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.
εν αρχη ην ο λογοσ και ο λογοσ ην προσ τον θεον και θεοσ ην ο λογοσ
2 He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
ουτοσ ην εν αρχη προσ τον θεον
3 He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
παντα δι αυτου εγενετο και χωρισ αυτου εγενετο ουδε εν ο γεγονεν
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].
εν αυτω ζωη ην και η ζωη ην το φωσ των ανθρωπων
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.)
και το φωσ εν τη σκοτια φαινει και η σκοτια αυτο ου κατελαβεν
6 A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
εγενετο ανθρωποσ απεσταλμενοσ παρα θεου ονομα αυτω ιωαννησ
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].
ουτοσ ηλθεν εισ μαρτυριαν ινα μαρτυρηση περι του φωτοσ ινα παντεσ πιστευσωσιν δι αυτου
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.
ουκ ην εκεινοσ το φωσ αλλ ινα μαρτυρηση περι του φωτοσ
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].
ην το φωσ το αληθινον ο φωτιζει παντα ανθρωπον ερχομενον εισ τον κοσμον
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.)
εν τω κοσμω ην και ο κοσμοσ δι αυτου εγενετο και ο κοσμοσ αυτον ουκ εγνω
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).
εισ τα ιδια ηλθεν και οι ιδιοι αυτον ου παρελαβον
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].
οσοι δε ελαβον αυτον εδωκεν αυτοισ εξουσιαν τεκνα θεου γενεσθαι τοισ πιστευουσιν εισ το ονομα αυτου
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.
οι ουκ εξ αιματων ουδε εκ θεληματοσ σαρκοσ ουδε εκ θεληματοσ ανδροσ αλλ εκ θεου εγεννηθησαν
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].
και ο λογοσ σαρξ εγενετο και εσκηνωσεν εν ημιν και εθεασαμεθα την δοξαν αυτου δοξαν ωσ μονογενουσ παρα πατροσ πληρησ χαριτοσ και αληθειασ
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]!”
ιωαννησ μαρτυρει περι αυτου και κεκραγεν λεγων ουτοσ ην ον ειπον ο οπισω μου ερχομενοσ εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν οτι πρωτοσ μου ην
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.
και εκ του πληρωματοσ αυτου ημεισ παντεσ ελαβομεν και χαριν αντι χαριτοσ
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].
οτι ο νομοσ δια μωσεωσ εδοθη η χαρισ και η αληθεια δια ιησου χριστου εγενετο
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.
θεον ουδεισ εωρακεν πωποτε ο μονογενησ υιοσ ο ων εισ τον κολπον του πατροσ εκεινοσ εξηγησατο
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?”
και αυτη εστιν η μαρτυρια του ιωαννου οτε απεστειλαν οι ιουδαιοι εξ ιεροσολυμων ιερεισ και λευιτασ ινα ερωτησωσιν αυτον συ τισ ει
20 So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
και ωμολογησεν και ουκ ηρνησατο και ωμολογησεν οτι ουκ ειμι εγω ο χριστοσ
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.”
και ηρωτησαν αυτον τι ουν ηλιασ ει συ και λεγει ουκ ειμι ο προφητησ ει συ και απεκριθη ου
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?”
ειπον ουν αυτω τισ ει ινα αποκρισιν δωμεν τοισ πεμψασιν ημασ τι λεγεισ περι σεαυτου
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].
εφη εγω φωνη βοωντοσ εν τη ερημω ευθυνατε την οδον κυριου καθωσ ειπεν ησαιασ ο προφητησ
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}.
και οι απεσταλμενοι ησαν εκ των φαρισαιων
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]?”
και ηρωτησαν αυτον και ειπον αυτω τι ουν βαπτιζεισ ει συ ουκ ει ο χριστοσ ουτε ηλιασ ουτε ο προφητησ
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.
απεκριθη αυτοισ ο ιωαννησ λεγων εγω βαπτιζω εν υδατι μεσοσ δε υμων εστηκεν ον υμεισ ουκ οιδατε
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.”
αυτοσ εστιν ο οπισω μου ερχομενοσ οσ εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν ου εγω ουκ ειμι αξιοσ ινα λυσω αυτου τον ιμαντα του υποδηματοσ
28 Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
ταυτα εν βηθανια εγενετο περαν του ιορδανου οπου ην ιωαννησ βαπτιζων
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.
τη επαυριον βλεπει τον ιησουν ερχομενον προσ αυτον και λεγει ιδε ο αμνοσ του θεου ο αιρων την αμαρτιαν του κοσμου
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.’
ουτοσ εστιν περι ου εγω ειπον οπισω μου ερχεται ανηρ οσ εμπροσθεν μου γεγονεν οτι πρωτοσ μου ην
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.”
καγω ουκ ηδειν αυτον αλλ ινα φανερωθη τω ισραηλ δια τουτο ηλθον εγω εν τω υδατι βαπτιζων
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.
και εμαρτυρησεν ιωαννησ λεγων οτι τεθεαμαι το πνευμα καταβαινον ωσει περιστεραν εξ ουρανου και εμεινεν επ αυτον
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].’
καγω ουκ ηδειν αυτον αλλ ο πεμψασ με βαπτιζειν εν υδατι εκεινοσ μοι ειπεν εφ ον αν ιδησ το πνευμα καταβαινον και μενον επ αυτον ουτοσ εστιν ο βαπτιζων εν πνευματι αγιω
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).”
καγω εωρακα και μεμαρτυρηκα οτι ουτοσ εστιν ο υιοσ του θεου
35 The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
τη επαυριον παλιν ειστηκει ο ιωαννησ και εκ των μαθητων αυτου δυο
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!]”
και εμβλεψασ τω ιησου περιπατουντι λεγει ιδε ο αμνοσ του θεου
37 (When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
και ηκουσαν αυτου οι δυο μαθηται λαλουντοσ και ηκολουθησαν τω ιησου
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].”
στραφεισ δε ο ιησουσ και θεασαμενοσ αυτουσ ακολουθουντασ λεγει αυτοισ τι ζητειτε οι δε ειπον αυτω ραββι ο λεγεται ερμηνευομενον διδασκαλε που μενεισ
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).
λεγει αυτοισ ερχεσθε και ιδετε ηλθον και ειδον που μενει και παρ αυτω εμειναν την ημεραν εκεινην ωρα ην ωσ δεκατη
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.
ην ανδρεασ ο αδελφοσ σιμωνοσ πετρου εισ εκ των δυο των ακουσαντων παρα ιωαννου και ακολουθησαντων αυτω
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!”
ευρισκει ουτοσ πρωτοσ τον αδελφον τον ιδιον σιμωνα και λεγει αυτω ευρηκαμεν τον μεσιαν ο εστιν μεθερμηνευομενον χριστοσ
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.
και ηγαγεν αυτον προσ τον ιησουν εμβλεψασ αυτω ο ιησουσ ειπεν συ ει σιμων ο υιοσ ιωνα συ κληθηση κηφασ ο ερμηνευεται πετροσ
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!”
τη επαυριον ηθελησεν εξελθειν εισ την γαλιλαιαν και ευρισκει φιλιππον και λεγει αυτω ο ιησουσ ακολουθει μοι
44 Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
ην δε ο φιλιπποσ απο βηθσαιδα εκ τησ πολεωσ ανδρεου και πετρου
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.”
ευρισκει φιλιπποσ τον ναθαναηλ και λεγει αυτω ον εγραψεν μωσησ εν τω νομω και οι προφηται ευρηκαμεν ιησουν τον υιον του ιωσηφ τον απο ναζαρετ
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!”
και ειπεν αυτω ναθαναηλ εκ ναζαρετ δυναται τι αγαθον ειναι λεγει αυτω φιλιπποσ ερχου και ιδε
47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
ειδεν ο ιησουσ τον ναθαναηλ ερχομενον προσ αυτον και λεγει περι αυτου ιδε αληθωσ ισραηλιτησ εν ω δολοσ ουκ εστιν
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.”
λεγει αυτω ναθαναηλ ποθεν με γινωσκεισ απεκριθη ιησουσ και ειπεν αυτω προ του σε φιλιππον φωνησαι οντα υπο την συκην ειδον σε
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]!”
απεκριθη ναθαναηλ και λεγει αυτω ραββι συ ει ο υιοσ του θεου συ ει ο βασιλευσ του ισραηλ
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!”
απεκριθη ιησουσ και ειπεν αυτω οτι ειπον σοι ειδον σε υποκατω τησ συκησ πιστευεισ μειζω τουτων οψει
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.”
και λεγει αυτω αμην αμην λεγω υμιν απ αρτι οψεσθε τον ουρανον ανεωγοτα και τουσ αγγελουσ του θεου αναβαινοντασ και καταβαινοντασ επι τον υιον του ανθρωπου
