The Parable of the Shepherd
1 Jesus said, “I am telling you the truth: the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The man who goes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out. 4 When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. 5 They will not follow someone else; instead, they will run away from such a person, because they do not know his voice.”
6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he meant.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
7 So Jesus said again, “I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All others who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness.
11 “I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep. 12 When the hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away; so the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep. 14-15 I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me. And I am willing to die for them. 16 There are other sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them, too; they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
17 “The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life, in order that I may receive it back again. 18 No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is what my Father has commanded me to do.”
19 Again there was a division among the people because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon! He is crazy! Why do you listen to him?”
21 But others were saying, “A man with a demon could not talk like this! How could a demon give sight to blind people?”
Jesus Is Rejected
22 It was winter, and the Festival of the Dedication of the Temple was being celebrated in Jerusalem. 23 Jesus was walking in Solomon's Porch in the Temple, 24 when the people gathered around him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? Tell us the plain truth: are you the Messiah?”
25 Jesus answered, “I have already told you, but you would not believe me. The deeds I do by my Father's authority speak on my behalf; 26 but you will not believe, for you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me. 29 What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care. 30 The Father and I are one.”
31 Then the people again picked up stones to throw at him. 32 Jesus said to them, “I have done many good deeds in your presence which the Father gave me to do; for which one of these do you want to stone me?”
33 They answered, “We do not want to stone you because of any good deeds, but because of your blasphemy! You are only a man, but you are trying to make yourself God!”
34 Jesus answered, “It is written in your own Law that God said, ‘You are gods.’ 35 We know that what the scripture says is true forever; and God called those people gods, the people to whom his message was given. 36 As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God? 37 Do not believe me, then, if I am not doing the things my Father wants me to do. 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, you should at least believe my deeds, in order that you may know once and for all that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”
39 Once more they tried to seize Jesus, but he slipped out of their hands.
40 Jesus then went back again across the Jordan River to the place where John had been baptizing, and he stayed there. 41 Many people came to him. “John performed no miracles,” they said, “but everything he said about this man was true.” 42 And many people there believed in him.
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K. Jezus ir lobais gons.
1 Patīši, patīši, Es jums soku: Kas vušku klāvā naīīt pa durovom, bet kai cytaiž īsalauž, tys ir zaglis un laupeitōjs. 2 Bet kas īīt pa durovom, tys ir vušku gons. 3 Durovu sorgs tam atdora, un vuškas jō bolsa klausa. Jys sovas vuškas sauc pa vōrdam un vad jōs ōrā. 4 Kad jys vysas sovas izlaiž ōrā, tad īt jom pa prīšku, un vuškas tak jam pakaļ, jo pazeist jō bolsu. 5 Pēc sveša jōs naīt, bet gon bāg nu jō prūjom, jo napazeist svešinīka bolsa.
6 Jezus jim pastōsteja šytū pīleidzeibu, bet jī nasaprota, kū Jys ar tū jim teice.
7 Tad Jezus jim runōja tōļōk: Patīši, patīši, Es jums soku: Es asmu uz vuškom durovas. 8 Visi, kas pyrms Manis atgōja, ir zagli un laupeitōji, tōdēļ ari vuškas jūs naklauseja. 9 Es asmu durovas. Kas caur Mani īīt, tys byus izpesteits; jys īīs un izīs un ganeibas atrass. 10 Zaglis īt tikai zogtu, kautu un pūsteitu. Es atgōju, lai turātu dzeivi un turātu jū porpiļneibā.
11 Es asmu lobais gons. Lobais gons par sovom vuškom atdūd sovu dzeiveibu. 12 Bet olgōcs un tys, kas navā gons, un kam vuškas napīdar, īraudzejis tyvojūtīs vylku, pamat vuškas un aizbāg; vylks jōs plēš un izklaidoj. 13 Olgōcs aizbāg taišni tōdēļ, ka ir olgōcs, un jam vuškas naryup. 14 Es asmu lobais gons. Es sovejōs pazeistu, un munejōs pazeist Mani: 15 tai pat kai Mani pazeist Tāvs, un Es Tāvu pazeistu. Tōdēļ ari sovu dzeiveibu atdūdu par sovom vuškom. 16 Maņ ōrpusē ir vēļ cytas vuškas, kas nu šytō klāva navā. Ari tōs Maņ ir jōatvad, un tōs muna bolsa klauseis, un byus vīns vušku pulks un vīns gons. 17 Muns Tāvs Mani mīļoj tōdēļ, ka Es atdūdu sovu dzeiveibu, lai jū otkon sajimtu. 18 Nikas nu Manis jōs atjimt navar, bet Es jū breivprōteigi atdūdu. Maņ ir vara jū atdūt, un ir vara otkon atpakaļ pajimt. Taidu pīsacejumu Es sajēmu nu sova Tāva.
19 Šytōs runas dēļ, otkon izacēle storp jūdim nasaskaņa. 20 Daudzejī nu jim saceja: Šytys ir ļaunō gora apsāsts un bezprōteigs. Kōpēc Jō klausot? 21 Citi saceja: Ļaunō gora apsāsts tai narunoj. Vai tad ļaunais gors oklūs var padareit redzeigus?
K. Jezus mōca svētneicā.
22 Un nūtyka, ka Jeruzalemā svinēja svētneicas īsvēteišonas svātkus. Beja zīmas laiks. 23 Jezus svētneicā staigōja pa Salomona siņcem. 24 Jūdi apstōja ap Jū un vaicōja: Cik iļgi Tu myusus šaubōs atstōsi? Jo Tu esi Kristus, tad pasoki mums atklōti.
25 Jezus jim atbiļdēja: Es jums saceju, bet jyus naticit. Tī dorbi, kurus Es sova Tāva vōrdā doru, dūd līceibu par Mani. 26 Bet jyus naticit, jo napīdarit pi Munom vuškom. 27 Munas vuškas klausa Muna bolsa; Es jōs pazeistu, un jōs īt pēc Manis. 28 Es dūdu jom myužeigū dzeivi, un jōs naizgaiss myužam, un nu Munas rūkas jūs nikas naizraus. 29 Muns Tāvs, kurs Maņ jōs īdeve, ir vareigōks par vysu, un nu Muna Tāva rūkas jūs nikas navar izraut. 30 Es un Tāvs asam vīns.
31 Tad jūdi pakēre akmiņus, lai Jū nūmātōtu. 32 Jezus tim saceja: Daudz lobu dorbu ar sova Tāva varu asmu padarejis jyusu acīs. Kura tad dorba dēļ jyus Mani grybat ar akminim nūmātōt? 33 Jūdi Jam atbiļdēja: Na loba dorba dēļ mes Tevi grybam ar akminim nūmātōt, bet gon zaimōšonas dēļ un tōdēļ, ka Tu, byudams cylvāks, īskaiti sevi par Dīvu. 34 Jezus tim atbiļdēja: Vai tad jyusu lykumā nastōv raksteits: Es saceju: Jyus asat dīvi? 35 Jo tad tūs, uz kurim Dīva vōrds beja saceits, par dīvim nūsauce, bet Rokstu navar apšaubeit, 36 vai tad jyus Tam, kuru Dīvs pōrsvēteja un uz pasauli atsyuteja, varit pōrmest Dīva zaimōšonu, ka Es saceju: Es asmu Dīva Dāls? 37 Jo Es sova Tāva dorbu nadareitu, tad jyus varātu Maņ naticēt. 38 Bet jo Es tūs izdoru, un jyus Maņ nagribit ticēt, tad ticit dorbim, lai jyus arvīnu vairōk pōrsalīcynōtu, ka Tāvs ir Manī, un Es asmu Tāvā.
39 Tad jī otkon gribēja Jū sakert, bet Jys nu jūs rūkom izmuka.
40 Jys nūgōja otkon pōri par Jordanu uz tū vītu, kur sōkumā Jōņs kristeja, un tur apstōja. 41 Daudzejī gōja pi Jō un saceja: Jōņs gon nikaidu breinumdorbu nadareja, bet vyss izapylda, kū Jōņs par Jū ir sacejis. 42 Un tad daudzeji Jam tur īticēja.
