< Yohanes 1 >
1 Pada mulanya adalah Firman; Firman itu bersama-sama dengan Allah dan Firman itu adalah Allah.
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 Ia pada mulanya bersama-sama dengan Allah.
He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
3 Segala sesuatu dijadikan oleh Dia dan tanpa Dia tidak ada suatupun yang telah jadi dari segala yang telah dijadikan.
He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
4 Dalam Dia ada hidup dan hidup itu adalah terang manusia.
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 Terang itu bercahaya di dalam kegelapan dan kegelapan itu tidak menguasainya.
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 Datanglah seorang yang diutus Allah, namanya Yohanes;
A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
7 ia datang sebagai saksi untuk memberi kesaksian tentang terang itu, supaya oleh dia semua orang menjadi percaya.
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 Ia bukan terang itu, tetapi ia harus memberi kesaksian tentang terang itu.
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 Terang yang sesungguhnya, yang menerangi setiap orang, sedang datang ke dalam dunia.
[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 Ia telah ada di dalam dunia dan dunia dijadikan oleh-Nya, tetapi dunia tidak mengenal-Nya.
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 Ia datang kepada milik kepunyaan-Nya, tetapi orang-orang kepunyaan-Nya itu tidak menerima-Nya.
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 Tetapi semua orang yang menerima-Nya diberi-Nya kuasa supaya menjadi anak-anak Allah, yaitu mereka yang percaya dalam nama-Nya;
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 orang-orang yang diperanakkan bukan dari darah atau dari daging, bukan pula secara jasmani oleh keinginan seorang laki-laki, melainkan dari Allah.
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 Firman itu telah menjadi manusia, dan diam di antara kita, dan kita telah melihat kemuliaan-Nya, yaitu kemuliaan yang diberikan kepada-Nya sebagai Anak Tunggal Bapa, penuh kasih karunia dan kebenaran.
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 Yohanes memberi kesaksian tentang Dia dan berseru, katanya: "Inilah Dia, yang kumaksudkan ketika aku berkata: Kemudian dari padaku akan datang Dia yang telah mendahului aku, sebab Dia telah ada sebelum aku."
[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 Karena dari kepenuhan-Nya kita semua telah menerima kasih karunia demi kasih karunia;
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 sebab hukum Taurat diberikan oleh Musa, tetapi kasih karunia dan kebenaran datang oleh Yesus Kristus.
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 Tidak seorangpun yang pernah melihat Allah; tetapi Anak Tunggal Allah, yang ada di pangkuan Bapa, Dialah yang menyatakan-Nya.
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 Dan inilah kesaksian Yohanes ketika orang Yahudi dari Yerusalem mengutus beberapa imam dan orang-orang Lewi kepadanya untuk menanyakan dia: "Siapakah engkau?"
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 Ia mengaku dan tidak berdusta, katanya: "Aku bukan Mesias."
So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
21 Lalu mereka bertanya kepadanya: "Kalau begitu, siapakah engkau? Elia?" Dan ia menjawab: "Bukan!" "Engkaukah nabi yang akan datang?" Dan ia menjawab: "Bukan!"
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 Maka kata mereka kepadanya: "Siapakah engkau? Sebab kami harus memberi jawab kepada mereka yang mengutus kami. Apakah katamu tentang dirimu sendiri?"
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 Jawabnya: "Akulah suara orang yang berseru-seru di padang gurun: Luruskanlah jalan Tuhan! seperti yang telah dikatakan nabi Yesaya."
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 Dan di antara orang-orang yang diutus itu ada beberapa orang Farisi.
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 Mereka bertanya kepadanya, katanya: "Mengapakah engkau membaptis, jikalau engkau bukan Mesias, bukan Elia, dan bukan nabi yang akan datang?"
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 Yohanes menjawab mereka, katanya: "Aku membaptis dengan air; tetapi di tengah-tengah kamu berdiri Dia yang tidak kamu kenal,
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 yaitu Dia, yang datang kemudian dari padaku. Membuka tali kasut-Nyapun aku tidak layak."
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 Hal itu terjadi di Betania yang di seberang sungai Yordan, di mana Yohanes membaptis.
Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
29 Pada keesokan harinya Yohanes melihat Yesus datang kepadanya dan ia berkata: "Lihatlah Anak domba Allah, yang menghapus dosa dunia.
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 Dialah yang kumaksud ketika kukatakan: Kemudian dari padaku akan datang seorang, yang telah mendahului aku, sebab Dia telah ada sebelum aku.
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 Dan aku sendiripun mula-mula tidak mengenal Dia, tetapi untuk itulah aku datang dan membaptis dengan air, supaya Ia dinyatakan kepada Israel."
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 Dan Yohanes memberi kesaksian, katanya: "Aku telah melihat Roh turun dari langit seperti merpati, dan Ia tinggal di atas-Nya.
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 Dan akupun tidak mengenal-Nya, tetapi Dia, yang mengutus aku untuk membaptis dengan air, telah berfirman kepadaku: Jikalau engkau melihat Roh itu turun ke atas seseorang dan tinggal di atas-Nya, Dialah itu yang akan membaptis dengan Roh Kudus.
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 Dan aku telah melihat-Nya dan memberi kesaksian: Ia inilah Anak Allah."
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 Pada keesokan harinya Yohanes berdiri di situ pula dengan dua orang muridnya.
The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
36 Dan ketika ia melihat Yesus lewat, ia berkata: "Lihatlah Anak domba Allah!"
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 Kedua murid itu mendengar apa yang dikatakannya itu, lalu mereka pergi mengikut Yesus.
(When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
38 Tetapi Yesus menoleh ke belakang. Ia melihat, bahwa mereka mengikut Dia lalu berkata kepada mereka: "Apakah yang kamu cari?" Kata mereka kepada-Nya: "Rabi (artinya: Guru), di manakah Engkau tinggal?"
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 Ia berkata kepada mereka: "Marilah dan kamu akan melihatnya." Merekapun datang dan melihat di mana Ia tinggal, dan hari itu mereka tinggal bersama-sama dengan Dia; waktu itu kira-kira pukul empat.
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 Salah seorang dari keduanya yang mendengar perkataan Yohanes lalu mengikut Yesus adalah Andreas, saudara Simon Petrus.
(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 Andreas mula-mula bertemu dengan Simon, saudaranya, dan ia berkata kepadanya: "Kami telah menemukan Mesias (artinya: Kristus)."
[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 Ia membawanya kepada Yesus. Yesus memandang dia dan berkata: "Engkau Simon, anak Yohanes, engkau akan dinamakan Kefas (artinya: Petrus)."
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 Pada keesokan harinya Yesus memutuskan untuk berangkat ke Galilea. Ia bertemu dengan Filipus, dan berkata kepadanya: "Ikutlah Aku!"
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 Filipus itu berasal dari Betsaida, kota Andreas dan Petrus.
Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
45 Filipus bertemu dengan Natanael dan berkata kepadanya: "Kami telah menemukan Dia, yang disebut oleh Musa dalam kitab Taurat dan oleh para nabi, yaitu Yesus, anak Yusuf dari Nazaret."
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 Kata Natanael kepadanya: "Mungkinkah sesuatu yang baik datang dari Nazaret?"
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 Kata Filipus kepadanya: "Mari dan lihatlah!" Yesus melihat Natanael datang kepada-Nya, lalu berkata tentang dia: "Lihat, inilah seorang Israel sejati, tidak ada kepalsuan di dalamnya!"
When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
48 Kata Natanael kepada-Nya: "Bagaimana Engkau mengenal aku?" Jawab Yesus kepadanya: "Sebelum Filipus memanggil engkau, Aku telah melihat engkau di bawah pohon ara."
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 Kata Natanael kepada-Nya: "Rabi, Engkau Anak Allah, Engkau Raja orang Israel!"
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 Yesus menjawab, kata-Nya: "Karena Aku berkata kepadamu: Aku melihat engkau di bawah pohon ara, maka engkau percaya? Engkau akan melihat hal-hal yang lebih besar dari pada itu."
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 Lalu kata Yesus kepadanya: "Aku berkata kepadamu, sesungguhnya engkau akan melihat langit terbuka dan malaikat-malaikat Allah turun naik kepada Anak Manusia."
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.”