John8

यूहन्ना 8

\nb ¹but Isa went to the Mount of Olives. ²Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them. ³The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle, ⁴they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. ⁵Now in our law, Musa commanded us to stone such women. 8:5 Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22 What then do you say about her?” ⁶They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of.

But Isa stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger. ⁷But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin amongst you, let him throw the first stone at her.” ⁸Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

⁹They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Isa was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. ¹⁰Isa, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”

¹¹She said, “No one, Lord.”

Isa said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.” 8:11 NU includes Yuhanna 7:53–Yuhanna 8:11, but puts brackets around it to indicate that the textual critics had less confidence that this was original.

¹²Again, therefore, Isa spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. 8:12 Isaiah 60:1 He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

¹³The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”

¹⁴Isa answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going. ¹⁵ You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one. ¹⁶ Even if I do judge, my judgement is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me. ¹⁷ It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid. 8:17 Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15 ¹⁸ I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

¹⁹They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?”

Isa answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” ²⁰Isa spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come. ²¹Isa said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”

²²The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”

²³He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. ²⁴ I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am 8:24 or, I AM he, you will die in your sins.”

²⁵They said therefore to him, “Who are you?”

Isa said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. ²⁶ I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world.”

²⁷They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father. ²⁸Isa therefore said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things. ²⁹ He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”

³⁰As he spoke these things, many believed in him. ³¹Isa therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. ³² You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” 8:32 Zabur 119:45

³³They answered him, “We are Ibrahim’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”

³⁴Isa answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin. ³⁵ A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever. ³⁶ If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. ³⁷ I know that you are Ibrahim’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you. ³⁸ I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father.”

³⁹They answered him, “Our father is Ibrahim.”

Isa said to them, “If you were Ibrahim’s children, you would do the works of Ibrahim. ⁴⁰ But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from Allah. Ibrahim didn’t do this. ⁴¹ You do the works of your father.”

They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, Allah.”

⁴²Therefore Isa said to them, “If Allah were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from Allah. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me. ⁴³ Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word. ⁴⁴ You are of your father, the Iblis, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies. ⁴⁵ But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me. ⁴⁶ Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? ⁴⁷ He who is of Allah hears the words of Allah. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of Allah.”

⁴⁸Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”

⁴⁹Isa answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honour my Father and you dishonour me. ⁵⁰ But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges. ⁵¹ Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”

⁵²Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Ibrahim died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’ ⁵³Are you greater than our father, Ibrahim, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”

⁵⁴Isa answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our Allah. ⁵⁵ You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and keep his word. ⁵⁶ Your father Ibrahim rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad.”

⁵⁷The Jews therefore said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Ibrahim?”

⁵⁸Isa said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Ibrahim came into existence, I AM. 8:58 Exodus 3:14”

⁵⁹Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Isa was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.