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.
१आदि में वचन था, और वचन परमेश्वर के साथ था, और वचन परमेश्वर था।
2 He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
२यही आदि में परमेश्वर के साथ था।
3 He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
३सब कुछ उसी के द्वारा उत्पन्न हुआ और जो कुछ उत्पन्न हुआ है, उसमें से कोई भी वस्तु उसके बिना उत्पन्न न हुई।
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].
४उसमें जीवन था; और वह जीवन मनुष्यों की ज्योति था।
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.)
५और ज्योति अंधकार में चमकती है; और अंधकार ने उसे ग्रहण न किया।
6 A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
६एक मनुष्य परमेश्वर की ओर से भेजा हुआ, जिसका नाम यूहन्ना था।
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].
७यह गवाही देने आया, कि ज्योति की गवाही दे, ताकि सब उसके द्वारा विश्वास लाएँ।
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.
८वह आप तो वह ज्योति न था, परन्तु उस ज्योति की गवाही देने के लिये आया था।
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].
९सच्ची ज्योति जो हर एक मनुष्य को प्रकाशित करती है, जगत में आनेवाली थी।
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.)
१०वह जगत में था, और जगत उसके द्वारा उत्पन्न हुआ, और जगत ने उसे नहीं पहचाना।
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).
११वह अपने घर में आया और उसके अपनों ने उसे ग्रहण नहीं किया।
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].
१२परन्तु जितनों ने उसे ग्रहण किया, उसने उन्हें परमेश्वर के सन्तान होने का अधिकार दिया, अर्थात् उन्हें जो उसके नाम पर विश्वास रखते हैं
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.
१३वे न तो लहू से, न शरीर की इच्छा से, न मनुष्य की इच्छा से, परन्तु परमेश्वर से उत्पन्न हुए हैं।
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].
१४और वचन देहधारी हुआ; और अनुग्रह और सच्चाई से परिपूर्ण होकर हमारे बीच में डेरा किया, और हमने उसकी ऐसी महिमा देखी, जैसी पिता के एकलौते की महिमा।
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]!”
१५यूहन्ना ने उसके विषय में गवाही दी, और पुकारकर कहा, “यह वही है, जिसका मैंने वर्णन किया, कि जो मेरे बाद आ रहा है, वह मुझसे बढ़कर है, क्योंकि वह मुझसे पहले था।”
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.
१६क्योंकि उसकी परिपूर्णता से हम सब ने प्राप्त किया अर्थात् अनुग्रह पर अनुग्रह।
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].
१७इसलिए कि व्यवस्था तो मूसा के द्वारा दी गई, परन्तु अनुग्रह और सच्चाई यीशु मसीह के द्वारा पहुँची।
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.
१८परमेश्वर को किसी ने कभी नहीं देखा, एकलौता पुत्र जो पिता की गोद में हैं, उसी ने उसे प्रगट किया।
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?”
१९यूहन्ना की गवाही यह है, कि जब यहूदियों ने यरूशलेम से याजकों और लेवियों को उससे यह पूछने के लिये भेजा, “तू कौन है?”
20 So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
२०तो उसने यह मान लिया, और इन्कार नहीं किया, परन्तु मान लिया “मैं मसीह नहीं हूँ।”
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.”
२१तब उन्होंने उससे पूछा, “तो फिर कौन है? क्या तू एलिय्याह है?” उसने कहा, “मैं नहीं हूँ।” “तो क्या तू वह भविष्यद्वक्ता है?” उसने उत्तर दिया, “नहीं।”
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?”
२२तब उन्होंने उससे पूछा, “फिर तू है कौन? ताकि हम अपने भेजनेवालों को उत्तर दें। तू अपने विषय में क्या कहता है?”
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].
२३उसने कहा, “जैसा यशायाह भविष्यद्वक्ता ने कहा है, ‘मैं जंगल में एक पुकारनेवाले का शब्द हूँ कि तुम प्रभु का मार्ग सीधा करो।’”
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}.
२४ये फरीसियों की ओर से भेजे गए थे।
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]?”
२५उन्होंने उससे यह प्रश्न पूछा, “यदि तू न मसीह है, और न एलिय्याह, और न वह भविष्यद्वक्ता है, तो फिर बपतिस्मा क्यों देता है?”
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.
२६यूहन्ना ने उनको उत्तर दिया, “मैं तो जल से बपतिस्मा देता हूँ, परन्तु तुम्हारे बीच में एक व्यक्ति खड़ा है, जिसे तुम नहीं जानते।
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.”
२७अर्थात् मेरे बाद आनेवाला है, जिसकी जूती का फीता मैं खोलने के योग्य नहीं।”
28 Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
२८ये बातें यरदन के पार बैतनिय्याह में हुईं, जहाँ यूहन्ना बपतिस्मा देता था।
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.
२९दूसरे दिन उसने यीशु को अपनी ओर आते देखकर कहा, “देखो, यह परमेश्वर का मेम्ना है, जो जगत के पाप हरता है।
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.’
३०यह वही है, जिसके विषय में मैंने कहा था, कि एक पुरुष मेरे पीछे आता है, जो मुझसे श्रेष्ठ है, क्योंकि वह मुझसे पहले था।
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.”
३१और मैं तो उसे पहचानता न था, परन्तु इसलिए मैं जल से बपतिस्मा देता हुआ आया, कि वह इस्राएल पर प्रगट हो जाए।”
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.
३२और यूहन्ना ने यह गवाही दी, “मैंने आत्मा को कबूतर के रूप में आकाश से उतरते देखा है, और वह उस पर ठहर गया।
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].’
३३और मैं तो उसे पहचानता नहीं था, परन्तु जिसने मुझे जल से बपतिस्मा देने को भेजा, उसी ने मुझसे कहा, ‘जिस पर तू आत्मा को उतरते और ठहरते देखे; वही पवित्र आत्मा से बपतिस्मा देनेवाला है।’
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).”
३४और मैंने देखा, और गवाही दी है कि यही परमेश्वर का पुत्र है।”
35 The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
३५दूसरे दिन फिर यूहन्ना और उसके चेलों में से दो जन खड़े हुए थे।
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!]”
३६और उसने यीशु पर जो जा रहा था, दृष्टि करके कहा, “देखो, यह परमेश्वर का मेम्ना है।”
37 (When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
३७तब वे दोनों चेले उसकी सुनकर यीशु के पीछे हो लिए।
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].”
३८यीशु ने मुड़कर और उनको पीछे आते देखकर उनसे कहा, “तुम किसकी खोज में हो?” उन्होंने उससे कहा, “हे रब्बी, (अर्थात् हे गुरु), तू कहाँ रहता है?”
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).
३९उसने उनसे कहा, “चलो, तो देख लोगे।” तब उन्होंने आकर उसके रहने का स्थान देखा, और उस दिन उसी के साथ रहे; और यह दसवें घंटे के लगभग था।
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.
४०उन दोनों में से, जो यूहन्ना की बात सुनकर यीशु के पीछे हो लिए थे, एक शमौन पतरस का भाई अन्द्रियास था।
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!”
४१उसने पहले अपने सगे भाई शमौन से मिलकर उससे कहा, “हमको ख्रिस्त अर्थात् मसीह मिल गया।”
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.
४२वह उसे यीशु के पास लाया: यीशु ने उस पर दृष्टि करके कहा, “तू यूहन्ना का पुत्र शमौन है, तूकैफाअर्थात् पतरस कहलाएगा।”
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!”
४३दूसरे दिन यीशु ने गलील को जाना चाहा, और फिलिप्पुस से मिलकर कहा, “मेरे पीछे हो ले।”
44 Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
४४फिलिप्पुस तो अन्द्रियास और पतरस के नगर बैतसैदा का निवासी था।
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.”
४५फिलिप्पुस ने नतनएल से मिलकर उससे कहा, “जिसका वर्णन मूसा ने व्यवस्था में और भविष्यद्वक्ताओं ने किया है, वह हमको मिल गया; वह यूसुफ का पुत्र, यीशु नासरी है।”
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!”
४६नतनएल ने उससे कहा, “क्या कोई अच्छी वस्तु भी नासरत से निकल सकती है?” फिलिप्पुस ने उससे कहा, “चलकर देख ले।”
47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
४७यीशु ने नतनएल को अपनी ओर आते देखकर उसके विषय में कहा, “देखो, यह सचमुच इस्राएली है: इसमें कपट नहीं।”
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.”
४८नतनएल ने उससे कहा, “तू मुझे कैसे जानता है?” यीशु ने उसको उत्तर दिया, “इससे पहले कि फिलिप्पुस ने तुझे बुलाया, जब तू अंजीर के पेड़ के तले था, तब मैंने तुझे देखा था।”
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]!”
४९नतनएल ने उसको उत्तर दिया, “हे रब्बी, तू परमेश्वर का पुत्र हे; तू इस्राएल का महाराजा है।”
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!”
५०यीशु ने उसको उत्तर दिया, “मैंने जो तुझ से कहा, कि मैंने तुझे अंजीर के पेड़ के तले देखा, क्या तू इसलिए विश्वास करता है? तू इससे भी बड़े-बड़े काम देखेगा।”
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.”
५१फिर उससे कहा, “मैं तुम से सच-सच कहता हूँ कि तुम स्वर्ग को खुला हुआ, और परमेश्वर के स्वर्गदूतों को ऊपर जाते और मनुष्य के पुत्र के ऊपर उतरते देखोगे।”
