Juan 8

1 Si Jesus naman ay pumunta sa Bundok ng mga Olibo. 2 Kinabukasan, maaga pa'y nagbalik na siya sa Templo. Lumapit sa kanya ang lahat kaya't umupo siya at nagsimula siyang magturo. 3 Dumating noon ang mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo na may dalang isang babaing nahuli sa pangangalunya. Iniharap nila ito sa karamihan, 4 at sinabi kay Jesus, “Guro, ang babaing ito'y nahuli sa aktong pangangalunya. 5 Ayont sa Kautusan ni Moises, dapat batuhin hanggang sa mamatay ang mga katulad niya. Ano naman ang masasabi ninyo?”

6 Itinanong nila ito upang subukin siya, at nang may maiparatang sila laban sa kanya.
Ngunit yumuko lamang si Jesus at sumulat sa lupa sa pamamagitan ng daliri.
7 Patuloyt sila sa pagtatanong kaya't tumayo si Jesus at nagsalita, “Ang sinuman sa inyo na walang kasalanan ang siyang maunang bumato sa kanya.”

8 At muli siyang yumuko at sumulat sa lupa.
9 Nang marinig nila iyon, sila'y isa-isang umalis, simula sa pinakamatanda. Iniwan nila ang babaing nakatayo sa harap ni Jesus.

10 Tumayo si Jesus at tinanong ang babae, “Nasaan sila? Wala na bang humahatol sa iyo?”

11 “Wala po, Ginoo,” sagot ng babae.
Sinabi ni Jesus, “Hindi rin kita hahatulan. Umuwi ka na, at mula ngayon ay huwag ka nang gumawa ng kasalanan.”]t

Patotoo Tungkol kay Jesus

12 Mulingt nagsalita si Jesus sa mga Pariseo. Sinabi niya, “Ako ang ilaw ng sanlibutan. Ang sumusunod sa akin ay magkakaroon ng ilaw sa kanyang buhay at di na lalakad sa kadiliman.”

13 Sinabit naman sa kanya ng mga Pariseo, “Ikaw lang ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa iyong sarili; walang kabuluhan ang ganyang patotoo.”
14 Sumagot si Jesus, “Kahit ako ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa aking sarili, totoo naman ang aking sinasabi, sapagkat alam ko kung saan ako nanggaling at kung saan ako pupunta. Ngunit hindi ninyo alam ang aking pinanggalingan at ang aking pupuntahan. 15 Humahatol kayo ayon sa mga pamantayan ng tao, ngunit hindi ako humahatol kaninuman. 16 At humatol man ako, tama ang aking paghatol, sapagkat hindi lamang ako ang humahatol, kundi kasama ko ang Ama na nagsugo sa akin. 17 Nasusulatt sa inyong Kautusan na dapat tanggapin ang patotoo ng dalawang saksi.

18 Nagpatotoo ako tungkol sa aking sarili, at nagpapatotoo rin ang Ama na nagsugo sa akin.”

19 Siya'y tinanong nila, “Nasaan ang iyong ama?”
Sumagot si Jesus, “Hindi ninyo ako kilala, at hindi rin ninyo kilala ang aking Ama. Kung kilala ninyo ako, kilala rin ninyo siya.”

20 Ito'y sinabi ni Jesus nang siya'y nagtuturo sa Templo, sa dakong kinaroroonan ng mga lalagyan ng mga alay. Ngunit walang nangahas na humuli sa kanya sapagkat hindi pa iyon ang itinakdang panahon.

Ang Pinanggalingan at Nagsugo kay Jesus

21 Muling sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Ako'y aalis at hahanapin ninyo ako; ngunit hindi kayo makakapunta sa pupuntahan ko. Mamamatay kayo nang hindi pa napapatawad ang inyong mga kasalanan.”

22 Nag-usap-usap ang mga Judio, “Magpapakamatay kaya siya kaya niya sinabing ‘Hindi kayo makakapunta sa pupuntahan ko’?”
23 Kaya't sinabi ni Jesus, “Kayo'y mula dito sa ibaba, ako'y mula sa itaas. Kayo'y taga-sanlibutang ito, ngunit ako'y hindi,

24 kaya sinabi ko sa inyong mamamatay kayo nang hindi pa napapatawad sa inyong mga kasalanan. Kung hindi kayo maniniwalang ‘Ako'y Ako Nga’, mamamatay nga kayo nang hindi pa napapatawad sa inyong mga kasalanan.”

25 “Sino ka nga bang talaga?” tanong nila.
Sumagot si Jesus, “Matagal ko nang sinabi sa inyo kung sino ako.

26 Marami akong masasabi at maihahatol laban sa inyo. Ngunit totoo ang sinasabi ng nagsugo sa akin, at ang narinig ko sa kanya ang ipinapahayag ko sa sanlibutan.”
27 Hindi nila nauunawaan na ang Ama ang tinutukoy niya. 28 Kaya't sinabi ni Jesus, “Kapag naitaas na ninyo ang Anak ng Tao, malalaman ninyong ‘Ako'y Ako Nga.’ Wala akong ginagawa batay sa sarili kong kapangyarihan. Ang ipinapasabi lamang ng Ama ang siya kong sinasabi,

29 at kasama ko ang nagsugo sa akin at hindi niya ako iniiwan, sapagkat lagi kong ginagawa ang kalugud-lugod sa kanya.”

30 Maraming nakarinig nito ang sumampalataya sa kanya.

Ang Katotohanan ang Magpapalaya sa Inyo

31 Sinabi naman ni Jesus sa mga Judiong naniniwala sa kanya, “Kung tinutupad ninyo ang aking aral, kayo nga'y tunay na mga alagad ko;

32 makikilala ninyo ang katotohanan, at ang katotohanan ang magpapalaya sa inyo.”

33 Sumagott sila, “Kami ay mula sa lahi ni Abraham, at kailanma'y hindi kami naalipin ninuman. Paano mo masasabing palalayain kami?”
34 Sumagot si Jesus, “Pakatandaan ninyo: ang namumuhay sa kasalanan ay alipin ng kasalanan. 35 Ang alipin ay hindi kabilang sa pamilya sa habang panahon, subalit ang anak ay kabilang magpakailanman. 36 Kayo'y tunay na lalaya kapag pinalaya kayo ng Anak. 37 Nalalaman kong mula kayo kay Abraham, ngunit pinagsisikapan ninyo akong patayin, sapagkat ayaw ninyong tanggapin ang aking mga aral.

38 Ang nakita ko sa aking Ama ang siya kong sinasabi sa inyo, at ang narinig ninyo sa inyong ama ang siya namang ginagawa ninyo.”

Ang Diyablo ang Inyong Ama

39 Sumagot sila, “Si Abraham ang aming ama.”
Sinabi sa kanila ni Jesus, “Kung kayo'y tunay na mga anak ni Abraham, tinularan sana ninyo ang kanyang ginawa. 40 Sinasabi ko lang ang katotohanang narinig ko mula sa Diyos ngunit pinagsisikapan ninyong ako'y patayin. Hindi ganoon ang ginawa ni Abraham.

41 Ang ginagawa ninyo'y tulad ng ginawa ng inyong ama.”
Sumagot sila, “Hindi kami mga anak sa labas. Iisa ang aming Ama, ang Diyos.”
42 Sinabi ni Jesus, “Kung talagang ang Diyos ang inyong Ama, inibig sana ninyo ako, sapagkat sa Diyos ako nanggaling. Hindi ako naparito sa sarili kong kagustuhan, kundi isinugo niya ako. 43 Bakit di ninyo maunawaan ang sinasabi ko? Hindi ba't ito'y dahil sa ayaw n'yong tanggapin ang itinuturo ko? 44 Angt diyablo ang inyong ama! At ang kagustuhan niya ang ibig ninyong gawin. Noon pa man ay mamamatay-tao na siya. Hindi siya pumanig sa katotohanan kailanman, sapagkat walang puwang sa kanya ang katotohanan. Likas sa kanya ang magsinungaling, sapagkat siya'y talagang sinungaling, at siya ang ama ng kasinungalingan. 45 Ayaw ninyong maniwala sa akin sapagkat katotohanan ang sinasabi ko sa inyo. 46 Sino sa inyo ang maaaring magpatunay na ako'y nagkasala? At kung katotohanan ang sinasabi ko, bakit ayaw ninyong maniwala sa akin?

47 Ang mula sa Diyos ay dumirinig ng mga salita ng Diyos, subalit ayaw ninyong makinig sa akin sapagkat kayo'y hindi mula sa Diyos.”

Si Jesus at si Abraham

48 Sinabi ng mga Judio kay Jesus, “Hindi ba tama ang sinabi naming ikaw ay Samaritano at sinasapian ng demonyo?”
49 Sumagot si Jesus, “Hindi ako sinasapian ng demonyo. Pinaparangalan ko ang aking Ama ngunit ako'y nilalapastangan ninyo. 50 Hindi ako naghahangad na ako'y parangalan; may isang nagsisikap na ako'y parangalan, at siya ang magpapasya.

51 Pakatandaan ninyo: ang tumutupad ng aking salita ay hindi mamamatay kailanman.”
52 Sinabi ng mga Judio, “Ngayo'y natitiyak naming sinasapian ka nga ng demonyo. Namatay si Abraham at ang mga propeta, ngunit sinasabi mong hindi mamamatay kailanman ang sinumang tumutupad ng iyong aral.

53 Mas magaling ka pa ba kaysa sa aming amang si Abraham? Siya'y namatay, gayundin ang mga propeta. Ano ba ang palagay mo sa iyong sarili?”
54 Sumagot si Jesus, “Kung ako ang nagpaparangal sa aking sarili, walang kabuluhan iyon. Ang nagpaparangal sa akin ay ang aking Ama at sinasabi ninyong siya ang inyong Diyos. 55 Hindi ninyo siya kilala, ngunit siya'y kilala ko. Kung sasabihin kong hindi ko siya kilala, ako'y magiging sinungaling na tulad ninyo. Subalit kilala ko siya at sinusunod ko ang kanyang sinasabi.

56 Natuwa ang inyong amang si Abraham nang malaman niyang makikita niya ang araw ng aking pagdating. Nakita nga niya ito at siya'y nagalak.”

57 Dahil dito'y sinabi sa kanya ng mga Judio, “Wala ka pang limampung taong gulang, paano mo masasabing nakita mo na si Abraham?”

58 Sumagot si Jesus, “Pakatandaan ninyo: bago pa ipinanganak si Abraham, ‘Ako ay Ako Na’.”
59 Nagsidampot sila ng bato upang siya'y batuhin, ngunit nagtago si Jesus at lumabas ng Templo.

JOHN 8

1 but Jesus walked out to the Mount of Olives.

2 Then early the next morning he went to the temple. The people came to him, and he sat downt and started teaching them.
3 The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses brought in a woman who had been caught in bed with a man who wasn't her husband. They made her stand in the middle of the crowd. 4 Then they said, “Teacher, this woman was caught sleeping with a man who isn't her husband.

5 t The Law of Moses teaches that a woman like this should be stoned to death! What do you say?”

6 They asked Jesus this question, because they wanted to test him and bring some charge against him. But Jesus simply bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.
7  t They kept on asking Jesus about the woman. Finally, he stood up and said, “If any of you have never sinned, then go ahead and throw the first stone at her!” 8 Once again he bent over and began writing on the ground.

9 The people left one by one, beginning with the oldest. Finally, Jesus and the woman were there alone.

10 Jesus stood up and asked her, “Where is everyone? Isn't there anyone left to accuse you?”

11 “No sir,” the woman answered.
Then Jesus told her, “I am not going to accuse you either. You may go now, but don't sin anymore.”t

Jesus Is //the Light for the World

12  t Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, “I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won't be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.”

13  t The Pharisees objected, “You are the only one speaking for yourself, and what you say isn't true!”

14 Jesus replied:
Even if I do speak for myself, what I say is true! I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don't know where I am from or where I am going. 15 You judge in the same way that everyone else does, but I don't judge anyone. 16 If I did judge, I would judge fairly, because I would not be doing it alone. The Father who sent me is here with me. 17 t Your Law requires two witnesses to prove that something is true.

18 I am one of my witnesses, and the Father who sent me is the other one.

19 “Where is your Father?” they asked.
“You don't know me or my Father!” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would know my Father.”

20 Jesus said this while he was still teaching in the place where the temple treasures were stored. But no one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.t

You Cannot Go Where //I Am Going

21 Jesus also told them, “I am going away, and you will look for me. But you cannot go where I am going, and you will die with your sins unforgiven.”

22 The people asked, “Does he intend to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying we cannot go where he is going?”
23 Jesus answered, “You are from below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't.

24 This is why I said you will die with your sins unforgiven. If you don't have faith in me for who I am, t you will die, and your sins will not be forgiven.”

25 “Who are you?” they asked Jesus.
Jesus answered, “I am exactly who I told you at the beginning.

26 There is a lot more I could say to condemn you. But the one who sent me is truthful, and I tell the people of this world only what I have heard from him.”

27 No one understood that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.
28 Jesus went on to say, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, t you will know who I am. You will also know that I don't do anything on my own. I say only what my Father taught me.

29 The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him, and he will never leave me.”

30 After Jesus said this, many of the people put their faith in him.

The Truth Will Set You Free

31 Jesus told the people who had faith in him, “If you keep on obeying what I have said, you truly are my disciples.

32 t You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

33  t They answered, “We are Abraham's children! We have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say we will be set free?”

34 Jesus replied:
I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin! 35 And slaves don't stay in the family forever, though the Son will always remain in the family. 36 If the Son gives you freedom, you are free! 37 I know that you are from Abraham's family. Yet you want to kill me, because my message isn't really in your hearts.

38 I am telling you what my Father has shown me, just as you are doing what your father has taught you.

Your Father Is the Devil

39 The people said to Jesus, “Abraham is our father!”
Jesus replied, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did. 40 Instead, you want to kill me for telling you the truth that God gave me. Abraham never did anything like that.

41 But you are doing exactly what your father does.”
“Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!” they said. “We just have one father, and he is God.”

42 Jesus answered:
If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. He sent me. I did not come on my own. 43 Why can't you understand what I am talking about? Can't you stand to hear what I am saying?

44 t Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.
45 Everything I have told you is true, and you still refuse to have faith in me. 46 Can any of you accuse me of sin? If you cannot, why won't you have faith in me? After all, I am telling you the truth.

47 Anyone who belongs to God will listen to his message. But you refuse to listen, because you don't belong to God.

Jesus and Abraham

48 The people told Jesus, “We were right to say that you are a Samaritant and that you have a demon in you!”
49 Jesus answered, “I don't have a demon in me. I honor my Father, and you refuse to honor me. 50 I don't want honor for myself. But there is one who wants me to be honored, and he is also the one who judges.

51 I tell you for certain that if you obey my words, you will never die.”
52 Then the people said, “Now we are sure that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and so are the prophets. How can you say that no one who obeys your words will ever die?

53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”
54 Jesus replied, “If I honored myself, it would mean nothing. My Father is the one who honors me. You claim that he is your God, 55 even though you don't really know him. If I said I didn't know him, I would be a liar, just like all of you. But I know him, and I do what he says.

56 Your father Abraham was really glad to see me.”

57 “You are not even 50 years old!” they said. “How could you have seen Abraham?”
58 Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am.”t 59 The people picked up stones to kill Jesus, but he hid and left the temple.