John 7
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Momo bu mavioka, Yesu wudiengila mu Ngalili, kasia zola vuanda mu Yuda ko, bila Byuda batomba ku mvonda.
2 Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
Nyengo wu Bayuda, nyengo wu zinzo zi kapu, wuba nduka.
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.
Buna bakhomba bandi zinkamba: —Katuka vava, yenda ku Yuda muingi minlonguki miaku mimona mavanga momo wulembo vangi.
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.
Bila kuisi ko mutu wumvanganga diambu mu kinsueki ayi tidi zabakana kuidi batu. Bu wulembo vangi mambu mama, wukimonisa ngeyo veka kuidi batu ba nza.
5 For even his brothers did not believe in him.
Bila bakhomba bandi mamvawu zisia kunwilukila ko.
6 Jesus saith to them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
Yesu wuba vutudila: —Thanguꞌama yifueni ko vayi beno thangu eno yidi yimbote mu zithangu zioso.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Nza yilendi ku lulenda ko. Vayi minu yifueti kaka kundenda bu ndieti kuyitelimina kimbangi ti mavanga mandi madi mambimbi.
8 Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come.
Diawu beno yendanu kueno ku nyengo beni. Minu ndisi nkuenda ko ku nyengo beni bila thangu ama yifueni ko.
9 Having said these things, he remained in Galilee.
Yesu wuvuanda ku Ngalili bu kamana kuba kamba mambu momo.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Bakhomba bandi bu bayenda ku nyengo, niandi mamvandi wuyenda mu kinsueki, mu kambu kukimonisa kuidi batu.
11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man?
Bayuda bantomba ku nyengo bu batuba: —Kuevi kuidi mutu wowo e?
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.
Maniunguta mawombo mabua mu diambu diandi va khatitsika nkangu wu batu. Batu bankaka batuba ti: —Mutu wowo widi mutu wumboti. Vayi batu bankaka batuba ti: —Nana, batu kalembo vukumuna.
13 No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
Vayi kadi mutu kasia baka kibakala ko mu ku nzonzila va meso ma batu, mu diambu di boma baba mona Bayuda.
14 But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
Nyengo buna weka va khatitsika, Yesu wukota mu Nzo Nzambi ayi wulonga.
15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Bayuda basimina buwombo ayi batuba: Buevi mutu wawu kazabidi masonuku bu didi ti niandi kasia longa ko e?
16 Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
Yesu wuba vutudila: —Malongi mama masi mama veka ko vayi malongi ma mutu wowo wuthuma.
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.
Woso tidi kuandi vanga luzolo lu Nzambi buna buedika wela zaba ti malongi ma ndieta longa kuidi Nzambi maba voti mu luzolo luama veka ndieta yolukila.
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.
Mutu wunlonganga mu luzolo luandi veka, wuntombanga wandi nkembo. Vayi mutu wowo wuntombanga nkembo wu mutu wowo wuntuma, buna niandi mutu wukiedika ayi kuisi ko diambu di luvunu mu niandi.
19 Hath not Moses given you the Law? and none of you keepeth the Law! Why do ye seek to kill me?
Moyize kasia kuluvana mina ko e? Vayi kadi mutu mu beno kakinzikanga Mina ko. Buna bila mbi luntomba kuphondila e?
20 The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon! Who seeketh to kill thee?
Nkangu wuvutula: —Pheve yi mbimbi yidi yaku! Nani tidi kuvonda e?
21 Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one good work, and ye are all wondering.
Yesu wuba vutudila: —Kumu kimosi ndivengi, vayi beno babo lulembo simina.
22 Moses hath given you circumcision, (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers; ) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.
Moyize wuluvana muina wu zenganga nitu yi kibakala, (wusia ba muinꞌandi ko vayi wuba wu bakulu). Vayi beno lueti zenganga nitu yi kibakala mu lumbu ki saba.
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?
Enati bakala zengusulu nitu yi kibakala mu lumbu ki saba mu diambu di bika bundula muina wu Moyize, buna bila mbi beno lufueti kumfuemina bu ndibelusa mbevo mu lumbu ki saba e?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Diawu bikanu sambisa batu mu thalu yi zizi vayi lusambisa mu tsambusulu yi songa.
25 Then some of the men of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
Basi Yelusalemi bankaka batuba: —Niandi ko mutu wowo batidi vonda e?
26 and see! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers discovered certainly that this man is the Christ?
Vayi tala buabu wulembo longi mu kiphuanza vayi bakadi kunkanga kadi diambu dimosi. Mananga bapfumu zimueni ti bukiedika kuandi niandi Klisto e?
27 Still, as to this man, we know whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
Vayi tuzebi mutu wowo ayi tunzebi kuevi kaba vayi Klisto bu kela kuiza, kadi mutu kasi zaba ko kuevi kela ba!
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.
Muna nzo Nzambi, Yesu wuyamikina, bu kaba longa: —Bukiedika luzebi minu ndidi nani ayi kuevi ndiba! Ndisia kuizila mu luzolo luama veka ko vayi mutu wowo wuthuma niandi wukiedika; beno luisi kunzaba ko.
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Minu ndinzebi, bila kuidi niandi ndiba ayi niandi wuthuma.
30 Therefore they sought to take him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Bazola kumbuila. Vayi kadi mutu kasia nunga ko mu kumbuila, bila thangu andi buna yifueni ko.
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?
Batu bawombo mu bobo baba mu nkangu banwilukila ayi batuba: —Klisto bu kela kuiza, wela vanga bikumu biwombo viokila biobi bilembu vangi mutu wawu e?
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude thus debating concerning him; and the chief priest and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him.
Bafalisi bawa nkangu wu batu wuniunguta mambu momo mu diambu diandi. Diawu Bafalisi va kimosi ayi bapfumu zi zinganga Nzambi batumaminsungi mi Nzo Nzambi muingi mienda kangi Yesu.
33 Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.
Vayi Yesu wukamba: —Ndikidi yeno diaka vava mu thangu yikhufi, bosi ndiela vutuka kuidi mutu wuthuma.
34 Ye will seek me and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come.
Buna luela kuthomba vayi lulendi kumbona ko. Koko ndiela ba, beno lulendi kuiza kuna ko.
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?
Bayuda bakambasana bawu na bawu: —Buna kuevi mutu wawu kela kuenda koko tulendi kummonina ko e? Mananga tidi kuenda kuidi batu bobo bamuangana mu zitsi zi Bangeleki ayi tidi kuenda longi Bangeleki e?
36 What meaneth this which he said, Ye will seek me, and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
Buna buevi buididi tsundu yi mambu momo katubidi ti: “Luela kuthomba, vayi lulendi kumbona ko ayi koko ndiela ba beno lulendi kuiza kuna ko e?”
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.
Mu lumbu kitsuka ki nyengo, kiawu lumbu kinneni ki nyengo, Yesu wutelama vana ayi wuyamikina: —Enati mutu phuila kadi buna bika kiza kuidi minu ayi kanua.
38 He that believeth in me, from within him, as the Scripture hath said, will flow rivers of living water.
Banga bu dikisonimina: woso wukunguilukila, minlangu miwombo mi luzingu miela kumba mu niandi.
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.
Wutubila bobo mu diambu di Pheve Yinlongo yela tambula batu babo bela kunwilukila. Mu thangu yina batu batambudi ko Pheve bila buna Yesu katambudi ko nkembo.
40 Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.
Batu bawombo mu nkangu bu bawa mambu momo, batuba: —Kiedika mutu wawu mbikudi.
41 Others said, Doth the Christ then come from Galilee?
Vayi bankaka ti: —Niandi Klisto. Bankaka ti: —Buna Klisto wulenda kuandi totukila mu Ngalili e?
42 Hath not the Scripture said, that the Christ cometh from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?
Tala, masonoko matubanga ko ti Klisto kafueti totukila mu nkuna Dividi ayi kafueti butukila ku Betelemi, buala bu Davidi e?
43 So there was a division among the multitude because of him.
—Nkangu wu batu wuvasuka mu diambu diandi.
44 And some of them wished to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.
Bankaka bazola kumbuila vayi kadi mutu kasia ku mbuidikisa ko.
45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why did ye not bring him?
Minsungi mi Nzo Nzambi mivutuka kuidi bapfumu zinganga Nzambi ayi Bafalisi; bawu baba yuvula: —Bila mbi luisi kuntuadila ko e?
46 The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
Minsungi mivutula: —Kuisi ko mutu wumatuama yolukila banga buyolukidi mutu wowo!
47 The Pharisees answered them, Have ye also been deceived?
Bafalisi baba yuvula: —Buna beno mamveno luvunukini e?
48 Hath any one of the rulers believed in him? or of the Pharisees?
Vadi mutu wumosi mu bapfumu voti mu Bafalisi wuwilukidi mutu wowo e?
49 but this multitude that know not the Law are accursed.
Vayi nkangu wu batu bobo bakambulu zaba Mina, widi wusingu!
50 Nicodemus saith to them, being one of them,
Buna mutu wumosi mu bawu, Nikodemi, mutu wowo wuyenda kuidi Yesu va builu, wuba kamba:
51 Doth our law judge a man, unless it first hear from him, and know what he doeth?
—A buevi, Mina mieto mieti zengila mutu nkanu mu kambu teka wa mutu beni ayi mu kambu teka zaba mambu mbi kavengi e?
52 They answered and said to him, Art thou too from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet ariseth from Galilee.
Bamvutudila: —Ayi ngeyo mamvaku widi muisi Ngalili e? Tanga mu Mina ayi yindula masonoko, buna ma wumona ti mbikudi kalendi totukila mu Ngalili ko. [
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;
Buna kadika mutu wuvutuka ku nzoꞌandi.
