John 7
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Ni kogon kpi biyi Yesu zren kagon mi gbu Galili, ni tu wa ana son ri ni mi ingbu Yahudiya nitu Yahudawa ba mla ki si gben ndi ba wu'u.
2 Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
U igan idin u Yahudawa tewhire.
3 His brothers therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou art doing.
U miri vayi ma ba hla niwu, “Lunde hi ni Yahudiya ni ndu almajeran me ndu ba to ikpi wa u si tre ba'a.
4 For no one doeth anything in secret, and yet himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
Idiori, nati kperi ririna inde ani son ndu indji ndu ba to wawuu, nitu wa u tie ikpi biyi u tsoro tume ni rira ni ngbungbulu'a
5 For even his brothers did not believe in him.
Nitu wa imri vayi ma me bana kpanyime niwu na.
6 Jesus saith to them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
Yesu hla ni bawu, iton mu na tsira rina, ka iton bi ni he ni tan.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Gbungbulu'a ba na ya kamba niyi na, a kama ni me nitu wa mi hla ni bawu andi indu a hi memme.
8 Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come.
Bika lunde hi ni idin, ime mi na hi na iton mu tsira rina.
9 Having said these things, he remained in Galilee.
Ni kogon iwa a hla ikpi biyi, a kuk'ri ni Galili.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Ni kogon wa imiri vayi ma ba hi ni rira na.
11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man?
Nitu iwa Yahudawa ba si wa'u ni bubu indji'a, nani minye, a he ni ntsen?
12 And there was much debating among the multitude concerning him. Some said, He is a good man; others said, Nay, but he deceiveth the multitude.
Rju, rju itre ba he nituma gbugbu'u nimi kuson'a, bari mba tre a hi Indji ndindi, “Ahi Ndji u toh ti.” Bari mba ba tisan, andi an, an aye kpa soron ndji ni kasran.
13 No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
Ni naki me idiori na tre ni rira ni tumana nitu sisir Yahudawa.
14 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
Niwa ba ri igan indji ka ri ni zuzma, u Yesu lu ri ye hekali na (fara) ni tsroroba.
15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Yahudawa ba luni ti sisir na ni tre, “Ani he iguyi he ni bibi kpran gbugbu'u na yi? Iwa na hi ni magrata na.
16 Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
Yesu kasa ni bawu, “Itsroro mu'a ana umu na, a u Indji wa a ton me ye'a.”
17 If any one is desirous to do his will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.
Indji wa ani son ti kpi iwa ani son'a ani ya to tsoro mu'a ko a rji ni Irji, ko mi tre u mu kimu.
18 He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and in him is no unrighteousness.
Ko inha wa ani tre u tuma, ani wa kpandema mu, ko ahi nha iwa awa kpande Indji iwa a ton me, Indji ki a wu njanji, ikpiri meme ma na he niwu na.
19 Hath not Moses given you the Law? and none of you keepeth the Law! Why do ye seek to kill me?
Musa na nuyi ndu na? Ni naki iriri ni mi mbi ana hu ndu'a na. U ahi geri mba ni yoyui ni ndu yi wu me?
20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon! Who seeketh to kill thee?
Ison indji ba hla niwu, “U he ni brji. Ahi nha mba ni son wu'u?”
21 Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one good work, and ye are all wondering.
Yesu hla bawu, mi ti indu iriri migen, u bi ti sisir wawu mbi.
22 Moses hath given you circumcision, (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers; ) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.
Musa noyi ji (ana ri ni Musa na, a rji ni ba Ti-Iti, Tima), ni ivi u Asabar bi no indji iji.
23 If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye angry at me, because I have restored soundness to the whole body of a man on the sabbath?
Indji nita kpa ji, ni ivi u asabar nitu, nduba na lahtre ni du Musa na, ahi ngeri mba noyi infu ni wa ndi mi chu lilo wawu rju ni indji wa a hi lo'a ni ivi asabar?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Na tron ni ya shishi na, tron ni u njanji.”
25 Then some of the men of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Bari mba rji ni Urushelima ba tre, “Iwa ana indji iwa ki si wa ndi ki wu ana?
26 and see! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers discovered certainly that this man is the Christ?
To, a tre dedeme, u ba na tre kperi meniwu na. Ana bi na ni ndu bi chu ndi ba to a ndi i wayi a hi Kristi na, ka ana naki na?
27 Still, as to this man, we know whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
Naki, kito i wurji iwa a rji. Ni ton iwa Kristi ni ye, idiori ana to iwurji wa ani rji'a na.”
28 Jesus therefore cried aloud, teaching in the temple and saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but there is in truth one who sent me, whom ye know not.
Yesu tre ngbngban me ni mi heke li'a na ni tsoro ba na ni tre, “Bi to me ni to i wurji iwa mi rji. Mina ye ni tu muna, mi ye nitu indji wa a ton ye a hi njanji biyi bina to wu na.
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Ime mi to mi rji ni wawuyi, a wawuyi ton me.”
30 Therefore they sought to take him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Balu ni son vu u diori na ya bre wo niwu na iton na tsira rina.
31 But of the multitude many believed in him, and said, When the Christ cometh, will he do more signs than these which this man doeth?
Indji gbugbu ni mi mba ba kpa nyeme niwu, u ba tre, “Yesu ni ta ye, ani ti zan wayi wa ndi ati ba yi?
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude thus debating concerning him; and the chief priest and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him.
Farisawa ba wo indji ba tre toto nitu Yesu, Malami bi nikon ni Farisawa ba ton bi gben ndu ba hi vu.
33 Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.
Yesu tre, “Miri he ni yi za mi ni vi ton ni k'ban hi ni Indji wa a ton Me.
34 Ye will seek me and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come.
Bi wa me bi na to mena, bubu iwa mi hi'a, bina ya hina.
35 The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
Yahudawa ba lu ni miyen kpamba, ani tsen iguyi ni hi wa kina ya hi to'a na? Ko ani hi ni Helinawa ba si yar ani hi tsoro Helinawa?
36 What meaneth this which he said, Ye will seek me, and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
A hi lan birime a ni tre naki, bi wa me u bina to me na, iwurji me hi'a na, bina ya hi na?”
37 On the last day, which is the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
Ni vi u kekle'a, ki kle ivi u idin, Yesu lu kri kri na yar yin gbangban, na hla, “Indji wa lan ma nita ni tiwu wa ka ye nime na so.
38 He that believeth in me, from within him, as the Scripture hath said, will flow rivers of living water.
Indji wa a kpayenme ni me, ina wa itre Irji'a a la, ni mi ma iba u re (iviri) ba gukbon ni mi ne ma.”
39 But this he said of the Spirit, which those that believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
A tre naki nitu Ruhu (Ibrji ndindi), ni biwa ba kpa yeme niwu'a iki ba kpa, bana nu Ruhu (ibrji) rina, nitu wa bana gbre Yesu san rina.
40 Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.
Bari ni mi son'a ba lan tre ba naki, na tre, gbigbi iwa yin a hi ana ebi yi.”
41 Others said, Doth the Christ then come from Galilee?
Bari ba tre, iwayi a hi Almasihu.” U bari ba tre, “Almasihu ni rji ni Galili?
42 Hath not the Scripture said, that the Christ cometh from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?
Nda tre Irji hla Almasihu ni rji ni mi mla Dauda ni Batalami na, rji ni mi vi gbu wa Dauda rji?
43 So there was a division among the multitude because of him.
U ba ga kpa ni mi son nitu ma.
44 And some of them wished to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.
Wa bari mba ba vu, idiori na yowo na.
45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why did ye not bring him?
Niki bi gben'a ba kaban ye ni Firistoci bi nonkon'a ni Farisawa biwa ba tre, “Ahi ngyeri sa bina njiwu ye na?
46 The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
Bi gben ba tre, ko diori na ti bre tre nayi.
47 The Pharisees answered them, Have ye also been deceived?
Farisawa ba sa ni bawa, “Ba kpayi kasran?
48 Hath any one of the rulers believed in him? or of the Pharisees?
Ka iri ni mi chuba a kpanyeme niwu, ka ni mi Farisawa?
49 but this multitude that know not the Law are accursed.
Indji bi son yi ba na to tron na, ba ti meme ye.
50 Nicodemus saith to them, being one of them,
Nikodimus hla ni bawu, wawu wa a ye ni Yesu, ni ri ni mi Farisawa,
51 Doth our law judge a man, unless it first hear from him, and know what he doeth?
Indu mbu tre ni ndu fu ton nidi ndi ri ni wo ikpe iwa a ti'a?
52 They answered and said to him, Art thou too from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet ariseth from Galilee.
U ba minye, iwume u rji ni Galili? ban ya ni hla anibi wa ani ya rji Galili'a.
53 (Joh 7:53 - 8:12: This passage is omitted as ungenuine by Tischendorf and most critical editors of the Greek Testament. It is found in some manuscripts, but not in the most ancient. It is, however, very generally regarded as a genuine relic of the teaching of Christ, though not forming a part of the fourth Gospel. I give it in the text of Tregelles, omitting the words which he incloses in brackets. Tregelles, however, does not suppose it to be genuine.) [[And they went each to his house;
Niki indji wawu ba lu shan hi ni ko'mba.
