Yohane 10
1 “Zoonadi, Ine ndikukuwuzani inu Afarisi, kuti munthu amene salowera pa khomo mʼkhola la nkhosa, koma amalowera pena pake ndi wakuba ndi wachifwamba.
"In most solemn truth I tell you that the man who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs over some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2 Munthu amene amalowera pa khomo ndi mʼbusa wankhosazo.
But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 Mlonda amamutsekulira khomo, ndipo nkhosa zimamvera mawu ake. Iye amaziyitana mayina nkhosa zakezo, nazitulutsa.
To him the porter opens the door, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by their names and leads them out.
4 Akazitulutsa nkhosa zake zonse, iye amazitsogolera, ndipo nkhosa zakezo zimamutsata chifukwa zimadziwa mawu ake.
When he has brought out his own sheep--all of them--he walks at the head of them; and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
5 Koma nkhosazo sizidzatsatira mlendo. Izo zidzamuthawa chifukwa sizizindikira mawu a mlendo.”
But a stranger they will by no means follow, but will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers."
6 Yesu ananena mawu ophiphiritsawa, koma Afarisi sanazindikire zimene ankawawuza.
Jesus spoke to them in this figurative language, but they did not understand what He meant.
7 Choncho Yesu anatinso, “Zoonadi, Ine ndikukuwuzani kuti Ine ndine khomo la nkhosa.
Again therefore Jesus said to them, "In most solemn truth I tell you that I am the Door of the sheep.
8 Onse amene anadza ndisanabwere Ine ndi akuba ndi achifwamba, ndipo nkhosa sizinawamvere.
All who have come before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep would not listen to them.
9 Ine ndine khomo, aliyense amene alowa kudzera mwa Ine adzapulumuka. Iye adzalowa ndi kutuluka ndi kupeza msipu.
I am the Door. If any one enters by me, he will find safety, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 Mbala sibwera chabe koma kuti idzabe, kupha ndi kuwononga. Ine ndabwera kuti iwo akhale ndi moyo, ndi kukhala nawo wochuluka.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance.
11 “Ine ndine Mʼbusa wabwino. Mʼbusa wabwino amataya moyo wake chifukwa cha nkhosa zake.
"I am the Good Shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his very life for the sheep.
12 Wantchito ndi mʼbusa amene nkhosazo si zake. Choncho, pamene aona mmbulu ukubwera, iye amazisiya nkhosazo ndi kuthawa. Ndipo mmbulu umagwira nkhosazo ndikuzibalalitsa.
The hired servant--one who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep--no sooner sees the wolf coming than he leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf worries and scatters them.
13 Munthuyo amathawa chifukwa ndi wantchito ndipo sasamalira chilichonse cha nkhosazo.
For he is only a hired servant and cares nothing for the sheep.
14 “Ine ndine mʼbusa wabwino. Ine ndimazidziwa nkhosa zanga ndipo nkhosa zangazo zimandidziwa,
"I am the Good Shepherd. And I know my sheep and my sheep know me,
15 monga momwe Atate amandidziwa Ine, ndiponso Ine kudziwira Atatewo. Ndimapereka moyo wanga chifukwa cha nkhosa.
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I am laying down my life for the sheep.
16 Ine ndili ndi nkhosa zina zimene sizili za gulu ili. Ine ndiyenera kuzibweretsanso. Izonso zidzamvera mawu anga, ndipo zidzakhala gulu limodzi ndi mʼbusa mmodzi.
I have also other sheep--which do not belong to this fold. Those also I must bring, and they will listen to my voice; and they shall become one flock under one Shepherd.
17 Nʼchifukwa chake Atate anga amandikonda, popeza Ine ndikupereka moyo wanga kuti ndiwutengenso.
For this reason my Father loves me, because I am laying down my life in order to receive it back again.
18 Palibe amene angawuchotse mwa Ine, koma ndikuwupereka mwakufuna kwanga. Ine ndili ndi ulamuliro wa kuwupereka ndi ulamuliro wakuwutenganso. Lamulo ili ndinalandira kwa Atate anga.”
No one is taking it away from me, but I myself am laying it down. I am authorized to lay it down, and I am authorized to receive it back again. This is the command I received from my Father."
19 Pa mawu awa Ayuda anagawikananso.
Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words.
20 Ambiri a iwo anati, “Iye ndi wogwidwa ndi ziwanda ndi wamisala. Chifukwa chiyani mukumvera Iye?”
Many of them said, "He is possessed by a demon and is mad. Why do you listen to him?"
21 Koma ena anati, “Awa si mawu a munthu wogwidwa ndi ziwanda. Kodi ziwanda zingathe bwanji kutsekula maso a wosaona?”
Others argued, "That is not the language of a demoniac: and can a demon open blind men's eyes?"
22 Ku Yerusalemu kunali chikondwerero chokumbukira kupatulidwa kwa Nyumba ya Mulungu. Inali nthawi yozizira,
The Dedication Festival came on in Jerusalem. It was winter,
23 ndipo Yesu ankayenda mʼbwalo la Nyumbayo ku malo a Solomoni.
and Jesus was walking in the Temple in Solomon's Portico,
24 Ayuda anamuzungulira Iye akunena kuti, “Kodi iwe udzazunguza malingaliro athu mpaka liti? Ngati iwe ndi Khristu, tiwuze momveka.”
when the Jews gathered round Him and kept asking Him, "How long do you mean to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us so plainly."
25 Yesu anayankha kuti, “Ine ndimakuwuzani, koma inu simukhulupirira. Ntchito zimene ndikuchita mʼdzina la Atate anga zikundichitira umboni,
"I have told you," answered Jesus, "and you do not believe. The deeds that I do in my Father's name--they give testimony about me.
26 koma inu simukhulupirira chifukwa simuli a gulu lankhosa zanga.
But you do not believe, because you are not my sheep.
27 Nkhosa zanga zimamva mawu anga, Ine ndimazidziwa, ndipo zimanditsata Ine.
My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
29 Atate anga, amene anandipatsa Ine, ndi akulu kuposa onse. Palibe amene angazikwatule mʼdzanja la Atate anga.
What my Father has given me is more precious than all besides; and no one is able to wrest anything from my Father's hand.
30 Ine ndi Atate ndife amodzi.”
I and the Father are one."
31 Ayuda anatolanso miyala kuti amugende Iye,
Again the Jews brought stones with which to stone Him.
32 koma Yesu anawawuza kuti, “Ine ndakuonetsani zinthu zambiri zabwino zodabwitsa kuchokera kwa Atate. Nʼchifukwa chiti mwa izi chimene mukundigendera?”
Jesus remonstrated with them. "Many good deeds," He said, "have I shown you as coming from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"
33 Ayuda anayankha kuti, “Ife sitikukugenda chifukwa cha izi, koma popeza ukunyoza Mulungu, chifukwa iwe, munthu wamba, ukuti ndiwe Mulungu.”
"For no good deed," the Jews replied, "are we going to stone you, but for blasphemy, and because you, who are only a man, are making yourself out to be God."
34 Yesu anawayankha kuti, “Kodi sizinalembedwa mʼmalamulo anu kuti, ‘Ine ndanena kuti ndinu milungu?’
"Does it not stand written in your Law," replied Jesus, "'I said, you are gods'?
35 Ngati anawatcha milungu anthu amene analandira mawu a Mulungu, pajatu Malemba sangasweke,
If those to whom God's word was addressed are called gods (and the Scripture cannot be annulled),
36 nanga bwanji uyu amene Atate anamuyika padera monga wake weniweni ndi kumutuma ku dziko lapansi? Nanga ndi chifukwa chiyani mukundinena Ine kuti ndikuchita chipongwe? Kodi nʼchifukwa choti ndanena kuti, ‘Ine ndine Mwana wa Mulungu?’
how is it that you say to one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am God's Son'?
37 Musandikhulupirire Ine ngati sindichita ntchito za Atate anga.
If the deeds I do are not my Father's deeds, do not believe me.
38 Koma ngati Ine ndikuchita zimenezi, ngakhale kuti simundikhulupirira, khulupirirani ntchito zodabwitsazo, ndipo mudziwe ndi kuzindikira kuti Atate ali mwa Ine, ndiponso Ine ndili mwa Atate.”
But if they are, then even if you do not believe me, at least believe the deeds, that you may know and see clearly that the Father is in me, and that I am in the Father."
39 Iwo anafuna kumugwiranso koma anawapulumuka mʼmanja mwawo.
This made them once more try to arrest Him, but He withdrew out of their power.
40 Kenaka Yesu anabwereranso kutsidya la mtsinje wa Yorodani kumalo kumene Yohane ankabatiza mʼmasiku akale. Iye anakhala kumeneko
Then He went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John had been baptizing at first; and there He stayed.
41 ndipo anthu ambiri anabwera kwa Iye. Iwo anati, “Ngakhale kuti Yohane sanachite chizindikiro chodabwitsa, zonse zimene Yohane ananena za munthu uyu zinali zoona.”
Large numbers of people also came to Him. Their report was, "John did not work any miracle, but all that John said about this Teacher was true."
42 Ndipo pamalo amenewo ambiri anakhulupirira Yesu.
And many became believers in Him there.
