Juan 7
1 Después de esto, Jesús fue de lugar en lugar en Galilea. No anduvo en Judea, porque los judíos buscaban la oportunidad de matarlo.
After those things happened, Jesus went around in Galilee [province]. He did not want to travel in Judea [province], because he knew that the Jewish [leaders there] were wanting to kill him.
2 Pero la fiesta de los judíos, la fiesta de los tabernáculos, estaba cerca.
But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
3 Entonces le dijeron sus hermanos: Vete de aquí a Judea, para que tus discípulos vean las obras que haces.
Jesus’ [younger] brothers said to him, “[Since many people] here [have left you], you should leave and go to Judea [province and perform] some miracles there, so that your disciples may see them!
4 Porque nadie hace las cosas secretamente si desea que los hombres lo conozcan. Si haces estas cosas, déjate ver por todos los hombres.
No one who wants to become famous does things secretly. [You say] you are doing these miracles, [so do some miracles there] so that everyone [MTY] can see them!”
5 Porque aun sus hermanos no creyeron en él.
[They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
6 Jesús les dijo: Mi tiempo está por venir, pero cualquier momento es bueno para ustedes.
So Jesus said to them, “It is not yet time for me [MTY] [to go to the celebration]. For you, any time is right [to go to the celebration].
7 No es posible que sean odiados por el mundo; pero soy soy odiado, porque doy testimonio de que lo que hacen es maldad.
[The people] [MTY] [who] ([do not believe in me/do not belong to God]) cannot hate you, but they hate me because I tell them that what they are doing is evil.
8 vayan a la fiesta: no voy ahora a la fiesta porque mi tiempo no ha llegado del todo.
You [(pl)] go ahead to the celebration. I am not going up [to Jerusalem] to the celebration [yet], because now is not the right time for me [to go].”
9 Diciéndoles estas cosas, él todavía se quedó en Galilea.
After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
10 Pero después que sus hermanos fueron a la fiesta, él fue, no públicamente, sino en secreto.
However, [a few days] after his younger brothers left to go up to the celebration, he went also. He went, along with [us] disciples, but no others went with us.
11 En la fiesta, los judíos lo buscaban y decían: ¿Dónde está?
At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
12 Y hubo mucha discusión sobre él entre la gente. Algunos dijeron: Él es un buen hombre; pero otros dijeron: No, le está dando a la gente ideas falsas.
Among the crowds, many people were whispering about Jesus. Some were saying, “He is a good man!” But others were saying instead, “No! He is deceiving the crowds!”
13 Pero ningún hombre dijo nada acerca de él abiertamente por temor a los judíos.
But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
14 Ahora en medio de la fiesta, Jesús fue al Templo y estaba enseñando.
In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
15 Entonces los judíos se sorprendieron y dijeron: ¿Cómo ha aprendido este hombre los libros? Él nunca ha estado en la escuela.
The Jewish [elders] were amazed [at what he was saying]. They said, “This man never studied [in one of our religious schools]! So (how can he have learned [so much about Scripture]?/it is difficult for us to believe that he has learned [so much about Scripture]!) [RHQ]”
16 Jesús les dio esta respuesta: No es mi enseñanza, sino de aquel que me envió.
Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
17 Si algún hombre está listo para hacer el placer de Dios, él tendrá conocimiento de la enseñanza y de dónde proviene, de Dios o de mí mismo.
Those who choose to do what God wants will find out whether what I teach comes from God or whether I am speaking with [only] my own [authority].
18 El hombre cuyas palabras provienen de sí mismo está buscando la gloria para sí mismo, pero el que está buscando la gloria del que le envió, ese hombre es verdadero y no hay mal en él.
Those who speak with [only] their own [authority] do that [only] so that others will honor them. But I am [doing things so that others] will honor the one who sent me, and I am someone who speaks the truth. I never lie.
19 ¿No te dio Moisés la ley? Aun así, ninguno de ustedes cumple la ley. ¿Por qué tienen el deseo de matarme?
[Think about] the laws that Moses gave you [RHQ]. None of you [completely] obeys those laws. So why are you trying to kill me, [saying I do not obey the laws concerning] ([the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest])?”
20 Respondió el pueblo en respuesta: Tú tienes espíritu malo; ¿quién tiene deseo de matarte?
Someone in the crowd answered, “[By saying this you show that] you are crazy (OR, A demon is controlling you)! Certainly no one is trying to kill you!”
21 Esta fue la respuesta de Jesús: he hecho un milagro en el dia de reposo y todos ustedes están sorprendidos.
Jesus replied to them, “Because I did a miracle [of healing someone] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), you are all shocked.
22 Moisés te dio la circuncisión, no porque sea de Moisés, sino de los ancestros de ustedes, y aun en día de reposo le das la circuncisión a un niño.
Moses gave you [a law that you must] circumcise [the male children and that you must do that exactly seven days after they are born. Actually], it was your ancestors, [Abraham and Isaac and Jacob], not Moses, who [started that ritual]. But because of that law, you sometimes circumcise them (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), [but that is working, too]
23 Si a un niño se le da la circuncisión en el día de reposo para que la ley de Moisés no se rompa, ¿por qué estás enojado conmigo porque sane a un hombre en el día de reposo?
You [sometimes] circumcise boys (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) so that the law of Moses is not disobeyed {[you] do not disobey the law of Moses}, so (it is ridiculous that you are angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man!/why are you angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man?) [RHQ] [Healing someone is far more helpful than circumcising a baby boy]!
24 No dejes que tus decisiones se basen en lo que ves, sino en la justicia.
Stop deciding whether my healing this man is wrong according to what you see! Instead, decide according to what is really the right action [to help people]”!
25 Entonces algunos de los habitantes de Jerusalén dijeron: ¿No es éste el hombre que andan buscando para matarle?
Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “(This is the man that they are trying to kill!/Isn’t this the man that they are trying to kill?) [RHQ]
26 ¡ Y aquí él está hablando abiertamente y no le dicen nada! ¿Es posible que los gobernantes tengan conocimiento de que este es verdaderamente el Cristo?
He is saying these things (publicly/in front of many people), but our [Jewish] rulers are not saying anything to [oppose] him. Is that because they have decided that he is truly (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)?
27 Sin embargo, es claro para nosotros de dónde viene este hombre, pero cuando venga Cristo, nadie sabrá de dónde viene.
But [he cannot be the Messiah, because] we know where this man came from. When the Messiah really comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
28 Entonces, cuando estaba enseñando en el Templo, Jesús dijo a gran voz: Ustedes me conocen, y saben de dónde vengo; y no he venido de mí mismo; pero hay Uno que me ha enviado; él es verdadero y digno de confianza, pero ustedes no tienen conocimiento de él.
[They said that because they thought Jesus was born in Nazareth]. So while Jesus was teaching [people] in the Temple [courtyard], he shouted, “Yes, [you say that] you know me, and [you think] you know [IRO] where I am from. But I have come here not (because I appointed myself/with my own authority). Instead, [God] is the one who truly sent me. You do not know him.
29 Lo conozco, porque vengo de él y él me envió.
But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
30 Entonces tuvieron el deseo de arrestarlo, pero ningún hombre le puso las manos porque aún no había llegado su hora.
Then they tried to seize him [because he said that he had come from God]. But no one put their hands on him [to do that], because it was not yet the time [MTY] [for him to die].
31 Y el pueblo creyó en él, y dijeron: Cuando el Cristo venga, ¿hará más milagros de los que este hombre hizo?
But many of the crowd believed that he [had come from God]. They said, “When the Messiah comes, he certainly will not do more miracles than this man has done, will he?”
32 Esta discusión del pueblo llegó a los oídos de los fariseos; y los principales sacerdotes y los fariseos enviaron siervos para tomarlo.
The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
33 Entonces Jesús dijo: Yo estaré contigo un poco más y luego iré al que me envió.
Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
34 Me buscarán, y no me encontraran; y donde yo esté, no podrán ir.
Then you will search for me, but you will not find me. And you will not be able to come to the place where I am.”
35 Entonces los judíos dijeron entre sí: ¿A dónde irá que no lo encontraremos? ¿irá a los judíos que viven entre los griegos y se convertirá en el maestro de los griegos?
So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said to themselves, “Where is this man about to go with the result that we will not be able to find him? [Some Jewish people have] dispersed [and live] among Greek people. He is not intending to go [and live among them] and teach them, is he?
36 ¿Qué es esta palabra suya, me buscarán y no me encontraran, y donde yo estoy, no podrán estar?
When he said ‘You will search for me, but you will not be able to find me,’ and when he said ‘You will not be able to come to the place where I am,’ what [did he mean]?”
37 En el último día, el gran día de la fiesta, Jesús se levantó y dijo a gran voz: Si alguno necesita de beber, que venga a mí y beba.
[On each of the seven days of the celebration, the high priest poured out some water on the altar in the Temple to remember how God provided water for the people in the desolate area long ago. But the water he poured did not help anyone who was thirsty. So] on the last day of the festival, which was the most important day, Jesus stood up [in the Temple courtyard] and said with a loud voice, “Those who are thirsty should come to me to drink [what I will give them].
38 El que tiene fe en mí, de su cuerpo, como han dicho las Escrituras, fluirán ríos de agua viva.
Just like the Scriptures teach, streams of water shall flow out from within those who believe in me, and that water will cause them to live [eternally].”
39 Esto lo dijo del Espíritu que se le daría a los que tenían fe en él: el Espíritu no se le había dado entonces, porque la gloria de Jesús aún estaba por venir.
When Jesus said that, he was referring to [God’s] Spirit, whom those who believed in Jesus would receive later. Up to that time God had not sent the Spirit [to live within believers], because Jesus had not yet [died and returned to his] glorious [home in] heaven, [from where he would send the Spirit].
40 Cuando estas palabras llegaron a sus oídos, algunas personas dijeron: Este es ciertamente el profeta.
When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, “Surely this man is the prophet [whom God promised to send who would be like Moses]!”
41 Otros dijeron: Este es el Cristo. Pero otros dijeron: No es así; vendrá el Cristo de Galilea?
Others said, “He is the Messiah!” But others, [thinking Jesus was born in Galilee], said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee [province], will he?
42 ¿No dicen las Escrituras que el Cristo viene de la simiente de David y de Belén, la pequeña ciudad donde estaba David?
(Did [a prophet] not write in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived?/[It is written] in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived!) [RHQ]”
43 Entonces hubo una división entre la gente por causa de él.
So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
44 Y algunos de ellos tenían el deseo de arrestarlo; pero ningún hombre le puso las manos encima.
Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
45 Entonces los guardianes volvieron a los principales sacerdotes y a los fariseos, y les dijo: ¿Por qué no lo trajeron con ustedes?
So the Temple guards returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees, [the ones who had sent them to arrest Jesus]. They said to the guards, “Why did you not [seize him and] bring him [here]?”
46 Los guardianes respondieron: Ningún hombre dijo cosas como este hombre.
They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
47 Entonces los fariseos les dijeron: ¿Al igual que a los demás, se les han dado ideas falsas?
Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
48 ¿Alguno de los gobernantes creen en él o alguno de los fariseos?
(None of our rulers nor any of us Pharisees have believed that (he [is the Messiah]!/he [came from God]!)/Have any of our [Jewish] rulers or any of us Pharisees believed that (he [is the Messiah]?/he [came from God]?)) [RHQ]
49 Pero esta gente que no conoce la ley está maldita.
Not one! But, on the contrary, some of this crowd [have believed in him]. They do not know [the true teachings of] our laws! They will go to hell [for listening to him]!” (questioned)
50 Nicodemo, el que había venido a Jesús antes, siendo él mismo uno de ellos, les dijo:
Then Nicodemus spoke. He was the one who earlier went to Jesus [at night]. He was also a member of the Jewish council. He said to [the rest of the Council members],
51 ¿Es un hombre juzgado por nuestra ley antes que le haya dado oído y tenga conocimiento de lo que ha hecho?
“[We] have not listened to what he says to find out what he is doing. (It is not permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him!/Is it permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him?) [RHQ]”
52 Esta fue su respuesta: ¿y vienes de Galilea? investiga las escrituras y verás que ningún profeta sale de Galilea.
They replied to him, “(Are you another [disgusting person] from Galilee?/[You talk like] another [disgusting person] from Galilee!) [RHQ] Read [what is written in the Scriptures] You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee [province, like he does]!”
53 Y cada uno fue a su casa;
[Then they all left and went to their own homes.
