Jesus' Brothers Don't Have Faith in Him
1 Jesus decided to leave Judea and to start going through Galilee because the leaders of the people wanted to kill him. 2 It was almost time for the Festival of Shelters, 3 and Jesus' brothers said to him, “Why don't you go to Judea? Then your disciples can see what you are doing. 4 No one does anything in secret, if they want others to know about them. So let the world know what you are doing!” 5 Even Jesus' own brothers had not yet become his followers.
6 Jesus answered, “My time hasn't yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The people of this world cannot hate you. They hate me, because I tell them that they do evil things. 8 Go on to the festival. My time hasn't yet come, and I am not going.” 9 Jesus said this and stayed on in Galilee.
Jesus at the Festival of Shelters
10 After Jesus' brothers had gone to the festival, he went secretly, without telling anyone.
11 During the festival the leaders of the people looked for Jesus and asked, “Where is he?” 12 The crowds even got into an argument about him. Some were saying, “Jesus is a good man,” while others were saying, “He is lying to everyone.” 13 But the people were afraid of their leaders, and none of them talked in public about him.
14 When the festival was about half over, Jesus went into the temple and started teaching. 15 The leaders were surprised and said, “How does this man know so much? He has never been taught!”
16 Jesus replied:
I am not teaching something I thought up. What I teach comes from the one who sent me. 17 If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me. 18 If I wanted to bring honor to myself, I would speak for myself. But I want to honor the one who sent me. This is why I tell the truth and not a lie. 19 Didn't Moses give you the Law? Yet none of you obey it! So why do you want to kill me?
20 The crowd replied, “You're crazy! What makes you think someone wants to kill you?”
21 Jesus answered:
I worked one miracle, and it amazed you. 22 Moses commanded you to circumcise your sons. But it wasn't really Moses who gave you this command. It was your ancestors, and even on the Sabbath you circumcise your sons 23 in order to obey the Law of Moses. Why are you angry with me for making someone completely well on the Sabbath? 24 Don't judge by appearances. Judge by what is right.
25 Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “Isn't this the man they want to kill? 26 Yet here he is, speaking for everyone to hear. And no one is arguing with him. Do you suppose the authorities know he is the Messiah? 27 But how could that be? No one knows where the Messiah will come from, but we know where this man comes from.”
28 As Jesus was teaching in the temple, he shouted, “Do you really think you know me and where I came from? I didn't come on my own! The one who sent me is truthful, and you don't know him. 29 But I know the one who sent me, because I came from him.”
30 Some of the people wanted to arrest Jesus right then. But no one even laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come. 31 A lot of people in the crowd put their faith in him and said, “When the Messiah comes, he surely won't perform more miracles than this man has done!”
Officers Sent To Arrest Jesus
32 When the Pharisees heard the crowd arguing about Jesus, they got together with the chief priests and sent some temple police to arrest him. 33 But Jesus told them, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I will return to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you won't find me. You cannot go where I am going.”
35 The people asked each other, “Where can he go to keep us from finding him? Is he going to some foreign country where our people live? Is he going there to teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean by saying that we will look for him, but won't find him? Why can't we go where he is going?”
Streams of Life-Giving Water
37 On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, “If you are thirsty, come to me and drink! 38 Have faith in me, and you will have life-giving water flowing from deep inside you, just as the Scriptures say.” 39 Jesus was talking about the Holy Spirit, who would be given to everyone that had faith in him. The Spirit had not yet been given to anyone, since Jesus had not yet been given his full glory.
The People Take Sides
40 When the crowd heard Jesus say this, some of them said, “He must be the Prophet!” 41 Others said, “He is the Messiah!” Others even said, “Can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 The Scriptures say that the Messiah will come from the family of King David. Doesn't this mean that he will be born in David's hometown of Bethlehem?” 43 The people started taking sides against each other because of Jesus. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him.
The Leaders Refuse To Have Faith in Jesus
45 When the temple police returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, they were asked, “Why didn't you bring Jesus here?”
46 They answered, “No one has ever spoken like this man!”
47 The Pharisees said to them, “Have you also been fooled? 48 Not one of the chief priests or the Pharisees has faith in him. 49 And these people who don't know the Law are under God's curse anyway.”
50 Nicodemus was there at the time. He was a member of the council, and was the same one who had earlier come to see Jesus. He said, 51 “Our Law doesn't let us condemn people before we hear what they have to say. We cannot judge them before we know what they have done.”
52 Then they said, “Nicodemus, you must be from Galilee! Read the Scriptures, and you will find that no prophet is to come from Galilee.”
A Woman Caught in Sin
53 Everyone else went home,
VII.
K. Jezus ceļā uz nūmetņu svātkim.
1 Pēc tam Jezus staigōja pa Galileju; pa Judeu Jys nagribēja staigōt, jo jūdi tīkōja Jū nūnōvēt.
2 Tam laikam tyvōjōs jūdu nūmetņu svātki. 3 Jō brōli Jam saceja: Ej prūjom nu šenītes un dūdīs uz Judeu, ka Tovi mōcekli radzātu tūs dorbus, kurus Tu dori. 4 Nivīns tadei nūslāpumā nastrōdoj, jo grib byut pazeistams. Tai kai Tu taidas lītas dori, pasarōdi pasauļam atklōti. 5 Pat Jō broli Jam naticēja.
6 Jezus tim atbiļdēja: Muns laiks vēļ navā atgōjis, bet dēļ jums laiks ir vysod. 7 Jyusu pasauļs navar īneist; bet Mani jys īneist, jo Es aizrōdu, ka jō dorbi ir ļauni. 8 Ejte jyus uz tim svātkim; Es uz tim svātkim naīšu, jo muns laiks vēļ navā atgōjis.
9 Šytū pasacejis, Jys pats palyka Galilejā.
10 Kad Jō brōli iau beja uz svineibom aizgōjuši, tad ari Jys aizgōja, tikai na atklōti, bet itkai slapyn.
11 Svātkūs jūdi Jō meklēja saceidami: Kur Jys ir? 12 Ļaudīs daudz par Jū tyka pōrrunōts. Daži apgolvōja: Jys ir lobs; citi otkon saceja: Pavysam nē, — Jys maldynoj ļaudis. 13 Tūmār atklōti nikas par Jū naīsadrūšynōja runōt, jo beidōs jūdu.
14 Kad jau puse svātku beja pagōjuse, Jezus īgōja svētneicā un mōceja. 15 Jūdi breinōjōs saceidami: Kai Jys var zynōt Rokstus, jo navā mōcejīs.
16 Jezus tim atbyldādams saceja: Muna mōceiba napaīt nu Manis poša, bet nu Tō, kas Mani syuteja. 17 Kas Jō vaļu izpylda, tys pōrsalīcynōs, vai šitei mōceiba paīt nu Dīva, vai ari Es pats nu sevis runoju. 18 Kas pats nu sevis runoj, tys meklej sova gūda; bet kas meklej gūda Tō, kas jū syuteja, tys ir patīseigs, un malu pi Jō navā. 19 Vai tad Moizešs jums lykuma naīdeve? Bet nivīns nu jums lykuma napylda. Kōpēc jyus meklejat Mani nūnōvēt? 20 Ļaužu pyuļs sauce: Tevi ļaunais gors ir apsēdis; kas gon Tevi grib nūnōvēt?
21 Jezus atsasauce un jim saceja: Tikai vīnu lītu izdareju, bet jyus visi tam breinojitēs. 22 Moizešs jums īdeve apgraizeišonu, — na itkai tei byutu nu Moizeša, bet gon nu seņčim, — jyus tūmār sabata dīnā cylvāku apgraizat. 23 Jo kas var sabatā pījimt apgraizeišonu un ar tū napōrkōp Moizeša lykuma, vai tad dreikstat uz Manis dusmōtīs, ka Es sabatā vysu cylvāku padareju vasalu? 24 Natīsojit pēc ōrejō izskota, bet tīsojit pēc taisneibas!
25 Tad daži Jeruzalemas īdzeivōtōji saceja: Vai tad šytys navā tik tys, kuru grib nūnōvēt? 26 Bet raug, Jys runoj atklōti, un nikas nikō Jam nateic. Na jau eistyn prīkšnīki ir pōrsalīcynōjuši, ka Jys ir Kristus. 27 Bet mes tadei zynom, nu kurīnes Jys ir; bet, kad Kristus pasarōdeis, nikas nazynōs, nu kurīnes Jys paīt. 28 Tad Jezus, mōceidams svētneicā, saceja: Jyus Mani pazeistat un zinit, nu kurīnes Es asmu. Es pats nu sevis naatgōju, bet asmu Tō syuteits, kas ir taisneigs; jyus gon Jō napazeistat, 29 bet Es Jū pazeistu, jo Es nu Jō paeju, un Jys Mani syuteja. 30 Tī gribēja Jū apcītynōt, bet nivīns nalyka pi Jō rūkas, jo nabeja vēļ atgōjuse Jō stuņde.
31 Daudz kas nu ļaudim Jam īticēja un saceja: Vai tad, kad atīs Kristus, vairōk dareis breinumu par tim, kurus Šytys padareja?
32 Šytōs sarunas par Jū beja izdzērduši farizeji. Goreidznīku prīkšnīki un farizeji syuteja kolpus, lai Jū apcītynōtu.
33 Jezus saceja: Es pi jums asmu tik mozu laiceņu, tad īšu uz Tū, kas Mani syuteja. 34 Jyus Manis meklēsit, bes naatrassit; un kur Es asmu, tur jyus atīt navarit. 35 Tad jūdi sovstarpeigi vaicōja: Kur tad Šytys aizīs, ka mes Jō navarēsim atrast? Vai tik Jys naīs tur, kur jūdi ir izbōrsteiti storp pogōnim, pogōnu mōceitu? 36 Kū tys nūzeimoj, kū Jys soka: Jyus Manis meklēsit, bet naatrassit; un: Kur Es asmu, tur jyus atīt navarit?
K. Jezus apsūla Sv. Goru.
37 Pādejā svātku lelajā dīnā Jezus tur stōvēja un sauce, saceidams: Kas slōpst, tys lai īt pi Manis un dzer. 38 Kas Maņ tic, nu tō, kai Roksti soka, plyuss dzeiva yudiņa straume. 39 Tū Jys saceja par Goru, kuru sajims tī, kas Jam tic. Pagaidom gon Svātais Gors vēļ nabeja (dūts), jo Jezus vēļ nabeja izslaveits.
40 Daži nu ļaužu pulka, kas šytūs vōrdus dzērdēja, sauce: Eistyn Šytys ir Tys Pravīts. 41 Citi saceja: Šytys ir Kristus. Daži otkon vaicōja: Vai tad Kristus nu Galilejas atīs? 42 Vai tad Roksti nastōsta, ka Kristus atīs nu Davida ciļts, nu Betleema mīsta, nu kura ir Davids? 43 Jō dēļ ļaudīs cēlēs nasaskaņas. 44 Daži gribēja Jū jimt cīši, bet nikas pret Jū rūkas napacēle.
45 Kolpi atsagrīze atpakaļ uz goreidznīku prīkšnīku un farizejim. Tī vaicōja: Kōpēc jyus Jō naatvedet? 46 Kolpi atbiļdēja: Vēļ nikod cylvāks navā tai runōjis, kai šytys Cylvāks. 47 Farizeji saceja: Vai tad ari jyus atļōvet sevi īvest moldūs? 48 Vai tad vīns farizejs vai tautas vacōkais ir Jam īticējis? 49 Bet tys nūlōdātais pyuļs, kas nu lykuma nikō nazyna.
50 Bet vīns nu jūs pulka, Nikodems, kas agrōk beja (naktī) pi Jō atgōjis, atsasauce: 51 Vai tad myusu lykums nūtīsoj kaidu cylvāku, īprīkš jō naizklausūt un napōrbaudūt jō dorbu? 52 Tī jam atbiļdēja, saceidami: Vai tik ari tu naesi nu Galilejas? Pētej (Rokstus) un raugi, ka nu Galilejas nivīns pravīts napaīt. 53 (Tad jī izstaigōja kotrs uz sovu sātu).
