John 7
1 After those things happened, Jesus went around in Galilee [province]. He did not want to travel in Judea [province], because he knew that the Jewish [leaders there] were wanting to kill him.
Hibang teng zawkciang in, Jesus sia Galilee huam sung ah pai hi: banghangziam cile Judah mite in that nuam ahikom Judah ngam sung ah pai ngawl hi.
2 But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
Tu in Judah te i biakbuk poai hong nai zo hi.
3 Jesus’ [younger] brothers said to him, “[Since many people] here [have left you], you should leave and go to Judea [province and perform] some miracles there, so that your disciples may see them!
Tua ahikom a suapui te in Jesus kung ah, na vawt nasep te na nungzui te zong in a mu thei natu in, hi mun pan Judah ngam sung ah pai tan.
4 No one who wants to become famous does things secretly. [You say] you are doing these miracles, [so do some miracles there] so that everyone [MTY] can see them!”
Banghangziam cile a kilang in ngual heak tu a dei te kuama in a thimtham in seam ngawl hi. Hibang te na vawt ahile leitung mite kung ah nangma le nangma ki pualak in, ci uh hi.
5 [They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
Banghangziam cile a suapui te in zong Ama a um bua uh hi.
6 So Jesus said to them, “It is not yet time for me [MTY] [to go to the celebration]. For you, any time is right [to go to the celebration].
Tua zawkciang in Jesus in amate tung ah, Ka hun hong theng ngawl lai hi: ahihang note atu a tawntung in hunpha a hihi.
7 [The people] [MTY] [who] ([do not believe in me/do not belong to God]) cannot hate you, but they hate me because I tell them that what they are doing is evil.
Leitung in note hong ensan thei ngawl hi; ahihang kei hong ensan hi, banghangziam cile amate nasep pha ngawl hi, ci tetti ka pang hi.
8 You [(pl)] go ahead to the celebration. I am not going up [to Jerusalem] to the celebration [yet], because now is not the right time for me [to go].”
Hi poai ah pai tavun: kei hile ka hun cing ngawl lai ahikom pai ngawl lai tu khi hi, ci hi.
9 After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
Hi thu te a son laitak in, Ama sia Galilee ah om nginge lai hi.
10 However, [a few days] after his younger brothers left to go up to the celebration, he went also. He went, along with [us] disciples, but no others went with us.
Ahihang a suapui te a pai zawkciang in, Jesus zong poai ah hongpai a, a kilang ngawl in pai ku hi.
11 At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
Tua zawkciang in poai mun ah Judah te in Ama zong uh a, koisung ah om ziam? ci uh hi.
12 Among the crowds, many people were whispering about Jesus. Some were saying, “He is a good man!” But others were saying instead, “No! He is deceiving the crowds!”
Taciang mipi te sung ah Jesus thu taw kisai in phun teaptup uh hi: banghangziam cile mi pawlkhat te in, Ama sia mipha hi, ci uh a: a dang te in, hi ngawl hi; Ama in ngual theam hi, ci uh hi.
13 But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
Ahihang Judah mite a lau uh hang in kuama in a kilang in a pau ngam bua uh hi.
14 In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
Tu in poai a lang bang a man ciang Jesus sia biakinn sung ah pai a, thuhil hi.
15 The Jewish [elders] were amazed [at what he was saying]. They said, “This man never studied [in one of our religious schools]! So (how can he have learned [so much about Scripture]?/it is difficult for us to believe that he has learned [so much about Scripture]!) [RHQ]”
Judah mite in lamdangsa in, hi sia pa sia sin le sin ngei ngawl napi, bangbang in lai he thei ziam? ci uh hi.
16 Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
Jesus in, Kong hil thu sia keima a hi ngawl hi, ahihang keima hong sawlpa i hilna a hihi.
17 Those who choose to do what God wants will find out whether what I teach comes from God or whether I am speaking with [only] my own [authority].
Mihing khatpo in Pathian deina a seam tu ahile, ka hilna sia Pathian kung pan maw, a hibale keima thinsung suak hi zaw, ci he tu hi.
18 Those who speak with [only] their own [authority] do that [only] so that others will honor them. But I am [doing things so that others] will honor the one who sent me, and I am someone who speaks the truth. I never lie.
Ama thinsung suak a hil peuma in ama minthanna tu zong hi: ahihang ama a sawlpa atu in minthanna a zong sia mipha a hihi, taciang ama sung ah thuman ngawl na om ngawl hi.
19 [Think about] the laws that Moses gave you [RHQ]. None of you [completely] obeys those laws. So why are you trying to kill me, [saying I do not obey the laws concerning] ([the Sabbath/the Jewish day of rest])?”
Moses in note thukham hong pia hi ngawl ziam? ahihang kuama in thukham na zui bua uh hi, Banghang in hong that nuam nu ziam? ci in zo hi.
20 Someone in the crowd answered, “[By saying this you show that] you are crazy (OR, A demon is controlling you)! Certainly no one is trying to kill you!”
Mipi te in, doai vei ni hi: kua in hong that nuam na ziam? ci zo uh hi.
21 Jesus replied to them, “Because I did a miracle [of healing someone] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), you are all shocked.
Jesus in amate tung ah, Nasep khat ka seam a, na vekpi in lamdang na sa uh hi.
22 Moses gave you [a law that you must] circumcise [the male children and that you must do that exactly seven days after they are born. Actually], it was your ancestors, [Abraham and Isaac and Jacob], not Moses, who [started that ritual]. But because of that law, you sometimes circumcise them (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day), [but that is working, too]
Tua ahikom Moses in vunteap at na thu hong pia hi; (hi sia in Moses hang hi ngawl in, pu le pa te hang a hihi; ) taciang note in sabbath ni in vunteap at nu hi.
23 You [sometimes] circumcise boys (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) so that the law of Moses is not disobeyed {[you] do not disobey the law of Moses}, so (it is ridiculous that you are angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man!/why are you angry with me, saying [I worked] (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day) by healing a man?) [RHQ] [Healing someone is far more helpful than circumcising a baby boy]!
Moses thukham paltan ngawl tu in khatpo in sabbath ni in vunteap ki at a hile, banghang in sabbath ni in mihing khat ka damsak hang in ka tung ah thin-uk nu ziam?
24 Stop deciding whether my healing this man is wrong according to what you see! Instead, decide according to what is really the right action [to help people]”!
Maitang en in thukhen heak vun, ahihang a man thukhenna taw thukhen vun, ci hi.
25 Some of the people from Jerusalem were saying, “(This is the man that they are trying to kill!/Isn’t this the man that they are trying to kill?) [RHQ]
Tua zawkciang in Jerusalem pan mi pawlkhat te in, ngual i thatlum nuam in a zon uh sia hi sia pa hi ngawl ziam?
26 He is saying these things (publicly/in front of many people), but our [Jewish] rulers are not saying anything to [oppose] him. Is that because they have decided that he is truly (the Messiah/God’s chosen king)?
Ahihang, en vun, hangsantak in thuhil a, amate in bangma ci thei ngawl hi. Ngam uk te in hisia pa sia Christ tatak hi, ci a he takpi uh ziam?
27 But [he cannot be the Messiah, because] we know where this man came from. When the Messiah really comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
Ahihang hisia pa sia a kua ziam, ci i he bua hi: ahihang Christ hongpai ciang in, koisung pan hongpai, ci sia kuama in he ngawl hi, ci uh hi.
28 [They said that because they thought Jesus was born in Nazareth]. So while Jesus was teaching [people] in the Temple [courtyard], he shouted, “Yes, [you say that] you know me, and [you think] you know [IRO] where I am from. But I have come here not (because I appointed myself/with my own authority). Instead, [God] is the one who truly sent me. You do not know him.
Jesus sia biakinn sung ah thu a hil kawm in au a, Note in hong he nu hi, taciang koisung pan hongpai, ci zong hong he nu hi: ahihang kei hong sawlpa sia thuman hi a, note in Ama sia na he bua uh hi.
29 But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
Ahihang keima in Ama ka he hi: banghangziam cile keima sia Ama kung pan ka hi a, Ama in hong sawl hi, ci hi.
30 Then they tried to seize him [because he said that he had come from God]. But no one put their hands on him [to do that], because it was not yet the time [MTY] [for him to die].
Tua zawkciang in amate in Jesus mat sawm uh hi: ahihang kuama in man ngam ngawl hi, banghangziam cile a hun cing ngawl lai hi.
31 But many of the crowd believed that he [had come from God]. They said, “When the Messiah comes, he certainly will not do more miracles than this man has done, will he?”
Taciang mi tampi te in Ama um uh a, Christ hongpai ciang in, hi sia pa i vawt sang in a tamzaw nalamdang te vawt tu hi, ci uh hi.
32 The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
Pharisee te in Jesus thu taw kisai in mite a phun na thu za uh hi; taciang Pharisee te le thiampi lian te in Jesuh man tu in palik te paisak hi.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
Tua zawkciang in Jesus in amate tung ah, Tawmvei sung note taw kong omkhawm tu hi, taciang kei hong sawlpa kung ah pai tu khi hi.
34 Then you will search for me, but you will not find me. And you will not be able to come to the place where I am.”
Note in nong zong tu uh a, ahihang nong mu bua tu uh hi: ka omna mun ah note nong pai thei bua tu uh hi, ci hi.
35 So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] said to themselves, “Where is this man about to go with the result that we will not be able to find him? [Some Jewish people have] dispersed [and live] among Greek people. He is not intending to go [and live among them] and teach them, is he?
Tua zawkciang in Judah te in amate sung ah, ei i mu ngawl tu in koisung pai tu ziam? Gentile mite sung ah a ki thethang te kung pai in, Gentile mite hil tu a hi tu ziam?
36 When he said ‘You will search for me, but you will not be able to find me,’ and when he said ‘You will not be able to come to the place where I am,’ what [did he mean]?”
Note in nong zong tu uh a, ahihang hong mu ngawl tu nu hi: ka omna mun ah note nong pai thei bua tu uh hi, a ci sia bang a cinopna hi tu ziam? ci tek uh hi.
37 [On each of the seven days of the celebration, the high priest poured out some water on the altar in the Temple to remember how God provided water for the people in the desolate area long ago. But the water he poured did not help anyone who was thirsty. So] on the last day of the festival, which was the most important day, Jesus stood up [in the Temple courtyard] and said with a loud voice, “Those who are thirsty should come to me to drink [what I will give them].
Poai ni a khakbel, ni thupi ni in, Jesus hong ding a, Khatpo a dang a tak le, ka kung ah hongpai tahen a, dawn tahen.
38 Just like the Scriptures teach, streams of water shall flow out from within those who believe in me, and that water will cause them to live [eternally].”
Keima hong um peuma laithiangtho in a ci bang in, a pumpi sung pan in a nungta nguntui luang tu hi, ci hi.
39 When Jesus said that, he was referring to [God’s] Spirit, whom those who believed in Jesus would receive later. Up to that time God had not sent the Spirit [to live within believers], because Jesus had not yet [died and returned to his] glorious [home in] heaven, [from where he would send the Spirit].
Ahihang hithu sia Jesus in Ama a um te in a san tu Thaa thu a sonna a hihi: banghangziam cile Jesus vang ki liansak ngawl lai ahikom in Tha Thiangtho ki pia ngawl hi.
40 When some of the crowd heard those words, they said, “Surely this man is the prophet [whom God promised to send who would be like Moses]!”
Tua ahikom in mi tampi in hi thu a zak uh ciang in, hisia pa sia kamsang tatak hi, ci uh hi.
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah!” But others, [thinking Jesus was born in Galilee], said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee [province], will he?
Midang te in, hisia Christ hi, ci uh hi. Ahihang pawlkhat te in, Galilee pan Christ hongpai tu ziam?
42 (Did [a prophet] not write in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived?/[It is written] in the Scriptures that the Messiah will come from [King] David’s family, and be born in Bethlehem, where [King] David lived!) [RHQ]”
Laithiangtho in, Christ sia David suan sung pan hongpai tu hi, taciang David omna Bethlehem khuapi pan hongpai tu hi, ci hi ngawl ziam? ci uh hi.
43 So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
Tua ahikom, Jesus hang in mite sung ah ki khenna hong om hi.
44 Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
Pawlkhat te in man nuam uh hi napi; ahihang kuama in khut a nga ngam bua uh hi.
45 So the Temple guards returned to the chief priests and the Pharisees, [the ones who had sent them to arrest Jesus]. They said to the guards, “Why did you not [seize him and] bring him [here]?”
Tua zawkciang in, palik te thiampi lian le Pharisee te kung ah hongpai uh a; amate in, banghang in Jesus hong paipui ngawl nu ziam? ci uh hi.
46 They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
Palik te in, hisia pa bang in kuama in thuhil ngei ngawl hi, ci in zo uh hi.
47 Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
Tua zawkciang in Pharisee te in, note zong hong theam tha zo ziam?
48 (None of our rulers nor any of us Pharisees have believed that (he [is the Messiah]!/he [came from God]!)/Have any of our [Jewish] rulers or any of us Pharisees believed that (he [is the Messiah]?/he [came from God]?)) [RHQ]
Ngam uk te le Pharisee te sung ah Ama a um om zo ziam?
49 Not one! But, on the contrary, some of this crowd [have believed in him]. They do not know [the true teachings of] our laws! They will go to hell [for listening to him]!” (questioned)
Ahihang thukham a he ngwal hi mite sia hamsiat thuak te a hi uh hi, ci in zo uh hi.
50 Then Nicodemus spoke. He was the one who earlier went to Jesus [at night]. He was also a member of the Jewish council. He said to [the rest of the Council members],
Pharisee te sung pan mi khat a hi, zan lai in Jesus kung ah a pai Nicodemus in, amate tung ah,
51 “[We] have not listened to what he says to find out what he is doing. (It is not permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him!/Is it permitted in our [Jewish] law [PRS] for us to say, before questioning someone, that we must punish him?) [RHQ]”
Ih thukham in mi khat sia a thu ngai masa ngawl in le a vawtna he masa ngawl in thukhen ziam? ci hi.
52 They replied to him, “(Are you another [disgusting person] from Galilee?/[You talk like] another [disgusting person] from Galilee!) [RHQ] Read [what is written in the Scriptures] You will find that no prophet comes from Galilee [province, like he does]!”
Amate in zo kik a, nangma zong Galilee mi ni ziam? kan in a, en in: banghangziam cile Galilee pan in kamsang piang ngawl hi, ci uh hi.
53 [Then they all left and went to their own homes.
Taciang amate inn tek ah cia siat uh hi.
