The Wedding in Cana
1 Two days later there was a wedding in the town of Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 3 When the wine had given out, Jesus' mother said to him, “They are out of wine.”
4 “You must not tell me what to do,” Jesus replied. “My time has not yet come.”
5 Jesus' mother then told the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6 The Jews have rules about ritual washing, and for this purpose six stone water jars were there, each one large enough to hold between twenty and thirty gallons. 7 Jesus said to the servants, “Fill these jars with water.” They filled them to the brim, 8 and then he told them, “Now draw some water out and take it to the man in charge of the feast.” They took him the water, 9 which now had turned into wine, and he tasted it. He did not know where this wine had come from (but, of course, the servants who had drawn out the water knew); so he called the bridegroom 10 and said to him, “Everyone else serves the best wine first, and after the guests have drunk a lot, he serves the ordinary wine. But you have kept the best wine until now!”
11 Jesus performed this first miracle in Cana in Galilee; there he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him.
12 After this, Jesus and his mother, brothers, and disciples went to Capernaum and stayed there a few days.
Jesus Goes to the Temple
(Matthew 21.12Matthew 13Mark 11.15-17Luke 19.45Luke 46)13 It was almost time for the Passover Festival, so Jesus went to Jerusalem. 14 There in the Temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and pigeons, and also the moneychangers sitting at their tables. 15 So he made a whip from cords and drove all the animals out of the Temple, both the sheep and the cattle; he overturned the tables of the moneychangers and scattered their coins; 16 and he ordered those who sold the pigeons, “Take them out of here! Stop making my Father's house a marketplace!” 17 His disciples remembered that the scripture says, “My devotion to your house, O God, burns in me like a fire.”
18 The Jewish authorities came back at him with a question, “What miracle can you perform to show us that you have the right to do this?”
19 Jesus answered, “Tear down this Temple, and in three days I will build it again.”
20 “Are you going to build it again in three days?” they asked him. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple!”
21 But the temple Jesus was speaking about was his body. 22 So when he was raised from death, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and what Jesus had said.
Jesus' Knowledge of Human Nature
23 While Jesus was in Jerusalem during the Passover Festival, many believed in him as they saw the miracles he performed. 24 But Jesus did not trust himself to them, because he knew them all. 25 There was no need for anyone to tell him about them, because he himself knew what was in their hearts.
عرس قانا الجليل
1 وفي اليومِ الثّالثِ كانَ في قانا الجَليلِ عُرسٌ، وكانَت أُمّ يَسوعَ هُناكَ. 2 فدُعيَ يَسوعُ وتلاميذُهُ إلى العُرسِ. 3 ونفَدَتِ الخَمرُ، فقالَت لَه أُمّهُ: «ما بَقِـيَ عِندَهُم خمرٌ». 4 فأجابَها: «ما لي ولَكِ، يا اَمرأةُ، ما جاءَت ساعَتي بَعدُ». 5 فقالَت أُمّهُ لِلخدَمِ: «إعمَلوا ما يأمُرُكُم بِه». 6 وكانَ هُناكَ سِتّةُ أجرانٍ مِنْ حجَرٍ يتَطَهّرُ اليَهودُ بِمائِها على عادَتِهِم، يسَعُ كُلّ واحدٍ مِنها مِقدارَ مكيالَينِ أو ثلاثَةٍ. 7 فقالَ يَسوعُ لِلخدَمِ: «إملأُوا الأجرانَ بالماءِ». فمَلأوها حتى فاضَت 8 فقالَ لهُم: «اَستَقوا الآنَ وناوِلوا رَئيسَ الوَليمَةِ». فناوَلُوهُ. 9 فلمّا ذاقَ الماءَ الذي صارَ خَمرًا، وكانَ لا يَعرِفُ مِنْ أينَ جاءَتِ الخَمرُ، لكِنّ الخدَمَ الذينَ اَستَقَوا مِنهُ كانوا يَعرِفونَ، دَعا العَريسَ 10 وقالَ لَه: «جَميعُ النّاسِ يُقدّمونَ الخَمرَ الجيّدةَ أوّلاً، حتى إذا سكِرَ الضّيوفُ، قَدّموا الخَمرَ الرّديئةَ. أمّا أنتَ فأخّرتَ الخَمرَ الجيّدةَ إلى الآنَ!»
11 هذِهِ أُولى آياتِ يَسوعَ، صنَعَها في قانا الجَليلِ. فأظهَرَ مَجدَهُ، فآمَنَ بِه تلاميذُهُ.
12 ونزَلَ يَسوعُ بَعدَ ذلِكَ إلى كَفْرناحومَ ومعَهُ أُمّهُ وإخوَتُهُ وتلاميذُهُ، فأقاموا فيها أيّامًا قَليلةً.
يسوع يطرد الباعة من الهيكل
(متى 21:12-13، مرقس 11:15-17، لوقا 19:45-46)13 واَقترَبَ عِيدُ الفِصحِ عِندَ اليَهودِ، فصَعِدَ يَسوعُ إلى أُورُشليمَ. 14 ورأى في الهَيكَلِ باعَةَ البقَرِ والغنَمِ والحَمامِ، والصّيارِفَةَ جالِسينَ إلى مناضِدِهِم، 15 فجَدَلَ سَوطًا مِنْ حِبالٍ وطرَدَهُم كُلّهُم مِنَ الهَيكَلِ معَ الغنَمِ والبقَرِ، وبَعثَرَ نُقودَ الصّيارِفَةِ وقَلَبَ مناضِدَهُم، 16 وقالَ لِباعَةِ الحَمامِ: «اَرفَعوا هذا مِنْ هُنا، ولا تَجعَلوا مِنْ بَيتِ أبـي بَيتًا لِلتجارَةِ». 17 فتذكّرَ تلاميذُهُ هذِهِ الآيةَ: «الغَيرةُ على بَيتِكَ، يا اللهُ، ستأكُلُني».
18 فقالَ لَه اليَهودُ: «أرِنا آيةً تُجيزُ عَملَكَ هذا؟» 19 فأجابَهُم يَسوعُ: «اَهْدِمُوا هذا الهَيكَلَ، وأنا أبْنِـيهِ في ثلاثةِ أيامٍ». 20 فقالَ اليَهودُ: «بُنِـيَ هذا الهَيكَلُ في سِتّ وأربعينَ سنَةً، فكيفَ تَبنيهِ أنتَ في ثلاثَةِ أيّامٍ؟» 21 وكانَ يَسوعُ يَعني بِالهَيكَلِ جسَدَهُ. 22 فلمّا قامَ مِنْ بَينِ الأمواتِ، تذكّرَ تلاميذُهُ هذا الكلامَ، فآمَنوا بالكِتابِ والكلامِ الذي قالَهُ يَسوعُ.
المسيح يعرف البشر
23 ولمّا كانَ في أُورُشليمَ مُدّةَ عيدِ الفِصحِ، آمنَ بِه كثيرٌ مِنَ النّاسِ حينَ رأَوا الآياتِ التي صَنَعَها. 24 لكِنّ يَسوعَ ما اَطمأَنّ إلَيهِم، لأنّهُ كانَ يَعرِفُهُم كُلّهُم، 25 ولا يَحتاجُ إلى مَنْ يُخبِرُهُ عَنْ أحَدٍ، لأنّهُ كانَ يَعلَمُ ما في قَلبِ الإنسانِ.