John 1
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The Word Became Flesh
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome#1:5 Or understood it.
6There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”) 16Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and#1:18 Some manuscripts but the only Son, who is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
John the Baptist Denies Being the Messiah
19Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders#1:19 The Greek term traditionally translated the Jews (hoi Ioudaioi) refers here and elsewhere in John’s Gospel to those Jewish leaders who opposed Jesus; also in 5:10, 15,16; 7:1,11,13; 9:22; 18:14,28,36; 19:7,12,31,38; 20:19. in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. 20He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”
21They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
22Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”#1:23 Isaiah 40:3
24Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26“I baptize with#1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice) water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
John Testifies About Jesus
29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
32Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ 34I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”#1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
John’s Disciples Follow Jesus
35The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
40Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). 42And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter#1:42 Cephas (Aramaic) and Peter (Greek) both mean rock.).
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael
43The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
44Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46“Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
48“How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
50Jesus said, “You believe#1:50 Or Do you believe…? because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51He then added, “Very truly I tell you,#1:51 The Greek is plural. you#1:51 The Greek is plural. will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’#1:51 Gen. 28:12 the Son of Man.”
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Yúhanná 1
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1Ibtidá meṉ Kalám thá, aur Kalám Ḳhudá ke sáth thá, aur Kalám Ḳhudá thá. 2Yihí ibtidá meṉ Ḳhudá ke sáth thá. 3Sárí chízeṉ us ke wasíle se paidá húíṉ; aur jo kuchh paidá húá hai, us meṉ se koí chíz bhí us ke bagair paidá nahíṉ húí. 4Us meṉ zindagí thí; aur wuh zindagí ádmíoṉ ká núr thá. 5Aur núr táríkí meṉ chamaktá hai: aur táríkí ne use qubúl na kiyá. 6Ek ádmí Yúhanná nám á maujúd húá, jo Ḳhudá kí taraf se bhejá gayá thá. 7Yih gawáhí ke liye áyá, ki núr kí gawáhí de, táki sab us ke wasíle se ímán láeṉ. 8Wuh ḳhud to núr na thá, magar núr kí gawáhí dene ko áyá thá. 9Haqíqí núr, jo har ek ádmí ko raushan kartá hai, dunyá meṉ áne ko thá. 10Wuh dunyá meṉ thá, aur dunyá us ke wasíle se paidá húí, aur dunyá ne use na pahcháná. 11Wuh apne ghar áyá, aur us ke apnoṉ ne use qubúl na kiyá. 12Lekin jitnoṉ ne use qubúl kiyá, us ne unheṉ Ḳhudá ke farzand banne ká haqq baḳhshá, yaʻní unheṉ jo us ke nám par ímán láte haiṉ. 13Wuh na ḳhún se, na jism kí ḳhwáhish se, na insán ke iráde se, balki Ḳhudá se paidá húe. 14Aur Kalám mujassam húá, aur fazl aur sachcháí se maʻmúr hokar hamáre darmiyán rahá, aur ham ne us ká aisá jalál dekhá, jaisá Báp ke iklaute ká jalál. 15Yúhanná ne us kí bábat gawáhí dí, aur pukárke kahá hai, ki Yih wuhí hai, jis ká maiṉ ne zikr kiyá, ki Jo mere baʻd átá hai wuh mujh se muqaddam ṭhahrá; kyúṉki wuh mujh se pahle thá. 16Kyúṉki us kí maʻmúrí meṉ se ham sab ne páyá, yaʻní fazl par fazl. 17Is liye ki sharíʻat to Músá kí maʻrifat dí gayí; magar fazl aur sachcháí Yisúʻ Masíh kí maʻrífat pahuṉchi. 18Ḳhudá ko kisí ne kabhí nahíṉ dekhá; iklautá Beṭá, jo Báp kí god meṉ hai, usí ne záhir kiyá.
19Aur Yúhanná kí gawáhí yih hai, ki jab Yahúdíoṉ ne Yarúshalem se káhin aur Lewí yih púchhne ko us ke pás bheje, ki Tú kaun hai? 20to us ne iqrár kiyá, aur inkár na kiyá, balki iqrár kiyá, ki Maiṉ to Masíh nahíṉ húṉ. 21Unhoṉ ne us se púchhá, Phir kaun hai? Kyá tú Eliyyáh hai? Us ne kahá; Maiṉ nahíṉ húṉ. Kyá tú wuh nabí hai? Us ne jawáb diyá, ki Nahíṉ. 22Pas unhoṉ ne us se kahá; Phir tú hai kaun? táki ham apne bhejnewáloṉ ko jawáb deṉ. Tú apne haqq meṉ kyá kahtá hai? 23Us ne kahá; Maiṉ, jaisá Yashaʻyáh nabí ne kahá hai, biyábán meṉ ek pukárnewále kí áwáz húṉ, ki Tum Ḳhudáwand kí ráh ko sídhá karo. 24Yih Farísíoṉ kí taraf se bheje gaye the. 25Unhoṉ ne us se yih suwál kiyá, ki Agar tú na Masíh hai, na Eliyyáh, na wuh nabí, to phir baptisma kyúṉ detá hai? 26Yúhanná ne jawáb meṉ un se kahá, ki Maiṉ pání se baptisma detá húṉ; tumháre darmiyán ek shaḳhs khaṛá hai, jise tum nahíṉ jánte, 27yaʻní mere baʻd ká ánewálá, jis kí jútí ká tasma maiṉ kholne ke láiq nahíṉ. 28Yih báteṉ Yardan ke pár Baitʻaniyyáh meṉ wáqiʻ húíṉ, jaháṉ Yúhanná baptisma detá thá.
29Dúsre din us ne Yisúʻ ko apní taraf áte dekhkar kahá; Dekho, yih Ḳhudá ká Barra hai, jo dunyá ká gunáh uṭhá le játá hai. 30Yih wuhí hai, jis kí bábat maiṉ ne kahá thá, ki Ek shaḳhs mere baʻd átá hai, jo mujh se muqaddam ṭhahrá hai, kyúṉki wuh mujh se pahle thá. 31Aur maiṉ to use pahchántá na thá; magar is liye pání se baptisma detá húá áyá, ki wuh Isráíl par záhir ho jáe. 32Aur Yúhanná ne yih gawáhí dí, ki Maiṉ ne Rúh ko kabútar kí tarah ásmán se utarte dekhá hai, aur wuh us par ṭhahr gayí. 33Aur maiṉ to use pahchántá na thá; magar jis ne mujhe pání se baptisma dene ko bhejá, usí ne mujh se kahá, ki Jis par tú Rúh ko utarte aur ṭhahrte dekhe, wuhí Rúhuʼl Quds se baptisma denewálá hai. 34Chunáṉchi maiṉ ne dekhá aur gawáhí dí hai, ki yih Ḳhudá ká Beṭá hai.
35Dúsre din phir Yúhanná aur us ke shágirdoṉ meṉ se do shaḳhs khaṛe the. 36Us ne Yisúʻ par, jo já rahá thá, nigáh karke kahá, Dekho, yih Ḳhudá ká Barra hai! 37Wuh donoṉ shágird us ko yih kahte sunkar Yisúʻ ke píchhe ho liye. 38Yisúʻ ne phirkar aur unheṉ píchhe áte dekhkar un se kahá; Tum kyá ḍhúṉḍhte ho? Unhoṉ ne us se kahá; Ai Rabbí, (yaʻní Ai ustád), tú kaháṉ rahtá hai? 39Us ne un se kahá; Chalo, dekh loge. Pas unhoṉ ne ákar us ke rahne kí jagah dekhí, aur us roz us ke sáth rahe; aur yih dasweṉ ghanṭe ke qaríb thá. 40Un donoṉ meṉ se jo Yúhanná kí bát sunkar Yisúʻ ke píchhe ho liye the, ek Shamaʻún Patras ká bhái Andriyás thá. 41Us ne pahle apne sage bháí Shamaʻún se milkar us se kahá, ki Ham ko Ḳhristus, yaʻní Masíh mil gayá. 42Wuh use Yisúʻ ke pás láyá: Yisúʻ ne us par nigáh karke kahá, ki Tú Yúhanná ká beṭá Shamaʻún hai: tú Kefá, yaʻní Patras, kahláegá.
43Dúsre din Yisúʻ ne Galíl meṉ jáná cháhá; aur Filippus se milkar kahá; Mere píchhe ho le. 44Filippus Andriyás aur Patras ke shahr Baitsaidá ká báshinda thá. 45Filippus ne Natanʼel se milkar us se kahá, ki Jis ká zikr Músá ne Tauret meṉ aur nabíoṉ ne kiyá hai, wuh ham ko mil gayá; wuh Yúsuf ká beṭá Yisúʻ Násarí hai. 46Natanʼel ne us se kahá; Kyá Násarat se koí achchhí chíz nikal saktí hai? Filippus ne kahá; Chalkar dekh le. 47Yisúʻ ne Natanʼel ko apní taraf áte dekhkar us ke haqq meṉ kahá; Dekho, yih fiʼlhaqíqat Isráílí hai: is meṉ makr nahíṉ. 48Natanʼel ne us se kahá; Tú mujhe kaháṉ se jántá hai? Yisúʻ ne us ke jawáb meṉ kahá; Is se pahle ki Filippus ne tujhe buláyá, jab tú anjír ke daraḳht ke níche thá, maiṉ ne tujhe dekhá. 49Natanʼel ne ús ko jawáb diyá; Ai Rabbí, tú Ḳhudá ká Beṭá, tú Isráíl ká bádsháh hai. 50Yisúʻ ne jawáb meṉ us se kahá; Maiṉ ne jo tujh se kahá, ki tujh ko anjír ke daraḳht ke níche dekhá, kyá tú isí liye ímán láyá hai? Tú in se bhí baṛe baṛe májare dekhegá. 51Phir us se kahá; Maiṉ tum se sach sach kahtá húṉ, ki Tum ásmán ko khulá húá, aur Ḳhudá ke firishtoṉ ko úpar játe aur Ibn i Ádam par utarte dekhoge.
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