John 7
1 After those things happened, Jesus went around in Galilee [province]. He did not want to travel in Judea [province], because he knew that the Jewish [leaders there] were wanting to kill him.
此后，耶稣便在加利利游历。他不想住在犹太，因为犹太人想要他死。
2 But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
但由于犹太人的住棚节即将到来，
3 Jesus’ [younger] brothers said to him, “[Since many people] here [have left you], you should leave and go to Judea [province and perform] some miracles there, so that your disciples may see them!
耶稣的弟弟们对他说：“你应当离开这里去犹太，让你的追随者能够看到你可以显化的神迹。
4 No one who wants to become famous does things secretly. [You say] you are doing these miracles, [so do some miracles there] so that everyone [MTY] can see them!”
想成名的人不会藏起来。既然你可显化神迹，就应该向世人展示自己！”
5 [They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
即使他的弟弟们也不相信他。
6 So Jesus said to them, “It is not yet time for me [MTY] [to go to the celebration]. For you, any time is right [to go to the celebration].
耶稣就对他们说：“我的时间还没有到，但你们可以去任何地方，因为对你们而言，任何时间都可以。
7 [The people] [MTY] [who] ([do not believe in me/do not belong to God]) cannot hate you, but they hate me because I tell them that what they are doing is evil.
世人没有理由恨你们，但却憎恨我，因为我表明他们的行为是邪恶的。
8 You [(pl)] go ahead to the celebration. I am not going up [to Jerusalem] to the celebration [yet], because now is not the right time for me [to go].”
你们去过节吧！我就不去这个节日了，因为我的时机还没到，还不成熟。”
9 After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
说完这番话，他继续留在加利利。
10 However, [a few days] after his younger brothers left to go up to the celebration, he went also. He went, along with [us] disciples, but no others went with us.
他的弟弟们去过节以后，耶稣也去了，但没有公开，而是躲开了众人的视线。
11 At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
在节日期间，犹太人的首领们四处寻找耶稣，不断问众人：“他在哪儿？”
12 Among the crowds, many people were whispering about Jesus. Some were saying, “He is a good man!” But others were saying instead, “No! He is deceiving the crowds!”
人群中有很多人开始谈论耶稣，有的说：“他是好人。”有的说：“不，他就是个骗子。”
13 But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
但没有人敢公开这样说，怕犹太人首领会对付他们。
14 In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
逾越节过半，耶稣来到圣殿，开始教导众人。
15 The Jewish [elders] were amazed [at what he was saying]. They said, “This man never studied [in one of our religious schools]! So (how can he have learned [so much about Scripture]?/it is difficult for us to believe that he has learned [so much about Scripture]!) [RHQ]”
犹太人首领对此颇感意外，于是询问道：“这人没有学过教育，为什么如此有学识？”
16 Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
耶稣回答：“我的学识并非源于自己，而是来自派我到这里的那个人。
17 Those who choose to do what God wants will find out whether what I teach comes from God or whether I am speaking with [only] my own [authority].
你若选择遵循上帝的意愿，就会知道我这学识是出于上帝，还是仅在讲述我个人的想法。
18 Those who speak with [only] their own [authority] do that [only] so that others will honor them. But I am [doing things so that others] will honor the one who sent me, and I am someone who speaks the truth. I never lie.
如果你讲述的是自己的想法，就是想要荣耀自己。但如果你只是为了让派你前来之人获得荣耀，这才是真诚，才不会存在谎言。
19 [Think about] the laws that Moses gave you [RHQ]. None of you [completely] obeys those laws. So why are you trying to kill me, [saying I do not obey the laws concerning] ([the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest])?”
摩西给你们带来了律法，是不是？但你们没有一个人遵行这律法。你们为什么想要杀我？”
20 Someone in the crowd answered, “[By saying this you show that] you are crazy (OR, A demon is controlling you)! Certainly no one is trying to kill you!”
众人回答：“你是魔鬼附体！没人想要杀你！”
21 Jesus replied to them, “Because I did a miracle [of healing someone] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), you are all shocked.
耶稣回答：“我显化了一个神迹，你们为止感到震惊。
22 Moses gave you [a law that you must] circumcise [the male children and that you must do that exactly seven days after they are born. Actually], it was your ancestors, [Abraham and Isaac and Jacob], not Moses, who [started that ritual]. But because of that law, you sometimes circumcise them (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), [but that is working, too]
摩西告诉你们要进行割礼——其实这并非源自摩西，而是源自他之前的祖先。所以你们在安息日也会进行割礼。
23 You [sometimes] circumcise boys (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) so that the law of Moses is not disobeyed {[you] do not disobey the law of Moses}, so (it is ridiculous that you are angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man!/why are you angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man?) [RHQ] [Healing someone is far more helpful than circumcising a baby boy]!
如果为了遵循摩西的律法，你们在安息日举行割礼，那么我在安息日让一个人痊愈，为什么会让你们怒火中烧呢？
24 Stop deciding whether my healing this man is wrong according to what you see! Instead, decide according to what is really the right action [to help people]”!
不要因外貌而判断别人，要做出正确的决定。”
25 Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “(This is the man that they are trying to kill!/Isn’t this the man that they are trying to kill?) [RHQ]
这时，有几个来自耶路撒冷的人开始思量：“这就是他们想要杀的人吗？
26 He is saying these things (publicly/in front of many people), but our [Jewish] rulers are not saying anything to [oppose] him. Is that because they have decided that he is truly (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)?
但你看他说话如此坦诚，他们却保持沉默，你觉得长官们真的相信这就是基督吗？
27 But [he cannot be the Messiah, because] we know where this man came from. When the Messiah really comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
那是不可能的，我们知道他从哪里来，而基督到来之际，没有人知道他从何而来。”
28 [They said that because they thought Jesus was born in Nazareth]. So while Jesus was teaching [people] in the Temple [courtyard], he shouted, “Yes, [you say that] you know me, and [you think] you know [IRO] where I am from. But I have come here not (because I appointed myself/with my own authority). Instead, [God] is the one who truly sent me. You do not know him.
此刻耶稣正在殿里教导众人，他高声说：“你们以为认识我，知道我从何而来。但我来此并非出于我的意愿，那派我来此的人真实存在，你们不认识他。
29 But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
但我认识他，因为我从他那里而来，也是受他派遣。”
30 Then they tried to seize him [because he said that he had come from God]. But no one put their hands on him [to do that], because it was not yet the time [MTY] [for him to die].
于是犹太长官想要逮捕他，但没有人下手，因为他的时刻尚未到来。
31 But many of the crowd believed that he [had come from God]. They said, “When the Messiah comes, he certainly will not do more miracles than this man has done, will he?”
但民众中有许多人相信他。他们说：“如果基督出现，难道会比这个人显化更多神迹吗？”
32 The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
法利赛人听到民众低声议论耶稣，他们和牧师长就派差役去逮捕耶稣。
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
这时候耶稣对众人说：“我和你们在一起的时间不多了，但我要回到派我前来之人那里去。
34 Then you will search for me, but you will not find me. And you will not be able to come to the place where I am.”
你们会寻找我，但找不到，我将去的地方，你们无法进去。”
35 So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said to themselves, “Where is this man about to go with the result that we will not be able to find him? [Some Jewish people have] dispersed [and live] among Greek people. He is not intending to go [and live among them] and teach them, is he?
犹太人彼此谈论：“这人要去哪个我们找不到的地方呢？难道他去的地方在异教徒那里吗？他想去教导异教徒？
36 When he said ‘You will search for me, but you will not be able to find me,’ and when he said ‘You will not be able to come to the place where I am,’ what [did he mean]?”
他说‘你们会寻找我，但找不到。我将去的地方，你们无法进去’这话，是什么意思？”
37 [On each of the seven days of the celebration, the high priest poured out some water on the altar in the Temple to remember how God provided water for the people in the desolate area long ago. But the water he poured did not help anyone who was thirsty. So] on the last day of the festival, which was the most important day, Jesus stood up [in the Temple courtyard] and said with a loud voice, “Those who are thirsty should come to me to drink [what I will give them].
在节日的最后一天、也是最隆重的那一天，耶稣站立高呼：“如果你渴了，到我这里来解渴！
38 Just like the Scriptures teach, streams of water shall flow out from within those who believe in me, and that water will cause them to live [eternally].”
正如经文所说，信我者，身体将流淌赋予生命的溪流。”
39 When Jesus said that, he was referring to [God’s] Spirit, whom those who believed in Jesus would receive later. Up to that time God had not sent the Spirit [to live within believers], because Jesus had not yet [died and returned to his] glorious [home in] heaven, [from where he would send the Spirit].
他所指的是：相信他的人之后会获得圣灵，但因为耶稣尚未获得荣耀，所以圣灵还没有降临。
40 When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, “Surely this man is the prophet [whom God promised to send who would be like Moses]!”
人群中有人听到这番话，就说：“他真的是先知！”
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah!” But others, [thinking Jesus was born in Galilee], said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee [province], will he?
有人说：“他是基督！”还有人说：“基督怎么能来自加利利呢？
42 (Did [a prophet] not write in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived?/[It is written] in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived!) [RHQ]”
经文不是说基督是大卫的后裔，来自大卫的家乡伯利恒吗？”
43 So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
众人因对他的看法完全不同而争论起来，。
44 Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
有人想逮捕耶稣，但没有人这样做。
45 So the Temple guards returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees, [the ones who had sent them to arrest Jesus]. They said to the guards, “Why did you not [seize him and] bring him [here]?”
卫兵随后回到牧师长和法利赛人那里。他们问卫兵：“为什么没有把他带来？”
46 They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
卫兵回答：“从来没有人像他这样讲话。”
47 Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
法利赛人说：“连你们也上当了？
48 (None of our rulers nor any of us Pharisees have believed that (he [is the Messiah]!/he [came from God]!)/Have any of our [Jewish] rulers or any of us Pharisees believed that (he [is the Messiah]?/he [came from God]?)) [RHQ]
长官或法利赛人中有谁信他吗？没有！
49 Not one! But, on the contrary, some of this crowd [have believed in him]. They do not know [the true teachings of] our laws! They will go to hell [for listening to him]!” (questioned)
至于这群完全不懂律法之人，他们就是被咒诅的一群人！”
50 Then Nicodemus spoke. He was the one who earlier went to Jesus [at night]. He was also a member of the Jewish council. He said to [the rest of the Council members],
他们当中有一人叫做尼哥德慕，以前曾经去见过耶稣。他对他们说：
51 “[We] have not listened to what he says to find out what he is doing. (It is not permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him!/Is it permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him?) [RHQ]”
“难道不该先审讯一下吗？查明他到底做了什么，否则我们的律法怎能给他定罪？”
52 They replied to him, “(Are you another [disgusting person] from Galilee?/[You talk like] another [disgusting person] from Galilee!) [RHQ] Read [what is written in the Scriptures] You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee [province, like he does]!”
他们回答：“那么你也是从加利利来的吗？去看看经文吧，你就知道先知并非来自加利利。”
53 [Then they all left and went to their own homes.
然后众人都回家了。
