Jọn 7
1 Mgbe nke a gasịrị, Jisọs gagharịrị na Galili, ma ọ kpachapụrụ anya hapụ ịga Judịa nʼihi na ndị Juu na-achọ ụzọ igbu ya.
AND Jesus after these things travelled about in Galilee: for he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Mmemme Ụlọ ikwu ndị Juu dị nso,
And a feast of the Jews was nigh, the feast of tabernacles.
3 ya mere, ụmụnne ya ndị nwoke sịrị ya, “Si nʼebe a pụọ, gaa Judịa, ka ndị na-eso ụzọ gị nwe ike ịhụ ọrụ ị na-arụ.
Then said his disciples to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest.
4 Nʼihi na o nweghị onye ọbụla chọrọ ịbụ onye ọha mmadụ ma, nke na-eme ihe na nzuzo. Ebe ọ bụkwanụ na ị na-eme ihe ndị a, gosi ụwa onwe gị.”
For no man doeth any thing in secret, yet seeketh himself to appear publicly: if thou doest these things, exhibit thyself to the world.
5 Nʼihi na ọ bụladị ụmụnne ya ekwenyeghị na ya.
For even his own brethren did not believe on him.
6 Jisọs sịrị ha, “Oge nke m erubeghị, ma oge nke unu nọ nʼebe a mgbe niile.
Jesus therefore saith to them, My proper time is not yet come: but your time is always ready.
7 Ụwa enweghị ike ịkpọ unu asị, ma ọ kpọrọ m asị nʼihi na ana m agba ama megide ya nʼọrụ ya jọrọ njọ.
The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
8 Unu onwe unu gaanụ na mmemme ahụ, agaghị m aga mmemme a nʼihi na oge m erubeghị.”
Go ye up to this feast: for I am not yet going up to this feast, because my fixed time is not yet arrived.
9 Mgbe o kwusiri nke a, ọ nọgidere na Galili.
Thus speaking to them then, he continued in Galilee.
10 Ma otu ọ dị, mgbe ụmụnne ya gawara mmemme ahụ ya onwe ya gakwara. Ọ gaghị ebe mmadụ niile ga-ahụ ya kama ọ gara na nzuzo.
But as soon as his disciples were gone up, then went he also himself up to the feast: not in public, but as in concealment.
11 Na mmemme ahụ ndị Juu nọ na-ele anya ma na-ajụgharị sị, “Olee ebe ọ nọ?”
The Jews then sought for him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 E nwere oke ntamu nʼetiti igwe mmadụ ahụ banyere ya. Ndị ụfọdụ na-asị, “Ọ bụ ezigbo mmadụ.” Ndị ọzọ na-asị, “Mba, ọ na-eduhie igwe mmadụ.”
And there was a great murmur concerning him among the multitude: some said, Surely he is a good man: others said, No; he only deceiveth the people.
13 Ma o nweghị onye ọbụla kwulitere okwu maka ya nʼihu ọha nʼihi egwu ndị Juu.
Yet no person spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 Mgbe o ruru nʼetiti mmemme ahụ, Jisọs banyere nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu ma bido ikuzi ihe.
But now at the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 Site nʼoke mgbagwoju anya, ndị Juu jụrịtara onwe ha sị, “Olee otu nwoke a sịrị nweta amamihe dị otu a ebe ọ bụ na o nwebeghị onye kuziri ya ihe ọbụla?”
And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man the scriptures, not being a scholar?
16 Jisọs zara ha, “Ozizi m abụghị nke m, kama ọ bụ nke onye ahụ zitere m.
Jesus answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 Onye ọbụla na-achọ ime uche Chineke, ọ ga-achọpụta ma ozizi m ọ bụ nke m ma o sikwanụ na Chineke.
If any man will do his will, he shall know respecting the doctrine, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.
18 Ndị ahụ na-ekwu nke onwe ha na-eme nke a iji wetara onwe ha ugwu, ma onye ahụ na-achọ ugwu nke onye zitere ya bụ onye eziokwu; o nwekwaghị ihe ọbụla bụ ụgha banyere ya.
He that speaketh from himself, seeks his own individual honour: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and iniquity in him there is none.
19 Mosis o nyeghị unu iwu? Ma o nweghị onye ọbụla nʼime unu na-edebe iwu ahụ. Gịnị mere unu ji achọ igbu m?”
Hath not Moses given you the law, yet none of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?
20 Igwe mmadụ ahụ zara, “Mmụọ ọjọọ bi nʼime gị, onye chọrọ igbu gị?”
The multitude answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who is seeking to kill thee?
21 Jisọs zara sị ha, “Arụrụ m otu ọrụ, ma unu niile nọ na mgbagwoju anya.
Jesus answered and said unto them, I have performed one work, and ye all marvel.
22 Mosis nyere unu iwu ibi ugwu (nʼagbanyeghị na o siteghị na Mosis, kama na nna nna anyị ha), nʼụbọchị izuike unu na-ebikwa mmadụ ugwu.
Because Moses ordered you circumcision; (not that it comes from Moses, but from our ancestors; ) so ye circumcise a man on the sabbath-day.
23 Ọ bụrụ na e nwere ike bie mmadụ ugwu nʼụbọchị izuike ka a ghara imebi iwu Mosis, gịnị mere o ji na-ewute unu na m mere ka ahụ mmadụ zuo oke nʼụbọchị izuike?
If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath-day, that the law of Moses should not be violated; are ye incensed against me, because I have made a man whole on the sabbath-day?
24 Kwụsịnụ ikpe ikpe site nʼihe anya na-ahụ, kama na-ekpenụ ikpe ziri ezi.”
Judge not by appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Nʼoge ahụ, ụfọdụ nʼime ndị Jerusalem bidoro na-asị, “Onye a ọ bụghị nwoke ahụ ha chọrọ igbu?
Then said some of the people of Jerusalem, is not this the man whom they are seeking to kill?
26 Lee ka ọ nọ na-ekwu okwu nʼihu mmadụ niile ma o nwekwaghị onye na-agwa ya ihe ọbụla. Ọ pụtara na ndịisi amatala nʼeziokwu na ọ bụ Kraịst?
And, lo! he speaketh openly, and they say not a word to him. Do the rulers certainly know that this man is really the Messiah?
27 Ma anyị matara ebe nwoke a siri pụta, mgbe Kraịst ahụ ga-abịa, o nweghị onye ga-amata ebe o siri pụta.”
But we know this man whence he is: but when the Messiah cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28 Ma dị ka Jisọs na-ezi ihe nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwuu ahụ, o tiri mkpu sị, “Nʼezie, unu maara m, matakwa ebe m siri pụta. Anọghị m nʼebe a na nke onwe m, ma onye ahụ zitere m bụ eziokwu. Unu amaghị ya.
Then spake Jesus aloud as he was teaching in the temple, and said, Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am: and I came not of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 Ma amara m ya, nʼihi na esitere m na ya bịa. Ọ bụkwa ya zitere m.”
But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Mgbe ahụ ha chọrọ ijide ya, ma o nweghị onye ọbụla metụrụ ya aka nʼihi na oge ya erubeghị.
Then they sought to apprehend him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 Ma otu ọ dị, ọtụtụ nʼime igwe mmadụ ahụ kweere na ya. Ha sịrị, “Mgbe Kraịst ahụ ga-abịa, ọ ga-arụ ọrụ ebube ọzọ karịrị ndị a nwoke a rụrụla?”
But many of the multitude believed on him, and said, When the Messiah cometh, will he do greater miracles than those which this man doth?
32 Ndị Farisii nụrụ ka igwe mmadụ ahụ na-atamu ntamu nʼolu nta banyere ya. Mgbe ahụ ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii zigara ndị na-eche nche nʼụlọnsọ ukwuu ahụ ka ha gaa jide ya.
The Pharisees heard the people muttering these things respecting him; and the Pharisees and chief priests sent officers to apprehend him.
33 Jisọs sịrị, “Naanị nwa oge ka mụ na unu ga-anọ, aga m alakwurukwa onye zitere m.
Then said Jesus unto them, A little while longer I am with you, and I am going to him that sent me.
34 Unu ga-achọ m ma unu agaghị achọta m. Ebe m na-agakwa unu enweghị ike ịbịaru ya.”
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
35 Ndị Juu sịrịtara onwe ha, “Olee ebe nwoke a chọrọ ịga anyị na-agaghị achọta ya? Ọ ga-eje ebe ndị nke anyị a chụsasịrị achụsasị bi nʼetiti ndị Griik, ka ọ ga kuziere ndị Griik ihe?
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Grecians, and teach the Greeks?
36 Kedụ ụdị okwu bụ nke a ọ na-ekwu sị, ‘Unu ga-achọ m ma unu agaghị achọta m,’ na ‘Ebe m na-agakwa unu enweghị ike ịbịaru’?”
What is this saying which he hath spoken, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?
37 Nʼụbọchị ikpeazụ bụkwa ụbọchị kacha ibe ya nke mmemme ahụ, Jisọs guzooro ọtọ jiri oke olu tie mkpu sị, “Ọ bụrụ na akpịrị na-akpọ onye ọbụla nkụ, ya bịakwute m bịa ṅụrụ mmiri.
Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and spake aloud, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.
38 Onye ọbụla kweere na m, dị ka akwụkwọ nsọ kwururị, isi iyi mmiri nke ndụ ga na-asọpụta site nʼime afọ ya.”
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, from his belly shall rivers flow of living water.
39 O kwuru nke a banyere Mmụọ ahụ ndị kwere na ya ga-anata. Tutu ruo oge ahụ, e nyebeghị Mmụọ ahụ, nʼihi na e nyebeghị Jisọs otuto.
(Now he spake this in reference to the Spirit, which they who believe on him should afterwards receive: for as yet the Holy Ghost was not given; because Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 Mgbe ha nụrụ nke a, ụfọdụ nʼime igwe mmadụ ahụ sịrị, “Nʼeziokwu onye a bụ onye amụma ahụ.”
Many then of the multitude, when they heard this declaration, said, This man is certainly a prophet.
41 Ndị ọzọ sịrị, “Ọ bụ Kraịst ahụ.” Ma ndị nke ọzọ sịkwara, “Nʼezie Kraịst ahụ, ọ ga-esi na Galili pụta?
Others said, He is the Messiah. But others said, No: for cometh the Messiah out of Galilee?
42 Ọ bụ na akwụkwọ nsọ ekwughị na Kraịst ga-esi nʼagbụrụ Devid pụta, na Betlehem bụ obodo Devid?”
Doth not the scripture say, That the Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from the town of Bethlehem, whence David originally was?
43 Ya mere nkewa dapụtara nʼetiti igwe mmadụ ahụ nʼihi ya.
There was a division therefore among the multitude on account of him.
44 Ụfọdụ chọrọ ijide ya ma ọ dịghị onye ọbụla metụrụ ya aka.
Now some of them were desirous to apprehend him; but no one laid hands upon him.
45 Mgbe ahụ, ndị nche ụlọnsọ ukwu lọghachiri nʼebe ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii nọ, ndị sịrị ha, “Gịnị mere unu akpụtaghị ya?”
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisee; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?
46 Ha zara, “Anyị ahụbeghị onye kwuru okwu dị ka nwoke a.”
The officers answered, Never did man before speak in such a manner as this man.
47 Ndị Farisii zara ha, “Unu esorola bụrụ ndị a ghọgburu?
The Pharisees then replied to them, Are ye also deluded?
48 Ọ dị onye ọbụla nʼime ndịisi maọbụ nʼime ndị Farisii tụkwasịrị ya obi?
Hath any one of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 E e! Kama igwe mmadụ ndị a na-amaghị iwu bụ ndị a bụrụ ọnụ.”
But this rabble, which knoweth not the law, is accursed.
50 Nikọdimọs, otu nʼime ha bụ onye bịakwutere ya na mbụ sịrị ha,
Nicodemus saith unto them, (the same person who came to him by night, being one of their body, )
51 “Iwu anyị ọ na-ama mmadụ ikpe, ma ọ bụrụ na o bụghị ụzọ nụta okwu nʼọnụ ya, ịchọpụta ihe onye ahụ na-eme?”
Doth our law condemn a man, without first hearing his defence, and knowing what he hath done?
52 Ha zaghachiri ya sị, “Gị onwe gị, i sokwa na ndị si Galili pụta? Nyochaa nke ọma, ị ga-achọpụta na onye amụma ọbụla agaghị esi na Galili pụta.”
They answered and said to him, Art thou not from Galilee too? Search and see: for a prophet, out of Galilee, never was raised up.
53 Mgbe ahụ, onye ọbụla nʼime ha lara nʼụlọ ya.
So each went to his own home.
