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.
Nichali, chimali enibhabwila ati, uliya atakwingila nokutula mu mulyango gwa ligutu lya jinama, nawe nalinyila kwa injila eindi, omunu oyo nimwifi no musakusi.
2 The man who enters [the pen] through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
Oyo kengila mu mulyango ni mulefi wa jinama.
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].
Oyo omwigasi wo mulyango kamwigulila. Jinama ejungwa obhulaka bwae najibhilikila jinama jae kwa masina gabho najiulusha anja.
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.
Woli amala okujiulusha anja ejae jona, najitangatila, na jinama nijimulubha kwo kubha, abhamenya obhulaka bwae.
5 But they will never follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
Jitakumulubha omugenyi nawe nibheya nijimwiluka, okubha jitakumenya elaka lya bhagenye.”
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.
Yesu nabhabwila echijekekanyo chinu kubhene, nawe bhatamenyele emisango jinu ejoaliga naika kubhene.
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].
Yesu nabhabwila lindi ati,”nichimali, chimali nabhabwila ati, Anye nili mulyango gwa jinama.
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.
Bhona bhanu bhatangatiye ni bhefi na bhasakusi, nawe jinama jitabhonguwe.
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].
Anye ni mulyango. Wona wona akengila okulabha kwanye, alikila alingila munda nauluka, nomwene alibhona obhulebhelo.
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].
Omwifi atakuja tali kaletwa okwibha, no kwita, no kusimagisha. Nijili koleleki bhabhone obhuanga na bhabhe nabho bhufule.
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].
Anye ni mulefi wa kisi. Omulefi wakisi kategayo obhuanga kulwa jinama.
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.
Omukosi unu kalebhela omuyelo, atali omulefi, unu jinama jitali jae, kalola omusige nibhaja nabhasiga neluka jinama.
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].
No musege abhajigwata no kubhanyalambula. Neluka okubha ni mukosi wa muyelo natakujimenya jinama.
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
Anye ni mulefi we kisi, nimenyele abhani na bhani enibhamenya anye.
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].
Lata amenyele one nimumenyele Lata one enitegayo obhuanga bwani kulwa jinama.
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.
Ninajo jinama ejindi jitali ja mwigutu linu. Nabho bheile okubhaleta one jilungwa lilaka lyani jilibha eijo limwi no mulefi umwi.
17 The reason [my] Father loves me is that I will sacrifice my life. But [after I do that], I will become alive again.
Nikwo kubha Lata anyendele: Nisoshe obhuanga bwani nibhugege lindi.
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.”
Atalio kabhugega okusoka kwanye, nawe anye enibhusosha omwene, Ndino bhuinga bwo kusosha, na ndino bhuinga bwo kubhugega ona. Niyabwilwe echilagilo chinu okusoka ku Lata.”
19 After hearing these words [that Jesus said], the Jews were divided again.
Okwaukana lindi nikusokelela agati ya bhayaudi kwo kubha ye misango ejo.
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]”
Abhafu mwabho nibhaika ati,”Ali no musambwa na asalile. kulwaki omumutegelesha?”
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]”
Abhandi nibhaika ati,”Emisango jinu jitali ja munu unu ali no musambwa. Omusambwa ogutula okwigula ameso go muofu?”
22 Then it was time for the celebration [to remember when our ancestors] rededicated [the Temple in Jerusalem]. It was in winter.
Niwo nigaja amalya gokuchuma Yerusalemu.
23 Jesus was in the Temple [courtyard], walking in [the place that people called King] Solomon’s porch.
gwaliga guli omwanya gwa mbeo, na Yesu aliga nalibhata mu yekalu muchisunya cha Sulemani.
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!”
Niwo Abhayaudi nibhamusingila nibhamubwila ati, “Ulikigyalii ulichitula mukwitimata? alabha awe ni Kristo, chibwile bwelu.
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].
Yesu nabhasubya ati, “Nabhabwiliye nawe mutakwikilisha. Emilimu ejo enikola mwisina lya Lata wani, ejo enibhambalila ingulu yani.
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].
Nolwo kutyo mutakwikilisha okubha emwe mutali bha jinama jani
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.
Jinama jani abhongwa lilaka lyani; Nibhamenyele, ejene nijindubha anye.
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].
Lata wani, abhoanae bhanu, ni mukulu kukila abhandi bhona, na atalio nolwo umwi unu katula okujinyungumbula okusoka mu kubhoko kwa Lata.
30 [My] father and I are equal.”
Anye na Lata chili amwi.”
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].
Nibhagega amabhui okumulasa lindi.
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?”
Yesu nabhasubha ati, “Nabhelesha emilimu myafu emilesi okusoka ku Lata. Kwe milimu mwijo omwenda okundasa amabhui?”
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!”
Abhayaudi nibhamusubya ati,”Chikulasa amabhui kwo mulimu gwona gwona guli gwa kisi, nawe kulwo kufuma, kwo kubha awe, uli munu, kowikola kubha Nyamuanga.”
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.’
Yesu nabhasubya ati, “jitandikilwe mubhilagilo byemwe, 'Naikile, “Amwe muli bhanyamuanga'”?'
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}.
ALabha abhatogele bhanyamuanga, kubhaliya abho Omusango gwa Nyamuanga libhbejiye (na mandiko gatakutula kuwao),
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]
Nibhaika ingulu ya uliya unu Lata amusosishe na mutuma musi, 'Kafuma, 'kwo kubha naikile, 'anye ni Mwana wa Nyamuanga'?
37 If I were not doing the miracles that my Father [told me to do, I would not expect] you to believe in me.
Nikabha nitakukola emilimu ja Lata wani, musige kunyikilisha.
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.”
Nolwo kutyo, alabha nikajikola, nolwo mutakunyikilisha, mujikilishe emilimu koleleki mumenye ati Lata ali mwanye nanye ndi Mulata.”
39 After they heard that, they tried to seize him again, but he got away from them.
Nibhayenja lindi okumugwata Yesu, nawe nagenda jaye nasoka mumabhoko gebwe.
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].
Yesu nagenda jae lindi ngego ya Yordani anu Yohana aliga nabhatija okwamba niyanja eyo.
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!”
Abhanu bhafu nibhaja ku Yesu. Nibhagendelela nibhaika ati, “Yohana chimali atakolele echibhalikisho chona chona, nawe emisango jona ejoaikile Yohana ingulu ya unu omunu nijechimali.”
42 Many people [who came] there believed ([that Jesus was the Messiah/that Jesus truly had come from God]).
Abhanu bhafu nibhamwikilisha Yesu awo.
