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١ 1 أَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَمَضَى إِلَى جَبَلِ ٱلزَّيْتُونِ.

but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

٢ 2 ثُمَّ حَضَرَ أَيْضًا إِلَى ٱلْهَيْكَلِ فِي ٱلصُّبْحِ، وَجَاءَ إِلَيْهِ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ فَجَلَسَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ.

Early in the morning he returned to the Temple where many people gathered around him and he sat down and taught them.

٣ 3 وَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْهِ ٱلْكَتَبَةُ وَٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ ٱمْرَأَةً أُمْسِكَتْ فِي زِنًا. وَلَمَّا أَقَامُوهَا فِي ٱلْوَسْطِ

The religious teachers and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught committing adultery and made her stand before everyone.

٤ 4 قَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ أُمْسِكَتْ وَهِيَ تَزْنِي فِي ذَاتِ ٱلْفِعْلِ،

They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.

٥ 5 وَمُوسَى فِي ٱلنَّامُوسِ أَوْصَانَا أَنَّ مِثْلَ هَذِهِ تُرْجَمُ. فَمَاذَا تَقُولُ أَنْتَ؟».

Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. What do you say?”

٦ 6 قَالُوا هَذَا لِيُجَرِّبُوهُ، لِكَيْ يَكُونَ لَهُمْ مَا يَشْتَكُونَ بِهِ عَلَيْهِ. وَأَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَٱنْحَنَى إِلَى أَسْفَلُ وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ بِإِصْبِعِهِ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

They said this to try and trap Jesus so they could condemn him. But Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

٧ 7 وَلَمَّا ٱسْتَمَرُّوا يَسْأَلُونَهُ، ٱنْتَصَبَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ بِلَا خَطِيَّةٍ فَلْيَرْمِهَا أَوَّلًا بِحَجَرٍ!».

They kept on demanding an answer, so he stood up and told them, “Whichever one of you has never sinned may throw the first stone at her.”

٨ 8 ثُمَّ ٱنْحَنَى أَيْضًا إِلَى أَسْفَلُ وَكَانَ يَكْتُبُ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ.

Then he bent down again and went on writing on the ground.

٩ 9 وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا وَكَانَتْ ضَمَائِرُهُمْ تُبَكِّتُهُمْ، خَرَجُوا وَاحِدًا فَوَاحِدًا، مُبْتَدِئِينَ مِنَ ٱلشُّيُوخِ إِلَى ٱلْآخِرِينَ. وَبَقِيَ يَسُوعُ وَحْدَهُ وَٱلْمَرْأَةُ وَاقِفَةٌ فِي ٱلْوَسْطِ.

When they heard this they began to leave, one by one, starting with the oldest until Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman still standing there.

١٠ 10 فَلَمَّا ٱنْتَصَبَ يَسُوعُ وَلَمْ يَنْظُرْ أَحَدًا سِوَى ٱلْمَرْأَةِ، قَالَ لَهَا: «يَا ٱمْرَأَةُ، أَيْنَ هُمْ أُولَئِكَ ٱلْمُشْتَكُونَ عَلَيْكِ؟ أَمَا دَانَكِ أَحَدٌ؟».

Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Where are they? Didn't anybody stay to condemn you?”

١١ 11 فَقَالَتْ «لَا أَحَدَ، يَا سَيِّدُ!». فَقَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «وَلَا أَنَا أَدِينُكِ. ٱذْهَبِي وَلَا تُخْطِئِي أَيْضًا».

“No one did, sir,” she replied. “I don't condemn you either,” Jesus told her. “Go, and don't sin anymore.”

١٢ 12 ثُمَّ كَلَّمَهُمْ يَسُوعُ أَيْضًا قَائِلًا: «أَنَا هُوَ نُورُ ٱلْعَالَمِ. مَنْ يَتْبَعْنِي فَلَا يَمْشِي فِي ٱلظُّلْمَةِ بَلْ يَكُونُ لَهُ نُورُ ٱلْحَيَاةِ».

Jesus spoke again to the people, telling them, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me you won't walk in darkness for you will have the life-giving light.”

١٣ 13 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ: «أَنْتَ تَشْهَدُ لِنَفْسِكَ. شَهَادَتُكَ لَيْسَتْ حَقًّا».

The Pharisees replied, “You can't be your own witness! What you say doesn't prove anything!”

١٤ 14 أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «وَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَشْهَدُ لِنَفْسِي فَشَهَادَتِي حَقٌّ، لِأَنِّي أَعْلَمُ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتُ وَإِلَى أَيْنَ أَذْهَبُ. وَأَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلَا تَعْلَمُونَ مِنْ أَيْنَ آتِي وَلَا إِلَى أَيْنَ أَذْهَبُ.

“Even if I am my own witness, my testimony is true,” Jesus told them, “for I know where I came from and where I'm going. But you don't know where I came from or where I'm going.

١٥ 15 أَنْتُمْ حَسَبَ ٱلْجَسَدِ تَدِينُونَ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَسْتُ أَدِينُ أَحَدًا.

You judge in a typically human way, but I don't judge anyone.

١٦ 16 وَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَنَا أَدِينُ فَدَيْنُونَتِي حَقٌّ، لِأَنِّي لَسْتُ وَحْدِي، بَلْ أَنَا وَٱلْآبُ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي.

Even if I did judge, my judgment would be right because I am not doing this alone. The Father who sent me is with me.

١٧ 17 وَأَيْضًا فِي نَامُوسِكُمْ مَكْتُوبٌ أَنَّ شَهَادَةَ رَجُلَيْنِ حَقٌّ:

Your own law states that the testimony of two witnesses is valid.

١٨ 18 أَنَا هُوَ ٱلشَّاهِدُ لِنَفْسِي، وَيَشْهَدُ لِي ٱلْآبُ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي».

I am my own witness, and my other witness is my Father who sent me.”

١٩ 19 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَيْنَ هُوَ أَبُوكَ؟». أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «لَسْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَنِي أَنَا وَلَا أَبِي. لَوْ عَرَفْتُمُونِي لَعَرَفْتُمْ أَبِي أَيْضًا».

“Where is your father?” they asked him. “You don't know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me then you would know my Father as well.”

٢٠ 20 هَذَا ٱلْكَلَامُ قَالَهُ يَسُوعُ فِي ٱلْخِزَانَةِ وَهُوَ يُعَلِّمُ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ. وَلَمْ يُمْسِكْهُ أَحَدٌ، لِأَنَّ سَاعَتَهُ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ جَاءَتْ بَعْدُ.

Jesus explained this while he was teaching near the Temple treasury. Yet no one arrested him because his time had not yet come.

٢١ 21 قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ أَيْضًا: «أَنَا أَمْضِي وَسَتَطْلُبُونَنِي، وَتَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطِيَّتِكُمْ. حَيْثُ أَمْضِي أَنَا لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا».

Jesus told them again, “I'm leaving, and you'll search for me, but you'll die in your sin. You can't come where I'm going.”

٢٢ 22 فَقَالَ ٱلْيَهُودُ: «أَلَعَلَّهُ يَقْتُلُ نَفْسَهُ حَتَّى يَقُولُ: حَيْثُ أَمْضِي أَنَا لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْتُمْ أَنْ تَأْتُوا؟».

The Jews wondered out loud, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means when he says ‘You can't come where I'm going’?”

٢٣ 23 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَسْفَلُ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَمِنْ فَوْقُ. أَنْتُمْ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلْعَالَمِ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَسْتُ مِنْ هَذَا ٱلْعَالَمِ.

Jesus told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

٢٤ 24 فَقُلْتُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّكُمْ تَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ، لِأَنَّكُمْ إِنْ لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ تَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ».

That is why I told you that you'll die in your sins. For if you don't trust in me, the ‘I am,’ you'll die in your sins.”

٢٥ 25 فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أَنَا مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ مَا أُكَلِّمُكُمْ أَيْضًا بِهِ.

Then they asked him, “Who are you?” “Exactly who I told you I was from the beginning,” Jesus replied.

٢٦ 26 إِنَّ لِي أَشْيَاءَ كَثِيرَةً أَتَكَلَّمُ وَأَحْكُمُ بِهَا مِنْ نَحْوِكُمْ، لَكِنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي هُوَ حَقٌّ. وَأَنَا مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ، فَهَذَا أَقُولُهُ لِلْعَالَمِ».

“There's much I could say about you, and much I could condemn. But the one who sent me tells the truth, and what I'm saying to you here in this world is what I heard from him.”

٢٧ 27 وَلَمْ يَفْهَمُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْآبِ.

They didn't understand that he was talking to them about the Father. So Jesus explained to them:

٢٨ 28 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «مَتَى رَفَعْتُمُ ٱبْنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ، فَحِينَئِذٍ تَفْهَمُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ، وَلَسْتُ أَفْعَلُ شَيْئًا مِنْ نَفْسِي، بَلْ أَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا كَمَا عَلَّمَنِي أَبِي.

“When you have lifted up the Son of man then you'll know that I am the ‘I am,’ and that I do nothing of myself, but only say what the Father taught me.

٢٩ 29 وَٱلَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي هُوَ مَعِي، وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي ٱلْآبُ وَحْدِي، لِأَنِّي فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ أَفْعَلُ مَا يُرْضِيهِ».

The one who sent me is with me; he has not abandoned me, for I always do what pleases him.”

٣٠ 30 وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا آمَنَ بِهِ كَثِيرُونَ.

Many who heard Jesus say these things put their trust in him.

٣١ 31 فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ لِلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ: «إِنَّكُمْ إِنْ ثَبَتُّمْ فِي كَلَامِي فَبِالْحَقِيقَةِ تَكُونُونَ تَلَامِيذِي،

Then Jesus said to those Jews who trusted in him, “If you follow my teaching then you really are my disciples.

٣٢ 32 وَتَعْرِفُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ، وَٱلْحَقُّ يُحَرِّرُكُمْ».

You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

٣٣ 33 أَجَابُوهُ: «إِنَّنَا ذُرِّيَّةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَلَمْ نُسْتَعْبَدْ لِأَحَدٍ قَطُّ! كَيْفَ تَقُولُ أَنْتَ: إِنَّكُمْ تَصِيرُونَ أَحْرَارًا؟».

“We're descendants of Abraham! We've never been slaves to anyone,” they answered. “How can you say that we'll be set free?”

٣٤ 34 أَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «ٱلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ كُلَّ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ ٱلْخَطِيَّةَ هُوَ عَبْدٌ لِلْخَطِيَّةِ.

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.

٣٥ 35 وَٱلْعَبْدُ لَا يَبْقَى فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ، أَمَّا ٱلِٱبْنُ فَيَبْقَى إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. (aiōn g165)

A slave doesn't have a permanent place in the family, but the son is part of the family forever. (aiōn g165)

٣٦ 36 فَإِنْ حَرَّرَكُمْ ٱلِٱبْنُ فَبِالْحَقِيقَةِ تَكُونُونَ أَحْرَارًا.

If the Son sets you free, then you're truly free.

٣٧ 37 أَنَا عَالِمٌ أَنَّكُمْ ذُرِّيَّةُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. لَكِنَّكُمْ تَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ تَقْتُلُونِي لِأَنَّ كَلَامِي لَا مَوْضِعَ لَهُ فِيكُمْ.

I know you're Abraham's descendants, yet you're trying to kill me because you refuse to accept my words.

٣٨ 38 أَنَا أَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا رَأَيْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي، وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ مَا رَأَيْتُمْ عِنْدَ أَبِيكُمْ».

I'm telling you what the Father has revealed to me, while you do what your father told you.”

٣٩ 39 أَجَابُوا وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَبُونَا هُوَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ». قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «لَوْ كُنْتُمْ أَوْلَادَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، لَكُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ!

“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you really were children of Abraham, you'd do what Abraham did,” Jesus told them.

٤٠ 40 وَلَكِنَّكُمُ ٱلْآنَ تَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ تَقْتُلُونِي، وَأَنَا إِنْسَانٌ قَدْ كَلَّمَكُمْ بِٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِي سَمِعَهُ مِنَ ٱللهِ. هَذَا لَمْ يَعْمَلْهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ.

“But you are trying to kill me now, because I told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would never have done that.

٤١ 41 أَنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالَ أَبِيكُمْ». فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «إِنَّنَا لَمْ نُولَدْ مِنْ زِنًا. لَنَا أَبٌ وَاحِدٌ وَهُوَ ٱللهُ».

You're doing what your father does.” “Well we are not illegitimate,” they responded. “God alone is our father!”

٤٢ 42 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «لَوْ كَانَ ٱللهُ أَبَاكُمْ لَكُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَنِي، لِأَنِّي خَرَجْتُ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱللهِ وَأَتَيْتُ. لِأَنِّي لَمْ آتِ مِنْ نَفْسِي، بَلْ ذَاكَ أَرْسَلَنِي.

Jesus replied, “If God really was your father, you would love me. I came from God and now I am here. The decision to come wasn't mine, but the one who sent me.

٤٣ 43 لِمَاذَا لَا تَفْهَمُونَ كَلَامِي؟ لِأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا قَوْلِي.

Why can't you understand what I'm saying? It's because you refuse to hear my message!

٤٤ 44 أَنْتُمْ مِنْ أَبٍ هُوَ إِبْلِيسُ، وَشَهَوَاتِ أَبِيكُمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا. ذَاكَ كَانَ قَتَّالًا لِلنَّاسِ مِنَ ٱلْبَدْءِ، وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ فِي ٱلْحَقِّ لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِيهِ حَقٌّ. مَتَى تَكَلَّمَ بِٱلْكَذِبِ فَإِنَّمَا يَتَكَلَّمُ مِمَّا لَهُ، لِأَنَّهُ كَذَّابٌ وَأَبُو ٱلْكَذَّابِ.

Your father is the Devil, and you love to follow your father's evil desires. He was a murderer from the beginning. He never stood for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies he reveals his true character, for he's a liar and the father of lies.

٤٥ 45 وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَلِأَنِّي أَقُولُ ٱلْحَقَّ لَسْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِي.

So because I tell you the truth, you don't believe me!

٤٦ 46 مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يُبَكِّتُنِي عَلَى خَطِيَّةٍ؟ فَإِنْ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ ٱلْحَقَّ، فَلِمَاذَا لَسْتُمْ تُؤْمِنُونَ بِي؟

Can any one of you prove that I'm guilty of sin? If I'm telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?

٤٧ 47 اَلَّذِي مِنَ ٱللهِ يَسْمَعُ كَلَامَ ٱللهِ. لِذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ لَسْتُمْ تَسْمَعُونَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ مِنَ ٱللهِ».

Anyone who belongs to God listens to what God says. The reason you don't listen is because you don't belong to God.”

٤٨ 48 فَأَجَاب ٱلْيَهُودُ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَلَسْنَا نَقُولُ حَسَنًا: إِنَّكَ سَامِرِيٌّ وَبِكَ شَيْطَانٌ؟».

“Aren't we right to call you a Samaritan who is demon-possessed?” said the Jews.

٤٩ 49 أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «أَنَا لَيْسَ بِي شَيْطَانٌ، لَكِنِّي أُكْرِمُ أَبِي وَأَنْتُمْ تُهِينُونَنِي.

“No, I don't have a demon,” Jesus replied. “I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.

٥٠ 50 أَنَا لَسْتُ أَطْلُبُ مَجْدِي. يُوجَدُ مَنْ يَطْلُبُ وَيَدِينُ.

I'm not here looking to glorify myself. But there is one who does this for me and who judges in my favor.

٥١ 51 اَلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَحْفَظُ كَلَامِي فَلَنْ يَرَى ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ». (aiōn g165)

I tell you the truth, anyone who follows my teaching will never die.” (aiōn g165)

٥٢ 52 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلْيَهُودُ: ٱلْآنَ عَلِمْنَا أَنَّ بِكَ شَيْطَانًا. قَدْ مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ، وَأَنْتَ تَقُولُ: إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَحْفَظُ كَلَامِي فَلَنْ يَذُوقَ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. (aiōn g165)

“Now we know you're demon-possessed,” said the Jews. “Abraham died, and the prophets did too, and you're telling us ‘anyone who follows my teaching will never die’! (aiōn g165)

٥٣ 53 أَلَعَلَّكَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ ٱلَّذِي مَاتَ؟ وَٱلْأَنْبِيَاءُ مَاتُوا. مَنْ تَجْعَلُ نَفْسَكَ؟».

Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and the prophets died. Who do you think you are?”

٥٤ 54 أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أُمَجِّدُ نَفْسِي فَلَيْسَ مَجْدِي شَيْئًا. أَبِي هُوَ ٱلَّذِي يُمَجِّدُنِي، ٱلَّذِي تَقُولُونَ أَنْتُمْ إِنَّهُ إِلَهُكُمْ،

Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. But it is God himself who glorifies me, the one you claim, ‘He is our God.’

٥٥ 55 وَلَسْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَهُ. وَأَمَّا أَنَا فَأَعْرِفُهُ. وَإِنْ قُلْتُ إِنِّي لَسْتُ أَعْرِفُهُ أَكُونُ مِثْلَكُمْ كَاذِبًا، لَكِنِّي أَعْرِفُهُ وَأَحْفَظُ قَوْلَهُ.

You don't know him, but I know him. If I were to say, ‘I don't know him,’ I'd be a liar, just like you. But I do know him, and I do what he says.

٥٦ 56 أَبُوكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ تَهَلَّلَ بِأَنْ يَرَى يَوْمِي فَرَأَى وَفَرِحَ».

Your father Abraham was delighted as he looked forward to see my coming, and was so happy when he saw it.”

٥٧ 57 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلْيَهُودُ: «لَيْسَ لَكَ خَمْسُونَ سَنَةً بَعْدُ، أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ؟».

The Jews replied, “You're not even fifty years old, and you've seen Abraham?”

٥٨ 58 قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «ٱلْحَقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: قَبْلَ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَنَا كَائِنٌ».

“I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am,” said Jesus.

٥٩ 59 فَرَفَعُوا حِجَارَةً لِيَرْجُمُوهُ. أَمَّا يَسُوعُ فَٱخْتَفَى وَخَرَجَ مِنَ ٱلْهَيْكَلِ مُجْتَازًا فِي وَسْطِهِمْ وَمَضَى هَكَذَا.

At this they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus was hidden from them and he left the Temple.

Jesus Preaches in the Synagogue