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.
Jisu minto, “Ngo nonua jvjv nga minjidunv: Yvvnyi ngv svlarnaam lo agi lokv aamadunv, vbvritola kvvbi lamtv lokv gvkarnv hv dvchonv okv dvritnaaritnv.
2 The man who enters [the pen] through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
Yvvnyi ngv agi lokv aadunv hv svlar vdwa kaayanvngv.
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].
Agi kaayanvngv agi a ninyigv lvgabv mvkok jire; svlar vdwv ninyigv vlv nga tvvpare hv ninyigv svlar a amina minla gokrikunyi, okv hv bunua agumbv linggv reku.
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.
Vdwlo hv bunua agum lo linggv rilo, hv bunua vngchola vnggvdu, okv svlar vdwv ninyia vngming gvdu, ogulvgavbolo bunu ninyigv vlv nga tvvchin do.
5 But they will never follow a stranger. Instead, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
Bunu kvvbia vngming gvmare; vmabvya bunu kiyu yare vkvnv nyi nga ogulvgavbolo bunu ninyigv vlv nga tvvchinma.”
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.
Jisu bunua so minchisinam sum minjito, vbvritola bunuv ogugonyi mindunvdw um tvchin mato.
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].
Vkvlvgabv Jisu lvkodv mindvto, “Ngo jvjv nga nonua minji dunvla: Ngo svlar gv agi ngv.
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.
Kvvbi mvnwngngv yvvdw ngam aachoyadunv hv dvchonv okv dvritnaaritnv, vbvritola svlar hv bunua tvvma duku.
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].
Ngo agi v yvvdw ngo gvlokv arwng aadunv hv ringnam ha paare; hv arwnglo aare okv agumbv vngre okv nvmwng mapareku.
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].
Dvchonv arwng aadu ogulvgavbolo dvcho dubv, mvkidubv, okv mvyakmvchak dubv. Ngo aapvnv nonua svngsu alvbv singmu rimu dubv.
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].
“Ngo alvnv svlar kaayanv, yvvdw svlar lvgabv sidubv mvngnv ngv,
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.
Svlar sokw manv okv kaaya riakw manv jonam nyi ngv vdwlo svcha nga aadu bv kaaparinyi, hv svlar a kayupila okv kiudunv; vkvlvgabv svcha ngv gamdu okv bunua charjung charngola charra dukunv.
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].
Jonam nyi ngv kiudunv ogulvgavbolo hv jonam nyi vmwng okv svlar a alvbv kaaria madunv.
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
Ngo alvnv svlar kaayanv. Abu ngam chindu okv ngo Abunyi chindu, vkv aingbv ngo ngoogv svlar ha chindu okv bunu ngam chindu. Okv ngo bunugv lvgabv sidubv mvngdunv.
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].
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.
Ngoogv svlar kvgonv so svlarnaam soka doomanv vka doodunv. Ngo bunuaka so naalwk rungre, bunu ngoogv vlv nga tvvre, okv bunu svlar vdwa akin gubvrila kaayanv akingv kaanam gubv rireku.”
17 The reason [my] Father loves me is that I will sacrifice my life. But [after I do that], I will become alive again.
“Abu ngam pakdunv ogulvgavbolo ngo ngoogv singnam a mvngnga sidubv mvngdunv, vkvlvga um ngo paakor nyula dukubv vla.
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.”
Yvvka ngoogv singnam ha ngoogv lokv dvrit mare. Ngo um ngo atubongv anyubv mvngnga supvnv, ngo um jilaka nyure okv ngo um naakurka nyula reku. So sumnv ngoogv Abu nga ritokv vla gamki la minam v.”
19 After hearing these words [that Jesus said], the Jews were divided again.
Lvkodv nyi vdwv apumlo so gaam vdw so gv lvgabv asak sutoku.
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]”
Bunugv lokv nyi achialvgo minyato, “Hv uyuvram gvdu! Hv surupv! nonu ninyia ogulvgabv tvvya dunv?”
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]”
Vbvritola kvvbi vdwv minyato, “Nyi uyuvram gvnv ngv svbv minyu madunv! oguaingbv uyuvram v nyikchingnv nyi vdwa nyiktarla kaapa dukubv mvla nyudubv?”
22 Then it was time for the celebration [to remember when our ancestors] rededicated [the Temple in Jerusalem]. It was in winter.
So si svkar poolu bv ritoku, okv Pwknvyarnvnaam a kumkok jokok lwkdw pumja nga Jerusalem lo ritoku.
23 Jesus was in the Temple [courtyard], walking in [the place that people called King] Solomon’s porch.
Jisu Pwknvyarnvnaam gv Solomon Pvrvlo vngkarto,
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!”
vdwlo nyi vdwv ninyia goyum tokudw okv tvvkato, “No ngonua vdwnvgo ayungbv angaaja mobwng modubv? Jvjv nga ngonua minjilabv: no Kristo rungre?”
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].
Jisu mirwkto, “Ngo nonua mintam jipvkunv, vbvritola nonu nga mvngjwng mato. Ngo, ngo Abu gv ngo lvgabv tolwkkunam ha minku lokv ngo hvkvnv ogu vdwa ridu;
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].
vbvritola nonu mvngjwng mare, vkvlvgabv nonu ngoogv svlar ma.
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.
Ngoogv svlar v ngoogv minam ha tvvya dunv; ngo bunua chindu, okv bunu ngam vngming gvdu.
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].
Ngo Abu gv ngam jinammv ogumvnwng nga kaiyanvngv, Abu gv ringchum kunam lokv yvvka bunua dvrit nyulamare.
30 [My] father and I are equal.”
Abu la ngo akinnv.”
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].
Vbvrikunamv nyi vdwv ninyia ordubv vla vlwng naarap nyatoku.
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?”
Jisu bunua minto, “Abu gv ngam ritokv vla jinam a ngo alvnv achialvgo nonugv kaakulo ritoku; so gv alvnv rinam sokv ogubv nonu nga vlwng ortv dunv?”
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!”
Bunu mirwksito, “Ngonu nam alvnv rinam lvkwngbv vlwng ortvma, vbvritola no gv Pwknvyarnvnyi minyingminchu kunam lvkwnglo! No nyi nyimummv mvngchik, vbvritola no atuv Pwknvyarnv gubv mvsudubv rikwngdu!”
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.’
Jisu mirwkto, “So si nonugv Pvbv lo lvkpvpv Pwknvyarnv minto, ‘Nonu Pwknvyarnv vdwv.’
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}.
Ngonu chindu Darwknv Kitaplo ogugo lvkpvdw hv jvjv bwngre; okv Pwknvyarnv ho nyi vdwa Pwknvyarnv vdwv vla minto, ninyigv doin a jikunam nyi vdwa.
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]
Ngogvbv Abu ngam darto okv nyiamooku lo imuto. Vbvrikunamv, ngo Pwknvyarnv gv Kuunyilo ngv vnam lvkwnglo nonu ngam oguaingbv Pwknvyarnvnyi minyingminchudu vla minyu dunv?
37 If I were not doing the miracles that my Father [told me to do, I would not expect] you to believe in me.
Vbvrikunamv ngam mvngjwng mabvka, ngo ngo Abu gv ngam ritokv vnam ha rima dunvlo.
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.”
Vbvritola ngo bunua rijeka, nonu ngam mvngjwngma, nonu ngoogv rinam lokaka achukgo mvngjwng tvvka, Abu ngoogvlo doodu okv ngo Abu gvlo doodu vla nonu mvnwngngv chiminam lvgabv.”
39 After they heard that, they tried to seize him again, but he got away from them.
Bunu lvkodv Jisunyi naatung dubv rikwto, vbvritola hv bunugv laak lokv doksok lintoku.
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].
Vbvrikunamv Jisu lvkodv vngkorla Jordan svko nga rapbola Jon gv baptisma jikulo vngtoku, okv hv hoka doolwk toku.
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!”
Nyi vdwv nw gvlo achialvgo aatoku. “Jon lamrwpanam rila kaatam ma,” bunu minto, “Vbvritola ninyigv so nyi gv lvgabv minam mvnwngngv Jvjv rungpv.”
42 Many people [who came] there believed ([that Jesus was the Messiah/that Jesus truly had come from God]).
Okv hoka nyi achialvgo ninyia mvngjwng toku.
