John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;
From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
2 this One was in the beginning with God;
This Word was from the first in relation with God.
3 all things happened through Him, and without Him not even one thing happened that has happened.
All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.
4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men,
What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5 and the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not perceive it.
And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.
6 There came a man—having been sent from God—whose name [is] John,
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;
He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
8 that one was not the Light, but—that he might testify about the Light.
He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.
9 He was the true Light, which enlightens every man, coming into the world;
The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him:
He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.
11 He came to [His] own, and [His] own did not receive Him;
He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
12 but as many as received Him, to them He gave authority to become sons of God—to those believing in His Name,
To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God — that is, to those who had faith in his name:
13 who were begotten, not of blood, nor of will of flesh, nor of will of man, but of God.
Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of [the] only begotten of [the] Father, full of grace and truth.
And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory — such glory as is given to an only son by his father — saw it to be true and full of grace.
15 John testifies concerning Him, and has cried, saying, “This was He of whom I said, He who is coming after me has come before me, for He was before me.”
John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.
16 And we all received out of His fullness, and grace for grace;
From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.
17 for the Law was given through Moses, the grace and the truth came through Jesus Christ.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God; the only begotten God who is on the bosom of the Father—He has expounded [Him].
No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.
19 And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites out of Jerusalem, that they might question him, “Who are you?”
And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?
20 And he confessed and did not deny, and confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
21 And they questioned him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” And he says, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” And he answered, “No.”
And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those sending us? What do you say concerning yourself?”
So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
23 He said, “I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the LORD, as Isaiah the prophet said.”
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
24 And those sent were of the Pharisees,
Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.
25 and they questioned him and said to him, “Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, “I immerse in water, but in the midst of you has stood He whom you have not known, it is this One who is coming after me, who has been before me,
John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
27 of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the strap of His sandal.”
It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
28 These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.
These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.
29 On the next day John sees Jesus coming to him and says, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;
The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 this is He concerning whom I said, After me comes a Man who has come before me, because He was before me:
This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.
31 and I did not know Him, but that He might be revealed to Israel, because of this I came immersing in water.”
I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.
32 And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit coming down out of Heaven as a dove, and [that] One remained on Him;
And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.
33 and I did not know Him, but He who sent me to immerse in water, He said to me, On whomsoever you may see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on Him, this is He who is immersing in the Holy Spirit;
I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.
34 and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.”
This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
35 On the next day, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,
The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;
36 and having looked on Jesus walking, he says, “Behold, the Lamb of God”;
And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!
37 and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
Hearing what he said, the two disciples went after Jesus.
38 And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, says to them, “What do you seek?” And they said to Him, “Rabbi” (which is, being interpreted, Teacher), “where do You remain?”
And Jesus, turning round, saw them coming after him and said to them, What are you looking for? They said to him, Rabbi (which is to say, Master), where are you living?
39 He says to them, “Come and see”; they came and saw where He remains, and they remained with Him that day and the hour was about the tenth.
He said to them, Come and see. They went with him then and saw where he was living; and they were with him all that day: it was then about the tenth hour of the day.
40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed Him;
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.
41 this one first finds his own brother Simon and says to him, “We have found the Messiah,” (which is, being interpreted, Anointed One),
Early in the morning he came across his brother and said to him, We have made discovery! It is the Messiah! (which is to say, the Christ).
42 and he brought him to Jesus: and having looked on him, Jesus says, “You are Simon, the son of Jonas, you will be called Cephas,” (which is interpreted, A rock).
And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).
43 On the next day He willed to go forth to Galilee, and He finds Philip and says to him, “Follow Me.”
The day after this, Jesus had a desire to go into Galilee. He came across Philip and said to him, Come and be my disciple.
44 And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter;
Now Philip's town was Beth-saida, where Andrew and Peter came from.
45 Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the Prophets, we have found, Jesus the Son of Joseph, who [is] from Nazareth!”
Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said to him, “Is any good thing able to be out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and He says concerning him, “Behold, truly an Israelite, in whom is no guile”;
Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.
48 Nathanael says to Him, “From where do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip’s calling you, being under the fig tree, I saw you.”
Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.
49 Nathanael answered and says to Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God, You are the King of Israel.”
Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!
50 Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, you believe; you will see greater things than these”;
In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these.
51 and He says to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, from now on you will see Heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”
And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.
