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John 7:53-8:11 - Hebrew/English Interlinear Text

7:53

7:53

vauyael'Khoo eesh eesh l'vayToh:

...and every man walked to his house,

8:1

8:1

v'YaeShooau hauLaukh ehl-Haur hauzayTeem:

and Jesus walked to the Mount of the Olives.

8:2

8:2

vauy'Hee vauBohqehr vauyauVoh ohd ehl-haumeeq'Daush

And it came to pass the next morning
he came once again to the temple,

v'khohl-hau'Aum Bau'oo aeLauv vauyaeShehv vauy'maulDaem:

and all the people came to him and he sat and taught them.

8:3

8:3

vauyauVeeyoo hausohf'Reem v'haup'rooSheem eeShah l'fauNauv

And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him

auShehr neet'p'Sah (bees'tohTah / v'Hee noh'Aufeht)

a woman that was taken and she was an adulteress.

vauyau'aumeeDoohau bauTauvekh:

and they stood her in the midst,

8:4

8:4

vauyohmRoo aeLauv rauVee hau'eeShah hauZoht

and they said to him "Rabbi! This very woman

neet'p'Sah (q'shehneet'maet b'neeooFehhau / aul mau'auSay nee'ooFah):

was caught in the act of adultery.

8:5

8:5

oomohSheh tzeeVaunoo vautohRah lees'Qohl

and Moses commanded us in the Torah to stone

nauSheem qauAeleh v'auTah mah-tohM(ae/ah)r:

women such as these: And you, what do you say?"

8:6

8:6

(v'Aukh / v'Haem) l'nauSoht ohToh deebRoo-zoht leem'Tzoh

and they tested him, to bring upon him

auLauv seetNah (vauyeeQauf / vauyeet'qohFaef) YaeShooau l'mautah

an accusation.   And Jesus bent down low,

vauy'Tauv b'ehtz'bauOh aul-hauqaur'Qau:

and he wrote with his finger on the ground.

8:7

8:7

vauy'Hee qau'auShehr hohSeefoo leesh'Ohl ohToh

and when they persisted in questioning him,

vauyeeSau eht-aeNauv vauYohmehr aulayHehm

he lifted his eyes and he said to them,


"mee vauKhem (zaukh b'lee-Fehshau / khauf meePehshah)
hoo (reeshohNah yauDeh-bau Auvehn / yauDeh-bau Ehvehn baureeshohNah):"

"Who among you is pure from sin
may be first to strike with the stone."

8:8

8:8

(vauyeeQauf / vauyeet'qohFaef) shaeNeet l'Mautah

and he bent himself down once again,

vauy'Tauv aul-hauqaur'Qaur:

and he wrote upon the ground.

8:9

8:9

(vauy'Hee kh'shaum'Aum vauYaukh leeBaum ohTaum / ? haem shaum'Oo v'leeBaum nohq'Faum)

they listened and their hearts were striken

vauyaetz'Oo ehKhad ehKhad (hauKhootzah / NIL) hauKhael meen-hauz'qaeNeem

and they went out one by one starting from the elders

v'aud hauaukhaurohNeem vauyeevauTaer YaeShooau l'vauDoh

right to the last. and Jesus was left alone,

v'haueeShah (neeTzehveht / ohMehdeht) bauTauvehkh:

and the woman was left standing in the midst.

8:10

8:10

vauyeeSau YaeShooau eht-ayNauv vauYaur' qee-aeyn

And Jesus lifted his eyes and saw there no

eesh beel'Tee hauEeshah l'vauDah vauYohmehr aeLehhau

man; the woman was by herself. And he said to her,

"eeShah aeFoh soht'Nahyeekh (hauKhee heerSheeyaukh / hauheer'Sheeaukh) eesh?"

"Woman, where are your accusers? Doesn't anyone condemn you?"

8:11

8:11

vauTohmehr loh (NIL / ehKhaud) audohNee

And she said "no one, my lord."

vauYohmehr lauKhaen gaum-auNee loh aur'sheeAekh

And he said,
"Then neither will I condemn you.

l'khee l'daurQaekh v'aul-tehkhehT'ee ohd:"

Go your way and sin no more."

The Hebrew translation has been taken from
the classical Hebrew text of Delitzsch.

The English is a modern retranslation closely following the Hebrew.

The transliteration is a free 'sound-alike' easy-read-transliteration, provided by H.K. and Nazaroo.

Note: Where alternative renditions exist (in parentheses, separated by a slash), the version given first is from the Trinitarian Bible Society ed., Oxford U. Press, cc. 1985

The words of Jesus are in red.


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