1 WYC Aftir these thingis Jhesus walkide in to Galilee, for he wolde not walke in to Judee, for the Jewis souyten to sle hym. BSB BSB: After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
2 WYC And ther was neiy a feeste dai of the Jewis, Senofegia. BSB BSB: However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
3 WYC And hise britheren seiden to hym, Passe fro hennus, and go in to Judee, that also thi disciplis seen thi werkis that thou doist; BSB BSB: So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
4 WYC for no man doith ony thing in hiddlis, and hym silf sekith to be opyn. If thou doist these thingis, schewe thi silf to the world. BSB BSB: For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
6 WYC Therfor Jhesus seith to hem, My tyme cam not yit, but youre tyme is euermore redi. BSB BSB: Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
7 WYC The world may not hate you, sothely it hatith me; for Y bere witnessyng therof, that the werkis of it ben yuele. BSB BSB: The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
8 WYC Go ye vp to this feeste dai, but Y schal not go vp to this feeste dai, for my tyme is not yit fulfillid. BSB BSB: Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
9 WYC Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he dwelte in Galilee. BSB BSB: Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.
10 WYC And aftir that hise britheren weren gon vp, thanne he yede vp to the feeste dai, not opynli, but as in priuyte. BSB BSB: But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
11 WYC Therfor the Jewis souyten hym in the feeste dai, and seiden, Where is he? BSB BSB: So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
12 WYC And myche grutchyng was of hym among the puple. For summe seiden, That he is good; and othere seiden, Nai, but he disceyueth the puple; BSB BSB: Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
13 WYC netheles no man spak opynli of hym, for drede of the Jewis. BSB BSB: Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
14 WYC But whanne the myddil feeste dai cam, Jhesus wente vp in to the temple, and tauyte. BSB BSB: About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
16 WYC Jhesus answerde to hem, and seide, My doctryne is not myn, but his that sente me. BSB BSB: “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
17 WYC If ony man wole do his wille, he schal knowe of the techyng, whethir it be of God, or Y speke of my silf. BSB BSB: If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
18 WYC He that spekith of hym silf, sekith his owne glorie; but he that sekith the glorie of hym that sente hym, is sothefast, and vnriytwisnesse is not in hym. BSB BSB: He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
19 WYC Whether Moises yaf not to you a lawe, and noon of you doith the lawe? BSB BSB: Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
20 WYC What seken ye to sle me? And the puple answerde, and seide, Thou hast a deuel; who sekith to sle thee? BSB BSB: “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
21 WYC Jhesus answerde, and seide to hem, Y haue don o werk, and alle ye wondren. BSB BSB: Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
22 WYC Therfor Moises yaf to you circumcisioun; not for it is of Moyses, but of the fadris; and in the sabat ye circumciden a man. BSB BSB: But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
23 WYC If a man take circumcicioun in the sabat, that the lawe of Moises be not brokun, han ye indignacioun to me, for Y made al a man hool in the sabat? BSB BSB: If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
24 WYC Nile ye deme aftir the face, but deme ye a riytful doom. BSB BSB: Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
25 WYC Therfor summe of Jerusalem seiden, Whethir this is not he, whom the Jewis seken to sle? BSB BSB: Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
26 WYC and lo! he spekith opynli, and thei seien no thing to hym. Whether the princes knewen verili, that this is Crist? BSB BSB: Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
27 WYC But we knowun this man, of whennus he is; but whanne Crist schal come, no man woot of whennus he is. BSB BSB: But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
28 WYC Therfor Jhesus criede in the temple `techynge, and seide, Ye knowen me, and `ye knowen of whennus Y am; and Y cam not of my silf, but he is trewe that sente me, whom ye knowen not. BSB BSB: Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
29 WYC Y knowe hym, and if Y seie that Y knowe hym not, Y schal be lijk to you, a liere; but Y knowe hym, for of hym Y am, and he sente me. BSB BSB: but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
30 WYC Therfor thei souyten to take hym, and no man sette on hym hoondis, for his our cam not yit. BSB BSB: So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
31 WYC And many of the puple bileueden in hym, and seiden, Whanne Crist schal come, whether he schal do mo tokenes, than tho that this doith? BSB BSB: Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
32 WYC Farisees herden the puple musinge of hym these thingis; and the princis and Farisees senten mynystris, to take hym. BSB BSB: When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
33 WYC Therfor Jhesus seide to hem, Yit a litil tyme Y am with you, and Y go to the fadir, that sente me. BSB BSB: So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
34 WYC Ye schulen seke me, and ye schulen not fynde; and where Y am, ye may not come. BSB BSB: You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
35 WYC Therfor the Jewis seiden to hem silf, Whidur schal this gon, for we schulen not fynde hym? whether he wole go in to the scateryng of hethene men, and wole teche the hethene? BSB BSB: At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 WYC What is this word, which he seide, Ye schulen seke me, and ye schulen not fynde; and where Y am, ye moun not come? BSB BSB: What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
37 WYC But in the laste dai of the greet feeste, Jhesus stood, and criede, and seide, If ony man thirstith, come he to me, and drynke. BSB BSB: On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
38 WYC He that bileueth in me, as the scripture seith, Floodis of quyk watir schulen flowe fro his wombe. BSB BSB: Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
39 WYC But he seide this thing of the Spirit, whom men that bileueden in hym schulden take; for the Spirit was not yit youun, for Jhesus was not yit glorified. BSB BSB: He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
40 WYC Therfor of that cumpanye, whanne thei hadden herd these wordis of hym, thei seiden, This is verili a prophete. BSB BSB: On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
41 WYC Othere seiden, This is Crist. `But summe seiden, Whether Crist cometh fro Galilee? BSB BSB: Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
42 WYC Whether the scripture seith not, that of the seed of Dauid, and of the castel of Bethleem, where Dauid was, Crist cometh? BSB BSB: Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
43 WYC Therfor discencioun was maad among the puple for hym. BSB BSB: So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.
44 WYC For summe of hem wolden haue take hym, but no man sette hondis on hym. BSB BSB: Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
45 WYC Therfor the mynystris camen to bischopis and Farisees, and thei seiden to hem, Whi brouyten ye not hym? BSB BSB: Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
46 WYC The mynystris answeriden, Neuere man spak so, as this man spekith. BSB BSB: “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
47 WYC Therfor the Farisees answeriden to hem, Whether ye ben disseyued also? BSB BSB: “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
48 WYC whether ony of the pryncis or of the Farisees bileueden in hym? BSB BSB: “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
49 WYC But this puple, that knowith not the lawe, ben cursid. BSB BSB: But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”
50 WYC Nychodeme seith to hem, he that cam to hym bi nyyt, that was oon of hem, Whethir oure lawe demith a man, BSB BSB: Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
51 WYC but it haue first herde of hym, and knowe what he doith? BSB BSB: “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
52 WYC Thei answeriden, and seiden to hym, Whether thou art a man of Galilee also? Seke thou scripturis, and se thou, that a prophete risith not of Galilee. BSB BSB: “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
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