Iohannem 12
1 Iesus ergo ante sex dies Paschæ venit Bethaniam, ubi Lazarus fuerat mortuus, quem suscitavit Iesus.
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.
2 Fecerunt autem ei cœnam ibi: et Martha ministrabat, Lazarus vero unus erat ex discumbentibus cum eo.
There a supper was given in his honour at which Martha waited, while Lazarus was one of those present at the table.
3 Maria ergo accepit libram unguenti nardi pistici, pretiosi, et unxit pedes Iesu, et extersit pedes eius capillis suis: et domus impleta est ex odore unguenti.
So Mary took a pound of choice spikenard perfume of great value, and anointed the feet of Jesus with it, and then wiped them with her hair. The whole house was filled with the scent of the perfume.
4 Dixit ergo unus ex discipulis eius, Iudas Iscariotes, qui erat eum traditurus:
One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray Jesus, asked,
5 Quare hoc unguentum non væniit trecentis denariis, et datum est egenis?
‘Why was not this perfume sold for a year’s wages, and the money given to poor people?’
6 Dixit autem hoc, non quia de egenis pertinebat ad eum, sed quia fur erat, et loculos habens, ea, quæ mittebantur, portabat.
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.
7 Dixit ergo Iesus: Sinite illam ut in diem sepulturæ meæ servet illud.
‘Leave her alone,’ said Jesus, ‘so that she may keep it until the day when my body is being prepared for burial.
8 Pauperes enim semper habetis vobiscum: me autem non semper habetis.
The poor you always have with you, but you will not always have me.’
9 Cognovit ergo turba multa ex Iudæis quia illic est: et venerunt, non propter Iesum tantum, sed ut Lazarum viderent, quem suscitavit a mortuis.
Now great numbers of people found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 Cogitaverunt autem principes sacerdotum ut et Lazarum interficerent:
The chief priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,
11 quia multi propter illum abibant ex Iudæis, et credebant in Iesum.
because it was owing to him that many of the people had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.
12 In crastinum autem turba multa, quæ venerat ad diem festum, cum audissent quia venit Iesus Ierosolymam:
On the following day great numbers of people who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, took palm branches,
13 acceperunt ramos palmarum, et processerunt obviam ei, et clamabant: Hosanna! Benedictus, qui venit in nomine Domini, Rex Israel!
and went out to meet him, shouting as they went, ‘God save him! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord – the king of Israel!’
14 Et invenit Iesus asellum, et sedit super eum, sicut scriptum est:
Having found a young donkey, Jesus seated himself on it, in accordance with the passage of scripture –
15 Noli timere filia Sion: ecce Rex tuus venit sedens super pullum asinæ.
“Fear not, people of Zion. Your king is coming to you, sitting on the foal of a donkey.”
16 Hæc non cognoverunt discipuli eius primum: sed quando glorificatus est Iesus, tunc recordati sunt quia hæc erant scripta de eo: et hæc fecerunt ei.
His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in scripture, and that they had done these things for him.
17 Testimonium ergo perhibebat turba, quæ erat cum eo quando Lazarum vocavit de monumento, et suscitavit eum a mortuis.
Meanwhile the people who were with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, were telling what they had seen.
18 Propterea et obviam venit ei turba: quia audierunt fecisse hoc signum.
This, indeed, was why the crowd met him – because people had heard that he had given this sign of his mission.
19 Pharisæi ergo dixerunt ad semetipsos: Videtis quia nihil proficimus? Ecce mundus totus post eum abiit.
So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘You see that you are gaining nothing! Why, all the world has run after him!’
20 Erant autem quidam Gentiles ex his, qui ascenderant ut adorarent in die festo.
Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,
21 Hi ergo accesserunt ad Philippum, qui erat a Bethsaida Galilææ, et rogabant eum, dicentes: Domine, volumus Iesum videre.
who went to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’
22 Venit Philippus, et dicit Andreæ: Andreas rursum, et Philippus dixerunt Iesu.
Philip went and told Andrew, and then together they went and told Jesus.
23 Iesus autem respondit eis, dicens: Venit hora, ut clarificetur Filius hominis.
This was his reply – ‘The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.
24 Amen, amen dico vobis, nisi granum frumenti cadens in terram, mortuum fuerit; ipsum solum manet. Si autem mortuum fuerit, multum fructum affert.
In truth I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains solitary; but, if it dies, it becomes fruitful.
25 Qui amat animam suam, perdet eam: et qui odit animam suam in hoc mundo, in vitam æternam custodit eam. (aiōnios g166)
A person who loves their life loses it; while someone who hates their life in the present world will preserve it for eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 Si quis mihi ministrat, me sequatur: et ubi sum ego, illic et minister meus erit. Si quis mihi ministraverit, honorificabit eum Pater meus.
If someone is ready to serve me, let them follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If a person is ready to serve me, my Father will honour them.
27 Nunc anima mea turbata est. Et quid dicam? Pater, salvifica me ex hac hora? Sed propterea veni in horam hanc.
Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour – yet it was for this reason that I came to this hour –
28 Pater, clarifica nomen tuum. Venit ergo vox de cælo: Et clarificavi, et iterum clarificabo.
Father, honour your own name.’ At this there came a voice from heaven, which said, ‘I have already honoured it, and I will honour it again.’
29 Turba ergo, quæ stabat, et audierat, dicebat tonitruum esse factum. Alii dicebant: Angelus ei locutus est.
The crowd of bystanders, who heard the sound, said that it was thundering. Others said, ‘An angel has been speaking to him.’
30 Respondit Iesus, et dixit: Non propter me hæc vox venit, sed propter vos.
‘It was not for my sake that the voice came,’ said Jesus, ‘but for yours.
31 Nunc iudicium est mundi: nunc princeps huius mundi eiicietur foras.
Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world will be driven out;
32 Et ego si exaltatus fuero a terra, omnia traham ad me ipsum.
and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’
33 (hoc autem dicebat, significans qua morte esset moriturus.)
By these words he indicated what death he was destined to die.
34 Respondit ei turba: Nos audivimus ex lege, quia Christus manet in æternum: et quomodo tu dicis, Oportet exaltari Filium hominis? Quis est iste Filius hominis? (aiōn g165)
‘We,’ replied the people, ‘have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; how is it, then, that you say that the Son of Man must be “lifted up” Who is this “Son of Man”?’ (aiōn g165)
35 Dixit ergo eis Iesus: Adhuc modicum, lumen in vobis est. Ambulate dum lucem habetis, ut non vos tenebræ comprehendant: et qui ambulant in tenebris, nescit quo vadat.
‘Only a little while longer,’ answered Jesus, ‘will you have the light among you. Travel on while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.
36 Dum lucem habetis, credite in lucem, ut filii lucis sitis. Hæc locutus est Iesus: et abiit, et abscondit se ab eis.
While you still have the light, believe in the light, so that you may be children of light.’ After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.
37 Cum autem tanta signa fecisset coram eis, non credebant in eum:
But, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,
38 ut sermo Isaiæ prophetæ impleretur, quem dixit: Domine, quis credidit auditui nostro? Et brachium Domini cui revelatum est?
in fulfilment of the words of the prophet Isaiah, where he says – “Lord, who has believed our teaching? And to whom has the might of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Propterea non poterant credere, quia iterum dixit Isaias:
The reason why they were unable to believe is given by Isaiah elsewhere, in these words –
40 Excæcavit oculos eorum, et induravit cor eorum: ut non videant oculis, et non intelligant corde, et convertantur, et sanem eos.
“He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn – And I should heal them.”
41 Hæc dixit Isaias, quando vidit gloriam eius, et locutus est de eo.
Isaiah said this, because he saw Christ’s glory; and it was of him that he spoke.
42 Verumtamen et ex principibus multi crediderunt in eum: sed propter Pharisæos non confitebantur, ut e synagoga non eiicerentur.
Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, because of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, because they were afraid that they should be expelled from their synagogues;
43 Dilexerunt enim gloriam hominum magis, quam gloriam Dei.
for they valued honour from people more than honour from God.
44 Iesus autem clamavit, et dixit: Qui credit in me, non credit in me, sed in eum, qui misit me.
But Jesus had proclaimed, ‘He who believes in me believes, not in me, but in him who sent me;
45 Et qui videt me, videt eum, qui misit me.
and he who sees me sees him who sent me.
46 Ego lux in mundum veni: ut omnis, qui credit in me, in tenebris non maneat.
I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness.
47 Et si quis audierit verba mea, et non custodierit: ego non iudico eum. Non enim veni ut iudicem mundum, sed ut salvificem mundum.
When anyone hears my teaching and pays no heed to it, I am not his judge; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 Qui spernit me, et non accipit verba mea: habet qui iudicet eum. Sermo, quem locutus sum, ille iudicabit eum in novissimo die.
He who rejects me, and disregards my teaching, has a judge already – the message which I have delivered will itself be his judge at the Last day.
49 Quia ego ex me ipso non sum locutus, sed qui misit me Pater, ipse mihi mandatum dedit quid dicam, et quid loquar.
For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.
