Jọn 8
1 Ma Jisọs rigooro nʼUgwu Oliv.
but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Nʼisi ụtụtụ echi ya, ọ bịara ọzọ nʼụlọnsọ ukwuu ebe ọtụtụ mmadụ bịakwutere ya. Ọ nọdụrụ ala malite ikuziri ha ihe.
Early in the morning he returned to the Temple where many people gathered around him and he sat down and taught them.
3 Ndị ozizi iwu na ndị Farisii dọkpụtara otu nwanyị ha jidere nʼịkwa iko. Ha mere ka o guzo nʼihu igwe mmadụ ahụ niile.
The religious teachers and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught committing adultery and made her stand before everyone.
4 Ha sịrị ya, “Onye ozizi, anyị jidere nwanyị a ka ọ na-akwa iko.
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
5 Nʼiwu, Mosis nyere anyị ikike ka e jiri okwute tugbuo onye mere ihe dị otu a. Gịnị ka i nwere ikwu banyere nke a?”
Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. What do you say?”
6 Ha kwuru nke a iji nwalee ya, iji nweta ihe ha ga-eji ebo ya ebubo. Ma Jisọs hulatara ala were mkpịsịaka ya dee ihe nʼala.
They said this to try and trap Jesus so they could condemn him. But Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7 Mgbe ha nọgidere na-ajụ ya ajụjụ, o biliri sị ha, “Onye ọbụla nʼime unu na-emebeghị mmehie ọbụla, ya buru ụzọ tụọ ya nkume.”
They kept on demanding an answer, so he stood up and told them, “Whichever one of you has never sinned may throw the first stone at her.”
8 Ọzọ, o hulatakwara ala malite ide ihe ọ na-ede nʼala.
Then he bent down again and went on writing on the ground.
9 Mgbe ha nụrụ nke a, ha niile nʼotu nʼotu, malite nʼonye okenye ha, sitere nʼebe ahụ pụọ. Nʼikpeazụ, ọ fọdụrụ naanị Jisọs na nwanyị ahụ, ebe o guzoro nʼihu ya.
When they heard this they began to leave, one by one, starting with the oldest until Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman still standing there.
10 Jisọs guzoro ọtọ jụọ ya sị, “Nwanyị, oleekwanụ ha? Ọ dịghị onye mara gị ikpe?”
Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Where are they? Didn't anybody stay to condemn you?”
11 Ọ sịrị, “O nweghị onye ọbụla Onyenwe anyị.” Jisọs sịrị ya, “Mụ onwe m amakwaghị gị ikpe: Gawa, kama emehiekwala ọzọ.”
“No one did, sir,” she replied. “I don't condemn you either,” Jesus told her. “Go, and don't sin anymore.”
12 Ọzọ, Jisọs gwara ha sị, “Abụ m ihe nke ụwa. Onye ọbụla na-eso m agaghị ejegharị nʼọchịchịrị, kama ọ ga-enwe ìhè nke ndụ.”
Jesus spoke again to the people, telling them, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me you won't walk in darkness for you will have the life-giving light.”
13 Ndị Farisii sịrị, “Ị na-agbara onwe gị ama! Ya mere ama ị na-agbara onwe gị abụghị ezie.”
The Pharisees replied, “You can't be your own witness! What you say doesn't prove anything!”
14 Ma Jisọs zara sị, “A sịkwarị na mụ na-agbara onwe m ama, ama m na-agba bụ eziokwu. Nʼihi na-amara m ebe m si bịa, marakwa m ebe m na-aga. Ma unu aghọtaghị ebe m si bịa, maọbụ ebe m na-aga.
“Even if I am my own witness, my testimony is true,” Jesus told them, “for I know where I came from and where I'm going. But you don't know where I came from or where I'm going.
15 Unu na-ekpe ikpe dị ka mmadụ; ma ekpeghị m onye ọbụla ikpe.
You judge in a typically human way, but I don't judge anyone.
16 Ma ọ bụrụ na m ekpe ikpe, ikpe m bụ eziokwu nʼihi na ọ bụghị naanị m nọ, kama ọ bụ mụ na Nna m, onye zitere m.
Even if I did judge, my judgment would be right because I am not doing this alone. The Father who sent me is with me.
17 E dere nʼiwu unu sị, ‘ama mmadụ abụọ gbara bụ eziokwu.’
Your own law states that the testimony of two witnesses is valid.
18 Ana m agba ama banyere onwe m. Nna m, onye zitere m, na-agbakwa ama banyere m.”
I am my own witness, and my other witness is my Father who sent me.”
19 Mgbe ahụ ha jụrụ ya, “Olee ebe Nna gị nọ?” Jisọs zara, “Unu amaghị m, unu amakwaghị Nna m. Ọ bụrụ na unu matara m unu ga-amatakwa onye Nna m bụ.”
“Where is your father?” they asked him. “You don't know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me then you would know my Father as well.”
20 Okwu ndị a niile ka o kwuru nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ha, mgbe ọ na-akụzi ihe na mpaghara ụlọ ahụ ebe a na-adọba onyinye. Ma ọ dịghị onye ọbụla jidere ya nʼihi na oge ya erubeghị.
Jesus explained this while he was teaching near the Temple treasury. Yet no one arrested him because his time had not yet come.
21 Ọzọ ọ gwara ha, “Aga m ahapụ unu, unu ga-achọ m, ma unu ga-anwụ nʼime mmehie unu. Ma unu apụghị ịbịa nʼebe m na-aga.”
Jesus told them again, “I'm leaving, and you'll search for me, but you'll die in your sin. You can't come where I'm going.”
22 Nke a mere ka ndị Juu na-asị, “Ọ ga-egbu onwe ya? Ọ bụ ya mere o ji sị, ‘Ebe m na-aga unu apụghị ị bịa’?”
The Jews wondered out loud, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means when he says ‘You can't come where I'm going’?”
23 Ma ọ sịrị ha, “Unu si nʼala ma esi m nʼelu bịa. Unu bụkwa ndị ụwa, ma abụkwaghị m nke ụwa a.
Jesus told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 A sịrị m unu na unu ga-anwụ nʼime mmehie unu, naanị na unu kwenyere na mụ onwe m, bụ onye ahụ.”
That is why I told you that you'll die in your sins. For if you don't trust in me, the ‘I am,’ you'll die in your sins.”
25 Ha jụrụ ya, “Onye ka ị bụ?” Jisọs zara sị ha, “Abụ m onye ahụ m gwara unu na m bụ na mbụ.
Then they asked him, “Who are you?” “Exactly who I told you I was from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
26 E nwere m ọtụtụ ihe m ga-ekwu nʼikpe unu ikpe. Ma matanụ na onye ahụ zitere m bụ onye eziokwu. Nʼihi nke a, ihe niile m nụrụ site nʼọnụ ya ka m gwara ụwa.”
“There's much I could say about you, and much I could condemn. But the one who sent me tells the truth, and what I'm saying to you here in this world is what I heard from him.”
27 Ọ bụ ihe banyere Nna ya ka ọ na-agwa ha, ma ha aghọtaghị ya.
They didn't understand that he was talking to them about the Father. So Jesus explained to them:
28 Ya mere Jisọs sịrị, “Mgbe unu weliri Nwa nke Mmadụ elu, mgbe ahụ ka unu ga-ama na mụ onwe m bụ ya. Unu ga-amatakwa na ọ dịghị ihe m na-eme nʼonwe m, kama, dị ka Nna m ziri m ka m na-ekwu ihe ndị a.
“When you have lifted up the Son of man then you'll know that I am the ‘I am,’ and that I do nothing of myself, but only say what the Father taught me.
29 Onye ahụ nke zitere m na-anọnyekwara m. Ọ hapụghịkwa m mgbe ọbụla, nʼihi na ọ bụ ihe na-amasị ya ka m na-eme mgbe niile.”
The one who sent me is with me; he has not abandoned me, for I always do what pleases him.”
30 Mgbe ọ na-ekwu ihe ndị a, ọtụtụ kwenyere na ya.
Many who heard Jesus say these things put their trust in him.
31 Jisọs gwara ndị Juu ndị kwere na ya, “Ọ bụrụ na unu anọgide nʼokwu m nʼezie unu ga-abụ ndị na-eso ụzọ m.
Then Jesus said to those Jews who trusted in him, “If you follow my teaching then you really are my disciples.
32 Unu ga-amatakwa eziokwu ahụ, eziokwu ahụ ga-emekwa ka unu nwere onwe unu.”
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 Ha zara ya, “Anyị bụ ụmụ Ebraham, o nwebeghị oge anyị ji bụrụ ohu onye ọbụla. Olee otu i si na-asị na a ga-eme ka anyị nwere onwe anyị?”
“We're descendants of Abraham! We've never been slaves to anyone,” they answered. “How can you say that we'll be set free?”
34 Jisọs zara ha, “Nʼezie, nʼezie asị m unu, onye ọbụla na-eme mmehie bụ ohu mmehie.
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.
A slave doesn't have a permanent place in the family, but the son is part of the family forever. (aiōn g165)
36 Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na Ọkpara ahụ emee ka unu nwere onwe unu nʼezie, unu ga-abụ ndị nwere onwe unu.
If the Son sets you free, then you're truly free.
37 Ama m na unu bụ ụmụ ụmụ Ebraham, ma unu na-achọ igbu m nʼihi na okwu m enweghị ọnọdụ nʼime unu.
I know you're Abraham's descendants, yet you're trying to kill me because you refuse to accept my words.
38 Ana m ekwu ihe m hụrụ nʼebe Nna m nọ, ma unu na-eme ihe unu nụrụ site nʼaka nna unu.”
I'm telling you what the Father has revealed to me, while you do what your father told you.”
39 Ha zara ya, “Ebraham bụ nna anyị.” Jisọs sịrị ha, “Ọ bụrụ na unu bụ ụmụ Ebraham, unu gara na-arụ ọrụ Ebraham rụrụ.
“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you really were children of Abraham, you'd do what Abraham did,” Jesus told them.
40 Ma unu na-achọ igbu m, bụ onye gwara unu eziokwu ahụ m nụrụ nʼebe Chineke nọ. Ebraham emeghị otu a.
“But you are trying to kill me now, because I told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would never have done that.
41 Unu na-arụ ọrụ nna unu rụrụ.” Ha sịrị ya, “Anyị abụghị ụmụ a mụrụ site nʼịkwa iko; naanị Chineke ya onwe ya bụ otu Nna anyị nwere.”
You're doing what your father does.” “Well we are not illegitimate,” they responded. “God alone is our father!”
42 Jisọs gwara ha, “Ọ bụrụ nʼezie na Chineke bụ Nna unu, unu ga-ahụ m nʼanya, nʼihi na ọ bụ Chineke zitere m. Abịaghị m site nʼike aka m.
Jesus replied, “If God really was your father, you would love me. I came from God and now I am here. The decision to come wasn't mine, but the one who sent me.
43 Gịnị mere unu adịghị aghọta ihe m na-ekwu? Ọ bụ na unu enweghị ike ịnabata okwu m.
Why can't you understand what I'm saying? It's because you refuse to hear my message!
44 Unu bụ ụmụ nke nna unu ekwensu. Uche unu bụ imezu ihe nke nna unu na-achọ. Ọ bụ ogbu ọchụ site na mbụ. Ọ dịghị ejigide eziokwu nʼihi na eziokwu adịghị nʼime ya. Mgbe ọ na-ekwu okwu ụgha, ọ na-ekwu dị ka ọdịdị ya sịrị dị, nʼihi na ọ bụ onye ụgha bụrụkwa nna nke ụgha.
Your father is the Devil, and you love to follow your father's evil desires. He was a murderer from the beginning. He never stood for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies he reveals his true character, for he's a liar and the father of lies.
45 Ma nʼihi na m na-ekwu eziokwu, ọ bụ ya mere unu ekwenyeghị na m.
So because I tell you the truth, you don't believe me!
46 O nwere onye nʼime unu pụrụ ịtụ m mmehie m nʼihu? Ọ bụrụ na m na-ekwu eziokwu, gịnị mere unu ekwenyeghị na m?
Can any one of you prove that I'm guilty of sin? If I'm telling you the truth, why don't you believe me?
47 Onye ọbụla sitere na Chineke na-anụ ihe Chineke na-ekwu. Ihe kpatara unu adịghị anụ bụ maka unu abụghị ndị nke Chineke.”
Anyone who belongs to God listens to what God says. The reason you don't listen is because you don't belong to God.”
48 Ndị Juu zara sị, “Anyị e kwughị eziokwu mgbe anyị sịrị na ị bụ onye Sameria, na mmụọ ọjọọ bikwa nʼime gị?”
“Aren't we right to call you a Samaritan who is demon-possessed?” said the Jews.
49 Jisọs zaghachiri, “Mmụọ ọjọọ ọbụla adịghị nʼime m, kama ana m asọpụrụ Nna m, ma unu adịghị asọpụrụ m.
“No, I don't have a demon,” Jesus replied. “I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.
50 Anaghị m achọ otuto nke onwe m, kama ọ dị onye nke na-achọ ya. Ọ bụkwa ya bụ onye ikpe.
I'm not here looking to glorify myself. But there is one who does this for me and who judges in my favor.
I tell you the truth, anyone who follows my teaching will never die.” (aiōn g165)
52 Mgbe ahụ ndị Juu sịrị ya, “Anyị maara ugbu a na mmụọ ọjọọ bi nʼime gị. Ebraham nwụrụ anwụ ya na ndị amụma, ma gị onwe gị na-asị na onye ọbụla kwere na gị agaghị anwụ ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. (aiōn g165)
“Now we know you're demon-possessed,” said the Jews. “Abraham died, and the prophets did too, and you're telling us ‘anyone who follows my teaching will never die’! (aiōn g165)
53 Ị dị ukwuu karịa nna anyị Ebraham? Ọ nwụrụ, ma ndị amụma nwụkwara. Onye ka ị na-eche na ị bụ?”
Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and the prophets died. Who do you think you are?”
54 Jisọs zara, “Ọ bụrụ na m etoo onwe m, otuto m bụ ihe efu, Nna m, onye unu na-asị na ọ bụ Chineke unu, bụ onye na-eto m.
Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. But it is God himself who glorifies me, the one you claim, ‘He is our God.’
55 Amaara m onye ọ bụ nʼagbanyeghị na unu amaghị ya. Aga m abụ onye ụgha ma ọ bụrụ na m ga-asị na-amaghị m onye ọ bụ. Amaara m ya na-edebekwa okwu ya.
You don't know him, but I know him. If I were to say, ‘I don't know him,’ I'd be a liar, just like you. But I do know him, and I do what he says.
56 Nna unu Ebraham ṅụrịrị ọṅụ mgbe o chetara na ọ ga-ahụ ụbọchị m; ọ hụrụ ya ma ṅụrịakwa ọnụ.”
Your father Abraham was delighted as he looked forward to see my coming, and was so happy when he saw it.”
57 Ndị Juu sịrị ya, “Ị gbabeghị iri afọ ise ma ị hụla Ebraham?”
The Jews replied, “You're not even fifty years old, and you've seen Abraham?”
58 Jisọs sịrị ha, “Nʼezie, nʼezie agwa m unu, tupu amụọ Ebraham, mụ onwe m nọ ya.”
“I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am,” said Jesus.
59 Ya mere, ha tụtụlitere nkume ịtụ ya, ma Jisọs zoro onwe ya, sitekwa nʼụlọnsọ ukwuu ahụ pụọ.
At this they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus was hidden from them and he left the Temple.
