John 7
1 AFTER these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Erile morago ga mo, Jesu a ya Galalea, a tsena motse le motsana gonne o ne a batla go nna ka kwa ntle ga Judea kwa Bajuta ba neng ba mo logela leano la go mmolaya teng.
2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Mme jaana ya bo e le lobaka lwa Mediro ya Metlaagana letsatsi lengwe la ngwaga la boitapoloso la Sejuta.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
Mme bomonnaa Jesu ba mo tlhotlheletsa gore a ye kwa Judea kwa medirong. Ba mo raya ka tshotlo ba re, “Ya kwa batho ba bantsi ba ka bonang dikgakgamatso tsa gago gone!
4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
Ga o ka ke wa tuma fa o iphitlha jaana! Fa o le mogolo jaana, itshupegetse lefatshe!”
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
Gonne le bomonnawe ba ne ba sa dumele mo go ene.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
Jesu a fetola a re, “Ga e ise e nne nako e e ntshwanetseng gore ke ye teng. Mme lona lo ka nna lwa tsamaya nako nngwe fela ga go na go dira pharologanyo epe mo go lona.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Gonne lefatshe ga le ka ke la lo ila; mme nna le a nkila gonne ke le bona molato kaga sebe le bosula.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
Lona tsamayang, ke tlaa tla kwa morago fa nako e setse e siame.”
9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
Jalo a sala mo Galalea.
10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Mme erile bomonnawe ba sena go ya moletlong, le ene a tsamaya, le fa go ntse jalo a ngwangwaela a sa bonwe ke ope.
11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba leka go mo senka kwa moletlong mme ba nna ba botsa gore a ope ga a ise a ke a mmone.
12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
Go ne, go na le ditlotlo tse dintsi kaga gagwe mo bathong. Bangwe ba re, “Ke monna yo o gakgamatsang,” fa ba bangwe bone ba ne ba re, “Nnyaa, o timetsa batho.”
13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Mme ga bo go sena motho ope yo o neng a na le maikaelelo a go mmuelela mo pontsheng ka ntlha ya go tshaba ipusolosetso ya baeteledipele ba Sejuta.
14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
Mme erile go setse go le fa gare ga moletlo, Jesu a ya kwa Tempeleng mme a feta a ruta mo pontsheng.
15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba hakgamala fa ba mo utlwa, mme ba botsanya ba re, “Ke eng fa a itse thata jaana mme a ise a ke a tsene dikole tsa rona?”
16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ga ke lo rute megopolo ya me, fa e se ya Modimo o o nthomileng.
17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Fa mongwe wa lona a ikaelela go dira go rata ga Modimo ka boammaaruri, hong lo tlaa itse gore a thuto ya me e tswa Modimong kgotsa ke ya me fela.
18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Le fa e le mang yo o ntshang megopolo ya gagwe o a bo a ipuisa a batla go galalediwa, mme yo o batlang go tlotla yo o mo romileng, ke motho yo o siameng yo o boammaaruri.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Ga go na ope wa lona yo o obamelang melao ya ga Moshe! Jalo ke eng fa lo ntshwaya phoso ka go sa e obameleng? Ke eng fa lo mpolaela go dira jaana?”
20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
Mme bontsi jwa batho jwa fetola jwa re, “O a tsenwa! Yo o lekang go go bolaya ke mang?”
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
Jesu a fetola a re, “Ke dirile go le Sabata ke fodisa motho, mme lo ne lwa hakgamala. Mme le lona lo dira go le Sabata, fa lo obamela molao wa ga Moshe wa go rupisa (tota, le gale, mokgwa o wa go rupisa o mogologolo go na le molao wa ga Moshe); ka gore fa nako e e siameng ya go rupisa bana ba lona e tla go le Sabata, lo tswelela pele lo rupisa, jaaka lo tshwanetse. Jaanong ke eng fa ke atlholelwa go fodisa motho go le Sabata?
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers; ) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Aka-nyang selo se mme lo tlaa bona gore ke bolelela ruri.”
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
Bangwe ba batho ba ba neng ba nna koo mo Jerusalema ba buisanya ba re, “A monna yo ga se ene yo ba lekang go mmolaya?
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
Mme ke yo fa, o rera mo mpepeneneng, ga ba mo reye sepe. A e kane e le gore baeteledipele ba rona ba bonye gore ke Mesia tota?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
Mme o ka nna Mesia jang? Gonne re itse kwa monna yo a tsaletsweng teng; fa Keresete ene a tla, o tlaa bonala fela mme ga gona ope yo o tlaa itseng kwa o tswang teng.”
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
Mme Jesu mo therong ya gagwe mo Tempeleng a goa a re, “Ee, lo a nkitse le kwa ke tsaletsweng gone le kwa ke neng ka godisediwa gone, mme ke moemedi wa mongwe yo lo sa mo itseng, mme ene o Boammaaruri.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Ke a mo itse nna ka gore ke ne ke na nae, mme o nthomile mo go lona.”
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
Mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba batla go mo tshwara, le fa go ntse jalo ga se ka ga nna letsogo le le mo amang, gonne nako e a e beetsweng ke Modimo e ne e ise e nne yone.
31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
Ba le bantsi mo bontsintsing jwa batho kwa Tempeleng ba dumela mo go ene ba re, “Oai, lo solofela dikgakgamatso dife mo go Mesia tse monna yo a sa di dirang?”
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
Erile Bafarasai ba utlwa gore bontsintsi bo ne bo le mo mogopolong o, bone le ditlhogo tsa baperesiti ba romela mapodise a Tempele go tshwara Jesu.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ga e ise e nne nako! Ke tshwanetse go nna fa ka lobakanyana. Hong ke gone ke tlaa boelang kwa go yo o nthomileng.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Lo tlaa mpatla mme ga lo na go mpona, gape ga lo na go kgona go tla kwa ke gone!”
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba akabadiwa ke polelo e, mme ba botsanya ba re, “O ikaelela go ya kae? Kgotsa o akanya go tswa mo kgaolong e a tsamaya e le moruti mo Bajuteng mo dikgaolong tse dingwe tsa lefatshe, kgotsa le fa e le kwa go Badichaba!
36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
O raya eng fa a re, re tlaa mmatla mme ga re na go mmona, le gore, ‘Ga lo kitla lo kgona go tla kwa ke leng teng?’”
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Mo letsatsing la bofelo, e le pheletso ya malatsi a boitapoloso, Jesu a goela kwa bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Le fa e le mang yo o nyorilweng, a a tle kwa go nna a nwe.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Gonne dikwalo tsa re dinoka tsa metse a a tshedileng di tlaa elela ditswa mo teng ga yoo o dumelang mo go nna.”
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
(O ne a bua ka Mowa O O Boitshepo, o o tlaa newang mongwe le mongwe yo o dumelang mo go ene; mme Mowa o ne o ise o abiwe, gonne Jesu o ne a ise a boele kwa kgalalelong ya gagwe kwa legodimong).
40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Erile bontsintsi bo utlwa a buajaana, bangwe ba bone ba re, “Ammaaruri monna yo ke moporofiti yo o tlaa tlang pele ga Mesia.”
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Bangwe ba re, “Ke Mesia.” Mme ba bangwe bone ba nna ba re, “Ga e ka ke ya nna ene! A Mesia o tlaa tswa kwa Galalea? Gonne dikwalo di bua sentle fela gore Mesia o tlaa tsalwa ke ba ntlo ya bogosi jwa ga Dafide, mo Bethelehema, motse o Dafide o neng a tsalelwa mo go one.”
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
Jalo ga tsoga kgaogano mo bontsing jwa batho ka ga gagwe.
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Mme bangwe ba batla gore a tshwarwe mme ga seka ga nna ope yo o mo amang ka letsogo.
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
Mapodisi a Tempele a a neng a romilwe go mo tshwara a boela kwa ditlhogong tsa baperesiti le Bafarasai. Mme tsa feta tsa ba botsa tsa re, “Ke eng lo ne lo sa tle le ene?”
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
Mme mapodisi a dumaduma a re, “O bua dilo tse di hakgamatsang! Ga re ise re ke re be re utlwe sepe se se ntseng jaaka se a se buang.”
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
Mme Bafarasai ba fetola ka tshotlo ba re, “Go raya gore le lona lo timeditswe?”
48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
“A go na le mongwe mo go rona babusi ba Sejuta kgotsa Bafarasai yo o dumelang fore Jesu ke Mesia?
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Bontsintsi jo jwa dieleele bo a dumela, ee, mme baitse ka ga gone? Le gale ba hutsegile!”
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them, )
Mme Nikodemo a bua. (A lo a mo gakologelwa? Ke ene yole yo e neng e le moeteledipele wa Sejuta yo o neng a tla ka sephiri go tla go buisanya le Jesu),
51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
A botsa a re, A go ka fa molaong go atlhola motho pele ga a sekisiwa?
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Mme ba mo gakalela ba re, “A le wena o Mogalalea yo o tlhomolang pelo? Tlhatlhoba dikwalo o iponele, ga go na baporofiti ba ba tlaa tswang kwa Galalea!”
53 And every man went unto his own house.
Mme phuthego ya phatlalala mongwe le mongwe a ya gae.
