In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with Elohim, and Elohim was the Word.¹

He was in the beginning with Elohim.

Everything was by his hand, and without him not even one thing was that came to be.

In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

And that light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not take hold of it.

There was a man sent from Elohim; his name was Yochanan.

This one came for testimony, to testify about the light, that every person might believe by his hand.

He was not the light, but came to testify about the light.

For the light of truth was that which gives light to every person who comes into the world.

He was in the world, and the world was by his hand, and the world did not know him.

He came to his own, and his own did not receive him.

But those who received him, he gave them authority to be children of Elohim, to those who believe in his name.

who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of Elohim.

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, a glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.¹

Yochanan testified concerning him and cried out and said: This is he of whom I said, He who comes after me was before me, because he was prior to me.

And from his fullness we all have received, and grace upon grace.

For the law was given by the hand of Moshe; but truth and grace came by the hand of Y'shua the Mashiyach.

No one has ever seen Elohim; the only begotten Elohim, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he has declared him.

And this is the testimony of Yochanan, when the Yehudaye from Urishlim sent priests and Levites to him to ask him, Who are you?

And he confessed, and did not deny, and confessed, I am not the Mashiyach.

And they asked him again, Who then? Are you Eliyahu? And he said, I am not. Are you a prophet? And he said, No.

And they said to him, Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?

He said, I am a voice calling in the wilderness, Make smooth the way of Master YHWH, as Eshaya the prophet said.

Now those who were sent were from the Prishe.

And they asked him and said to him, Why then do you immerse, if you are not the Mashiyach, nor Eliyahu, nor a prophet?

Yochanan answered and said to them, I immerse with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know.

This is the one who comes after me, and was before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.

These things took place in Beth-Anya, across the Yordanan, where Yochanan was immersing.

And the day after, Yochanan saw Y'shua coming toward him, and said, Look, the Lamb of Elohim who takes away the sin of the world.

This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who was before me, because he was prior to me.

And I did not know him, but that he might be known to Yisrael, for this I came immersing with water.

And Yochanan testified and said: I saw the Ruach descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.

And I did not know him, but he who sent me to immerse with water, he said to me: The one on whom you see the Ruach descending and remaining on him, this is he who immerses with the Ruach haKodesh.

And I saw, and I testify that this is the Son of Elohim.

And the next day Yochanan was standing, and two of his disciples.

And he looked at Y'shua as he walked, and said: Look, the Lamb of Elohim!

And his two disciples heard him when he said it, and they went after Y'shua.

And Y'shua turned and saw them coming after him, and he said to them: What are you seeking? They said to him: Our Rabbi, where are you staying?

He said to them: Come, and you will see. And they came and saw where he was staying, and they were with him that day. And it was about the tenth hour.

And one of those who heard from Yochanan and went after Y'shua was Andrew, the brother of Shimon.

This one first saw Shimon his brother, and said to him: We have found the Mashiyach.

And he brought him to Y'shua. And Y'shua looked at him and said: You are Shimon the son of Yona; you will be called Keefa.

And on the next day Y'shua wanted to go out to Galila, and he found Philipos and said to him, Come after me.

Now Philipos was from Beth-Tsayda, from the city of Andrew and of Shimon.

And Philipos found Nathaniel and said to him, The one Moshe wrote about in the law and in the prophets, we have found him: Y'shua the son of Yosip, from Natsrath.

Nathaniel said to him, Can anything good come from Natsrath? Philipos said to him, Come and see.

And Y'shua saw Nathaniel coming toward him, and said of him, Look, truly a son of Yisrael in whom there is no deceit.

Nathaniel said to him, From where do you know me? Y'shua said to him, Before Philipos called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.

Nathaniel answered and said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of Elohim; you are the King of Yisrael.

Y'shua said to him, Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.

He said to him, Amen, amen, I say to you, that from now you will see heaven opened, and the messengers of Elohim ascending and descending to the Son of man.