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.
آدَو وادَ آسِیتْ سَ چَ وادَ اِیشْوَرینَ سارْدھَماسِیتْ سَ وادَح سْوَیَمِیشْوَرَ ایوَ۔
2 He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
سَ آداوِیشْوَرینَ سَہاسِیتْ۔
3 He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
تینَ سَرْوَّں وَسْتُ سَسرِجے سَرْوّیشُ سرِشْٹَوَسْتُشُ کِمَپِ وَسْتُ تیناسرِشْٹَں ناسْتِ۔
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].
سَ جِیوَنَسْیاکارَح، تَچَّ جِیوَنَں مَنُشْیاناں جْیوتِح
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.)
تَجّیوتِرَنْدھَکارے پْرَچَکاشے کِنْتْوَنْدھَکارَسْتَنَّ جَگْراہَ۔
6 A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
یوہَنْ نامَکَ ایکو مَنُجَ اِیشْوَرینَ پْریشَیانْچَکْرے۔
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].
تَدْوارا یَتھا سَرْوّے وِشْوَسَنْتِ تَدَرْتھَں سَ تَجّیوتِشِ پْرَمانَں داتُں ساکْشِسْوَرُوپو بھُوتْواگَمَتْ،
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.
سَ سْوَیَں تَجّیوتِ رْنَ کِنْتُ تَجّیوتِشِ پْرَمانَں داتُماگَمَتْ۔
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].
جَگَتْیاگَتْیَ یَح سَرْوَّمَنُجیبھْیو دِیپْتِں دَداتِ تَدیوَ سَتْیَجْیوتِح۔
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.)
سَ یَجَّگَدَسرِجَتْ تَنْمَدْیَ ایوَ سَ آسِیتْ کِنْتُ جَگَتو لوکاسْتَں ناجانَنْ۔
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).
نِجادھِکارَں سَ آگَچّھَتْ کِنْتُ پْرَجاسْتَں ناگرِہْلَنْ۔
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].
تَتھاپِ یے یے تَمَگرِہْلَنْ اَرْتھاتْ تَسْیَ نامْنِ وْیَشْوَسَنْ تیبھْیَ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ پُتْرا بھَوِتُمْ اَدھِکارَمْ اَدَداتْ۔
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.
تیشاں جَنِح شونِتانَّ شارِیرِکابھِلاشانَّ مانَوانامِچّھاتو نَ کِنْتْوِیشْوَرادَبھَوَتْ۔
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].
سَ وادو مَنُشْیَرُوپیناوَتِیرْیَّ سَتْیَتانُگْرَہابھْیاں پَرِپُورْنَح سَنْ سارْدھَمْ اَسْمابھِ رْنْیَوَسَتْ تَتَح پِتُرَدْوِتِییَپُتْرَسْیَ یوگْیو یو مَہِما تَں مَہِمانَں تَسْیاپَشْیامَ۔
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]!”
تَتو یوہَنَپِ پْرَچارْیَّ ساکْشْیَمِدَں دَتَّوانْ یو مَمَ پَشْچادْ آگَمِشْیَتِ سَ مَتّو گُرُتَرَح؛ یَتو مَتْپُورْوَّں سَ وِدْیَمانَ آسِیتْ؛ یَدَرْتھَمْ اَہَں ساکْشْیَمِدَمْ اَداں سَ ایشَح۔
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.
اَپَرَنْچَ تَسْیَ پُورْنَتایا وَیَں سَرْوّے کْرَمَشَح کْرَمَشونُگْرَہَں پْراپْتاح۔
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].
مُوسادْوارا وْیَوَسْتھا دَتّا کِنْتْوَنُگْرَہَح سَتْیَتْوَنْچَ یِیشُکھْرِیشْٹَدْوارا سَمُپاتِشْٹھَتاں۔
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.
کوپِ مَنُجَ اِیشْوَرَں کَداپِ ناپَشْیَتْ کِنْتُ پِتُح کْروڈَسْتھودْوِتِییَح پُتْرَسْتَں پْرَکاشَیَتْ۔
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?”
تْوَں کَح؟ اِتِ واکْیَں پْریشْٹُں یَدا یِہُودِییَلوکا یاجَکانْ لیوِلوکاںشْچَ یِرُوشالَمو یوہَنَح سَمِیپے پْریشَیاماسُح،
20 So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
تَدا سَ سْوِیکرِتَوانْ ناپَہْنُوتَوانْ ناہَمْ اَبھِشِکْتَ اِتْیَنْگِیکرِتَوانْ۔
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.”
تَدا تےپرِچّھَنْ تَرْہِ کو بھَوانْ؟ کِں ایلِیَح؟ سووَدَتْ نَ؛ تَتَسْتےپرِچّھَنْ تَرْہِ بھَوانْ سَ بھَوِشْیَدْوادِی؟ سووَدَتْ ناہَں سَح۔
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?”
تَدا تےپرِچّھَنْ تَرْہِ بھَوانْ کَح؟ وَیَں گَتْوا پْریرَکانْ تْوَیِ کِں وَکْشْیامَح؟ سْوَسْمِنْ کِں وَدَسِ؟
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].
تَدا سووَدَتْ۔ پَرَمیشَسْیَ پَنْتھانَں پَرِشْکُرُتَ سَرْوَّتَح۔ اِتِیدَں پْرانْتَرے واکْیَں وَدَتَح کَسْیَچِدْرَوَح۔ کَتھامِماں یَسْمِنْ یِشَیِیو بھَوِشْیَدْوادِی لِکھِتَوانْ سوہَمْ۔
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}.
یے پْریشِتاسْتے پھِرُوشِلوکاح۔
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]?”
تَدا تےپرِچّھَنْ یَدِ نابھِشِکْتوسِ ایلِیوسِ نَ سَ بھَوِشْیَدْوادْیَپِ ناسِ چَ، تَرْہِ لوکانْ مَجَّیَسِ کُتَح؟
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.
تَتو یوہَنْ پْرَتْیَووچَتْ، تویےہَں مَجَّیامِیتِ سَتْیَں کِنْتُ یَں یُویَں نَ جانِیتھَ تادرِشَ ایکو جَنو یُشْماکَں مَدھْیَ اُپَتِشْٹھَتِ۔
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.”
سَ مَتْپَشْچادْ آگَتوپِ مَتْپُورْوَّں وَرْتَّمانَ آسِیتْ تَسْیَ پادُکابَنْدھَنَں موچَیِتُمَپِ ناہَں یوگْیوسْمِ۔
28 Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
یَرْدَّنَنَدْیاح پارَسْتھَبَیتھَبارایاں یَسْمِنْسْتھانے یوہَنَمَجَّیَتْ تَسْمِنَ سْتھانے سَرْوَّمیتَدْ اَگھَٹَتَ۔
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.
پَرےہَنِ یوہَنْ سْوَنِکَٹَماگَچّھَنْتَں یِشُں وِلوکْیَ پْراووچَتْ جَگَتَح پاپَموچَکَمْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ میشَشاوَکَں پَشْیَتَ۔
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.’
یو مَمَ پَشْچاداگَمِشْیَتِ سَ مَتّو گُرُتَرَح، یَتو ہیتورْمَتْپُورْوَّں سووَرْتَّتَ یَسْمِنَّہَں کَتھامِماں کَتھِتَوانْ سَ ایوایَں۔
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.”
اَپَرَں ناہَمینَں پْرَتْیَبھِجْناتَوانْ کِنْتُ اِسْراییلّوکا اینَں یَتھا پَرِچِنْوَنْتِ تَدَبھِپْراییناہَں جَلے مَجَّیِتُماگَچّھَمْ۔
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.
پُنَشْچَ یوہَنَپَرَمیکَں پْرَمانَں دَتْوا کَتھِتَوانْ وِہایَسَح کَپوتَوَدْ اَوَتَرَنْتَماتْمانَمْ اَسْیوپَرْیَّوَتِشْٹھَنْتَں چَ درِشْٹَوانَہَمْ۔
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].’
ناہَمینَں پْرَتْیَبھِجْناتَوانْ اِتِ سَتْیَں کِنْتُ یو جَلے مَجَّیِتُں ماں پْرَیرَیَتْ سَ ایویماں کَتھامَکَتھَیَتْ یَسْیوپَرْیّاتْمانَمْ اَوَتَرَنْتَمْ اَوَتِشْٹھَنْتَنْچَ دْرَکْشَیَسِ سَایوَ پَوِتْرے آتْمَنِ مَجَّیِشْیَتِ۔
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).”
اَوَسْتَنِّرِیکْشْیایَمْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ تَنَیَ اِتِ پْرَمانَں دَدامِ۔
35 The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
پَرےہَنِ یوہَنْ دْوابھْیاں شِشْیابھْیاں سارْدّھیں تِشْٹھَنْ
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!]”
یِشُں گَچّھَنْتَں وِلوکْیَ گَدِتَوانْ، اِیشْوَرَسْیَ میشَشاوَکَں پَشْیَتَں۔
37 (When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
اِماں کَتھاں شْرُتْوا دْوَو شِشْیَو یِیشوح پَشْچادْ اِییَتُح۔
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].”
تَتو یِیشُح پَراورِتْیَ تَو پَشْچادْ آگَچّھَنْتَو درِشْٹْوا پرِشْٹَوانْ یُواں کِں گَویشَیَتھَح؟ تاوَپرِچّھَتاں ہے رَبِّ اَرْتھاتْ ہے گُرو بھَوانْ کُتْرَ تِشْٹھَتِ؟
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).
تَتَح سووادِتْ ایتْیَ پَشْیَتَں۔ تَتو دِوَسَسْیَ ترِتِییَپْرَہَرَسْیَ گَتَتْواتْ تَو تَدِّنَں تَسْیَ سَنْگےسْتھاتاں۔
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.
یَو دْوَو یوہَنو واکْیَں شْرُتْوا یِشوح پَشْچادْ آگَمَتاں تَیوح شِمونْپِتَرَسْیَ بھْراتا آنْدْرِیَح
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!”
سَ اِتْوا پْرَتھَمَں نِجَسودَرَں شِمونَں ساکْشاتْپْراپْیَ کَتھِتَوانْ وَیَں کھْرِیشْٹَمْ اَرْتھاتْ اَبھِشِکْتَپُرُشَں ساکْشاتْکرِتَوَنْتَح۔
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.
پَشْچاتْ سَ تَں یِشوح سَمِیپَمْ آنَیَتْ۔ تَدا یِیشُسْتَں درِشْٹْواوَدَتْ تْوَں یُونَسَح پُتْرَح شِمونْ کِنْتُ تْوَنّامَدھییَں کَیپھاح وا پِتَرَح اَرْتھاتْ پْرَسْتَرو بھَوِشْیَتِ۔
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!”
پَرےہَنِ یِیشَو گالِیلَں گَنْتُں نِشْچِتَچیتَسِ سَتِ پھِلِپَنامانَں جَنَں ساکْشاتْپْراپْیاووچَتْ مَمَ پَشْچادْ آگَچّھَ۔
44 Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
بَیتْسَیدانامْنِ یَسْمِنْ گْرامے پِتَرانْدْرِیَیورْواسَ آسِیتْ تَسْمِنْ گْرامے تَسْیَ پھِلِپَسْیَ وَسَتِراسِیتْ۔
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.”
پَشْچاتْ پھِلِپو نِتھَنیلَں ساکْشاتْپْراپْیاوَدَتْ مُوسا وْیَوَسْتھا گْرَنْتھے بھَوِشْیَدْوادِناں گْرَنْتھیشُ چَ یَسْیاکھْیانَں لِکھِتَماسْتے تَں یُوشَپھَح پُتْرَں ناسَرَتِییَں یِیشُں ساکْشادْ اَکارْشْمَ وَیَں۔
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!”
تَدا نِتھَنیلْ کَتھِتَوانْ ناسَرَنَّگَراتَ کِں کَشْچِدُتَّمَ اُتْپَنْتُں شَکْنوتِ؟ تَتَح پھِلِپو ووچَتْ ایتْیَ پَشْیَ۔
47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
اَپَرَنْچَ یِیشُح سْوَسْیَ سَمِیپَں تَمْ آگَچّھَنْتَں درِشْٹْوا وْیاہرِتَوانْ، پَشْیایَں نِشْکَپَٹَح سَتْیَ اِسْراییلّوکَح۔
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.”
تَتَح سووَدَدْ، بھَوانْ ماں کَتھَں پْرَتْیَبھِجاناتِ؟ یِیشُرَوادِیتْ پھِلِپَسْیَ آہْواناتْ پُورْوَّں یَدا تْوَمُڈُمْبَرَسْیَ تَرورْمُولےسْتھاسْتَدا تْوامَدَرْشَمْ۔
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]!”
نِتھَنیلْ اَچَکَتھَتْ، ہے گُرو بھَوانْ نِتانْتَمْ اِیشْوَرَسْیَ پُتْروسِ، بھَوانْ اِسْراییلْوَںشَسْیَ راجا۔
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!”
تَتو یِیشُ رْوْیاہَرَتْ، تْوامُڈُمْبَرَسْیَ پادَپَسْیَ مُولے درِشْٹَواناہَں مَمَیتَسْمادْواکْیاتْ کِں تْوَں وْیَشْوَسِیح؟ ایتَسْمادَپْیاشْچَرْیّانِ کارْیّانِ دْرَکْشْیَسِ۔
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.”
اَنْیَچّاوادِیدْ یُشْمانَہَں یَتھارْتھَں وَدامِ، اِتَح پَرَں موچِتے میگھَدْوارے تَسْمانْمَنُجَسُونُنا اِیشْوَرَسْیَ دُوتَگَنَمْ اَوَروہَنْتَماروہَنْتَنْچَ دْرَکْشْیَتھَ۔
