Yoane 10
1 Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: moto oyo akotaka na lopango ya bameme na nzela ya ekuke te, kasi amataka na likolo ya lopango, na esika mosusu, azali moyibi mpe mobomi.
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, he is a thief and a robber;
2 Kasi ye oyo akotelaka na ekuke azali mobateli bameme.
but he that enters in by the door is [the] shepherd of the sheep.
3 Mokengeli afungolelaka mobateli bameme ekuke, bameme eyokaka mongongo na ye. Mobateli abengaka bameme na ye na kombo na yango mpe abimisaka yango na libanda.
To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
4 Soki abimisi bameme na ye nyonso na libanda, alekaka liboso na yango; mpe bameme elandaka ye na sima, pamba te eyebi mongongo na ye.
When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
5 Ekotikala ata mokolo moko te kolanda mopaya; kasi ekokima ye mosika, pamba te eyebi mongongo na ye te.
But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
6 Yesu ayebisaki bango lisese yango, kasi basosolaki te tina ya makambo oyo azalaki koyebisa bango.
This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.
7 Mpo na yango, Yesu alobaki na bango lisusu: — Nazali koloba na bino penza ya solo: Ngai nazali ekuke ya bameme.
Jesus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 Bato nyonso oyo bayaki liboso na Ngai bazali miyibi mpe babomi; bameme eyokelaki bango te.
All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
9 Ngai nde nazali ekuke; moto nyonso oyo akokotela na nzela na Ngai akobika; akokota mpe akobima, mpe akozwa bilei.
I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.
10 Moyibi ayaka kaka mpo na koyiba, koboma mpe kobebisa; kasi Ngai, nayei mpo ete bameme ezwa bomoi mpe ezwa yango na bofuluki penza.
The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have [it] abundantly.
11 Nazali mobateli malamu ya bameme. Mobateli malamu ya bameme apesaka bomoi na ye mpo na bameme na ye.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:
12 Mosali oyo azali mobateli bibwele te, oyo azali nkolo bameme te, asalaka kaka mpo na lifuti. Soki kaka amoni mbwa ya zamba koya, asundolaka bameme mpe akimaka. Bongo mbwa ya zamba ekangaka bameme mpe epanzaka yango.
but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
13 Mosali yango akimaka, pamba te asalaka kaka mpo na lifuti mpe atiaka makanisi na ye na bameme te.
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
14 Ngai, nazali mobateli malamu ya bibwele; nayebi bameme na Ngai, mpe bameme na Ngai eyebi Ngai
I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,
15 —ndenge kaka Tata ayebi Ngai, mpe Ngai nayebi Tata— Nazali kokaba bomoi na Ngai mpo na bameme na Ngai.
as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 Nazali na bameme mosusu oyo ezali ya lopango oyo te. Nasengeli komema yango; ekoyoka mongongo na Ngai. Etonga ekozala kaka moko, mpe mobateli bibwele akozala kaka moko.
And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
17 Tata alingaka Ngai mpo ete nazali kokaba bomoi na Ngai; kasi nakozwa yango lisusu.
On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
18 Moto moko te azali kobotola Ngai bomoi yango, kasi Ngai moko nde nazali kokaba yango, na mokano na Ngai moko. Nazali na bokonzi ya kopesa mpe ya kozwa yango lisusu. Yango nde mitindo oyo Tata na Ngai apesaki Ngai.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down and I have authority to take it again. I have received this commandment of my Father.
19 Bayuda bakabwanaki lisusu likolo ya maloba yango.
There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;
20 Mingi kati na bango bazalaki koloba: — Azali na molimo mabe! Azali na liboma! Mpo na nini bozali koyoka ye?
but many of them said, He has a demon and raves; why do ye hear him?
21 Bamosusu bazalaki kozongisa: — Maloba wana ezali te ya moto oyo azali na se ya bokonzi ya molimo mabe! Boni, molimo mabe ekoki penza kofungola miso ya bakufi miso?
Others said, These sayings are not [those] of one that is possessed by a demon. Can a demon open blind people's eyes?
22 Ekomaki tango ya kosepela feti ya Kobulisa Tempelo ya Yelusalemi. Feti yango esalemaki na tango ya malili makasi.
Now the feast of the dedication was celebrating at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23 Yesu azalaki kotambola kati na lopango ya Tempelo, na veranda ya Salomo.
And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
24 Bayuda bazingelaki Ye mpe batunaki Ye: — Kino tango nini okotika mitema na biso likolo-likolo? Soki ozali Klisto, yebisa biso yango polele!
The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, Until when dost thou hold our soul in suspense? If thou art the Christ, say [so] to us openly.
25 Yesu azongiselaki bango: — Nayebisaki bino yango, kasi boboyi na bino kondima. Makamwisi oyo nazali kosala na Kombo ya Tata ezali kotatola na tina na Ngai;
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye do not believe. The works which I do in my Father's name, these bear witness concerning me:
26 kasi bino, boboyi na bino kondima, pamba te bozali bameme na Ngai te.
but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.
27 Bameme na Ngai eyokaka mongongo na Ngai. Nayebi bameme na Ngai, mpe yango elandaka Ngai.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
29 Tata na Ngai, oyo apesaki Ngai bameme yango, aleki bato nyonso na monene, mpe moto moko te akoki kobotola yango na loboko ya Tata na Ngai.
My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.
30 Ngai mpe Tata tozali se moko.
I and the Father are one.
31 Na bongo, Bayuda balokotaki lisusu mabanga mpo na koboma Ye,
The Jews therefore again took stones that they might stone him.
32 kasi Yesu alobaki na bango: — Nalakisi bino bikamwa mingi ya minene oyo esalemaki na nguya ya Tata; mpo na likamwisi nini bolingi koboma Ngai na mabanga?
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewn you of my Father; for which work of them do ye stone me?
33 Bayuda bazongiselaki Ye: — Ezali te mpo na likamwisi moko boye ya malamu nde tolingi koboma yo, kasi ezali mpo ete ozali kofinga Nzambe. Lisusu, ezali mpo ete, yo oyo ozali moto, ozali koloba ete ozali Nzambe.
The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Yesu alobaki na bango: — Ekomama te kati na mibeko na bino: « Nalobi: ‹ Bozali banzambe? › »
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 Nzokande, batiaka tembe na Makomi te. Boye, soki abengaki « banzambe, » bato oyo epai banani Liloba na Nzambe eyaki,
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
36 mpo na nini koloba na tina na Ngai oyo Tata abulisa mpe atinda kati na mokili: « Ozali kofinga, » mpo nalobaki: « Nazali Mwana na Nzambe? »
do ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?
37 Soki nasalaka te misala ya Tata na Ngai, wana bondima na bino Ngai te.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;
38 Kasi soki nasalaka yango, ezala soki boboyi na bino kondima Ngai, bondima ata misala yango, mpo boyeba mpe bososola ete Tata azali kati na Ngai, mpe Ngai nazali kati na Tata.
but if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may know [and believe] that the Father is in me and I in him.
39 Mpo na yango, balukaki lisusu kokanga Ye, kasi Yesu akimaki bango.
They sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from out of their hand
40 Akendeki lisusu na ngambo mosusu ya Yordani, kaka na esika oyo Yoane azalaki kobatisa bato, mpe atikalaki kuna.
and departed again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptising at the first: and he abode there.
41 Bato mingi penza bayaki epai na Ye; bazalaki koloba: « Yoane asalaki likamwisi ata moko te, kasi makambo nyonso oyo alobaki na tina na moto oyo ezali ya solo! »
And many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this [man] were true.
42 Mpe kuna, bato mingi bandimaki Yesu.
And many believed on him there.
