John 10
1 'Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;
Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: moto oyo akotaka na lopango ya bameme na nzela ya ekuke te, kasi amataka na likolo ya lopango, na esika mosusu, azali moyibi mpe mobomi.
2 and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;
Kasi ye oyo akotelaka na ekuke azali mobateli bameme.
3 to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;
Mokengeli afungolelaka mobateli bameme ekuke, bameme eyokaka mongongo na ye. Mobateli abengaka bameme na ye na kombo na yango mpe abimisaka yango na libanda.
4 and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;
Soki abimisi bameme na ye nyonso na libanda, alekaka liboso na yango; mpe bameme elandaka ye na sima, pamba te eyebi mongongo na ye.
5 and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'
Ekotikala ata mokolo moko te kolanda mopaya; kasi ekokima ye mosika, pamba te eyebi mongongo na ye te.
6 This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;
Yesu ayebisaki bango lisese yango, kasi basosolaki te tina ya makambo oyo azalaki koyebisa bango.
7 Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;
Mpo na yango, Yesu alobaki na bango lisusu: — Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: Ngai nazali ekuke ya bameme.
8 all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
Bato nyonso oyo bayaki liboso na Ngai bazali miyibi mpe babomi; bameme eyokelaki bango te.
9 I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.
Ngai nde nazali ekuke; moto nyonso oyo akokotela na nzela na Ngai akobika; akokota mpe akobima, mpe akozwa bilei.
10 'The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.
Moyibi ayaka kaka mpo na koyiba, koboma mpe kobebisa; kasi Ngai, nayei mpo ete bameme ezwa bomoi mpe ezwa yango na bofuluki penza.
11 'I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;
Nazali mobateli malamu ya bameme. Mobateli malamu ya bameme apesaka bomoi na ye mpo na bameme na ye.
12 and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;
Mosali oyo azali mobateli bibwele te, oyo azali nkolo bameme te, asalaka kaka mpo na lifuti. Soki kaka amoni mbwa ya zamba koya, asundolaka bameme mpe akimaka. Bongo mbwa ya zamba ekangaka bameme mpe epanzaka yango.
13 and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.
Mosali yango akimaka, pamba te asalaka kaka mpo na lifuti mpe atiaka makanisi na ye na bameme te.
14 'I am the good shepherd, and I know my [sheep], and am known by mine,
Ngai, nazali mobateli malamu ya bibwele; nayebi bameme na Ngai, mpe bameme na Ngai eyebi Ngai
15 according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
—ndenge kaka Tata ayebi Ngai, mpe Ngai nayebi Tata— Nazali kokaba bomoi na Ngai mpo na bameme na Ngai.
16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock — one shepherd.
Nazali na bameme mosusu oyo ezali ya lopango oyo te. Nasengeli komema yango; ekoyoka mongongo na Ngai. Etonga ekozala kaka moko, mpe mobateli bibwele akozala kaka moko.
17 'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;
Tata alingaka Ngai mpo ete nazali kokaba bomoi na Ngai; kasi nakozwa yango lisusu.
18 no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.'
Moto moko te azali kobotola Ngai bomoi yango, kasi Ngai moko nde nazali kokaba yango, na mokano na Ngai moko. Nazali na bokonzi ya kopesa mpe ya kozwa yango lisusu. Yango nde mitindo oyo Tata na Ngai apesaki Ngai.
19 Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,
Bayuda bakabwanaki lisusu likolo ya maloba yango.
20 and many of them said, 'He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'
Mingi kati na bango bazalaki koloba: — Azali na molimo mabe! Azali na liboma! Mpo na nini bozali koyoka ye?
21 others said, 'These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'
Bamosusu bazalaki kozongisa: — Maloba wana ezali te ya moto oyo azali na se ya bokonzi ya molimo mabe! Boni, molimo mabe ekoki penza kofungola miso ya bakufi miso?
22 And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,
Ekomaki tango ya kosepela feti ya Kobulisa Tempelo ya Yelusalemi. Feti yango esalemaki na tango ya malili makasi.
23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,
Yesu azalaki kotambola kati na lopango ya Tempelo, na veranda ya Salomo.
24 the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, 'Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.'
Bayuda bazingelaki Ye mpe batunaki Ye: — Kino tango nini okotika mitema na biso likolo-likolo? Soki ozali Klisto, yebisa biso yango polele!
25 Jesus answered them, 'I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;
Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Nayebisaki bino yango, kasi boboyi na bino kondima. Makamwisi oyo nazali kosala na Kombo ya Tata ezali kotatola na tina na Ngai;
26 but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,
kasi bino, boboyi na bino kondima, pamba te bozali bameme na Ngai te.
27 according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,
Bameme na Ngai eyokaka mongongo na Ngai. Nayebi bameme na Ngai, mpe yango elandaka Ngai.
29 my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;
Tata na Ngai, oyo apesaki Ngai bameme yango, aleki bato nyonso na monene, mpe moto moko te akoki kobotola yango na loboko ya Tata na Ngai.
30 I and the Father are one.'
Ngai mpe Tata tozali se moko.
31 Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;
Na bongo, Bayuda balokotaki lisusu mabanga mpo na koboma Ye,
32 Jesus answered them, 'Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'
kasi Yesu alobaki na bango: — Nalakisi bino bikamwa mingi ya minene oyo esalemaki na nguya ya Tata; mpo na likamwisi nini bolingi koboma Ngai na mabanga?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, 'For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'
Bayuda bazongiselaki Ye: — Ezali te mpo na likamwisi moko boye ya malamu nde tolingi koboma yo, kasi ezali mpo ete ozali kofinga Nzambe. Lisusu, ezali mpo ete, yo oyo ozali moto, ozali koloba ete ozali Nzambe.
34 Jesus answered them, 'Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?
Yesu alobaki na bango: — Ekomama te kati na mibeko na bino: « Nalobi: ‹ Bozali banzambe? › »
35 if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken, )
Nzokande, batiaka tembe na Makomi te. Boye, soki abengaki « banzambe, » bato oyo epai banani Liloba na Nzambe eyaki,
36 of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say — Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?
mpo na nini koloba na tina na Ngai oyo Tata abulisa mpe atinda kati na mokili: « Ozali kofinga, » mpo nalobaki: « Nazali Mwana na Nzambe? »
37 if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;
Soki nasalaka te misala ya Tata na Ngai, wana bondima na bino Ngai te.
38 and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me [is] the Father, and I in Him.'
Kasi soki nasalaka yango, ezala soki boboyi na bino kondima Ngai, bondima ata misala yango, mpo boyeba mpe bososola ete Tata azali kati na Ngai, mpe Ngai nazali kati na Tata.
39 Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,
Mpo na yango, balukaki lisusu kokanga Ye, kasi Yesu akimaki bango.
40 and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,
Akendeki lisusu na ngambo mosusu ya Yordani, kaka na esika oyo Yoane azalaki kobatisa bato, mpe atikalaki kuna.
41 and many came unto him, and said — 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'
Bato mingi penza bayaki epai na Ye; bazalaki koloba: « Yoane asalaki likamwisi ata moko te, kasi makambo nyonso oyo alobaki na tina na moto oyo ezali ya solo! »
42 and many did believe in him there.
Mpe kuna, bato mingi bandimaki Yesu.
