Yohanes 7
1 Emegbe la, Yesu yi Galilea henɔ tsatsam le kɔƒewo me. Medi be yeayi Yudea o, elabena Yudatɔwo nɔ nugbe ɖom ɖe eŋu le afi ma be yewoawui.
After these things, Yeshua was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Judeans sought to kill him.
2 Gake esi Yudatɔwo ƒe Agbadɔmeŋkekenyui la tu aƒe la,
Now the Jewish festival, the Feast of Sukkot, was at hand.
3 Yesu nɔviŋutsuwo gblɔ nɛ be, “Ele be nàdzo le afi sia ayi Yudea, be wò nusrɔ̃lawo nakpɔ nukunu siwo nèwɔna la.
His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
4 Ame si dina be yeazu ame ŋkuta la mewɔa nu le bebeme o, eya ta esi nèle nu siawo wɔm la, ele be nàɖe ɖokuiwò afia xexea me.”
For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
5 Nɔviawo gblɔ esia, elabena womexɔ edzi se o.
For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
6 Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Ɣeyiɣi sia menye ɣeyiɣi nyuitɔ nam be mayi o, ke miawo la, ɣeyiɣi ɖe sia ɖe nyo na mi.
Yeshua therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
7 Miawo la, xexea me tɔwo mate ŋu alé fu mi o, ke nye la, wolé fum, elabena megblɔna na wo be woƒe nuwɔnawo nye nu vɔ̃ɖi.
The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
8 Mido ŋgɔ mianɔ yiyim faa. Ne ɣeyiɣi nyuitɔ ɖo nam ko la, nye hã madze mia yome.”
You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
9 Ale Yesu tsi Galilea le ŋkeke mawo me.
Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
10 Esi Yesu nɔviŋutsuwo dzo vɔ megbe la, eya hã yi Ŋkekenyui la ɖuƒe. Ke eyi le bebeme.
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
11 Yudatɔwo ƒe amegãwo dii vevie le azã la ɖuƒe, eye wonɔ eta biam be, “Afi ka ŋutsu ma le?”
The Judeans therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
12 Ame geɖewo nɔ nu ƒom le eŋu le amehawo dome. Ame aɖewo gblɔ be, “Enye ame nyui.” Ame bubuwo hã gblɔ be, “Alakpatɔ wònye le amewo flum.”
There was much murmuring amongst the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”
13 Ke dzideƒo menɔ ame siwo nɔ ekafum la si be woaƒo nu tso eŋu le dutoƒo o, elabena wonɔ vɔvɔ̃m na Yudatɔwo.
Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Judeans.
14 Esi ŋkekenyui la ƒe afã nu yi la, Yesu yi ɖe gbedoxɔ la me, eye wòde asi nufiafia amewo me.
But when it was now the middle of the feast, Yeshua went up into the temple and taught.
15 Ewɔ nuku na Yudatɔwo ƒe amegãwo ŋutɔ esi wose nu siwo gblɔm wònɔ le gbedoxɔ la me. Wobia be, “Aleke ame sia wɔ nya nu siawo, togbɔ be mede suku aɖeke o?”
The Judeans therefore marvelled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
16 Yesu ɖo eŋu be, “Nye la, nyemele nu siwo menya la fiam o, ke boŋ etso Mawu si dɔm ɖa la gbɔ.
Yeshua therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
17 Ne ame aɖe di be yeawɔ Mawu ƒe lɔlɔ̃nu la, akpɔe be nye nufiafia tso Mawu gbɔ loo alo enye nye ŋutɔ nye nyawo.
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.
18 Ame si le nu ƒom le eɖokui si la, ele kafukafu dim na eɖokui, gake ame si le didim be yeade bubu ame si dɔe ŋuti la, enye nyateƒetɔ, alakpa aɖeke mele eme o.
He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Ɖe Mose metsɔ seawo na mi oa? Gake mia dometɔ aɖeke mewɔa Mose ƒe sewo dzi o. Ke nu ka ta miedi be yewoawum ɖo?”
Didn’t Moses give you the Torah, and yet none of you keeps the Torah? Why do you seek to kill me?”
20 Ameha la ɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Wò la, gbɔgbɔ vɔ̃ le mewò! Ame kae le didim be yeawu wò?”
The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
21 Yesu gblɔ na wo be, “Nukunu ɖeka pɛ ko mewɔ, eye mi katã miaƒe mo wɔ yaa.
Yeshua answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
22 Ke Mose fia aʋatsotso mi, eye mietsoa aʋa na mia viwo le Dzudzɔgbe ŋkekea gɔ̃ hã dzi. (Ke menye Mosee to aʋatsotso vɛ o, ke boŋ edzɔ tso fofoawo dzi le blema.)
Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
23 Azɔ la, nenye be woate ŋu atso aʋa na ɖevi le Dzudzɔgbe dzi ale be womada le Mose ƒe se dzi o la, nu ka ta miele dɔmedzoe dom ɖe ŋunye be meda gbe le ameti blibo la ŋu le Dzudzɔgbe dzi?
If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the Torah of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
24 Migadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu ɖe dzedzeme nu o, ke boŋ midrɔ̃ ʋɔnu ɖe dzɔdzɔenyenye nu, eye miadrɔ̃ ʋɔnu dzɔdzɔe.”
Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgement.”
25 Yerusalemtɔ aɖewo bia be, “Menye ame si dim wole be yewoawu lae nye esia oa?
Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
26 Ame lae nye esi le afii le mawunya gblɔm le dutoƒo, gake ame aɖeke mebia nya aɖekee o. Ɖe dumegãwo xɔe se mlɔeba be eyae nye Kristo la?
Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Messiah?
27 Míenya afi si ame sia tso. Ne Kristo la va la, ame aɖeke manya afi si wòtso o.”
However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
28 Esi Yesu ganɔ nu fiam le gbedoxɔa me la, edo ɣli be, “Ɛ̃, mienyam, eye mienya afi si metso. Nyemeva afi sia le ɖokuinye si o; ame si dɔm la nye nyateƒetɔ. Miawo la, mienyae o,
Yeshua therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.
29 gake nye la menyae, elabena nye kplie li hafi wòdɔm.”
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
30 Le Yesu ƒe nya siawo ta la, Yudatɔwo ƒe amegãwo di be yewoalée, gake ame aɖeke mete ŋu ka asi eŋu o, elabena Mawu ƒe ɣeyiɣi si wòɖo la mede haɖe o.
They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
31 Ame geɖe siwo nɔ ameha la dome la xɔ edzi se. Wogblɔ be, “Ne Kristo la va la, ɖe wòawɔ nukunuwo wu esiwo ame sia wɔa?”
But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”
32 Farisitɔwo se nya siwo gblɔm ameha la le tso eŋu. Ale nunɔlagãwo kple Farisitɔwo dɔ gbedoxɔmesrafowo ɖa be woayi aɖalée.
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
33 Yesu gblɔ be, “Ɣeyiɣi kpui aɖe ko maganɔ mia gbɔ hafi matrɔ ayi ame si dɔm la gbɔ.
Then Yeshua said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
34 Miadim, gake miakpɔm o, eye miate ŋu ava afi si meyina la o.”
You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
35 Yudatɔwo bia wo nɔewo be, “Afi ka wòle ɖoɖo wɔm be yeadzo ayi, eye míate ŋu akpɔe o? Ɖe wòyina mía nɔvi siwo kaka ɖe Grikitɔwo dome la gbɔ be yeafia nu Grikitɔwoa?
The Judeans therefore said amongst themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Diaspora amongst the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
36 Nu ka tututu wòwɔnɛ, esi wògblɔ be, ‘Miadim, gake miakpɔm o,’ eye ‘Miate ŋu ava afi si meyi la o.’”
What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
37 Le Agbadɔmeŋkekenyui la ƒe ŋkeke mamlɛtɔ kple gãtɔ dzi la, Yesu nɔ tsitre, eye wòdo ɣli sesĩe gblɔ na ameha la be, “Ne tsikɔ le mia dometɔ aɖe wum la, neva gbɔnye wòano tsi.
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Yeshua stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
38 Elabena mawunya gblɔ be, ‘Ame si xɔ dzinye se la, tɔsisi si nye agbetsi la anɔ dzidzim tso eya amea me.’”
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
39 Yesu nɔ nu ƒom tso Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la ŋuti, elabena woana Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la ame sia ame si xɔ edzi se. Ke womena Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la haɖe o, elabena womekɔ Yesu ŋuti haɖe o.
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Yeshua wasn’t yet glorified.
40 Esi ameha la se nya si wògblɔ la, wo dometɔ aɖewo gblɔ be, “Le nyateƒe me la, ame siae nye Nyagblɔɖila la.”
Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
41 Ame bubu aɖewo be, “Eyae nye Kristo la.” Ke ame bubu aɖewo bia be, “Ɖe Kristo la ate ŋu atso Galilea mahã?
Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But some said, “What, does the Messiah come out of Galilee?
42 Ɖe mawunya megblɔ be Kristo la atso David ƒe ƒome me kple Betlehem, du si me David nɔ la me oa?”
Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Messiah comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
43 Ale mama ɖo ameawo dome ɖe Yesu ta.
So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
44 Ame aɖewo di vevie be yewoalée, gake wo dometɔ aɖeke meka asi eŋu o.
Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 Mlɔeba la, gbedoxɔŋudzɔlawo trɔ yi nunɔlagãwo kple Farisitɔwo gbɔ, eye wobia wo be, “Nu ka ta mielée vɛ o ɖo?”
The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
46 Gbedoxɔŋudzɔlaawo ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Ame aɖeke meƒo nu abe ŋutsu sia ene kpɔ o.”
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
47 Farisitɔawo gblɔ na wo be, “Ɖe ŋutsu sia ble miawo hã?
The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
48 Ɖe dumegã aɖe alo Farisitɔ aɖe xɔ ame sia dzi sea?
Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?
49 Gbeɖe! Ne ameha gã sia, ame siwo menya naneke tso se la ŋu o lae xɔ edzi se la, fiƒode le ame siawo dzi!”
But this multitude that doesn’t know the Torah is cursed.”
50 Nikodemo, ame si nye Farisitɔwo dometɔ ɖeka, ame si yi Yesu gbɔ le zã me la bia etɔwo be,
Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
51 “Ɖe míaƒe se la bua fɔ ame aɖe nenye be womedrɔ̃ ʋɔnui, hese eƒe nyawo me gbã oa?”
“Does our Torah judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
52 Woɖo eŋu nɛ be, “Wò hã Galileatɔe nènyea? Wò ŋutɔ dzro mawunya la me, eye nàkpɔ be Nyagblɔɖila aɖeke matso Galilea o!” [
They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
53 Ale takpekpea kaka, eye ame sia ame dzo yi eƒe aƒe me.
Everyone went to his own house,
