John 1

Wat God Say Make Us Come Alive Inside

(John 3:6,16,19; 4:44; 5:25; 8:41-42; 12:35,41-46; 17:5; Songs fo God 33:6)

1 Da time everyting had start, had one Guy. “Godʼs Talk,” dass who him. Dat Guy an God, dey stay togedda, an da Guy stay God fo real kine. 2 Dass da Guy, da time everyting had start, him an God stay togedda. 3 God wen make everyting, but da way he do um, he tell dis Guy fo do um. No mo notting dis Guy neva make. 4 He da Guy, if you like come alive fo real kine, you come by him, cuz dat kine life come from him. Wen peopo come alive lidat, jalike dey stay inside one place dat get plenny light. Den dey can see an undastan.

5 No matta stay dark, da dark no can pio da light. Everytime get light.
6 Had one guy God wen send, name John.

7 God wen send John fo tell all da peopo wat he know bout Godʼs light, so dey can trus God cuz a him. Dass his kuleana.
8 John, he not da light. He ony come fo tell da peopo dat da light stay fo real.

9 Dat time wen John stay teaching, jalike da light dass fo real was coming inside da world. Dass da light dat show everybody wass true.
10 Dat time, da light dass fo real wen stay inside da world. Wen God wen make da world, he da Guy wen do um. But da peopo inside da world, dey neva know who him. 11 He wen come his own country, but even his own peopo neva take him in. 12 But everybody dat take him in an trus him, God give dem da right fo come his kids, cuz dey know who him.

13 Da way dey born, not da regula way, wit one guy fo dea fadda dat like get kids. Dey wen come Godʼs kids cuz God wen give um life inside.

14 Dat “Godʼs Talk” Guy, he wen come one guy jalike us guys. He wen stay wit us. We wen see how awesome he stay. He awesome, cuz he da one an ony Boy dat come from da Fadda. He like do plenny good stuff fo us, cuz dass how he stay. Everyting he say bout God, stay fo real.

15 John, he wen tell peopo wat he know bout dat Guy. He talk real strong so all da peopo can hear. He tell, “Dis da Guy I wen talk bout wen I wen say, ‘Bumbye one Guy goin show up, an dat Guy mo importan den me, cuz he stay awready from befo I born.’ ”
16 John talk lidat cuz dat Guy like do so plenny good kine stuff, an he do um fo all us guys, ova an ova. 17 Moses wen give our ancesta guys Godʼs Rules. Den Jesus Christ, Godʼs Spesho Guy, he wen do plenny good stuff fo us, an everyting he tell us bout God, stay fo real.

18 No mo nobody dat wen see God fo real kine. But get dat Guy. No mo odda guy jalike him cuz he God too. An he stay mo tight wit his Fadda den all da oddas. He da One dat wen make clear how God stay.

Wat John Da Baptiza Guy Tell

(Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:2-8; Luke 3:13-17; Da Rules Second Time 18:15; Isaiah 40:3)

19 One time, da Jewish leada guys wen send priest guys an odda guys from da Levi ohana dat help da priest guys. Dey send um by John fo aks, “Eh, who you?” Dis wat he wen tell um:

20 He neva bulai. He tell um strait out, “Listen! I not da Christ, da Spesho Guy God Goin Send.”

21 Dey aks him, “Den who you? You Elijah?” He tell, “No, I not.”
Dey say, “Den you da Spesho Guy dat goin come an talk fo God?” He tell, “No, I not.”

22 Dey tell him, “Kay den. Tell us who you. Wat you say bout yoaself? We gotta tell da guys dat wen send us someting, you know!”

23 He say, jalike Isaiah wen say, da guy who talk fo God long time ago,
“I da guy dat talk real strong inside da boonies,
‘Eh, make da road ready fo da Good Boss.
Make um strait fo him!’ ”
24 Some a da guys da Jewish leadas wen send by John, dey Pharisees.

25 Dem guys aks him, “Kay den. If you not da Spesho Christ Guy Dat God Goin Send, an you not Elijah, an you not da Spesho Guy dat goin come an talk fo God, den how come you stay baptize da peopo?”
26 John tell um, “I stay baptize da peopo wit water. Anodda guy stay hea wit you guys, but you guys donno who him. 27 I wen start fo teach first befo him, but I not spesho nuff even fo help him hemo his slippa.”

28 All dis wen happen inside Betany town, da one dat stay da odda side da Jordan River. Dass wea John stay baptize da peopo.

Jesus Jalike Godʼs Baby Sheep

(John 1:15)

31 I neva know who him befo time. But I stay hea so da Israel peopo can know who him. Dass why I stay baptize peopo wit water.”

32-33 John tell mo bout wat he know. He say dis: “God wen send me fo baptize peopo wit water. He tell me, ‘You goin see my Spesho Spirit come down an stay wit one guy. He da guy goin let my Good an Spesho Spirit take ova my peopo.’ Dat time I wen see one guy, an I neva know who him. But den I wen see Godʼs Spesho Spirit come down from da sky jalike one dove, an stay wit da guy.

34 I wen see dat, an I tell you guys, dat guy, he Godʼs Boy.”

Da First Guys Jesus Pick Fo Teach

36 Wen John spock Jesus walking by him, he say, “Look! Dis guy jalike Godʼs baby sheep fo da sacrifice.”
37 Da two guys hear him say dat, an dey go wit Jesus.

38 Jesus turn aroun an see dem going wit him. He tell, “Eh, wat you guys looking fo?”
Dey say, “Rabbi, wea you stay live?” (Now, “Rabbi,” dat mean “Teacha.”)

39 Jesus say, “Come look.” So dey go wit him an see wea he stay, an dey stay dea wit him dat day. Was bout four clock in da aftanoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peterʼs brudda, he one a da two guys dat wen hear John Da Baptiza guy, an go wit Jesus. 41 Da first ting, Andrew find his brudda Simon an tell him, “We wen find da Messiah.” (Now, “Messiah,” dat mean “Da Christ Guy, da Spesho Guy God Wen Send,” dea language.)

42 Den he bring Simon to Jesus.
Jesus look at um an say, “You Simon, an yoa faddaʼs name John, yeah? but not da Baptiza Guy. From now dey goin call you ‘Cefas.’ ” (Dat mean “Peter,” o “Da Rock,” in dea language.)

Jesus Tell Philip an Natanael fo Come

45 Philip find Natanael an tell him, “We wen find da Guy dat Moses wen write bout in da book wit Godʼs Rules inside. An da guys dat wen talk fo God long time ago, dey wen write bout him too. He Jesus from Nazaret town, Josephʼs boy.”

46 Natanael say, “Nah! No mo notting good come from Nazaret!”
Philip say, “Come look!”

47 Jesus see Natanael coming by him, an he say, “Dis guy one fo real Israel guy. No mo notting fake inside him! He everytime tell da trut.”

48 Natanael say, “How come you know who me?”
Jesus say, “I wen see you da time you was undaneat da fig tree, befo Philip tell you fo come.”

49 Den Natanael tell him, “Teacha, you Godʼs Boy fo real kine! You da King fo da Israel peopo!”

50 Jesus wen tell him, “You trus me jus cuz I tell you dat I wen see you undaneat da fig tree? Eh, you goin see mo betta stuff den dat!”
51 Den he tell him, “Dass right! An I like tell all you guys dis: You guys goin see da sky open up, an Godʼs angel messenja guys going up an going down by me, da Guy Dass Fo Real.”

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