Jaona 8
1 Nomb’am-bohi’ Oliva mb’eo t’Iesoà.
but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 Le nañaleñaleñe te nibalike mb’ añ’anjomban’ Añahare mb’eo, naho nihimpok’ ama’e i màroy vaho niambesatse re nañoke.
Early in the morning he returned to the Temple where many people gathered around him and he sat down and taught them.
3 Nasese’ o mpanoki-dilio naho o Fariseoo ama’e ty rakemba nivamba, aa ie najarodo’ iereo añivo’ ondatio,
The religious teachers and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught committing adultery and made her stand before everyone.
4 le hoe iareo tama’e: O Talè, tsinepake ty rakemba toy amy t’ie nivamba.
They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
5 Toe nandily antika amy Hake ao t’i Mosè t’ie ifetsaham-bato; ino mb-arè ty asa’o?
Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women. What do you say?”
6 Nanoe’ iereo izay hitsoke aze, hamente ty hanesehañe aze. F’ie nibotreke t’Iesoà, nanokitsokitse an-drambom-pità’e an-tane eo,
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 Aa ie nimane ontane ama’e iareo, le niongake naho nanoa’e ty hoe: Ty tsy aman-tahiñe ama’areo, ee t’ie ty hametsa-bato aolo.
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 Niondreke indraike re, nanokitse an-tane eo
Then he bent down again and went on writing on the ground.
9 O nahajanjiñeo, ninankañe kiraikiraike, o zoke’eo aolo ampara’ t’ie vahiny le i rakembay ro añivo eo.
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 Niongake t’Iesoà, le nanoa’e ty hoe: O Rakemba, aia ho o nanesek’ azo’o? Tsy eo hao ty namàtse azo?
Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Where are they? Didn't anybody stay to condemn you?”
11 Leo raike, Talè, hoe re. Le hoe t’Iesoà ama’e: Izaho ka tsy hañozoñ’ azo, akia, ko mandilatse ka.
“No one did, sir,” she replied. “I don't condemn you either,” Jesus told her. “Go, and don't sin anymore.”
12 Tinovo’ Iesoà am’iereo ty hoe: Failo’ ty voatse toy iraho; tsy hañavelo añ’ ieñe ao ze mañorike ahy, fa ho an-kazavàn-kaveloñe.
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 Aa hoe ty lie’ o Fariseoo aze: Ho nitò aia o talili’oo kanao mitalily vatañe.
The Pharisees replied, “You can't be your own witness! What you say doesn't prove anything!”
14 Tinoi’ Iesoà ty hoe: Ndra te mitalily vatan-dRaho, to i talilikoy; amy te fantako ty nihirifako naho ty hombako; fe tsy fohi’ areo ty niboahako ndra ty hionjonako.
“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 O nofotseo ro fizaka’areo; Izaho tsy mizaka ndra iaia.
You judge in a typically human way, but I don't judge anyone.
16 Fe ndra t’ie mizaka, to ty fizakako; amy te tsy izaho avao, fa izaho naho i Rae nañitrik’ ahiy.
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 Toe pinatetse amy Hà’areoy te to taroñe t’indaty roe.
Your own law states that the testimony of two witnesses is valid.
18 Izaho mitalily vatañey, ty raike, mitalily ahy ka i Raeko nañirak’ ahiy.
I am my own witness, and my other witness is my Father who sent me.”
19 Aa le hoe iareo tama’e: Aia v’o Rae’oo? Tinoi’ Iesoà: Tsy mahafohiñ’ ahy ndra i Raeko nahareo; naho napota’ areo iraho le ho nahafohiñe an-dRaeko ka.
“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 Sinaontsi’ Iesoà amy fanontonan-dralay i hoe zay, ie nañoke añ’ anjomban’ Añahare ao; le tsy teo ty nipao tañañ’ ama’e; amy te mboe tsy nitsatoke ty ora’e.
Jesus explained this while he was teaching near the Temple treasury. Yet no one arrested him because his time had not yet come.
21 Le hoe ty natovo’ Iesoà am’iereo: Hienga iraho, ho paiae’ areo fe hivetrak’ amo hakeo’ areo. Tsy lefe’ areo hombañe i hombakoy.
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 Le hoe ty asa’ o Tehodao: Hera hamoe’ fain-dre? Ie manao ty hoe: Ze hombako tsy ho lefe’ areo hombañe.
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 Aa le hoe re tam’ iereo: Hirik’ ambane ao nahareo; boak’ ambone iraho. Ami’ty voatse toy nahareo; fe tsy ami’ty voatse toy iraho.
Jesus told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
24 Aa le hoe ty nitaroñako, t’ie hikoromak’ amo hakeo’ areoo, fa naho tsy atokisa’ areo t’Ie Raho, le hihomake an-tahi’ areo.
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 Le hoe iareo tama’e: Ia v’Iheo? Hoe ty nanoa’ Iesoà: I nitaroñako am-baloha’ey.
Then they asked him, “Who are you?” “Exactly who I told you I was from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
26 Mbe bey ty ho nitaroñako naho ty hizakako, fe to i nañirak’ Ahiy; le taroñeko ami’ty voatse toy o itsanoñakoo.
“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 Tsy napota’ iereo t’ie nisaontsy i Rae.
They didn't understand that he was talking to them about the Father. So Jesus explained to them:
28 Aa le hoe ty nanoa’ Iesoà: Ie aonjo’ areo i Ana’ ondatiy, le ho fohi’ areo te ie iraho, le tsy eo ty anoeko an-tsatriko, fa ze ampandrendrehen-dRaeko ahy, izay o volañekoo.
“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 Toe amako i nañitrik’ Ahiy, le tsy apo’e hiziozio iraho, amy te nainai’e fanoeko o raha tea’eo.
The one who sent me is with me; he has not abandoned me, for I always do what pleases him.”
30 Ie nisaontsy izay, le maro ty niantok’ aze.
Many who heard Jesus say these things put their trust in him.
31 Aa le hoe t’Iesoà tamo Jiosy mpiato ama’eo: Naho mitoloñe amo fivolakoo nahareo, le toe mpiamako;
Then Jesus said to those Jews who trusted in him, “If you follow my teaching then you really are my disciples.
32 le ho fohi’ areo ty hatò vaho ho hahà’ ty hatò.
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 Hoe ty natoi’ iareo aze: Tarira’ i Abraàme zahay, le mbe lia’e tsy rinohi’ ondaty; Akore arè ty natao’o te, Ho hahañe nahareo?
“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 Tinoi’ Iesoà ty hoe: Eka! to ty itaroñako te fonga ondevon-kakeo ze manao hakeo.
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 Aa ie ihahà’ i Anakey, le ho vata’e votsotse.
If the Son sets you free, then you're truly free.
37 Apotako t’ie tiri’ i Abraàme; f’ie mipay ty hahavetrak’ ahy amy te tsy itoera’ o volakoo.
I know you're Abraham's descendants, yet you're trying to kill me because you refuse to accept my words.
38 Taroñeko o nitreako te nindre aman-dRaekoo; vaho anoe’ areo ze jinanji’ areo aman-drae’ areo.
I'm telling you what the Father has revealed to me, while you do what your father told you.”
39 Tinoi’ iereo ty hoe: Rae’ay t’i Abraàme. Le hoe ty natoi’ Iesoà: Naho àna’ i Abraàme, anò o fitoloña’ i Abraàmeo;
“Abraham is our father,” they answered. “If you really were children of Abraham, you'd do what Abraham did,” Jesus told them.
40 f’ie henaneo, mipay hamono ahy—ondaty mitaron-kavantañañe ama’ areo, o tsinanoko aman’ Añahareo. Tsy nanao izay t’i Abraàme.
“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 Toe anoe’ areo ty satan-drae’ areo. Aa hoe iereo tama’e: Tsy anak’ amonton-jahay; raike ty Rae’ay, i Andrianañahare.
You're doing what your father does.” “Well we are not illegitimate,” they responded. “God alone is our father!”
42 Hoe t’Iesoà am’ iereo: Aa naho Rae’ areo t’i Andrianañahare, le ho nikoko ahy, amy te i Andrianañahare ty niboahako naho ty nivotrahako atoy; le tsy ty satriko ty nipotirako atoy, fa ie ty nañitrike ahy.
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 Akore te tsy apota’ areo o rehakoo? toe tsy mahajanjiñe o volakoo nahareo.
Why can't you understand what I'm saying? It's because you refuse to hear my message!
44 Ie mpiamy mpañinje rae’ areoy, vaho tea’ areo ty manao ze irìn-drae’ areo. Mpañoho-doza boak’ am-baloha’e re vaho tsy mijadoñe ami’ty hatò, amy t’ie tsy aman-katò ndra loli’e. Ie mivolam-bande, sata’e i fivola’ey, amy t’ie mpandañitse, toe raem-bande.
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 Fe kanao mitaroñe ty hatò iraho, tsy iantofa’ areo.
So because I tell you the truth, you don't believe me!
46 Ia ama’ areo ty manisý hakeo amako; fa naho mitaroñe ty hatò, akore te tsy atokisa’ areo?
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 Mahajanjiñe o saontsin’ Añahareo ze aman’ Añahare, f’ie tsy mahajanjiñe amy te tsy aman’Añahare.
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 Aa hoe ty natoi’ o Tehodao aze: Tsy to hao ty asa’ay te nte Samaria irehe naho tokoen’ anga-draty?
“Aren't we right to call you a Samaritan who is demon-possessed?” said the Jews.
49 Hoe ty natoi’ Iesoà: Tsy aman-kokolampan-draho, fa miasy an-dRaeko, fe tsy iasia’areo.
“No, I don't have a demon,” Jesus replied. “I honor my Father, but you dishonor me.
50 Tsy mipay engeñe ho ahy iraho, fe ao ty mitsoeke naho mizaka.
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 Le hoe o Tehodao tama’e: Rendre’ay henaneo t’ie tokoen-draha. Nivilasy t’i Abraàme naho o mpitokio; le manao ty hoe irehe, Tsy hitsope-kavilasy ka ty mifahatse amo volakoo. (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 Ho bey te amy Abraàme rae’ay hao irehe, ie nihomake? nikoromake ka o mpitokio; aa le manao ho ia irehe?
Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and the prophets died. Who do you think you are?”
54 Hoe ty natoi’ Iesoà: Naho miasy vatan-draho le kòake i asikoy. Miasy ahy t’i Raeko, i atao’ areo ty hoe: Andrianañahare’ay.
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 Mbe’ mboe tsy fohi’ areo re, ie fohiko. Aa naho nataoko t’ie ninofiko, le ho nibodiake hambañ’ ama’ areo iraho. Toe fantako re vaho ambenako o tsara’eo.
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 Niankahake t’i Abraàme te nahaoniñe ty androko; niisa’e le niehake.
Your father Abraham was delighted as he looked forward to see my coming, and was so happy when he saw it.”
57 Le hoe o Tehodao tama’e: Tsy limampolo taon-dRehe, aa vaho ho niisa’o t’i Abraàme?
The Jews replied, “You're not even fifty years old, and you've seen Abraham?”
58 Hoe t’Iesoà tam’ iereo: Eka! to ty Itaroñako te, taolo te nisamake t’i Abraàme, Izaho ro.
“I tell you the truth, before Abraham was born, I am,” said Jesus.
59 Nandrambe vato amy zao iereo haretsak’ aze, fe nietake t’Iesoà, naho niavotse i anjomban’Añaharey.
At this they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus was hidden from them and he left the Temple.
