John 10
1 "Truly, truly, I tell you, one who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
Amin, Amini nawaambieni, yule asiyeingia kwa kupitia mlango wa zizi la kondoo, lakini anapanda kwa njia nyingine, mtu huyo ni mwizi na mnyang'anyi.
2 But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
Yeye aingiaye mlangoni ni mchungaji wa kondoo.
3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
Kwake mlinzi wa mlango humfungulia. Kondoo waisikia sauti yake na huwaita kondoo zake kwa majina yao na kuwatoa nje.
4 Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
Atakapowatoa nje hao walio wake, huwatangulia, na kondoo humfuata, kwa sababu wanaijua sauti yake.
5 They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they do not know the voice of strangers."
Hawatamfuata mgeni lakini badala yake watamuepuka, kwa sababu hawazijui sauti za wageni.”
6 Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
Yesu alisema mfano huu kwao, lakini hawakuyaelewa mambo haya ambayo alikuwa akisema kwao.
7 Jesus therefore said to them again, "Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
Yesu akasema nao tena, “Amini, amini, nawaambia, Mimi ni mlango wa kondoo.
8 All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
Wote walionitangulia ni wezi na wanyang'anyi, lakini kondoo hawakuwasikiliza.
9 I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
Mimi ni mlango. Yeyote aingiaye kupitia kwangu, ataokolewa; ataingia ndani na kutoka, naye atajipatia malisho.
10 The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Mwizi haji isipokuwa kuiba, kuua, na kuangamiza. Nimekuja ili kwamba wapate uzima na wawe nao tele.
11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Mchungaji mwema huutoa uhai wake kwa ajili ya kondoo.
12 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away; and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
Mtumishi aliyeajiriwa, na siyo mchungaji, ambaye kondoo si mali yake, huwaona mbwa mwitu wakija na huwaacha na kuwakimbia kondoo.
13 And the hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and the sheep means nothing to him.
Na mbwa mwitu huwakamata na kuwatawanya. Hukimbia kwa sababu ni mtumishi wa kuajiriwa na hawajali kondoo.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me;
Mimi ni mchungaji mwema, na ninawajua walio wangu, nao walio wangu wananijua mimi.
15 even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
Baba ananijua, nami namjua Baba, nami nautoa uhai wangu kwa ajili ya kondoo.
16 I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
Ninao kondoo wengine ambao si wa zizi hili. Hao pia, yanipasa kuwaleta, nao wataisikia sauti yangu ili kwamba pawepo na kundi moja na mchungaji mmoja.
17 Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
Hii ndiyo sababu Baba ananipenda: Niutoe uhai wangu halafu niutwae tena.
18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."
Hakuna auchukuaye kutoka kwangu, lakini mimi nautoa mwenyewe. Ninayo mamlaka ya kuutoa, na ninayo mamlaka ya kuutwaa pia. Nimelipokea agizo hili kutoka kwa Baba.”
19 A division arose again among the Jewish people because of these words.
Mgawanyiko tena ukatokea kati ya wayahudi kwa sababu ya maneno haya.
20 Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane. Why do you listen to him?"
Wengi wao wakasema, “Ana pepo na ni kichaa. Kwa nini mnamsikiliza?”
21 Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It is not possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"
Wengine wakasema, “Haya siyo maneno ya mtu aliyepagawa na mapepo. Pepo linaweza kufungua macho ya kipofu?”
22 At that time Hanukkah took place in Jerusalem.
Ndipo ikaja Sikukuu ya Kuwekwa Wakfu Yerusalemu.
23 It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
Ulikuwa wakati wa baridi, na Yesu alikuwa akitembea hekaluni katika ukumbi wa Selemani.
24 The Jewish leaders therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
Ndipo Wayahudi walipomzunguka na kumwambia, “Mpaka lini utatuweka katika mashaka? kama wewe ni Kristo, tuambie wazi.
25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
Yesu akawajibu, “Nimekwisha waambia lakini hamuamini. Kazi nizifanyazo kwa jina la Baba yangu, hizo zinashuhudia juu yangu.
26 But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
Hata hivyo hamuamini kwa sababu ninyi si kondoo wangu.
27 As I said to you, my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
Kondoo wangu waisikia sauti yangu; Nawajua, nao wanifuata mimi.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
Baba yangu, aliyenipa hao, ni mkuu kuliko wengine wote, na hakuna hata mmoja aliye na uwezo wa kuwanyakua kutoka mkononi mwa Baba.
30 I and the Father are one."
Mimi na Baba tu mmoja.”
31 Therefore the Jewish leaders took up stones again to stone him.
Wakabeba mawe ili wamponde tena.
32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
Yesu akawajibu, “Nimeshawaonesha kazi nyingi nzuri kutoka kwa Baba. Kwa kazi zipi kati ya hizo mnataka kuniponda mawe?”
33 The Jewish leaders answered him, "We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."
Wayahudi wakamjibu, “Hatukupondi mawe kwa kazi yoyote iliyo nzuri, lakini kwa kukufuru, kwa sababu wewe, uliye mtu, unajifanya kuwa Mungu.”
34 Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?'
Yesu akawajibu, “Haikuandikwa katika sheria yenu, 'Nilisema, “Ninyi ni miungu”'?”
35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
Ikiwa aliwaita miungu, kwa wale ambao Neno la Mungu liliwajilia (na Maandiko hayawezi kuvunjwa),
36 do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
mnasema juu ya yule ambaye Baba alimtoa na kumtuma katika ulimwengu, 'Unakufuru,' kwa sababu nilisema, 'mimi ni Mwana wa Mungu'?
37 If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.
“Ikiwa sifanyi kazi za Baba yangu, msiniamini.
38 But if I do them, though you do not believe me, believe the works; that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."
Hata hivyo, ikiwa ninazifanya, hata kama hamniamini, ziaminini kazi ili kwamba muweze kujua na kufahamu kwamba Baba yuko ndani yangu na mimi niko ndani ya Baba.”
39 Now they sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
Wakajaribu tena kumkamata Yesu, lakini alienda zake kutoka mikononi mwao.
40 He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.
Yesu akaenda zake tena ng'ambo ya Yordani sehemu ambayo Yohana alikuwa akibatiza kwanza, na akakaa huko.
41 Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true."
Watu wengi wakaja kwa Yesu. Waliendelea kusema, “Yohana kweli hakufanya ishara yoyote, lakini mambo yote aliyoyasema Yohana juu ya huyu mtu ni ya kweli.”
42 And many believed in him there.
Watu wengi wakamwamini Yesu hapo.
