UJohane 10
1 “Ngikhuluma iqiniso ukuthi umuntu ongangeni ngesango esibayeni sezimvu kodwa akhwele kwenye indawo ulisela lomphangi.
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheep-fold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 Umuntu ongena ngesango nguye umelusi wezimvu.
But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 Umlindi wesango uyamvulela, lezimvu ziyalilalela ilizwi lakhe. Izimvu zakhe uzibiza ngamabizo azikhokhele.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
4 Nxa esezivulele zonke ezakhe, uhamba phambi kwazo, izimvu zakhe zimlandele ngoba ziyalazi ilizwi lakhe.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
5 Kodwa kazisoze zilandele owemzini; iqiniso yikuthi zizambalekela ngoba kazilazi ilizwi lowemzini.”
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 UJesu wasebenzisa umzekeliso lo kodwa kabakuzwisisanga lokho ayebatshela khona.
This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.
7 Ngakho uJesu waphinda wathi, “Ngilitshela iqiniso ukuthi mina ngiyilo isango lezimvu.
Then said Jesus to them again, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 Bonke asebake bafika phambi kwami babengamasela labaphangi kodwa izimvu kazibalalelanga.
All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 Mina ngiyilo isango; loba ngubani ongena ngami uzasindiswa. Uzangena, aphume, afumane idlelo.
I am the door: by me if any man shall enter he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 Isela lilanda ukweba lokubulala lokubhubhisa kuphela; mina ngilande ukuze zibe lokuphila, zibe lakho ngokugcweleyo.
The thief cometh not, but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that they may have [it] more abundantly.
11 Ngingumelusi olungileyo. Umelusi olungileyo unikela ukuphila kwakhe izimvu zakhe.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 Oqhatshiweyo kasuye umelusi ongumnini wezimvu. Yikho nxa ebona iganyana lisiza, uyazitshiya izimvu abaleke. Iganyana beseliwuhlasela umhlambi liwuhlakaze.
But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
13 Umuntu lo ubaleka ngoba eyisiqhatshwa, kazikhathaleli izimvu.
The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
14 Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo; ngiyazazi izimvu zami njalo lezimvu zami ziyangazi
I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am known by mine.
15 njengoba uBaba engazi lami ngiyamazi, nginikela ukuphila kwami ezimvini zami.
As the Father knoweth me, even so I know the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 Ngilazo ezinye izimvu ezingasizo zalumhlambi. Lazo kumele ngizilethe. Lazo futhi zizalilalela ilizwi lami ukuze kube lomhlambi owodwa lomelusi oyedwa.
And other sheep I have which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
17 Isizatho sokuba uBaba angithande yikuthi ngiyayinikela impilo yami, ngizaphinde ngiyithathe futhi.
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
18 Kakho ongithathela yona kodwa ngiyinikela ngokufisa kwami. Ngilalo ilungelo lokuyinikela lelungelo lokuphinde ngiyithathe. Umlayo lo ngawamukela uvela kuBaba.”
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received from my Father.
19 Amazwi aphinda enza amaJuda adabuka phakathi.
There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 Amanengi kuwo athi, “Uledimoni, uyawumana njalo uyahlanya. Limlalelelani?”
And many of them said, He hath a demon, and is insane; why hear ye him?
21 Kodwa amanye athi, “La kayisiwo mazwi omuntu oledimoni. Idimoni lingawavula njani amehlo esiphofu?”
Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
22 Kwafika uMkhosi Wokuzinikela eJerusalema. Kwakusebusika,
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 uJesu esemagumeni ethempeli ezihambela eKhulusini likaSolomoni.
And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 AmaJuda ayembuthanele athi kuye, “Kuzaze kube nini ulokhu usitshiya silengile na? Nxa unguye uKhristu, sitshele kuhle.”
Then came the Jews around him, and said to him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Ngalitshela kodwa kalikholwa. Imimangaliso engiyenzayo ngebizo likaBaba iyangifakazela,
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I did in my Father's name, they testify concerning me.
26 kodwa kalikholwa ngoba kalisizo zimvu zami.
But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said to you.
27 Ezami izimvu ziyalilalela ilizwi lami; ngiyazazi lazo ziyangilandela.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
29 UBaba wami yena ongiphe zona mkhulu kulakho konke, kakho ongazihlwitha esandleni sikaBaba
My Father, who gave [them to] me, is greater than all; and none is able to pluck [them] out of my Father's hand.
30 Mina loBaba simunye.”
I and [my] Father are one.
31 Aphinda njalo amaJuda adobha amatshe ukuba amkhande,
Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 kodwa uJesu wathi kuwo, “Ngilitshengisile imimangaliso emikhulu eminengi evela kuBaba. Yiwuphi phakathi kwayo elingikhandela wona ngamatshe?”
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shown you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
33 “Kasikukhandeli misebenzi emihle oyenzileyo kodwa sikukhandela ukuhlambaza, ngoba wena, umuntu nje, uzenza uNkulunkulu.”
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy, and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Kakulotshwanga yini eMthethweni wenu ukuthi, ‘Ngitshilo ukuthi “lingonkulunkulu?”’
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 Nxa wababiza ngokuthi ‘ngonkulunkulu,’ bona labo ilizwi elafika kubo, njalo uMbhalo kawephulwa
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
36 pho-ke kungathiwani kulowo uBaba amkhethileyo ukuba ngowakhe wamthumela emhlabeni na? Kungani pho lingibeka icala lokuhlambaza ngoba ngithe ngiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu?
Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 Lingangikholwa ngaphandle kokuba ngenze okwenziwa nguBaba.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 Kodwa nxa ngikwenza, lanxa lingangikholwa, kholwani ubufakazi bemimangaliso ukuze lifunde njalo lizwisise ukuthi uBaba ukimi, lami ngikuBaba.”
But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and believe that the Father [is] in me, and I in him.
39 Baphinda njalo bazama ukumbamba kodwa waphunyuka.
Therefore they sought again to take him; but he escaped from their hand,
40 UJesu wabuyela ngaphetsheya kweJodani kuleyondawo lapho uJohane ayebhaphathizela khona ensukwini ezedlulayo. Wahlala khona,
And went again beyond Jordan, into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
41 abantu abanengi beza kuye. Bathi, “Lanxa uJohane engazange enze umangaliso, kodwa konke lokho uJohane akutshoyo ngomuntu lo kwakuliqiniso.”
And many resorted to him, and said, John performed no miracle; but all things that John spoke of this man were true.
42 Kuleyondawo abanengi bakholwa kuJesu.
And many believed on him there.
