Ján 10

1 Veru, veru, hovorím vám: Kto nevchádza do ovčinca bránou, ale prelieza inokade, je zlodej a zbojník.2 Kto vchádza bránou, je pastier oviec.3 Tomu vrátnik otvára a ovce počúvajú jeho hlas. On volá svoje ovce po mene a vyvádza ich.4 Keď ich všetky vyženie, kráča pred nimi a ovce idú za ním, lebo poznajú jeho hlas.5 Za cudzím nepôjdu, ba ujdú od neho, lebo cudzí hlas nepoznajú.“6 Ježiš im to povedal takto obrazne, ale oni nepochopili, čo im to chcel povedať.7 Preto im Ježiš znova vravel: „Veru, veru, hovorím vám: Ja som brána k ovciam.8 Všetci, čo prišli predo mnou, sú zlodeji a zbojníci, ale ovce ich nepočúvali.9 Ja som brána. Kto vojde cezo mňa, bude spasený; bude vchádzať i vychádzať a nájde pastvu.10 Zlodej prichádza, len aby kradol, zabíjal a ničil. Ja som prišiel, aby mali život a aby ho mali hojnejšie.11 Ja som dobrý pastier. Dobrý pastier položí svoj život za ovce.12 Nájomník a ten, čo nie je pastierom a ovce nie sú jeho, opúšťa ovce a uteká, keď vidí prichádzať vlka, a vlk ich trhá a rozháňa.13 Veď je nádenník a nezáleží mu na ovciach.14 Ja som dobrý pastier. Poznám svoje a moje poznajú mňa,15 ako mňa pozná Otec a ja poznám Otca. Aj svoj život položím za ovce.16 Mám aj iné ovce, ktoré nie sú z tohto ovčinca. Aj tie musím priviesť a budú počuť môj hlas; a bude jedno stádo a jeden pastier.17 Otec ma preto miluje, že ja dávam svoj život, a zasa si ho vezmem.18 Nik mi ho neberie, ja ho dávam sám od seba. Mám moc dať ho a mám moc zasa si ho vziať. Taký príkaz som dostal od môjho Otca.“19 Pre tieto slová znova nastala medzi Židmi roztržka.20 Mnohí z nich hovorili: „Je posadnutý zlým duchom a šalie. Čo ho počúvate?!“21 Iní namietali: „To nie sú reči posadnutého zlým duchom. Vari môže zlý duch otvárať oči slepým?“22 V Jeruzaleme boli práve sviatky Posvätenia chrámu. Bola zima.23 Ježiš sa prechádzal v chráme v Šalamúnovom stĺporadí.24 Obstúpili ho Židia a hovorili mu: „Dokedy nás chceš držať v neistote?! Ak si Mesiáš, povedz nám to otvorene.“25 Ježiš im odvetil: „Už som vám povedal, a neveríte. Svedčia o mne skutky, ktoré konám v mene svojho Otca,26 ale vy neveríte, lebo nie ste z mojich oviec.27 Moje ovce počúvajú môj hlas, ja ich poznám a ony idú za mnou.28 Ja im dávam večný život. Nezahynú nikdy a nik mi ich nevytrhne z ruky.29 Môj Otec, ktorý mi ich dal, je väčší od všetkých a nik ich nemôže Otcovi vytrhnúť z ruky.30 Ja a Otec sme jedno.“31 Židia znova zdvihli kamene a chceli ho kameňovať.32 Ježiš im povedal: „Ukázal som vám veľa dobrých skutkov od Otca. Pre ktorý z nich ma kameňujete?!“33 Židia mu odpovedali: „Nekameňujeme ťa za dobrý skutok, ale za rúhanie, preto, že hoci si človek, robíš sa Bohom.“34 Ježiš im vravel: „A nie je napísané vo vašom zákone: »Ja som povedal: Ste bohmi?«35 Nuž ak nazval bohmi tých, ktorým bolo dané Božie slovo - a Písmo nemožno zrušiť! -,36 prečo vy hovoríte tomu, ktorého Otec posvätil a poslal na svet: »Rúhaš sa« za to, že som povedal: Som Boží Syn?!37 Ak nekonám skutky môjho Otca, neverte mi.38 Ale ak ich konám, keď už nechcete veriť mne, verte tým skutkom, aby ste poznali a vedeli, že vo mne je Otec a ja v Otcovi!“39 Preto ho zasa chceli chytiť, ale on sa im vymkol z rúk.40 Znova odišiel za Jordán, na miesto, kde Ján predtým krstil, a tam zostal.41 Mnohí prichádzali za ním a hovorili si: „Ján síce neurobil nijaké znamenie, ale všetko, čo Ján povedal o tomto, je pravda.“42 A mnohí tam uverili v neho.

JOHN 10

A Story about Sheep

1 Jesus said:
I tell you for certain only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the gate to the sheep pen.

2-3 But the gatekeeper opens the gate for the shepherd, and he goes in through it. The sheep know their shepherd's voice. He calls each of them by name and leads them out.
4 When he has led out all of his sheep, he walks in front of them, and they follow, because they know his voice.

5 The sheep will not follow strangers. They don't recognize a stranger's voice, and they run away.

6 Jesus told the people this story. But they did not understand what he was talking about.

Jesus Is the Good Shepherd

7 Jesus said:
I tell you for certain that I am the gate for the sheep. 8 Everyone who came before me was a thief or a robber, and the sheep did not listen to any of them.

9 I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture.
10 A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so everyone would have life, and have it fully. 11 t I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep. 12 Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don't own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock.

13 Hired workers run away because they don't care about the sheep.
14  t I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me. 15 t Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep.

16 I have other sheep that are not in this sheep pen. I must also bring them together, when they hear my voice. Then there will be one flock of sheep and one shepherd.
17 The Father loves me, because I give up my life, so I may receive it back again.

18 No one takes my life from me. I give it up willingly! I have the power to give it up and the power to receive it back again, just as my Father commanded me to do.
19 The people took sides because of what Jesus had told them.

20 Many of them said, “He has a demon in him! He is crazy! Why listen to him?”

21 But others said, “How could anyone with a demon in him say these things? No one like this could give sight to a blind person!”

Jesus Is Rejected

24 and the people gathered all around him. They said, “How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly!”

25 Jesus answered:
I have told you, and you refused to believe me. The things I do by my Father's authority show who I am. 26 But since you are not my sheep, you don't believe me. 27 My sheep know my voice, and I know them. They follow me, 28 and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost. No one can snatch them out of my hand. 29 t My Father gave them to me, and he is greater than all others.t No one can snatch them from his hands,

30 and I am one with the Father.
31 Once again the people picked up stones in order to kill Jesus.

32 But he said, “I have shown you many good things my Father sent me to do. Which one are you going to stone me for?”

33 They answered, “We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!”

34  t Jesus replied:
In your Scriptures doesn't God say, “You are gods”? 35 You can't argue with the Scriptures, and God spoke to those people and called them gods. 36 So why do you accuse me of a terrible sin for saying that I am the Son of God? After all, it is the Father who prepared me for this work. He is also the one who sent me into the world. 37 If I don't do as my Father does, you should not believe me.

38 But if I do what my Father does, you should believe because of that, even if you don't have faith in me. Then you will know for certain that the Father is one with me, and I am one with the Father.
39 Again they wanted to arrest Jesus. But he escaped 40 t and crossed the Jordan to the place where John had earlier been baptizing. While Jesus was there, 41 many people came to him. They were saying, “John didn't work any miracles, but everything he said about Jesus is true.” 42 A lot of those people also put their faith in Jesus.