John 18
1 After Jesus finished praying, he went across the Kidron Brook, along with [us] disciples, to a grove [of olive trees].
Αφού είπε ταύτα ο Ιησούς, εξήλθε μετά των μαθητών αυτού πέραν του χειμάρρου των Κέδρων, όπου ήτο κήπος, εις τον οποίον εισήλθεν αυτός και οι μαθηταί αυτού.
2 Judas, who was [about to] enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him, knew that [he would probably be] there. [He knew that because] Jesus often gathered there with us.
Ήξευρε δε τον τόπον και Ιούδας ο παραδίδων αυτόν· διότι πολλάκις συνήλθεν εκεί ο Ιησούς μετά των μαθητών αυτού.
3 So Judas came to that grove. He was leading a troop of Roman [soldiers] and some Temple guards who had been sent by the Pharisees and chief priests. They were carrying torches and lamps and weapons.
Ο Ιούδας λοιπόν, λαβών το τάγμα και εκ των αρχιερέων και Φαρισαίων υπηρέτας, έρχεται εκεί μετά φανών και λαμπάδων και όπλων.
4 Jesus knew everything that was about to happen to him. So [as they approached], he stepped forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
Ο δε Ιησούς, εξεύρων πάντα τα ερχόμενα επ' αυτόν, εξήλθε και είπε προς αυτούς· Τίνα ζητείτε;
5 They replied to him, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth.” He replied, “That is who I am.” Judas, the one who was enabling his enemies to seize him, was with them.
Απεκρίθησαν προς αυτόν· Ιησούν τον Ναζωραίον. Λέγει προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Εγώ είμαι. Ίστατο δε μετ' αυτών και Ιούδας ο παραδίδων αυτόν.
6 When Jesus told them, “That is who I am,” they lurched backward and fell down on the ground [because of his power].
Καθώς λοιπόν είπε προς αυτούς ότι εγώ είμαι, απεσύρθησαν εις τα οπίσω και έπεσον χαμαί.
7 He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus, [the man] from Nazareth.”
Πάλιν λοιπόν ηρώτησεν αυτούς· Τίνα ζητείτε; Οι δε είπον· Ιησούν τον Ναζωραίον.
8 Jesus replied, “I told you that I am Jesus. So since I am the one you are looking for, allow these [disciples of mine] to go.”
Απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς· Σας είπον ότι εγώ είμαι. Εάν λοιπόν εμέ ζητήτε, αφήσατε τούτους να υπάγωσι·
9 [This happened] in order that [when they did what he asked them to do], the words would be fulfilled that he had prayed, “I will never lose any of those whom God has brought to me.”
διά να πληρωθή ο λόγος, τον οποίον είπεν, Ότι εξ εκείνων τους οποίους μοι έδωκας, δεν απώλεσα ουδένα.
10 Simon Peter had a [long] dagger. So he drew it and [tried to kill] the high priest’s servant, [but he only] cut off the man’s right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
Τότε ο Σίμων Πέτρος έχων μάχαιραν έσυρεν αυτήν και εκτύπησε τον δούλον του αρχιερέως και απέκοψεν αυτού το ωτίον το δεξιόν· ήτο δε το όνομα του δούλου Μάλχος.
11 Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword [back] into its sheath! (I must endure what [my] Father wants me to suffer./Do you not think that I must endure what [my] Father wants me to suffer?) [MET, RHQ]”
Είπε λοιπόν ο Ιησούς προς τον Πέτρον· Βάλε την μάχαιράν σου εις την θήκην· το ποτήριον, το οποίον μοι έδωκεν ο Πατήρ, δεν θέλω πίει αυτό;
12 Then the troop of soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish Temple guards, seized Jesus. They tied his hands [behind his back].
Το τάγμα λοιπόν και ο χιλίαρχος και οι υπηρέται των Ιουδαίων συνέλαβον τον Ιησούν και έδεσαν αυτόν,
13 Then they took him first to Annas, [who was previously the high priest]. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas. Caiaphas was the high priest that year.
και έφεραν αυτόν εις τον Άνναν πρώτον· διότι ήτο πενθερός του Καϊάφα, όστις ήτο αρχιερεύς του ενιαυτού εκείνου.
14 Caiaphas was the one who [previously] advised the Jewish [Council] that it would be better if one man died for the sake of the people [than for all the people of the Jewish nation to die].
Ήτο δε ο Καϊάφας ο συμβουλεύσας τους Ιουδαίους ότι συμφέρει να απολεσθή εις άνθρωπος υπέρ του λαού.
15 Simon Peter and [I] were following Jesus. Because the high priest knew [me], [his doorkeeper permitted me] to enter the courtyard.
Ηκολούθει δε τον Ιησούν ο Σίμων Πέτρος και ο άλλος μαθητής. Ο δε μαθητής εκείνος ήτο γνωστός εις τον αρχιερέα και εισήλθε μετά του Ιησού εις την αυλήν του αρχιερέως.
16 But Peter [had to] wait outside near the doorway. However, since I knew the high priest, I went back to the doorway and spoke to the girl who was guarding the entrance. Then [she allowed] Peter to come in.
Ο δε Πέτρος ίστατο έξω πλησίον της θύρας. Εξήλθε λοιπόν ο μαθητής ο άλλος, όστις ήτο γνωστός εις τον αρχιερέα, και ώμίλησεν εις την θυρωρόν, και εισήγαγε τον Πέτρον.
17 The servant girl who was guarding the doorway said to Peter, “Surely you are not another disciple of that man [they have arrested], are you?” He said, “I am not.”
Λέγει λοιπόν η δούλη η θυρωρός προς τον Πέτρον· Μήπως και συ είσαι εκ των μαθητών του ανθρώπου τούτου; Λέγει εκείνος· Δεν είμαι.
18 It was cold, so the high priest’s slaves and Temple guards made a charcoal fire and were standing around it to keep warm. Peter was also standing near it, warming himself.
Ίσταντο δε οι δούλοι και οι υπηρέται, οίτινες είχον κάμει ανθρακιάν, διότι ήτο ψύχος, και εθερμαίνοντο· και μετ' αυτών ίστατο ο Πέτρος και εθερμαίνετο.
19 [While Peter was doing that], the high priest asked Jesus about his disciples and about what he was teaching people.
Ο αρχιερεύς λοιπόν ηρώτησε τον Ιησούν περί των μαθητών αυτού και περί της διδαχής αυτού.
20 Jesus replied, “I have always spoken where many people [MTY, HYP] could hear me. I have taught them in (the synagogues/their meeting places) and in the Temple courtyard, in places where many [HYP] Jews come together. I have spoken nothing secretly.
Απεκρίθη προς αυτόν ο Ιησούς· Εγώ παρρησία ελάλησα εις τον κόσμον· εγώ πάντοτε εδίδαξα εν τη συναγωγή και εν τω ιερώ, όπου οι Ιουδαίοι συνέρχονται πάντοτε, και εν κρυπτώ δεν ελάλησα ουδέν.
21 [So] (why are you asking me questions [like this illegally]?/you should not be asking me questions [like this illegally]!) [RHQ] Ask the people who heard what I taught! They certainly know what I said!”
Τι με ερωτάς; ερώτησον τους ακούσαντας, τι ελάλησα προς αυτούς· ιδού, ούτοι εξεύρουσιν όσα είπον εγώ.
22 After Jesus said that, one of the Temple guards standing near him slapped him on his face. He said, “(That is not the way you should answer the high priest!/Is that the way you should answer the high priest?) [RHQ]”
Ότε δε είπε ταύτα, εις των υπηρετών ιστάμενος πλησίον έδωκε ράπισμα εις τον Ιησούν, ειπών· Ούτως αποκρίνεσαι προς τον αρχιερέα;
23 Jesus replied to him, “If I said something that was contrary [to your laws], you could tell [me that what I said that] was wrong. But because I said only what was right, (you should not be striking me!/why are you striking me?) [RHQ]”
Απεκρίθη προς αυτόν ο Ιησούς· Εάν κακώς ελάλησα, μαρτύρησον περί του κακού· εάν δε καλώς, τι με δέρεις;
24 Then after Jesus’ hands were tied {after they tied Jesus hands} [again], Annas sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest.
Είχε δε αποστείλει αυτόν ο Άννας δεδεμένον προς Καϊάφαν τον αρχιερέα.
25 As Simon Peter was standing warming himself [at the fire], someone else said to him, “You are not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” He denied [that he was], and said, “I am not.”
Ο δε Σίμων Πέτρος ίστατο και εθερμαίνετο· είπον λοιπόν προς αυτόν· Μήπως και συ εκ των μαθητών αυτού είσαι; Ηρνήθη εκείνος και είπε· Δεν είμαι.
26 [Later] one of the high priest’s servants, a man who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off [before], said to him, “I saw you with that man in the grove [of olive trees], did I not?”
Λέγει εις εκ των δούλων του αρχιερέως, όστις ήτο συγγενής εκείνου, του οποίου ο Πέτρος απέκοψε το ωτίον· Δεν σε είδον εγώ εν τω κήπω μετ' αυτού;
27 Peter again denied it. Immediately a rooster crowed, [as Jesus had said would happen].
Πάλιν λοιπόν ηρνήθη ο Πέτρος, και ευθύς εφώναξεν ο αλέκτωρ.
28 Then the [Jewish leaders] [SYN] led Jesus from the [home of] Caiaphas to the headquarters [of Pilate, the Roman governor]. It was before dawn. [Pilate was a non-Jew], [and they thought that if they entered his headquarters], they would become unacceptable to God {God would reject them}, [and as a result] they would not be able to eat [the food during] the Passover [celebration]. [Because of that, they did not want to enter Pilate’s headquarters].
Φέρουσι λοιπόν τον Ιησούν από του Καϊάφα εις το πραιτώριον· ήτο δε πρωΐ· και αυτοί δεν εισήλθον εις το πραιτώριον, διά να μη μιανθώσιν, αλλά διά να φάγωσι το πάσχα.
29 So Pilate came out to [talk to] them. He said, “What law do you say that this man has disobeyed?”
Εξήλθε λοιπόν ο Πιλάτος προς αυτούς και είπε· Τίνα κατηγορίαν φέρετε κατά του ανθρώπου τούτου;
30 [They knew that Jesus had not disobeyed any Roman law, so they did not want to answer him. Instead], they said, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you!”
Απεκρίθησαν και είπον προς αυτόν· Εάν ούτος δεν ήτο κακοποιός, δεν ηθέλομεν σοι παραδώσει αυτόν.
31 Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your own laws!” Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said, “[No! We want him executed, but we want you Romans to execute him, because] we Jews have no right to execute anyone!”
Είπε λοιπόν προς αυτούς ο Πιλάτος· Λάβετε αυτόν σεις και κατά τον νόμον σας κρίνατε αυτόν. Είπον δε προς αυτόν οι Ιουδαίοι· Ημείς δεν έχομεν εξουσίαν να θανατώσωμεν ουδένα.
32 [The Romans executed people by nailing them to a cross]. [So], as a result of what [the Jewish leaders said], it was fulfilled {[the Romans] would fulfill} what Jesus had said previously about the way he was going to die.
Διά να πληρωθή ο λόγος του Ιησού, τον οποίον είπε, δεικνύων με ποίον θάνατον έμελλε να αποθάνη.
33 Pilate then went back inside his headquarters. He summoned Jesus. [Because the Jewish leaders had said that Jesus claimed to be a king], Pilate said to Jesus [scornfully], “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Εισήλθε πάλιν εις το πραιτώριον ο Πιλάτος και εφώναξε τον Ιησούν και είπε προς αυτόν· Συ είσαι ο βασιλεύς των Ιουδαίων;
34 Jesus replied, “Are you asking that because you yourself [want to know if I claim to be a king], or because (someone else/Caiaphas) said [that I claim to be their king]?”
Απεκρίθη προς αυτόν ο Ιησούς· Αφ' εαυτού λέγεις συ τούτο, ή άλλοι σοι είπον περί εμού;
35 Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, [so] ([I cannot understand these matters!/how can I understand these matters]?) [RHQ] It was your fellow Jews and your chief priests who brought you to me! What have you done [to make them want to execute you]?”
Απεκρίθη ο Πιλάτος· Μήπως εγώ είμαι Ιουδαίος; το έθνος το ιδικόν σου και οι αρχιερείς σε παρέδωκαν εις εμέ· τι έκαμες;
36 Jesus replied, “It is not people in [MTY] this world who are [making me] king. If it was people in this world who were making me a king, my disciples would have fought in order that the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] would be prevented {to prevent the Jewish [leaders] [SYN]} from seizing me. But it is not [someone here in] this world who is making me a king.”
Απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς· Η βασιλεία η εμή δεν είναι εκ του κόσμου τούτου· εάν η βασιλεία η εμή ήτο εκ του κόσμου τούτου, οι υπηρέται μου ήθελον αγωνίζεσθαι, διά να μη παραδωθώ εις τους Ιουδαίους· τώρα δε η βασιλεία η εμή δεν είναι εντεύθεν.
37 Then Pilate said to him, “So [are you saying that] you are a king?” Jesus replied, “[Yes], what you have said about my being a king [is correct]. I was born to become a king, and I came into this world to tell people the truth [about God]. Everyone who [believes] the truth pays attention to what I say.”
Και ο Πιλάτος είπε προς αυτόν· Λοιπόν βασιλεύς είσαι συ; Απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς· Συ λέγεις ότι βασιλεύς είμαι εγώ. Εγώ διά τούτο εγεννήθην και διά τούτο ήλθον εις τον κόσμον, διά να μαρτυρήσω εις την αλήθειαν. Πας όστις είναι εκ της αληθείας ακούει την φωνήν μου.
38 Pilate said to him, “[How can anyone know] what the truth is?” After he said that, he went outside and talked to the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] again. He said to them, “I do not find that he has done anything at all for which I should punish him.
Λέγει προς αυτόν ο Πιλάτος· Τι είναι αλήθεια; Και τούτο ειπών, πάλιν εξήλθε προς τους Ιουδαίους και λέγει προς αυτούς· Εγώ δεν ευρίσκω ουδέν έγκλημα εν αυτώ·
39 But you [Jews] customarily, [every year] during the Passover [celebration], ask me to release for you [someone who is in prison]. So would you like for me to release for you the [man who you] Jews [say is your] king?”
είναι δε συνήθεια εις εσάς να σας απολύσω ένα εν τω πάσχα· θέλετε λοιπόν να σας απολύσω τον βασιλέα των Ιουδαίων;
40 They shouted again, “No, do not [release] this man! Instead, [release] Barrabas!” But Barrabas was [in prison because he was] a revolutionist!
Πάλιν λοιπόν εκραύγασαν πάντες, λέγοντες· Μη τούτον, αλλά τον Βαραββάν. Ήτο δε ο Βαραββάς ληστής.
