John 7
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Oluvannyuma lw’ebyo, Yesu n’alaga e Ggaliraaya, kubanga teyayagala kubeera mu Buyudaaya, kubanga Abayudaaya baali bamunoonya okumutta.
2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Naye embaga y’Abayudaaya eyitibwa ey’Ensiisira yali eneetera okutuuka.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
Baganda ba Yesu ne bamugamba nti, “Vva wano, olage mu Buyudaaya, abayigirizwa bo balabe ebyamagero by’okola.
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.
Tosobola kwatiikirira nga weekwese. Kale obanga, okola ebintu ebyo, weerage eri ensi.”
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
Baganda be nabo tebaamukkiriza.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
Yesu n’abaddamu nti, “Ekiseera kyange eky’okugenda tekinnatuuka. Naye mmwe muyinza okugenda mu kiseera kyonna we mwagalira.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Mmwe ensi teyinza kubakyawa, naye Nze enkyawa kubanga ngitegeeza ebikolwa byayo ebibi.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
Mmwe mwambuke ku mbaga. Nze sijja kwambuka ku mbaga eno, kubanga ekiseera kyange tekinnatuuka.”
9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode [still] in Galilee.
Bwe yamala okubagamba ebyo n’asigala mu Ggaliraaya.
10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Baganda be bwe bamala okwambuka ku mbaga naye n’ayambuka, mu kyama so si mu lwatu.
11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
Awo Abayudaaya ne bamunoonya ku mbaga nga beebuuza nti, “Omusajja oli, ali ludda wa?”
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.
Ne wabaawo oluvuuvuumo lungi mu bantu. Abamu ne bagamba nti, “Mulungi.” Naye abalala nga bagamba nti, “Nedda, alimba abantu.”
13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Kyokka olw’okutya Abayudaaya, tewaaliwo amwogerako mu lwatu.
14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
Awo mu makkati g’embaga Yesu n’ayambuka mu Yeekaalu n’ayigiriza.
15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Abakulembeze b’Abayudaaya ne beewuunya nga bagamba nti, “Omuntu ono ayinza atya okumanya okusoma so nga tasomangako?”
16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Awo Yesu kwe kubaddamu nti, “Nze sibayigiriza byange ku bwange, wabula eby’oyo eyantuma.
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.
Buli ayagala okukola Katonda by’ayagala, ategeera obanga bye njigiriza byange ku bwange oba bya Katonda.
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.
Ayogera ku bubwe anoonya kitiibwa kye, naye oyo anoonya ekitiibwa ky’oyo eyantuma wa mazima so n’obutali butuukirivu tebuba mu ye. Musa teyabawa amateeka?
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Ku mmwe tekuliiko n’omu akwata mateeka. Kale lwaki musala amagezi okunzita?”
20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
Ekibiina ky’abantu ne baddamu nti, “Oliko dayimooni! Ani asala amagezi okukutta?”
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
Yesu n’addamu nti, “Nakola ekikolwa kimu ku Ssabbiiti buli muntu ne yeewuunya.
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 kyeyava abalagira okukomolebwa, okukomolebwa tekwatandikira ku Musa wabula kwatandikira ku bajjajjammwe; ne ku Ssabbiiti mukomola omuntu.
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?
Obanga mukomola ku Ssabbiiti etteeka lya Musa lireme okumenyebwa, kale lwaki Nze munsunguwalira olw’okuwonya omuntu ku Ssabbiiti, n’aba mulamu ddala?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Temusalanga musango okusinziira ku ndabika, naye musalenga omusango ogw’ensonga.”
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
Awo abantu abamu ab’omu Yerusaalemi ne beebuuzaganya nga bagamba nti, “Ono si ye muntu gwe banoonya okutta?
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
Kale wuuno ayigiriza lwatu, ate tebaliiko kye bamugambako. Osanga abakulembeze bategedde nti omuntu ono ye Kristo!
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
Naye tumanyi omuntu ono gy’ava; so nga Kristo bw’alijja tewaliba n’omu amanya gy’ava.”
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.
Awo Yesu bwe yali ng’akyayigiriza mu Yeekaalu n’akangula ku ddoboozi n’agamba nti, “Ddala mummanyi ne gye nva mumanyiiyo. Sajja ku bwange wabula ekituufu nti oyo eyantuma gwe mutamanyi.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Nze mmumanyi, kubanga nava gy’ali, era ye yantuma.”
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
Awo ne basala amagezi okumukwata, kyokka tewaali amukwatako, kubanga ekiseera kye kyali tekinnaba kutuuka.
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?
Naye bangi mu bibiina by’abantu ne bamukkiriza, ne bagamba nti, “Kale Kristo bw’alijja, alikola eby’amagero ebisinga eby’ono byakoze?”
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
Awo Abafalisaayo ne bawulira abantu nga boogera ku Yesu mu bwama. Awo bakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo ne batuma abaweereza baabwe okumukwata.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and [then] I go unto him that sent me.
Awo Yesu n’agamba nti, “Nzija kumala nammwe ebbanga ttono, ndyoke nzireyo eri oyo eyantuma.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.
Mulinnoonya, naye temugenda kundaba, nga gye ndi, mmwe temuyinza kutuukayo.”
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?
Awo Abayudaaya ne beebuuzaganya nti, “Omuntu ono alaga wa gye tutalimulabira? Ayagala kugenda eri abo abaasaasaanira mu Buyonaani, ayigirize Abayonaani?
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?
Ategeeza ki bw’agamba nti, ‘Mulinnoonya, naye temulindaba?’ Era nti, ‘Gye ndaga temuyinza kutuukayo?’”
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.
Awo ku lunaku olw’embaga olusembayo, olusingira ddala obukulu, Yesu n’ayimirira n’ayogera n’eddoboozi ery’omwanguka n’agamba nti, “Buli alina ennyonta, ajje gye ndi anywe!
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Ng’Ekyawandiikibwa bwe kigamba nti buli akkiriza Nze emigga egy’amazzi amalamu girikulukuta nga gifuluma mu mutima gwe!”
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.)
Yesu yali ayogera ku Mwoyo Mutukuvu, abamukkiriza gwe baali bagenda okufuna, kubanga Mwoyo oyo yali tannagabibwa, kubanga Yesu yali tannaba kugulumizibwa.
40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Abantu abamu mu kibiina bwe baawulira ng’ayogera bw’atyo, ne bagamba nti, “Ddala omuntu ono ye Nnabbi.”
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Abalala ne bagamba nti, “Omuntu ono ye Kristo.” Naye abalala ne bagamba nti, “Nedda, Kristo tayinza kuba ng’ava mu Ggaliraaya.”
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Kubanga Ekyawandiikibwa kigamba nti: Kristo wa kuva mu zzadde lya Dawudi, era nga wa kuzaalibwa mu Besirekemu, ekibuga kya Dawudi mwe yali.
43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
Awo ekibiina ne kyesalamu olwa Yesu.
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Abamu ne baagala okumukwata, kyokka ne wabulawo amukwatako.
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
Awo abaweereza b’abakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo ne baddayo eri bakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo. Abakulembeze Ne bababuuza nti, “Lwaki temumuleese?”
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
Abaweereza ne baddamu nti, “Ebigambo by’ayogera bya kitalo, tetubiwulirangako.”
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
Abafalisaayo ne babagamba nti, “Era nammwe abakyamizza?
48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
Waliwo n’omu ku bakulembeze wadde ku Bafalisaayo eyali akkiririzza mu muntu oyo?
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Naye ekibiina ky’abantu bano abatamanyi mateeka, bakolimiddwa!”
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them, )
Awo Nikodemo, omu ku bo eddako eyagenda eri Yesu, n’abuuza nti,
51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
“Amateeka gaffe gakkiriza okusalira omuntu omusango nga tannaba kuwozesebwa okutegeera ky’akoze?”
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Ne bamuddamu nti, “Naawe wava Ggaliraaya? Nnoonyereza, ojja kulaba nti e Ggaliraaya teva nnabbi.”
53 And every man went unto his own house.
Awo ne baabuka, buli omu n’addayo eka.
