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;
Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Ongangeni ngesango esibayeni sezimvu, kodwa akhwele kwenye indawo, lowo ulisela lomphangi;
2 and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;
kodwa ongena ngesango ungumelusi wezimvu.
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;
Umlindi wesango uyamvulela, lezimvu ziyalizwa ilizwi lakhe, njalo uyazibiza ezakhe izimvu ngamabizo, azikhokhelele phandle.
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;
Nxa esezikhuphile ezakhe izimvu, uhamba phambi kwazo; lezimvu zimlandele, ngoba ziyalazi ilizwi lakhe.
5 and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'
Kodwa owemzini kazisoze zimlandele, kodwa zizambalekela; ngoba kazilazi ilizwi labemzini.
6 This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;
UJesu wakhuluma lumfanekiso kubo; kodwa bona kabaqedisisanga ukuthi ziyini izinto azitshoyo kubo.
7 Jesus said therefore again to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;
Ngakho uJesu waphinda wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Mina ngilisango lezimvu;
8 all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;
bonke abake bafika phambi kwami bangamasela labaphangi; kodwa izimvu kazibezwanga.
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.
Mina ngilisango; uba umuntu engena ngami, uzasindiswa, angene aphume, athole idlelo.
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.
Isela kalizi ngaphandle kokuzakweba lokubulala lokubhubhisa; mina ngizile ukuze babe lempilo, babe layo iphuphume.
11 'I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;
Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo. Umelusi olungileyo uzibekela phansi izimvu impilo yakhe.
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;
Kodwa oqhatshiweyo, engesuye umelusi, izimvu zingesizo ezakhe, ubona impisi isiza, atshiye izimvu, abaleke; kuthi impisi izibambe, izichithachithe izimvu.
13 and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.
Oqhatshiweyo uyabaleka-ke, ngoba engoqhatshiweyo, njalo engazikhathaleli izimvu.
14 'I am the good shepherd, and I know my [sheep], and am known by mine,
Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo, ngiyazazi ezami, ngiyaziwa ngezami,
15 according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,
njengalokhu uBaba engazi, lami ngiyamazi uBaba; ngizibekela phansi izimvu impilo yami.
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.
Njalo ngilezinye izimvu, ezingesizo zalesisibaya; lazo kumele ngizilethe, njalo zizakuzwa ilizwi lami; njalo kube mhlambi munye, melusi munye.
17 'Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;
Ngenxa yalokhu uBaba uyangithanda, ngoba mina ngibeka phansi impilo yami, ukuze ngibuye ngiyithathe.
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.'
Kakho ongemuka yona, kodwa mina ngiyibeka phansi ngokwami. Ngilamandla okuyibeka phansi, njalo ngilamandla okubuya ngiyithathe. Lumlayo ngiwemukele kuBaba.
19 Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,
Ngakho kwaba khona futhi ukwehlukana phakathi kwamaJuda ngenxa yalamazwi.
20 and many of them said, 'He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?'
Labanengi bawo bathi: Uledimoni futhi uyahlanya; limlalelelani?
21 others said, 'These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men's eyes to open?'
Amanye athi: Lamazwi kawasiwo wongenwe lidimoni; kambe idimoni lingavula amehlo eziphofu yini?
22 And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,
Kwakukhona umkhosi wokuvuselela eJerusalema, kwakusebusika;
23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,
uJesu wasehambahamba ethempelini ekhulusini likaSolomoni.
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.'
AmaJuda asemhanqa, athi kuye: Koze kube nini usilibazisa? Uba wena unguKristu, sitshele ngokucacileyo.
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;
UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngalitshela, kodwa kalikholwanga; imisebenzi mina engiyenza ebizweni likaBaba, yiyo engifakazelayo;
26 but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,
kodwa lina kalikholwa; ngoba kalisibo abezimvu zami, njengokutsho kwami kini.
27 according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,
Izimvu zami ziyalizwa ilizwi lami, lami ngiyazazi, futhi ziyangilandela;
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;
UBaba ozinike mina, mkhulu kulabo bonke; kungekho njalo ongazihluthuna esandleni sikaBaba.
30 I and the Father are one.'
Mina loBaba simunye.
31 Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;
Ngakho amaJuda aphinda athatha amatshe ukuze amkhande ngawo.
32 Jesus answered them, 'Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'
UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngilitshengise imisebenzi eminengi emihle evela kuBaba; yiwuphi umsebenzi kuyo elingikhandela wona ngamatshe?
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.'
AmaJuda amphendula athi: Kasikukhandi ngamatshe ngenxa yomsebenzi omuhle, kodwa ngenxa yenhlamba, langokuthi wena ungumuntu uzenza uNkulunkulu.
34 Jesus answered them, 'Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?
UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Kakulotshiwe yini emlayweni wenu ukuthi: Mina ngathi: Lingonkulunkulu?
35 if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken, )
Uba wababiza bona ngokuthi ngonkulunkulu, eleza kubo ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, njalo umbhalo ungephulwe,
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?
lowo uBaba amehlukanisileyo wamthuma emhlabeni, kanti lina lithi: Uyahlambaza, ngoba ngithe: NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu?
37 if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;
Uba ngingenzi imisebenzi kaBaba, kalingakholwa kimi.
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.'
Kodwa uba ngiyenza, lanxa lingakholwa kimi, kholwani imisebenzi; ukuze lazi likholwe ukuthi uBaba ukimi, lami ngikuye.
39 Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,
Ngakho adinga futhi ukumbamba; kodwa waphunyuka esandleni sabo.
40 and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,
Wasebuya wasuka waya ngaphetsheya kweJordani kundawo lapho uJohane ayebhabhathiza khona kuqala; wasehlala khona.
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;'
Labanengi beza kuye, bathi: UJohane kenzanga sibonakaliso; kodwa konke uJohane akutsho ngalo, kwakuliqiniso.
42 and many did believe in him there.
Abanengi basebekholwa kuye lapho.
