João 8

1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.

2 Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them. 3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle, 4 they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act. 5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women.✝8:5 Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:22 What then do you say about her?" 6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of.

But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger. 7 But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her." 8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.

9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle. 10 Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"

11 She said, "No one, Lord."

Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."*8:11 NU includes John 7:53–John 8:11, but puts brackets around it to indicate that the textual critics had less confidence that this was original.

12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world.✝8:12 Isaiah 60:1 He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."

14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going. 15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one. 16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me. 17 It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.✝8:17 Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15 18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

19 They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?"

Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also." 20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come. 21 Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come."

22 The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?"

23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am*8:24 or, I AM he, you will die in your sins."

25 They said therefore to him, "Who are you?"

Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. 26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However, he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

27 They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father. 28 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things. 29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

30 As he spoke these things, many believed in him. 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." ✝8:32 Psalms 119:45

33 They answered him, "We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?"

34 Jesus answered them, "Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin. 35 A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever. 36 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. 37 I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you. 38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

39 They answered him, "Our father is Abraham."

Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this. 41 You do the works of your father."

They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."

42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me. 43 Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word. 44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God."

48 Then the Jews answered him, "Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?"

49 Jesus answered, "I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. 50 But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges. 51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."

52 Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’ 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"

54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God. 55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and keep his word. 56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it and was glad."

57 The Jews therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?"

58 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.✝8:58 Exodus 3:14"

59 Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.

Tētahi Wahine i mau i te Pūremu

1 Ko Īhu ia i haere ki Maunga Ōriwa. 2 Ā, i te atatū ka hoki anō ia ki te temepara, ā, tae katoa ana te iwi ki a ia. Nā, ka noho ia, ka whakaako i a rātou. 3 Kātahi, ka ārahina mai ki a ia e ngā karaipi rātou ko ngā Parihi tētahi wahine i hopukia e pūremu ana; ā, whakatūria ana ki waenganui. 4 Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "E te Kaiwhakaako, i hopukia pūtia te wahine nei e pūremu ana. 5 I whakahau a Mohi ki a mātou i roto i te ture, kia ākina ngā pēnei ki te kōhatu. Tēnā koa tāu kī?" 6 I pēnei ai rātou he whakamātautau mōna, kia whai take ai rātou e whakapāngia ai he hē ki a ia. Ka piko a Īhu, ā, tuhituhi ana tōna ringa ki te whenua.

7 Ā, ka tohe tonu rātou ki te ui ki a ia ka whakatika ake ia, ka mea ki a rātou, "Ko te tangata o koutou kāhore ōna hara, māna te kōhatu mātāmua e āki ki a ia." 8 Nā, ka piko anō ia, ka tuhituhi ki te whenua.

9 Ā, i tō rātou rongonga, ka haere takitahi atu ki waho, nā ngā kaumātua i tīmata, ā poto noa ō muri rawa. Ā, ko Īhu anake i mahue, me te wahine e tū ana i waenganui. 10 Ā, ko te marangatanga ake o Īhu, ka mea ki a ia, "E tai, kei hea rātou? Kāhore he tangata i whakatau hē ki a koe?"

11 Anō rā ko tērā, "Kāhore, e te Ariki."

Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Kāhore anō hoki ahau e whakatau i te hē ki a koe; haere, kāti te hara."

Ko Īhu te Mārama o te Ao

12 I kī atu anō a Īhu ki a rātou, i mea, "Ko ahau te whakamārama o te ao; ki te aru tētahi i ahau, e kore ia e haere i te pōuri, engari, ka whiwhi ki te mārama o te ora."

13 Nā, ka mea ngā Parihi ki a ia, "Ko koe anō tōu kaiwhakaatu; ehara tāu i te whakaatu pono."

14 Ka whakahoki a Īhu, ka mea ki a rātou, "Ahakoa ko ahau anō tōku kaiwhakaatu, he pono tāku whakaatu; nō te mea e mātau ana ahau ki te wāhi i haere mai ai ahau, ki te wāhi hoki e haere atu nei ahau; ko koutou ia kāhore e mātau ki te wāhi i haere mai ai ahau, ki te wāhi anō e haere atu nei ahau. 15 Nā te kikokiko tā koutou tikanga whakawā; e kore ahau e whakawā i tētahi. 16 Ā, ki te whakawā ahau, he tika tāku whakawā; ehara hoki i te mea ko ahau anake, engari, ko māua ko te Matua nāna nei ahau i tono mai. 17 Āe, kua oti anō te tuhituhi i roto i tō koutou ture, He pono te whakaatu a ngā tāngata tokorua. 18 Ko ahau tēnei hei kaiwhakaatu mōku anō, hei kaiwhakaatu anō mōku te Matua, nāna nei ahau i tono mai."

19 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Kei hea tōu Matua?"

Ka whakahokia e Īhu, "Kāhore koutou e mātau ki ahau, kāhore anō ki tōku Matua; me i mātau koutou ki ahau, kua mātau anō ki tōku Matua."

20 I kōrerotia ēnei kupu e Īhu i te whare takotoranga taonga, i a ia e whakaako ana i roto i te temepara; ā, kāhore tētahi i hopu i a ia; kīanō hoki tōna hāora i taka noa.

E Kore Koe e Haere ki Tāku Haere

21 Me i reira ka kī atu anō a Īhu ki a rātou, "E haere atu ana ahau, ā, tērā koutou e rapu i ahau, e mate anō hoki i roto i tō koutou hara. E kore koutou e āhei te haere ake ki te wāhi e haere ai ahau."

22 Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai, "E whakamate oti ia i a ia anō? Inā ia ka mea, ‘E kore koutou e āhei te haere ake ki te wāhi e haere ai ahau.’ "

23 Anō rā ko ia ki a rātou, "Nō raro nei koutou; nō runga ahau; nō tēnei ao koutou; ehara ahau i tēnei ao. 24 Koia ahau i mea ai ki a koutou, e mate koutou i roto i ō koutou hara; ki te kore hoki koutou e whakapono ko ahau ia, e mate koutou i roto i ō koutou hara."

25 Kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, "Ko wai koe?"

Nā, ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Ko tāku anō kōrero ai ki a koutou i te tīmatanga. 26 He maha āku mea e kōrero ai, e whakawā ai mō koutou; otirā, e pono ana tōku kaitono mai; e kōrerotia ana hoki e ahau ki te ao ngā mea i rongo ai ahau ki a ia."

27 Kīhai rātou i mātau ko te Matua tāna i kōrero ai ki a rātou. 28 Kātahi a Īhu ka mea ki a rātou, "Kia oti te Tama a te tangata te whakairi e koutou, ko reira koutou mātau ai ko ahau ia, ā, e kore e meatia tētahi mea e ahau ake; engari, ko ā tōku Matua i whakaako mai ai ki ahau, ko ēnei āku e kōrero nei. 29 Kei ahau nei anō tōku kaitono mai; kīhai ahau i waiho e te Matua ko ahau anake, nō te mea e mahi tonu ana ahau i ngā mea e paingia ana e ia."

30 Nā, i a ia e kōrero ana i ēnei mea, he tokomaha i whakapono ki a ia.

Mā te Pono Koutou ka Rangatira ai

31 Me i reira ka mea a Īhu ki ngā Hūrai i whakapono ki a ia, "Ki te mau tonu koutou ki tāku kupu, he tino ākonga koutou nāku; 32 ā, e mātau koutou ki te pono, mā te pono anō koutou ka rangatira ai."

33 Ka whakahokia e rātou ki a ia, "He whānau mātou nā Āperahama, kāhore mātou i waiho noa hei pononga mā tētahi tangata. He aha tāu e mea, ‘Ka rangatira koutou’?"

34 Ka whakahokia e Īhu ki a rātou, "He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, he pononga nā te hara ngā kaimahi katoa i te hara. 35 E kore te pononga e noho tonu i te whare; ko te Tama ia e noho tonu ana. 36 Nā, i te mea ka whakarangatiratia koutou e te Tama, he tino rangatira koutou. 37 E mātau ana anō ahau, he whānau koutou nā Āperahama; heoi, e whai ana koutou kia whakamatea ahau, he kore hoki nō tāku kupu e mau i roto i a koutou. 38 E kōrerotia ana e ahau tāku i kite ai ki tōku Matua; e mahia ana e koutou tā koutou i kite ai ki tō koutou matua."

39 Ka whakahoki rātou, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko Āperahama tō mātou matua."

Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Me he tamariki koutou nā Āperahama, kua mahia e koutou ngā mahi a Āperahama. 40 Tēnā ko tēnei, e whai ana koutou kia whakamatea ahau, te tangata nāna i kōrero te pono ki a koutou, tāku hoki i rongo ai ki te Atua. Kīhai a Āperahama i pēnā. 41 E mahi ana koutou i ngā mahi a tō koutou matua."

Kātahi rātou ka mea ki a ia, "Kīhai mātou i whānau pōriro; kotahi tō mātou Matua, ko te Atua."

42 Ka mea anō a Īhu ki a rātou, "Mehemea ko te Atua tō koutou Matua, kua aroha koutou ki ahau; i haere mai hoki ahau i te Atua, ā, kua tae mai nei. Kīhai hoki ahau i haere noa mai, engari, nāna ahau i tono mai. 43 He aha rā koutou tē mātau ai ki tāku kōrero? Nō te mea e kore koutou e āhei te whakarongo ki tāku kupu. 44 Nā tō koutou matua koutou, nā te rēwera, e pai ana hoki kia mea i tā tō koutou matua i hiahia ai. He kaikōhuru ia nō te tīmatanga, kīhai hoki i tū i roto i te pono, nō te mea kāhore he pono i roto i a ia. Ki te kōrero teka ia, e kōrero ana i āna; he kōrero teka hoki ia, ko te matua o te teka. 45 I tāku kōrerotanga i te pono, kāhore koutou e whakapono ki ahau. 46 Ko wai o koutou hei whakaatu he hara tōku? Ki te pono tāku kōrero, he aha koutou tē whakapono ai ki ahau? 47 E whakarongo ana te tangata a te Atua ki ngā kōrero a te Atua; koia koutou tē whakarongo ai, nō te mea ehara koutou i te Atua."

Ko Īhu rāua ko Āperahama

48 Nā, ka whakahoki ngā Hūrai, ka mea ki a ia, "Kāhore koia i tika tā mātou i mea rā, nō Hamaria koe, ā, he rēwera tōu?"

49 Ka whakahokia e Īhu, "Kāhore ōku rēwera; engari e whakahōnore ana ahau i tōku Matua, ko koutou ia te whakakāhore ana i te hōnore mōku. 50 Kāhore āku whai i te korōria mōku; tērā anō te kaiwhai, te kaiwhakatikatika. 51 He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, ki te pupuri tētahi i tāku kupu, e kore rawa ia e kite i te mate."

52 Ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a ia, "Kātahi mātou ka mōhio he rēwera tōu. Kua mate a Āperahama rātou ko ngā poropiti, ā, e mea ana koe, ‘Ki te pupuri tētahi i tāku kupu, e kore rawa ia e pāngia e te mate.’ 53 He nui oti koe i tō mātou matua, i a Āperahama kua mate nei? Kua mate anō ngā poropiti. Ki tāu ko wai koe?"

54 Ka whakahokia e Īhu, "Ki te whakahōnore ahau i ahau anō, he hōnore noa tōku. Ko tōku Matua hei whakahōnore i ahau; ko tā koutou e mea nei ko ia tō koutou Atua. 55 Heoi, kāhore koutou i mātau ki a ia, ko ahau ia e mātau ana ki a ia, ā, ki te mea ahau, ‘Kāhore ahau e mātau ki a ia,’ he tangata teka ahau, he pēnā me koutou. Otirā, e mātau ana ahau ki a ia, e pupuri ana i tāna kupu. 56 I hari tō koutou matua, a Āperahama, mōna ka kite i tōku rā; i kite ia, ā, koa ake."

57 Kātahi, ka mea ngā Hūrai ki a ia "Kāhore noa i rima tekau noa ōu tau, ā, kua kite koe i a Āperahama?"

58 Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "He pono, he pono tāku e mea nei ki a koutou, kāhore noa anō a Āperahama, ko ahau tēnei." 59 Nā, ka mau rātou ki ētahi kōhatu hei epa ki a ia, heoi, huna ana a Īhu i a ia, puta ana i roto i te temepara.