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Bread from heaven: the midrash on the manna — Jn 6:22-33

Gv 6,22-33·NA28·17/84

ζωὴ αἰώνιος=vita eternaחיי עולם chayyei olamτὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ=l'opera di Dio (la emunah)τὸ μάννα=la manna (Sal 78,24; Es 16)δίδωσιν=dà (presente — pesher midrashico)ὁ καταβαίνων=colui che discende (dal cielo)

XVIII domenica T.O. — anno B (Gv 6,24-35)

Greek

Orthodox Reading

GreekΤῇ ἐπαύριον ὁ ὄχλος ὁ ἑστηκὼς πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἶδον ὅτι πλοιάριον ἄλλο οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖ εἰ μὴ ἓν καὶ ὅτι οὐ συνεισῆλθεν τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς τὸ πλοῖον ἀλλὰ μόνοι οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἀπῆλθον·

Orthodox ReadingThe next day, the great crowd of am ha-aretzⓘ that had stayed on the other shore of the sea saw that there was no other boat there except one alone, and that Jesus had not gone with his disciplesⓘ into the boat, but that the disciples had departed alone;

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Greekἄλλα ἦλθεν πλοιάρια ἐκ Τιβεριάδος ἐγγὺς τοῦ τόπου ὅπου ἔφαγον τὸν ἄρτον εὐχαριστήσαντος τοῦ κυρίου.

Orthodox Readingother boats had come from Tiberiasⓘ near the place where they had eaten the bread, after the Lord had pronounced the berakhah over the breadⓘ, the blessing that precedes the meal.

Greekὅτε οὖν εἶδεν ὁ ὄχλος ὅτι Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκεῖ οὐδὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐνέβησαν αὐτοὶ εἰς τὰ πλοιάρια καὶ ἦλθον εἰς Καφαρναοὺμ ζητοῦντες τὸν Ἰησοῦν.

Orthodox ReadingWhen therefore the crowd saw that Jesus was no longer there, nor his disciples either, they too got into the boats and headed for Capernaumⓘ, seeking Jesus.

Greekκαὶ εὑρόντες αὐτὸν πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης εἶπον αὐτῷ· Ῥαββί, πότε ὧδε γέγονας;

Orthodox ReadingAnd having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him: «Rabbiⓘ, when did you get here?».

Greekἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν· Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ζητεῖτέ με οὐχ ὅτι εἴδετε σημεῖα, ἀλλ' ὅτι ἐφάγετε ἐκ τῶν ἄρτων καὶ ἐχορτάσθητε.

Orthodox ReadingJesus answered them and said: «Amen, amen, I say to youⓘ: you seek me not because you saw the signsⓘ, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

Greekἐργάζεσθε μὴ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν ἀπολλυμένην ἀλλὰ τὴν βρῶσιν τὴν μένουσαν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, ἣν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὑμῖν δώσει· τοῦτον γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐσφράγισεν ὁ θεός.

Orthodox ReadingWorkⓘ not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto eternal lifeⓘ, which the Son of Manⓘ will give you; for on him the Father, God himself, set his sealⓘ».

Greekεἶπον οὖν πρὸς αὐτόν· Τί ποιῶμεν ἵνα ἐργαζώμεθα τὰ ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ;

Orthodox ReadingThey said to him then: «What must we do to work the works of Godⓘ?».

Greekἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ ἔργον τοῦ θεοῦ, ἵνα πιστεύητε εἰς ὃν ἀπέστειλεν ἐκεῖνος.

Orthodox ReadingJesus answered and said to them: «This is the work of Godⓘ: that you have faithⓘ in the one whom He has sent as his shaliachⓘ, the envoy who carries the authority of the one who sends him».

Greekεἶπον οὖν αὐτῷ· Τί οὖν ποιεῖς σὺ σημεῖον, ἵνα ἴδωμεν καὶ πιστεύσωμέν σοι; τί ἐργάζῃ;

Orthodox ReadingThey said to him then: «What sign do you do, then, that we may see and have faith in you? What work do you perform?

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Greekοἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν τὸ μάννα ἔφαγον ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καθώς ἐστιν γεγραμμένον· Ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν.

Orthodox ReadingOur fathers ate the mannaⓘ in the wilderness, as it is writtenⓘ: Bread from heaven he gave them to eatⓘ».

Greekεἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, οὐ Μωϋσῆς δέδωκεν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ἀλλ' ὁ πατήρ μου δίδωσιν ὑμῖν τὸν ἄρτον ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τὸν ἀληθινόν·

Orthodox ReadingJesus therefore said to them: «Amen, amen, I say to you: it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives youⓘ the bread from heaven, the trueⓘ one;

Greekὁ γὰρ ἄρτος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὁ καταβαίνων ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ζωὴν διδοὺς τῷ κόσμῳ.

Orthodox Readingfor the bread of God is the one who descendsⓘ from heaven and gives life to the whole worldⓘ».