Iohannem 6
1 Post hæc abiit Iesus trans mare Galilææ, quod est Tiberiadis:
After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee – otherwise called the Lake of Tiberias.
2 et sequebatur eum multitudo magna, quia videbant signa, quæ faciebat super his, qui infirmabantur.
A great crowd of people, however, followed him, because they saw the signs of his mission in his work among those who were sick.
3 Subiit ergo in montem Iesus: et ibi sedebat cum discipulis suis.
Jesus went up the hill, and sat down there with his disciples.
4 Erat autem proximum Pascha dies festus Iudæorum.
It was near the time of the Jewish Festival of the Passover.
5 Cum sublevasset ergo oculos Iesus, et vidisset quia multitudo maxima venit ad eum, dixit ad Philippum: Unde ememus panes, ut manducent hi?
Looking up, and noticing that a great crowd was coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip, ‘Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?’
6 Hoc autem dicebat tentans eum: ipse enim sciebat quid esset facturus.
He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he meant to do.
7 Respondit ei Philippus: Ducentorum denariorum panes non sufficiunt eis, ut unusquisque modicum quid accipiat.
‘Even if we spent a years’ wages on bread,’ answered Philip, ‘it would not be enough for each of them to have a little.’
8 Dicit ei unus ex discipulis eius, Andreas frater Simonis Petri:
‘There is a boy here,’ said Andrew, another of his disciples, Simon Peter’s brother,
9 Est puer unus hic, qui habet quinque panes hordeaceos, et duos pisces: sed hæc quid sunt inter tantos?
‘Who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that for so many?’
10 Dixit ergo Iesus: Facite homines discumbere. Erat autem fœnum multum in loco. Discumberunt ergo viri, numero quasi quinque millia.
‘Make the people sit down,’ said Jesus. It was a grassy spot; so the people, who numbered about five thousand, sat down,
11 Accepit ergo Iesus panes: et cum gratias egisset, distribuit discumbentibus: similiter et ex piscibus quantum volebant.
and then Jesus took the loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, distributed them to those who were sitting down; and the same with the fish, giving the people as much as they wanted.
12 Ut autem impleti sunt, dixit discipulis suis: Colligite quæ superaverunt fragmenta, ne pereant.
When they were satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, ‘Collect the broken pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted.’
13 Collegerunt ergo, et impleverunt duodecim cophinos fragmentorum ex quinque panibus hordeaceis, quæ superfuerunt his, qui manducaverant.
The disciples did so, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, which were left after all had eaten.
14 Illi ergo homines cum vidissent quod Iesus fecerat signum, dicebant: Quia hic est vere propheta, qui venturus est in mundum.
When the people saw the signs which Jesus gave, they said, ‘This is certainly the prophet who was to come into the world.’
15 Iesus ergo cum cognovisset quia venturi essent ut raperent eum, et facerent eum regem, fugit iterum in montem ipse solus.
But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him king, went again up the hill, quite alone.
16 Ut autem sero factum est, descenderunt discipuli eius ad mare.
When evening fell, his disciples went down to the sea,
17 Et cum ascendissent navim, venerunt trans mare in Capharnaum: et tenebræ iam factæ erant: et non venerat ad eos Iesus.
and, getting into a boat, began to cross to Capernaum. By this time darkness had set in, and Jesus had not yet come back to them;
18 Mare autem, vento magno flante, exsurgebat.
the sea, too, was getting rough, for a strong wind was blowing.
19 Cum remigassent ergo quasi stadia viginti quinque aut triginta, vident Iesum ambulantem supra mare, et proximum navi fieri, et timuerunt.
When they had rowed three or four miles, they caught sight of him walking on the water and approaching the boat, and they were frightened.
20 Ille autem dicit eis: Ego sum, nolite timere.
But Jesus said to them, ‘It is I; do not be afraid!’
21 Voluerunt ergo accipere eum in navim: et statim navis fuit ad terram, in quam ibant.
And after this they were glad to take him into the boat; and the boat at once arrived off the shore, for which they had been making.
22 Altera die, turba, quæ stabat trans mare, vidit quia navicula alia non erat ibi nisi una, et quia non introisset cum discipulis suis Iesus in navim, sed soli discipuli eius abiissent:
The people who remained on the other side of the sea had seen that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gone into it with his disciples, but that they had left without him.
23 aliæ vero supervenerunt naves a Tiberiade iuxta locum ubi manducaverunt panem, gratias agente Domino.
Some boats, however, had come from Tiberias, from near the spot where they had eaten the bread after the Master had said the thanksgiving.
24 Cum ergo vidisset turba quia Iesus non esset ibi, neque discipuli eius, ascenderunt in naviculas, et venerunt Capharnaum quærentes Iesum.
So, on the next day, when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples either, they themselves got into the boats, and went to Capernaum to look for him.
25 Et cum invenissent eum trans mare, dixerunt ei: Rabbi, quando huc venisti?
And, when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, ‘When did you get here, Rabbi?’
26 Respondit eis Iesus, et dixit: Amen, amen dico vobis: quæritis me non quia vidistis signa, sed quia manducastis ex panibus, et saturati estis.
‘In truth I tell you,’ answered Jesus, ‘it is not because of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.
27 Operamini non cibum, qui perit, sed qui permanet in vitam æternam, quem Filius hominis dabit vobis. Hunc enim Pater signavit Deus. (aiōnios g166)
Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for on him the Father – God himself – has set the seal of his approval.’ (aiōnios g166)
28 Dixerunt ergo ad eum: Quid faciemus ut operemur opera Dei?
‘How,’ they asked, ‘are we to do the work that God wants us to do?’
29 Respondit Iesus, et dixit eis: Hoc est opus Dei, ut credatis in eum quem misit ille.
‘The work that God wants you to do,’ answered Jesus, ‘is to believe in him whom God sent as his messenger.’
30 Dixerunt ergo ei: Quod ergo tu facis signum ut videamus, et credamus tibi? Quid operaris?
‘What sign, then,’ they asked, ‘are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?
31 Patres nostri manducaverunt manna in deserto, sicut scriptum est: Panem de cælo dedit eis manducare.
Our ancestors had the manna to eat in the desert; as scripture says – “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”’
32 Dixit ergo eis Iesus: Amen, amen dico vobis: Non Moyses dedit vobis panem de cælo, sed Pater meus dat vobis panem de cælo verum.
‘In truth I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread from heaven;
33 Panis enim Dei est, qui de cælo descendit, et dat vitam mundo.
for the bread that God gives is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.’
34 Dixerunt ergo ad eum: Domine, semper da nobis panem hunc.
‘Master,’ they exclaimed, ‘give us that bread always!’
35 Dixit autem eis Iesus: Ego sum panis vitæ: qui venit ad me, non esuriet, et qui credit in me, non sitiet umquam.
‘I am the life-giving bread,’ Jesus said to them, ‘whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never thirst again.
36 Sed dixi vobis quia et vidistis me, et non creditis.
But, as I have said already, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe in me.
37 Omne quod dat mihi Pater, ad me veniet: et eum, qui venit ad me, non eiiciam foras:
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me; and no one who comes to me will I ever turn away.
38 quia descendi de cælo, non ut faciam voluntatem meam, sed voluntatem eius, qui misit me.
For I have come down from heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
39 Hæc est autem voluntas eius, qui misit me, Patris: ut omne, quod dedit mihi, non perdam ex eo, sed resuscitem illud in novissimo die.
and his will is this – that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last day.
40 Hæc est autem voluntas Patris mei, qui misit me: ut omnis, qui videt Filium, et credit in eum, habeat vitam æternam, et ego resuscitabo eum in novissimo die. (aiōnios g166)
For it is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have immortal life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last day.’ (aiōnios g166)
41 Murmurabant ergo Iudæi de illo, quia dixisset: Ego sum panis vivus, qui de cælo descendi,
The people began murmuring against Jesus for saying – “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”
42 et dicebant: Nonne hic est Iesus filius Ioseph, cuius nos novimus patrem, et matrem? Quomodo ergo dicit hic: Quia de cælo descendi?
‘Is not this Jesus, Joseph’s son,’ they asked, ‘whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from heaven?’
43 Respondit ergo Iesus, et dixit eis: Nolite murmurare in invicem:
‘Do not murmur among yourselves,’ said Jesus in reply.
44 nemo potest venire ad me, nisi Pater, qui misit me, traxerit eum: et ego resuscitabo eum in novissimo die.
‘No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last day.
45 Est scriptum in Prophetis: Et erunt omnes docibiles Dei. Omnis, qui audivit a Patre, et didicit, venit ad me.
It is said in the prophets – “And they will all be taught by God.” Everyone who is taught by the Father and learns from him comes to me.
46 Non quia Patrem vidit quisquam, nisi is, qui est a Deo, hic vidit Patrem.
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except him who is from God – he has seen the Father.
In truth I tell you, the person who believes in me has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
48 Ego sum panis vitæ.
I am the life-giving bread.
49 Patres vestri manducaverunt manna in deserto, et mortui sunt.
Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, and yet died.
50 Hic est panis de cælo descendens: ut si quis ex ipso manducaverit, non moriatur.
The bread that comes down from heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.
51 Ego sum panis vivus, qui de cælo descendi. Si quis manducaverit ex hoc pane, vivet in æternum: et panis, quem ego dabo, caro mea est pro mundi vita. (aiōn g165)
I am the living bread that has come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, they will live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.’ (aiōn g165)
52 Litigabant ergo Iudæi ad invicem, dicentes: Quomodo potest hic nobis carnem suam dare ad manducandum?
They began disputing with one another, ‘How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?’
53 Dixit ergo eis Iesus: Amen, amen dico vobis: Nisi manducaveritis carnem Filii hominis, et biberitis eius sanguinem, non habebitis vitam in vobis.
‘In truth I tell you,’ answered Jesus, ‘unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have not life within you.
54 Qui manducat meam carnem, et bibit meum sanguinem, habet vitam æternam: et ego resuscitabo eum in novissimo die. (aiōnios g166)
Everyone who takes my flesh for their food, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise them up at the Last day. (aiōnios g166)
55 Caro enim mea, vere est cibus: et sanguis meus, vere est potus.
For my flesh is true food, and my blood true drink.
56 Qui manducat meam carnem, et bibit meum sanguinem, in me manet, et ego in illo.
Everyone who takes my flesh for their food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to them.
57 Sicut misit me vivens Pater, et ego vivo propter Patrem: et qui manducat me, et ipse vivet propter me.
As the living Father sent me as his messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so the person who takes me for their food will live because I live.
58 Hic est panis, qui de cælo descendit. Non sicut manducaverunt patres vestri manna, et mortui sunt. Qui manducat hunc panem, vivet in æternum. (aiōn g165)
That is the bread which has come down from heaven – not such as your ancestors ate, and yet died; the person who takes this bread for their food will live for ever.’ (aiōn g165)
59 Hæc dixit in synagoga docens in Capharnaum.
All this Jesus said in a synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum.
60 Multi ergo audientes ex discipulis eius, dixerunt: Durus est hic sermo, et quis potest eum audire?
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, ‘This is harsh doctrine! Who can bear to listen to it?’
61 Sciens autem Iesus apud semetipsum quia murmurarent de hoc discipuli eius, dixit eis: Hoc vos scandalizat?
But Jesus, aware that his disciples were murmuring about it, said to them,
62 Si ergo videritis Filium hominis ascendentem ubi erat prius?
‘Is this a hindrance to you? What, then, if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?
63 Spiritus est, qui vivificat: caro non prodest quidquam. Verba, quæ ego locutus sum vobis, spiritus et vita sunt.
It is the Spirit that gives life; human strength achieves nothing. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is life.
64 Sed sunt quidam ex vobis, qui non credunt. Sciebat enim ab initio Iesus qui essent non credentes, et quis traditurus esset eum.
Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me.’ For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;
65 Et dicebat: Propterea dixi vobis, quia nemo potest venire ad me, nisi fuerit ei datum a Patre meo.
and he added, ‘This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless enabled by the Father.’
66 Ex hoc multi discipulorum eius abierunt retro: et iam non cum illo ambulabant.
After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.
67 Dixit ergo Iesus ad duodecim: Numquid et vos vultis abire?
So Jesus said to the Twelve, ‘Do you also wish to leave me?’
But Simon Peter answered, ‘Master, to whom would we go? Eternal life is in your teaching; (aiōnios g166)
69 Et nos credidimus, et cognovimus quia tu es Christus Filius Dei.
and we have learned to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.’
70 Respondit eis Iesus: Nonne ego vos duodecim elegi: et ex vobis unus diabolus est?
‘Didn’t I myself choose you to be the Twelve?’ replied Jesus, ‘and yet, even of you, one is playing the devil’s part.’
71 Dicebat autem Iudam Simonis Iscariotem: hic enim erat traditurus eum, cum esset unus ex duodecim.
He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who was about to betray him, though he was one of the Twelve.
