Yokaana 7
1 Oluvannyuma lw’ebyo, Yesu n’alaga e Ggaliraaya, kubanga teyayagala kubeera mu Buyudaaya, kubanga Abayudaaya baali bamunoonya okumutta.
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Naye embaga y’Abayudaaya eyitibwa ey’Ensiisira yali eneetera okutuuka.
Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3 Baganda ba Yesu ne bamugamba nti, “Vva wano, olage mu Buyudaaya, abayigirizwa bo balabe ebyamagero by’okola.
His brethren therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4 Tosobola kwatiikirira nga weekwese. Kale obanga, okola ebintu ebyo, weerage eri ensi.”
For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.
5 Baganda be nabo tebaamukkiriza.
(For neither did his brethren believe in him.)
6 Yesu n’abaddamu nti, “Ekiseera kyange eky’okugenda tekinnatuuka. Naye mmwe muyinza okugenda mu kiseera kyonna we mwagalira.
Then Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready.
7 Mmwe ensi teyinza kubakyawa, naye Nze enkyawa kubanga ngitegeeza ebikolwa byayo ebibi.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.
8 Mmwe mwambuke ku mbaga. Nze sijja kwambuka ku mbaga eno, kubanga ekiseera kyange tekinnatuuka.”
Go ye up to this feast: I go not yet to this feast, for my time is not yet full come.
9 Bwe yamala okubagamba ebyo n’asigala mu Ggaliraaya.
When he had said these words to them, he abode [still] in Galilee.
10 Baganda be bwe bamala okwambuka ku mbaga naye n’ayambuka, mu kyama so si mu lwatu.
But when his brethren had gone up, then he went also to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11 Awo Abayudaaya ne bamunoonya ku mbaga nga beebuuza nti, “Omusajja oli, ali ludda wa?”
Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12 Ne wabaawo oluvuuvuumo lungi mu bantu. Abamu ne bagamba nti, “Mulungi.” Naye abalala nga bagamba nti, “Nedda, alimba abantu.”
And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, No; but he deceiveth the people.
13 Kyokka olw’okutya Abayudaaya, tewaaliwo amwogerako mu lwatu.
Yet, no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
14 Awo mu makkati g’embaga Yesu n’ayambuka mu Yeekaalu n’ayigiriza.
Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15 Abakulembeze b’Abayudaaya ne beewuunya nga bagamba nti, “Omuntu ono ayinza atya okumanya okusoma so nga tasomangako?”
And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 Awo Yesu kwe kubaddamu nti, “Nze sibayigiriza byange ku bwange, wabula eby’oyo eyantuma.
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 Buli ayagala okukola Katonda by’ayagala, ategeera obanga bye njigiriza byange ku bwange oba bya Katonda.
If any man will do his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God, or [whether] I speak from myself.
18 Ayogera ku bubwe anoonya kitiibwa kye, naye oyo anoonya ekitiibwa ky’oyo eyantuma wa mazima so n’obutali butuukirivu tebuba mu ye. Musa teyabawa amateeka?
He that speaketh from himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Ku mmwe tekuliiko n’omu akwata mateeka. Kale lwaki musala amagezi okunzita?”
Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20 Ekibiina ky’abantu ne baddamu nti, “Oliko dayimooni! Ani asala amagezi okukutta?”
The people answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who goeth about to kill thee?
21 Yesu n’addamu nti, “Nakola ekikolwa kimu ku Ssabbiiti buli muntu ne yeewuunya.
Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22 Musa kyeyava abalagira okukomolebwa, okukomolebwa tekwatandikira ku Musa wabula kwatandikira ku bajjajjammwe; ne ku Ssabbiiti mukomola omuntu.
Moses therefore gave to you circumcision, (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.
23 Obanga mukomola ku Ssabbiiti etteeka lya Musa lireme okumenyebwa, kale lwaki Nze munsunguwalira olw’okuwonya omuntu ku Ssabbiiti, n’aba mulamu ddala?
If a man on the sabbath receiveth circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have restored a man to sound health on the sabbath?
24 Temusalanga musango okusinziira ku ndabika, naye musalenga omusango ogw’ensonga.”
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Awo abantu abamu ab’omu Yerusaalemi ne beebuuzaganya nga bagamba nti, “Ono si ye muntu gwe banoonya okutta?
Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 Kale wuuno ayigiriza lwatu, ate tebaliiko kye bamugambako. Osanga abakulembeze bategedde nti omuntu ono ye Kristo!
But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27 Naye tumanyi omuntu ono gy’ava; so nga Kristo bw’alijja tewaliba n’omu amanya gy’ava.”
But we know this man, whence he is: whereas when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28 Awo Yesu bwe yali ng’akyayigiriza mu Yeekaalu n’akangula ku ddoboozi n’agamba nti, “Ddala mummanyi ne gye nva mumanyiiyo. Sajja ku bwange wabula ekituufu nti oyo eyantuma gwe mutamanyi.
Then cried Jesus in the temple, as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29 Nze mmumanyi, kubanga nava gy’ali, era ye yantuma.”
But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Awo ne basala amagezi okumukwata, kyokka tewaali amukwatako, kubanga ekiseera kye kyali tekinnaba kutuuka.
Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 Naye bangi mu bibiina by’abantu ne bamukkiriza, ne bagamba nti, “Kale Kristo bw’alijja, alikola eby’amagero ebisinga eby’ono byakoze?”
And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this [man] hath done?
32 Awo Abafalisaayo ne bawulira abantu nga boogera ku Yesu mu bwama. Awo bakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo ne batuma abaweereza baabwe okumukwata.
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him: and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
33 Awo Yesu n’agamba nti, “Nzija kumala nammwe ebbanga ttono, ndyoke nzireyo eri oyo eyantuma.
Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little while am I with you, and [then] I go to him that sent me.
34 Mulinnoonya, naye temugenda kundaba, nga gye ndi, mmwe temuyinza kutuukayo.”
Ye will seek me, and will not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come.
35 Awo Abayudaaya ne beebuuzaganya nti, “Omuntu ono alaga wa gye tutalimulabira? Ayagala kugenda eri abo abaasaasaanira mu Buyonaani, ayigirize Abayonaani?
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36 Ategeeza ki bw’agamba nti, ‘Mulinnoonya, naye temulindaba?’ Era nti, ‘Gye ndaga temuyinza kutuukayo?’”
What [manner of] saying is this that he said, Ye will seek me, and will not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come?
37 Awo ku lunaku olw’embaga olusembayo, olusingira ddala obukulu, Yesu n’ayimirira n’ayogera n’eddoboozi ery’omwanguka n’agamba nti, “Buli alina ennyonta, ajje gye ndi anywe!
In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to me, and drink.
38 Ng’Ekyawandiikibwa bwe kigamba nti buli akkiriza Nze emigga egy’amazzi amalamu girikulukuta nga gifuluma mu mutima gwe!”
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 Yesu yali ayogera ku Mwoyo Mutukuvu, abamukkiriza gwe baali bagenda okufuna, kubanga Mwoyo oyo yali tannagabibwa, kubanga Yesu yali tannaba kugulumizibwa.
(But this he spoke of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet [given], because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 Abantu abamu mu kibiina bwe baawulira ng’ayogera bw’atyo, ne bagamba nti, “Ddala omuntu ono ye Nnabbi.”
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this is the Prophet.
41 Abalala ne bagamba nti, “Omuntu ono ye Kristo.” Naye abalala ne bagamba nti, “Nedda, Kristo tayinza kuba ng’ava mu Ggaliraaya.”
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Will Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Kubanga Ekyawandiikibwa kigamba nti: Kristo wa kuva mu zzadde lya Dawudi, era nga wa kuzaalibwa mu Besirekemu, ekibuga kya Dawudi mwe yali.
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh from the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43 Awo ekibiina ne kyesalamu olwa Yesu.
So there was a division among the people because of him.
44 Abamu ne baagala okumukwata, kyokka ne wabulawo amukwatako.
And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 Awo abaweereza b’abakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo ne baddayo eri bakabona abakulu n’Abafalisaayo. Abakulembeze Ne bababuuza nti, “Lwaki temumuleese?”
Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?
46 Abaweereza ne baddamu nti, “Ebigambo by’ayogera bya kitalo, tetubiwulirangako.”
The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
47 Abafalisaayo ne babagamba nti, “Era nammwe abakyamizza?
Then the Pharisees answered them, Are ye also deceived?
48 Waliwo n’omu ku bakulembeze wadde ku Bafalisaayo eyali akkiririzza mu muntu oyo?
Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49 Naye ekibiina ky’abantu bano abatamanyi mateeka, bakolimiddwa!”
But this people who know not the law are cursed.
50 Awo Nikodemo, omu ku bo eddako eyagenda eri Yesu, n’abuuza nti,
Nicodemus saith to them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them)
51 “Amateeka gaffe gakkiriza okusalira omuntu omusango nga tannaba kuwozesebwa okutegeera ky’akoze?”
Doth our law judge [any] man before it heareth him, and knoweth what he doeth?
52 Ne bamuddamu nti, “Naawe wava Ggaliraaya? Nnoonyereza, ojja kulaba nti e Ggaliraaya teva nnabbi.”
They answered and said to him, Art thou also from Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53 Awo ne baabuka, buli omu n’addayo eka.
And every man went to his own house.
