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 was walking after these things in Galilee, for He did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill Him,
2 Mmemme Ụlọ ikwu ndị Juu dị nso,
and the celebration of the Jews was near—that of Shelters—
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.
His brothers, therefore, said to Him, “Depart from here, and go away to Judea, that Your disciples may also behold Your works that You do;
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 one does anything in secret, and himself seeks to be in public; if you do these things—reveal Yourself to the world”;
5 Nʼihi na ọ bụladị ụmụnne ya ekwenyeghị na ya.
for not even His brothers were believing in Him.
6 Jisọs sịrị ha, “Oge nke m erubeghị, ma oge nke unu nọ nʼebe a mgbe niile.
Jesus, therefore, says to them, “My time is not yet present, 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 is not able to hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.
8 Unu onwe unu gaanụ na mmemme ahụ, agaghị m aga mmemme a nʼihi na oge m erubeghị.”
You—go up to this celebration; I do not yet go up to this celebration, because My time has not yet been fulfilled”;
9 Mgbe o kwusiri nke a, ọ nọgidere na Galili.
and saying these things to them, He remained 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.
And when His brothers went up, then also He Himself went up to the celebration, not openly, but as in secret;
11 Na mmemme ahụ ndị Juu nọ na-ele anya ma na-ajụgharị sị, “Olee ebe ọ nọ?”
the Jews, therefore, were seeking Him in the celebration, and said, “Where is that One?”
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 much murmuring about Him among the multitudes, some indeed said, “He is good”; and others said, “No, but He leads the multitude astray”;
13 Ma o nweghị onye ọbụla kwulitere okwu maka ya nʼihu ọha nʼihi egwu ndị Juu.
no one, however, was speaking freely about Him, through fear of the Jews.
14 Mgbe o ruru nʼetiti mmemme ahụ, Jisọs banyere nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu ma bido ikuzi ihe.
And it being now the middle of the celebration, Jesus went up to the temple, and He was teaching,
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 were wondering, saying, “How has this One known letters—having not learned?”
16 Jisọs zara ha, “Ozizi m abụghị nke m, kama ọ bụ nke onye ahụ zitere m.
Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who 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 anyone may will to do His will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or—[if] 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 who is speaking from himself seeks his own glory, but he who is seeking the glory of him who sent him, this one is true, and unrighteousness is not in him;
19 Mosis o nyeghị unu iwu? Ma o nweghị onye ọbụla nʼime unu na-edebe iwu ahụ. Gịnị mere unu ji achọ igbu m?”
has not Moses given you the Law? And none of you does the Law; why do you seek to kill Me?”
20 Igwe mmadụ ahụ zara, “Mmụọ ọjọọ bi nʼime gị, onye chọrọ igbu gị?”
The multitude answered and said, “You have a demon, who seeks to kill You?”
21 Jisọs zara sị ha, “Arụrụ m otu ọrụ, ma unu niile nọ na mgbagwoju anya.
Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all wonder,
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 of this, Moses has given you the circumcision—not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers—and on a Sabbath you circumcise a man;
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 receives circumcision on a Sabbath that the Law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with Me that I made a man all whole on a Sabbath?
24 Kwụsịnụ ikpe ikpe site nʼihe anya na-ahụ, kama na-ekpenụ ikpe ziri ezi.”
Do not judge according to appearance, but the righteous judgment judge.”
25 Nʼoge ahụ, ụfọdụ nʼime ndị Jerusalem bidoro na-asị, “Onye a ọ bụghị nwoke ahụ ha chọrọ igbu?
Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, “Is this not He 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 behold, He speaks freely, and they say nothing to Him; did the rulers truly know that this is the Christ?
27 Ma anyị matara ebe nwoke a siri pụta, mgbe Kraịst ahụ ga-abịa, o nweghị onye ga-amata ebe o siri pụta.”
But this One—we have known where He is from; and the Christ, when He comes, no one knows where He is from.”
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.
Jesus cried, therefore, in the temple, teaching and saying, “You have both known Me, and you have known from where I am; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you have not known;
29 Ma amara m ya, nʼihi na esitere m na ya bịa. Ọ bụkwa ya zitere m.”
and I have known Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
30 Mgbe ahụ ha chọrọ ijide ya, ma o nweghị onye ọbụla metụrụ ya aka nʼihi na oge ya erubeghị.
They were seeking, therefore, to seize Him, and no one laid the hand on Him, because His hour had 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?”
and many out of the multitude believed in Him and said, “The Christ—when He may come—will He do more signs than these that this One did?”
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 multitude murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they may take Him;
33 Jisọs sịrị, “Naanị nwa oge ka mụ na unu ga-anọ, aga m alakwurukwa onye zitere m.
Jesus, therefore, said to them, “Yet a short time I am with you, and I go away to Him who sent Me;
34 Unu ga-achọ m ma unu agaghị achọta m. Ebe m na-agakwa unu enweghị ike ịbịaru ya.”
you will seek Me, and you will not find; and where I am, you are not able to 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?
The Jews, therefore, said among themselves, “To where is this One about to go that we will not find Him? Is He about to go to the dispersion of the Greeks, and to 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 word that He said, You will seek Me, and you will not find? And, Where I am, you are not able to 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.
And in the last, the great day of the celebration, Jesus stood and cried, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to 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 who is believing in Me, according as the Writing said, Rivers of living water will flow out of his belly”;
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.
and this He said of the Spirit, which those believing in Him were about to receive; for not yet was the Holy Spirit, 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, therefore, out of the multitude, having heard the word, said, “This is truly the 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, “This is the Christ”; and others said, “Why, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Ọ bụ na akwụkwọ nsọ ekwughị na Kraịst ga-esi nʼagbụrụ Devid pụta, na Betlehem bụ obodo Devid?”
Did the Writing not say that out of the seed of David, and from Beth-Lehem—the village where David was—the Christ comes?”
43 Ya mere nkewa dapụtara nʼetiti igwe mmadụ ahụ nʼihi ya.
A division, therefore, arose among the multitude because of Him.
44 Ụfọdụ chọrọ ijide ya ma ọ dịghị onye ọbụla metụrụ ya aka.
And certain of them were willing to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him;
45 Mgbe ahụ, ndị nche ụlọnsọ ukwu lọghachiri nʼebe ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii nọ, ndị sịrị ha, “Gịnị mere unu akpụtaghị ya?”
the officers came, therefore, to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring Him?”
46 Ha zara, “Anyị ahụbeghị onye kwuru okwu dị ka nwoke a.”
The officers answered, “Never so spoke man—as this Man.”
47 Ndị Farisii zara ha, “Unu esorola bụrụ ndị a ghọgburu?
The Pharisees, therefore, answered them, “Have you also been led astray?
48 Ọ dị onye ọbụla nʼime ndịisi maọbụ nʼime ndị Farisii tụkwasịrị ya obi?
Did anyone out of the rulers believe in Him? Or out of the Pharisees?
49 E e! Kama igwe mmadụ ndị a na-amaghị iwu bụ ndị a bụrụ ọnụ.”
But this multitude, that is not knowing the Law, is accursed.”
50 Nikọdimọs, otu nʼime ha bụ onye bịakwutere ya na mbụ sịrị ha,
Nicodemus says to them—he who came by night to Him—being one of them,
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?”
“Does our law judge the Man, if it may not hear from Him first, and know what He does?”
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, “Are you also out of Galilee? Search and see that a prophet has not risen out of Galilee”; [[
53 Mgbe ahụ, onye ọbụla nʼime ha lara nʼụlọ ya.
and each one went on to his house, but Jesus went on to the Mount of Olives.
