João 12

1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him. 3 Therefore Mary took a pound*12:3 a Roman pound of 12 ounces, or about 340 grams of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.

4 Then Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said, 5 "Why wasn’t this ointment sold for three hundred denarii*12:5 300 denarii was about a year’s wages for an agricultural laborer. and given to the poor?" 6 Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.

7 But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial. 8 For you always have the poor with you, but you don’t always have me."

9 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there; and they came, not for Jesus’ sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. 10 But the chief priests conspired to put Lazarus to death also, 11 because on account of him many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus.

12 On the next day a great multitude had come to the feast. When they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet him, and cried out, "Hosanna!*12:13 "Hosanna" means "save us" or "help us, we pray". Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord,✝12:13 Psalms 118:25-26 the King of Israel!"

14 Jesus, having found a young donkey, sat on it. As it is written, 15 "Don’t be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes, sitting on a donkey’s colt."✝12:15 Zechariah 9:9 16 His disciples didn’t understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that they had done these things to him. 17 The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was testifying about it. 18 For this cause also the multitude went and met him, because they heard that he had done this sign. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."

20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast. 21 Therefore, these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus." 22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told Jesus.

23 Jesus answered them, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25 He who loves his life will lose it. He who hates his life in this world will keep it to eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

27 "Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this time’? But I came to this time for this cause. 28 Father, glorify your name!"

Then a voice came out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it and will glorify it again."

29 Therefore the multitude who stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."

30 Jesus answered, "This voice hasn’t come for my sake, but for your sakes. 31 Now is the judgment of this world. Now the prince of this world will be cast out. 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." 33 But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

34 The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever.✝12:34 Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44; See Isaiah 53:8 How do you say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?"

35 Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light." Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them. 37 But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him, 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke:

"Lord, who has believed our report?

To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"✝12:38 Isaiah 53:1

39 For this cause they couldn’t believe, for Isaiah said again:

40 "He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart,

lest they should see with their eyes,

and perceive with their heart,

and would turn,

and I would heal them."✝12:40 Isaiah 6:10

41 Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.✝12:41 Isaiah 6:1 42 Nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they didn’t confess it, so that they wouldn’t be put out of the synagogue, 43 for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.

44 Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me. 45 He who sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness. 47 If anyone listens to my sayings and doesn’t believe, I don’t judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 He who rejects me, and doesn’t receive my sayings, has one who judges him. The word that I spoke will judge him in the last day. 49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."

Ka Whakawahia a Īhu i Petani

1 Nā, e ono ngā rā i mua ake o te Kapenga ka haere a Īhu ki Petani, kei reira nei a Raharuhi, i whakaarahia ake nei e ia i te hunga mate. 2 Ā, takā ana e rātou he hapa māna i reira; ko Māta te kaitaka, ko Raharuhi tētahi o te hunga i noho tahi me ia. 3 Nā, ka mau a Meri ki tētahi pāuna hinu kakara he tino nara, he mea utu nui, whakawahia ana e ia ngā waewae o Īhu, me te muru anō i ōna waewae ki ōna makawe; kī noa te whare i te kakara o te hinu.

4 Nā, ka mea tētahi o āna ākonga, a Hūrā Ikariote, tēnei meāke nei tuku a ia, 5 "He aha tēnei hinu tē hokona ai ki ngā pene e toru rau, ka hoatu ai ki te hunga rawakore?" 6 I kōrerotia ai tēnei e ia, ehara i te mea he whakaaro nōna ki te hunga rawakore; erangi, nō te mea he tāhae ia, i a ia hoki te pūtea, ko ia hoki hei mau i ngā mea i whaongia ki roto.

7 Nā, ko te meatanga a Īhu, "Waiho rā ū āna; i tohungia tēnei e ia mō te rā o tōku tanumanga. 8 Kei a koutou hoki ngā rawakore i ngā wā katoa; ko ahau ia e kore e noho tonu i a koutou."

He Whakangārahu ki a Raharuhi

9 He tokomaha o ngā Hūrai i mātau kei reira a Īhu; ā, haere mai ana, ehara i te mea mō Īhu anake, erangi, kia kite hoki i a Raharuhi, i whakaarahia nei e ia i te hunga mate. 10 Otirā, kua takoto te whakaaro o ngā tohunga nui kia whakamatea anō a Raharuhi; 11 nāna hoki i tokomaha ai ngā Hūrai i haere, i whakapono ki a Īhu.

Te Tomokanga Manahau ki Hiruhārama

12 I te aonga ake ka rongo te mano tini i haere nei ki te hākari, e haere ana a Īhu ki Hiruhārama. 13 Ka mau rātou ki ngā manga nīkau, haere ana ki te whakatau i a ia, me te karanga,

"Ohana!

Ka whakapaingia ia, e haere mai nei i runga i te ingoa

o te Ariki, te Kīngi o Īharaira!"

14 Ā, nō ka kite a Īhu i tētahi kūao kāihe, ka noho ia i runga; ka pērā anō me te mea i tuhituhia,

15 "Kaua e mataku, e te tamāhine a Hiona.

Nā, kei te haere mai tōu Kīngi,

e noho ana i runga i te kūao kāihe."

16 Otiia, kīhai āna ākonga i mātau wawe ki ēnei mea; engari, ka oti a Īhu te whakakorōria, kātahi rātou ka mahara kua tuhituhia ēnei mea mōna, kua meinga anō ēnei mea ki a ia.

17 I whakaae anō te hunga i tōna taha i tāna karangatanga i a Raharuhi i roto i te urupā, i tāna whakaarahanga hoki i a ia i te hunga mate. 18 Nā konei hoki te mano i whakatau ai i a ia, i rongo hoki rātou, kua meinga tēnei merekara e ia. 19 Nā, ka mea ngā Parihi ki a rātou anō, "Ka kite rānei koutou kāhore ā koutou wāhi? Nā, kua riro te ao ki te whai i a ia."

Ka Kimi ētahi Kariki ki a Īhu

20 Nā, he Kariki ētahi o te hunga i haere ki te hākari ki te karakia. 21 Ā, haere ana ēnei ki a Piripi o Petahaira o Karirī, kōrero ana ki a ia, mea atu ana, "E kara, e hiahia ana mātou kia kite i a Īhu." 22 Haere ana a Piripi, ka kōrero ki a Anaru; ka haere a Anaru, a Piripi, ka kōrero ki a Īhu.

23 Ka kī a Īhu ki a rāua, ka mea, "Kua tae mai te hāora e whakakorōriatia ai te Tama a te tangata. 24 He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te kore tētahi pata wīti e marere ki te oneone, e pirau, ka takoto ko ia anake; tēnā ki te pirau, he nui ōna hua. 25 Ki te aroha tētahi ki tōna ora, ka mate anō ia; ki te kino tētahi ki te ora i tēnei ao, ka tūturu ki a ia te ora ake ake. 26 Ki te mea tētahi ko ia hei kaimahi māku, me aru ia i ahau; ko te wāhi e noho ai ahau, ko reira anō tāku kaimahi. Ki te mahi tētahi i āku mahi, mā tōku Matua ia e whakahōnore."

Ka Kōrero a Īhu mō Tōna Matenga

27 "Kua pōuri tēnei tōku wairua; ā, kia pēhea atu ahau? E Pā, whakaorangia ahau i tēnei wā. Otirā, ko te mea tēnei i haere mai ai ahau ki tēnei wā. 28 E Pā, whakakorōriatia tōu ingoa."

Nā, ka puta he reo i te rangi, "Kua whakakorōriatia e ahau, e whakakorōriatia anō."

29 I te rongonga o ngā tāngata e tū ana i reira, ka mea, "He whatitiri." Ko ētahi i mea, "Kua kōrero tētahi anahera ki a ia."

30 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea, "Ehara tēnei reo i puta mai nei i te mea mōku, engari mō koutou. 31 Ko āianei te whakawā mō tēnei ao; ko āianei makā ai te rangatira o tēnei ao ki waho. 32 Ā, ki te whakairihia ake ahau ki runga ake i te whenua, māku ngā tāngata katoa e kukume ki ahau." 33 (I pēnei ai ia hei whakaatu i te mate e mate ai ia.)

34 Ka whakahokia e te mano ki a ia, "Kua rongo mātou ki tā te ture, e ora tonu ana a te Karaiti. He aha tāu e mea, ‘Me whakairi te Tama a te tangata?’ Ko wai koia tēnei Tama a te tangata?"

35 Anō rā, ko Īhu ki a rātou, "He wāhi iti nei te maunga o te mārama i roto i a koutou. Haere rā i te mea e whai mārama ana koutou, kei rokohina koutou e te pōuri. Ko ia hoki e haere ana i te pōuri e kore e kite i te wāhi e haere ai ia. 36 I te mea kei a koutou te mārama, me whakapono ki te mārama, kia meinga ai koutou he tamariki nā te mārama."

Te Whakapono kore o ngā Tāngata

I kōrerotia e Īhu ēnei mea, ā, haere ana, huna ana i a ia, kei kitea e rātou. 37 Heoi, ahakoa i meatia e ia aua merekara maha ki tō rātou aroaro, kīhai rātou i whakapono ki a ia. 38 I rite ai te kōrero a Ihāia poropiti, tāna i mea ai:

"E te Ariki, ko wai i whakapono ki tā mātou kōrero?

I whakakitea hoki ki a wai te ringa o te Ariki?"

39 Koia hoki rātou tē āhei ai te whakapono, kua mea nei hoki a Ihāia,

40 "I whakamatapōtia e ia ō rātou kanohi,

i whakapakeketia ō rātou ngākau;

kei kite ō rātou kanohi,

kei mātau hoki ō rātou ngākau,

kei tahuri rātou, ā,

ka whakaorangia e ahau."

41 I kōrerotia ēnei mea e Ihāia, i te wā i kite ai ia i tōna korōria, i puaki ai hoki tāna kupu mōna. 42 He ahakoa rā he tokomaha anō ngā rangatira i whakapono ki a ia. Otirā, kīhai i whakaae ki a ia, he whakaaro hoki ki ngā Parihi, kei peia rātou ki waho o te whare karakia; 43 rawe ake hoki ki a rātou tā te tangata korōria i tā te Atua.

Whakawātanga ki ngā Kupu a Īhu

44 Nā, ka karanga a Īhu, ka mea, "Ki te whakapono tētahi ki ahau, ehara ahau i tāna i whakapono mai ai, engari, ko tōku kaitono mai. 45 Ko ia e kite ana i ahau, e kite ana hoki i tōku kaitono mai. 46 Kua tae mai nei ahau hei whakamārama mō te ao, kei noho i te pōuri tētahi e whakapono ana ki ahau.

47 "Nā, ki te rongo tētahi ki āku kupu, ki te kore hoki e puritia e ia, e kore ahau e whakahē i a ia; kīhai hoki ahau i haere mai ki te whakahē i te ao, engari, ki te whakaora i te ao. 48 Ko ia e whakakāhore ana ki ahau e kore hoki e tango ki āku kupu, tēnā anō te kaiwhakahē mōna; ko te kupu i kōrerotia e ahau, ko tēnā hei whakahē mōna ā te rā whakamutunga. 49 Nō te mea ehara i ahau ake āku kōrero; engari, nā te Matua i tonoa mai ai ahau, nāna i tuku mai te ture ki ahau, mō tāku e kōrero ai, mō tāku e kī ai. 50 Ā, e mātau ana ahau he ora tonu tāna ture. Nā, ko āku e kōrero nei rite tonu ki tā te Matua i mea mai ai ki ahau tāku kōrero."