John 7
1 After this Jesus moved from place to place in Galilee. He would not go about in Judaea, because the Jews were seeking an opportunity to kill Him.
Erile morago ga mo, Jesu a ya Galalea, a tsena motse le motsana gonne o ne a batla go nna ka kwa ntle ga Judea kwa Bajuta ba neng ba mo logela leano la go mmolaya teng.
2 But the Jewish Festival of the Tent-Pitching was approaching.
Mme jaana ya bo e le lobaka lwa Mediro ya Metlaagana letsatsi lengwe la ngwaga la boitapoloso la Sejuta.
3 So His brothers said to Him, "Leave these parts and go into Judaea, that not only we but your disciples also may witness the miracles which you perform.
Mme bomonnaa Jesu ba mo tlhotlheletsa gore a ye kwa Judea kwa medirong. Ba mo raya ka tshotlo ba re, “Ya kwa batho ba bantsi ba ka bonang dikgakgamatso tsa gago gone!
4 For no one acts in secret, desiring all the while to be himself known publicly. Since you are doing these things, show yourself openly to the world."
Ga o ka ke wa tuma fa o iphitlha jaana! Fa o le mogolo jaana, itshupegetse lefatshe!”
5 For even His brothers were not believers in Him.
Gonne le bomonnawe ba ne ba sa dumele mo go ene.
6 "My time," replied Jesus, "has not yet come, but for you any time is suitable.
Jesu a fetola a re, “Ga e ise e nne nako e e ntshwanetseng gore ke ye teng. Mme lona lo ka nna lwa tsamaya nako nngwe fela ga go na go dira pharologanyo epe mo go lona.
7 It is impossible for the world to hate you; but me it does hate, because I give testimony concerning it that its conduct is evil.
Gonne lefatshe ga le ka ke la lo ila; mme nna le a nkila gonne ke le bona molato kaga sebe le bosula.
8 As for you, go up to the Festival. I do not now go up to this Festival, because my time is not yet fully come."
Lona tsamayang, ke tlaa tla kwa morago fa nako e setse e siame.”
9 Such was His answer, and He remained in Galilee.
Jalo a sala mo Galalea.
10 When however His brothers had gone up to the Festival, then He also went up, not openly, but as it were privately.
Mme erile bomonnawe ba sena go ya moletlong, le ene a tsamaya, le fa go ntse jalo a ngwangwaela a sa bonwe ke ope.
11 Meanwhile the Jews at the Festival were looking for Him and were inquiring, "Where is he?"
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba leka go mo senka kwa moletlong mme ba nna ba botsa gore a ope ga a ise a ke a mmone.
12 Among the mass of the people there was much muttered debate about Him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so: he is imposing on the people."
Go ne, go na le ditlotlo tse dintsi kaga gagwe mo bathong. Bangwe ba re, “Ke monna yo o gakgamatsang,” fa ba bangwe bone ba ne ba re, “Nnyaa, o timetsa batho.”
13 Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke out boldly about Him.
Mme ga bo go sena motho ope yo o neng a na le maikaelelo a go mmuelela mo pontsheng ka ntlha ya go tshaba ipusolosetso ya baeteledipele ba Sejuta.
14 But when the Festival was already half over, Jesus went up to the Temple and commenced teaching.
Mme erile go setse go le fa gare ga moletlo, Jesu a ya kwa Tempeleng mme a feta a ruta mo pontsheng.
15 The Jews were astonished. "How does this man know anything of books," they said, "although he has never been at any of the schools?"
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba hakgamala fa ba mo utlwa, mme ba botsanya ba re, “Ke eng fa a itse thata jaana mme a ise a ke a tsene dikole tsa rona?”
16 Jesus answered their question by saying, "My teaching does not belong to me, but comes from Him who sent me.
Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ga ke lo rute megopolo ya me, fa e se ya Modimo o o nthomileng.
17 If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.
Fa mongwe wa lona a ikaelela go dira go rata ga Modimo ka boammaaruri, hong lo tlaa itse gore a thuto ya me e tswa Modimong kgotsa ke ya me fela.
18 The man whose teaching originates with himself aims at his own glory. He who aims at the glory of Him who sent him teaches the truth, and there is no deception in him.
Le fa e le mang yo o ntshang megopolo ya gagwe o a bo a ipuisa a batla go galalediwa, mme yo o batlang go tlotla yo o mo romileng, ke motho yo o siameng yo o boammaaruri.
19 Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not a man of you obeys the Law. Why do you want to kill me?"
Ga go na ope wa lona yo o obamelang melao ya ga Moshe! Jalo ke eng fa lo ntshwaya phoso ka go sa e obameleng? Ke eng fa lo mpolaela go dira jaana?”
20 "You are possessed by a demon," replied the crowd; "no one wants to kill you."
Mme bontsi jwa batho jwa fetola jwa re, “O a tsenwa! Yo o lekang go go bolaya ke mang?”
21 "One deed I have done," replied Jesus, "and you are all full of wonder.
Jesu a fetola a re, “Ke dirile go le Sabata ke fodisa motho, mme lo ne lwa hakgamala. Mme le lona lo dira go le Sabata, fa lo obamela molao wa ga Moshe wa go rupisa (tota, le gale, mokgwa o wa go rupisa o mogologolo go na le molao wa ga Moshe); ka gore fa nako e e siameng ya go rupisa bana ba lona e tla go le Sabata, lo tswelela pele lo rupisa, jaaka lo tshwanetse. Jaanong ke eng fa ke atlholelwa go fodisa motho go le Sabata?
22 Consider therefore. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that it began with Moses, but with your earlier forefathers), and even on a Sabbath day you circumcise a child.
23 If a child is circumcised even on a Sabbath day, are you bitter against me because I have restored a man to perfect health on a Sabbath day?
24 Do not form superficial judgements, but form the judgements that are just."
Aka-nyang selo se mme lo tlaa bona gore ke bolelela ruri.”
25 Some however of the people of Jerusalem said, "Is not this the man they are wanting to kill?
Bangwe ba batho ba ba neng ba nna koo mo Jerusalema ba buisanya ba re, “A monna yo ga se ene yo ba lekang go mmolaya?
26 But here he is, speaking openly and boldly, and they say nothing to him! Can the Rulers really have ascertained that this man is the Christ?
Mme ke yo fa, o rera mo mpepeneneng, ga ba mo reye sepe. A e kane e le gore baeteledipele ba rona ba bonye gore ke Mesia tota?
27 And yet we know this man, and we know where he is from; but as for the Christ, when He comes, no one can tell where He is from."
Mme o ka nna Mesia jang? Gonne re itse kwa monna yo a tsaletsweng teng; fa Keresete ene a tla, o tlaa bonala fela mme ga gona ope yo o tlaa itseng kwa o tswang teng.”
28 Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud, and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge.
Mme Jesu mo therong ya gagwe mo Tempeleng a goa a re, “Ee, lo a nkitse le kwa ke tsaletsweng gone le kwa ke neng ka godisediwa gone, mme ke moemedi wa mongwe yo lo sa mo itseng, mme ene o Boammaaruri.
29 I know Him, because I came from Him, and He sent me."
Ke a mo itse nna ka gore ke ne ke na nae, mme o nthomile mo go lona.”
30 On hearing this they wanted to arrest Him; yet not a hand was laid on Him, because His time had not yet come.
Mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba batla go mo tshwara, le fa go ntse jalo ga se ka ga nna letsogo le le mo amang, gonne nako e a e beetsweng ke Modimo e ne e ise e nne yone.
31 But from among the crowd a large number believed in Him. "When the Christ comes," they said, "will He perform more miracles than this teacher has performed?"
Ba le bantsi mo bontsintsing jwa batho kwa Tempeleng ba dumela mo go ene ba re, “Oai, lo solofela dikgakgamatso dife mo go Mesia tse monna yo a sa di dirang?”
32 The Pharisees heard the people thus expressing their various doubts about Him, and the High Priests and the Pharisees sent some officers to apprehend Him.
Erile Bafarasai ba utlwa gore bontsintsi bo ne bo le mo mogopolong o, bone le ditlhogo tsa baperesiti ba romela mapodise a Tempele go tshwara Jesu.
33 So Jesus said, "Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.
Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ga e ise e nne nako! Ke tshwanetse go nna fa ka lobakanyana. Hong ke gone ke tlaa boelang kwa go yo o nthomileng.
34 You will look for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."
Lo tlaa mpatla mme ga lo na go mpona, gape ga lo na go kgona go tla kwa ke gone!”
35 The Jews therefore said to one another, "Where is he about to betake himself, so that we shall not find him? Will he betake himself to the Dispersion among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba akabadiwa ke polelo e, mme ba botsanya ba re, “O ikaelela go ya kae? Kgotsa o akanya go tswa mo kgaolong e a tsamaya e le moruti mo Bajuteng mo dikgaolong tse dingwe tsa lefatshe, kgotsa le fa e le kwa go Badichaba!
36 What do those words of his mean, 'You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"
O raya eng fa a re, re tlaa mmatla mme ga re na go mmona, le gore, ‘Ga lo kitla lo kgona go tla kwa ke leng teng?’”
37 On the last day of the Festival--the great day--Jesus stood up and cried aloud. "Whoever is thirsty," He said, "let him come to me and drink.
Mo letsatsing la bofelo, e le pheletso ya malatsi a boitapoloso, Jesu a goela kwa bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Le fa e le mang yo o nyorilweng, a a tle kwa go nna a nwe.
38 He who believes in me, from within him--as the Scripture has said--rivers of living water shall flow."
Gonne dikwalo tsa re dinoka tsa metse a a tshedileng di tlaa elela ditswa mo teng ga yoo o dumelang mo go nna.”
39 He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
(O ne a bua ka Mowa O O Boitshepo, o o tlaa newang mongwe le mongwe yo o dumelang mo go ene; mme Mowa o ne o ise o abiwe, gonne Jesu o ne a ise a boele kwa kgalalelong ya gagwe kwa legodimong).
40 After listening to these discourses, some of the crowd began to say, "This is beyond doubt the Prophet."
Erile bontsintsi bo utlwa a buajaana, bangwe ba bone ba re, “Ammaaruri monna yo ke moporofiti yo o tlaa tlang pele ga Mesia.”
41 Others said, "He is the Christ." But others again, "Not so, for is the Christ to come from Galilee?
Bangwe ba re, “Ke Mesia.” Mme ba bangwe bone ba nna ba re, “Ga e ka ke ya nna ene! A Mesia o tlaa tswa kwa Galalea? Gonne dikwalo di bua sentle fela gore Mesia o tlaa tsalwa ke ba ntlo ya bogosi jwa ga Dafide, mo Bethelehema, motse o Dafide o neng a tsalelwa mo go one.”
42 Has not the Scripture declared that the Christ is to come of the family of David and from Bethlehem, David's village?"
43 So there was a violent dissension among the people on His account.
Jalo ga tsoga kgaogano mo bontsing jwa batho ka ga gagwe.
44 Some of them wanted at once to arrest Him, but no one laid hands upon Him.
Mme bangwe ba batla gore a tshwarwe mme ga seka ga nna ope yo o mo amang ka letsogo.
45 Meanwhile the officers returned to the High Priests and Pharisees, who asked them, "Why have you not brought him?"
Mapodisi a Tempele a a neng a romilwe go mo tshwara a boela kwa ditlhogong tsa baperesiti le Bafarasai. Mme tsa feta tsa ba botsa tsa re, “Ke eng lo ne lo sa tle le ene?”
46 "No mere man has ever spoken as this man speaks," said the officers.
Mme mapodisi a dumaduma a re, “O bua dilo tse di hakgamatsang! Ga re ise re ke re be re utlwe sepe se se ntseng jaaka se a se buang.”
47 "Are you deluded too?" replied the Pharisees;
Mme Bafarasai ba fetola ka tshotlo ba re, “Go raya gore le lona lo timeditswe?”
48 "has any one of the Rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?
“A go na le mongwe mo go rona babusi ba Sejuta kgotsa Bafarasai yo o dumelang fore Jesu ke Mesia?
49 But this rabble who understand nothing about the Law are accursed!"
Bontsintsi jo jwa dieleele bo a dumela, ee, mme baitse ka ga gone? Le gale ba hutsegile!”
50 Nicodemus interposed--he who had formerly gone to Jesus, being himself one of them.
Mme Nikodemo a bua. (A lo a mo gakologelwa? Ke ene yole yo e neng e le moeteledipele wa Sejuta yo o neng a tla ka sephiri go tla go buisanya le Jesu),
51 "Does our Law," he asked, "judge a man without first hearing what he has to say and ascertaining what his conduct is?"
A botsa a re, A go ka fa molaong go atlhola motho pele ga a sekisiwa?
52 "Do you also come from Galilee?" they asked in reply. "Search and see for yourself that no Prophet is of Galilaean origin."
Mme ba mo gakalela ba re, “A le wena o Mogalalea yo o tlhomolang pelo? Tlhatlhoba dikwalo o iponele, ga go na baporofiti ba ba tlaa tswang kwa Galalea!”
53 [So they went away to their several homes;
Mme phuthego ya phatlalala mongwe le mongwe a ya gae.
