< Ioane 1 >

1 I KINOHI ka Logou, me ke Akua ka Logou, a o ke Akua no ka Logou.
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.
2 Me ke Akua no hoi ia i kinohi.
He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
3 Hanaia iho la na mea a pau e ia; aole kekahi mea i hanaia i hana ole ia e ia.
He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
4 Iloko ona ke ola, a o ua ola la ka malamalama no na kanaka.
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].
5 Puka mai la ka malamalama iloko o ka pouli, aole nae i hookipa ka pouli ia ia.
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.)
6 Hoounaia mai la e ke Akua kekahi kanaka, o Ioane kona inoa.
A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
7 Hele mai la oia i mea hoike, i hoike ai ia no ua malamalama la, i manaoio ai na kanaka a pau ma ona la.
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].
8 Aole no oia ka malamalama, aka, na hele mai ia e hoike i ka malamalama.
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.
9 O ka malamalama io ia, ka mea nana e hoomalamalama na kanaka a pau e hele mai ana i ke ao nei.
[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].
10 I ke ao nei oia, a i hanaia keia ao e ia, aole nae ko ke ao nei i ike ia ia.
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.)
11 Hele mai la ia i kona iho, aole kona poe i malama ia ia.
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).
12 Aka, o ka poe i malama ia ia me ka manaoio i kona inoa, haawi mai la ia i ka pono no lakou e lilo ai i poe keiki na ke Akua:
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].
13 O ka poe i hanauia, aole na ke koko, aole na ka makemake o ke kino, aole hoi na ka makemake o ke kanaka, na ke Akua no.
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.
14 Lilo mai la ka Logou i kanaka, a nobo iho la me kakou, a ike kakou i kona nani, i ka nani o ka hiwahiwa a ke Akua, ua piha i ka lokomaikai a me ka oiaio.
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].
15 Hoike akaka mai la o Ioane, i mai la, Oia ka mea nona wau i olelo ai, O ka mea e hele mai ana mahope o'u, mamua o'a ia; no ka mea, ua mua ia no'u.
[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]!”
16 Noloko mai o kana mea i piha ai, ua loaa ia kakou na mea maikai a nui loa.
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.
17 Ua haawiia mai ke kanawai ma o Mose la; aka, o ka lokomaikai a me ka oiaio ma o Iesu Kristo la ia.
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].
18 Aole loa i ike pono kekahi i ke Akua; o ke Keiki hiwahiwa, aia ma ka poli o ka Makua, oia ka i hoike mai ia ia.
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.
19 Eia ka Ioane i hoike mai ai, i ka wa i hoouna aku ai na Iudaio i na kahuna, a me na Levi no Ierusalema aku, e ninau aku ia ia, Owai oe?
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?”
20 Hai akaka mai la ia, aole i hoole, i mai la, Aole owau ka Mesia.
So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
21 Ninau aku la lakou ia ia, Owai hoi? O Elia anei oe? I mai la ia, Aole O kela kaula anei oe? I mai la ia, Aole.
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.”
22 Ninau hou aku la lakou ia ia, Owai la hoi oe? i hai aku ai makou i ka poe nana makou i hoouna mai; heaha kau olelo nou iho?
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?”
23 Hai mai la ia, Owau no ka leo e kala ana i ka waonahele, E hoopololei i ke alanui no Iehova, e like me ka Isaia ke kaula i olelo ai.
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].
24 O na mea i hoounaia, no ka poe Parisaio lakou.
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}.
25 Ninau aku la lakou ia ia, i aku la ia ia, No ke aha la hoi oe i bapetizo ai, ke ole oe ka Mesia, aole hoi o Elia, aole hoi o kela kaula?
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]?”
26 Olelo mai la o Ioane ia lakou, i mai la, Ke bapetizo nei au me ka wai: aka, ke ku nei kekahi iwaena o oukou, ka mea a oakou i ike ole ai;
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.
27 Oia ka mea e hele mai ana mahope o'u, mamua o'u ia; aole au e pono ke kala ae i ke kaula a kona kamaa.
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.”
28 Hanaia iho la keia mau mea i Betabara ma kela aoao o Ioredane, kahi a Ioane i bapetizo ai.
Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
29 A ia la ae, ike ae la o Ioane ia Iesu e hele mai ana io na la, i mai la, E nana i ke Keikihipa a ke Akua, nana e lawe aku ka hala o ke ao nei!
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.
30 Oia nei ka mea nona wau i olelo ai, E hele mai ana kekahi kanaka mahope o'u, mamua o'u ia, no ka mea, ua mua ia no'u.
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.’
31 Aole nae au i ike pono ia ia; aka, i hoikeia oia i ka Iseraela, nolaila au i hele mai nei e bapetizo ana me ka wai.
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.”
32 Hoike mai la o Ioane, i mai la, Ua ike au i ka Uhane e iho mai ana mai ka lani mai, e like me ka manu nunu, a e nobo ana maluna iho ona.
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.
33 Aole nae au i ike pono ia ia; aka, o ka mea nana au i hoouna mai e bapetizo me ka wai, oia ka i olelo mai ia'u, Aia ike aku oe i ka Uhane e iho mai ana maluna ona, a e noho ana maluna ona, oia ka mea, nana e bapetizo me ka Uhane Hemolele.
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].’
34 A ua ike au, a hoike mai hoi, oia ke Keiki a ke Akua.
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).”
35 A ia la ao, ku hou ae la o Ioane, me na haumana ana elua.
The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
36 A ike aku la ia Iesu e hele ae ana, i mai la ia, E nana i ke Keikihipa a ke Akua!
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!]”
37 A lohe ae la na haumana elua i kana olelo ana, a hahai aku la laua ia Iesu.
(When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
38 Haliu ae la o Iesu, ike mai la ia laua e hahai ana, i mai la ia laua, Heaha ka olua e imi mai nei? I aku la laua ia ia, E Rabi, (ma ka hoohalike ana, e ke Kumu, ) mahea kou wahi i noho ai?
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].”
39 I mai la kela ia laua, E hele mai, e ike. A hele aku la laua, a ike i kona wahi i noho ai; a noho iho la laua me ia ia la; ua kokoke ka umi o ka hora.
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).
40 O Anederea, ke kaikaina o Simona Petero, oia kekahi o ua mau haumana la elua i lohe i ka Ioane, a hahai aku la ia Iesu.
(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.
41 Loaa mua ia ia kona kaikuaana iho, o Simona, a i aku la ia ia, Ua loaa ia maoa ka Mesia, ma ka hoohalike ana, o Kristo ia.
[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!”
42 A alakai aku la kela ia ia io Iesu la. A ike mai la o Iesu ia ia, i mai la, O oe no o Simona, ke keiki a Iona; e kapaia oe o Kepa, ma ka hoohalike ana, he pohaku.
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.
43 Ia la ae, manao iho la o Iesu e hele i Galilaia, a loaa ia ia o Pilipo, i mai la ia ia, E hahai mai oe ia'u.
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!”
44 A o Pilipo no Betesaida ia, no ke kulanakauhale o Anederea, a me Petero.
Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
45 Loaa ia Pilipo o Natanaela, i aku la o Pilipo ia ia, Ua loaa ia makou ka mea a Mose iloko o ke kanawai, a me na kaula i palapala'i, o Iesu, no Nazareta, ke keiki a Iosepa.
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.”
46 Ninau mai la o Natanaela ia ia, E hiki mai anei kekahi mea maikai no Nazareta mai? I aku la o Pilipo ia ia, E hele mai, e ike.
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!”
47 Ike ae la o Iesu ia Natanaela e hele mai ana io na la, a olelo mai la ia nona, E nana i ka Iseraela oiaio, aole he hoopunipuni iloko ona.
When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
48 Ninau aku la o Natanaela ia ia, i aku la, Inahea oe i ike mai ai ia'u? Olelo mai la o Iesu ia ia, i mai la, Mamua o ka Pilipo kahea ana'ku ia oe, ua ike au ia oe e noho ana malalo o ka laau fiku.
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.”
49 Olelo aku la o Natanaela ia ia, i aku la, E Rabi, o oe ke Keiki a ke Akua, o oe ke alii o ka Iseraela.
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]!”
50 Olelo mai la o Iesu ia ia, i mai la, No ka'u hai ana'ku ia oe, Ua ike au ia oe malalo o ka laau fiku, ke manaoio nei anei oe? E ike auanei oe i na mea nui e aku i keia.
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!”
51 Olelo mai la oia ia ia, Oiaio; he oiaio ka'u e olelo aku nei ia oukou, Mahope aku e ike oukou i ka lani e hamama ana, a me na anela o ke Akua e pii aku ana, a e iho mai ana maluna iho o ke Keiki a ke kanaka.
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.”

< Ioane 1 >