Ján 1

1 Na počiatku bolo Slovo a Slovo bolo u Boha a to Slovo bolo Boh.2 Ono bolo na počiatku u Boha.3 Všetko povstalo skrze neho a bez neho nepovstalo nič z toho, čo povstalo.4 V ňom bol život a život bol svetlom ľudí.5 A svetlo vo tmách svieti, a tmy ho neprijali.6 Bol človek, ktorého poslal Boh, volal sa Ján.7 Prišiel ako svedok vydať svedectvo o svetle, aby skrze neho všetci uverili.8 On sám nebol svetlo, prišiel iba vydať svedectvo o svetle.9 Pravé svetlo, ktoré osvecuje každého človeka, prišlo na svet.10 Bol na svete a svet povstal skrze neho, a svet ho nepoznal.11 Prišiel do svojho vlastného, a vlastní ho neprijali.12 Ale tým, ktorí ho prijali, dal moc stať sa Božími deťmi: tým, čo uverili v jeho meno,13 čo sa nenarodili ani z krvi, ani z vôle tela, ani z vôle muža, ale z Boha.14 A Slovo sa telom stalo a prebývalo medzi nami. A my sme uvideli jeho slávu, slávu, akú má od Otca jednorodený Syn, plný milosti a pravdy.15 Ján o ňom vydal svedectvo a volal: „Toto je ten, o ktorom som hovoril: Ten, čo príde po mne, je predo mnou, lebo bol prv ako ja.“16 Z jeho plnosti sme my všetci dostali milosť za milosťou.17 Lebo ak zákon bol daný skrze Mojžiša, milosť a pravda prišli skrze Ježiša Krista.18 Boha nikto nikdy nevidel. Jednorodený Boh, ktorý je v lone Otca, ten o ňom priniesol zvesť.19 A toto je Jánovo svedectvo: Keď Židia z Jeruzalema poslali k nemu kňazov a levitov, aby sa ho pýtali: „Kto si ty?“,20 on vyznal a nič nezaprel. Vyznal: „Ja nie som Mesiáš.“21 „Čo teda,“ pýtali sa ho, „si Eliáš?“ Povedal: „Nie som.“ „Si prorok?“ Odpovedal: „Nie.“22 Vraveli mu teda: „Kto si? Aby sme mohli dať odpoveď tým, čo nás poslali. Čo hovoríš o sebe?“23 Povedal: „Ja som hlas volajúceho na púšti: »Vyrovnajte cestu Pánovi,« ako povedal prorok Izaiáš.“24 Tí vyslaní boli spomedzi farizejov.25 A pýtali sa ho: „Prečo teda krstíš, keď nie si Mesiáš, ani Eliáš, ani prorok?“26 Ján im odpovedal: „Ja krstím vodou. Medzi vami stojí ten, ktorého nepoznáte.27 On prichádza po mne a ja nie som hoden rozviazať mu remienok na obuvi.“28 To sa stalo v Betánii za Jordánom, kde Ján krstil.29 Keď na druhý deň videl, ako k nemu prichádza Ježiš, zvolal: „Hľa, Boží Baránok, ktorý sníma hriech sveta.30 Toto je ten, o ktorom som hovoril: Po mne prichádza muž, ktorý je predo mnou, lebo bol prv ako ja.31 Ani ja som ho nepoznal, ale preto som prišiel a krstím vodou, aby sa on stal známym Izraelu.“32 Ján vydal svedectvo: „Videl som Ducha, ktorý ako holubica zostupoval z neba a spočinul na ňom.33 Ani ja som ho nepoznal, ale ten, čo ma poslal krstiť vodou, mi povedal: »Na koho uvidíš zostupovať Ducha a spočinúť na ňom, to je ten, čo krstí Duchom Svätým.«34 A ja som to videl a vydávam svedectvo, že toto je Boží Syn.“35 V nasledujúci deň Ján zasa stál s dvoma zo svojich učeníkov.36 Keď videl Ježiša ísť okolo, povedal: „Hľa, Boží Baránok.“37 Tí dvaja učeníci počuli, čo hovorí, a išli za Ježišom.38 Ježiš sa obrátil, a keď videl, že idú za ním, opýtal sa ich: „Čo hľadáte?“ Oni mu povedali: „Rabbi - čo v preklade znamená: Učiteľ -, kde bývaš?“39 Odpovedal im: „Poďte a uvidíte!“ Šli teda, videli, kde býva, a zostali v ten deň u neho. Boli asi štyri hodiny popoludní.40 Jeden z tých dvoch, čo to počuli od Jána a nasledovali Ježiša, bol Ondrej, brat Šimona Petra.41 On hneď vyhľadal svojho brata Šimona a povedal mu: „Našli sme Mesiáša,“ čo v preklade znamená Kristus.42 A priviedol ho k Ježišovi. Ježiš sa naňho zahľadel a povedal: „Ty si Šimon, syn Jánov, ale budeš sa volať Kéfas,“ čo v preklade znamená Peter.43 Na druhý deň sa Ježiš rozhodol odísť do Galiley. Stretol Filipa a povedal mu: „Poď za mnou!“44 Filip bol z Betsaidy, z Ondrejovho a Petrovho mesta.45 Filip sa stretol s Natanaelom a povedal mu: „Našli sme toho, o ktorom písal Mojžiš v Zákone a Proroci, Ježiša, Jozefovho syna z Nazareta.“46 Natanael mu vravel: „Môže byť z Nazareta niečo dobré?!“ Filip mu odpovedal: „Poď a uvidíš!“47 Keď Ježiš videl prichádzať Natanaela, povedal o ňom: „Toto je pravý Izraelita, v ktorom niet lesti.“48 Natanael sa ho opýtal: „Odkiaľ ma poznáš?“ Ježiš mu vravel: „Videl som ťa prv, ako ťa Filip zavolal, keď si bol pod figovníkom.“49 Natanael mu povedal: „Rabbi, ty si Boží Syn, ty si kráľ Izraela!“50 Ježiš mu odvetil: „Veríš preto, že som ti povedal: Videl som ťa pod figovníkom? Uvidíš väčšie veci ako toto.“51 Potom mu povedal: „Veru, veru, hovorím vám: Uvidíte otvorené nebo a Božích anjelov vystupovať a zostupovať na Syna človeka.“

JOHN 1

The Word of Life

1 In the beginning was the one
who is called the Word.
The Word was with God
and was truly God.

2 From the very beginning
the Word was with God.

3 And with this Word,
God created all things.
Nothing was made
without the Word.
Everything that was created

4 received its life from him,
and his life gave light
to everyone.

5 The light keeps shining
in the dark,
and darkness has never
put it out.t

6  t God sent a man named John,

7 who came to tell
about the light
and to lead all people
to have faith.

8 John wasn't this light.
He came only to tell
about the light.

9 The true light that shines
on everyone
was coming into the world.

10 The Word was in the world,
but no one knew him,
though God had made the world
with his Word.

11 He came into his own world,
but his own nation
did not welcome him.

12 Yet some people accepted him
and put their faith in him.
So he gave them the right
to be the children of God.

13 They were not God's children
by nature or because
of any human desires.
God himself was the one
who made them his children.

14 The Word became
a human being
and lived here with us.
We saw his true glory,
the glory of the only Son
of the Father.
From him the complete gifts
of undeserved grace and truth
have come down to us.

15 John spoke about him and shouted, “This is the one I told you would come! He is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”
16 Because of all that the Son is, we have been given one blessing after another.t 17 The Law was given by Moses, but Jesus Christ brought us undeserved kindness and truth.

18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is truly God and is closest to the Father, has shown us what God is like.

John the Baptist Tells //about Jesus

(Matthew 3.1-12; Mark 1.1-8; Luke 3.15-17)

21 t Then when they asked him if he were Elijah, he said, “No, I am not!” And when they asked if he were the Prophet, t he also said “No!”

22 Finally, they said, “Who are you then? We have to give an answer to the ones who sent us. Tell us who you are!”

23  t John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, “I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!’ ”
24 Some Pharisees had also been sent to John.

25 They asked him, “Why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?”
26 John told them, “I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know. 27 Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”

28 John said this as he was baptizing east of the Jordan River in Bethany.t

The Lamb of God

29 The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said:
Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 He is the one I told you about when I said, “Someone else will come, who is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”

31 I didn't know who he was. But I came to baptize you with water, so that everyone in Israel would see him.
32 I was there and saw the Spirit come down on him like a dove from heaven. And the Spirit stayed on him. 33 Before this I didn't know who he was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water had told me, “You will see the Spirit come down and stay on someone. Then you will know that he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.”

34 I saw this happen, and I tell you that he is the Son of God.

The First Disciples of Jesus

37 John's two followers heard him, and they went with Jesus.

38 When Jesus turned and saw them, he asked, “What do you want?”
They answered, “Rabbi, where do you live?” The Hebrew word “Rabbi” means “Teacher.”

39 Jesus replied, “Come and see!” It was already about four o'clock in the afternoon when they went with him and saw where he lived. So they stayed on for the rest of the day.
40 One of the two men who had heard John and had gone with Jesus was Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter.

41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother and tell him, “We have found the Messiah!” The Hebrew word “Messiah” means the same as the Greek word “Christ.”

42 Andrew brought his brother to Jesus. And when Jesus saw him, he said, “Simon son of John, you will be called Cephas.” This name can be translated as “Peter.”t

Jesus Chooses Philip //and Nathanael

43-44 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. There he met Philip, who was from Bethsaida, the hometown of Andrew and Peter. Jesus said to Philip, “Follow me.”

45 Philip then found Nathanael and said, “We have found the one that Moses and the Prophetst wrote about. He is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”

46 Nathanael asked, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Philip answered, “Come and see.”

47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him, he said, “Here is a true descendant of our ancestor Israel. And he isn't deceitful.”t

48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

49 Nathanael said, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God and the King of Israel!”
50 Jesus answered, “Did you believe me just because I said that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see something even greater. 51 t I tell you for certain you will see heaven open and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of Man.”t