1 و َقالَ يَسُوعُ: «أقُولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ: مَنْ لا يَدْخُلُ حَظِيْرَةَ الخِرافِ مِنَ البابِ فَهُوَ سارِقٌ وَخاطِفٌ. فَهُوَ يَتَسَلَّقُ وَيَدْخُلُ مِنْ مَكانٍ آخَرَ.

`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

2 أ مّا الَّذِي يَدْخُلُ مِنَ البابِ فَهُوَ راعِي القَطِيْعِ.

and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

3 ل َهُ يَفْتَحُ الحارِسُ، وَتُصْغِي الخِرافُ إلَى صَوْتِهِ. وَهُوَ يُنادِي الخِرافَ الَّتِي لَهُ بِأسْمائِها وَيَقُودُها إلَى المَرْعَى.

to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

4 و َبَعْدَ أنْ يُخرِجَها كُلَّها، يَمْشِي أمامَها، وَهِيَ تَتبَعُهُ لِأنَّها تُمَيِّزُ صَوْتَهُ.

and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

5 ل َكِنَّها لا تَتبَعُ الغَرِيْبَ أبَداً، بَلْ تَهْرُبُ مِنْهُ، لِأنَّها لا تَعْرِفُ صَوْتَ الغُرَباءِ.»

and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

6 ر َوَى لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ هَذا المَثَلَ الرَّمْزِيَّ، لَكِنَّهُمْ لَمْ يَفْهَمُوا ما قالَهُ. يَسُوعُ هُوَ الرّاعِي الصّالِح

This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

7 ف َأضافَ يَسُوعُ وَقالَ: «أقُولُ الحَقَّ لَكُمْ: أنا هُوَ بابُ الخِرافِ.

Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- I am the door of the sheep;

8 ك ُلُّ الَّذِيْنَ جاءُوا قَبلِي كانُوا سَرّاقينَ وَخاطِفِيْنَ، وَالخِرافُ لَمْ تُصْغِ إلَيْهِمْ.

all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

9 أ نا هُوَ البابُ. فَإنْ دَخَلَ أحَدٌ مِنْ خِلالِي، يَخلُصُ وَيَدْخُلُ وَيَخرُجُ وَيَجِدُ مَرْعَى.

I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

10 ل ا يَأْتِي السّارِقُ إلّا لِيَسْرِقَ وَيْقتُلَ وَيُدَمِّرَ. أمّا أنا فَقَدْ جِئْتُ لِكَيْ تَكُونَ لِلنّاسِ حَياةٌ، وَتَكُونَ لَهُمْ هَذِهِ الحَياةُ بِكُلِّ فَيْضِها.

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have abundantly.

11 « أنا هُوَ الرّاعِي الصّالِحُ، وَالرّاعِي الصّالِحُ يُضَحِّي بِحَياتِهِ مِنْ أجلِ الخِرافِ.

`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

12 أ مّا الأجِيْرُ فَلَيْسَ كَالرّاعِي، وَالخِرافُ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ. لِهَذا يَتْرُكُ الخِرافَ وَيَهْرُبُ حِيْنَ يَرَى الذِّئْبَ مُقْبِلاً. فَيَهجُمُ الذِّئْبُ عَلَى الخِرافِ وَيُشَتِّتُها.

and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

13 و َيَهْرُبُ الأجِيْرُ لِأنَّهُ أجِيْرٌ وَلا تَهُمُّهُ الخِرافُ.

and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

14 « أمّا أنا فَإنِّي الرّاعِي الصّالِحُ. أعرِفُ الَّذِيْنَ لِيْ، وَالَّذِيْنَ لِيْ يَعْرِفُونَنِي،

`I am the good shepherd, and I know my, and am known by mine,

15 ت َماماً كَما يَعْرِفُنِي الآبُ وَأعرِفُهُ. وَأنا أُضَحِّي بِحَياتِي مِنْ أجلِ الخِرافِ.

according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,

16 و َعِنْدِي خِرافٌ أُخْرَى لَيْسَتْ مِنْ هَذِهِ الحَظِيْرَةِ، يَنبَغِي أنْ أُحضِرَها أيضاً. وَهِيَ سَتُصْغِي إلَى صَوْتِي، وَيَكُونُ الجَمِيعُ قَطِيْعاً واحِداً لَهُ راعٍ واحِدٌ.

and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

17 ل ِهَذا يُحِبُّنِي الآبُ: لِأنَّنِي أُقَدِّمُ حَياتِي، لِكَيْ أسْتَرِدَّها ثانِيَةً.

`Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

18 ل ا يَأْخُذُها أحَدٌ مِنِّي، بَلْ أُقَدِّمُها طَوْعاً. لِيَ الحَقُّ فِي أنْ أُقَدِّمَها، وَلِيَ الحَقُّ فِي أنْ أسْتَرِدَّها. فَقَدْ تَلَقَّيْتُ هَذِهِ الوَصِيَّةَ مِنْ أبِي.»

no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'

19 و َمَرَّةً أُخْرَى حَدَثَ انقِسامٌ بَيْنَ اليَهُودِ بِسَبَبِ هَذا الكَلامِ.

Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,

20 ف َقَدْ قالَ كَثِيْرُونَ مِنْهُمْ: «فِيْهِ رُوحٌ شِرِّيْرٌ، وَهُوَ مَجْنُونٌ! لِماذا تَسْتَمِعُونَ إلَيْهِ؟»

and many of them said, `He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'

21 ل َكِنَّ آخَرِيْنَ قالُوا: «ما هَذا بِكَلامِ شَخْصٍ فِيْهِ رُوحٌ شِرِّيْرٌ. فَهَلْ يَسْتَطِيْعُ رُوحٌ شِرِّيْرٌ أنْ يُعْطِيَ بَصَراً لِلعُمِيانِ؟» اليَهُودُ يُقاوِمُونَ يَسُوع

others said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'

22 و َبَدَأ فِي مَدِيْنَةِ القُدْسِ عِيْدُ تَجْدِيْدِ الهَيْكَلِ فِي فَصلِ الشِّتاءِ.

And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,

23 و َكانَ يَسُوعُ ماشِياً فِي قاعَةِ سُلَيْمانَ فِي ساحَةِ الهَيْكَلِ،

and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,

24 ف َأحاطَ بِهِ اليَهُودُ وَقالُوا لَهُ: «حَتَّى مَتَى سَتُبْقِيْنا مُعَلَّقِيْنَ؟ إنْ كُنْتَ أنتَ المَسِيْحَ، فَقُلْ لَنا صَراحَةً.»

the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'

25 أ جابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «لَقَدْ قُلْتُ لَكُمْ وَأنتُمْ تَرفُضُونَ أنْ تُصَدِّقُوا. الأعمالُ الَّتِي أعمَلُها بِاسْمِ أبِي تَشْهَدُ لِي.

Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

26 ل َكِنَّكُمْ تَرفُضُونَ أنْ تُصَدِّقُوا لِأنَّكُمْ لَسْتُمْ مِنْ خِرافِي.

but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,

27 ف َخِرافِي تُصغِي إلَى صَوْتِي، وَأنا أعرِفُها وَهِيَ تَتبَعُنِي.

according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

28 و َأنا أُعطِيْها حَياةً أبَدِيَّةً وَلَنْ تَهلِكَ أبَداً، وَلَنْ يَنتَزِعَها أحَدٌ مِنْ يَدِي.

and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish -- to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

29 ا لآبُ وَهَبَها لِي، وَهُوَ أعظَمُ مِنَ الجَمِيعِ. وَلا أحَدَ يَسْتَطِيْعُ أنْ يَنتَزِعَ شَيْئاً مِنْ يَدِ الآبِ.

my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

30 أ نا وَالآبُ واحِدٌ.»

I and the Father are one.'

31 و َمَرَّةً أُخْرَى التَقَطَ بَعْضُ اليَهُودِ حِجارَةً لِكَيْ يَرْجُمُوهُ،

Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

32 ف َقالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أرَيْتُكُمْ أعمالاً صالِحَةً كَثِيْرَةً مِنَ الآبِ، فَعَلَى أيٍّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الأعمالِ تُرِيْدُونَ أنْ تَرْجُمُونِي؟»

Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

33 أ جابَهُ اليَهُودُ: «لا نُرِيْدُ أنْ نَرْجُمَكَ مِنْ أجلِ عَمَلٍ صالِحٍ، بَلْ لِأنَّكَ أهَنْتَ اللهَ. فَمَعْ أنَّكَ إنسانٌ، تَجعَلُ نَفْسَكَ اللهَ!»

The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

34 أ جابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «ألَيْسَ مَكتُوباً فِي شَرِيْعَتِكَمْ: ‹أنا قُلْتُ إنَّكُمْ آلِهَةٌ›؟

Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?

35 إ ذا كانَ الكِتابُ قَدْ دَعا الَّذِيْنَ تَلَقَّوا رِسالَةَ اللهِ آلِهَةً، وَلا يَسْتَطِيْعُ أحَدٌ أنْ يُشَكِّكَ فِي المَكْتُوبِ،

if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

36 ف َهَلْ تَقُولُونَ لِي: ‹أنتَ تُهِيْنُ اللهَ،› لِأنِّي قُلْتُ: ‹أنا ابْنُ اللهِ›؟ لَكِنِّي بِالفِعلِ ذاكَ الَّذِي اختارَهُ اللهُ وَأرْسَلَهُ إلَى العالَمِ.

of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say -- Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

37 إ نْ لَمْ أكُنْ أعمَلُ أعمالَ أبِي، فَلا تُصَدِّقُونِي.

if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

38 ل َكِنِّي أعمَلُها. فَإنْ لَمْ تُصَدِّقُونِي أنا، صَدِّقُوا الأعمالَ. عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ سَتُدْرِكُونَ وَتَعْرِفُونَ أنَّ الآبَ فِيَّ وَأنِّي أنا فِي الآبِ.»

and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me the Father, and I in Him.'

39 ف َحاوَلُوا مَرَّةً أُخْرَى أنْ يُمْسِكُوهُ، لَكِنَّهُ أفلَتَ مِنْ أيْدِيْهِمْ.

Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

40 و َرَجِعَ يَسُوعُ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي كانَ يُوحَنّا يُعَمِّدُ فِيْهِ مِنْ قَبلُ، عَلَى الضِّفَّةِ الشَّرْقِيَّةِ مِنْ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ، وَأقامَ هُناكَ.

and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

41 و َجاءَ إلَيْهِ أشْخاصٌ كَثِيْرُونَ، وَكانُوا يَقُولُونَ: «لَمْ يَصْنَعْ يُوحَنّا مُعْجِزَةً واحِدَةً، لَكِنَّ كُلَّ ما قالَهُ يُوحَنّا عَنْ هَذا الإنسانِ صَحِيْحٌ!»

and many came unto him, and said -- `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'

42 ف َآمَنَ بِهِ كَثِيْرُونَ هُناكَ.

and many did believe in him there.