1 In {the} beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 *He* was in the beginning with God.

3 All things received being through him, and without him not one {thing} received being which has received being.

4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light appears in darkness, and the darkness apprehended it not.

6 There was a man sent from God, his name John.

7 He came for witness, that he might witness concerning the light, that all might believe through him.

8 *He* was not the light, but that he might witness concerning the light.

9 The true light was that which, coming into the world, lightens every man.

10 He was in the world, and the world had {its} being through him, and the world knew him not.

11 He came to his own, and his own received him not;

12 but as many as received him, to them gave he {the} right to be children of God, to those that believe on his name;

13 who have been born, not of blood, nor of flesh's will, nor of man's will, but of God.

14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we have contemplated his glory, a glory as of an only-begotten with a father), full of grace and truth;

15 (John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

16 for of his fulness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

17 For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth subsists through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, *he* hath declared {him}.

19 And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

20 And he acknowledged and denied not, and acknowledged, I am not the Christ.

21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he says, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

22 They said therefore to him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

23 He said, I {am} {the} voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the path of {the} Lord, as said Esaias the prophet.

24 And they were sent from among the Pharisees.

25 And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?

26 John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,

27 he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.

28 These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.

29 On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

30 He it is of whom I said, A man comes after me who takes a place before me, because he *was* before me;

31 and I knew him not; but that he might be manifested to Israel, therefore have I come baptising with water.

32 And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.

33 And I knew him not; but he who sent me to baptise with water, *he* said to me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on him, he it is who baptises with {the} Holy Spirit.

34 And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.

35 Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.

36 And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God.

37 And the two disciples heard him speaking, and followed Jesus.

38 But Jesus having turned, and seeing them following, says to them, What seek ye? And *they* said to him, Rabbi (which, being interpreted, signifies Teacher), where abidest thou?

39 He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

40 Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard {this} from John and followed him.

41 He first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messias (which being interpreted is Christ).

42 And he led him to Jesus. Jesus looking at him said, Thou art Simon, the son of Jonas; thou shalt be called Cephas (which interpreted is stone).

43 On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee, and Jesus finds Philip, and says to him, Follow me.

44 And Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.

46 And Nathanael said to him, Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip says to him, Come and see.

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says of him, Behold {one} truly an Israelite, in whom there is no guile.

48 Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee.

49 Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God, thou art the King of Israel.

50 Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.

51 And he says to him, Verily, verily, I say to you, Henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man.

1 Alguses oli Sõna, ja Sõna oli Jumala juures, ja Sõna oli Jumal.

2 Seesama oli alguses Jumala juures.

3 Kõik on tekkinud Tema läbi, ja ilma Temata ei ole tekkinud midagi, mis on tekkinud.

4 Temas oli elu, ja elu oli inimeste valgus,

5 ja valgus paistab pimeduses, ja pimedus ei ole seda võtnud omaks.

6 Oli mees, Jumala läkitatud; selle nimi oli Johannes.

7 See tuli tunnistuseks, tunnistama Valgusest, et kõlk usuksid tema kaudu.

8 Tema ei olnud valgus, vaid ta tuli tunnistama Valgusest.

9 See tõeline Valgus, Mis valgustab igat inimest, oli tulemas maailma.

10 Tema oli maailmas, ja maailm on tekkinud Tema läbi, ja maailm ei tunnud Teda.

11 Ta tuli sellesse, mis Tema oma, ja Tema omad ei võtnud Teda vastu.

12 Aga kõigile, kes Teda vastu võtsid, andis Ta meelevalla saada Jumala lapsiks, kes usuvad Tema nimesse.

13 kes ei ole sündinud verest, ei liha tahtest ega mehe tahtest, vaid Jumalast.

14 Ja Sõna sai lihaks ja elas meie keskel, ja me nägime Tema au kui Isast Ainusündinud Poja au, täis armu ja tõde.

15 Johannes annab tunnistust Temast, ja ta hüüdis nõnda: „Tema oli See, Kellest ma ütlesin: Kes tuleb pärast mind, See on olnud enne mind, sest Ta oli enne kui mina!"

16 Sest Tema täiusest me kõik oleme saanud, ja armu armu peale.

17 Sest käsuõpetus on antud Moosese kaudu, arm ja tõde on tulnud Jeesuse Kristuse kaudu.

18 Ūkski ei ole Jumalat iialgi näinud; ainusündinud Poeg, kes on Isa süles, on Temast kõnelnud.

19 Ja see on Johannese tunnistus, kui juudid läkitasid Jeruusalemast preestreid ja leviite temalt küsima: „Kes sa oled?"

20 Tema tunnistas ega salanud mitte, vaid tunnistas: „Mina ei ole Kristus!"

21 Ja nad küsisid temale: „Kes siis? Oled sa Eelija?" Tema ütles: „Ei ole!" - „Oled sina see prohvet?" Tema vastas: „Ei!"

22 Siis nad ütlesid talle: „Kes sa oled? Et annaksime vastuse neile, kes meid läkitasid. Mis sa ütled enesest?"

23 Tema ütles: „Mina olen hüüdja hääl kõrves: Tehke tasaseks Issanda tee, nõnda nagu prohvet Jesaja on ütelnud!"

24 Ja need, kes olid läkitatud, olid variseride seast.

25 Ja nad küsisid temalt ja ütlesid talle: „Miks sa siis ristid, kui sa pole Kristus ega Eelija ega see prohvet?"

26 Johannes vastas neile ning ütles: „Mina ristin veega; aga teie keskel seisab See, Keda te ei tunne,

27 Kes tuleb pärast mind, Kelle jalatsi paela lahti päästma mina ei ole vääriline!"

28 See sündis Betaanias, sealpool Jordanit, kus Johannes ristis.

29 Järgmisel päeval näeb Johannes Jeesuse tulevat tema juure ja ta ütleb: „Vaata, see on Jumala Tall, Kes võtab ära maailma patu!

30 See on, Kellest ma ütlesin: Pärast mind tuleb Mees, Kes on olnud enne mind, sest Ta oli enne kui mina!

31 Ja mina ei tunnud Teda, kuid selleks, et Ta saaks ilmsiks Iisraelile, olen mina tulnud veega ristima!"

32 Ja Johannes tunnistas ning ütles: „Ma nägin Vaimu taevast alla laskuvat nagu tuvi; ja Ta jäi Tema peale.

33 Ja mina ei tunnud Teda mitte; aga Kes mind läkitas veega ristima, See ütles mulle: Kelle peale sa näed Vaimu alla laskuvat ja Tema peale jäävat, See on, Kes ristib Püha Vaimuga!

34 Ja mina olen näinud ja tunnistanud, et Seesinane on Jumala Poeg."

35 Järgmisel päeval seisis Johannes jälle seal, ja kaks tema jüngrit.

36 Ja kui ta nägi Jeesust kõndivat, ütles ta: „Ennäe, See on Jumala Tall!"

37 Ja need kaks jüngrit kuulsid tema ütlust ja järgisid Jeesust.

38 Aga Jeesus pöördus ümber, ja nähes neid Teda järgivat, ütles Ta neile: „Mida te otsite?" Aga nemad ütlesid Talle: „Rabi! - see tähendab meie keeli õpetaja - kus Sa asud?"

39 Ta ütles neile: „Tulge ja vaadake!" Nad tulidki ja nägid, kus Ta asus, ja nad jäid Tema juure selle päeva. See oli arvata kümnes tund.

40 Andreas, Siimon Peetruse vend, oli üks neist kahest, kes oli kuulnud Johannese ütlust ja hakanud Jeesust järgima.

41 Tema leiab esiteks oma venna Siimona ja ütleb temale: „Me oleme leidnud Messia!" - see on meie keeli Kristuse.

42 Ja ta viis tema Jeesuse juure. Jeesus vaatas temale otsa ja ütles: „Sina oled Siimon, Joona poeg, sind peab hüütama Keefaseks!" - see tähendab Peetruseks.

43 Järgmisel päeval Jeesus tahtis minna Galileasse; ja Ta leiab Filippuse ning ütleb temale: „Järgi mind!"

44 Aga Filippus oli pärit Betsaidast, Andrease ja Peetruse linnast.

45 Filippus leiab Naatanaeli ja ütleb temale: „Kellest Mooses on kirjutanud käsuõpetuses, ja prohvetid, selle me oleme leidnud, Jeesuse, Joosepi poja, Naatsaretist!"

46 Naatanael ütles talle: „Kas Naatsaretist võib tulla midagi head?" Filippus ütles temale: „Tule ja vaata!"

47 Jeesus nägi Naatanaeli tema juure tulevat ja ütles temast: „Ennäe, tõeline iisraellane, kelles ei ole kavalust!"

48 Naatanael ütles talle: „Kust Sa mind tunned?" Jeesus vastas ja ütles temale: „Enne kui Filippus sind kutsus, nägin ma sind, kui sa olid viigipuu all!"

49 Naatanael vastas Temale: „Rabi, sina oled Jumala Poeg, Sina oled Iisraeli Kuningas!"

50 Jeesus vastas ja ütles talle: „Selleparast et Ma ütlesin: Ma nägin sind viigipuu all! usud sa. Sa saad näha suuremaid asju kui need!"

51 Ja Ta ütles talle: „Tõesti, tõesti Ma ütlen teile, te näete ka taeva olevat avatud ja Jumala inglid astuvat üles ja alla Inimese Poja peale!"