1 "Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice. 5 They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers." 6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.

7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door. 8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture. 10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

11 "I am the good shepherd. ✝ 10:11 Isaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:11-12,15,22 The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own; 15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep which are not of this fold.✝10:16 Isaiah 56:8 I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd. 17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, ✝10:17 Isaiah 53:7-8 that I may take it again. 18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

19 Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words. 20 Many of them said, "He has a demon and is insane! Why do you listen to him?" 21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"✝10:21 Exodus 4:11

22 It was the Feast of the Dedication*10:22 The "Feast of the Dedication" is the Greek name for "Hanukkah", a celebration of the rededication of the Temple. at Jerusalem. 23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch. 24 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me. 26 But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one."

31 Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"

33 The Jews answered him, "We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God."

34 Jesus answered them, "Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?✝10:34 Psalms 82:6 35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken), 36 do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me. 38 But if I do them, though you don’t believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

39 They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand. 40 He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and he stayed there. 41 Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true." 42 Many believed in him there.

1 „Tõesti, tõesti, ma ütlen teile, kes ei sisene lambatarasse väravast, vaid ronib sisse mujalt, on varas ja röövel. 2 Väravast siseneja on lammaste karjane. 3 Temale avab värava valvur ja lambad kuulavad ta häält. Ta kutsub oma lambaid nimepidi ja juhib nad tarast välja. 4 Kui ta on viinud välja kogu oma karja, käib ta nende ees ja lambad järgnevad talle, sest nad tunnevad ta häält. 5 Võõrale nad ei järgne, vaid põgenevad tema eest, sest võõraste häält nad ei tunne." 6 Sellise tähendamissõna rääkis Jeesus neile, variserid aga ei taibanud, mida ta tahtis öelda.

7 Seepärast rääkis Jeesus uuesti: „Tõesti, tõesti, ma ütlen teile, mina olen lammaste värav. 8 Vargaid ja röövleid on tulnud enne mind, kuid lambad ei ole neid kuulanud. 9 Mina olen värav. Kes siseneb minu kaudu, see päästetakse. Nad käivad sisse ja välja ning leiavad karjamaa. 10 Varas tuleb vaid selleks, et riisuda, tappa ja hävitada. Mina olen tulnud selleks, et neil oleks elu kogu selle täiuses.

11 Mina olen hea karjane. Hea karjane annab oma elu lammaste eest. 12 Palgaline aga ei ole karjane ega pea lambaid omaks. Kui ta näeb hunti tulemas, jätab ta lambad maha ja põgeneb. Hunt tungib neile kallale ja ajab karja laiali. 13 Palgaline põgeneb, sest tema töötab tasu pärast ega hooli lammastest.

14 Mina olen hea karjane. Mina tunnen oma lambaid ja nemad tunnevad mind, 15 nagu Isa tunneb mind ja mina tunnen Isa. Ja ma annan oma elu lammaste eest. 16 Mul on veel teisi lambaid, kes ei ole sellest tarast. Ma pean neidki karjatama. Ka nemad kuulavad mu häält. Siis on üks kari ja üks karjane. 17 Isa armastab mind, sest ma annan oma elu, et see uuesti tagasi võtta. 18 Keegi ei võta seda minult vägisi. Ma ise annan selle. Mul on meelevald see ära anda ja mul on meelevald see tagasi võtta. Nõnda on Isa mul käskinud teha."

19 Nende sõnade peale läksid juutide arvamused lahku. 20 Paljud ütlesid: „Temas on kuri vaim. Ta ajab segast juttu. Miks teda üldse kuulata?"

21 Teised ütlesid: „See ei ole kurjast vaimust vaevatu jutt. Ega siis kuri vaim saa pimedaid nägijaiks teha!"

22 Siis jõudis Jeruusalemmas kätte templipuhastuspüha.*10:22 Ehk Hanuka. Oli talv 23 ja Jeesus kõndis ringi templis Saalomoni sammaskäigus. 24 Seal kogunesid juudid tema ümber ja ütlesid talle: „Kaua sa hoiad meid veel teadmatuses? Kui sina oled Messias, siis ütle seda meile otse!"

25 „Ma olen teile öelnud, aga te ei usu," vastas Jeesus. „Minust tunnistavad teod, mida ma teen oma Isa nimel. 26 Aga teie ei usu, sest te ei kuulu mu lammaste hulka. 27 Minu lambad kuulavad mu häält. Mina tunnen neid ja nad järgnevad mulle. 28 Mina annan neile igavese elu ja nad ei hukku iial. Keegi ei saa neid minu käest röövida. 29 Minu Isa, kes andis nad mulle, on suurim kõigist – Isa käest ei saa neid keegi röövida. 30 Mina ja Isa oleme üks."

31 Jälle tahtsid juudid kive tuua, et teda nendega surnuks visata, 32 aga Jeesus küsis neilt: „Ma olen teile näidanud palju häid tegusid Isalt. Millise teo eest te tahate mind kividega visata?"

33 „Me ei viska sind kividega heade tegude eest," vastasid nad, „vaid jumalateotuse pärast, et sina, olles inimene, nimetad ennast Jumalaks."

34 Jeesus vastas neile: „Eks ole ju teie Seaduses kirjutatud: „Ma ütlesin: „Te olete jumalad." " 35 Kui seal on nimetatud jumalateks neid, kelle kätte anti Jumala sõna – ja Pühakirja ei saa kõrvale heita –, 36 siis kuidas te süüdistate jumalateotuses mind, keda Isa on pühitsenud ja läkitanud maailma, kuna ma ütlesin „mina olen Jumala Poeg"? 37 Kui ma ei tee oma Isa tegusid, siis ärge uskuge mind! 38 Kui ma aga teen, siis uskuge neid tegusid, isegi kui te mind ei usu. Ja te mõistate, et Isa on minus ja mina olen Isas." 39 Seepeale tahtsid nad jälle teda kinni võtta, kuid ta pääses nende käest.

40 Nüüd läks Jeesus taas teisele poole Jordanit ning peatus paigas, kus Johannes oli algul ristinud. 41 Tema juurde tuli rohkesti rahvast, kes ütlesid: „Johannes ei teinud küll ühtki imetegu, aga kõik, mis ta selle mehe kohta ütles, oli õige." 42 Ja paljud seal hakkasid Jeesusesse uskuma.