YOHANES 1

Sabda yang memberi hidup

1 Pada mulanya, sebelum dunia dijadikan, Sabda sudah ada. Sabda ada bersama Allah dan Sabda sama dengan Allah.

2 Sejak semula Ia bersama Allah.

3 Segalanya dijadikan melalui Dia, dan dari segala yang ada, tak satu pun dijadikan tanpa Dia.

4 Sabda itu sumber hidup,t dan hidup memberi terang kepada manusia.

5 Terang itu bercahaya dalam kegelapan, dan kegelapan tak dapat memadamkannya.

6 Datanglah orang yang diutus Allah, Yohanes namanya. t

7 Ia datang mewartakan tentang terang itu, supaya semua orang percaya.

8 Ia sendiri bukan terang itu, ia hanya mewartakannya.

9 Terang sejati yang menerangi semua manusia, datang ke dunia.

10 Sabda ada di dunia, dunia dijadikan melalui Dia, tetapi dunia tidak mengenal-Nya.

11 Ia datang ke negeri-Nya sendiri tetapi bangsa-Nya tidak menerima Dia.

12 Namun ada juga orang yang menerima Dia dan percaya kepada-Nya; mereka diberi-Nya hak menjadi anak Allah,

13 yang dilahirkan bukan dari manusia, sebab hidup baru itu dari Allah asalnya.

14 Sabda sudah menjadi manusia, Ia tinggal di antara kita, dan kita sudah melihat keagungan-Nya. Keagungan itu diterima-Nya sebagai Anak tunggal Bapa. Melalui Dia kita melihat Allah dan kasih-Nya kepada kita.

15 Yohanes datang sebagai saksi-Nya, ia mewartakan: “Inilah Dia yang kukatakan: Dia akan datang lebih kemudian dari aku, tetapi lebih besar dari aku, sebab sebelum aku ada, Dia sudah ada.”

16 Ia penuh kasih; tiada hentinya Ia memberkati kita.

17 Hukum Tuhan kita terima melalui Musa. Tetapi kasih dan kesetiaan Allah dinyatakan melalui Yesus Kristus.

18 Tak ada yang pernah melihat Allah, selain anak tunggal Bapa, yang sama dengan Bapa dan erat sekali kepada-Nya. Dialah yang menyatakan Bapa kepada kita.

Kesaksian Yohanes

(Mat. 3:1-12; Mrk. 1:1-8; Luk. 3:1-18)

19 Para penguasa Yahudi di Yerusalem menyuruh imam-imam dan orang-orang Lewi pergi kepada Yohanes dan menanyakan kepadanya, “Engkau ini siapa?” Kota Yerusalem

20 Yohanes mengaku dengan terus terang, “Saya bukan Raja Penyelamat.”

21 “Kalau begitu, engkau siapa?” tanya mereka. “Apakah engkau Elia?” “Bukan,” jawab Yohanes. “Apakah engkau Sang Nabi?”t tanya mereka lagi. “Bukan,” jawabnya. t

22 “Kalau begitu, katakanlah kepada kami siapa engkau ini,” kata mereka, “supaya kami dapat memberi jawaban kepada orang-orang yang menyuruh kami. Apa katamu tentang dirimu sendiri?”

23 Yohanes menjawab, “Sayalah dia yang dikatakan oleh Nabi Yesaya: ‘Orang yang berseru di padang pasir: Ratakanlah jalan untuk Tuhan.’ ” t

24 Orang-orang yang diutus oleh orang Farisit 25 bertanya, “Kalau engkau bukan Raja Penyelamat, bukan Elia, bukan juga Sang Nabi, mengapa engkau membaptis?”

26 Yohanes menjawab, “Saya membaptis dengan air. Tetapi di tengah-tengah kalian ada orang yang tidak kalian kenal. 27 Ia datang lebih kemudian dari saya, tetapi untuk membuka tali sepatu-Nya pun saya tidak layak.”

28 Semuanya itu terjadi di Betania, sebelah timur Sungai Yordan tempat Yohanes membaptis.

Anak Domba Allah

29 Keesokan harinya, Yohanes melihat Yesus datang kepadanya. Lalu Yohanes berkata, “Lihat, itulah Anak Domba Allah yang menghapus dosa dunia. 30 Dialah yang saya katakan akan datang kemudian dari saya, tetapi lebih besar dari saya, sebab sebelum saya lahir, Dia sudah ada. 31 Sebelumnya, saya tidak tahu siapa Dia itu. Padahal saya datang membaptis dengan air supaya bangsa Israel mengenal Dia.”

32 Yohanes juga memberi kesaksian ini, “Saya melihat Roh Allah turun seperti merpati dari langit lalu tinggal di atas-Nya. 33 Waktu itu saya belum tahu siapa Dia. Tetapi Allah yang menyuruh saya membaptis dengan air sudah berkata kepada saya, ‘Bila engkau melihat Roh Allah turun, lalu tinggal di atas seseorang, Dialah yang akan membaptis dengan Roh Allah.’ 34 Saya sudah melihat-Nya sendiri,” kata Yohanes, “dan saya memberi kesaksian bahwa Dialah Anak Allah.”

Pengikut-pengikut Yesus yang pertama

35 Keesokan harinya Yohanes ada di tempat itu lagi dengan dua pengikutnya. 36 Ketika ia melihat Yesus lewat, ia berkata, “Lihat! Itulah Anak Domba Allah.”

37 Kedua pengikut Yohanes mendengar kata-kata itu, lalu pergi mengikuti Yesus. 38 Yesus menoleh ke belakang, dan melihat mereka sedang mengikuti Dia. Ia bertanya, “Kalian mencari apa?” Jawab mereka, “Rabi, di manakah Rabi tinggal?” (Kata ‘Rabi’ artinya guru.)

39 “Mari lihat sendiri,” kata Yesus. Mereka pergi dengan Dia dan melihat di mana Ia tinggal. Waktu itu pukul empat sore. Hari itu mereka tinggal bersama Dia.

40 Salah satu dari kedua orang yang telah mendengar apa yang dikatakan Yohanes dan kemudian pergi mengikuti Yesus, adalah Andreas, saudara Simon Petrus. 41 Cepat-cepat Andreas mencari Simon, saudaranya, dan berkata kepadanya, “Kami sudah bertemu dengan Mesias!” (Mesias sama dengan Kristus, yaitu: Raja Penyelamat.)t 42 Andreas mengantar Simon kepada Yesus. Yesus menatap Simon, lalu berkata, “Engkau Simon, anak Yona. Engkau akan disebut Kefas.” (Kefas sama dengan Petrus, artinya: gunung batu.)

Yesus memanggil Filipus dan Natanael

43 Keesokan harinya Yesus memutuskan untuk pergi ke Galilea. Ia berjumpa dengan Filipus, dan berkata kepadanya, “Mari ikut Aku!” 44 Filipus berasal dari Betsaida, yaitu tempat tinggal Andreas dan Petrus. 45 Filipus bertemu dengan Natanael dan berkata kepadanya, “Kami sudah menemukan orang yang disebut oleh Musa dalam Buku Hukum Allah, dan yang diwartakan oleh nabi-nabi. Dia itu Yesus dari Nazaret, anak Yusuf.”

46 Tetapi Natanael menjawab, “Mungkinkah sesuatu yang baik datang dari Nazaret?” “Mari lihat sendiri,” jawab Filipus.

47 Yesus melihat Natanael datang, lalu berkata tentang dia, “Lihat, itu orang Israel sejati. Tak ada kepalsuan padanya.”

48 “Bagaimana Bapak mengenal saya?” tanya Natanael kepada Yesus. Yesus menjawab, “Sebelum Filipus memanggilmu, Aku sudah melihat engkau di bawah pohon ara itu.”

49 “Bapak Guru,” kata Natanael, “Bapak adalah Anak Allah! Bapaklah Raja bangsa Israel!”

50 Yesus berkata, “Engkau percaya, hanya karena Aku mengatakan bahwa Aku sudah melihat engkau di bawah pohon ara itu? Hal-hal yang jauh lebih besar dari itu akan kaulihat!” 51 Kata Yesus pula, “Sungguh, percayalah, engkau akan melihat langit terbuka, dan malaikat-malaikat Allah naik turun pada Anak Manusia.” t

John 1

The Prologue to the Gospel

1 In the beginnings was the Word, and the Word was with God,t and the Word was fully God.ts2 The Wordt was with God in the beginning.3 All things were createdt by him, and apart from him not one thing was createdt that has been created.st4 In him was life,ts and the life was the light of mankind.t

5 And the light shines onts in the darkness,s butt the darkness has not mastered it.t
6 A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.s7 He came as a witnessts to testifyt about the light, so that everyonet might believe through him.8 He himself was not the light, but he came to testifyt about the light.9 The true light, who gives light to everyone,t was coming into the world.ts10 He was in the world, and the world was createdt by him, butt the world did not recognizet him.11 He came to what was his own,t butt his own peoplet did not receive him.s12 But to all who have received him – those who believe in his namet – he has given the right to become God’s children

13 – children not bornt by human parentst or by human desiret or a husband’st decision,t but by God.
14 Nowt the Word became flesht and took up residencets among us. Wet saw his glory – the glory of the one and only,t full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.15 Johns testifiedt about him and shouted out,t “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am,t because he existed before me.’”16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.ts17 For the law was given through Moses, butt grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has ever seen God. The only one,st himself God, who is in closest fellowship witht the Father, has made Godt known.s

The Testimony of John the Baptist

19 Nowt this wast John’ss testimonyts when the Jewish leaderst sents priests and Levites from Jerusalems to ask him, “Who are you?”s20 He confessed – he did not deny but confessed – “I am not the Christ!”ts21 So they asked him, “Then who are you?t Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not!”s “Are you the Prophet?”s He answered, “No!”

22 Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell ust so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 Johnt said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straightsthe way for the Lord,’s as Isaiah the prophet said.”24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.s)s

25 So they asked John,t “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ,ts nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them,t “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,t27 who is coming after me. I am not worthyts to untie the strapt of his sandal!”

28 These things happened in Bethanys across the Jordan Rivert where John was baptizing.
29 On the next day Johnt saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of Gods who takes away the sin of the world!30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am,t because he existed before me.’

31 I did not recognizet him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”s
32 Thent John testified,t “I saw the Spirit descending like a doves from heaven,t and it remained on him.s33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining – this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

34 I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”s
35 Again the next day Johns was standing theret with two of his disciples.36 Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”s37 When John’st two disciples heard him say this,t they followed Jesus.s38 Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, “What do you want?”t So they said to him, “Rabbi” (which is translated Teacher),s “where are you staying?”

39 Jesust answered,t “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon.ts

Andrew’s Declaration

40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John saidt and followed Jesus.t41 He firsts found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah!”s (which is translated Christ).ts

42 Andrew brought Simont to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon, the son of John.s You will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).s

The Calling of More Disciples

43 On the next day Jesust wanted to set out for Galilee.s Het found Philip and saidt to him, “Follow me.”44 (Now Philip was from Bethsaida,s the town oft Andrew and Peter.)45 Philip found Nathanaels and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets alsot wrote about – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

46 Nathanaelt replied,t “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?”ss Philip replied,t “Come and see.”
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed,t “Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!”ts48 Nathanael asked him, “How do you know me?” Jesus replied,t “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree,s I saw you.”49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the kingt of Israel!”s50 Jesus said to him,t “Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”s

51 He continued,t “I tell all of you the solemn trutht – you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”s