John 7
1 After this, Jesus went about in Galilee, for he would not do so in Judea, because the Jews were eager to put him to death.
Apre sa, Jezi t'ap mache toupatou nan peyi Galile, li pa t' vle ale nan peyi Jide menm, paske jwif yo t'ap chache touye li.
2 When the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,
Jou fèt Joupa jwif yo te pre rive.
3 his brothers said to him: “Leave this part of the country, and go into Judea, so that your disciples, as well as we, may see the work that you are doing.
Frè Jezi yo di l' konsa: Pa rete bò isit la. Ale nan Jide non. Konsa, disip ou yo va wè travay w'ap fè.
4 For no one does a thing privately, if he is seeking to be widely known. Since you do these things, you should show yourself publicly to the world.”
Yon moun ki vle pou tout moun konnen l' pa dwe travay an kachèt. Avèk travay w'ap fè a, se pou ou kite tout moun wè ou.
5 For even his brothers did not believe in him.
(Men, frè l' yo pa t' kwè nan li.)
6 “My time,” answered Jesus, “is not come yet, but your time is always here.
Jezi di yo konsa: Lè pa m' lan poko sonnen. Pou nou, tout lè yo bon.
7 The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me, because I testify that its ways are evil.
Moun k'ap viv dapre prensip ki nan lemonn pa ka rayi nou. Men, mwen menm yo rayi m' paske mwen di sa y'ap fè a pa bon.
8 Go yourselves up to the Festival; I am not going to this Festival yet, because my time has not yet come.”
Nou mèt al nan fèt la. Mwen menm, mwen pa prale. Paske, lè pa m' lan poko rive.
9 After telling them this, he stayed on in Galilee.
Apre li fin di yo sa, li rete rete l' nan peyi Galile.
10 But, when his brothers had gone up to the Festival, Jesus also went up — not publicly, but privately.
Apre frè l' yo fin pati al nan fèt la, Jezi ale tou, men an kachèt. Li pa t' kite pesonn wè li.
11 The Jews were looking for him at the Festival and asking ‘Where is he?’;
Jwif yo menm t'ap chache l' pandan tout fèt la. Yo t'ap di: Kote l' ye konsa?
12 and there were many whispers about him among the people, some saying ‘He is a good man;’ others: ‘No! he is leading the people astray.’
Nan tout foul moun yo, yo t'ap pale nan zòrèy sou li anpil. Gen moun ki t'ap di: Se yon nonm debyen wi. Gen lòt ki t'ap di: Non, se pete l'ap pete moun.
13 No one, however, spoke freely about him, for fear of the Jews.
Men, pesonn pa t' nonmen non l' fò pou lòt moun pa t' tande, sitèlman yo te pè jwif yo.
14 About the middle of the Festival week, Jesus went up into the Temple Courts, and began teaching.
Te rete kat jou ankò pou fèt la te fini, lè Jezi al nan tanp lan. Li kòmanse pale.
15 The Jews were astonished. “How has this man got his learning,” they asked, “when he has never studied?”
Jwif yo pa t' manke sezi. Yo t'ap di: Ki jan nonm sa a fè konnen tout bagay sa yo? Li pa janm al lekòl.
16 So, in reply, Jesus said: “My teaching is not my own; it is his who sent me.
Jezi reponn yo: Bagay m'ap moutre nou la a, se pa nan mwen yo soti. Yo soti nan Bondye ki voye m' lan.
17 If any one has the will to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.
Si yon moun deside fè sa Bondye vle, la konnen si bagay m'ap moutre yo soti nan Bondye osinon si se pawòl pa m' m'ap pale.
18 The man who speaks on his own authority seeks honour for himself; but the man who seeks the honour of him that sent him is sincere, and there is nothing false in him.
Yon moun k'ap pale pawòl pa l', se chache l'ap chache fè lwanj tèt li. Men, moun k'ap travay pou sa sèvi yon lwanj pou moun ki voye l' la, se verite a pou l' di. Pa gen riz nan li.
19 Was not it Moses who gave you the Law? Yet not one of you obeys it! Why are you seeking to put me to death?”
Moyiz te ban nou Lalwa a, pa vre? Men, nou yonn pa obeyi Lalwa. Poukisa n'ap chache touye mwen?
20 “You must be possessed by a demon!” the people exclaimed. “Who is seeking to put you to death?”
Foul moun yo reponn li: Gen lè ou gen yon move lespri sou ou? Ki moun k'ap chache touye ou la a?
21 “There was one thing I did,” replied Jesus, “at which you are all still wondering.
Jezi reponn yo: Mwen fè yon sèl bagay, epi nou tout nou sezi pou sa!
22 “Is he going to kill himself,” the Jews exclaimed, “that he says — ‘You cannot go where I am going’?”
Moyiz ban nou lòd pou nou sikonsi tout ti gason, epi nou dakò pou yo sikonsi yon moun gwo jou repo a. (Men, kite m' di nou: se pa t' Moyiz ki te kòmanse ak sikonsizyon an non, se te zansèt nou yo.)
23 When a man receives circumcision on a Sabbath to prevent the Law of Moses from being broken, how can you be angry with me for making a man sound and well on a Sabbath?
Si nou ka sikonsi yon ti gason jou repo a pou n' ka fè sa Lalwa Moyiz la mande a, pa gen rezon pou n' ankòlè sou mwen si m' geri yon moun ki te malad nan tout kò l', yon jou repo.
24 Do not judge by appearances; judge justly.”
Pa jije sou laparans. Jije dapre sa ki dwat.
25 At this some of the people of Jerusalem exclaimed: “Is not this the man that they are seeking to put to death?
Lè sa a, te gen kèk moun Jerizalèm ki t'ap di: Apa nonm y'ap chache touye a?
26 Yet here he is, speaking out boldly, and they say nothing to him! Is it possible that our leading men have really discovered that he is the Christ?
Gade l'ap pale lib devan tout moun, yo pa di l' anyen. Gen lè chèf nou yo rekonèt se Kris la vre li ye!
27 Yet we know where this man is from; but, when the Christ comes, no one will be able to tell where he is from.”
Men, yo toujou di lè Kris la va rive, pesonn p'ap konnen ki bò l' soti. Men nonm sa a, nou konnen ki bò l' soti.
28 Therefore, Jesus, as he was teaching in the Temple Courts, raised his voice and said: “Yes; you know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own authority, but he who sent me may be trusted; and him you do not know.
Jezi t'ap moutre moun yo anpil bagay nan tanp lan. Li di yo byen fò: Nou rekonèt mwen? Nou konnen ki bò m' soti? Se pa mwen ki fè lide pou m' vini non. Moun ki voye m' lan, li la tout bon. Men, nou pa konnen li.
29 I do know him, for it is from him that I have come, and he sent me as his Messenger.”
Mwen menm, mwen konnen l', paske se bò kote l' mwen soti. Se li menm ki voye mwen.
30 So they sought to arrest him; but no one touched him, for his time was not come yet.
Lè sa a, yo t'ap chache arete l', men pesonn pa t' mete men sou li paske lè l' pa t' ankò rive.
31 Many of the people, however, believed in him. “When the Christ comes,” they said, “will he give more signs of his mission than this man has given?”
Atousa, te gen anpil moun nan foul pèp la ki te kwè nan li. Yo t'ap di: Lè Kris la va vini, èske la fè plis mirak pase nonm sa a?
32 The Pharisees heard the people whispering about him in this way, and so the Chief Priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him;
Farizyen yo vin konnen sa yo t'ap di nan zòrèy sou Jezi nan pèp la. Chèf prèt yo ansanm ak farizyen yo voye kèk gad pou arete Jezi.
33 on which Jesus said: “I shall be with you but a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
Jezi di konsa: Se pou yon ti tan ankò mwen la ak nou. Apre sa, mwen pral jwenn moun ki voye m' lan.
34 You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be.”
N'a chache m', men nou p'ap jwenn mwen, paske nou p'ap ka vini kote m' prale a.
35 “Where is this man going,” the Jews asked one another, “that we shall not find him? Will he go to our countrymen abroad, and teach foreigners?
Jwif yo yonn t'ap mande lòt: Ki bò l' prale menm pou nou pa kapab jwenn li? Eske li pral menm kote ak jwif ki gaye nan mitan moun Lagrès yo pou l' moutre moun Lagrès yo anpil bagay?
36 What does he mean by saying ‘You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I shall be’?”
L'ap plede di: N'a chache m', men nou p'ap jwenn mwen. Nou pa ka vini kote mwen prale a. Kisa sa vle di menm?
37 On the last and greatest day of the Festival, Jesus, who was standing by, exclaimed: “If any one thirsts, let him come to me, and drink.
Dènye jou fèt la, se li ki te pi enpòtan. Jou sa a, Jezi kanpe devan foul moun yo, li di yo byen fò: Si yon moun swaf dlo, li mèt vin jwenn mwen, li mèt vin bwè.
38 I tell you what I have myself seen in the presence of my Father; and you, in the same way, do what you have learned from your father.”
Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan mwen, y'ap wè gwo kouran dlo k'ap bay lavi koule soti nan kè yo, jan sa ekri nan Liv la.
39 (By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)
(Jezi t'ap pale ki jan moun ki kwè nan li yo tapral resevwa Sentespri. Lè sa a, Sentespri pa t' ankò desann sou pesonn, paske Jezi pa t' ankò moute nan syèl la.)
40 But, as it is, you are seeking to put me to death — a man who has told you the Truth as he heard it from God. Abraham did not act in that way.
Te gen kèk moun nan foul pèp la, lè yo fin tande pawòl sa yo, yo t'ap di konsa: Se vre wi. Nonm sa a, se pwofèt la!
41 You are doing what your own father does.” “We are not bastards,” they said, “we have one Father — God himself.”
Gen lòt ki t'ap di: Se Kris la. Gen lòt ankò ki t'ap di: Men, Kris la pa ka soti nan peyi Galile.
42 Is not it said in Scripture that it is of the race of David, and from Bethlehem, the village to which David belonged, that the Christ is to come?”
Liv la di: Kris la, se yon pitit pitit David la ye. Se Betleyèm li gen pou l' soti, lavil kote David te pase tout lavi li a.
43 So there was a sharp division among the people on account of Jesus.
Te vin gen divizyon nan mitan foul moun yo poutèt Jezi.
44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, and yet no one touched him.
Gen ladan yo ki te vle arete l', men pesonn pa t' mete men sou li.
45 When the officers returned to the Chief Priests and Pharisees, they were asked: “Why have you not brought him?”
Lè gad yo tounen vin jwenn yo, chèf prèt yo ak farizyen yo mande yo: Poukisa nou pa mennen l' ban nou?
46 “No man ever spoke as he speaks!” they answered.
Gad yo reponn: Nou poko janm wè yon nonm ki pale tankou nonm sa a.
47 “What! Have you been led astray too?” the Pharisees replied.
Farizyen yo di: Gen lè nou kite l' pran tèt nou tou?
48 “Have any of our leading men believed in him, or any of the Pharisees?
Eske nou wè gen yon sèl nan chèf nou yo osinon nan farizyen yo ki kwè nan li?
49 As for these people who do not know the Law — they are cursed!
Moun sa yo gen lè pa konn lalwa Moyiz la. Se moun ki gen madichon!
50 But one of their number, Nicodemus, who before this had been to see Jesus, said to them:
Nikodèm te yonn nan farizyen ki te la yo. Se menm Nikodèm sa a ki te al wè Jezi kèk jou pase. Li di yo konsa:
51 “Does our Law pass judgment on a man without first giving him a hearing, and finding out what he has been doing?”
Dapre Lalwa nou, nou pa ka jije yon moun san nou pa tande l' anvan, san nou pa konnen sa l' fè.
52 “Are you also from Galilee?” they retorted. “Search, and you will find that no Prophet is to arise in Galilee!”
Yo reponn li: Gen lè, ou menm tou, ou se moun Galile? Al etidye sa ki ekri nan Liv la, wa wè pa gen pwofèt ki janm soti nan peyi Galile.
53 And every one went home
Apre sa, tout moun al lakay yo.
