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.
Gakapiteje genego, a Yeshu bhatendaga owa mmbali ya ku Galilaya. Bhangapinga kuowela nkowa gwa ku Yudea kwa ligongo lya ashikalongolele bha Bhayaudi bhapingangaga kwaabhulaganga.
2 But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
Shikukuu sha Bhayaudi, shishemwa shikukuu sha ibhanda shishinkubhandishila.
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!
Bhai ashaapwabho gubhaalugulilenje, “Nnjabhule apano nnjende ku Yudea bhaajiganywa bhenu bhagabhonanje maengo gunkutenda.
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!”
Mundu apinga manyika na bhandunji, akaatenda indu kwa nng'iyo. Ibhaga nkutenda genega, bhai, mwiilanguye ku shilambolyo.”
5 [They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
Nkali ashaapwabho bhangaakulupalilanga.
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].
Bhai, a Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje, “Malanga gangu gapwaa gakanabhe ika. Ikabheje kwenu mmanganya malanga gowe ganakumpwaanga.
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.
Bhandunji pa shilambolyo bhakakunshimanga mmanganya, ikabheje bhanashimwanga na nne pabha ngunakong'ondela kuti itendi yabhonji yangali ya mmbone.
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].”
Mmanganya nnjendangananje kushikukuuko. Nne ngajenda, pabha malanga gangu gapwaa gakanabheika.”
9 After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
Bhakabheleketeje genego gubhaigele ku Galilaya.
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.
Ashaapwabho bhakajendanganaje kushikukuu, nabhalabho a Yeshu gubhapite, ikabheje bhangajenda kwa bhonekana kulugwinjili ikabhe kwa nng'iyo.
11 At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
Ashikalongolele bha Bhayaudi bhatendaga kwaaloleyanga kushikukuuko, gubhashitenje, “Kubhali kwei?”
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!”
Gashinkupagwa manong'ono gamagwinji nnugwinjili lwa bhandu ga bhenebho. Bhananji gubhashitenje, “Pubhalipa bhanguja.” Bhananji gubhashitenje, “Nng'oo! Bhanapuganya bhandu.”
13 But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
Nkali nneyo, jwakwa mundu alinjile kubheleketa ngani jabho palugwinjili nkwaajogopanga ashikalongolele bha Bhayaudi.
14 In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
Ikaishileje pakati shikukuu, a Yeshu nabhalabho gubhapite ku likanisha gubhatandwibhe kujiganya.
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]”
Bhai, Bhayaudi gubhakanganigwenje nibheleketa, “Abha bhandubha bhapatile bhuli alu lundalu nabhalabho bhangashoma shule?”
16 Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
Bhai a Yeshu gubhaajangwilenje, “Majiganyo gungujiganya nngabha gangu, ikabhe gabho bhandumile bhala.
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].
Mundu apinga kutenda gubhapinga a Nnungu, shamumanye monaga majiganyo gangu gano gakopoka kwa a Nnungu, eu ngunakwiibheleketela namwenepe.
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.
Jwene akwiibheleketela nnyene, analoleya ukonjelo gwakwe nnyene, ikabheje aloleya ukonjelo gwabho bhantumile bhala, jwenejo jwa kulupalilwa na muntima gwakwe yakwapi yangali ya mmbone.
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])?”
Bhuli, a Musha bhangampanganga shalia? Nkali nneyo, jwakwa nkali jumo munkumbi gwenunji akamula shalia. Kwa nndi mpinga mulaganga?”
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!”
Bhandunji bhala gubhaajangwilenje, “Mmwe nshikola maoka! Gani apinga kummulaga?”
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.
A Yeshu gubhaajangwilenje, “Shipali shindu shimo shindendile, shinkanganigwenje.
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]
A Musha bhampelenje nkubho gwa jaluka. Nngabha kuti gwene nkubhogo kugwakopweshe kwa a Musha, ikabhe kwa ashambuje. Na nnaino mmanganyanji nkali Lyubha lya Pumulila, nnakuntaganga mundu unyago.
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]!
Bhai ibhaga, nkali Lyubha lya Pumulila mundu anajaluka nkupinga shalia ja a Musha jinaleshwe, pakuti nnandumbalilanga kwa ligongo lya kunnamya mundu Lyubha lya Pumulila?
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]”!
Nnaukumulanje indu kwa lola sha palangape, nshoyanje ukumu ja aki.”
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]
Bhandu bhananji bha ku Yelushalemu gubhashitenje, “Bhuli, bhenebha nngabha bhubhaakwaloleyanga bhaabhulaganje bhala?
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)?
Nnolanje nnaino! Bhanabheleketa palugwinjili, na wala bhakakwaabhalanjilanga shindu. Bhuli ipingaga ashikalongolele bhang'amwilenje kuti kweli bhenebha a Kilishitu?
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.”
Ikabheje tukumanyi abha bhandubha kubhakoposhele, a Kilishitu pushibhaishe jwakwa mundu shakumanye kubhakoposhele!”
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.
Bhai, a Yeshu pubhaliji nkujiganya Nniekalu gubhautiye lilobhe, “Elo mmanyinji nne, na kungoposhele nkumanyinji! Nkali nneyo, nangaika kwa mashili gangu namwene, ikabhe bhandumile bhala bha kweli, mmanganyanji nkakwaamanyanga.
29 But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
Ikabheje nne naamanyi pabha kungoposhele kunngwabho, bhenebho ni bhandumile.”
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].
Bhai, bhandunji gubhapinjilenje kwaakamula, ikabheje jwakwapi mundu alinjile kwaakamula, pabha malanga gabho ga kamulwa galiji gakanabheika.
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?”
Bhandunji bhabhagwinji nnugwinjili mula gubhaakulupalilenje, nigubhashitenje, “Igala, pushibhaishe a Kilishitu shibhatende ilangulo yaikulungwa kupunda ibhatendile bhenebhai?”
32 The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
Ashimapalishayo gubhaapilikenenje bhandunji bhalinong'onanga nkwainginika a Yeshu. Bhai, Ashimapalishayo na bhakulungwanji bhaabhishila gubhaatumilenje bhalinda bhaakakamulanje.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
A Yeshu gubhashite, “Puni pamo na mmanganyanji mobha gashoko, kungai shinyende kubhandumile bhala.
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.”
Nkupinganoleyanga, ikabheje nkamonanga, pabha pene pushimbagwe nne pala, nkakombolanga kuika.”
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?
Ashikalongolele bha Bhayaudi gubhabhuyenenje ashaayenenji, “Abha bhandubha kubhapinga kwenda kwei kwaatenda uwe tunaapate? Eti bhapinga kwaajendelanga Bhayaudi bhapwilinganishilenje ku Bhagiliki bhakaajiganyanje Bhagiliki?
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]?”
Malombolelo gakwe nndi malobhe gubhabheleketega. ‘Nkupinga noleyanga ikabheje nkamonanga, na pushimbagwe nne mmanganyanji nkakombolanga kuika?’”
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].
Lyubha lya mpelo gwa shikukuusho pulyaaliji lyubha likulu. A Yeshu gubhajimi, gubhashite kwa lilobhe lya utiya, “Akwete nnjota ajiye kwangune apapile.
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].”
Malinga shigataya Majandiko ga Ukonjelo. ‘Angulupalila nne, nushi ya mashi ga gumi shibhutushe kopoka muntima gwakwe!’”
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].
Bhashinkubheleketa genego kwa ligongo lya Mbumu jwa Ukonjelo jushibhamposhelanje bhaakulupalilenjebho. Gene malangago Mbumu jwa Ukonjelo paaliji akanabhe ika, pabha a Yeshu bhaliji bhakanabhe kuywa.
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]!”
Bhandu bhananji nnugwinjili mula gubhapilikenenje gene malobhego, gubhashitenje, “Kweli bhene bhandubha ankulondola bha a Nnungu bhakwiya bhala!”
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?
Bhananji gubhashitenje, “Abha a Kilishitu!” Ikabheje bhananji gubhashitenje, “Bhuli, inakomboleka a Kilishitu kukopoka ku Galilaya?
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]”
Gakuti bhuli Majandiko ga Ukonjelo? Gakuti. ‘A Kilishitu shibhakoposhele nshipinga sha a Daudi, shibhabhelekwe ku Bheteleemu, shilambo sha a Daudi!’”
43 So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
Bhai, gugakoposhele malekano munkumbi gwa bhandunji mula kwa ligongo lya a Yeshu.
44 Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
Bhandu bhananji gubhapinjilenje kwaakamula ikabheje jwakwa alinjile kwaaamula.
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]?”
Kungai bhalinda bhala gubhabhujilenje kubhakulungwanji bha bhakulungwanji bhaabhishila na Mapalishayo, nabhalabhonji gubhaabhushiyenje, “Kwa nndi mwangajia nabhonji?”
46 They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
Bhalinda gubhaajangwilenje, “Wala jwakwa mundu akombwele bheleketa malinga shibhaabheleketa bhene bhandu bhala!”
47 Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
Ashimapalishayo gubhaabhushiyenje, “Bhuli, nkali mmanganyanji ntembilwenje?
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]
Bhuli, mumweninji nkali jumo jwa ashikalongolele bha bhandu, eu jumo jwa Mapalishayo abhakulupalile?
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)
Ikabheje alu lugwinjililu bhakakujigamanya shalia ja a Musha, bhashiloshwanga na a Nnungu!”
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],
Bhamo bha munkumbi gwa Mapalishayo, a Nikodemo, bhaajendele a Yeshu mobha gapitile, gubhaalugulilenje,
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]”
“Bhuli, shalia jetu jinakunng'ukumula mundu gwangatandubha kumpilikanishiya nikugamanya gatendile?”
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]!”
Bhalabhonji gubhaajangwilenje, “Bhuli na mmwe kunkopweshe ku Galilaya? Ayaga, nkalole Mmajandiko ga Ukonjelo, na mmwe shimumanye kuti ku Galilaya kukakopoka Nkulondola jwa a Nnungu!”
53 [Then they all left and went to their own homes.
Bhai kila mundu gwapite kunngwakwe.
