John 1
1 The one who expresses [MET] ([God’s character/what God is like]) has always existed (from the beginning [MTY] [of everything/before everything began]). He has always existed with God, and he has God’s nature.
I upphavet var ordet, og ordet var hjå Gud, og ordet var Gud.
2 He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
Han var i upphavet hjå Gud.
3 He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
All ting vart til ved honom, og utan honom vart ikkje ein einaste ting til av det som hev vorte til.
4 He is the one who [caused everything to] live. He, who caused us people to live, [revealed to us the truth about God as] a light [MET] [reveals what is in the darkness].
I honom var liv, og livet var ljoset åt menneski.
5 People do not want him to reveal [that what they do is evil] [MET], just [like] darkness [is evil]. But [just like] darkness cannot put out light [MET], [evil people have never prevented the one who was like a light from revealing God’s truth] (OR, [evil people have never] understood the [one who was like] a light.)
Og ljoset skin i myrkret, og myrkret fekk ikkje magt med det.
6 A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
Det stod fram ein mann, send ifrå Gud; Johannes er namnet hans.
7 He came to tell people [about the one who was like] [MET] a light. He came to show that everything that the [one who was like a light] [MET] said was true, in order that he could enable all people to believe [in the one who was like a light].
Den mannen kom til vitnemål, at han skulde vitna um ljoset, so alle kunde tru ved honom.
8 John himself was not the [one who was like a] light [MET]. Instead, he came to tell others about that [one who was like a] light.
Det var ikkje han som var ljoset, men han skulde vitna um ljoset.
9 [While John was doing that], the one who was truly [like] a light was about to show himself to the world. He was the one who enables all people [to know about God, as] a light [MET] enables [people to know what is in the darkness].
Det sanne ljoset, som lyser upp kvart menneskje, var den gongen på veg til verdi.
10 Although the one [who was like a light] was [here] on the earth, and although he was the one whom [God] caused to create everything, [most] people [MTY, HYP] did not realize who he [was]. (OR, although he was the one whom [God] caused to create everything, [most] people did not accept him.)
Han var i verdi, og verdi hev vorte til ved honom, og verdi kjende honom ikkje.
11 Although he came to the land that belonged to him [because he created it, most of] his own people, [the Jews], rejected him (OR, did not accept him).
Han kom til sitt eige, og hans eigne tok ikkje imot honom.
12 But those [of us who welcomed him, God] authorized [that we would have a relationship with] him [MET] [like] children [have a relationship with their father]. We were people who believed [that what he said] about himself [MTY] [was true].
Men alle som tok imot honom, deim gav han rett til å verta Guds born, deim som trur på namnet hans,
13 We became [like God’s children], not because our ancestors [belonged to God], or because of someone’s sexual desires, nor because some man desired to have children like himself. Instead, we were caused by God {God caused us} to become [like] his children.
som ikkje er fødde av blod, og ikkje av kjøts vilje, og ikkje av manns vilje, men av Gud.
14 The one who expresses [MET] ([God’s character/what God is like]) became a human being, and he lived among us [for a while]. As a result, we saw how wonderful he is. He came from [God] his father, and there was no other person as wonderful as he. He was wonderful because he always acted (kindly toward us/in ways we did not deserve), and he always [spoke] truthfully to us [about God].
Og Ordet vart kjøt og feste bu hjå oss, og me skoda herlegdomen hans, ein sovoren herlegdom som ein einboren Son hev frå Far sin, full av nåde og sanning.
15 [One day] when John was telling people about him, [he saw Jesus]. Then he shouted to them, “I told you [previously] that someone will come later who is more important than I am, since he existed [long] before me. This [is the man I was talking about]!”
Johannes vitnar um honom og ropar ut: «Han var det eg sagde soleis um: Den som kjem etter meg, hev vorte fyre meg; for han var til fyrr enn eg.»
16 We have all benefited very much from what he has done. Again and again, he has acted in kind way toward us in ways we did not deserve.
Ja, av hans fullnad hev me alle fenge, og det nåde på nåde;
17 Moses proclaimed [God’s] laws [to our ancestors]. But what Jesus Christ did for us [was much better]. He acted in kindness toward us in ways we did not deserve and told us the truth [about God].
for lovi vart gjevi gjenom Moses, nåden og sanningi vart til ved Jesus Kristus.
18 No one has ever seen God. But God’s only Son, [Jesus], who has always had a very close relationship with God, has told us about God.
Aldri hev nokon set Gud; den einborne Sonen, som er i fanget åt Faderen, han hev gjort honom kjend.
19 The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] in Jerusalem [city] sent some [Jewish] priests and (Levites/men who worked in the temple) to where John was, to ask him some questions. They said to him, “What do you [claim about] yourself?”
So var vitnemålet Johannes gav då jødarne sende prestar og levitar frå Jerusalem, som skulde spyrja honom: «Kven er du?»
20 So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
Då sagde han beint ut, og dulde ikkje fyre det; han sagde beint ut: «Eg er ikkje Messias.»
21 Then they asked him, “Then what [do you say about yourself]? Are you [the prophet] Elijah [that was prophesied to return] {([someone/another prophet]) [prophesied would return]} [before the Messiah]?” He replied, “No, [I] am not.” Then they asked him, “Are you the prophet [like Moses that] ([we are waiting for/God promised to send])?” He replied, “No.”
«Kva er du då?» spurde dei. «Er du Elia?» «Nei, det er eg ikkje, » sagde han. «Er du profeten?» «Nei, » svara han.
22 So they asked him, “Then who do you [claim to be]? [Tell us] so that we can [go back and] report to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
«Kven er du?» sagde dei då - «so me hev eit svar å gjeva deim som hev sendt oss! Kva segjer du um deg sjølv?»
23 John replied, “[I] am the one [the prophet Isaiah said] would proclaim [this new message] loudly [to the people who would pass by] in this desolate area: ‘Prepare [yourselves to receive] the Lord when he comes [MET], [just like people prepare] a road [for an important official].
Han sagde: «Eg er røysti som ropar i heidi: «Beinka vegen åt Herren!» som profeten Jesaja segjer.»
24 Some of those people [who were questioning] John were ones who had been sent by the Pharisee [religious group] {whom the Pharisee [religious group] had sent}.
Dei som var sende, høyrde til farisæarflokken.
25 They asked John, “Since [you say] you are not the Messiah, nor [the prophet] Elijah, nor the prophet [like Moses], [what authority] do you have? [Furthermore], why are you baptizing [Jews, treating them as though they were non-Jews who wanted to become Jews]?”
So spurde dei honom: «Kvi døyper du då, når du ikkje er Messias, og ikkje Elia, og ikkje profeten?»
26 John replied, “I am [just] baptizing people with water [to prepare them to welcome the Messiah]. But [right now] someone is among you whom you people do not know.
«Eg døyper med vatn, » svara Johannes; «midt ibland dykk stend ein som de ikkje kjenner:
27 He [will preach to you] after I [am gone]. [He is so important that] I am not worthy to [serve him as a slave] [MET] [by] untying his sandals.”
han som kjem etter meg, og som eg ikkje er verdig til å løysa skobandet åt.»
28 Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
Dette gjekk fyre seg i Betania, på hi sida åt Jordan, der Johannes var og døypte.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. He said to the people, “Look! Here is the [man whom] God [has appointed to be a sacrifice] [MET], [like] the lambs [that the people of Israel sacrificed! By sacrificing himself] he will [make it possible for everyone in] the world to be no longer [guilty for having] sinned.
Dagen etter ser han Jesus koma burt imot seg, og segjer: «Sjå der er Guds lamb, som tek burt verdsens synd!
30 He is the one about whom I said [before], ‘Someone will come later who is more important than I am, since he existed [long] before me.’
Det er han eg sagde det um: Etter meg kjem ein mann som hev vorte fyre meg; for han var til fyrr enn eg.
31 I myself did not [previously] recognize that he [was the Messiah]. But [now I know who he is], and I have baptized people with water to enable [you people of] Israel to recognize who he is.”
Eg kjende honom ikkje, men for di han skulde openberrast åt Israel, difor er det eg er komen og døyper med vatn.»
32 John spoke clearly [what God had shown him about Jesus]. He said, “I saw [God’s] Spirit as he was descending from heaven in the form of a dove. The Spirit remained on Jesus.
Og Johannes vitna: «Eg hev set Anden dala ned som ei duva frå himmelen, og han stana yver honom.
33 I myself did not know [previously] that he [was the Messiah]. However, [God] sent me to baptize people with water, [people who said they wanted to turn from their sinful ways. While I was doing that], God told me, ‘The man on whom you will see my Spirit descend and remain is the one who will put the Holy Spirit within you [(pl) to truly change your lives].’
Eg kjende honom ikkje, men han som sende meg til å døypa med vatn, han sagde til meg: «Den du ser Anden dalar ned imot og stanar yver, han er den som døyper med den Heilage Ande.»
34 I saw [the Spirit descend on him], and I tell you that he is (the Son of God/the person who is both God and man).”
Og eg hev set det, og hev vitna at han er Guds Son.»
35 The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
Andre dagen stod Johannes der atter med tvo av læresveinarne sine.
36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look! There is the man God [has appointed to be a sacrifice, like] the lambs [MET] [the people of Israel have sacrificed!]”
Då ser han Jesus, som kom gangande, og segjer: «Sjå der er Guds lamb!»
37 (When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
Dei tvo læresveinarne høyrde kva han sagde, og fylgde etter Jesus.
38 Jesus turned around and saw us/them coming behind him. So he asked us/them, “What do you want?” We/They replied, “Teacher, [tell us] where you are staying, [because we want to talk with you].”
Då snudde Jesus seg, og då han såg dei fylgde etter honom, sagde han til deim: «Kva vil de?» «Kvar bur du, rabbi?» spurde dei - rabbi tyder meister -.
39 He replied, “Come [with me], and you will see [where I am staying]!” So we/they went with him and saw where he was staying. We/They stayed with him until about 4 o’clock (OR, from about 4 PM until the next day).
«Kom, so skal de sjå!» svara han. So gjekk dei med honom, og såg kvar han budde, og dei vart verande hjå honom den dagen. Det var ikring tiande timen.
40 (One of us/One of the two men) who heard what John had said and who went with Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s [younger] brother.
Andreas, bror åt Simon Peter, var ein av dei tvo som hadde høyrt ordi hans Johannes og fylgt etter Jesus.
41 [After Andrew left Jesus], the first thing he did was to find his own [older] brother Simon and say to him, “We have found the Messiah!”
Han finn fyrst bror sin, Simon, og segjer til honom: «Me hev funne Messias!» - Messias er det same som Kristus -.
42 Then he took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked intently at him, and then said, “You are Simon. Your father’s name is John. You will be given {[I] will give you} the name Cephas.” [Cephas is an Aramaic name that means ‘solid rock’. It] means [the same in Greek as the name] Peter.
Han tok honom med seg til Jesus. Jesus såg på honom og sagde: «Du er Simon Johannesson; du skal kallast Kefas!» - Kefas er det same som Peter -.
43 The next day [Jesus] decided to leave [the Jordan River valley]. He went to Galilee [district] and (OR, on the way there he) found a man named Philip. Jesus said to him, “Come with me!”
Dagen etter vilde Jesus taka ut og fara til Galilæa. Han møter Filip, og segjer til honom: «Fylg meg!»
44 Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
Filip var frå Betsaida, same byen som Andreas og Peter var ifrå.
45 Then Philip [searched for] Nathaniel and found him, and said to him, “We have met [the Messiah], the one Moses [wrote about]! The prophets also [prophesied that he would come]. He is Jesus, from Nazareth [town]. His father’s name is Joseph.”
Filip møter Natanael, og segjer til honom: «Me hev funne den som Moses hev skrive um i lovi, og som profetarne hev skrive um; det er Jesus Josefsson frå Nasaret.»
46 Nathaniel replied, “Nazareth? (Nothing good can come from [such an unimportant place]!/Can anything good come from [such an unimportant place]?) [RHQ]” Philip replied, “Come and see!”
«Kann det koma noko godt frå Nasaret?» sagde Natanael. «Kom og sjå!» svara Filip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
Jesus såg Natanael koma burt imot seg, og sagde um honom: «Sjå der er ein egte israelit, ein som det ikkje finst svik i!»
48 Nathaniel asked him, “How do you know what I [am like]?” Jesus replied, “I saw you before Philip called you, when you were [by yourself] under the fig tree.”
Natanael segjer til honom: «Kvar kjenner du meg ifrå?» «Eg såg deg då du var under fiketreet, fyrr Filip ropa på deg, » svara Jesus.
49 Then Nathaniel declared, “Teacher, you [must be] (the Son of God/the person who is both God and man)! You are the King of Israel [we have been waiting for]!”
Då tok Natanael til ords og sagde til honom: «Rabbi, du er Guds Son, du er Israels konge!»
50 Jesus replied to him, “You [RHQ] believe [those things about me] because I told you I saw you when you were under the fig tree. [I was able to see you supernaturally even though I was far away from you]. But you will see [me do] things that are more surprising than that!”
«Trur du for di eg sagde deg at eg hadde set deg innunder fiketreet?» svara Jesus; «du skal få sjå større ting enn det.
51 Then Jesus said to him, “This is the absolute truth: [Just like what your ancestor Jacob saw long ago in a vision], some day you [(pl)] will see heaven opened up, and you will see God’s angels ascending from me and descending on me, the one who came from heaven.”
Det segjer eg dykk for visst og sant, » sagde han med honom: «De skal sjå himmelen open og Guds englar stiga upp og stiga ned yver Menneskjesonen.»
