John 18
1 After Jesus finished praying, he went across the Kidron Brook, along with [us] disciples, to a grove [of olive trees].
| بَعْدَمَا انْتَهَى يَسُوعُ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ هذِهِ، خَرَجَ مَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ وَعَبَرُوا وَادِي قِدْرُونَ. وَكَانَ هُنَالِكَ بُسْتَانٌ، فَدَخَلَهُ هُوَ وَتَلامِيذُهُ. | ١ |
2 Judas, who was [about to] enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him, knew that [he would probably be] there. [He knew that because] Jesus often gathered there with us.
| وَكَانَ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي خَانَهُ يَعْرِفُ ذلِكَ الْمَكَانَ لأَنَّ يَسُوعَ كَانَ يَجْتَمِعُ فِيهِ كَثِيراً مَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ. | ٢ |
3 So Judas came to that grove. He was leading a troop of Roman [soldiers] and some Temple guards who had been sent by the Pharisees and chief priests. They were carrying torches and lamps and weapons.
| فَذَهَبَ يَهُوذَا إِلَى هُنَاكَ آخِذاً مَعَهُ فِرْقَةَ الْجُنُودِ وَحَرَسَ الْهَيْكَلِ، الَّذِينَ أَرْسَلَهُمْ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ، وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ الْمَشَاعِلَ وَالْمَصَابِيحَ وَالسِّلاحَ. | ٣ |
4 Jesus knew everything that was about to happen to him. So [as they approached], he stepped forward and asked them, “Who are you looking for?”
| وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يَعْرِفُ كُلَّ مَا سَيَحْدُثُ لَهُ، فَتَقَدَّمَ نَحْوَهُمْ وَقَالَ: «مَنْ تُرِيدُونَ؟» | ٤ |
5 They replied to him, “Jesus, the man from Nazareth.” He replied, “That is who I am.” Judas, the one who was enabling his enemies to seize him, was with them.
| فَأَجَابُوهُ: «يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا هُوَ». وَكَانَ يَهُوذَا الَّذِي خَانَهُ وَاقِفاً مَعَهُمْ. | ٥ |
6 When Jesus told them, “That is who I am,” they lurched backward and fell down on the ground [because of his power].
| فَلَمَّا قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَنَا هُوَ»، تَرَاجَعُوا وَسَقَطُوا عَلَى الأَرْضِ! | ٦ |
7 He asked them again, “Who are you looking for?” They said, “Jesus, [the man] from Nazareth.”
| فَعَادَ يَسُوعُ يَسْأَلُهُمْ: «مَنْ تُرِيدُونَ؟» أَجَابُوهُ: «يَسُوعَ النَّاصِرِيَّ». | ٧ |
8 Jesus replied, “I told you that I am Jesus. So since I am the one you are looking for, allow these [disciples of mine] to go.”
| فَقَالَ: «قُلْتُ لَكُمْ: أَنَا هُوَ، فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُرِيدُونَنِي أَنَا، فَدَعُوا هؤُلاءِ يَذْهَبُونَ». | ٨ |
9 [This happened] in order that [when they did what he asked them to do], the words would be fulfilled that he had prayed, “I will never lose any of those whom God has brought to me.”
| وَذلِكَ لِتَتِمَّ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا: «إِنَّ الَّذِينَ وَهَبْتَهُمْ لِي لَمْ يَهْلِكْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ!» | ٩ |
10 Simon Peter had a [long] dagger. So he drew it and [tried to kill] the high priest’s servant, [but he only] cut off the man’s right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.
| وَكَانَ مَعَ سِمْعَانَ بُطْرُسَ سَيْفٌ فَاسْتَلَّهُ وَضَرَبَ بِهِ عَبْدَ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ، فَقَطَعَ أُذُنَهُ الْيُمْنَى. وَكَانَ اسْمُ الْعَبْدِ مَلْخُسَ. | ١٠ |
11 Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword [back] into its sheath! (I must endure what [my] Father wants me to suffer./Do you not think that I must endure what [my] Father wants me to suffer?) [MET, RHQ]”
| فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ لِبُطْرُسَ: «أَعِدِ السَّيْفَ إِلَى غِمْدِهِ! الْكَأْسُ الَّتِي أَعْطَانِي الآبُ، أَلا أَشْرَبُهَا؟» | ١١ |
12 Then the troop of soldiers, along with their commander and the Jewish Temple guards, seized Jesus. They tied his hands [behind his back].
| فَقَبَضَتِ الْفِرْقَةُ وَالْقَائِدُ وَحَرَسُ الْهَيْكَلِ عَلَى يَسُوعَ وَقَيَّدُوهُ. | ١٢ |
13 Then they took him first to Annas, [who was previously the high priest]. He was the father-in-law of Caiaphas. Caiaphas was the high priest that year.
| وَسَاقُوهُ أَوَّلاً إِلَى حَنَّانَ وَهُوَ حَمُو قَيَافَا رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ. | ١٣ |
14 Caiaphas was the one who [previously] advised the Jewish [Council] that it would be better if one man died for the sake of the people [than for all the people of the Jewish nation to die].
| وَقَيَافَا هُوَ الَّذِي أَشَارَ عَلَى الْيَهُودِ بِأَنَّهُ مِنَ الأَفْضَلِ أَنْ يَمُوتَ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ فِدَى الأُمَّةِ. | ١٤ |
15 Simon Peter and [I] were following Jesus. Because the high priest knew [me], [his doorkeeper permitted me] to enter the courtyard.
| وَتَبِعَ يَسُوعَ سِمْعَانُ بُطْرُسُ وَتِلْمِيذٌ آخَرُ كَانَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَعْرِفُهُ. فَدَخَلَ ذَلِكَ التِّلْمِيذُ مَعَ يَسُوعَ إِلَى دَارِ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ. | ١٥ |
16 But Peter [had to] wait outside near the doorway. However, since I knew the high priest, I went back to the doorway and spoke to the girl who was guarding the entrance. Then [she allowed] Peter to come in.
| أَمَّا بُطْرُسُ فَوَقَفَ بِالْبَابِ خَارِجاً. فَخَرَجَ التِّلْمِيذُ الآخَرُ الَّذِي كَانَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَعْرِفُهُ، وَكَلَّمَ الْبَوَّابَةَ فَأَدْخَلَ بُطْرُسَ. | ١٦ |
17 The servant girl who was guarding the doorway said to Peter, “Surely you are not another disciple of that man [they have arrested], are you?” He said, “I am not.”
| فَسَأَلَتِ الْخَادِمَةُ الْبَوَّابَةُ بُطْرُسَ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ أَحَدَ تَلامِيذِ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ؟» أَجَابَهَا: «لا، لَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ!» | ١٧ |
18 It was cold, so the high priest’s slaves and Temple guards made a charcoal fire and were standing around it to keep warm. Peter was also standing near it, warming himself.
| وَكَانَ الطَّقْسُ بَارِداً، وَقَدْ أَوْقَدَ الْعَبِيدُ وَالْحُرَّاسُ نَاراً وَوَقَفُوا يَسْتَدْفِئُونَ حَوْلَهَا، فَوَقَفَ بُطْرُسُ يَسْتَدْفِئُ مَعَهُمْ. | ١٨ |
19 [While Peter was doing that], the high priest asked Jesus about his disciples and about what he was teaching people.
| وَسَأَلَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ يَسُوعَ عَنْ تَلامِيذِهِ، وَعَنْ تَعْلِيمِهِ. | ١٩ |
20 Jesus replied, “I have always spoken where many people [MTY, HYP] could hear me. I have taught them in (the synagogues/their meeting places) and in the Temple courtyard, in places where many [HYP] Jews come together. I have spoken nothing secretly.
| فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «عَلَناً تَكَلَّمْتُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ، وَدَائِماً عَلَّمْتُ فِي الْمَجْمَعِ وَالْهَيْكَلِ حَيْثُ يَجْتَمِعُ الْيَهُودُ كُلُّهُمْ، وَلَمْ أَقُلْ شَيْئاً فِي السِّرِّ. | ٢٠ |
21 [So] (why are you asking me questions [like this illegally]?/you should not be asking me questions [like this illegally]!) [RHQ] Ask the people who heard what I taught! They certainly know what I said!”
| فَلِمَاذَا تَسْأَلُنِي أَنَا؟ اسْأَلِ الَّذِينَ سَمِعُوا مَا تَكَلَّمْتُ بِهِ إِلَيْهِمْ، فَهُمْ يَعْرِفُونَ مَا قُلْتُهُ!» | ٢١ |
22 After Jesus said that, one of the Temple guards standing near him slapped him on his face. He said, “(That is not the way you should answer the high priest!/Is that the way you should answer the high priest?) [RHQ]”
| فَلَمَّا قَالَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا لَطَمَهُ أَحَدُ الْحُرَّاسِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَهكَذَا تُجِيبُ رَئِيسَ الْكَهَنَةِ؟» | ٢٢ |
23 Jesus replied to him, “If I said something that was contrary [to your laws], you could tell [me that what I said that] was wrong. But because I said only what was right, (you should not be striking me!/why are you striking me?) [RHQ]”
| أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أَسَأْتُ الْكَلامَ فَاشْهَدْ عَلَى الإِسَاءَةِ، أَمَّا إِذَا كُنْتُ أَحْسَنْتُ، فَلِمَاذَا تَضْرِبُنِي؟» | ٢٣ |
24 Then after Jesus’ hands were tied {after they tied Jesus hands} [again], Annas sent him to Caiaphas, the high priest.
| ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ حَنَّانُ مُقَيَّداً إِلَى قَيَافَا رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنةِ. | ٢٤ |
25 As Simon Peter was standing warming himself [at the fire], someone else said to him, “You are not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” He denied [that he was], and said, “I am not.”
| وَكَانَ بُطْرُسُ وَاقِفاً هُنَاكَ يَسْتَدْفِئُ، فَسَأَلُوهُ: «أَلَسْتَ أَنْتَ أَيْضاً مِنْ تَلامِيذِهِ؟» فَأَنْكَرَ وَقَالَ: «لَسْتُ أَنَا». | ٢٥ |
26 [Later] one of the high priest’s servants, a man who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off [before], said to him, “I saw you with that man in the grove [of olive trees], did I not?”
| فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْ عَبِيدِ رَئِيسِ الْكَهَنَةِ، وَهُوَ نَسِيبُ الْعَبْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَ بُطْرُسُ أُذُنَهُ: «أَمَا رَأَيْتُكَ مَعَهُ فِي الْبُسْتَانِ؟» | ٢٦ |
27 Peter again denied it. Immediately a rooster crowed, [as Jesus had said would happen].
| فَأَنْكَرَ بُطْرُسُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى. وَفِي الْحَالِ صَاحَ الدِّيكُ! | ٢٧ |
28 Then the [Jewish leaders] [SYN] led Jesus from the [home of] Caiaphas to the headquarters [of Pilate, the Roman governor]. It was before dawn. [Pilate was a non-Jew], [and they thought that if they entered his headquarters], they would become unacceptable to God {God would reject them}, [and as a result] they would not be able to eat [the food during] the Passover [celebration]. [Because of that, they did not want to enter Pilate’s headquarters].
| ثُمَّ أَخَذُوا يَسُوعَ مِنْ دَارِ قَيَافَا إِلَى قَصْرِ الْحَاكِمِ الرُّومَانِيِّ، وَكَانَ ذلِكَ فِي الصَّبَاحِ الْبَاكِرِ. وَلَمْ يَدْخُلِ الْيَهُودُ إِلَى الْقَصْرِ لِئَلّا يَتَنَجَّسُوا فَلا يَتَمَكَّنُوا مِنَ الأَكْلِ مِنْ خَرُوفِ الْفِصْحِ. | ٢٨ |
29 So Pilate came out to [talk to] them. He said, “What law do you say that this man has disobeyed?”
| فَخَرَجَ بِيلاطُسُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَسَأَلَهُمْ: «بِمَاذَا تَتَّهِمُونَ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ؟» | ٢٩ |
30 [They knew that Jesus had not disobeyed any Roman law, so they did not want to answer him. Instead], they said, “If this man were not a criminal, we would not have brought him to you!”
| أَجَابُوهُ: «لَوْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مُذْنِباً، لَمَا سَلَّمْنَاهُ إِلَيْكَ!» | ٣٠ |
31 Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your own laws!” Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said, “[No! We want him executed, but we want you Romans to execute him, because] we Jews have no right to execute anyone!”
| فَقَالَ بِيلاطُسُ: «خُذُوهُ أَنْتُمْ وَحَاكِمُوهُ حَسَبَ شَرِيعَتِكُمْ». فَأَجَابُوهُ: «لا يَحِقُّ لَنَا أَنْ نَقْتُلَ أَحَداً!» | ٣١ |
32 [The Romans executed people by nailing them to a cross]. [So], as a result of what [the Jewish leaders said], it was fulfilled {[the Romans] would fulfill} what Jesus had said previously about the way he was going to die.
| وَقَدْ حَدَثَ هَذَا لِتَتِمَّ الْكَلِمَةُ الَّتِي قَالَهَا يَسُوعُ إِشَارَةً إِلَى الْمِيتَةِ الَّتِي سَيَمُوتُهَا. | ٣٢ |
33 Pilate then went back inside his headquarters. He summoned Jesus. [Because the Jewish leaders had said that Jesus claimed to be a king], Pilate said to Jesus [scornfully], “Are you the king of the Jews?”
| فَدَخَلَ بِيلاطُسُ قَصْرَهُ وَاسْتَدْعَى يَسُوعَ وَسَأَلَهُ: «أَأَنْتَ مَلِكُ الْيَهُودِ؟» | ٣٣ |
34 Jesus replied, “Are you asking that because you yourself [want to know if I claim to be a king], or because (someone else/Caiaphas) said [that I claim to be their king]?”
| فَرَدَّ يَسُوعُ: «أَتَقُولُ لِي هَذَا مِنْ عِنْدِكَ، أَمْ قَالَهُ لَكَ عَنِّي آخَرُونَ؟» | ٣٤ |
35 Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, [so] ([I cannot understand these matters!/how can I understand these matters]?) [RHQ] It was your fellow Jews and your chief priests who brought you to me! What have you done [to make them want to execute you]?”
| فَقَالَ بِيلاطُسُ: «وَهَلْ أَنَا يَهُودِيٌّ؟ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ وَرُؤَسَاءَ الْكَهَنَةِ سَلَّمُوكَ إِلَيَّ. مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ؟» | ٣٥ |
36 Jesus replied, “It is not people in [MTY] this world who are [making me] king. If it was people in this world who were making me a king, my disciples would have fought in order that the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] would be prevented {to prevent the Jewish [leaders] [SYN]} from seizing me. But it is not [someone here in] this world who is making me a king.”
| أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «لَيْسَتْ مَمْلَكَتِي مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ. وَلَوْ كَانَتْ مَمْلَكَتِي مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ، لَكَانَ حُرَّاسِي يُجَاهِدُونَ لِكَيْ لَا أُسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِ. أَمَّا الآنَ فَمَمْلَكَتِي لَيْسَتْ مِنْ هُنَا». | ٣٦ |
37 Then Pilate said to him, “So [are you saying that] you are a king?” Jesus replied, “[Yes], what you have said about my being a king [is correct]. I was born to become a king, and I came into this world to tell people the truth [about God]. Everyone who [believes] the truth pays attention to what I say.”
| فَسَأَلَهُ بِيلاطُسُ: «فَهَلْ أَنْتَ مَلِكٌ إِذَنْ؟» أَجَابَهُ: «أَنْتَ قُلْتَ، إِنِّي مَلِكٌ. وَلِهَذَا وُلِدْتُ وَجِئْتُ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ: لأَشْهَدَ لِلْحَقِّ، وَكُلُّ مَنْ هُوَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يُصْغِي لِصَوْتِي». | ٣٧ |
38 Pilate said to him, “[How can anyone know] what the truth is?” After he said that, he went outside and talked to the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] again. He said to them, “I do not find that he has done anything at all for which I should punish him.
| فَقَالَ لَهُ بِيلاطُسُ: «مَا هُوَ الْحَقُّ!» ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْيَهُودِ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي لَا أَجِدُ فِيهِ ذَنْباً! | ٣٨ |
39 But you [Jews] customarily, [every year] during the Passover [celebration], ask me to release for you [someone who is in prison]. So would you like for me to release for you the [man who you] Jews [say is your] king?”
| وَقَدْ جَرَتِ الْعَادَةُ عِنْدَكُمْ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ أَحَدَ السُّجَنَاءِ فِي عِيدِ الْفِصْحِ. فَهَلْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ أُطْلِقَ لَكُمْ مَلِكَ الْيَهُودِ؟» | ٣٩ |
40 They shouted again, “No, do not [release] this man! Instead, [release] Barrabas!” But Barrabas was [in prison because he was] a revolutionist!
| فَصَرَخُوا جَمِيعاً قَائِلِينَ: «لا تُطْلِقْ هَذَا، بَلْ بَارَابَاسَ». وَكَانَ بَارَابَاسُ لِصّاً! | ٤٠ |
