Yooxanaa 1
1 Bilowgii waxaa jiray Ereyga, Ereyguna wuxuu la jiray Ilaah, Ereyguna wuxuu ahaa Ilaah.
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 Isagu Ilaah buu la jiray bilowgii.
He always existed with God [before] he began [MTY] [to create anything].
3 Wax walba waxaa laga sameeyey xaggiisa, oo wixii la sameeyey lama samayn isaga la'aantiis.
He is the one by whom [God] caused everything to exist. He is the one who created absolutely everything [LIT].
4 Isaga waxaa ku jirtay nolol, noloshuna waxay ahayd nuurka dadka.
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 Nuurkuna wuxuu ka ifayaa gudcurka, gudcurkuna kama badin.
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 Waxaa jiray nin xagga Ilaah laga soo diray, magiciisuna wuxuu ahaa Yooxanaa.
A man whose name was John was sent by God {God sent a man whose name was John}.
7 Isagu wuxuu u yimid markhaati furid, inuu u marag furo nuurka, inay dhammaan xaggiisa ka wada rumaystaan.
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 Isagu nuurka ma uu ahayn, laakiin wuxuu u yimid inuu nuurka u marag furo.
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 Kaasu wuxuu ahaa nuurka runta ah oo iftiimiya nin walba oo dunida yimaada.
[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 Wuxuu ku jiray dunida, dunidana waxaa laga sameeyey xaggiisa, oo duniduna ma ay garanayn isaga.
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 Wuxuu u yimid kuwiisii, kuwiisiina ma ay aqbalin isaga.
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 Laakiin in alla intii aqbashay, wuxuu siiyey amar ay carruurtii Ilaah ku noqdaan, kuwaasu waa kuwii magiciisa rumaystay,
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 oo aan ka dhalan dhiigga, ama doonistii jidhka, ama dad doonistiis, laakiin waxay ka dhasheen Ilaah.
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 Ereyguna jidh buu noqday, oo waa ina dhex joogay, oo waxaannu aragnay ammaantiisii, taas oo ahayd ammaantii u ekayd tan Wiilka keliya ee Aabbaha, ee nimco iyo run ka buuxa.
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 Yooxanaa waa u marag furay isaga, wuxuuna ku qayliyey oo yidhi, Kanu waa kii aan idhi, Kan iga daba imanayaa waa iga horreeyey, waayo, hortay buu jiray.
[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 Dhammaanteen waxaynu buuxnaantiisa ka helnay nimco ka nimco.
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 Waayo, sharciga waxaa loo soo dhiibay Muuse, laakiinse nimcada iyo runtu waxay ku yimaadeen Ciise Masiix.
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 Ninna ma arkin Ilaah marnaba, Wiilka keliya oo laabta Aabbaha ku jira kaasaa inoo sheegay.
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 Kanu waa maraggii Yooxanaa furay, markii Yuhuuddu Yeruusaalem uga soo direen wadaaddo iyo kuwo reer Laawi ah inay weyddiiyaan oo ku yidhaahdaan, Yaad tahay?
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 Isagu waa qirtay, mana uu inkirin, oo wuxuu qirtay oo yidhi, Anigu ma ihi Masiixa.
So John told them the truth, and he told them clearly [DOU]. He said, “[I] am not (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)!”
21 Markaasay weyddiiyeen, Haddaba yaad tahay? Ma Eliyaas baad tahay? Wuxuuna yidhi, Ma ihi. Ma nebigii baad tahay? Wuxuuna ku jawaabay, Maya.
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 Waxay haddaba ku yidhaahdeen, Yaad tahay? si aannu jawaab ugu celinno kuwii na soo diray. Yaad isku sheegaysaa?
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 Wuxuu yidhi, Waxaan ahay codka kan cidlada kaga qaylinaya, Jidka Rabbiga toosiya, siduu nebi Isayos u yidhi.
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 Kuwa la soo diray waxay ka yimaadeen Farrisiinta.
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 Markaasay weyddiiyeen oo ku yidhaahdeen, Haddaba maxaad dadka u baabtiistaa haddaanad ahayn Masiixa ama Eliyaas ama nebigii?
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 Yooxanaa wuxuu ugu jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Anigu waxaan dadka ku baabtiisaa biyo, laakiin dhexdiinna waxaa jooga mid aydnaan garanaynin
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 oo ah kan iga daba imanaya, kan aanan istaahilin inaan yeelmaha kabtiisa furo.
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 Waxyaalahaasu waxay ka dhaceen Beytaniya taas oo ku taal Webi Urdun shishadiisa, oo ahayd meeshii Yooxanaa dadka ku baabtiisayay.
Those things happened at [a place called] Bethany, on the [east] side of the Jordan [River], where John was baptizing people.
29 Maalintii labaad Yooxanaa wuxuu arkay Ciise oo ku soo socda, oo wuxuu yidhi, Bal eega Wanka Ilaah ee dembiga dunida qaadaya.
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 Kanu waa kii aan idhi, Waxaa iga daba imanaya nin iga horreeyey, waayo, hortay buu jiray.
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 Anigu ma aan aqoonin isaga, laakiin inuu Israa'iil u soo muuqdo sidaa daraaddeed ayaan u imid anigoo dadka biyo ku baabtiisa.
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 Yooxanaa waa marag furay isagoo leh, Waxaan arkay Ruuxa oo samada uga soo degaya sidii qoolley oo kale, wuuna dul joogsaday isagii.
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 Anigu ma aan aqoonin isaga, laakiin kii ii soo diray inaan dadka biyo ku baabtiiso, wuxuu igu yidhi, Kii aad ku aragtid Ruuxa oo ku soo degaya oo ku dul joogsanaya, kaasu waa kan dadka ku baabtiisa Ruuxa Quduuska ah.
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 Anigu waan arkay, waana u marag furay in kanu yahay Wiilka Ilaah.
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 Mar kale maalintii dambe Yooxanaa waa taagnaa isaga iyo laba xertiisa ahayd.
The next day John was at the same place again (with two of us/with two of his disciples).
36 Oo wuxuu arkay Ciise oo socda, markaasuu yidhi, Bal eega Wanka Ilaah.
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 Labadii xerta ahaydna way maqleen isagoo hadlaya, wayna raaceen Ciise.
(When we/those two disciples) heard John say this, we/they went with Jesus.
38 Markaasaa Ciise soo jeestay, waana arkay iyagoo raacaya, kolkaasuu ku yidhi, Maxaad doonaysaan? Waxay ku yidhaahdeen, Rabbi (waxaa lagu fasiraa Macallin), Xaggee baad deggan tahay?
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 Wuxuu ku yidhi, Kaalaya oo arka, Markaasay yimaadeen oo arkeen meeshuu degganaa, wayna la joogeen maalintaas. Goortaas waxay ahayd abbaaraha saacaddii tobnaad.
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 Mid ka mid ah labadii maqashay Yooxanaa oo raacday, wuxuu ahaa Andaros, Simoon Butros walaalkiis.
(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 Isagu wuxuu hortii doonay walaalkiis Simoon oo ku yidhi, Waannu helnay Masiixa (kan lagu fasiro Kiristooska).
[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 Markaasuu wuxuu u geeyey Ciise. Ciisena intuu eegay ayuu wuxuu ku yidhi, Adigu waxaad tahay Simoon ina Yoonis. Waxaa lagu odhan doonaa Keeyfas (oo fasirkiisu yahay Butros).
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 Maalintii labaad wuxuu doonayay inuu Galili tago, oo wuxuu helay Filibos. Ciisena wuxuu ku yidhi, I soo raac.
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 Filibos wuxuu ahaa reer Beytsayda taas oo ah magaaladii Andaros iyo Butros.
Philip and Andrew and Peter were all from Bethsaida [town].
45 Markaasaa Filibos wuxuu doonay Nataana'el oo ku yidhi, Waxaannu helnay kii Muuse sharciga ku qoray wax isaga ku saabsan, oo nebiyadiina ay qoreen wax isaga ku saabsan, waana Ciisihii reer Naasared oo ah ina Yuusuf.
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 Nataana'el wuxuu ku yidhi, Ma wax wanaagsan baa ka iman kara Naasared? Markaasaa Filibos wuxuu ku yidhi, Kaalay oo arag.
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 Ciise wuxuu arkay Nataana'el oo ku soo socda, oo wuxuu ku yidhi, Bal eeg, kanu waa mid reer Israa'iil oo run ah oo aan khiyaano lahayn.
When Jesus saw Nathaniel approaching, he said about Nathaniel, “Here is an example of a good Israelite! He never deceives anyone!”
48 Markaasaa Nataana'el wuxuu ku yidhi, Xaggee baad igu tiqiin? Ciise ayaa u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Intaan Filibos kuu yeedhin, markaad geedkii berdaha hoostiisa joogtay, ayaan ku arkay.
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 Kolkaasaa Nataana'el u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Macallimow, waxaad tahay Wiilka Ilaah, oo waxaad tahay boqorkii Israa'iil.
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 Ciise ayaa u jawaabay oo ku yidhi, Ma waxaad u rumaysatay odhaatinkii aan kugu idhi, Geedka berdaha hoostiisa ayaan kugu arkay? Waxaad arki doontaa wax waxyaalahaas ka waaweyn.
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 Markaasuu ku yidhi, Runtii, runtii, waxaan idinku leeyahay, Waxaad arki doontaan samadoo furan iyo malaa'igaha Ilaah oo kor u kacaya oo ku soo degaya Wiilka Aadanaha.
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.”
