Johannes 7
1 Därefter vandrade Jesus omkring i Galileen, ty i Judeen ville han icke vandra omkring, då nu judarna stodo efter att döda honom.
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 Men judarnas lövhyddohögtid var nu nära.
But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
3 Då sade hans bröder till honom: "Begiv dig härifrån och gå till Judeen, så att också dina lärjungar få se de gärningar som du gör.
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 Ty ingen som vill vara känd bland människor utför sitt verk i hemlighet. Då du nu gör sådana gärningar, så träd öppet fram för världen."
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 Det var nämligen så, att icke ens hans bröder trodde på honom.
[They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
6 Då sade Jesus till dem: "Min tid är ännu icke kommen, men för eder är tiden alltid läglig.
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 Världen kan icke hata eder, men mig hatar hon, eftersom jag vittnar om henne, att hennes gärningar äro onda.
[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 Gån I upp till högtiden; jag är icke stadd på väg upp till denna högtid, ty min tid är ännu icke fullbordad."
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 Detta sade han till dem och stannade så kvar i Galileen.
After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
10 Men när hans bröder hade gått upp till högtiden, då gick också han ditupp, dock icke öppet, utan likasom i hemlighet.
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 Och judarna sökte efter honom under högtiden och sade: "Var är han?"
At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
12 Och bland folket talades i tysthet mycket om honom. Somliga sade: "Han är en rättsinnig man", men andra sade: "Nej, han förvillar folket."
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 Dock talade ingen öppet om honom, av fruktan för judarna.
But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
14 Men när redan halva högtiden var förliden, gick Jesus upp i helgedomen och undervisade.
In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
15 Då förundrade sig judarna och sade: "Varifrån har denne sin lärdom, han som icke har fått undervisning?"
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 Jesus svarade dem och sade: "Min lära är icke min, utan hans som har sänt mig.
Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
17 Om någon vill göra hans vilja, så skall han förstå om denna lära är från Gud, eller om jag talar av mig själv.
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 Den som talar av sig själv, han söker sin egen ära; men den som söker dens ära, som har sänt honom, han är sannfärdig, och orättfärdighet finnes icke i honom. --
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 Har icke Moses givit eder lagen? Och likväl fullgör ingen av eder lagen. Varför stån I efter att döda mig?"
[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 Folket svarade: "Du är besatt av en ond ande. Vem står efter att döda dig?"
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 Jesus svarade och sade till dem: "En gärning allenast gjorde jag, och alla förundren I eder över den.
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 Moses har givit eder omskärelsen -- icke som om den vore ifrån Moses, ty den är ifrån fäderna -- och så omskären I människor också på en sabbat.
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 Om nu en människa undfår omskärelsen på en sabbat, för att Moses' lag icke skall göras om intet, huru kunnen I då vredgas på mig, därför att jag på en sabbat gjorde en människa hel och frisk?
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 Dömen icke efter skenet, utan dömen en rätt dom."
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 Då sade några av folket i Jerusalem: "Är det icke denne som de stå efter att döda?
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 Och ändå får han tala fritt, utan att de säga något till honom. Hava då rådsherrarna verkligen blivit förvissade om att denne är Messias?
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 Dock, denne känna vi, och vi veta varifrån han är; men när Messias kommer, känner ingen varifrån han är."
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 Då sade Jesus med hög röst, där han undervisade i helgedomen: "Javäl, I kännen mig, och I veten varifrån jag är. Likväl har jag icke kommit av mig själv, men han som har sänt mig är en som verkligen har myndighet att sända, han som I icke kännen.
[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 Men jag känner honom, ty från honom är jag kommen, och han har sänt mig."
But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
30 Då ville de gripa honom; dock kom ingen med sin hand vid honom, ty hans stund var ännu icke kommen.
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 Men många av folket trodde på honom, och de sade: "Icke skall väl Messias, när han kommer, göra flera tecken än denne har gjort?"
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 Sådant fingo fariséerna höra folket i tysthet tala om honom. Då sände översteprästerna och fariséerna ut rättstjänare för att gripa honom.
The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
33 Men Jesus sade: "Ännu en liten tid är jag hos eder; sedan går jag bort till honom som har sänt mig.
Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
34 I skolen då söka efter mig, men I skolen icke finna mig, och där jag är, dit kunnen I icke komma."
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 Då sade judarna till varandra: "Vart tänker denne gå, eftersom vi icke skola kunna finna honom? Månne han tänker gå till dem som bo kringspridda bland grekerna? Tänker han då undervisa grekerna?
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 Vad betyder det ord som han sade: 'I skolen söka efter mig, men I skolen icke finna mig, och där jag är, dit kunnen I icke komma'?"
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 På den sista dagen i högtiden, som ock var den förnämsta, stod Jesus där och ropade och sade: "Om någon törstar, så komme han till mig och dricke.
[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 Den som tror på mig, av hans innersta skola strömmar av levande vatten flyta fram, såsom skriften säger."
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 Detta sade han om Anden, vilken de som trodde på honom skulle undfå; ty ande var då ännu icke given, eftersom Jesus ännu icke hade blivit förhärligad.
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 Några av folket, som hörde dessa ord, sade då: "Denne är förvisso Profeten."
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 Andra sade: "Han är Messias." Andra åter sade: "Icke kommer väl Messias från Galileen?
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 Säger icke skriften att Messias skall komma av Davids säd och från den lilla staden Betlehem, där David bodde?
(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 Så uppstodo för hans skull stridiga meningar bland folket,
So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
44 och somliga av dem ville gripa honom; dock kom ingen med sin hand vid honom.
Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
45 När sedan rättstjänarna kommo tillbaka till översteprästerna och fariséerna, frågade dessa dem: "Varför haven I icke fört honom hit?"
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 Tjänarna svarade: "Aldrig har någon människa talat, som den mannen talar."
They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
47 Då svarade fariséerna dem: "Haven nu också I blivit förvillade?
Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
48 Har då någon av rådsherrarna trott på honom? Eller någon av fariséerna?
(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 Nej; men detta folk, som icke känner lagen, det är förbannat.
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 Då sade Nikodemus till dem, han som förut hade besökt honom, och som själv var en av dem:
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 "Icke dömer väl vår lag någon, utan att man först har förhört honom och utrönt vad han förehar?"
“[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 De svarade och sade till honom: "Kanske också du är från Galileen? Rannsaka, så skall du finna att ingen profet kommer från Galileen."
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 [Och de gingo hem, var och en till sitt.
[Then they all left and went to their own homes.
