Johannes 10

1 Sandelig, sandelig siger jeg Eder: hvo som ikke gaaer ind ad Døren i Faarestien, men stiger andensteds over, han er en Tyv og en Røver.2 Men den, som gaaer ind ad Døren, er Faarenes Hyrde.3 For denne lader Dørvogteren op og Faarene høre hans Røst; og han kalder sine egne Faar ved Navn og fører dem ud.4 Og naar han har udladt sine egne Faar, gaar han foran dem: og Faarene følge ham, fordi de kjende hans Røst.5 Men en Fremmed følge de ikke, men flye fra ham, fordi de kjende ikke den Fremmedes Røst.6 Denne Lignelse sagde Jesus til dem; men de forstode ikke, hvad det var, som han talede til dem.7 Derfor sagde Jesus atter til dem: sandelig, sandelig siger jeg Eder: jeg er Faarenes Dør.8 Alle de, som ere komne før mig, ere Tyve og Røvere; men Faarene hørte dem ikke.9 Jeg er Døren; dersom Nogen gaaer ind ved mig, han skal frelses; og han skal gaae ind og gaae ud og finde Føde.10 Tyven kommer ikke, uden for at stjæle og myrde og fordærve; jeg er kommen, at de skulle have Liv og have overflødigt.11 Jeg er den gode Hyrde; den gode Hyrde sætter sit Liv til for Faarene.12 Men Leiesvenden og den, som ikke er Hyrde, hvilken Faarene ikke høre til, seer Ulven komme og forlader Faarene og flyer; og Ulven røver dem og adspreder Faarene.13 Men Leisvenden flyer, fordi han er Leiesvend og har ikke Omsorg for Faarene.14 Jeg er den gode Hyrde, og jeg kjender Mine og kjendes af Mine,15 (ligesom Faderen kjender mig, kjender jeg og Faderen); og jeg sætter mit Liv til for Faarene.16 Og jeg har andre Faar, som ikke ere af denne Sti, dem bør det mig og at føre did, og de skulle høre min Røst; og der skal blive een Hjord, een Hyrde.17 Derfor elsker Faderen mig, fordi jeg sætter mit Liv til, at jeg skal tage det igjen.18 Ingen tager det fra mig, men jeg sætter det til af mig selv. Jeg har Magt at sætte det til og har Magt at tage det igjen. Denne Bud annammede jeg af min Fader.19 Da blev der atter Splid iblandt Jøderne over disse Ord.20 Mange af dem sagde: han har Djævelen og raser, hvi høre I ham?21 Andre sagde: disse ere ikke Ord af en Besat; mon en Djævel kan aabne de Blindes Øine?22 Men Indvielsens Fest indtraf i Jerusalem, og det var Vinter.23 Og Jesus gik omkring i Templet, udi Salomos Buegang.24 Da omringe Jøderne ham og sagde til ham: hvor længe holder du vor Sjæl i Forventning? dersom du er Christus, da siig os det frit!25 Jesus svarede dem: jeg har sagt Eder det, og I troe ikke; de Gjerninger, som jeg gjør i min Faders Navn, disse vidne om mig.26 Men I troe ikke; thi I ere ikke af mine Faar, som jeg sagde Eder.27 Mine Faar høre min Røst, og jeg kjender dem, og de følge mig.28 Og jeg giver dem et evigt Liv, og de skulle ingenlunde fortabes, og Ingen skal rive dem af min Haand.29 Min Fader, som har givet mig dem, er større end Alle; og Ingen kan rive dem af min Faders Haand.30 Jeg og Faderen, vi ere eet.31 Da toge Jøderne atter Stene op for at stene ham.32 Jesus svarede dem: mange gode Gjerninger viste jeg Eder fra min Fader: for hvilken af disse Gjerninger stene I mig?33 Jøderne svarede ham og sagde: for en god Gjerning stene vi dig ikke, men for Gudsbespottelse, og fordi du, som er et Menneske, gjør dig selv til Gud.34 Jesus svarede dem: er der ikke skrevet i Eders Lov: jeg har sagt: I ere Guder?35 Dersom han kalder dem Guder til hvilke Guds ord skete, (og Skriften kan ikke rokkes);36 sige I da til den, hvem Faderen har helliget og sendt til Verden: du bespotter Gud, fordi jeg sagde: jeg er Guds Søn?37 Dersom jeg ikke gjør min Faders Gjerninger, troer mig ikke.38 Men dersom jeg gjør dem, om I end ikke ville troe mig, da troer Gjerningerne, paa det I kunne kjende og troe, at Faderen er i mig, og jeg i ham.39 Derfor søgte de atter at gribe ham; men han undkom af deres Haand.40 Og han drog atter bort paa hiin Side Jordan til det Sted, hvor Johannes først døbte, og blev der.41 Og Mange kom til ham og sagde: Johannes gjorde vel intet Tegn: men Alt, hvad Johannes sagde om denne, var sandt.42 Og Mange der troede paa ham.

John 10

Jesus as the Good Shepherd

1 “I tell you the solemn truth,t the one who does not enter the sheepfolds by the door,t but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.2 The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.3 The doorkeeperts opens the doort for him,t and the sheep hear his voice. Het calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.s4 When he has brought all his own sheept out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognizet his voice.5 They will never follow a stranger,t but will run away from him, because they do not recognizet the stranger’s voice.”t

6 Jesus told them this parable,s but theyt did not understandt what he was saying to them.
7 So Jesus said to them again, “I tell you the solemn truth,t I am the door for the sheep.t8 All who came before me weret thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.t9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out,t and find pasture.s

10 The thief comes only to steal and killt and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.t
11 “I am the goodt shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his lifets for the sheep.12 The hired hand,s who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandonst the sheep and runs away.t So the wolf attackst the sheep and scatters them.

13 Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep,t he runs away.s
14 “I am the good shepherd. It know my ownt and my own know me –15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my lifet fort the sheep.16 I havet other sheep that do not come fromt this sheepfold.s I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice,t so thatt there will be one flock andt one shepherd.17 This is why the Father loves met – because I lay down my life,t so that I may take it back again.

18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it downt of my own free will.t I have the authorityt to lay it down, and I have the authorityt to take it back again. This commandmentt I received from my Father.”
19 Another sharp division took place among the Jewish peoplet because of these words.20 Many of them were saying, “He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind!t Why do you listen to him?”

21 Others said, “These are not the wordst of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see,t can it?”t

Jesus at the Feast of Dedication

22 Then came the feast of the Dedicationts in Jerusalem.s23 It was winter,s and Jesus was walking in the temple areat in Solomon’s Portico.ts24 The Jewish leaderst surrounded him and asked,t “How long will you keep us in suspense?t If you are the Christ,ts tell us plainly.”t25 Jesus replied,t “I told you and you do not believe. The deedst I do in my Father’s name testify about me.26 But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.28 I givet them eternal life, and they will never perish;t no one will snatcht them from my hand.29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,t and no one can snatcht them from my Father’s hand.

30 The Father and It are one.”t
31 The Jewish leaderst picked up rocks again to stone him to death.32 Jesus said to them,t “I have shown you many good deedst from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

33 The Jewish leaderst replied,t “We are not going to stone you for a good deedt but for blasphemy,s becauset you, a man, are claiming to be God.”t
34 Jesus answered,t “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?s35 If those people to whom the word of God came were called ‘gods’ (and the scripture cannot be broken),s36 do you say about the one whom the Father set apartt and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?37 If I do not performt the deedst of my Father, do not believe me.38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds,ts so that you may come to knowt and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”

39 Thens they attemptedt again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches.ts
40 Jesust went back across the Jordan Rivert again to the place where Johns had been baptizing at an earlier time,ts and he stayed there.41 Manyt came to him and began to say, “Johns performedt no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this mant was true!”

42 And many believed in Jesust there.