John 2
1 Two days later there was a wedding [celebration] in Cana [town], in Galilee [district]. Jesus’ mother was there.
| دو روز بعد، مادر عیسی در یک جشن عروسی در دهکدهٔ قانا در جلیل میهمان بود. |
2 Jesus and [we] his disciples [were also there, because] we had been invited {someone had invited us} also.
| عیسی و شاگردان او نیز به عروسی دعوت شده بودند. |
3 When the guests had drunk all the wine [that was there], Jesus’ mother said to him, “The wine is all gone; [can you do something about that]?”
| هنگام جشن، شراب تمام شد. مادر عیسی با نگرانی نزد او آمد و گفت: «شراب ندارند!» |
4 Jesus said to her, “Ma’am/Woman, (do not [tell] me [what to do]!/why do you [tell] me [what to do]?) [RHQ] It is not yet time [MTY] [to show] that I am [the Messiah by working miracles].”
| عیسی فرمود: «بانوی گرامی، چرا مرا درگیر این کار می‌سازی؟ زمان من هنوز فرا نرسیده است.» |
5 Then Jesus’ mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you!”
| با این حال، مادر عیسی به خدمتکاران گفت: «هر چه به شما می‌گوید، انجام دهید.» |
6 There were six [empty] stone jars there. The Jews [habitually put water in them] to use for washing things [to make them acceptable to God]. Each jar held (20 to 30 gallons/80 to 120 liters).
| در آنجا شش خمرهٔ سنگی بود که فقط در مراسم مذهبی یهودیان از آن استفاده می‌شد و گنجایش هر یک حدود صد لیتر بود. |
7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water!” So they filled the jars to the brim.
| عیسی به خدمتکاران فرمود: «این خمره‌ها را پر از آب کنید.» |
8 Then he told them, “Now, ladle out some [of it] and take it (to the head waiter/to the master of ceremonies).” So the servants did that.
| وقتی پر کردند، فرمود: «حالا کمی از آن را بردارید و نزد رئیس مجلس ببرید!» |
9 (The head waiter/The master of ceremonies) tasted the water, which had now become wine. He did not know where the wine had come from, but the servants who had ladled out the wine knew. [The wine was delicious]! So he called the bridegroom over,
| رئیس مجلس خبر نداشت آن آب را که شراب شده بود، از کجا آورده‌اند (هرچند خدمتکاران می‌دانستند). پس وقتی آن را چشید، داماد را صدا زد |
10 and said to him, “Everyone [else] serves the best wine first. Then when the guests have drunk so much [that they cannot tell the difference], [they serve] the cheap wine. But you [have not done what others do]. You have kept the best wine until now!”
| و گفت: «میزبانان همیشه با شراب خوب از میهمانان پذیرایی می‌کنند و بعد که همه سرشان گرم شد، شراب ارزانتر را می‌آورند. ولی تو شراب خوب را برای آخر نگه داشته‌ای.» |
11 That was the first miracle that Jesus did. He did it in Cana [town], in Galilee [district]. By doing it he showed how awesome he is, and as a result, [we] his disciples believed that he [truly was the Messiah].
| بدین ترتیب عیسی نخستین نشانۀ معجزه‌آسای خود را در قانای جلیل به ظهور آورد و جلال خود را آشکار ساخت و شاگردانش به او ایمان آوردند. |
12 Jesus then went down to Capernaum [city] with his mother and [younger] brothers and [us] his disciples. We stayed there several days.
| سپس عیسی با مادر، برادران و شاگردان خود برای چند روز به شهر کَفَرناحوم رفت. |
13 Later, when it was almost time for the Jewish Passover [celebration], Jesus [and we his disciples] went up to Jerusalem.
| عید پِسَح که یکی از اعیاد بزرگ یهود بود، نزدیک می‌شد. پس عیسی به شهر اورشلیم رفت. |
14 There, in the Temple [courtyard], he saw some men who were selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons [for sacrifices]. He also saw men who were sitting at tables, [making a big profit as they] gave people [Temple tax] coins in exchange for [their Roman] coins.
| آنجا، در معبد، مردم را دید که برای انجام مراسم قربانی، به خرید و فروش گاو، گوسفند و کبوتر مشغولند. صرّافان پولها را روی میزها چیده بودند و با مشتری‌ها داد و ستد می‌کردند. |
15 Then Jesus made a whip from some cords and [used it to] chase out the sheep and cattle from the Temple [courtyard]. By overturning their tables he scattered the coins of the men who were exchanging them.
| عیسی با طناب، تازیانه‌ای ساخت و همه را از آنجا بیرون کرد. او گاوان و گوسفندان را بیرون راند و سکه‌های صرافان را بر زمین ریخت و میزهای ایشان را واژگون ساخت. |
16 He said to those who were selling doves, “Take these doves away [from here]! Stop [defiling] my Father’s Temple [by] making it a market!”
| سپس به سراغ کبوترفروشان رفت و گفت: «اینها را از اینجا بیرون ببرید و خانهٔ پدر مرا به بازار تبدیل نکنید.» |
17 Then [we] disciples remembered that these words had been written {that [someone/David] had written [these words]} [in the Scriptures prophesying what the Messiah would say]: “Others [PRS] will strongly oppose me because I greatly desire that [people respect] your Sacred Tent.”
| آنگاه شاگردان او آن نبوّت کتب مقدّس را به یاد آوردند که می‌فرماید: «اشتیاقی که برای خانۀ تو دارم، مثل آتش در من زبانه می‌کشد.» |
18 So [one of] the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] replied to him, “What miracle will you perform to show us that [you have authority from God] to do these things?”
| سران قوم یهود از عیسی پرسیدند: «تو چه اجازه و اختیاری داری که این کارها را انجام دهی؟ اگر خدا اجازۀ این را به تو داده، با نشانه‌ای معجزه‌آسا آن را به ما ثابت کن!» |
19 Jesus replied to them, “If/When you destroy this temple, I will build it again within three days.”
| عیسی جواب داد: «بسیار خوب، معجزه‌ای که برای شما می‌کنم این است: این معبد را خراب کنید تا من در عرض سه روز آن را دوباره بسازم!» |
20 So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said, “We have been building this Temple for 46 years [and it is not finished yet]! So (there is no way you will build it within three days!/how will you build it within three days?) [RHQ]”
| گفتند: «چه می‌گویی؟ چهل و شش سال طول کشید تا این خانه را ساختند. تو می‌خواهی در سه روز آن را بسازی؟» |
21 But when Jesus said that about the temple, [he was really talking about] his own body.
| ولی منظور عیسی از «این معبد»، بدن خودش بود. |
22 [Later], after Jesus had [died and had] become alive again, [we] his disciples remembered the words he had said. As a result, we believed [what had been prophesied in] the Scriptures [about the Messiah becoming alive again], and we believed that what Jesus said [was true].
| پس از اینکه عیسی از میان مردگان برخاست و زنده شد، شاگردانش این گفتهٔ او را به یاد آوردند. آنگاه به کتب مقدّس و نیز به کلام عیسی ایمان آوردند. |
23 While Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many people came to believe [that he was the Messiah] because they saw the miracles he was performing.
| به خاطر نشانه‌های معجزآسای او در روزهای عید، بسیاری در اورشلیم به او ایمان آوردند. |
24 But he did not let them tell him what he should do [as the Messiah], because he knew within himself what they were all [thinking].
| ولی عیسی به آنها اعتماد نکرد، چون از قلب مردم آگاه بود، |
25 He did not need anyone to tell him what others were thinking, because he already knew what they were [thinking and wanting].
| و لازم نبود کسی به او بگوید که مردم چقدر زود تغییر عقیده می‌دهند، چون او انسان را خوب می‌شناخت. |
