Κατα Ιωαννην 7
1 Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα, περιεπάτει ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ, οὐ γὰρ ἤθελεν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ περιπατεῖν, ὅτι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἀποκτεῖναι.
After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the religious authorities (in Jerusalem) were eager to put him to death.
2 Ἦν δὲ ἐγγὺς ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἡ σκηνοπηγία.
When the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,
3 Εἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ, “Μετάβηθι ἐντεῦθεν, καὶ ὕπαγε εἰς τὴν Ἰουδαίαν, ἵνα καὶ οἱ μαθηταί σου θεωρήσουσιν σοῦ τὰ ἔργα ἃ ποιεῖς.
his brothers said to him, “Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.
4 Οὐδεὶς γάρ τι ἐν κρυπτῷ ποιεῖ καὶ ζητεῖ αὐτὸς ἐν παρρησίᾳ εἶναι.” Εἰ ταῦτα ποιεῖς, φανέρωσον σεαυτὸν τῷ κόσμῳ.
For no one does a thing privately, if they are seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world.”
5 Οὐδὲ γὰρ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπίστευον εἰς αὐτόν.
For even his brothers did not believe in him.
6 Λέγει οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Ὁ καιρὸς ὁ ἐμὸς οὔπω πάρεστιν, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὁ ὑμέτερος πάντοτέ ἐστιν ἕτοιμος.
“My time,” answered Jesus, “is not come yet, but your time is always here.
7 Οὐ δύναται ὁ κόσμος μισεῖν ὑμᾶς, ἐμὲ δὲ μισεῖ, ὅτι ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρά ἐστιν.
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.
8 Ὑμεῖς ἀνάβητε εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν· ἐγὼ οὔπω ἀναβαίνω εἰς τὴν ἑορτὴν ταύτην, ὅτι ὁ ἐμὸς καιρὸς οὔπω πεπλήρωται.”
Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come.”
9 Ταῦτα δὲ εἰπὼν αὐτοῖς ἔμεινεν ἐν τῇ Γαλιλαίᾳ.
After telling them this, he stayed on in Galilee.
10 Ὡς δὲ ἀνέβησαν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν, τότε καὶ αὐτὸς ἀνέβη, οὐ φανερῶς, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐν κρυπτῷ.
But, when his brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up – not publicly, but privately.
11 Οἱ οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι ἐζήτουν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, καὶ ἔλεγον, “Ποῦ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος;”
The authorities were looking for him at the Festival and asking ‘Where is he?’;
12 Καὶ γογγυσμὸς περὶ αὐτοῦ ἦν πολὺς ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις. Οἱ μὲν ἔλεγον, ὅτι “Ἀγαθός ἐστιν”, ἄλλοι δὲ ἔλεγον, “Οὔ, ἀλλὰ πλανᾷ τὸν ὄχλον.”
and there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying ‘He is a good man;’ others, ‘No! He is leading the people astray.’
13 Οὐδεὶς μέντοι παρρησίᾳ ἐλάλει περὶ αὐτοῦ, διὰ τὸν φόβον τῶν Ἰουδαίων.
No one, however, spoke freely about him, because they were afraid of the authorities.
14 Ἤδη δὲ τῆς ἑορτῆς μεσούσης, ἀνέβη ˚Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἐδίδασκεν.
About the middle of the Festival week, Jesus went up into the Temple Courts, and began teaching.
15 Ἐθαύμαζον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγοντες, “Πῶς οὗτος γράμματα οἶδεν, μὴ μεμαθηκώς;”
The authorities were astonished. “How has this man got his learning,” they asked, “when he has never studied?”
16 Ἀπεκρίθη οὖν αὐτοῖς ˚Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν, “Ἡ ἐμὴ διδαχὴ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμὴ, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με.
So, in reply, Jesus said, “My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.
17 Ἐάν τις θέλῃ τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ ποιεῖν, γνώσεται περὶ τῆς διδαχῆς, πότερον ἐκ τοῦ ˚Θεοῦ ἐστιν, ἢ ἐγὼ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ λαλῶ.
If anyone has the will to do God’s will, they will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.
18 Ὁ ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ λαλῶν, τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἰδίαν ζητεῖ· ὁ δὲ ζητῶν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ πέμψαντος αὐτὸν, οὗτος ἀληθής ἐστιν, καὶ ἀδικία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν.
The person who speaks on their own authority seeks honor for themselves; but the one who seeks the honor of him who sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.
19 Οὐ Μωϋσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν νόμον, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ποιεῖ τὸν νόμον; Τί με ζητεῖτε ἀποκτεῖναι;”
Was not it Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys it! Why are you seeking to put me to death?”
20 Ἀπεκρίθη ὁ ὄχλος, “Δαιμόνιον ἔχεις· τίς σε ζητεῖ ἀποκτεῖναι;”
“You must be possessed by a demon!” the people exclaimed. “Who is seeking to put you to death?”
21 Ἀπεκρίθη ˚Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, “Ἓν ἔργον ἐποίησα καὶ πάντες θαυμάζετε.
“There was one thing I did,” replied Jesus, “at which you are all still wondering.
22 Διὰ τοῦτο Μωϋσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὴν περιτομήν (οὐχ ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Μωϋσέως ἐστὶν, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τῶν πατέρων), καὶ ἐν Σαββάτῳ περιτέμνετε ἄνθρωπον.
But that is why Moses has instituted circumcision among you – not, indeed, that it began with him, but with our ancestors – and that is why you circumcise even on a Sabbath.
23 Εἰ περιτομὴν λαμβάνει ἄνθρωπος ἐν Σαββάτῳ, ἵνα μὴ λυθῇ ὁ νόμος Μωϋσέως, ἐμοὶ χολᾶτε ὅτι ὅλον ἄνθρωπον ὑγιῆ ἐποίησα ἐν Σαββάτῳ;
When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?
24 Μὴ κρίνετε κατʼ ὄψιν, ἀλλὰ τὴν δικαίαν κρίσιν κρίνετε.”
Do not judge by appearances; judge justly.”
25 Ἔλεγον οὖν τινες ἐκ τῶν Ἱεροσολυμιτῶν, “Οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν ὃν ζητοῦσιν ἀποκτεῖναι;
At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed, “Is not this the man who they are seeking to put to death?
26 Καὶ ἴδε, παρρησίᾳ λαλεῖ, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτῷ λέγουσιν. Μήποτε ἀληθῶς ἔγνωσαν οἱ ἄρχοντες ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ˚Χριστός;
Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ?
27 Ἀλλὰ τοῦτον οἴδαμεν πόθεν ἐστίν. Ὁ δὲ ˚Χριστὸς ὅταν ἔρχηται, οὐδεὶς γινώσκει πόθεν ἐστίν.”
Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from.”
28 Ἔκραξεν οὖν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ διδάσκων ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, καὶ λέγων, “Κἀμὲ οἴδατε, καὶ οἴδατε πόθεν εἰμί· καὶ ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλήλυθα, ἀλλʼ ἔστιν ἀληθινὸς ὁ πέμψας με, ὃν ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε.
Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said, “Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.
29 Ἐγὼ οἶδα αὐτόν, ὅτι παρʼ αὐτοῦ εἰμι, κἀκεῖνός με ἀπέστειλεν.”
I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his messenger.”
30 Ἐζήτουν οὖν αὐτὸν πιάσαι, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐπέβαλεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὴν χεῖρα, ὅτι οὔπω ἐληλύθει ἡ ὥρα αὐτοῦ.
So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet.
31 Ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου δὲ πολλοὶ ἐπίστευσαν εἰς αὐτόν, καὶ ἔλεγον, “Ὁ ˚Χριστὸς, ὅταν ἔλθῃ, μὴ πλείονα σημεῖα ποιήσει ὧν οὗτος ἐποίησεν;”
Many of the people, however, believed in him. “When the Christ comes,” they said, “will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?”
32 Ἤκουσαν οἱ Φαρισαῖοι τοῦ ὄχλου γογγύζοντος περὶ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα, καὶ ἀπέστειλαν οἱ ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ οἱ Φαρισαῖοι ὑπηρέτας, ἵνα πιάσωσιν αὐτόν.
The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;
33 Εἶπεν οὖν ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, “Ἔτι χρόνον μικρὸν μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰμι, καὶ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πέμψαντά με.
at which Jesus said, “I will be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
34 Ζητήσετέ με, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετέ, με καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ ὑμεῖς, οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.”
You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I will be.”
35 Εἶπον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι πρὸς ἑαυτούς, “Ποῦ οὗτος μέλλει πορεύεσθαι, ὅτι ἡμεῖς οὐχ εὑρήσομεν αὐτόν; Μὴ εἰς τὴν διασπορὰν τῶν Ἑλλήνων μέλλει πορεύεσθαι, καὶ διδάσκειν τοὺς Ἕλληνας;
“Where is this man going,” the people asked one another, “that we would not find him? Will he go to our countrymen abroad, and teach foreigners?
36 Τίς ἐστιν ὁ λόγος οὗτος ὃν εἶπεν, ‘Ζητήσετέ με, καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετέ, με καὶ ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ, ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν’;”
What does he mean by saying ‘You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I will be’?”
37 Ἐν δὲ τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ τῆς ἑορτῆς εἱστήκει ὁ ˚Ἰησοῦς, καὶ ἔκραξεν λέγων, “Ἐάν τις διψᾷ, ἐρχέσθω πρός με καὶ πινέτω.
On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus, who was standing by, exclaimed, “If anyone is thirsty, they should come to me and drink.
38 Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, καθὼς εἶπεν ἡ Γραφή, ‘Ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος.’”
From the heart of those who believe in me will flow, as is said in scripture, rivers of living water.”
39 Τοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν περὶ τοῦ ˚Πνεύματος, οὗ ἔμελλον λαμβάνειν, οἱ πιστεύσαντες εἰς αὐτόν· οὔπω γὰρ ἦν ˚Πνεῦμα, ὅτι ˚Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω ἐδοξάσθη.
(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)
40 Ἐκ τοῦ ὄχλου οὖν, ἀκούσαντες τῶν λόγων τούτων, ἔλεγον, “Οὗτός ἐστιν ἀληθῶς ὁ προφήτης”.
Some of the people, when they heard these words, said, “This is certainly the Prophet!”;
41 Ἄλλοι ἔλεγον, “Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ˚Χριστός.” Οἱ δὲ ἔλεγον, “Μὴ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας ὁ ˚Χριστὸς ἔρχεται;
others said, “the Christ!”; but some asked, “What! Does the Christ come from Galilee?
42 Οὐχ ἡ Γραφὴ εἶπεν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ, καὶ ἀπὸ Βηθλέεμ, τῆς κώμης ὅπου ἦν Δαυὶδ, ἔρχεται ὁ ˚Χριστός;”
Is not it said in scripture that it is of the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village to which David belonged, that the Christ is to come?”
43 Σχίσμα οὖν ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ὄχλῳ διʼ αὐτόν.
So there was a sharp division among the people because of Jesus.
44 Τινὲς δὲ ἤθελον ἐξ αὐτῶν πιάσαι αὐτόν, ἀλλʼ οὐδεὶς ἔβαλεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν τὰς χεῖρας.
Some of them wanted to arrest him, and yet no one touched him.
45 Ἦλθον οὖν οἱ ὑπηρέται πρὸς τοὺς ἀρχιερεῖς καὶ Φαρισαίους, καὶ εἶπον αὐτοῖς ἐκεῖνοι, “Διὰ τί οὐκ ἠγάγετε αὐτόν;”
When the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, they were asked, “Why have you not brought him?”
46 Ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ὑπηρέται, “Οὐδέποτε ἐλάλησεν οὕτως ἄνθρωπος.”
“No one ever spoke as he speaks!” they answered.
47 Ἀπεκρίθησαν οὖν αὐτοῖς οἱ Φαρισαῖοι, “Μὴ καὶ ὑμεῖς πεπλάνησθε;
“What! Have you been led astray too?” the Pharisees replied.
48 Μή τις ἐκ τῶν ἀρχόντων ἐπίστευσεν εἰς αὐτὸν, ἢ ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων;
“Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?
49 Ἀλλὰ ὁ ὄχλος οὗτος, ὁ μὴ γινώσκων τὸν νόμον, ἐπάρατοί εἰσιν.”
As for these people who do not know the Law – they are cursed!”
50 Λέγει Νικόδημος πρὸς αὐτούς, ὁ ἐλθὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν πρότερον, εἷς ὢν ἐξ αὐτῶν,
But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them,
51 “Μὴ ὁ νόμος ἡμῶν κρίνει τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ πρῶτον παρʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ γνῷ τί ποιεῖ;”
“Does our Law pass judgment on a person without first giving them a hearing, and finding out what they have been doing?”
52 Ἀπεκρίθησαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ, “Μὴ καὶ σὺ ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας εἶ; Ἐραύνησον καὶ ἴδε ὅτι ἐκ τῆς Γαλιλαίας προφήτης οὐκ ἐγείρεται.”
“Are you also from Galilee?” they retorted. “Search, and you will find that no prophet is to arise in Galilee!”
And everyone went home
