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Parallel Gospel text: Greek (SBLGNT) · orthodox reading
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The Prologue — Jn 1:1-18
Gv 1,1-18·NA28·1/84
ἐν ἀρχῇ=in principio (Gn 1,1 LXX)בְּרֵאשִׁית bereshitὁ λόγος=il Logos / la Parolaדָּבָר davar / Memraἐσκήνωσεν=pose la tenda (Tabernacolo)מִשְׁכָּן mishkan / Shekhinahδόξα=gloria visibileכָּבוֹד kavodχάρις καὶ ἀλήθεια=grazia e verità (Es 34,6)חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת chesed ve-emetἐξηγήσατο=ha esegetato (verbo halakhico)
Messa del giorno di Natale (25 dicembre)·II domenica dopo Natale
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Greek
Orthodox Reading
1
GreekἘν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος.
Orthodox ReadingIn the beginningⓘ was the Logosⓘ, and the Logos was turned towardⓘ God, and God was the Logos.
2
Greekοὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν.
Orthodox ReadingHe was, in the beginning, turned toward God.
3
Greekπάντα δι' αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν. ὃ γέγονεν
Orthodox ReadingAll things came to beⓘ through him, and without him nothing came to be of what has come to be.
4
Greekἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν, καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων·
Orthodox ReadingIn him was life, and the life was the lightⓘ of men.
5
Greekκαὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει, καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
Orthodox ReadingAnd the light shinesⓘ in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcomeⓘ it.
6
GreekἘγένετο ἄνθρωπος ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης·
Orthodox ReadingThere was a man sentⓘ from God, his name John.
7
Greekοὗτος ἦλθεν εἰς μαρτυρίαν, ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός, ἵνα πάντες πιστεύσωσιν δι' αὐτοῦ.
Orthodox ReadingThis one came in testimonyⓘ, to testify about the light, so that all through him might come to faith.
8
Greekοὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλ' ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός.
Orthodox ReadingHe was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.
9
GreekἮν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
Orthodox ReadingIt was the true lightⓘ — truthful and faithful —, which enlightens every man coming into the world.
10
Greekἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι' αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω.
Orthodox ReadingIn the world he was, and the world through him came to be, and the world did not knowⓘ him.
11
Greekεἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθεν, καὶ οἱ ἴδιοι αὐτὸν οὐ παρέλαβον.
Orthodox ReadingHe came to his own thingsⓘ, and his own did not receiveⓘ him.
121
Greekὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ,
Orthodox ReadingBut to as many as received him he gave authorityⓘ to become children of God, to those who place their faith in his Nameⓘ.
13
Greekοἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς ἀλλ' ἐκ θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν.
Orthodox Readingwho were begotten not from blood, nor from the will of flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God they were begottenⓘ.
142
GreekΚαὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας.
Orthodox ReadingAnd the Logos became flesh — the davar became basar — and pitched the tentⓘ among us; and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only-belovedⓘ from the Father, full of grace and truthⓘ.
15
GreekἸωάννης μαρτυρεῖ περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ κέκραγεν λέγων· Οὗτος ἦν ὃν εἶπον· Ὁ ὀπίσω μου ἐρχόμενος ἔμπροσθέν μου γέγονεν, ὅτι πρῶτός μου ἦν.
Orthodox ReadingJohn testifies about him and has cried outⓘ: «It was about him that I said: he who comes after me has passed before me, because he was before me».
16
Greekὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν, καὶ χάριν ἀντὶ χάριτος·
Orthodox ReadingFrom his fullnessⓘ we all received, and grace upon graceⓘ.
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Greekὅτι ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωϋσέως ἐδόθη, ἡ χάρις καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐγένετο.
Orthodox ReadingFor the Torah through Mosheh was givenⓘ; grace and truth through Jesus Messiahⓘ came to beⓘ.
18
GreekΘεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Orthodox ReadingGod no one has ever seen: the only-begotten Godⓘ, the One who isⓘ in the bosomⓘ of the Father, this one has made exegesisⓘ of him.