Иоан 1
1 Ла ынчепут ера Кувынтул, ши Кувынтул ера ку Думнезеу, ши Кувынтул ера Думнезеу.
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 Ел ера ла ынчепут ку Думнезеу.
He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
3 Тоате лукруриле ау фост фэкуте прин Ел; ши нимик дин че а фост фэкут, н-а фост фэкут фэрэ Ел.
He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
4 Ын Ел ера вяца, ши вяца ера лумина оаменилор.
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 Лумина луминязэ ын ынтунерик, ши ынтунерикул н-а бируит-о.
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 А венит ун ом тримис де Думнезеу: нумеле луй ера Иоан.
A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
7 Ел а венит ка мартор, ка сэ мэртурисяскэ деспре Луминэ, пентру ка тоць сэ крядэ прин ел.
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 Ну ера ел Лумина, чи ел а венит ка сэ мэртурисяскэ деспре Луминэ.
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 Лумина ачаста ера адевэрата Луминэ, каре луминязэ пе орьче ом венинд ын луме.
[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 Ел ера ын луме, ши лумя а фост фэкутэ прин Ел, дар лумя ну Л-а куноскут.
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 А венит ла ай Сэй, ши ай Сэй ну Л-ау примит.
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 Дар тутурор челор че Л-ау примит, адикэ челор че кред ын Нумеле Луй, ле-а дат дрептул сэ се факэ копий ай луй Думнезеу;
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 нэскуць ну дин сынӂе, нич дин воя фирий лор, нич дин воя вреунуй ом, чи дин Думнезеу.
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 Ши Кувынтул С-а фэкут труп ши а локуит принтре ной, плин де хар ши де адевэр. Ши ной ам привит слава Луй, о славэ ынтокмай ка слава сингурулуй нэскут дин Татэл.
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 Иоан а мэртурисит деспре Ел кынд а стригат: „Ел есте Ачела деспре каре зичям еу: ‘Чел че вине дупэ мине есте ынаинтя мя, пентру кэ ера ынаинте де мине.’”
[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 Ши ной тоць ам примит дин плинэтатя Луй ши хар дупэ хар;
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 кэч Леӂя а фост датэ прин Мойсе, дар харул ши адевэрул ау венит прин Исус Христос.
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 Нимень н-а вэзут вреодатэ пе Думнезеу; сингурул Луй Фиу, каре есте ын сынул Татэлуй, Ачела Л-а фэкут куноскут.
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 Ятэ мэртурисиря фэкутэ де Иоан кынд иудеий ау тримис дин Иерусалим пе ниште преоць ши левиць сэ-л ынтребе: „Ту чине ешть?”
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 Ел а мэртурисит ши н-а тэгэдуит: а мэртурисит кэ ну есте ел Христосул.
So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
21 Ши ей л-ау ынтребат: „Дар чине ешть? Ешть Илие?” Ши ел а зис: „Ну сунт!” „Ешть пророкул?” Ши ел а рэспунс: „Ну!”
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 Атунч й-ау зис: „Дар чине ешть? Ка сэ дэм ун рэспунс челор че не-ау тримис. Че зичь ту деспре тине ынсуць?”
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 „Еу”, а зис ел, „сунт гласул челуй че стригэ ын пустиу: ‘Нетезиць каля Домнулуй’, кум а зис пророкул Исая.”
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 Тримиший ерау дин партя фарисеилор.
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 Ей й-ау май пус урмэтоаря ынтребаре: „Атунч де че ботезь, дакэ ну ешть Христосул, нич Илие, нич пророкул?”
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 Дрепт рэспунс, Иоан ле-а зис: „Еу ботез ку апэ, дар ын мижлокул востру стэ Унул пе каре вой ну-Л куноаштець.
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 Ел есте Ачела каре вине дупэ мине ши каре есте ынаинтя мя; еу ну сунт вредник сэ-Й дезлег куряуа ынкэлцэминтей Луй.”
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 Ачесте лукрурь с-ау петрекут ын Бетабара, динколо де Йордан, унде ботеза Иоан.
Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
29 А доуа зи, Иоан а вэзут пе Исус венинд ла ел ши а зис: „Ятэ Мелул луй Думнезеу, каре ридикэ пэкатул лумий!
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 Ел есте Ачела деспре каре зичям: ‘Дупэ мине вине ун Ом, каре есте ынаинтя мя, кэч ера ынаинте де мине.’
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 Еу ну-Л куноштям, дар токмай пентру ачаста ам венит сэ ботез ку апэ: ка Ел сэ фие фэкут куноскут луй Исраел.”
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 Иоан а фэкут урмэтоаря мэртурисире: „Ам вэзут Духул коборынду-Се дин чер ка ун порумбел ши опринду-Се песте Ел.
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 Еу ну-Л куноштям, дар Чел че м-а тримис сэ ботез ку апэ мь-а зис: ‘Ачела песте каре вей ведя Духул коборынду-Се ши опринду-Се есте Чел че ботязэ ку Духул Сфынт.’
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 Ши еу ам вэзут лукрул ачеста ши ам мэртурисит кэ Ел есте Фиул луй Думнезеу.”
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 А доуа зи, Иоан стэтя ярэшь ку дой дин ученичий луй.
The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
36 Ши, пе кынд привя пе Исус умблынд, а зис: „Ятэ Мелул луй Думнезеу!”
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 Чей дой ученичь л-ау аузит ростинд ачесте ворбе ши ау мерс дупэ Исус.
(When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
38 Исус С-а ынторс ши, кынд й-а вэзут кэ мерг дупэ Ел, ле-а зис: „Че кэутаць?” Ей Й-ау рэспунс: „Рабби (каре, тэлмэчит, ынсямнэ: ‘Ынвэцэторуле’), унде локуешть?”
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 „Вениць де ведець”, ле-а зис Ел. С-ау дус де ау вэзут унде локуя ши ын зиуа ачея ау рэмас ла Ел. Ера кам пе ла часул ал зечеля.
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 Унул дин чей дой каре аузисерэ кувинтеле луй Иоан ши мерсесерэ дупэ Исус ера Андрей, фрателе луй Симон Петру.
(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 Ел, чел динтый, а гэсит пе фрателе сэу Симон ши й-а зис: „Ной ам гэсит пе Месия” (каре, тэлмэчит, ынсямнэ: „Христос”).
[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 Ши л-а адус ла Исус. Исус л-а привит ши й-а зис: „Ту ешть Симон, фиул луй Иона; туте вей кема Кифа” (каре, тэлмэчит, ынсямнэ: „Петру”).
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 А доуа зи, Исус а врут сэ Се дукэ ын Галилея ши а гэсит пе Филип. Ши й-а зис: „Вино дупэ Мине.”
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 Филип ера дин Бетсаида, четатя луй Андрей ши а луй Петру.
Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
45 Филип а гэсит пе Натанаел ши й-а зис: „Ной ам гэсит пе Ачела деспре каре ау скрис Мойсе ын Леӂе ши пророчий: пе Исус дин Назарет, фиул луй Иосиф.”
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 Натанаел й-а зис: „Поате еши чева бун дин Назарет?” „Вино ши везь!” й-а рэспунс Филип.
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 Исус а вэзут пе Натанаел венинд ла Ел ши а зис деспре ел: „Ятэ куадевэрат ун исраелит ын каре ну есте виклешуг.”
When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
48 „Де унде мэ куношть?” Й-а зис Натанаел. Дрепт рэспунс, Исус й-а зис: „Те-ам вэзут май ынаинте ка сэ те кеме Филип, кынд ерай суб смокин.”
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 Натанаел Й-а рэспунс: „Рабби, Ту ешть Фиул луй Думнезеу, Ту ешть Ымпэратул луй Исраел!”
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 Дрепт рэспунс, Исус й-а зис: „Пентру кэ ць-ам спус кэ те-ам вэзут суб смокин, крезь? Лукрурь май марь декыт ачестя вей ведя.”
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 Апой й-а зис: „Адевэрат, адевэрат вэ спун кэ, де акумынколо, вець ведя черул дескис ши пе ынӂерий луй Думнезеу суинду-се ши коборынду-се песте Фиул омулуй.”
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.”
