 Greek text
1 Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος,
καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν,
καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος.
2 Οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν.
3 πάντα δι αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο,
καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν ὃ γέγονεν.
4 ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν,
καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
5 καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει,
καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλαβεν.
6 Ἐγένετο ἄνθρωπος, ἀπεσταλμένος παρὰ Θεοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ Ἰωάννης· 7 οὗτος ἦλθεν εἰς μαρτυρίαν,
ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός,
ἵνα πάντες πιστεύσωσιν δι αὐτοῦ.
8 οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς,
ἀλλ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός.
9 Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον,
ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
10 ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο,
καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ ἔγνω.
11 εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἦλθεν, καὶ οἱ ἴδιοι αὐτὸν οὐ παρέλαβον.
12 ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν,
ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι,
τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ,
13 οἳ οὐκ ἐξ αἱμάτων οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος σαρκὸς οὐδὲ ἐκ θελήματος ἀνδρὸς ἀλλ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐγεννήθησαν.
14 Καὶ ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν,
καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ Πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας.
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 Latin translation
1 In principio erat verbum,
et verbum erat apud Deum,
et Deus erat verbum.
2 Hoc erat in principio apud Deum.
3 Omnia per ipsum facta sunt:
et sine ipso factum est nihil.
4 Quod factum est in ipso vita erat,
et vita erat lux hominum:
5 et lux in tenebris lucet,
et tenebræ eam non comprehenderunt.
6 Fuit homo missus a Deo, cui nomen Johannes.
7 Hic venit in testimonium,
ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine,
ut omnes crederent per illum.
8 Non erat ille lux,
sed ut testimonium perhiberet de lumine.
9 Erat lux vera, quæ illuminat omnem hominem
venientem in hunc mundum.
10 In mundo erat et mundus per ipsum factus est,
et mundus eum non cognovit.
11 In propria venit, et sui eum non receperunt.
12 Quotquot autem receperunt eum,
dedit eis potestatem filios Dei fieri,
his qui credunt in nomine ejus,
13 qui non ex sanguinibus, neque ex voluntate carnis,
neque ex voluntate viri, sed ex Deo nati sunt.
14 Et verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in nobis.
Et vidimus gloriam ejus, gloriam quasi unigeniti a Patre,
plenum gratiæ et veritatis.
– Vulgate
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 English translation
1 In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him,
and without him was not any thing made that was made.
4 In him was life,
and the life was the light of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 He came as a witness,
to bear witness about the light,
that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the light,
but came to bear witness about the light.
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone,
was coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him,
yet the world did not know him.
11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name,
he gave the right
to become children of God,
13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh
nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,
and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
– English Standard Version [1]
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Hungarian translation