Evangelium secundum Ioannem, 10

1. “Amen, amen dico vobis: Qui non intrat per ostium in ovile ovium, sed ascendit aliunde, ille fur est et latro;

1. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber;

2. qui autem intrat per ostium, pastor est ovium.

2. but he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

3. Huic ostiarius aperit, et oves vocem eius audiunt, et proprias oves vocat nominatim et educit eas.

3. To him the gatekeeper opens; the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

4. Cum proprias omnes emiserit, ante eas vadit, et oves illum sequuntur, quia sciunt vocem eius;

4. When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

5. alienum autem non sequentur, sed fugient ab eo, quia non noverunt vocem alienorum”.

5. A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

6. Hoc proverbium dixit eis Iesus; illi autem non cognoverunt quid esset, quod loquebatur eis.

6. This figure Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

7. Dixit ergo iterum Iesus: “Amen, amen dico vobis: Ego sum ostium ovium.

7. So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8. Omnes, quotquot venerunt ante me, fures sunt et latrones, sed non audierunt eos oves.

8. All who came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not heed them.

9. Ego sum ostium; per me, si quis introierit, salvabitur et ingredietur et egredietur et pascua inveniet.

9. I am the door; if any one enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

10. Fur non venit, nisi ut furetur et mactet et perdat; ego veni, ut vitam habeant et abundantius habeant.

10. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

11. Ego sum pastor bonus; bonus pastor animam suam ponit pro ovibus;

11. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

12. mercennarius et, qui non est pastor, cuius non sunt oves propriae, videt lupum venientem et dimittit oves et fugit — et lupus rapit eas et dispergit —

12. He who is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

13. quia mercennarius est et non pertinet ad eum de ovibus.

13. He flees because he is a hireling and cares nothing for the sheep.

14. Ego sum pastor bonus et cognosco meas, et cognoscunt me meae,

14. I am the good shepherd; I know my own and my own know me,

15. sicut cognoscit me Pater, et ego cognosco Patrem; et animam meam pono pro ovibus.

15. as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

16. Et alias oves habeo, quae non sunt ex hoc ovili, et illas oportet me adducere, et vocem meam audient et fient unus grex, unus pastor.

16. And I have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice. So there shall be one flock, one shepherd.

17. Propterea me Pater diligit, quia ego pono animam meam, ut iterum sumam eam.

17. For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.

18. Nemo tollit eam a me, sed ego pono eam a meipso. Potestatem habeo ponendi eam et potestatem habeo iterum sumendi eam. Hoc mandatum accepi a Patre meo”.

18. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again; this charge I have received from my Father."

19. Dissensio iterum facta est inter Iudaeos propter sermones hos.

19. There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

20. Dicebant autem multi ex ipsis: “Daemonium habet et insanit! Quid eum auditis?”.

20. Many of them said, "He has a demon, and he is mad; why listen to him?"

21. Alii dicebant: “Haec verba non sunt daemonium habentis! Numquid daemonium potest caecorum oculos aperire?”.

21. Others said, "These are not the sayings of one who has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

22. Facta sunt tunc Encaenia in Hierosolymis. Hiems erat;

22. It was the feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem;

23. et ambulabat Iesus in templo in porticu Salomonis.

23. it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon.

24. Circumdederunt ergo eum Iudaei et dicebant ei: “Quousque animam nostram tollis? Si tu es Christus, dic nobis palam!”.

24. So the Jews gathered round him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

25. Respondit eis Iesus: “Dixi vobis, et non creditis; opera, quae ego facio in nomine Patris mei, haec testimonium perhibent de me.

25. Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness to me;

26. Sed vos non creditis, quia non estis ex ovibus meis.

26. but you do not believe, because you do not belong to my sheep.

27. Oves meae vocem meam audiunt, et ego cognosco eas, et sequuntur me;

27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;

28. et ego vitam aeternam do eis, et non peribunt in aeternum, et non rapiet eas quisquam de manu mea.

28. and I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.

29. Pater meus quod dedit mihi, maius omnibus est, et nemo potest rapere de manu Patris.

29. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

30. Ego et Pater unum sumus”.

30. I and the Father are one."

31. Sustulerunt iterum lapides Iudaei, ut lapidarent eum.

31. The Jews took up stones again to stone him.

32. Respondit eis Iesus: “Multa opera bona ostendi vobis ex Patre; propter quod eorum opus me lapidatis?”.

32. Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of these do you stone me?"

33. Responderunt ei Iudaei: “De bono opere non lapidamus te sed de blasphemia, et quia tu, homo cum sis, facis teipsum Deum”.

33. The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we stone you but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God."

34. Respondit eis Iesus: “Nonne scriptum est in lege vestra: “Ego dixi: Dii estis?”.

34. Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, `I said, you are gods'?

35. Si illos dixit deos, ad quos sermo Dei factus est, et non potest solvi Scriptura,

35. If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and scripture cannot be broken),

36. quem Pater sanctificavit et misit in mundum, vos dicitis: “Blasphemas!”, quia dixi: Filius Dei sum?

36. do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, `You are blaspheming,' because I said, `I am the Son of God'?

37. Si non facio opera Patris mei, nolite credere mihi;

37. If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;

38. si autem facio, et si mihi non vultis credere, operibus credite, ut cognoscatis et sciatis quia in me est Pater, et ego in Patre”.

38. but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

39. Quaerebant ergo iterum eum prehendere; et exivit de manibus eorum.

39. Again they tried to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.

40. Et abiit iterum trans Iordanem in eum locum, ubi erat Ioannes baptizans primum, et mansit illic.

40. He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John at first baptized, and there he remained.

41. Et multi venerunt ad eum et dicebant: “Ioannes quidem signum fecit nullum; omnia autem, quaecumque dixit Ioannes de hoc, vera erant”.

41. And many came to him; and they said, "John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true."

42. Et multi crediderunt in eum illic.

42. And many believed in him there.