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.
Bangʼ mano Yesu nodhi koni gi koni e piny Galili, kotemo bedo mabor gi Judea nikech jo-Yahudi ne rite kuno mondo ginege.
2 But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
To ka Sap jo-Yahudi mar Kiche ne chiegni chopo,
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!
owete Yesu nowachone niya, “Wuog ka idhi Judea mondo jopuonjreni one honni mitimo.
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!”
Ka ngʼato dwaro mondo obed rahuma to ok otim gik moko lingʼ-lingʼ. Omiyo kaka isebedo ka itimo honnigi, koro nyenyri ane e lela mondo piny oneni.”
5 [They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
Negiwachone kamano nikech kata gin giwegi ne ok giyie kuome.
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].
Kuom mano, Yesu nowachonegi niya, “An sechega pok ochopo, un to unyalo timo gigeu sa moro amora.
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.
Piny ok nyal chayou, to an to piny ochaya nikech ahulo ni gik motimo richo.
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].”
Un dhiuru adhiya e sawo. An pod ok adhi e sawono mondi nikech sa mowinjore adhi kuno pok ochopo.”
9 After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
Bangʼ wacho kamano nodongʼ Galili.
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.
Kata kamano bangʼ ka owetene nosewuok odhi e sawo, en bende nodhi, to nodhi lingʼ-lingʼ ka ji ok ongʼeyo ni odhi.
11 At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
Jo-Yahudi ne manye e sawono ka gipenjo niya, “Ere ngʼatno?”
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!”
Ji mathoth mane ni e sawono ne wuoyo kuom Yesu. Jomoko nowacho niya, “En ngʼat maber.” To jomoko kuomgi to nowacho niya, “Ooyo, owuondo ji.”
13 But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
To onge ngʼama ne nyalo hedhore wuoyo kuome e lela nikech negiluoro jo-Yahudi.
14 In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
Kane ji pod ni e Sawo, Yesu nodonjo nyaka e laru mar hekalu mochako puonjo ji.
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]”
Jo-Yahudi nowuoro ka gipenjo niya, “Rieko machalo kama ngʼatni oyudo kanye to ok osomo?”
16 Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
Yesu nodwokogi niya, “Gik ma apuonjo ok gin maga awuon, to gin mag Jal mane oora.
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].
Ka ngʼato oyiero mar timo dwach Nyasaye, to obiro ngʼeyo ka bende puonjna oa kuom Nyasaye adier, kata ka awacho mana wechena awuon.
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.
Ngʼat ma wuoyo kuome owuon timo kamano mondo oyud duongʼ en owuon, to ngʼat matiyo mondo Nyasaye mane oore ema oyud duongʼ, en ja-adiera, kendo onge miriambo moro amora kuome.
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])?”
Musa donge nomiyou chik? Kata kamano, onge kata achiel kuomu ma orito chik. Ka en kamano, to angʼo momiyo udwaro nega?”
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!”
Ogandano nodwoko niya, “Jachien ni kodi! En ngʼa madwaro negi?”
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.
Yesu nowachonegi niya, “Hono achiel kende ema ne atimo mi ubwok uduto.
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]
Nikech Musa nomiyou chik mar mondo oteru nyangu (to chutho Musa ok ema nomiyou chikni, to noa kuom kwereu), omiyo utero ji nyangu nyaka chiengʼ Sabato.
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]!
To ka inyalo ter nyathi nyangu chiengʼ Sabato, mondo kik uketh Chik Musa, anto iu wangʼ koda nangʼo ka achango ringre dhano duto chiengʼ Sabato?
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]”!
Weuru ngʼado bura kuom gik muneno gioko, to ngʼaduru bura makare.”
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]
Gikanyono jo-Jerusalem moko nochako penjo niya, “Donge ma e ngʼat mane gidwaro nego cha?
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)?
To neuru koro opuonjo e lela, to onge ngʼama wachone gimoro. Koso dibed ni jodongwa oseyie ni en Kristo?
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.”
Wangʼeyo kuma ngʼatni oaye nikech Kristo to kobiro, to onge ngʼama nongʼe kuma oaye.”
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.
Kane oyudo Yesu pod puonjo ei laru mar hekalu, nokok matek kowacho niya, “Ee, ungʼeya, kendo ungʼeyo kuma aaye. Ok an ka gi dwarona awuon, to Jal ma noora en ja-adiera. Un ukiaye,
29 But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
to an to angʼeye nikech ne aa ire, kendo en ema noora.”
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].
Kane giwinjo mano, ne gitemo mondo gimake, to onge ngʼama notemo mule gi lwete, nikech kindene ne pok ochopo.
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?”
Ji mathoth e dier ogandano pod noyie mana kuome. Negiwacho niya, “Ka Kristo miwachono obiro, bende notim honni mangʼeny moloyo ngʼatni adier?”
32 The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
Jo-Farisai nowinjo ka oganda wacho gik ma kamago kuome, omiyo jodolo madongo gi jo-Farisai nooro askeche mag hekalu mondo omake.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
Yesu nowachonegi niya, “An kodu mana kuom kinde matin kende, bangʼe to abiro dok ir Jal mane oora.
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.”
Ubiro manya, to ok unuyuda, kendo kama antie ok unyal bire.”
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?
Jo-Yahudi nowacho e kindgi giwegi niya, “Ngʼatni dwadhi kune ma ok wanyal yudee? Dibed ni odwaro dhi kuma jowa odakie ka gikere e dier jo-Yunani mondo opuonj jo-Yunani?
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]?”
Tiend gima nowacho ni, ‘Ubiro manya to ok unuyuda’ kendo ni, ‘kama antie ok unyal bire’ en angʼo?”
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].
Odiechiengʼ mogik mar Sawo, mane en odiechiengʼ maduongʼ ahinya, Yesu nochungʼ mowacho gi dwol maduongʼ niya, “Ngʼat ma riyo oloyo mondo obi ira omodhi.
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].”
Ngʼato angʼata moyie kuoma pi ngima nobubni koa kuome, mana kaka Ndiko owacho.”
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].
Gima ne owuoyo kuome ne en Roho, mane joma oyie kuome biro yudo bangʼe. E kindeno Roho ne pok obiro, nikech Yesu ne pok omi duongʼ.
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]!”
Kane giwinjo wachno, moko kuom joma ne ni kanyo nowacho niya, “Jalni en janabi adier.”
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?
Jomoko to nowacho niya, “En e Kristo.” Ji mamoko to nopenjo niya, “Ere kaka Kristo nyalo aa Galili?
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]”
Donge Ndiko wacho ni Kristo biro aa e anywola joka Daudi, kendo ni obiro aa Bethlehem, dala mane Daudi odakie?”
43 So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
Omiyo pogruok nobedo e kind ji nikech wach Yesu.
44 Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
Jomoko ne dwaro make, to onge ngʼama noketo lwete kuome.
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]?”
Eka askeche mag hekalu nodok ir jodolo madongo gi jo-Farisai, kendo ne gipenjogi niya, “Angʼo momiyo ok usekele ka?”
46 They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
Askeche nodwoko niya, “Onge ngʼama osewuoyo kaka ngʼatni nyaka nene.”
47 Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
Jo-Farisai nodwokogi niya, “Kare un bende useyie gi miriambone.
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]
Bende useneno jotend jo-Farisai kata achiel moyie kuome?
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)
Onge ngʼama luwo ngʼatni makmana oganda mokia chik, gin joma okwongʼ!”
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],
Nikodemo, jal manoyudo osedhi ir Yesu motelo, kendo mane en achiel kuomgi, nopenjo niya,
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]”
“Bende chikwa oyie adier mondo ongʼad ne ngʼato bura kapok onone mokwongo mondo ongʼe gima otimo?”
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]!”
Negidwoke niya, “Donge in bende ia Galili? Non maber, to ibiro yudo ni onge janabi manyalo aa Galili.” [
53 [Then they all left and went to their own homes.
Eka moro ka moro kuomgi nowuok modok e dalane.
