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Waral cäkil wi chi ru chakˈ ri Jesús nabe man xecojon tä che

Te cˈu riˈ ri Jesús xubinibej ri Galilea. Man craj taj cäcˈoji pa Judea rumal chi ri winak aj Israel cäcaj cäquicämisaj. Xa cˈu jubikˈ craj man curik ri nimakˈij que ri Cäbal, jun chque ri qui nimakˈij ri winak aj Israel. Ru chakˈ ri Jesús xquibij che: Mat canaj waral. Jat pa Judea rech xukujeˈ ra tijoxelab ri e cˈo chilaˈ cäquil na ri cajmabal ri cabano. We jun winak craj chi kas quetamax u wäch, man cuban tä riˈ chicˈuyal ri cubano. We ri at caban tak ri cajmabal riˈ, chabana waˈ chquiwäch conojel ri winak, ―xecha che.

Kˈalaj cˈut chi ru chakˈ ri Jesús xa man xecojon tä che. Te riˈ xubij ri Jesús chque: Ri in mäjaˈ curik ri kˈij chwe, are cˈu ri ix apachique kˈij utz chiwe cuyaˈ quixeˈc. Ri winak ajuwächulew man quecowin taj cäquetzelaj i wäch ix. Are cˈu ri in cäquetzelaj nu wäch rumal chi quinkˈalajisaj chquiwäch chi man utz tä ri cäcaˈno. Ri ix cˈut, jix pa ri nimakˈij. Ri in man quineˈ taj, rumal chi mäjaˈ curik ri kˈij chwe.

Aretak xbitaj waˈ we tzij riˈ chque, xcanaj ri Areˈ pa Galilea.

Ri Jesús copan pa ri nimakˈij que ri Cäbal

10 Aretak cˈut e benak chi ru chakˈ ri Jesús pa ri nimakˈij, ri Areˈ xukujeˈ xeˈ na pa ri nimakˈij, pune man xucˈut tä rib chquiwäch ri winak. Xane xak chicˈuyal xeˈ ri Areˈ. 11 Ri winak aj Israel xquitij u tzucuxic pa ri nimakˈij, xquibij: ¿Jawijeˈ cˈo wi ri achi riˈ? ―xechaˈ.

12 Chquixol cˈu ri winak, qˈuia ri cäbix chrij ri Jesús. Jujun cäquibij: “Are jun utzalaj achi,” ―quechaˈ. Niqˈuiaj chic cäquibij: “Man are tä utzalaj achi, rumal chi queusub ri winak,” ―quechaˈ.

13 Man cˈo tä cˈu jun ri cucochˈo cäresaj u tzijol ri Jesús rumal chi cäquixej quib chquiwäch ri qui nimakil ri winak aj Israel.

14 Niqˈuiajirinak chi cˈu ri nimakˈij aretak ri Jesús xoc bi pa ri nimalaj rachoch Dios, xuchaplej cˈu qui tijoxic ri winak. 15 Are cˈu ri winak aj Israel sibalaj tajin cäquicajmaj waˈ, xquibij: ¿Jas lo waˈ chi sibalaj qˈuia retam we achi riˈ, man cˈo tä cˈu jawijeˈ u tijom wi rib? ―xechaˈ.

16 Ri Jesús xchˈawic, xubij chque: Ri tijonic ri quinya man wech tä in, xane rech ri Jun ri xintakow lok. 17 We cˈo jun kas curayij u banic ri craj ri Dios, cäretamaj na we ri nu tijonic kas cäpe rucˈ ri Dios, o xak pa we wi quintzijonic. 18 Ri winak ri xak pa re wi cätzijonic, xa are craj riˈ chi cänimarisax u kˈij cumal ri winak. Jachin cˈu ri craj chi are cänimarisax u kˈij ri xtakow lok, cubij riˈ ri kas tzij, man are tä jun banal tzij, ―xcha chque.

19 ¿A mat kas tzij chi ri ka mam Moisés xuya ri Pixab chech alak? Pune je riˈ, man cˈo tä cˈu jun chech alak ri cunimaj ri Pixab riˈ. ¿Jas che caj alak quincämisaj alak? ―xcha chque.

20 Ri winak xechˈawic, xquibij: ¡Xa cˈo jun itzel espíritu chawe! ¿Jachin lo ri craj catcämisanic? ―xecha che.

21 Ri Jesús xubij chque: Xa rucˈ jun cajmabal ri xinban pa ri kˈij re uxlanem, ri alak sibalaj cäcajman alak che. 22 Ri ka mam Moisés xunakˈatajisaj alak chucojic retal ri ojer trato. Pune ta ne man are tä ri areˈ xchapow lok u banic waˈ, xane are qui tijonic can ri nan tat alak ojer. Ri alak cˈut cäcoj alak retal ri ojer trato che jun alaj ala pune pa ri kˈij re uxlanem. 23 We cˈu ri alak rumal ri u nimaxic ri Pixab ri xutzˈibaj ri ka mam Moisés cäcoj alak retal ri ojer trato che ri ala pune pa ri kˈij re uxlanem, ¿jas cˈu che xpe oyowal alak chwe in aretak xincunaj ronojel ru cuerpo jun achi pa ri kˈij re uxlanem? ―cächaˈ. 24 Cˈo jas mäbij alak chrij ri winak we utz cäpetic o man utz tä cäpetic. Aretak cˈo jas cäbij alak chrij jun winak chic, kas chomaj na alak jas ri cäban alak, bana cˈu alak waˈ rucˈ jicomal.

Ri Jesús cubij jawijeˈ chiˈ petinak wi ri Areˈ

25 Te cˈu riˈ jujun chque ri winak aj Jerusalén xquichapla u taˈic, xquibij: ¿A mat are waˈ we achi riˈ ri tajin cätzucuxic rech cäcämisaxic? ―quechaˈ. 26 Chiwilampeˈ, cätzijon cucˈ ri winak, man cˈo tä cˈu jun cˈo jas cubij che. ¿A xa ta cˈu lo kas cäquicoj ri kˈatal tak tzij chi we achi riˈ are ri Cristo? ―quechaˈ. 27 Ri uj cˈut ketam jawijeˈ petinak wi waˈ we achi riˈ. Aretak cˈut cäpe riˈ ri Cristo, man cˈo tä jun riˈ etamaninak jawijeˈ cäpe wi, ―xecha ri winak.

28 Aretak ri Jesús, ri tajin cuya tijonic pa ri nimalaj rachoch Dios, xuta waˈ co xchˈawic, xubij: Cäbij alak chi etam alak nu wäch, xukujeˈ chi etam alak jawijeˈ chiˈ quinpe wi. Man in petinak tä cˈut xak pa we wi, xane in takom lok rumal ri Jun ri kas jicom ranimaˈ. Ri alak cˈut man etam tä alak u wäch. 29 Ri in wetam u wäch rumal chi in petinak rucˈ, xukujeˈ are ri Areˈ in takowinak lok, ―xcha chque.

30 Xcaj cˈut xquicˈam bi pa cheˈ, man cˈo tä cˈu jun xchapowic rumal chi mäjaˈ curik ru kˈij. 31 E qˈuia cˈut xecojon che, xquibij cˈut: Aretak cäpe ri Cristo, ¿a cuban ta cˈu lo más cajmabal tak etal chic chuwäch ri u banom we achi riˈ? ―xechaˈ.

Ri tataˈib fariseos cäquitak u cˈamic bi ri Jesús pa cheˈ

32 Ri tataˈib fariseos xquita ri cäquibij ri winak chrij ri Jesús. Xa je riˈ ri e areˈ cucˈ ri qui nimakil sacerdotes xequitak bi jujun chajinelab re ri nimalaj rachoch Dios chucˈamic bi ri Jesús pa cheˈ. 33 Te riˈ xubij ri Jesús: Xak quieb oxib kˈij chic quincˈoji na ucˈ alak, te cˈu riˈ quintzelej na rucˈ ri xintakow lok. 34 Ri alak quintzucuj na alak, man quinrik tä chi cˈu alak rumal chi man cäcowin tä alak copan alak chilaˈ jawijeˈ ri quinecˈol wi in, ―xcha chque.

35 Ri qui nimakil ri winak aj Israel cˈut, xquichaplej u taˈic chbil tak quib, xquibij: ¿Jawijeˈ ta cˈu queˈ wi waˈ we achi riˈ chi man cujcowin tä uj quekarikaˈ? ¿A xa ta cˈu lo queˈ cucˈ ri winak aj Israel ri e jabuninak chquixol ri winak aj Grecia che qui tijoxic ri winak aj Grecia? 36 ¿Jas quel cubij waˈ ri xubij chke: “Quintzucuj na alak, man quinrik tä chi cˈu alak rumal chi man cäcowin tä alak copan alak chilaˈ jawijeˈ ri quinecˈol wi”? ―xcha riˈ, ―xechaˈ.

Ri Kajaw Jesús cubij chi Are jeˈ ta ne joron ri cuya cˈaslemal

37 Pa ri qˈuisbal kˈij re ri nimakˈij, ri kˈij ri sibalaj nim na u banic, ri Jesús xtaqˈui akˈanok chquixol ri winak, co xchˈawic, xubij: We cˈo jun cächakiˈj u chiˈ, chpet wucˈ, chutija u joron. 38 Jeˈ jas ri cubij ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri Tzˈibtalic: Jachin ri cäcojon chwe, cäqˈuiy na lok pa ranimaˈ joron ri cuya ri kas cˈaslemal, ―cächaˈ, ―xcha ri Jesús chque ri winak.

39 Ri Jesús cˈut, are tajin cächˈaw chrij ri Lokˈalaj Espíritu ri cäquicˈam na ri winak ri quecojon che ri Areˈ. Mäjaˈ cˈu cäyiˈ lok ri Lokˈalaj Espíritu rumal chi mäjaˈ cätzelej ri Jesús chilaˈ chicaj rech cänimarisax u kˈij.

Ri winak jalajoj ri cäquichomaj chrij ri Jesús

40 Jujun chque ri winak, aretak xquita ri xubij ri Jesús, xquibij: Kas tzij we achi riˈ are waˈ ri kˈalajisal re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri cäbixic chi cäpe na, ―xechaˈ.

41 Niqˈuiaj chic xquibij: Are waˈ ri Cristo, ―xechaˈ.

Niqˈuiaj chi cˈut xquibij: ¿A xa ta cˈu lo pa Galilea cäpe wi ri Cristo? 42 Ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri Tzˈibtalic cubij chi ri Cristo rajwaxic chquixol ri rachalaxic ri ka mam David ri nim takanel cäpe wi na. Pa Belén cˈut cäpe wi na, ri tinimit ri xcˈoji wi ri ka mam David, ―xechaˈ.

43 Je cˈu riˈ ri winak xquitasala quib rumal rech ri Jesús. 44 E cˈo jujun ri xcaj xquicˈam bi pa cheˈ, man cˈo tä cˈu jun xchapowic.

Ri kˈatal tak tzij man quecojon tä che ri Jesús

45 Xetzelej cˈu ri chajinelab re ri nimalaj rachoch Dios, xeopan chilaˈ jawijeˈ e cˈo wi ri tataˈib fariseos xukujeˈ ri qui nimakil ri sacerdotes. Ri e areˈ cˈut xquitaˈ chque: ¿Jas che man xicˈam tä lok ri Jesús? ―xechaˈ.

46 Ri chajinelab xechˈawic, xquibij: ¡Man cˈo tä jun achi ka tom jeˈ cätzijonic jas ri cätzijon ri achi riˈ! ―xechaˈ.

47 Are cˈu ri tataˈib fariseos xquibij chque: Ri ix xukujeˈ xa xiya iwib pa subic. 48 ¿A cˈo pu lo jun chque ri ka nimakil ri cojoninak che, o jun ne chque ri tataˈib fariseos? ¡Man cˈo taj! ―xechaˈ. 49 Xquiqˈuiäk itzel tzij pa qui wiˈ, xquibij: ¡We winak riˈ man quetam tä ri Pixab! ―xecha chque.

50 Are cˈu ri tat Nicodemo ri xopan rucˈ ri Jesús chakˈab, are jun chque ri tataˈib fariseos. Xubij cˈu chque: 51 Ri ka Pixab cubij chi man cuyaˈ taj cäkakˈat tzij puwiˈ jun winak chi cäcˈäjisax u wäch we ta mat nabe cäkata na jas ri cubij che retamaxic jas ri u banom, ―xcha chque.

52 Te riˈ xechˈaw ri e areˈ, xquibij che ri tat Nicodemo: E cˈu ri lal, ¿a lal aj Galilea xukujeˈ? ―xecha che. Naˈl siqˈuij la ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri Tzˈibtalic, quil cˈu na la chi man cˈo tä jun kˈalajisal re ru Lokˈ Pixab ri Dios ri petinak pa Galilea, ―xecha che.

53 Chquijujunal cˈut xebeˈ cho tak cachoch.

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.(B) But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles(C) was near, Jesus’ brothers(D) said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” For even his own brothers did not believe in him.(E)

Therefore Jesus told them, “My time(F) is not yet here; for you any time will do. The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(G) because I testify that its works are evil.(H) You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time(I) has not yet fully come.” After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.

10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. 11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus(J) and asking, “Where is he?”

12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”

Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”(K) 13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.(L)

Jesus Teaches at the Festival

14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.(M) 15 The Jews(N) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning(O) without having been taught?”(P)

16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(Q) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(R) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,(S) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law?(T) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(U)

20 “You are demon-possessed,”(V) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”

21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,(W) and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision(X) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),(Y) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(Z)

Division Over Who Jesus Is

25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(AA) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(AB) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(AC) 27 But we know where this man is from;(AD) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(AE) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(AF) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(AG) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(AH) because I am from him and he sent me.”(AI)

30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(AJ) because his hour had not yet come.(AK) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(AL) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(AM) than this man?”

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.

33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(AN) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(AO) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(AP)

35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered(AQ) among the Greeks,(AR) and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”(AS)

37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(AT) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(AU) 38 Whoever believes(AV) in me, as Scripture has said,(AW) rivers of living water(AX) will flow from within them.”[c](AY) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(AZ) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(BA) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(BB)

40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(BC)

41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”

Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(BD) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(BE) and from Bethlehem,(BF) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(BG) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(BH)

Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

45 Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”

46 “No one ever spoke the way this man does,”(BI) the guards replied.

47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(BJ) the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(BK) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”

50 Nicodemus,(BL) who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(BM)


[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]

53 Then they all went home,

Footnotes

  1. John 7:1 Some manuscripts not have authority
  2. John 7:8 Some manuscripts not yet
  3. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”