John 7
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Mi hakuzwa izi zintu Jesu avayendauli mwa Galilee, kaho kena va kusaka kuyenda kwa Judea chevaka lyokuti majuda vava kumusaka kuti va mwihaye.
2 Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
Hanu mukuti wa majuda wa munzunde uva kwina hafuhi.
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.
Va mukulwe cwale chiva muwambila, “siye chivaka ichi uyende kwa Judea, njokuti va rutwana vako va vone mitendo yo panga.
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.
Kakwina ya panga chintu ku mukunda iye mwine na saka kuti chivoneke. Haiva upanga izi zintu, livonahaze kwinkanda.”
5 For even his brothers did not believe in him.
Kaho nanga va mukulwe kena vava zumini kwali.
6 Jesus saith to them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
Jesu cwale cha wamba kuvali, “inako yangu kena ya sika kale, kono inako yenu ilyitukise kale.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Inkanda kalyi woli kumi toya, kono lyi toya ime kevaka lyokuti ni paka za mitendo yalyo mivi.
8 Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come.
Muyenda haisi ku mukiti; kani yendi kowu mukiti kakuti inako yangu kaini ku talelezwa.”
9 Having said these things, he remained in Galilee.
Hachamana ku wamba izi zintu kuvali, che kala mwa Galileya.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Kono va mukulwe hati chivayenda ku mukiti, naye chayenda, isiñi na voneka kono cho kulipata.
11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man?
Majuda vava kumusaka ku mukiti niku wamba, “wina hi?”
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.
Kuva kwina ku wambolisana mukati ke chisi kuamana naye. Vamwi vava wambi, “Mukwame ushiyeme.” Vamwi vava wambi, “Ne, Uyendisa vantu munzila isali njeyo.”
13 No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
Naho ka kwina yava wambi cha kuzuweka kuamana naye cho kutiya ma Juda.
14 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
Mukiti hachi uva kwina hakati kokumana, Jesu chayenda mwi ntempele nikukatanga kuka ruta.
15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Cwale ma Juda chiva komoka, niva wamba, “Uzu mukwame wizi vule zingi? kena va lituti.”
16 Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
Jesu cha vetava niku wamba, “intuto zangu kena nji zangu, kono njiyakwe wani tuma.
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.
Haiva kwina yo saka ku panga intato yakwe, kezive kuamana nezi intuto, kapa zizwa kwe Ireeza, kapa ni wamba ka lwangu.
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.
Yense yo wamba ka lwakwe ungana inkaya yakwe iye mwine, kono iye ya ngana inkanya yozo wa tuma uzo muntu we niti, mi kakwina kusa njolola kwali.
19 Hath not Moses given you the Law? and none of you keepeth the Law! Why do ye seek to kill me?
Kena kuti Mushe ava mihi mulao? Kono kakwina kwenu ye chilila mulao. Chinzi hamu saka kunihaya?”
20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon! Who seeketh to kill thee?
chisi cha vantu chichetava, “wina i dimona. Njeni yo saka kukwihaya?”
21 Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one good work, and ye are all wondering.
Jesu chetava niku va wambila, “na panga mutendo wonke, mi muvonse mukomoswa ke vaka lyecho.
22 Moses hath given you circumcision, (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers; ) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.
Mushe ava mihi mupato (isike kuti izwa kwa Mushe, kono kuve sukulwetu), mi he nsavata mu panga muntu mupato.
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?
Haiva mukwame upangwa mupato he nsavata njokuti mulao wa Mushe kanzi ucholwa, chinzi hamuni vengele kakuli na panga mukwame kunjolola he nsavata?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Kanji muatuli cha mayemo amuntu mwa vonekela, kono mu watule cho kunjolola.”
25 Then some of the men of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Vamwi kuvali vakwa Jerusalema vava wambi, “kena njiyena uzu ivakwete kungana kuti va mwihaye?
26 and see! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers discovered certainly that this man is the Christ?
Mi muvone, uwamba na lukuluhite, mi kakwina chiva wamba kwali. kena kuti initi va yendisi vezi luli kuti uzu njiyena Kreste, iwola kuva?
27 Still, as to this man, we know whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
Kono nitwizi kuti uzu uzwahi. Kono Kreste ha cheza, kakwina yete izive kuti ukazwila hi.”
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.
Cwale Jesu cha lila mwi ntempele, kuruta niku wamba, “muvonse munizi mi mwizi kuni kazwilila. Kena na keza ka lwangu, kono iye wani tuma we niti, mi ka mumwizi.
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Ni mwizi kevaka lyo kuti nikazwa kwakwe mi wa kanituma.”
30 Therefore they sought to take him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Vava kulikite ku musumina, kono kakwina yava muviki iyanza chevaka lyokuta kuti inako yakwe kena ivali kusikite.
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?
Kono vungi bwa vantu vava zumini kwali, mi chiva wamba, “Kreste hacheza, ka pange zisupo kuhita izi za panga uzu?”
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude thus debating concerning him; and the chief priest and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him.
Ma Farisi vava zuwi vantu niva shovota izi zintu kuamana ni Jesu, ni mu prisita mukulwana nima Farisi chiva tumina ma pokola kuka musumina.
33 Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.
Jesu cwale cha wamba, “ni sina nanwe che nako inini fela, mi cwale niyenda kwali wani tuma.
34 Ye will seek me and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come.
Kamuni ngane kono kete muni wane; kwete niyende, kete muwole kwiza.”
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?
Ma Juda cwale chiva liwambila mukati kavo, “kayende kuhi uzu mukwame kwete tuwole kusa muwana? ka yende kuma Greek va hasene nikuka ruta ma Greek?
36 What meaneth this which he said, Ye will seek me, and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
linzwi inzi ilyi lya wamba, 'koni ngane kono kete uni wane; kwete ni yende, kete mu wole kwiza'?”
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.
Linu cha mamani, izuva lyi kando lyo mukiti, Jesu cha zimana niku lila, kuwamba, “haiva kwina yo fwile inyotwa, mumusiye eze za nwe kwangu.
38 He that believeth in me, from within him, as the Scripture hath said, will flow rivers of living water.
Iye ya zumina kwangu, sina mulyitela iñolo, lwizi lwa menzi ahala ka luvuve mwi vumo lyakwe.”
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.
Kono ava wambi izi kuamana ni Luhuho, kwavo va zumina kwali muva tambule; Luhuho kena lyiveni kuhewa kevaka lyo kuta kuti Jessu kena va sini ku nyamwinwe.
40 Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.
Vamwi vantu muchisi, hava zuwa manzwi aya, chiva wamba, “Uzu muporofita luli.”
41 Others said, Doth the Christ then come from Galilee?
vamwi vava wambi, “Uzu njiyena Kreste.” kono vamwi vava wambi, “Kreste uzu uzwa kwa Galileya?
42 Hath not the Scripture said, that the Christ cometh from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?
Kena kuti ma ñolo ava wambi kuti Kreste mwa kazwile kwi shika lya Davida mikwa Bethelehema, muzi uko Davida avakwina?”
43 So there was a division among the multitude because of him.
Cwale chikwava niku liyava mu chisi che vaka lyakwe.
44 And some of them wished to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.
Vamwi vava kusaka kumusumina, kono kakwina yava viki iyanza hali.
45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why did ye not bring him?
Cwale ma pokola vava kavoli nima Prisita vakuluna ni ma Falisi, vava wambi kwali, “chinzi hasena mwa muleta?”
46 The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
Mapokola chivetava, “Kakwina yava wambi vuti.”
47 The Pharisees answered them, Have ye also been deceived?
Cwale ma farisi chiva mwitava, “Chova kuchengetwe nawe?
48 Hath any one of the rulers believed in him? or of the Pharisees?
kana kwina va yendisi vava zumini kwali, kapa kuma Falisi?
49 but this multitude that know not the Law are accursed.
Kono ichi chisi chisezi mulao, va kutitwe.”
50 Nicodemus saith to them, being one of them,
Nicodemus (zumwi wa ma Falisi, vava kezi kwali kumatingilo), cha wamba kuvali,
51 Doth our law judge a man, unless it first hear from him, and know what he doeth?
Mulawo wetu u atula muntu ni useni kuzuwa kwali nicho cha panga?”
52 They answered and said to him, Art thou too from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet ariseth from Galilee.
chivetava niku wamba kwakwe, “nawe uzwa kwa Galileya? sakisise uvone kuti kakwina muporofita yozwa kwa Galileya.”
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;
Cwale zumwi ni zumwi cha yenda kwi nzuvo yakwe.
