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 بَعْدَ ذلِكَ بَدَأَ يَسُوعُ يَتَنَقَّلُ فِي مِنْطَقَةِ الْجَلِيلِ، مُتَجَنِّباً التَّجَوُّلَ فِي مِنطَقَةِ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ، لأَنَّ الْيَهُودَ كَانُوا يَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى قَتْلِهِ.

2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

2 وَعِنْدَمَا اقْتَرَبَ عِيدُ المَظَالِّ الْيَهُودِيُّ،

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 قَالَ لَهُ إِخْوَتُهُ: «اتْرُكْ هذِهِ الْمِنْطَقَةَ وَاذْهَبْ إِلَى الْيَهُودِيَّةِ لِيَرَى أَتْبَاعُكَ مَا تَعْمَلُهُ مِنْ أَعْمَالٍ،

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 فَلا أَحَدَ يَعْمَلُ فِي الْخَفَاءِ إِذَا كَانَ يَبْتَغِي الشُّهْرَةَ. وَمَادُمْتَ تَعْمَلُ هذِهِ الأَعْمَالَ، فَأَظْهِرْ نَفْسَكَ لِلْعَالَمِ».

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

5 فَإِنَّ إِخْوَتَهُ لَمْ يَكُونُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ بِهِ.

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

6 فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «مَا حَانَ وَقْتِي بَعْدُ، أَمَّا وَقْتُكُمْ فَهُوَ مُنَاسِبٌ كُلَّ حِينٍ.

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

7 لَا يَقْدِرُ الْعَالَمُ أَنْ يُبْغِضَكُمْ، وَلكِنَّهُ يُبْغِضُنِي أَنَا، لأَنِّي أَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِ أَنَّ أَعْمَالَهُ شِرِّيرَةٌ.

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 اصْعَدُوا أَنْتُمْ إِلَى الْعِيدِ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَنْ أَصْعَدَ الآنَ إلى هَذَا العِيدِ لأَنَّ وَقْتِي مَا جَاءَ بَعْدُ».

9 Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.

9 قَالَ لَهُمْ هَذَا وَبَقِيَ فِي الْجَلِيلِ.

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

10 وَبَعْدَمَا ذَهَبَ إِخْوَتُهُ إِلَى الْعِيدِ، ذَهَبَ هُوَ أَيْضاً كَمَا لَوْ كَانَ مُتَخَفِّياً، لَا ظَاهِراً.

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

11 فَأَخَذَ الْيَهُودُ يَبْحَثُونَ عَنْهُ فِي الْعِيدِ، وَيَسْأَلُونَ: «أَيْنَ ذَاكَ الرَّجُلُ؟»

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 وَثَارَتْ بَيْنَ الْجُمُوعِ مُنَاقَشَاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ حَوْلَهُ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: «إِنَّهُ صَالِحٌ» وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: «لا! بَلْ إِنَّهُ يُضَلِّلُ الشَّعْبَ»

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

13 وَلكِنْ لَمْ يَجْرُؤْ أَحَدٌ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ عَنْهُ عَلَناً، خَوْفاً مِنَ الْيَهُودِ.

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

14 وَلَمَّا مَضَى مِنَ الْعِيدِ نِصْفُهُ، صَعِدَ يَسُوعُ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ وَبَدَأَ يُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ.

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

15 فَدُهِشَ الْيَهُودُ وَتَسَاءَلُوا: «كَيْفَ يَعْرِفُ هَذَا الْكُتُبَ وَهُوَ لَمْ يَتَعَلَّمْ؟»

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

16 فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «لَيْسَ تَعْلِيمِي مِنْ عِنْدِي، بَلْ مِنْ عِنْدِ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي

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 وَمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَعْمَلَ مَشِيئَةَ اللهِ يَعْرِفُ مَا إِذَا كَانَ تَعْلِيمِي مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، أَوْ أَنَّنِي أَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ عِنْدِي.

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 مَنْ يَتَكَلَّمُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ يَطْلُبُ الْمَجْدَ لِنَفْسِهِ؛ أَمَّا الَّذِي يَطْلُبُ الْمَجْدَ لِمَنْ أَرْسَلَهُ فَهُوَ صَادِقٌ لَا إِثْمَ فِيهِ.

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

19 أَمَا أَعْطَاكُمْ مُوسَى الشَّرِيعَةَ؟ وَلكِنْ مَا مِنْ أَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ يَعْمَلُ بِالشَّرِيعَةِ! لِمَاذَا تَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى قَتْلِي؟»

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

20 أَجَابَهُ الْجَمْعُ: «بِكَ شَيْطَانٌ! مَنْ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقْتُلَكَ؟»

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

21 فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ: «عَمِلْتُ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ عَمَلاً وَاحِداً فَاسْتَغْرَبْتُمْ جَمِيعاً.

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 إِنَّ مُوسَى أَوْصَاكُمْ بِالْخِتَانِ وَهَذَا لَا يَعْنِي أَنَّ الْخِتَانَ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى مُوسَى بَلْ إِلَى الآبَاءِ وَلِذلِكَ تَخْتِنُونَ الإِنْسَانَ وَلَوْ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ.

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 فَإِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُجْرُونَ الْخِتَانَ لِلإِنْسَانِ يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ لِكَيْ لَا تُخَالِفُوا شَرِيعَةَ مُوسَى، فَهَلْ تَغْضَبُونَ عَلَيَّ لأَنِّي شَفَيْتُ إِنْسَاناً بِكَامِلِهِ فِي السَّبْتِ؟

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

24 لَا تَحْكُمُوا بِحَسَبِ الظَّاهِرِ، بَلِ احْكُمُوا حُكْماً عَادِلاً».

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

25 عِنْدَ ذلِكَ قَالَ بَعْضُ أَهْلِ أُورُشَلِيمَ: «أَلَيْسَ هَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي يُرِيدُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ؟

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 هَا هُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ عَلَناً وَلا أَحَدَ يَعْتَرِضُهُ بِشَيْءٍ. تُرَى، هَلْ تَأَكَّدَ رُؤَسَاؤُنَا أَنَّهُ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ حَقّاً؟

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

27 إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ عِنْدَمَا يَأْتِي لَنْ يَعْرِفَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَيْنَ جَاءَ، أَمَّا هَذَا فَإِنَّنَا نَعْرِفُ أَصْلَهُ!»

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 فَرَفَعَ يَسُوعُ صَوْتَهُ، وَهُوَ يُعَلِّمُ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ، قَائِلاً: «أَنْتُمْ تَعْرِفُونَنِي وَتَعْرِفُونَ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَنَا! وَأَنَا لَمْ آتِ مِنْ عِنْدِ ذَاتِي، وَلكِنَّ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي هُوَ حَقٌّ وَأَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَهُ.

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

29 أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَعْرِفُهُ، لأَنِّي مِنْهُ وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنَي».

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

30 فَسَعَى الْيَهُودُ لِلْقَبْضِ عَلَيْهِ، وَلكِنَّ أَحَداً لَمْ يُلْقِ عَلَيْهِ يَداً، لأَنَّ سَاعَتَهُ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ حَانَتْ.

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

31 عَلَى أَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ مِنَ الْجَمْعِ آمَنُوا بِهِ، وَقَالُوا: «أَلَعَلَّ الْمَسِيحَ، عِنْدَمَا يَأْتِي، يُجْرِي آيَاتٍ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ هَذِهِ الَّتِي يُجْرِيهَا هَذَا الرَّجُلُ؟»

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

32 وَسَمِعَ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ مَا يَتَهَامَسُ بِهِ الْجَمْعُ عَنْهُ، فَأَرْسَلُوا هُمْ وَرُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ بَعْضَ الْحُرَّاسِ لِيُلْقُوا الْقَبْضَ عَلَيْهِ.

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 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أَنَا بَاقٍ مَعَكُمْ وَقْتاً قَلِيلاً، ثُمَّ أَعُودُ إِلَى الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي.

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

34 عِنْدَئِذٍ تَسْعَوْنَ فِي طَلَبِي وَلا تَجِدُونَنِي، وَلا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَذْهَبُوا إِلَى حَيْثُ أَكُونُ».

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 فَتَسَاءَلَ الْيَهُودُ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ: «إِلَى أَيْنَ يَنْوِي أَنْ يَذْهَبَ فَلا نَجِدَهُ؟ أَيَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْمُدُنِ الْيُونَانِيَّةِ الَّتِي تَشَتَّتَ فِيهَا الْيَهُودُ، وَيُعَلِّمُ الْيُونَانِيِّينَ؟

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 وَمَاذَا يَعْنِي بِقَوْلِهِ: تَسْعَوْنَ فِي طَلَبِي فَلا تَجِدُونَنِي، وَلا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَذْهَبُوا إِلَى حَيْثُ أَكُونُ؟»

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 وَفِي آخِرِ يَوْمٍ مِنَ الْعِيدِ، وَهُوَ أَعْظَمُ أَيَّامِهِ، وَقَفَ يَسُوعُ وَقَالَ بِأَعْلَى صَوْتِهِ: «إِنْ عَطِشَ أَحَدٌ فَلْيَأْتِ إِلَيَّ وَيَشْرَبْ.

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

38 وَكَمَا قَالَ الْكِتَابُ، مَنْ آمَنَ بِي تَجْرِ مِنْ دَاخِلِهِ أَنْهَارُ مَاءٍ حَيٍّ».

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 قَالَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا عَنِ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ الَّذِي كَانَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ سَيَقْبَلُونَهُ. وَلَمْ يَكُنِ الرُّوحُ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ بَعْدُ لأَنَّ يَسُوعَ لَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ تَمَجَّدَ بَعْدُ.

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

40 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْحَاضِرُونَ هَذَا الْكَلامَ قَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ: «هَذَا هُوَ النَّبِيُّ حَقّاً».

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

41 وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ: «هَذَا هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ». وَلَكِنَّ بَعْضَهُمْ قَالُوا: «وَهَلْ يَطْلُعُ الْمَسِيحُ مِنَ الْجَلِيلِ؟

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 أَمَا قَالَ الْكِتَابُ إِنَّ الْمَسِيحَ سَيَأْتِي مِنْ نَسْلِ دَاوُدَ، وَمِنْ قَرْيَةِ بَيْتِ لَحْمٍ حَيْثُ كَانَ دَاوُدُ؟»

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

43 وَهكَذَا حَصَلَ بِسَبَبِهِ بَيْنَ الْجَمْعِ انْقِسَامٌ فِي الرَّأْيِ.

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

44 وَأَرَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنْ يُلْقُوا الْقَبْضَ عَلَيْهِ؛ وَلكِنَّ أَحَداً لَمْ يُلْقِ عَلَيْهِ يَداً.

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

45 وَرَجَعَ حُرَّاسُ الْهَيْكَلِ إِلَى الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ وَرُؤَسَاءِ الْكَهَنَةِ، فَسَأَلُوهُمْ: «لِمَاذَا لَمْ تُحْضِرُوهُ؟»

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

46 فَأَجَابُوا: «لَمْ نَسْمَعْ قَطُّ إِنْسَاناً يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمِثْلِ كَلامِهِ!»

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

47 فَرَدُّوا غَاضِبِينَ: «وَهَلْ ضَلَلْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَيْضاً؟

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

48 أَرَأَيْتُمْ أَحَداً مِنَ الرُّؤَسَاءِ أَوْ مِنَ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ آمَنَ بِهِ؟

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

49 أَمَّا عَامَّةُ الشَّعْبِ الَّذِينَ يَجْهَلُونَ الشَّرِيعَةَ، فَاللَّعْنَةُ عَلَيْهِمْ!»

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

50 وَلَكِنَّ وَاحِداً مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ نِيقُودِيمُوسُ الَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى يَسُوعَ لَيْلاً،

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

51 قَالَ لَهُمْ: «أَتَسْمَحُ شَرِيعَتُنَا بِأَنْ يُحْكَمَ عَلَى أَحَدٍ دُونَ سَمَاعِ دِفَاعِهِ أَوَّلاً لِمَعْرِفَةِ ذَنْبِهِ؟»

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

52 فَأَجَابُوهُ: «أَلَعَلَّكَ أَنْتَ أَيْضاً مِنَ الْجَلِيلِ؟ ادْرُسِ الْكِتَابَ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّه لَمْ يَطْلُعْ قَطُّ نَبِيٌّ مِنَ الْجَلِيلِ!»

53 Then each went to his own home.

53 ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ.