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.
Momo bu mavioka, Yesu wudiengila mu Ngalili, kasia zola vuanda mu Yuda ko, bila Byuda batomba ku mvonda.
2 But when the time of the Jewish celebration [called] ‘Celebration of [Living in] Shelters’ was near,
Nyengo wu Bayuda, nyengo wu zinzo zi kapu, wuba nduka.
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!
Buna bakhomba bandi zinkamba: —Katuka vava, yenda ku Yuda muingi minlonguki miaku mimona mavanga momo wulembo vangi.
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!”
Bila kuisi ko mutu wumvanganga diambu mu kinsueki ayi tidi zabakana kuidi batu. Bu wulembo vangi mambu mama, wukimonisa ngeyo veka kuidi batu ba nza.
5 [They said this critically], because even [though they were] his own [younger] brothers, they did not believe he [was from God].
Bila bakhomba bandi mamvawu zisia kunwilukila ko.
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].
Yesu wuba vutudila: —Thanguꞌama yifueni ko vayi beno thangu eno yidi yimbote mu zithangu zioso.
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.
Nza yilendi ku lulenda ko. Vayi minu yifueti kaka kundenda bu ndieti kuyitelimina kimbangi ti mavanga mandi madi mambimbi.
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].”
Diawu beno yendanu kueno ku nyengo beni. Minu ndisi nkuenda ko ku nyengo beni bila thangu ama yifueni ko.
9 After he said that, Jesus stayed [a little longer] in Galilee.
Yesu wuvuanda ku Ngalili bu kamana kuba kamba mambu momo.
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.
Bakhomba bandi bu bayenda ku nyengo, niandi mamvandi wuyenda mu kinsueki, mu kambu kukimonisa kuidi batu.
11 At the celebration, the Jewish [leaders] were looking for him. They were asking people, “Has Jesus come?”
Bayuda bantomba ku nyengo bu batuba: —Kuevi kuidi mutu wowo e?
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!”
Maniunguta mawombo mabua mu diambu diandi va khatitsika nkangu wu batu. Batu bankaka batuba ti: —Mutu wowo widi mutu wumboti. Vayi batu bankaka batuba ti: —Nana, batu kalembo vukumuna.
13 But no one was speaking so that others could hear them, because they were afraid of the Jewish [leaders] [SYN].
Vayi kadi mutu kasia baka kibakala ko mu ku nzonzila va meso ma batu, mu diambu di boma baba mona Bayuda.
14 In the middle of the days of the celebration, Jesus went to the Temple [courtyard] and began to teach people.
Nyengo buna weka va khatitsika, Yesu wukota mu Nzo Nzambi ayi wulonga.
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]”
Bayuda basimina buwombo ayi batuba: Buevi mutu wawu kazabidi masonuku bu didi ti niandi kasia longa ko e?
16 Jesus replied to them, “What I teach does not come from myself. It comes from [God], the one who sent me.
Yesu wuba vutudila: —Malongi mama masi mama veka ko vayi malongi ma mutu wowo wuthuma.
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].
Woso tidi kuandi vanga luzolo lu Nzambi buna buedika wela zaba ti malongi ma ndieta longa kuidi Nzambi maba voti mu luzolo luama veka ndieta yolukila.
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.
Mutu wunlonganga mu luzolo luandi veka, wuntombanga wandi nkembo. Vayi mutu wowo wuntombanga nkembo wu mutu wowo wuntuma, buna niandi mutu wukiedika ayi kuisi ko diambu di luvunu mu niandi.
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])?”
Moyize kasia kuluvana mina ko e? Vayi kadi mutu mu beno kakinzikanga Mina ko. Buna bila mbi luntomba kuphondila e?
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!”
Nkangu wuvutula: —Pheve yi mbimbi yidi yaku! Nani tidi kuvonda e?
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 wuba vutudila: —Kumu kimosi ndivengi, vayi beno babo lulembo simina.
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]
Moyize wuluvana muina wu zenganga nitu yi kibakala, (wusia ba muinꞌandi ko vayi wuba wu bakulu). Vayi beno lueti zenganga nitu yi kibakala mu lumbu ki saba.
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]!
Enati bakala zengusulu nitu yi kibakala mu lumbu ki saba mu diambu di bika bundula muina wu Moyize, buna bila mbi beno lufueti kumfuemina bu ndibelusa mbevo mu lumbu ki saba e?
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]”!
Diawu bikanu sambisa batu mu thalu yi zizi vayi lusambisa mu tsambusulu yi songa.
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]
Basi Yelusalemi bankaka batuba: —Niandi ko mutu wowo batidi vonda e?
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)?
Vayi tala buabu wulembo longi mu kiphuanza vayi bakadi kunkanga kadi diambu dimosi. Mananga bapfumu zimueni ti bukiedika kuandi niandi Klisto e?
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.”
Vayi tuzebi mutu wowo ayi tunzebi kuevi kaba vayi Klisto bu kela kuiza, kadi mutu kasi zaba ko kuevi kela ba!
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.
Muna nzo Nzambi, Yesu wuyamikina, bu kaba longa: —Bukiedika luzebi minu ndidi nani ayi kuevi ndiba! Ndisia kuizila mu luzolo luama veka ko vayi mutu wowo wuthuma niandi wukiedika; beno luisi kunzaba ko.
29 But I know him, because I have come from him. He is the one who sent me!”
Minu ndinzebi, bila kuidi niandi ndiba ayi niandi wuthuma.
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].
Bazola kumbuila. Vayi kadi mutu kasia nunga ko mu kumbuila, bila thangu andi buna yifueni ko.
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?”
Batu bawombo mu bobo baba mu nkangu banwilukila ayi batuba: —Klisto bu kela kuiza, wela vanga bikumu biwombo viokila biobi bilembu vangi mutu wawu e?
32 The Pharisees heard them whispering these things about him. So they and the chief priests sent some Temple guards to seize him.
Bafalisi bawa nkangu wu batu wuniunguta mambu momo mu diambu diandi. Diawu Bafalisi va kimosi ayi bapfumu zi zinganga Nzambi batumaminsungi mi Nzo Nzambi muingi mienda kangi Yesu.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
Vayi Yesu wukamba: —Ndikidi yeno diaka vava mu thangu yikhufi, bosi ndiela vutuka kuidi mutu wuthuma.
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.”
Buna luela kuthomba vayi lulendi kumbona ko. Koko ndiela ba, beno lulendi kuiza kuna ko.
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?
Bayuda bakambasana bawu na bawu: —Buna kuevi mutu wawu kela kuenda koko tulendi kummonina ko e? Mananga tidi kuenda kuidi batu bobo bamuangana mu zitsi zi Bangeleki ayi tidi kuenda longi Bangeleki e?
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]?”
Buna buevi buididi tsundu yi mambu momo katubidi ti: “Luela kuthomba, vayi lulendi kumbona ko ayi koko ndiela ba beno lulendi kuiza kuna ko e?”
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].
Mu lumbu kitsuka ki nyengo, kiawu lumbu kinneni ki nyengo, Yesu wutelama vana ayi wuyamikina: —Enati mutu phuila kadi buna bika kiza kuidi minu ayi kanua.
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].”
Banga bu dikisonimina: woso wukunguilukila, minlangu miwombo mi luzingu miela kumba mu niandi.
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].
Wutubila bobo mu diambu di Pheve Yinlongo yela tambula batu babo bela kunwilukila. Mu thangu yina batu batambudi ko Pheve bila buna Yesu katambudi ko nkembo.
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]!”
Batu bawombo mu nkangu bu bawa mambu momo, batuba: —Kiedika mutu wawu mbikudi.
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?
Vayi bankaka ti: —Niandi Klisto. Bankaka ti: —Buna Klisto wulenda kuandi totukila mu Ngalili e?
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]”
Tala, masonoko matubanga ko ti Klisto kafueti totukila mu nkuna Dividi ayi kafueti butukila ku Betelemi, buala bu Davidi e?
43 So the people were divided because of [what they thought about] Jesus.
—Nkangu wu batu wuvasuka mu diambu diandi.
44 Some people wanted to seize him, but no one tried [to do that].
Bankaka bazola kumbuila vayi kadi mutu kasia ku mbuidikisa ko.
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]?”
Minsungi mi Nzo Nzambi mivutuka kuidi bapfumu zinganga Nzambi ayi Bafalisi; bawu baba yuvula: —Bila mbi luisi kuntuadila ko e?
46 They replied, “No one ever spoke such [amazing things] as this man does!”
Minsungi mivutula: —Kuisi ko mutu wumatuama yolukila banga buyolukidi mutu wowo!
47 Then the Pharisees replied, “Have you been deceived {Has [he] deceived you}, too?
Bafalisi baba yuvula: —Buna beno mamveno luvunukini e?
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]
Vadi mutu wumosi mu bapfumu voti mu Bafalisi wuwilukidi mutu wowo e?
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)
Vayi nkangu wu batu bobo bakambulu zaba Mina, widi wusingu!
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],
Buna mutu wumosi mu bawu, Nikodemi, mutu wowo wuyenda kuidi Yesu va builu, wuba kamba:
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]”
—A buevi, Mina mieto mieti zengila mutu nkanu mu kambu teka wa mutu beni ayi mu kambu teka zaba mambu mbi kavengi e?
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]!”
Bamvutudila: —Ayi ngeyo mamvaku widi muisi Ngalili e? Tanga mu Mina ayi yindula masonoko, buna ma wumona ti mbikudi kalendi totukila mu Ngalili ko. [
53 [Then they all left and went to their own homes.
Buna kadika mutu wuvutuka ku nzoꞌandi.
