uYohana 12
1 Mahiku mutandatu ze ikili ipasaka, uYesu ai wendile ku Bethania, kai ukoli uLazaro, nuanso nai umiukilye ku puma mu ashi.
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.
2 Ila akamuzipilililya indya nia mpindi kuko, nu Martha akamuaiilya, itungo nilanso uLazaro ai watulaa ung'wi ao nua awo nai ikie mu ndya palung'wi nu Yesu,
There a supper was given in his honour at which Martha waited, while Lazarus was one of those present at the table.
3 Hangi uMariamu akahola i ratili a manyukiilo nai azipigwe ku nadro nziza, ikete nsailo nkulu, akamupuguhila uYesu mu migulu, nu kumupyagula i migulu ku nsingi ni akwe; ito lihi likizula u unyunki nua manyunkiilo.
So Mary took a pound of choice spikenard perfume of great value, and anointed the feet of Jesus with it, and then wiped them with her hair. The whole house was filled with the scent of the perfume.
4 uYuda Iskariote, ung'wi nua awo ia manyisigwa akwe, naiza yuyo nuika mugumaniilya uYesu, akaligitya.
One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray Jesus, asked,
5 Ku niki i manyunkiilo aya shanga aza aguigwe ku dinari magana ataatu nu kinkiiligwa i aula?”
‘Why was not this perfume sold for a year’s wages, and the money given to poor people?’
6 Nu ng'wenso ai uligitilye nanso shanga kuaisiilya aula, ila ku nsoko ai waatuilee mii; ung'wenso yuyo ai watuile uambiie i mbugulu a mpia hangi ai watuilee wiholaa ing'wi nai aiekilwe mung'wanso kunsoko akwe mukola.
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.
7 uYesu ai uligiyilye, muleke waike nukete ku nsoko a luhiku nula uikwi nu ane.
‘Leave her alone,’ said Jesus, ‘so that she may keep it until the day when my body is being prepared for burial.
8 i aula mukutula nienso mahiku ihi, kuiti shanga mukutula nu nene mahiku ihi.”
The poor you always have with you, but you will not always have me.’
9 Iti gwa i umbi ikulu ni la Ayahudi nai alijaa kulinga nia kina uYesu ukoli kuko, ni eso akapembya shanga kunsoko ang'wa Yesu duu. Ila amihenge nu Petro nai umiulilye kupuma mu ashi.
Now great numbers of people found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 Ni enso i akulu a kuhani akazipya lukani iti amubulage u Lazaro;
The chief priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,
11 ndogoelyo kunsoko ayo imakani akwe idu mu Ayahudi ai alongoe yao nu kumuhiila uYesu
because it was owing to him that many of the people had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.
12 Nu luhiku nula kabiili lakwe i umbi ikulu ai lizile mu siku kuu. Nai akija kina uYesu upembilye ku Yerusalemu,
On the following day great numbers of people who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, took palm branches,
13 ai ahoile i ntambi nia makota a mitende nu kupuma kunzi kulongola kumusingiilya hangi akakua iyogo, “Hosiana Ukendepilwe nuanso nu pembilye ku lina nila Mukulu, Mutemi nua Israeli.”
and went out to meet him, shouting as they went, ‘God save him! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord – the king of Israel!’
14 uYesu ai umuligilye u ng'waa ndogwe akanankila; anga uu nai ukiliseigwe.
Having found a young donkey, Jesus seated himself on it, in accordance with the passage of scripture –
15 Leka kitumba munanso nua Sayuni; goza, uMutemi nuako upembilye, unankie ng'waa ndogwe.”
“Fear not, people of Zion. Your king is coming to you, sitting on the foal of a donkey.”
16 Amanyisigwa akwe shanga ai amalingile imakani aya apo u ng'wandyo; kuiti uYesu nai wakakuligwa, papo nai akimbukiiye nia kina imakani aya ai ukiliseigwe nuanso nia kina itumile imakani aya kitalakwe.
His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in scripture, and that they had done these things for him.
17 Uugwa idale ilo nila antu nai akoli palung'wi nu Yesu itungo nai umitangile uLazaro kupuma mu kibiila, aka kuiila ku auya.
Meanwhile the people who were with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, were telling what they had seen.
18 Hangi ai ituile ga ni kunsoko iyi kina idale nila antu ai alongoe kumusingiilya ku nsoko ai igulye kina witumile ikilingasiilyo nikanso.
This, indeed, was why the crowd met him – because people had heard that he had given this sign of his mission.
19 iAfarisayo akitambulya i enso ku enso, Goza, itungili shanga muhumile kituma kihi; goza, u unkumbigulu walongolaa kitalakwe.”
So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘You see that you are gaining nothing! Why, all the world has run after him!’
20 Itungili ang'wi a Ayahudi ai atulaa mu kati ao mu awo nai atulaa alongoe kipolya mu siku kuu.
Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,
21 Awa ai amuhangile uFilipo, naiza upumiie ku Bethsaida a ku Galilaya, akamulompa aze ligitya, “Mukulu, usese kukete nsula kumihenga uYesu.”
who went to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’
22 uFilipo akalongola akamutambuila uAndrea; uAndrea nu Filipo akalongola nu kumutambuila uYesu.
Philip went and told Andrew, and then together they went and told Jesus.
23 uYesu aka asukiilya, Isaa apika ku nsoko a ng'wana nuang'wa Adamu ku kuligwa.
This was his reply – ‘The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.
24 Huiili, huiili, kumutambuila, imbeu a ngano anga ileke kugwa mi ihi nu kusha, ikiee uu ing'wene duu, ila anga ishe, ikupa nkali idu.
In truth I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains solitary; but, if it dies, it becomes fruitful.
25 Nuanso nululoilwe u likalo nu lakwe ukululimilya; ila nuanso nu lubipiwe u likalo nu lakwe mu unkumbigulu uwu uku uhuja ga u upanga nua kali na kali. (aiōnios g166)
A person who loves their life loses it; while someone who hates their life in the present world will preserve it for eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 Muntu wihi anga wanzailye unene, nu antyate, nu nene kunkoli, papo nu munyamilimo nuane nuikatula ukoli. Muntu wihi nuikanzaiilya, uTata ukumukulya.
If someone is ready to serve me, let them follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If a person is ready to serve me, my Father will honour them.
27 Itungili i nkolo ane ahusha: nu nene ndigitye uli? 'Tata, ungune mu saa iyi” kuiti ingi ku isigo ili nimipikiie i saa iyi.
Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour – yet it was for this reason that I came to this hour –
28 Tata, ulikulye i lina ni lako.” Uugwa luli lukaza nu kuligitya “Nalikulyaa nu nene kulikulya hangi.”
Father, honour your own name.’ At this there came a voice from heaven, which said, ‘I have already honoured it, and I will honour it again.’
29 Ila ianza nai limikile pakupi ni enso akija, akaligitya nia kina yatula nu mulilo, Auya ai aligitilye, “Malaika witambuuye nu ng'wenso.”
The crowd of bystanders, who heard the sound, said that it was thundering. Others said, ‘An angel has been speaking to him.’
30 uYesu akasukiilya nu kuligitya, Luli ulu shanga luzile ku nsoko ane, ila kunsoko anyu.
‘It was not for my sake that the voice came,’ said Jesus, ‘but for yours.
31 Itungili ulamulwa nua unkumbigulu uwu ukoli; Itungili u mukulu nua unkumbigulu uwu ukugung'wa kunzi.
Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world will be driven out;
32 Nu nene anga nyansulwe migulya ihi, kualuta ihi kitalane.”
and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’
33 Ai wituntile nanso azelagiila ingi nshile kii nuikasha.
By these words he indicated what death he was destined to die.
34 Ianza likasukiilya, “Usese kigulye mi lagiilyo nia kina uKristo ukikie i kali na kali. Nu ewe kuligitya uli, 'Ng'wana nuang'wa Adamu kusinja wanyansulwe migulya'? uyu u ng'wana nua muntu ingi nyenyu?” (aiōn g165)
‘We,’ replied the people, ‘have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; how is it, then, that you say that the Son of Man must be “lifted up” Who is this “Son of Man”?’ (aiōn g165)
35 Ila uYesu aka atambuila, “Welu ukoli palung'wi nu nyenye itungo iniino. Longoli nsoko mukete u welu, iti kina i kiti kileke kumuhumiilya. Nuanso nui longolaa mukiti shanga ulingile kulongoe.
‘Only a little while longer,’ answered Jesus, ‘will you have the light among you. Travel on while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.
36 Mukili mukete u welu.” uYesu ai umaligitilye ni hangi akalongola yakwe akipiha aleke kumihenga.
While you still have the light, believe in the light, so that you may be children of light.’ After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.
37 Ga ni iti uYesu aiwitumile ilingasiilyo idu kinya nianso ntongeela ao, akili shanga akahuiila.
But, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,
38 iti lipikiile ikani ni lang'wa Isaya, nai uligitilye; “Mukulu, ingi nyenyu nai uhuiie inkani yitu? Nu mukono nua Mukulu ukunukuiwe nyenyu?”
in fulfilment of the words of the prophet Isaiah, where he says – “Lord, who has believed our teaching? And to whom has the might of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Yiyo nsoko ni anso shanga ai ahuiie, ndogoelyo uIsaya ai uligitilye hangi,
The reason why they were unable to believe is given by Isaiah elsewhere, in these words –
40 “Uapokuuye imiho, nu kuitenda nkaku i nkolo ni ao; aleke kihenga ku miho ao nu kulinga ku nkolo ni ao, nu kugunika nu nene nikaanguna.”
“He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn – And I should heal them.”
41 uIsaya ai uligitilye imakani nanso kunsoko ai wihengile ikulyo nilang'wa Yesu nu kuligitya inkani niakwe.
Isaiah said this, because he saw Christ’s glory; and it was of him that he spoke.
42 Ga ni iti, ga i akulu idu ai amuhuiie uYesu; kuiti ku nsoko iAfarisayo, shanga ai alapile iti aleke kubagulwa ni Itekeelo.
Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, because of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, because they were afraid that they should be expelled from their synagogues;
43 Ai iloile ikulyo ni ana adamu kukila ikulyo nilipembeeye kung'wa Itungo.
for they valued honour from people more than honour from God.
44 uYesu akanyansula ululi nu kuligitya, “Nuanso nunihuiie unene, shanga unihuiie unene duu ila nu ng'wenso nai undagiiye unene,
But Jesus had proclaimed, ‘He who believes in me believes, not in me, but in him who sent me;
45 nuanso nunihengile unene umihengile nuanso nai undagiiye.
and he who sees me sees him who sent me.
46 Unene nzile anga welu mu unkumbigulu iti kila muntu nu nihuiie unene waleke kikie mu kiti.
I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness.
47 Anga itule umuntu wihi ukija imakani ane kuiti waleke kumaamba, unene shanga kumulamula; ndogoelyo shanga ainzile iti nu ulamule u unkumbigulu, ila nuugune u unkumbigulu.
When anyone hears my teaching and pays no heed to it, I am not his judge; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 Nuanso nui nihitaa unene hangi shanga wimagombaa imakani ane, ukete nui mulamulaa; lukani nulanso ni nululigitilye lulo nulikamulamula uluhiku nula mpelo.
He who rejects me, and disregards my teaching, has a judge already – the message which I have delivered will itself be his judge at the Last day.
49 Ndogoelyo unene shanga ai ndigitilye ku umi nuane du. Ila ingi Tata nai untwae, ng'wenso mukola ai undagiiye ni nikamatambula nu kumaligitya.
For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.
50 Nu nene ningile nia kina ilagiilyo nilakwe ingi upanga nua kali na kali; ila nanso nikuligitya unene - anga uTata nai umbiie, uu gwa kulingitya kitalao.” (aiōnios g166)
And I know that eternal life lies in keeping his command. Therefore, whatever I say, I say only what the Father has taught me.’ (aiōnios g166)
