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.
En el principio el Verbo era, y el Verbo era junto a Dios, y el Verbo era Dios.
2 He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
Él era, en el principio, junto a Dios:
3 He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
Por Él, todo fue hecho, y sin Él nada se hizo de lo que ha sido hecho.
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].
En Él era la vida, y la vida era la luz de los hombres.
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.)
Y la luz luce en las tinieblas, y las tinieblas no la recibieron.
6 A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
Apareció un hombre, enviado de Dios, que se llamaba Juan.
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].
Él vino como testigo, para dar testimonio acerca de la luz, a fin de que todos creyesen por Él.
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.
Él no era la luz, sino para dar testimonio acerca de la luz.
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].
La verdadera luz, la que alumbra a todo hombre, venía a este mundo.
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.)
Él estaba en el mundo; por Él, el mundo había sido hecho, y el mundo no lo conoció.
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).
Él vino a lo suyo, y los suyos no lo recibieron.
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].
Pero a todos los que lo recibieron, les dio el poder de llegar a ser hijos de Dios: a los que creen en su nombre.
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.
Los cuales no han nacido de la sangre, ni del deseo de la carne, ni de voluntad de varón, sino de Dios.
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].
Y el Verbo se hizo carne, y puso su morada entre nosotros —y nosotros vimos su gloria, gloria como del Unigénito del Padre— lleno de gracia y de verdad.
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]!”
Juan da testimonio de él, y clama: “De Este dije yo: El que viene después de mí, se me ha adelantado porque Él existía antes que yo”.
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.
Y de su plenitud hemos recibido todos, a saber, una gracia correspondiente a su gracia.
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].
Porque la Ley fue dada por Moisés, pero la gracia y la verdad han venido por Jesucristo.
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.
Nadie ha visto jamás a Dios; el Dios, Hijo único, que es en el seno del Padre, Ese le ha dado a conocer.
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?”
Y he aquí el testimonio de Juan, cuando los judíos enviaron a él, desde Jerusalén, sacerdotes y levitas para preguntarle: “¿Quién eres tú?”.
20 So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
Él confesó y no negó; y confesó: “Yo no soy el Cristo”.
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.”
Le preguntaron: “¿Entonces qué?¿Eres tú Elías?” Dijo: “No lo soy”. “¿Eres el Profeta?” Respondió: “No”.
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?”
Le dijeron entonces: “¿Quién eres tú? para que demos una respuesta a los que nos han enviado. ¿Qué dices de ti mismo?”
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].
Él dijo: “Yo soy la voz de uno que clama en el desierto: Enderezad el camino del Señor, como dijo el profeta Isaías”.
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}.
Había también enviados de entre los fariseos.
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]?”
Ellos le preguntaron: “¿Por qué, pues, bautizas, si no eres ni el Cristo, ni Elías, ni el Profeta?”
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.
Juan les respondió: “Yo, por mi parte, bautizo con agua; pero en medio de vosotros está uno que vosotros no conocéis,
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.”
que viene después de mí, y al cual yo no soy digno de desatar la correa de su sandalia”.
28 Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
Esto sucedió en Betania, al otro lado del Jordán, donde Juan bautizaba.
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.
Al día siguiente vio a Jesús que venía hacia él, y dijo: “He aquí el cordero de Dios, que lleva el pecado del mundo.
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.’
Este es Aquel de quien yo dije: En pos de mí viene un varón que me ha tomado la delantera, porque Él existía antes que yo.
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.”
Yo no lo conocía, mas yo vine a bautizar en agua, para que Él sea manifestado a Israel”.
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.
Y Juan dio testimonio, diciendo: “He visto al Espíritu descender como paloma del cielo, y se posó sobre Él.
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].’
Ahora bien, yo no lo conocía, pero Él que me envió a bautizar con agua, me había dicho: “Aquel sobre quien vieres descender el Espíritu y posarse sobre Él, Ese es el que bautiza en Espíritu Santo”.
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).”
Y bien: he visto, y testifico que Él es el Hijo de Dios”.
35 The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
Al día siguiente, Juan estaba otra vez allí, como también dos de sus discípulos;
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!]”
y fijando su mirada sobre Jesús que pasaba, dijo: “He aquí el Cordero de Dios”.
37 (When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
Los dos discípulos, oyéndolo hablar ( así ), siguieron a Jesús.
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].”
Jesús, volviéndose y viendo que lo seguían, les dijo: “¿Qué queréis?” Le dijeron: Rabí, —que se traduce: Maestro—, ¿dónde moras?”
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).
Él les dijo: “Venid y veréis”. Fueron entonces y vieron dónde moraba, y se quedaron con Él ese día. Esto pasaba alrededor de la hora décima.
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.
Andrés, hermano de Simón Pedro, era uno de los dos que habían oído ( la palabra ) de Juan y que habían seguido (a Jesús ).
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!”
Él encontró primero a su hermano Simón y le dijo: “Hemos hallado al Mesías —que se traduce: “Cristo”.
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.
Lo condujo a Jesús, y Jesús poniendo sus ojos en él, dijo: “Tú eres Simón, hijo de Juan: tú te llamarás Kefas —que se traduce: Pedro”.
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!”
Al día siguiente resolvió partir para Galilea. Encontró a Felipe y le dijo: “Sígueme”.
44 Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
Era Felipe de Betsaida, la ciudad de Andrés y Pedro.
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.”
Felipe encontró a Natanael y le dijo: “A Aquel de quien Moisés habló en la Ley, y también los profetas, lo hemos encontrado: es Jesús, hijo de José, de Nazaret”.
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!”
Natanael le replicó: “¿De Nazaret puede salir algo bueno?” Felipe le dijo: “Ven y ve”.
47 When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
Jesús vio a Natanael que se le acercaba, y dijo de él: “He aquí, en verdad, un israelita sin doblez”.
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.”
Díjole Natanael: “¿De dónde me conoces?” Jesús le respondió: “Antes de que Felipe te llamase, cuando estabas bajo la higuera te vi”.
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]!”
Natanael le dijo: “Rabí, Tú eres el Hijo de Dios, Tú eres el Rey de Israel”.
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!”
Jesús le respondió: “Porque te dije que te vi debajo de la higuera, crees. Verás todavía más”.
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.”
Y le dijo: “En verdad, en verdad os digo: Veréis el cielo abierto y a los ángeles de Dios que suben y descienden sobre el Hijo del hombre”.
