1 Pēc tam Jēzus staigāja pa Galileju, jo pa Jūdeju viņš negribēja staigāt, tāpēc ka jūdi viņu meklēja nokaut.
2 Bet jūdu Lieveņu svētki bija tuvu.
3 Tad viņa brāļi sacīja viņam: „Aizej no šejienes un ej uz Jūdeju, lai arī tavi mācekļi redz tavus darbus, ko tu dari.
4 Jo neviens neko nedara slepenībā, ja viņš grib kļūt pazīstams. Ja tu to gribi, rādies pasaulei.“
5 Jo pat viņa brāp neticēja viņam.
6 Tad Jēzus viņiem saka: „Mans laiks vēl nav nācis, turpretim jūsu laiks vienumēr ir klāt.
7 Jūs pasaule nevar nīst, bet mani viņa nīst, jo es dodu liecību par viņu, ka viņas darbi ir ļauni.
8 Ejiet jūs uz svētkiem, es vēl neeimu uz svētkiem, jo mans laiks vēl nav pilns.“
9 Un to sacījis, viņš palika Galilejā.
10 Bet kad viņa brāļi bija nogājuši uz svētkiem, tad arī viņš devās turp, tomēr ne atklāti, bet paslēpšus.
11 Bet jūdi svētkos viņu meklēja un sacīja: „Kur viņš ir?“
12 Un daudz valodas par viņu bija tautā; vieni sacīja: „Viņš ir labs,“ citi: „Nē, viņš maldina tautu.“
13 Tomēr neviens nerunāja atklāti par viņu, baidīdamies no jūdiem.
14 Bet, kad svētki jau bija pusē, Jēzus uzgāja templī un sāka mācīt.
15 Tad jūdi izbrīnījās un sacīja: „No kurienes šis pazīst rakstus, būdams bez izglītības?“
16 Jēzus viņiem atbildēja: „Mana mācība nav manis paša, bet tā, kas mani sūtījis.
17 Ja kāds grib darīt viņa prātu, tas sapratīs, vai mana mācība ir no Dieva, jeb es runāju pats no sevis.
18 Kas no sevis runā, tas meklē savu paša godu. Bet kas meklē tā godu, kas viņu sūtījis, tas ir patiess un tanī nav netaisnības.
19 Vai Mozus jums nav devis baus-lību? Un neviens no jums bauslību nepilda. Kāpēc tad jūs mani meklējat nokaut?“
20 Ļaudis atbildēja: „Ļauns gars tevi apsēdis: kas tevi meklē nokaut?“
21 Jēzus viņiem atbildēja: „Vienu darbu es esmu darījis, un jūs visi uz-traucaties par to.
22 Mozus jums devis apgraizīšanu—lai gan tā nav no Mozus, bet no tēviem—un jūs sabatā apgraizāt cilvēku.
23 Ja cilvēks sabatā saņem apgraizīšanu, lai Mozus bauslība tiktu ievērota, ko tad jūs dusmojat uz mani, ka es sabatā visu cilvēku esmu darījis veselu?
24 Nespriediet taču pēc ārienes, bet spriediet taisnu spriedumu!“
25 Tad kādi no jeruzālemiešiem sacīja:. „Vai šis nav tas, ko viņi meklē nokaut?
26 Un redziet, viņš runā pilnīgi atklāti, un tie viņam nekā nesaka. Vai tiešām valdības vīri būtu nākuši pie atziņas, ka šis ir Kristus?
27 Tomēr par viņu mēs zinām, no kurienes viņš ir. Bet, kad Mesija nāks, neviens nezinās, no kurienes viņš ir.“
28 Tad Jēzus templī mācīdams sauca: „Tiešām, mani jūs pazīstat un zināt, no kurienes es esmu. Un tomēr es neesmu nācis no sevis, bet viens, kas ir patiess, mani sūtījis. To jūs nepazīstat.
29 Bet es viņu pazīstu, jo no viņa es nāku, un viņš mani sūtījis.“
30 Tad tie gribēja viņu gūstīt. To-mēr neviens savas rokas pie viņa nepie-lika, jo viņa stunda vēl nebija nākusi.
31 Bet no tautas daudzi viņam sāka ticēt un sacīja: „Vai gan Kristus, kad tas nāks, vairāk zīmēs darīs, nekā šis ir darījis?“
32 Kad nu farizēji dzirdēja, ka tautā iet par viņu tādas valodas, tad augstie priesteri un farizēji nosūtīja sulaiņus, lai viņu apcietinātu.
33 Tad Jēzus sacīja: „Vēl īsu brīdi es esmu pie jums, tad es aizeimu pie tā, kas mani sūtījis.
34 Jūs mani meklēsit, bet neatradīsit, jo, kur es noeimu, jūs nevarat līdzi nākt.“
35 Tad jūdi sacīja cits citam: „Kur šis grib iet, ka mēs viņu nevarētu atrast? Vai tikai viņš negrib iet pie tiem, kas dzīvo starp grieķiem, un mācīt grieķus?
36 Ko nozīmē vārdi, ko viņš teica: Jūs mani meklēsit un neatradīsit un: kur es noeimu, jūs nevarat līdzi nākt?“
37 Beidzamajā, lielajā svētku dienā Jēzus uzstājās un sauca: „Ja kam slāpst, tas lai nāk pie manis un dzer!
38 Kas man tic, kā rakstos sacīts: No viņa miesas plūdīs dzīva ūdens strau-mes.“
39 To viņš sacīja par Garu, ko vēlāk dabūja tie, kas viņam ticēja; jo vēl nebija Gara, tāpēc ka Jēzus vēl nebija iegājis skaidrībā.
40 Daudzi no tautas, kas šos vārdus dzirdēja, sacīja: „Šis tiešām ir gaidāmais pravietis.“
41 Cits sacīja: „Sis ir Kristus.“ Bet citi sacīja: „Vai gan no Galilejas jānāk Kristum?
42 Vai nav sacīts rakstos, ka Kristus nāk no Dāvida dzimuma, no Betlēmes ciema, kur dzīvoja Dāvids?“
43 Tā šķelšanās cēlās tautā viņa dēļ.
44 Daži no viņiem gribēja viņu gūstīt, tomēr neviens rokas pie viņa nepielika.
45 Kad sulaiņi atgriezās pie augstiem priesteriem un farizējiem, tie viņiem sacīja: „Kāpēc jūs viņu neesat atveduši?“
46 Sulaiņi atbildēja: „Nekad vēl neviens cilvēks nav tā runājis, kā runā šis cilvēks.“
47 Farizēji viņiem atbildēja: „Vai ari jums prāti sajaukti?
48 Vai gan kāds no valdības vīriem tic viņam, vai no farizējiem?
49 Nē, tikai ši tauta, kas nepazīst bauslības, —lai nolādēti viņi!“
50 Tad viens no viņu vidus, Niko-dēms, kas jau agrāk bija nācis pie viņa, sacīja:
51 „Vai mūsu bauslība tiesā cilvēku, to iepriekš neuzklausījusi un neizzinājusi, ko viņš dara?“
52 Tie atbildēja viņam: „Vai arī tu esi galilietis? Izpētī un raugi, ka no Galilejas neceļas neviens pravietis.“
53 Un tie aizgāja katrs savā mājā.
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,
