< John 1 >

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God;
2 He was in the beginning with God.
this one was in the beginning with God;
3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing that exists came into being.
all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.
4 In Him was Life, and that Life was the Light of men.
In him was life, and the life was the light of men,
5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.
and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
There came a man — having been sent from God — whose name [is] John,
7 He came as a witness, in order that he might give testimony concerning the Light--so that all might believe through him.
this one came for testimony, that he might testify about the Light, that all might believe through him;
8 He was not the Light, but he existed that he might give testimony concerning the Light.
that one was not the Light, but — that he might testify about the Light.
9 The true Light was that which illumines every man by its coming into the world.
He was the true Light, which doth enlighten every man, coming to the world;
10 He was in the world, and the world came into existence through Him, and the world did not recognize Him.
in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:
11 He came to the things that were His own, and His own people gave Him no welcome.
to his own things he came, and his own people did not receive him;
12 But all who have received Him, to them--that is, to those who trust in His name--He has given the privilege of becoming children of God;
but as many as did receive him to them he gave authority to become sons of God — to those believing in his name,
13 who were begotten as such not by human descent, nor through an impulse of their own nature, nor through the will of a human father, but from God.
who — not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but — of God were begotten.
14 And the Word came in the flesh, and lived for a time in our midst, so that we saw His glory--the glory as of the Father's only Son, sent from His presence. He was full of grace and truth.
And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.
15 John gave testimony concerning Him and cried aloud, saying, "This is He of whom I said, 'He who is coming after me has been put before me,' for He was before me."
John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'
16 For He it is from whose fulness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
and out of his fulness did we all receive, and grace over-against grace;
17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
for the law through Moses was given, the grace and the truth through Jesus Christ did come;
18 No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.
God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.
19 This also is John's testimony, when the Jews sent to him a deputation of Priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him who he was.
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, 'Who art thou?'
20 He avowed--he did not conceal the truth, but avowed, "I am not the Christ."
and he confessed and did not deny, and confessed — 'I am not the Christ.'
21 "What then?" they inquired; "are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.
And they questioned him, 'What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, 'I am not.' — 'The prophet art thou?' and he answered, 'No.'
22 So they pressed the question. "Who are you?" they said--"that we may take an answer to those who sent us. What account do you give of yourself?"
They said then to him, 'Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'
23 "I am the voice," he replied, "of one crying aloud, 'Make straight the Lord's way in the Desert,' fulfilling the words of the Prophet Isaiah."
He said, 'I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'
24 They were Pharisees who had been sent.
And those sent were of the Pharisees,
25 Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"
and they questioned him and said to him, 'Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'
26 "I baptize in water only," John answered, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not know--
John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,
27 He who is to come after me, and whose sandal-strap I am not worthy to unfasten."
of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'
28 This conversation took place at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and exclaimed, "Look, that is the Lamb of God who is to take away the sin of the world!
on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;
30 This is He about whom I said, 'After me is to come One who has been put before me, because He was before me.'
this is he concerning whom I said, After me doth come a man, who hath come before me, because he was before me:
31 I did not yet know Him; but that He may be openly shown to Israel is the reason why I have come baptizing in water."
and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.
32 John also gave testimony by stating: "I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove out of Heaven; and it remained upon Him.
And John testified, saying — 'I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him;
33 I did not yet know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, "'The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayest see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit;
34 "This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of God."
and I have seen, and have testified, that this is the Son of God.'
35 Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples,
On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,
36 when he saw Jesus passing by, and said, "Look! that is the Lamb of God!"
and having looked on Jesus walking, he saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God;'
37 The two disciples heard his exclamation, and they followed Jesus.
and the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned round, and seeing them following He asked them, "What is your wish?" "Rabbi," they replied--'Rabbi' means 'Teacher' --"where are you staying?"
And Jesus having turned, and having beheld them following, saith to them, 'What seek ye?' and they said to them, 'Rabbi, (which is, being interpreted, Teacher, ) where remainest thou?'
39 "Come and you shall see," He said. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained and spent that day with Him. It was then about ten o'clock in the morning.
He saith to them, 'Come and see;' they came, and saw where he doth remain, and with him they remained that day and the hour was about the tenth.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John's exclamation and followed Jesus.
Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him;
41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, "We have found the Messiah!" --that is to say, the Anointed One.
this one doth first find his own brother Simon, and saith to him, 'We have found the Messiah,' (which is, being interpreted, The Anointed, )
42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, son of John: you shall be called Cephas" --that is to say, Peter (or 'Rock').
and he brought him unto Jesus: and having looked upon him, Jesus saith, 'Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas,' (which is interpreted, A rock.)
43 The next day, having decided to leave Bethany and go into Galilee, Jesus found Philip, and invited him to follow Him.
On the morrow, he willed to go forth to Galilee, and he findeth Philip, and saith to him, 'Be following me.'
44 (Now Philip came from Bethsaida, the same town as Andrew and Peter.)
And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter;
45 Then Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found him about whom Moses in the Law wrote, as well as the Prophets--Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man of Nazareth."
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith to him, 'Him of whom Moses wrote in the Law, and the prophets, we have found, Jesus the son of Joseph, who [is] from Nazareth;'
46 "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" replied Nathanael. "Come and see," said Philip.
and Nathanael said to him, 'Out of Nazareth is any good thing able to be?' Philip said to him, 'Come and see.'
47 Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, and said of him, "Look! here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceitfulness!"
Jesus saw Nathanael coming unto him, and he saith concerning him, 'Lo, truly an Israelite, in whom guile is not;'
48 "How do you know me?" Nathanael asked. "Before Philip called you," said Jesus, "when you were under the fig-tree I saw you."
Nathanael saith to him, 'Whence me dost thou know?' Jesus answered and said to him, 'Before Philip's calling thee — thou being under the fig-tree — I saw thee.'
49 "Rabbi," cried Nathanael, "you are the Son of God, you are Israel's King!"
Nathanael answered and saith to him, 'Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the king of Israel.'
50 "Because I said to you, 'I saw you under the fig-tree,'" replied Jesus, "do you believe? You shall see greater things than that."
Jesus answered and said to him, 'Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, thou dost believe; greater things than these thou shalt see;'
51 "I tell you all in most solemn truth," He added, "that you shall see Heaven opened wide, and God's angels going up, and coming down to the Son of Man."
and he saith to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man.'

< John 1 >