ. Ntyˈiaanda̱a̱yâ quia seitˈmaaⁿˈñe Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom juu. Quia tuii na ljoˈ saaliuuyâ na ñenquii cwiluiiñe Jnda Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. 15 Juanˈñeeⁿ tyocwjiˈyuuˈñê cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ juu quia seiweeⁿ jñeeⁿˈeⁿ nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ. Tsoom:
—Nquiuˈyoˈ na jnda̱ ñetsjo̱o̱ na ˈio cha nleitquiooˈñe cwii tsˈaⁿ quiiˈntaaⁿˈyoˈ na meiⁿchjoo ticˈoomˈnaˈ ja ñˈeⁿñê, ee maxjeⁿ mˈaaⁿ cwii tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nluiindyo̱. Manquii tsˈaⁿ na mandyowindyooˈ luaaˈ joˈ.
16 Jom canda̱a̱ˈñˈeⁿ naya matseixmaaⁿ. Cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ joˈ matioˈnaaⁿñe Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom chaˈtsondyo̱. Cwii nnom na jnda̱ toˈño̱o̱ⁿya na matioˈnaaⁿñê jaa, jnda̱ mañoomcheⁿ na cwitoˈño̱o̱ⁿya. 17 Lˈo̱ Moisés tquiaa Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ljeii na matsa̱ˈntjomnaˈ. Sa̱a̱ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Jesucristo cwiliuuya na candyaˈ tsˈom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom jaa ndoˈ na cwiluiiñê ñˈoom na mayuuˈ. 18 Tjaaˈnaⁿ cwii tsˈaⁿ na jnda̱ ntyˈiaaˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. Macanda̱ nquii Jnaaⁿ na ñecwiiñe, juu jnda̱ tˈmo̱ⁿ nda̱a̱ya chiuu cwiluiiñê.
Ñˈoom na tjeiˈyuuˈñe Juan tsaⁿ na tyotseitsˈoomñe nnˈaⁿ
19 Nnˈaⁿ judíos na cwiluiitquiendye Jerusalén jñoomna ntyee cwentaana na mˈaaⁿ Juan ñequio ntˈom levitas na cwindyeˈntjom naquiiˈ watsˈom. Tyˈioomna tsˈiaaⁿ ntyeeˈñeeⁿ na cataˈxˈee naⁿˈñeeⁿ nnom Juan ˈñeeⁿ cwiluiiñê. 20 Jom ndyeyu tjeiˈyuuˈñê, tsoom:
—Ja nchii Cristo cwiluiindyo̱.
21 Joˈ chii taˈxˈeetina nnoom:
—¿Aa profeta Elías ˈu?
Jom tˈo̱o̱ⁿ:
—Nchii joˈ ja.
Taˈxˈeenndaˈna nnoom:
—Quia joˈ, ¿aa cwiluiindyuˈ profetaˈñeeⁿ na matso Moisés na nñequiaa ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nda̱a̱ya?
Sa̱a̱ tˈo̱o̱ⁿ:
—Nchii joˈ ja.
22 Joˈ chii jluena nnoom:
—¿Quia joˈ ˈñeeⁿ cwiluiindyuˈ? Catsuˈ cha ya nntˈo̱o̱yâ nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ na jñoom jâ. ¿Chiuu matsuˈ cheⁿnncuˈ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ tsˈiaaⁿ na matseiˈxmaⁿˈ?
23 Luaa ñˈoom na seilcweeⁿˈeⁿ nda̱a̱ naⁿˈñeeⁿ. Matsoom:
—Ja matsˈaa chaˈxjeⁿ na tso profeta Isaías quia tsoom: “Mˈaaⁿ cwii tsˈaⁿ na matseiwe jndyeeˈ jo ndoˈ ndyuaa yuu tjaa nnˈaⁿ cˈoom. Calajndaaˈndyoˈ na nquii na tjacantyja na cwiluiitˈmaⁿñe nntsa̱ˈntjom ˈo.”
24 Nnˈaⁿ na laˈxmaⁿ tmaaⁿˈ fariseos jñoomna naⁿˈñeeⁿ. 25 Ndoˈ taˈxˈeendyeti naⁿˈñeeⁿ nnoom. Jluena:
—Matsuˈ na ˈu meiⁿ nchii Cristo cwiluiindyuˈ, meiⁿ Elías, meiⁿ nquii profeta na tso Moisés na nñequiaa ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nda̱a̱ya, quia joˈ ¿chiuu na matseitsˈoomndyuˈ nnˈaⁿ?
26 Ndoˈ tˈo̱ Juan nda̱a̱na. Tsoom:
—Ja matseitsˈoomndyo̱ nnˈaⁿ ñequio ndaatioo, sa̱a̱ quiiˈntaaⁿˈyoˈ mˈaaⁿ cwii tsˈaⁿ na ticalaˈno̱ⁿˈyoˈ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ. 27 Majom na nntsˈaaⁿ tsˈiaaⁿ ˈnaaⁿˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom quia na jnda̱ ˈndiinaˈ ja, ee maxjeⁿ mˈaaⁿ cwii tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nluiindyo̱. Ja meiⁿ cweˈ na nndiˈntjo̱ⁿya nnoom tilˈuendyo̱.
28 Luaaˈ tuii cwii joo na jndyu Betábara, jo ntyja na macaluiˈ ñeˈquioomˈ xndyaaˈ jndaa Jordán yuu na tyotseitsˈoomñe Juan nnˈaⁿ.
Jesús cwiluiiñê catsmaⁿ tsmeiⁿˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom
29 Xuee na jnda̱ we na tuii na luaaˈ, ntyˈiaaˈ Juan na ndyowindyooˈ Jesús na mˈaaⁿ. Matsoom nda̱a̱ jâ na mˈaaⁿyâ ñˈeⁿñê joˈ joˈ:
—Queⁿˈyoˈ cwenta, luaaˈ tsˈaⁿ na cwiluiiñe catsmaⁿ tsmeiⁿˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na juu matseicanduuˈ jnaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ. 30 Mañejuu tsˈaⁿ na jnda̱ ñetsjo̱o̱ya nda̱a̱ˈyoˈ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ na ˈio cha nleitquiooˈñe cwii tsˈaⁿ quiiˈntaaⁿˈyoˈ na tˈmaⁿti cwiluiiñe, nchiiti ja. Ee mˈaaⁿ cwii tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nluiindyo̱. 31 Xjeⁿ na to̱ˈa na matseitsˈoomndyo̱ nnˈaⁿ ñequio ndaatioo, meiⁿ ticatseiˈno̱ⁿˈa na jom tsˈiaⁿˈaⁿ na nntseicanoomˈm jnaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ. Sa̱a̱ matsˈaa tsˈiaaⁿmeiiⁿ cha catseicaˈmo̱ⁿnaˈ nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ Israel na ljoˈ cwiluiiñê.
32 Ndoˈ Juan tjeiˈyuuˈñetyeeⁿ nda̱a̱yâ. Matsoom:
—Ntyˈiano̱o̱ⁿ na jnaⁿ Espíritu Santo cañoomˈluee. Jndyocue chaˈcwijom catuˈ, ljooˈñe ñˈeⁿñê. 33 Xjeⁿˈñeeⁿ meiⁿ tîcatseiˈno̱ⁿˈa ˈñeeⁿ juu na nluiiñe nquii na nntseicanduuˈ jnaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ. Sa̱a̱ tjañjoomˈ tsˈo̱o̱ⁿ quia jñom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ja na catseitsˈoomndyo̱ nnˈaⁿ, tsoom no̱o̱ⁿ: “Nntyˈiaˈnjomˈ na nndyocue Espíritu nacjooˈ cwii tsˈaⁿ, ndoˈ nljooˈñe ñˈeⁿñê. Juu tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ jnda̱ tyˈio̱ⁿya tsˈiaaⁿ jom na nntseitsˈoomñê nnˈaⁿ ñˈeⁿ Espíritu Santo.” 34 Ndoˈ jnda̱ ntyˈiano̱o̱ⁿya na tuii na ljoˈ ñˈeⁿñê. Joˈ chii macwjiˈyuuˈndyo̱ na jom cwiluiiñê Jnda Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom.
Nnˈaⁿ na tˈmaⁿjndyee Jesús na calaˈjomndyena ñˈeⁿñê
35 Cwiicheⁿ xuee meintyjeeˈnndaˈ Juan ñequio wendyô̱ jâ nnˈaⁿ na cwilaˈjomndyô̱ ñˈoom na mañequiaaⁿ. 36 Ndoˈ quia ntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ Jesús na mawjaawinom joˈ joˈ, matsoom nda̱a̱yâ:
—Cantyˈiaˈyoˈ, luaaˈ tsˈaⁿ na cwiluiiñe catsmaⁿ tsmeiⁿˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom.
37 Ndoˈ wendyô̱ jâ na cwilaˈjomndyô̱ ñˈoom na tyoñequiaaⁿ, quia na jndya̱a̱yâ ñˈoomwaaˈ, saantyjo̱o̱yâ naxeⁿˈ Jesús. 38 Taqueⁿ Jesús ndoˈ ntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ na cwitsaantyjo̱o̱yâ naxeeⁿˈeⁿ. Taxˈeeñê nda̱a̱yâ, tsoom:
—¿Aa waa na nlˈaˈyoˈ ja?
Ndoˈ lˈuuyâ nnoom:
—Rabí, ¿cwaaⁿ wˈaa nncjaˈmeintyjeˈ jeˈ? Ñˈoom rabí matsonaˈ tsˈaⁿ na maˈmo̱ⁿ ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom.
39 Matsoom nda̱a̱yâ:
—Quioˈyoˈ mana nntyˈiaˈyoˈ.
Quia joˈ saayâ ñˈeⁿñê wˈaa na tjameintyjeeⁿˈeⁿ. Ndoˈ chaˈna ñequiee na matmaaⁿ na squia̱a̱yâ ñˈeⁿñê. Ljooˈndyô̱ ñˈeⁿñê hasta na jnda̱ teinco̱o̱ⁿˈ.
40 Ja Juan ñequio Andrés, tyjee Simón Pedro, jâ jndya̱a̱yâ ñˈoom na tso Juanˈñeeⁿ, ndoˈ saantyjo̱o̱yâ naxeⁿˈ Jesús. 41 Juu Andrésˈñeeⁿ tjacalˈueeⁿ xioom Simón. Matsoom nnom:
—Jnda̱ jliuuyâ juu na cwiluiiñe Mesías. (Ñˈoomwaaˈ matsonaˈ Cristo, nquii na tqueⁿ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na cwjiˈnˈmaaⁿñe nnˈaⁿ.)
42 Quia joˈ tjañˈoom Andrés xioom na mˈaaⁿ Jesús. Ntyˈiaaˈ Jesús juu, ndoˈ matsoom:
—ˈU re, Simón, jnda Jonás ˈu. Jeˈ nntseicajndyuya ˈu Cefas. (Ñˈoomwaaˈ matsonaˈ Pedro.)
Maˈmaⁿ Jesús Felipe ñequio Natanael
43 Cwiicheⁿ xuee seijndaaˈñe Jesús na nncjaⁿ tsˈo̱ndaa Galilea. Quia ljoˈcheⁿ teincwiñê ñˈeⁿ Felipe. Matsoom nnom:
—Candyoˈtseijomndyuˈ ñˈeⁿndyo̱ tsˈiaaⁿ na matsˈaa.
44 Juu Felipeˈñeeⁿ mañeˈcwii tsjomˈm ñequio Andrés ñˈeⁿ Pedro. Joona nnˈaⁿ tsjoom Betsaida. 45 Ndoˈ tjacalˈue Felipe Natanael. Matsoom nnom:
—Jnda̱ jliuuyâ nquii na cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ seiljeii Moisés nacjooˈ libro na chuunaˈ ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na matsa̱ˈntjomnaˈ. Ndoˈ mati ntˈomcheⁿ profetas tyolaˈljeiina cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ. Majuu Jesús joˈ, tsˈaⁿ tsjoom Nazaret, na cwilue nnˈaⁿ na jnda José juu.
46 Tso Natanael:
—Ndooˈ ntyjii na cweˈ Nazaret xocwitquiooˈñe cwii tsˈaⁿ na tˈmaⁿ nnteijneiⁿ nnˈaⁿ.
Tˈo̱ Felipe nnoom, matso:
—Candyoˈ sa. Nntyˈiaˈnjomˈ jom.
47 Ntyˈiaaˈ Jesús na ndyocwjeˈcañoom Natanael jom. Matsoom:
—Cantyˈiaˈyoˈ tsaⁿmˈaaⁿˈ tiquinquiuˈnnˈaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ. Jom mayuuˈcheⁿ cwiluiiñê tsˈaⁿ Israel.
48 Taxˈeeñe Natanael nnoom:
—¿Chiuu ljeiˈyuˈ Ta na ljoˈ matseixmaⁿya?
Tˈo̱ Jesús, matsoom nnom:
—Cwii tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nncjaacwaⁿ Felipe ˈu, ntyˈiaya ˈu quia mˈaaⁿˈ waˈ xˈee tsˈoom higuera ˈnaⁿˈ.
49 Ndoˈ tˈo̱ Natanael, matsoom:
—ˈU tsˈaⁿ na maˈmo̱o̱ⁿˈ ñˈoom naya nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ, ˈu maxjeⁿ cwiluiindyuˈ Jnda Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. ˈU cwiluiindyuˈ rey cwentaa jâ nnˈaⁿ Israel.
50 Tˈo̱ Jesús:
—¿Aa cweˈ ncˈe na tsjo̱o̱ya na ntyˈiaya ˈu xˈee tsˈoom higuera ˈnaⁿˈ, aa cweˈ joˈ na matseiyuˈ ñˈeⁿndyo̱? Maxjeⁿ maniom na jndati laˈxmaⁿnaˈ cantyja ˈnaⁿya na quia wjaˈntyˈiaˈ.
51 Ndoˈ matsotyeeⁿ nnom:
—Ñˈoom na mayuuˈcheⁿ matsjo̱o̱ya nda̱a̱ˈyoˈ. ˈO nntyˈiaˈyoˈ na nnaaⁿ cañoomˈluee. Ndoˈ nntyˈiaˈyoˈ na nnquiocue ángeles na mˈaaⁿ ja na cwiluiindyo̱ tsˈaⁿ na jnaaⁿya na mˈaaⁿ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, ndoˈ na nncˈoowanndaˈna.
John 1
King James Version
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
John 1
The Message
The Life-Light
1 1-2 The Word was first,
    the Word present to God,
    God present to the Word.
The Word was God,
    in readiness for God from day one.
3-5 Everything was created through him;
    nothing—not one thing!—
    came into being without him.
What came into existence was Life,
    and the Life was Light to live by.
The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness;
    the darkness couldn’t put it out.
6-8 There once was a man, his name John, sent by God to point out the way to the Life-Light. He came to show everyone where to look, who to believe in. John was not himself the Light; he was there to show the way to the Light.
9-13 The Life-Light was the real thing:
    Every person entering Life
    he brings into Light.
He was in the world,
    the world was there through him,
    and yet the world didn’t even notice.
He came to his own people,
    but they didn’t want him.
But whoever did want him,
    who believed he was who he claimed
    and would do what he said,
He made to be their true selves,
    their child-of-God selves.
These are the God-begotten,
    not blood-begotten,
    not flesh-begotten,
    not sex-begotten.
14 The Word became flesh and blood,
    and moved into the neighborhood.
We saw the glory with our own eyes,
    the one-of-a-kind glory,
    like Father, like Son,
Generous inside and out,
    true from start to finish.
15 John pointed him out and called, “This is the One! The One I told you was coming after me but in fact was ahead of me. He has always been ahead of me, has always had the first word.”
16-18 We all live off his generous abundance,
    gift after gift after gift.
We got the basics from Moses,
    and then this exuberant giving and receiving,
This endless knowing and understanding—
    all this came through Jesus, the Messiah.
No one has ever seen God,
    not so much as a glimpse.
This one-of-a-kind God-Expression,
    who exists at the very heart of the Father,
    has made him plain as day.
Thunder in the Desert
19-20 When Jews from Jerusalem sent a group of priests and officials to ask John who he was, he was completely honest. He didn’t evade the question. He told the plain truth: “I am not the Messiah.”
21 They pressed him, “Who, then? Elijah?”
“I am not.”
“The Prophet?”
“No.”
22 Exasperated, they said, “Who, then? We need an answer for those who sent us. Tell us something—anything!—about yourself.”
23 “I’m thunder in the desert: ‘Make the road straight for God!’ I’m doing what the prophet Isaiah preached.”
24-25 Those sent to question him were from the Pharisee party. Now they had a question of their own: “If you’re neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?”
26-27 John answered, “I only baptize using water. A person you don’t recognize has taken his stand in your midst. He comes after me, but he is not in second place to me. I’m not even worthy to hold his coat for him.”
28 These conversations took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing at the time.
The God-Revealer
29-31 The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb! He forgives the sins of the world! This is the man I’ve been talking about, ‘the One who comes after me but is really ahead of me.’ I knew nothing about who he was—only this: that my task has been to get Israel ready to recognize him as the God-Revealer. That is why I came here baptizing with water, giving you a good bath and scrubbing sins from your life so you can get a fresh start with God.”
32-34 John clinched his witness with this: “I watched the Spirit, like a dove flying down out of the sky, making himself at home in him. I repeat, I know nothing about him except this: The One who authorized me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One on whom you see the Spirit come down and stay, this One will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ That’s exactly what I saw happen, and I’m telling you, there’s no question about it: This is the Son of God.”
Come, See for Yourself
35-36 The next day John was back at his post with two disciples, who were watching. He looked up, saw Jesus walking nearby, and said, “Here he is, God’s Passover Lamb.”
37-38 The two disciples heard him and went after Jesus. Jesus looked over his shoulder and said to them, “What are you after?”
They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 He replied, “Come along and see for yourself.”
They came, saw where he was living, and ended up staying with him for the day. It was late afternoon when this happened.
40-42 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard John’s witness and followed Jesus. The first thing he did after finding where Jesus lived was find his own brother, Simon, telling him, “We’ve found the Messiah” (that is, “Christ”). He immediately led him to Jesus.
Jesus took one look up and said, “You’re John’s son, Simon? From now on your name is Cephas” (or Peter, which means “Rock”).
43-44 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. When he got there, he ran across Philip and said, “Come, follow me.” (Philip’s hometown was Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter.)
45-46 Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, “We’ve found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It’s Jesus, Joseph’s son, the one from Nazareth!” Nathanael said, “Nazareth? You’ve got to be kidding.”
But Philip said, “Come, see for yourself.”
47 When Jesus saw him coming he said, “There’s a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body.”
48 Nathanael said, “Where did you get that idea? You don’t know me.”
Jesus answered, “One day, long before Philip called you here, I saw you under the fig tree.”
49 Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi! You are the Son of God, the King of Israel!”
50-51 Jesus said, “You’ve become a believer simply because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven’t seen anything yet! Before this is over you’re going to see heaven open and God’s angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again.”
John 1
New International Version
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C) 2 He was with God in the beginning.(D) 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.(E) 4 In him was life,(F) and that life was the light(G) of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness,(H) and the darkness has not overcome[a] it.(I)
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.(J) 7 He came as a witness to testify(K) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.(L) 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light(M) that gives light to everyone(N) was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him,(O) the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(P) 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed(Q) in his name,(R) he gave the right to become children of God(S)— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.(T)
14 The Word became flesh(U) and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory,(V) the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace(W) and truth.(X)
15 (John testified(Y) concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)(Z) 16 Out of his fullness(AA) we have all received grace(AB) in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses;(AC) grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.(AD) 18 No one has ever seen God,(AE) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b](AF) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
19 Now this was John’s(AG) testimony when the Jewish leaders[c](AH) in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(AI)
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(AJ)
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”(AK)
He answered, “No.”
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(AL) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[d](AM)
24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with[e] water,”(AN) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(AO) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(AP)
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(AQ) where John was baptizing.
John Testifies About Jesus
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,(AR) who takes away the sin of the world!(AS) 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’(AT) 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.(AU) 33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(AV) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(AW) 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[f](AX)
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus(AY)
35 The next day John(AZ) was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”(BA)
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi”(BB) (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ).(BC) 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called(BD) Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter[g]).(BE)
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip,(BF) he said to him, “Follow me.”(BG)
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida.(BH) 45 Philip found Nathanael(BI) and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law,(BJ) and about whom the prophets also wrote(BK)—Jesus of Nazareth,(BL) the son of Joseph.”(BM)
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?”(BN) Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite(BO) in whom there is no deceit.”(BP)
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi,(BQ) you are the Son of God;(BR) you are the king of Israel.”(BS)
50 Jesus said, “You believe[h] because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you,[i] you[j] will see ‘heaven open,(BT) and the angels of God ascending and descending(BU) on’[k] the Son of Man.”(BV)
Footnotes
- John 1:5 Or understood
- John 1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who
- John 1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15, 16; 7:1, 11, 13; 9:22; 18:14, 28, 36; 19:7, 12, 31, 38; 20:19.
- John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
- John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
- John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
- John 1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.
- John 1:50 Or Do you believe … ?
- John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
- John 1:51 The Greek is plural.
- John 1:51 Gen. 28:12
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