John 10
1 [Jesus continued by saying to us], “Listen carefully to what I say. Anyone who does not enter [the sheep pen] through the gate, if he climbs in some other way, he is a thief or a bandit.
Kadura, kadura inboshi desa daki maribe ana tukum uhana itamba, manno matarsa ure una, unu uginome ukari mani.
2 The man who enters [the pen] through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
Desa da maribe ana tukum memani unu tarsan ini tam imi.
3 The man who watches the gate at [night] opens the gate for him. The sheep recognize the shepherd’s voice. He summons his own sheep by [calling out] the names [he has given] them. Then he leads them outside [the pen].
Unu hira anatukum ma adi pokimeni itamme ikuna nimyiran numeme, matisa item imeme in ta zaa tiwe na kuri ma han we amatara.
4 After he has brought out all his own [sheep], he goes in front of them. His sheep follow him because they recognize [and pay attention to] his voice.
Sa ma ēn we vat a matara, ma haki aje aweme, itame unu tarsa ume, barki wa rusa nimyiran numeme.
5 But they will never follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
Wa ke wa tarsa ugenuba senke wa sumime, barki wa tame nimyiran ni ugenuba.
6 Jesus said that [MET] [to illustrate the difference between himself and the Pharisees, who were deceiving the people]. But they did not understand what he was telling them.
Yeso ma wuzi we tize in nubata, da wa tinka imum me sa ma buu we ba.
7 So Jesus spoke to them again. He said, “Listen carefully to what I am saying. I am [like] [MET] a gate for the sheep [to enter the sheepfold, because I am the one who allows people to enter God’s presence].
Yeso makuri magun we, “Kadundura, kadundura, in buu shi, mimani ana tukum item.
8 All of [your religious leaders] who have come previously [without my authority] are [like] [MET] thieves and bandits [because they act violently and dishonestly for their own benefit]. But [just like] sheep do not [obey strangers, God’s people do not] pay attention to them.
Vat andesa wa ē aje am akari wani nan anu bursa tirunga tanu, da itam me ya kunna we ba.
9 I am [like] a gate. Those will be saved {[God] will save all those} who come [to God] by [trusting in] me. [Just like sheep] go in and out [through the gate safely] to find pasture [MET], [I will provide for them and protect them].
Mimani anatukum, me desa maribe ahira am, madi kem ubura, madi ribe ma suri makure makim ahiraukese.
10 Thieves come [to a sheep pen] only to steal or kill or destroy [sheep] [MET]. [Similarly, your religious leaders injure God’s people spiritually]. But I have come in order that people may have [eternal/spiritual] life, and that they may have abundantly [all they need to sustain them spiritually].
Ukari mada ezeba senke barki ma wuzi ni kari nan uhuna anu, ma aye ini barki wa kem uvengize wa kuri wa kem uvenke gbardan.
11 I am [like] a good shepherd. A good shepherd [is willing to] die to save the sheep [MET]. [Similarly, I am ready to sacrifice myself to save those who belong to me].
Mi mani unu tarsa inanu uhem, unutarsa inanu uhuma maki nyanice nume barki itam ime.
12 A worker whom someone has hired [to look after the sheep] is not [like] the shepherd or the one who owns the sheep. So when he sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock of sheep and [seizes one sheep and] causes [the others] to scatter.
Desa mazi vana uka dura, da unu keseba, desa da memani unu itam, ingi ma ira Biyayau bi eze madi sumima ceki itam me, Biyayau me bidi zike itam me bi samirkawe.
13 The worker runs away because he is [only] a man whom someone has hired. He is not [really] concerned about [what happens to] the sheep [MET]. [Similarly, your religious teachers do not really care what happens to you].
Ma sumi barki me una katuma ki kirfi kani mada igizome ini itam ba.
14 I am [like] a good shepherd. [Just like a good shepherd knows his] sheep [MET], I know those who belong to me, and they know me
Nimani unu tarsa ina anu uhuma, in rusa am, am wa rusam.
15 in the same way as [my] Father knows me and I know [my] Father. Furthermore, I am [ready to] sacrifice myself for [those who belong to me].
Acoo me ma rusam, nima in rusa acoo me, ma nya nice num barki itam.
16 And I have other people [who are not Jews] who [will some day] belong to me. They will be [like] [MET] sheep from another sheep pen. I must bring them [to God/myself] also. They will pay attention to what I say, and eventually [all those who belong to me] will be [like] one flock, and [I] will be [like] [MET] their one shepherd.
In zin in ire itam sade ini goo nige niniba itam iginome, ya cuku, in ēn in ini, we cangi wadi kuna nimyira num barki wa cukuno nigoo ni inde unu utarsa u inde.
17 The reason [my] Father loves me is that I will sacrifice my life. But [after I do that], I will become alive again.
Barki ane ani acoo ma hem in ni ma nya iriba barki in kem me.
18 No one is causing me to die. Instead, I [have chosen to] sacrifice myself. I have authority to sacrifice myself and I have authority to become alive again. That is what my Father has commanded me to do.”
Unu zika ume ahira am ma raniba, ini nice num ma nya shi me barki ma bari in nya me, inzini ubari in ziki me. Na kaba ubuka ugino me ahira acoo um.
19 After hearing these words [that Jesus said], the Jews were divided again.
“Uhana ace wa ribe anyimo ama Yahudawa, barki ogoran agino me.
20 Many of them said, “A demon is [controlling] him and has caused him to become crazy. (It is useless to listen to him!/Why should we listen to him?) [RHQ]”
Gardan anyimo awe wa gu, nizin unu gbardan, unu iranza mani. Barki nyanini in zinu kunna ume”.
21 But others said, “What he is saying is not something a man whom a demon is controlling would say. (No demon could enable a blind man to see [like he did!/] How could a demon enable a blind man to see [like he did]?) [RHQ]”
Aye aweme wa gu, agoran agino da ade sa mazin in na gbargena mani ba. Nani una gbargene mada ke ma poki aje urubo?
22 Then it was time for the celebration [to remember when our ancestors] rededicated [the Temple in Jerusalem]. It was in winter.
Uganiya u udi kpechu a Urushalima wa aya.
23 Jesus was in the Temple [courtyard], walking in [the place that people called King] Solomon’s porch.
Uganiya unikuzi nini, Yeso mahak anyimo anikobo ni Sulemanu.
24 The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] gathered around him and said, “How long will you keep us from knowing for sure [if you are the Messiah]? If you are the Messiah, tell us clearly!”
A Yahudawa zogizi wa gu, “Unu maya uni idi ceki duru, anyimo ma, aye, ingi hama iri Asere, bukan duru ti rusa”.
25 Jesus answered them, “I have told you [that I am the Messiah], but you do not believe me! You should know who I am because of the miracles I do with my Father’s authority [MTY].
Yeso magun we, “In boo shi a ani daki ya hem ba, imum be sa in wuza anyimo nizana acoo um ine ini ibezizi me aveni.
26 But instead, you do not believe in me because you do not belong to [me. You are like] [MET] sheep [who belong to a different shepherd].
Vat ani me daya hem ba barki shi da itam in ini ba.
27 [Just like sheep] heed the voice [of their true shepherd] [MET], my [people pay attention to what I say]. I know them, and they have become my disciples.
Itam ini ikuna nimyiran num, in rusa we wa tarsam.
29 [Those] that my Father has given to me are more precious than anything else (OR, My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than anything that opposes them). So no one can pull them away from belonging to him [MTY].
Acoo um, desa ma nyam we mateki kondavi uni gbardan, unu rusa ubura uwe atari acoo ma rani ba.
30 [My] father and I are equal.”
Ni nan kacoo a inde ani.
31 The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] again picked up stones to throw at Jesus [and kill him because they were angry at his saying that he was equal with God].
Ba ma Yahudawa wa ziki apo barki wa vingizi meni.
32 But Jesus said to them, “You have seen me perform many miracles that my Father [told me to do. You should realize from seeing them that I am equal with God]. So, because of which of these miracles [IRO] are you wanting to [kill me by] throwing stones at me?”
Yeso makabirkawe, “Mabezi shi timu mum tihuma gbardang ahira acoo um barki iya imum ini anyimo iginome izin vingizi umni?”.
33 The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] replied, “We are [wanting to] throw stones at you not because you performed a great miracle. Instead, [we are wanting to do it] because you are dishonoring God. You are just a man, but you are saying that you are God!”
Ba ma Yahudawa wakabirkame, “Da barki kare katuma kahuma kani ti nyara uvingizi uwe ni ba, barki u cara, barki hu unu ma ni, ukurzuzo nice nuwe Asere”.
34 Jesus replied to them, “In the Scriptures it is written {([someone/the Psalmist]) has written} [RHQ] [what God said to the rulers whom he had appointed], ‘I have said that you are [like] gods.’
Yeso makabarka we, “Unyitike u ginome u zoni, anyimo ashi, maguna, “Shi makiri?”.
35 God said that [to those leaders when he appointed them. No one objected to that]. And nothing that is in Scripture can be set aside {no one can set aside anything that is in Scripture}.
Inki mattawe makiri we ande sa tize ta Asere ta ē ahira aweme (wadake wa da pura me tize ba).
36 But I am the one [my] Father set apart to completely belong to him. He sent me here into this world. So (why are you angry with me for saying that [I am equal with God when I say] that I am the man who is also God?/you should not be angry with me for saying that [I am equal with God when I say] that I am the person who is both God and man!) [RHQ]
Ibo desa acoo ma zauka makuri matumime unē, uzinnu cara, Barki maguna, mi vana Asere mani?
37 If I were not doing the miracles that my Father [told me to do, I would not expect] you to believe in me.
Indaki ka coo um kaniba kati ihemin mi ba.
38 But because I perform these miracles, believe [what] these miracles [show about me], even though you do not believe what I [say]. If you do that, then you will know and understand that [my] Father has a close relationship with me, and I have a close relationship with [my] Father.”
Ingi in wuza anime, daki shi yahem inmi ba, hemni inni mu me barki i rusi, ikuri irusi acoo ma raa anyimo am, mi in raa anyimo coo.
39 After they heard that, they tried to seize him again, but he got away from them.
Wakuri wa sokace umeki ume, madusa me imumime, masuri atari tuwe.
40 Then Jesus went, along [with us], back across [to the east side of] the Jordan [River]. We went to the place where John was previously baptizing [people]. He/We stayed there [for a few weeks].
Ma dusame imum ime uhana uraba u Urdu, uhana ahira sa Yohana ma zin nu wuza u baptisma makuri ma cukkuno a hirame.
41 Many people came to Jesus. They were saying, “John never performed a miracle, [but this man has performed many miracles]! Everything that John said about this man is true!”
Anu gbardang wa ē ahira me, wagu “Kadure daki Yahaya ma wuzi ire imum u ira ba, vat imum me sa Yahaya magu anice ninu ugeme kadure kani”.
42 Many people [who came] there believed ([that Jesus was the Messiah/that Jesus truly had come from God]).
Anu gbardang wa hemen imme a hirame.
