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.
Na baada ya makowe aga Yesu atisafiri mu'Galilaya, kwa sababu apendile kwaa kuyenda Uyahudi kwa sababu Bayahudi babile bakipanga mipango ya kummulaga.
2 But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
Nambeambe sikukuu ya Ayahudi, sikukuu ya vibanda, yabile papipi.
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!
Nga alongo bake batikummakiya, “Uboke pandu hapa uyende Uyahudi, ili kwamba anapunzi bako nyonyonyo bayabone makowe uyapangayo.
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!”
Ntopo ywapanga lolote kwa siri iwapo ywembe mwene apala kutangikana wazi. Iwapo upanga makowe aga, ujibonekeye wamwene kwa ulimwengu.”
5 [They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
Hata nnongo bake bamwaminiye kwaa.
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].
Nga Yesu kammakiya, “Muda wango uikite kwaa bado, lakini muda winu kila mana ubile tayari.
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.
Ulimwengu waweza kwaa kubachukiya mwenga, ila wanichukiya nenga kwa kuwa niashuhudia kuwa makowe gake ni mabou.
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].”
Mubokange kuyenda mu'sikukuu: nenga niyenda kwaa mu'sikukuu yee kwa sababu muda wangu ukamilika bado.”
9 After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
Baada ya kulongela makowe ago kwabe, atami 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.
Hata nyoo, nongo bake pababile mu'sikukuu, nga ni ywembe atiyenda, sio kwa wazi bali kwa siri.
11 At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
Ayahudi pabile pakimpala mu'sikukuu no baya, “Abile kwaako?”
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!”
Pabile ni malongelo ganyansima nkati ya makutano nnani yake. Benge batibaya, “Ni mundu mwema,” Benge babayite, “Hapana, uwapotosha bandu.”
13 But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
Hata nyoo ntopo ywalongela wazi nnani yake kwa kuwaogopa Ayahudi.
14 In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
Muda wa sikukuu waikite katikati, Yesu kayenda mu'hekalu ni kuanza kupundisha.
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]”
Ayahudi babile batishangala no kubaya, “Kwa jinsi yanamani mundu yee ayatangite makowe ganyansima? Asoma kwaa kamwe.”
16 Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
Yesu kabayangwa ni kuamakiya, “Mapundisho gango nga yango kwaa, ila ni ya yolo ywanitumile.
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].
Iwapo yeyote ywapenda panga mapenzi gake ywembe, atangite kuhusu mapundisho aga, kati yatiboka kwa Nnongo, au kati nialongela kuoma kwango mwene.
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.
Kila ywalongela yaboite kwake mwene upala utukufu wake, ila kila yaa aupala utukufu wake ywembe ywamtumile, mundu yoo nga wa kweli, ni nkati yake ntopo kutenda ubou.
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 awapeile kwaa mwenga saliya? Lakini ntopo hata yumo nkati yinu ywaipangite saliya. Mwanja namani mwapala kunibualaga?
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!”
Bandu kabannyangwa, “Ubile ni nchela, nyai ywapala kukubulaga?
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 kayangwa ni kuamakiya, nipangite kazi yimo, ni mwenga mwabote mwatishangala kwa sababu ya yelo kazi.
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]
Musa atikuwapea mwenga tohara (iboite kwaa boka kwa Musa, ila yelo yaboite kwa tate), ni nkati ya Sabato mwastahili mundu.
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]!
Mana abile mundu ywapokya tohara mu'siku ya Sabato ili saliya ya Musa itekwanike, kwa mwanja namani mwanikasirikya nenga kwa sababu nimpangite mundu kuwa nkoto kabisa mu'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]”!
Kana mhukumu lengana na mwonekano, ila muhukumu kwa haki.
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]
Baadhi yabe baboka Yerusalemu kababaya, “Yolo kwaaa wampala kummulaga?
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)?
No linga, alongela waziwazi, nga balongela kwaa chochote nnani yake. Iwezekana kwaa ibile kwamba atawala batangite kweli kuwa ayoo nga Kristo, yawezana batangite?
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.”
Twayowine kuwa mundu yolo aboka kwaako. Kristo paaisa, hata nyoo, ntopo ywatangite abokakwaako.
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.
Yesu abile akombwa lilobe lyake mu'hekalu, kapundisha no baya, “Mwenga mwabote mtangite paniboka. Niisile kwaa kwa nafasi yango, ila ywembe ywanitumile nga wa kweli, na muntangite kwaa ywembe.
29 But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
Nintangite ywembe kwa mana niboka kwake nga anitumite.”
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].
Babile kabajaribu kuntaba, lakini ntopo hata yumo ywauluwa luboko lwake nnani yake kwa kuwa saa yake yabile bado iikite.
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?”
Hata nyoo, baingi mu'bandu baaminiya. Kababaya, “Kristo paaisile, alowa panga ishara zanyansima kuliko za azipangite mundu yolo?”
32 The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
Mafarisayo babayowine bandu kabalongela bembe makowe aga husu Yesu, ni akolo ba makuhani ni Mafarisayo watikubatuma maafisa ili kuntaba.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
Palyo Yesu kabaya, “Bado kwabile ni muda nchunu nabile pamope ni mwenga, ni baadae nalowa boka kuyenda kwake ywembe ywanitumile.
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.”
Mwalowa kunipala ila munibweni kwaa; kolyo kaniyenda, muweza kwaa kuisa.
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?
Kwa nyo Ayahudi kabalongela bene kwa bene, “Mundu yoo ayenda kwaako ambako twaweza kwaa kummona? Ayenda kwa batawanyike nkati ya Ayunani ni kubapundisha Ayunani?
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]?”
Ni neno lyaako lee alibayite,'Mwalowa kunipala wala mwanibweni kwaa, kolyo niyenda muweza kwaa kuisa?”
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].
Nambeambe mu'lisiku lya mwisho, lisoba likolo lya sikukuu, Yesu ayemi kakombwa lilobe, kabaya, “Mana itei yeyote abile na kiu, aise kwango anywe.
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].”
Ywembe ywaniaminiye nenga, kati maandiko gabayite, kuoma nkati yake yatitiririka mito ya mase ya ukoto.
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].
Lakini abayite aga kuhusu Roho, ywabile wao watikumwamini walowa kumpoteza; Roho abile bado tolewa kwa sababu Yesu abile atukuzwa kwaa bado.
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]!”
Baadhi ya bandu, pabayowine maneno aga, babayite, “Kweli yolo ni nabii.”
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?
Benge babayite, “Ayoo nga Kristo.” Lakini benge babayite, “Kristo aweza kwaa boka 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]”
Maandiko gabayite kwaa kuwa Kristo aboka mu'lukolo lwa Daudi ni kuoma Bethlehemu, kijiji ambacho Daudi abile?
43 So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
Nyo, patiuluka mgawanyiko nkati ya bandu kwa ajili yake.
44 Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
Benge nkati yabe balowa kuntaba, lakini ntopo ywauluwa maboko gake nnani yake.
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]?”
Nga balo maofisa kababuyangine kwa akolo ba makuhani ni mafarisayo, nabo wakaakokeya, “Kwa mwanja namani munletike kwaa?
46 They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
Maofisa kaayangwa, “Ntopo mundu ywaweza longela kati yolo kabla.”
47 Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
Nga mafarisayo kabayangwa, “Ni mwenga pia mwatipotoshwa?
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]
Kwabile ni yoyoti nkati ya atawala amwaminiye, au yeyote wa Mafarisayo?
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)
Ila aba bandu baitangite kwaa saliya-balaanilwe.”
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 kaabakiya (ywembe atikunyendea Yesu zamani, abile yumo ywa Mafarisayo),
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]”
“Je saliya yitu yaweza kumhukumu mundu ila abile atikusikilizwa kwanza ni kuyowa chaakipangite?
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]!”
Kabanyangwa ni kummakiya, “Ni wenga uboka Galilaya? Tafuta ni ubone kwamba ntopo nabii ywaboka Galilaya.”
53 [Then they all left and went to their own homes.
