John 7

1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

1 之后，耶稣周游加利利，不愿去犹太地区，因为犹太人想要杀祂。

2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

2 犹太人的住棚节快到了，

3 So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

3 耶稣的弟弟们对祂说：“离开这里，去犹太过节吧，好让你的门徒在那里也看见你所做的啊！

4 For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

4 因为人想出名，都不会暗地里行事，你既然可以做这些事，就把自己显给世人看吧！”

5 For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

5 原来连祂的弟弟们也不信祂。

6 Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

6 耶稣对他们说：“我的时候还没有到，你们什么时候都很方便。

7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

7 世人不会恨你们，只会恨我，因为我指证他们行为邪恶。

8 Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

8 你们先去过节吧，我现在还不上去，因为我的时候还没有到。”

9 Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.

9 耶稣说完这些话，仍留在加利利。

10 But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

10 他们走了以后，耶稣避开了人们的注意，暗地里上去过节。

11 So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”

11 犹太人在节期查问：“祂在哪里？”

12 Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”

12 众人对祂议论纷纷，有些人说：“祂是好人。”有些说：“不，祂欺骗民众。”

13 Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.

13 不过，没有人敢公开议论祂的事，因为害怕犹太人。

14 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

14 节期约过了一半，耶稣来到圣殿教导人。

15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

15 犹太人感到惊奇，说：“这个人没上过学，怎么懂得这么多呢？”

16 “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

16 耶稣说：“我的教导不是出于我自己，而是出于差我来的那位。

17 If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

17 人若愿意遵行上帝的旨意，就能分辨这些教导是出于上帝，还是出于我自己。

18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

18 凭自己讲论的人是要寻求自己的荣耀，但有一位只寻求差祂来者的荣耀，祂真实无伪，毫无不义。

19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

19 摩西不是把律法传给了你们吗？你们却没有一个人遵守。为什么想要杀我呢？”

20 “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

20 众人回答说：“你一定是被鬼附身了！谁要杀你啊？”

21 Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

21 耶稣说：“我行了一件神迹，你们都感到惊奇。

22 But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

22 摩西把割礼传给你们，你们也在安息日行割礼。其实割礼不是摩西定的，而是从祖先们的时代就有了。

23 If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

23 为了不违背摩西的律法，行割礼的那一天就算是安息日，你们还是照行割礼。那么，我在安息日使一个病人完全康复，你们为什么向我发怒呢？

24 Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

24 不要根据外表来断定是非，要按公义的原则判断。”

25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

25 有些住在耶路撒冷的人说：“这不是他们要杀的那个人吗？

26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

26 你看祂这样公开讲道，居然没有人说什么，难道官长也真的认定祂是基督吗？

27 But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

27 可是我们知道这人从哪里来。基督来的时候，没有人知道祂从哪里来。”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

28 于是，耶稣在圣殿里高声教导人说：“你们认识我，也知道我从哪里来。其实我来不是出于自己的意思，差我来的那位是真实的，你们不认识祂。

29 but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

29 但我认识祂，因为我是从祂那里来的，差我来的就是祂。”

30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

30 他们想捉拿耶稣，只是没有人下手，因为祂的时候还没有到。

31 Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”

31 有许多人信了耶稣，他们说：“基督来的时候所行的神迹，难道会比这个人行的更多吗？”

32 When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

32 法利赛人听见众人这样议论耶稣，就联合祭司长派差役去抓祂。

33 So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

33 耶稣对众人说：“我暂时还会跟你们在一起，不久我要回到差我来的那位那里。

34 You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

34 那时你们要寻找我却找不到，你们也不能去我所在的地方。”

35 At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

35 犹太人彼此议论说：“祂要去哪里，使我们找不着呢？难道祂要到我们犹太人侨居的希腊各地去教导希腊人吗？

36 What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

36 祂说我们找不到祂，又不能去祂所在的地方，是什么意思？”

37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

37 节期最后一天，也是整个节期的高潮，耶稣站起来高声说：“人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。

38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

38 信我的人正如圣经所言，‘从他里面要流出活水的江河来。’”

39 He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

39 耶稣这话是指信祂的人要领受圣灵，但当时圣灵还没有降临，因为耶稣还没有得到荣耀。

40 On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

40 听见这些话后，有些人说：“祂真是那位先知。”

41 Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?

41 也有些人说：“祂是基督。”还有些人说：“不会吧，基督怎么会出自加利利呢？

42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

42 圣经上不是说基督是大卫的后裔，要降生在大卫的故乡伯利恒吗？”

43 So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.

43 众人因为对耶稣的看法不同，就起了纷争。

44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

44 有些人想抓祂，只是没有人下手。

45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”

45 祭司长和法利赛人看见差役空手回来，就问：“你们为什么不把祂带来呢？”

46 “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

46 差役答道：“从未有人像祂那样说话！”

47 “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

47 法利赛人说：“难道你们也被祂迷惑了吗？

48 “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

48 哪有官长和法利赛人信祂呢？

49 But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”

49 这群不懂律法的人该受咒诅！”

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

50 曾经夜访耶稣、属于他们当中一员的尼哥德慕说：

51 “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

51 “难道不先听被告申辩并查明真相，我们的律法就定他的罪吗？”

52 “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

52 他们回答说：“难道你也是加利利人吗？你去查查看，就会知道没有先知是从加利利来的。”

53 Then each went to his own home.

53 众人都回家去了。