John 7
1 AFTER these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Na baada ya mambo haya Yesu alisafiri hivi katika Galilaya, kwa sababu hakupenda kwenda Uyahudi kwa sababu wayahudi walikuwa wakifanya mipango ya kumwua.
2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Sasa sikukuu ya Wayahudi, sikukuu ya Vibanda, ilikuwa karibu.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
Ndipo ndugu zake walipomwambia, “Ondoka mahali hapa uende Uyahudi, ili kwamba wanafunzi wako vile vile wayaone matendo ufanyayo.
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.
Hakuna afanyaye lolote kwa siri iwapo yeye mwenyewe anataka kujulikana wazi. Iwapo unafanya mambo haya, jionyeshe mwenyewe kwa ulimwengu.”
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
Hata ndugu zake pia hawakumwamini.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
Ndipo Yesu alipowaambia, “Wakati wangu haujafika bado, lakini wakati wenu kila mara uko tayari.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Ulimwengu hauwezi kuwachukia ninyi, bali unanichukia mimi kwa sababu ninaushuhudia kuwa matendo yake ni maovu.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
Pandeni kwenda katika sikukuu; mimi siendi katika sikukuu hii kwa sababu muda wangu haujakamilika bado.”
9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
Baada ya kusema mambo hayo kwao, alibaki Galilaya.
10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Hata hivyo, ndugu zake walipokuwa wamekwenda katika sikukuu, ndipo naye alienda, siyo kwa wazi bali kwa siri.
11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
Wayahudi walikuwa wakimtafuta katika sikukuu na kusema, “Yuko wapi?”
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.
Kulikuwa na majadiliano mengi miongoni mwa makutano juu yake. Wengine walisema, “Ni mtu mwema.” Wengine walisema, “Hapana, huwapotosha makutano.”
13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Hata hivyo hakuna aliyezungumza wazi juu yake kwa kuwaogopa Wayahudi.
14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
Wakati sikukuu ilipofika katikati, Yesu alipanda kwenda Hekaluni na kuanza kufundisha.
15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Wayahudi walikuwa wakishangaa na kusema, “Kwa jinsi gani mtu huyu anajua mambo mengi? Hajasoma kamwe.”
16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Yesu akawajibu na kuwaambia, “Mafundisho yangu siyo yangu, bali ni yake yeye aliyenituma.
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.
Iwapo yeyote atapenda kufanya mapenzi yake yeye, atajua kuhusu mafundisho haya, kama yanatoka kwa Mungu, au kama ninazungumza kutoka kwangu mwenyewe.
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.
Kila anayezungumza yatokayo kwake mwenywe hutafuta utukufu wake, bali kila atafutaye utukufu wake yeye aliyemtuma, mtu huyo ni wa kweli, na ndani yake hakuna kutotenda haki.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Musa hakuwapa nyinyi sheria? Lakini hakuna hata mmoja kati yenu atendaye sheria. Kwa nini mnataka kuniua?
20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
Makutano wakajibu, “Una pepo. Nani anataka kukuua?”
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
Yesu akajibu na akawaambia, “Nimetenda kazi moja, nanyi nyote mmeshangazwa kwa sababu yake.
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.
Musa aliwapa tohara (siyo kwamba inatoka kwa Musa, bali ile inatoka kwa mababa), na katika Sabato mnamtahili mtu.
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?
Iwapo mtu atapokea tohara katika siku ya Sabato ili kwamba sheria ya Musa isivunjwe, kwa nini mnanikasirikia mimi kwa sababu nimemfanya mtu kuwa mzima kabisa katika Sabato?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Msihukumu kulingana na mwonekano, bali hukumuni kwa haki.
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
Baadhi yao kutoka Yerusalemu wakasema, “Siye huyu wanayemtafuta kumwua?
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
Na tazama, anaongea wazi wazi, na hawasemi chochote juu yake. Haiwezi ikawa kwamba viongozi wanajua kweli kuwa huyu ni Kristo, inaweza kuwa?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
Tunajua huyu mtu anatokea wapi. Kristo atakapokuja, hata hivyo, hakuna atakayejua wapi anakotoka.”
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.
Yesu alikuwa akipaza sauti yake hekaluni, akifundisha na kusema, “Ninyi nyote mnanijua mimi na mnajua nitokako. Sikuja kwa nafsi yangu, bali yeye aliyenituma ni wa kweli, na hamumjui yeye.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Ninamjua yeye kwa sababu nimetoka kwake na alinituma.”
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
Walikuwa wanajaribu kumkamata, lakini hakuna hata mmoja aliyeinua mkono wake juu yake kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa bado haijafika.
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?
Hata hivyo, wengi katika makutano walimwamini. Walisema, “Kristo atakapokuja, atafanya ishara nyingi kuliko alizofanya mtu huyu?”
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
Mafarisayo waliwasikia makutano wakinong'onezana mambo haya kuhusu Yesu, na wakuu wa makuhani na Mafarisayo wakatuma maafisa ili kumkamata.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
Ndipo Yesu aliposema, “Bado kuna muda kitambo niko pamoja nanyi, na baadaye nitakwenda kwake yeye aliyenituma.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Mtanitafuta wala hamtaniona; kule niendako, hamtaweza kuja.”
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?
Kwa hiyo Wayahudi wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Mtu huyu atakwenda wapi kwamba tusiweze kumuona? Ataenda kwa Waliotawanyika kati ya Wayunani na kuwafundisha Wayunani?
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?
Ni neno gani hili alilolisema, 'Mtanitafuta wala hamtaniona; kule niendako hamtamweza kuja'?”
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.
Sasa katika siku ya mwisho, siku kubwa ya sikukuu, Yesu alisimama akapaza sauti, akisema, “Ikiwa yeyote ana kiu, na aje kwangu anywe.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Yeye aniaminiye mimi, kama maandiko yalivyosema, kutoka ndani yake itatiririka mito ya maji ya uzima.”
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.)
Lakini aliyasema haya kuhusu Roho, ambaye wao wamwaminio watampokea; Roho alikuwa bado hajatolewa kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa hajatukuzwa bado.
40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Baadhi ya makutano, waliposikia maneno haya, walisema, “Kweli huyu ni nabii.”
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Wengine walisema, “Huyu ni Kristo.” Lakini wengine walisema, “nini, Kristo aweza kutoka Galilaya?
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Maandiko hayajasema kuwa Kristo atatokea katika ukoo wa Daudi na kutoka Bethlehemu, kijiji ambacho Daudi alikuwa?
43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
Hivyo, pale ukainuka mgawanyiko katikati ya makutano kwa ajili yake.
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Wengine kati yao wangelimkamata, lakini hakuna aliyenyoosha mikono yake juu yake.
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
Ndipo wale maofisa wakarudi kwa wakuu wa makuhani na Mafarisayo, nao wakawaambia, “Kwa nini hamjamleta?”
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
Maofisa wakajibu, “Hakuna mtu aliyewahi kuzungumza kama huyu kabla.”
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
Ndipo Mafarisayo walipowajibu, “Na nyinyi pia mmepotoshwa?
48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
Kuna yeyote kati ya watawala anayemwamini, au yeyote wa Mafarisayo?
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Bali hawa makutano wasiojua sheria - wamelaaniwa.”
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them, )
Nikodemo akawaambia (yeye aliyemwendea Yesu zamani, akiwa mmoja wa Mafarisayo),
51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
“Je sheria yetu inamhukumu mtu isipokuwa amesikilizwa kwanza na kujua anachokifanya?”
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Walijibu na kumwambia, “Na wewe pia unatokea Galilaya? Tafuta na uone kwamba hakuna nabii aliyetokea Galilaya.”
53 And every man went unto his own house.
(Zingatia: Baadhi ya maneno ya Yohana 7: 53 - 8: 11 hayamo katika nakala bora za kale). Kisha kila mtu alienda nyumbani kwake.
