Jọn 10
1 “Nʼezie, nʼezie, agwa m unu, onye ọbụla na-adịghị esite nʼọnụ ụzọ aba nʼọgba atụrụ kama ọ na-arị elu ka o site nʼelu ụlọ ahụ wufee, bụ onye ohi bụrụkwa onye na-apụnara mmadụ ihe.
“Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn’t enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2 Onye na-esite nʼọnụ ụzọ abanye bụ onye ọzụzụ atụrụ.
The one who enters by the gate is the sheep’s shepherd.
3 Onye nche ọnụ ụzọ na-emeghere ya ụzọ, atụrụ ya na-anụkwa olu ya. Ọ na-akpọ atụrụ nke ya aha, ma duru ha pụọ.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 Mgbe ọ kpọpụtasịrị ndị niile bụ nke ya, ọ na-aga nʼihu ha. Atụrụ ya na-esokwa ya nʼazụ nʼihi na ha maara olu ya.
When he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
5 Ha agaghị eso onye ọbịa, kama ha gbaara ya ọsọ. Nʼihi na ha amaghị olu onye ọbịa.”
There is no way that they will follow a stranger, but will run away from the stranger, because they don’t know the voice of strangers.”
6 Jisọs ji ihe yiri ihe gwa ha okwu. Ma ha aghọtaghị ihe ọ nọ na-agwa ha.
Jesus used this illustration, but the Pharisees didn’t understand what He was telling them.
7 Ọzọ, Jisọs sịrị, “Nʼezie, nʼezie, ana m agwa unu, mụ onwe m bụ ọnụ ụzọ ọgba atụrụ ahụ.
Then Jesus told them again, “Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
8 Ndị niile bịara tupu mụ onwe m abịa bụ ndị ohi na ndị na-apụnara mmadụ ihe nʼike. Ụmụ atụrụ aṅakwaghị ha ntị.
All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
9 Mụ onwe m bụ ụzọ. Onye ọbụla sitere na m banye, a ga-azọpụta ya. Ọ ga na-apụ na-abata na-achọtakwa nri.
I am the door. Anyone who enters by me will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 Onye ohi na-abịa naanị ka o zuo ohi, gbuo ma bibiekwa; abịara m ka ha nwe ndụ ma nwebigakwa ya oke.
The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they might have life, and that they might have it in all its fullness.
11 “Mụ onwe m bụ onye ọzụzụ atụrụ ọma. Ezi onye ọzụzụ atụrụ na-atọgbọ ndụ ya nʼihi atụrụ ya.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
12 Onye e goro ọrụ, nke na-abụghị onye nche atụrụ, onye atụrụ na-abụghị nke ya, ọ na-ahapụ ha gbaa ọsọ mgbe ọ hụrụ agụ ka ọ na-abịa; mgbe ahụ agụ na-achụso atụrụ ahụ chụsasịa ha.
The hired hand, who isn’t the shepherd and doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away. So, the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
13 Onye e goro ọrụ na-agbapụ, nʼihi na ọ bụ onye e goro ọrụ, ọ naghị echegbu onwe ya banyere atụrụ ndị ahụ.
The hired hand is concerned about the wages, and not the sheep, so the hired hand runs away.
14 “Abụ m onye ọzụzụ atụrụ ọma; amaara m atụrụ m, atụrụ nke m makwaara m.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,
15 Dị ka Nna ahụ maara m, mụ onwe m makwa Nna ahụ. Ana m atọgbọ ndụ m nʼihi atụrụ ahụ.
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 Enwere m ụmụ atụrụ ọzọ ndị na-anọghị nʼọgba atụrụ a. Aghaghị m ịkpọbatakwa ha. Ha onwe ha ga-anụ olu m, a ga-enwekwa otu igwe atụrụ na otu onye ọzụzụ atụrụ.
I have other sheep that don’t belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So, there will be one flock, with one shepherd.
17 Maka nke a ka Nna jiri hụ m nʼanya, nʼihi na ana m atọgbọ ndụ m, ka m wereghachikwa ya ọzọ.
For this reason the Father sincerely loves me, because I lay down my life, so that I may take it up again.
18 O nweghị onye ọbụla pụrụ ịnara m ya, kama ana m atọgbọ ya nʼike nke onwe m. Enwere m ikike ịtọgbọ ya, nweekwa ikike iwereghachi ya ọzọ. Anatara m iwu a site nʼaka Nna m.”
No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
19 Ọzọkwa, nkewa batara nʼetiti ndị Juu nʼihi okwu ndị a.
The Jews were divided again, because of these words.
20 Ọtụtụ nʼime ha na-ekwu, “Ọ bụ onye mmụọ ọjọọ na-achị ya, onye isi mebiri. Ọ bara uru ige ya ntị?”
Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?”
21 Ma ndị ọzọ na-ekwu, “Okwu ndị a adịghị ka nke onye mmụọ ọjọọ bi nʼime ya. Mmụọ ọjọọ o nwere ike ime ka anya onye kpuru ìsì meghee?”
Others were saying, “These aren’t the sayings of a demon-possessed person. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
22 Nʼoge ahụ, mmemme icheta mgbe e doro ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ nsọ ruru na Jerusalem. Ọ bụ oge oke oyi,
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
23 ma Jisọs nọ na-ejegharị nʼụlọnsọ ukwu, nʼịba Solomọn.
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
24 Ndị Juu gbara ya gburugburu sị ya, “Ruo ole mgbe ka ị ga-edebe anyị nʼọnọdụ olileanya? Ọ bụrụ na ị bụ Kraịst ahụ, gwaghee anyị ọnụ.”
Then the Jews gathered around Him, and asked Him, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Jisọs zara ha, “Agwara m unu, ma unu ekweghị. Ọrụ m na-arụ nʼaha Nna m na-agba ama banyere m.
Jesus answered, “I told you, but you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name testify about me,
26 Ma unu ekwenyeghị, nʼihi na unu esoghị nʼigwe atụrụ m.
but you don’t believe, because you aren’t of my sheep.
27 Atụrụ m na-anụ olu m. Amaara m ha, ha na-esokwa m.
My sheep listen to my voice. I know them, and they follow me.
29 Nna m onye nyere m ha dị ukwuu karịa ihe niile. O nweghị onye nwere ike ịnapụ ha site nʼaka Nna m.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
30 Mụ na nna m bụ otu.”
I and my Father are one.”
31 Ndị Juu tụtụlitekwara nkume ọzọ ịtụ ya.
Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.
32 Ma Jisọs zara ha, “E zila m unu ọtụtụ ọrụ ọma nke sitere nʼaka Nna m, olee nke unu na-achọ ịtụ m nkume nʼihi ya?”
Jesus answered, “I showed you many good works from the Father. For which of them are you stoning me?”
33 Ndị Juu zara ya, “Anyị achọghị ịtụ gị nkume nʼihi ọrụ ọma ndị a, kama nʼihi nkwulu na nʼihi na gị bụ mmadụ efu, ma ị na-eme onwe gị Chineke.”
The Jews answered Him, “We aren’t stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because You, being a man, claim to be God.”
34 Jisọs zara ha, “Edeghị ya nʼiwu unu, sị, ‘Mụ onwe m sịrị na unu bụ chi’?
Jesus answered, “Isn’t it written in your Law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’?
35 Ọ bụrụ na a kpọrọ ndị ahụ nabatara okwu Chineke ‘chi,’ apụghịkwa imebi ihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ nsọ.
If he, who God’s word came to, called them gods, (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
36 Unu na-ekwu na onye ahụ Chineke doro nsọ ma zitekwa ya nʼime ụwa na-ekwulu Chineke nʼihi na m sịrị, ‘Abụ m Ọkpara Chineke?’
do you say of Him who the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?
37 Unu ekwenyela na m, ma ọ bụrụ na ọ bụghị ọrụ Nna m ka m na-arụ.
If I don’t do my Father’s works, then don’t believe me.
38 Ma ọ bụrụ na m na-arụ ya, a sịkwarị na unu ekweghị na m, kwerenụ nʼọrụ ndị a, ka unu nwee ike mata ma ghọtakwa na Nna ahụ nọ nʼime m, mụ onwe m nọkwa nʼime Nna ahụ.”
But if I do them, even if you don’t believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I am in the Father.”
39 Ọzọkwa, ha gbalịrị ijide ya ma ọ siri nʼaka ha pụọ.
Therefore they were trying again to seize Him, and He escaped from their grasp.
40 Mgbe ahụ ọ laghachiri azụ nʼofe osimiri Jọdan, bụ ebe Jọn nọrọ na mbụ mee baptizim, ebe ahụ ka ọ nọdụrụ.
Jesus went away again across the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there.
41 Ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ bịakwutere ya. Ha na-asị, “Jọn arụghị ọrụ ihe ịrịbama ọbụla, ma ihe niile Jọn kwuru banyere nwoke a bụ eziokwu.”
Many came to Him and were saying, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”
42 Ọtụtụ mmadụ kwenyekwara na ya nʼebe ahụ.
Many believed in Jesus there.
