يوحنا 8 | الكتاب المقدس

الكتاب المقدس

1 وَأَمَّا يَسُوعُ، فَذَهَبَ إِلَى جَبَلِ الزَّيْتُونِ. 2 وَعِنْدَ الْفَجْرِ عَادَ إِلَى الْهَيْكَلِ، فَاجْتَمَعَ حَوْلَهُ جُمْهُورُ الشَّعْبِ، فَجَلَسَ يُعَلِّمُهُمْ. 3 وَأَحْضَرَ إِلَيْهِ مُعَلِّمُو الشَّرِيعَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ امْرَأَةً ضُبِطَتْ تَزْنِي، وَأَوْقَفُوهَا فِي الْوَسَطِ، 4 وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، هذِهِ الْمَرْأَةُ ضُبِطَتْ وَهِيَ تَزْنِي. 5 وَقَدْ أَوْصَانَا مُوسَى فِي شَرِيعَتِهِ بِإِعْدَامِ أَمْثَالِهَا رَجْماً بِالْحِجَارَةِ، فَمَا قَوْلُكَ أَنْتَ؟» 6 سَأَلُوهُ ذَلِكَ لِكَيْ يُحْرِجُوهُ فَيَجِدُوا تُهْمَةً يُحَاكِمُونَهُ بِها. أَمَّا هُوَ فَانْحَنَى وَبَدَأَ يَكْتُبُ بِإِصْبَعِهِ عَلَى الأَرْضِ. 7 وَلكِنَّهُمْ أَلَحُّوا عَلَيْهِ بِالسُّؤَالِ، فَاعْتَدَلَ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ بِلا خَطِيئَةٍ فَلْيَرْمِهَا أَوَّلاً بِحَجَرٍ!» 8 ثُمَّ انْحَنَى وَعَادَ يَكْتُبُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ. 9 فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا هَذَا الْكَلامَ انْسَحَبُوا جَمِيعاً وَاحِداً تِلْوَ الآخَرِ، ابْتِدَاءً مِنَ الشُّيُوخِ. وَبَقِيَ يَسُوعُ وَحْدَهُ، وَالْمَرْأَةُ وَاقِفَةٌ فِي مَكَانِهَا. 10 فَاعْتَدَلَ وَقَالَ لَهَا: «أَيْنَ هُمْ أَيَّتُهَا الْمَرْأَةُ؟ أَلَمْ يَحْكُمْ عَلَيْكِ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ؟» 11 أَجَابَتْ: «لا أَحَدَ يَا سَيِّدُ». فَقَالَ لَهَا: «وَأَنَا لَا أَحْكُمُ عَلَيْكِ. اذْهَبِي وَلا تَعُودِي تُخْطِئِينَ!»

صحة شهادة يسوع

12 وَخَاطَبَهُمْ يَسُوعُ أَيْضاً فَقَالَ: «أَنَا نُورُ الْعَالَمِ. مَنْ يَتْبَعْنِي فَلا يَتَخَبَّطُ فِي الظَّلامِ بَلْ يَكُونُ لَهُ نُورُ الْحَيَاةِ». 13 فَاعْتَرَضَهُ الْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ قَائِلِينَ: «أَنْتَ الآنَ تَشْهَدُ لِنَفْسِكَ، فَشَهَادَتُكَ لَا تَصِحُّ». 14 فَأَجَابَ: «مَعَ أَنِّي أَشْهَدُ لِنَفْسِي فَإِنَّ شَهَادَتِي صَحِيحَةٌ، لأَنَّنِي أَعْرِفُ مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتُ وَإِلَى أَيْنَ أَذْهَبُ؛ أَمَّا أَنْتُمْ فَلا تَعْرِفُونَ لَا مِنْ أَيْنَ أَتَيْتُ وَلا إِلَى أَيْنَ أَذْهَبُ. 15 وَلِذلِكَ تَحْكُمُونَ عَلَيَّ بِحَسَبِ الْبَشَرِ، أَمَّا أَنَا فَلا أَحْكُمُ عَلَى أَحَدٍ، 16 مَعَ أَنَّهُ لَوْ حَكَمْتُ لَجَاءَ حُكْمِي عَادِلاً، لأَنِّي لَا أَحْكُمُ بِمُفْرَدِي، بَلْ أَنَا وَالآبُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي. 17 وَمَكْتُوبٌ فِي شَرِيعَتِكُمْ أَنَّ شَهَادَةَ شَاهِدَيْنِ صَحِيحَةٌ: 18 فَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ لِنَفْسِي، وَيَشْهَدُ لِي الآبُ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي». 19 فَسَأَلُوهُ: «أَيْنَ أَبُوكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «أَنْتُمْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَنِي، وَلا تَعْرِفُونَ أَبِي. وَلَوْ عَرَفْتُمُونِي لَعَرَفْتُمْ أَبِي أَيْضاً». 20 قَالَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا الْكَلامَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ عِنْدَ صُنْدُوقِ التَّقْدِمَاتِ. وَلَمْ يُلْقِ أَحَدٌ الْقَبْضَ عَلَيْهِ، لأَنَّ سَاعَتَهُ لَمْ تَكُنْ قَدْ حَانَتْ بَعْدُ.

عاقبة عدم الإِيمان

21 ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «سَوْفَ أَذْهَبُ فَتَسْعَوْنَ فِي طَلَبِي، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَأْتُوا إِلَى حَيْثُ أَكُونُ، بَلْ تَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطِيئَتِكُمْ». 22 فَأَخَذَ الْيَهُودُ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «تُرَى، مَاذَا يَعْنِي قَوْلُهُ لَا تَقْدِرُونَ أَنْ تَأْتُوا إِلَى حَيْثُ أَكُونُ؟ هَلْ سَيَقْتُلُ نَفْسَهُ؟» 23 فَكَانَ رَدُّهُ: «أَنْتُمْ مِنْ تَحْتُ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَمِنْ فَوْقُ. أَنْتُمْ مِنْ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ. وَأَنَا لَسْتُ مِنْهُ. 24 لِذلِكَ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ: سَتَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ، لأَنَّكُمْ إِذَا لَمْ تُؤْمِنُوا بِأَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ، تَمُوتُونَ فِي خَطَايَاكُمْ». 25 فَسَأَلُوهُ: «مَنْ أَنْتَ؟» أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «قُلْتُ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْبِدَايَةِ! 26 وَعِنْدِي أَشْيَاءُ كَثِيرَةٌ أَقُولُهَا وَأَحْكُمُ بِها عَلَيْكُمْ. وَلَكِنَّ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي هُوَ حَقٌّ، وَمَا أَقُولُهُ لِلْعَالَمِ هُوَ مَا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ». 27 وَلَمْ يَفْهَمُوا أَنَّ يَسُوعَ، بِقَوْلِهِ هَذَا، كَانَ يُشِيرُ إِلَى الآبِ. 28 لِذَلِكَ قَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «عِنْدَمَا تُعَلِّقُونَ ابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ تَعْرِفُونَ أَنِّي أَنَا هُوَ، وَأَنِّي لَا أَعْمَلُ شَيْئاً مِنْ نَفْسِي، بَلْ أَقُولُ الْكَلامَ الَّذِي عَلَّمَنِي إِيَّاهُ أَبِي. 29 إِنَّ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي هُوَ مَعِي، وَلَمْ يَتْرُكْنِي وَحْدِي، لأَنِّي دَوْماً أَعْمَلُ مَا يُرْضِيهِ». 30 وَبَيْنَمَا يَسُوعُ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا، آمَنَ بِهِ كَثِيرُونَ.

أبناء إبراهيم

31 فَقَالَ لِلْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ: «إِنْ ثَبَتُّمْ فِي كَلامِي، كُنْتُمْ حَقّاً تَلامِيذِي. 32 وَتَعْرِفُونَ الْحَقَّ، وَالْحَقُّ يُحَرِّرُكُمْ». 33 فَرَدَّ الْيَهُودُ: «نَحْنُ أَحْفَادُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَلَمْ نَكُنْ قَطُّ عَبِيداً لأَحَدٍ! كَيْفَ تَقُولُ لَنَا: إِنَّكُمْ سَتَصِيرُونَ أَحْرَاراً؟» 34 أَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَنْ يَرْتَكِبُ الْخَطِيئَةَ يَكُونُ عَبْداً لَهَا. 35 وَالْعَبْدُ لَا يَبْقَى فِي بَيْتِ سَيِّدِهِ دَائِماً؛ أَمَّا الاِبْنُ فَيَعِيشُ فِيهِ أَبَداً. 36 فَإِنْ حَرَّرَكُمْ الاِبْنُ تَصِيرُوا بِالْحَقِّ أَحْرَاراً. 37 أَنَا أَعْرِفُ أَنَّكُمْ أَحْفَادُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. وَلكِنَّكُمْ تَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى قَتْلِي، لأَنَّ كَلامِي لَا يَجِدُ لَهُ مَكَاناً فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ. 38 إِنِّي أَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا رَأَيْتُهُ عِنْدَ الآبِ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ بِمَا سَمِعْتُمْ مِنْ أَبِيكُمْ». 39 فَاعْتَرَضُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: «أَبُونَا هُوَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ!» فَقَالَ: «لَوْ كُنْتُمْ أَوْلادَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ لَعَمِلْتُمْ أَعْمَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. 40 وَلكِنَّكُمْ تَسْعَوْنَ إِلَى قَتْلِي وَأَنَا إِنْسَانٌ كَلَّمْتُكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ اللهِ. وَهَذَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ. 41 أَنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ أَعْمَالَ أَبِيكُمْ!» فَقَالُوا لَهُ: «نَحْنُ لَمْ نُوْلَدْ مِنْ زِنىً! لَنَا أَبٌ وَاحِدٌ هُوَ اللهُ».

أبناء إبليس

42 فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ: «لَوْ كَانَ اللهُ أَبَاكُمْ لَكُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَنِي، لأَنِّي خَرَجْتُ مِنَ اللهِ وَجِئْتُ. لَمْ آتِ مِنْ نَفْسِي، بَلْ هُوَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي. 43 لِمَاذَا لَا تَفْهَمُونَ كَلامِي؟ لأَنَّكُمْ لَا تُطِيقُونَ سَمَاعَ كَلِمَتِي! 44 إِنَّكُمْ أَوْلادُ أَبِيكُمْ إِبْلِيسَ، وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَعْمَلُوا شَهْوَاتِ أَبِيكُمْ. فَهُوَ مِنَ الْبَدْءِ كَانَ قَاتِلاً لِلنَّاسِ، وَلَمْ يَثْبُتْ فِي الْحَقِّ لأَنَّهُ خَالٍ مِنَ الْحَقِّ! وَعِنْدَمَا يَنْطِقُ بِالْكَذِبِ فَهُوَ يَنْضَحُ بِمَا فِيهِ، لأَنَّهُ كَذَّابٌ وَأَبُو الْكَذِبِ! 45 أَمَّا أَنَا فَلأَنِّي أَقُولُ الْحَقَّ، لا تُصَدِّقُونَنِي. 46 مَنْ مِنْكُمْ يُثْبِتُ عَلَيَّ خَطِيئَةً؟ فَمَادُمْتُ أَقُولُ الْحَقَّ، فَلِمَاذَا لَا تُصَدِّقُونَنِي؟ 47 مَنْ كَانَ مِنَ اللهِ حَقّاً، يَسْمَعُ كَلامَ اللهِ. وَلكِنَّكُمْ تَرْفُضُونَ كَلامَ اللهِ، لأَنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ مِنَ اللهِ!»

ما قاله يسوع عن نفسه

48 فَقَالَ الْيَهُودُ: «أَلَسْنَا نَقُولُ الْحَقَّ عِنْدَمَا نَقُولُ إِنَّكَ سَامِرِيٌّ وَإِنَّ فِيكَ شَيْطَاناً؟» 49 أَجَابَهُمْ: «لا شَيْطَانَ فِيَّ، لكِنِّي أُكْرِمُ أَبِي وَأَنْتُمْ تُهِينُونَنِي. 50 أَنَا لَا أَطْلُبُ مَجْدَ نَفْسِي، فَهُنَاكَ مَنْ يُطَالِبُ وَيَقْضِي لِي. 51 الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ مَنْ يُطِعْ كَلامِي فَلَنْ يَرَى الْمَوْتَ أَبَداً». 52 فَقَالَ الْيَهُودُ: «الآنَ تَأَكَّدَ لَنَا أَنَّ فِيكَ شَيْطَاناً. مَاتَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَمَاتَ الأَنْبِيَاءُ، وَأَنْتَ تَقُولُ إِنَّ الَّذِي يُطِيعُ كَلامَكَ لَنْ يَذُوقَ الْمَوْتَ أَبَداً. 53 أَأَنْتَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ الَّذِي مَاتَ؟ حَتَّى الأَنْبِيَاءُ مَاتُوا؛ فَمَنْ تَجْعَلُ نَفْسَكَ؟» 54 أَجَابَهُمْ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ أُمَجِّدُ نَفْسِي، فَلَيْسَ مَجْدِي بِشَيْءٍ. لكِنَّ أَبِي هُوَ الَّذِي يُمَجِّدُنِي. وَأَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ إِلَهُكُمْ، 55 مَعَ أَنَّكُمْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَهُ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَأَعْرِفُهُ. وَلَوْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ إِنِّي لَا أَعْرِفُهُ لَكُنْتُ مِثْلَكُمْ كَاذِباً. لكِنِّي أَعْرِفُهُ وَأَعْمَلُ بِكَلِمَتِهِ. 56 أَبُوكُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ابْتَهَجَ لِرَجَائِهِ أَنْ يَرَى يَوْمِي، فَرَآهُ وَفَرِحَ» 57 فَقَالَ لَهُ الْيَهُودُ: «لَيْسَ لَكَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ خَمْسُونَ سَنَةً بَعْدُ فَكَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ؟» 58 أَجَابَهُمْ: «الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّنِي كَائِنٌ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَكُونَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ». 59 فَرَفَعُوا حِجَارَةً لِيَرْجُمُوهُ، وَلكِنَّهُ أَخْفَى نَفْسَهُ وَخَرَجَ مِنَ الْهَيْكَلِ.

New International Version

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At dawn he appeared again in the temple courts, where all the people gathered round him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. Now what do you say?’ 6 They were using this question as a trap, in order to have a basis for accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. 7 When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, ‘Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.’ 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. 9 At this, those who heard began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was left, with the woman still standing there. 10 Jesus straightened up and asked her, ‘Woman, where are they? Has no-one condemned you?’ 11 ‘No-one, sir,’ she said. ‘Then neither do I condemn you,’ Jesus declared. ‘Go now and leave your life of sin.’

Dispute over Jesus’ testimony

12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’ 13 The Pharisees challenged him, ‘Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.’ 14 Jesus answered, ‘Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no-one. 16 But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. 17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. 18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.’ 19 Then they asked him, ‘Where is your father?’ ‘You do not know me or my Father,’ Jesus replied. ‘If you knew me, you would know my Father also.’ 20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no-one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

Dispute over who Jesus is

21 Once more Jesus said to them, ‘I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.’ 22 This made the Jews ask, ‘Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, “Where I go, you cannot come”?’ 23 But he continued, ‘You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.’ 25 ‘Who are you?’ they asked. ‘Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,’ Jesus replied. 26 ‘I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.’ 27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. 28 So Jesus said, ‘When you have lifted up^[1] the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me. 29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.’ 30 Even as he spoke, many believed in him.

Dispute over whose children Jesus’ opponents are

31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, ‘If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’ 33 They answered him, ‘We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?’ 34 Jesus replied, ‘Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. 35 Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it for ever. 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word. 38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.^[2]’ 39 ‘Abraham is our father,’ they answered. ‘If you were Abraham’s children,’ said Jesus, ‘then you would^[3] do what Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the works of your own father.’ ‘We are not illegitimate children,’ they protested. ‘The only Father we have is God himself.’ 42 Jesus said to them, ‘If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me. 43 Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! 46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.’

Jesus’ claims about himself

48 The Jews answered him, ‘Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?’ 49 ‘I am not possessed by a demon,’ said Jesus, ‘but I honour my Father and you dishonour me. 50 I am not seeking glory for myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. 51 Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.’ 52 At this they exclaimed, ‘Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death. 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 glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me. 55 Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.’ 57 ‘You are not yet fifty years old,’ they said to him, ‘and you have seen Abraham!’ 58 ‘Very truly I tell you,’ Jesus answered, ‘before Abraham was born, I am!’ 59 At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.