UJohane 7
1 Ngemva kwalokhu uJesu wahambahamba eGalile, kazathanda ukuya eJudiya ngoba amaJuda alapho ayefuna indlela yokumbulala.
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to slay him.
2 Kwathi uMkhosi wamaJuda weziHonqo ususondele
And the Jewish feast of tabernacles drew near.
3 abafowabo bakaJesu bathi kuye, “Sekumele usuke lapha uye eJudiya ukuze abafundi bakho babone imimangaliso oyenzayo.
And the brothers of Jesus said to him: Leave here, and go into Judaea; that thy disciples may see the works thou doest.
4 Kakho umuntu othi efuna ukuba lodumo asebenzele ensitha. Njengoba usenza izinto lezi ziveze emhlabeni.”
For there is no one who doeth any thing in secret, while he wisheth to become public. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.
5 Ngoba labafowabo babengakholwa kuye.
For even his brothers did not believe in Jesus.
6 Ngakho uJesu wabatshela wathi, “Kasikafiki isikhathi sami salokho; kini loba yisiphi isikhathi sililungele.
Jesus said to them: My time hath not yet come: but your time is always ready.
7 Umhlaba ngeke ulizonde, kodwa mina uyangizonda ngoba ngiveza ukuthi lokho okwenzayo kubi.
The world cannot hate you, but me it hateth; because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
8 Hambani lina emkhosini. Mina kangikayi emkhosini lowo ngoba kimi kasikafiki isikhathi esifaneleyo.”
Go ye up to the feast; I do not go up to this feast now, because my time is not yet completed.
9 Esetsho lokhu wazihlalela eGalile.
These things he said, and remained still in Galilee.
10 Kodwa ngemva kokuba abafowabo sebehambile emkhosini laye waya khona, hatshi obala kodwa wahamba ensitha.
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were secretly.
11 Khonapho emkhosini amaJuda ayemlindele ebuza esithi, “Ingaphi indoda leyana?”
And the Jews sought for him at the feast; and they said, Where is he?
12 Phakathi kwamaxuku abantu kwakulokunyenyezelana ngaye. Abanye bathi, “Ungumuntu olungileyo.” Abanye baphendula bathi, “Hatshi, ukhohlisa abantu.”
And there was much altercation among the people respecting him; for some said, He is a good man; while others said, No, but he deceiveth the people.
13 Kodwa kakho owakhuluma ngaye obala ngokwesaba amaJuda.
Yet no one spoke openly of him, from fear of the Jews.
14 Kwathi isikhathi somkhosi sesiphakathi laphakathi uJesu wasesiya egumeni lethempeli waqalisa ukufundisa.
And in the midst of the days of the feast, Jesus went into the temple, and taught.
15 AmaJuda amangala, abuza athi, “Indoda le yaluzuza kanjani ulwazi olungaka yona ingafundanga?”
And the Jews wondered, and said: How knoweth this man literature, having not been educated?
16 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Imfundiso yami kayisiyami. Ivela kulowo ongithumileyo.
Jesus answered and said: My doctrine is not from me, but from him that sent me.
17 Nxa umuntu ekhetha ukwenza intando kaNkulunkulu uzabona ingabe imfundiso yami ivela kuNkulunkulu loba ngiyazikhulumela.
He that wisheth to do his pleasure, will understand my doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from my own pleasure.
18 Lowo ozikhulumelayo wenzela ukuzizuzela udumo, kodwa lowo osebenzela udumo lwalowo omthumileyo ngumuntu weqiniso; kakulankohliso kuye.
He that speaketh according to the pleasure of his own mind, seeketh glory for himself: but he who seeketh the glory of him that sent him, is veracious, and evil is not in his heart.
19 UMosi kalinikanga yini umthetho? Kodwa kakho lamunye kini owugcinayo umthetho. Kungani lifuna ukungibulala na?”
Did not Moses give you the law? Yet no one of you observeth the law.
20 Ixuku labantu laphendula lathi, “Ulamadimoni wena. Ngubani ofuna ukukubulala?”
Why do ye seek to kill me? The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?
21 UJesu wathi kubo, “Ngenza umangaliso owodwa lamangala kakhulu lonke.
Jesus replied, and said to them: I have wrought one work, and ye all wonder.
22 Kodwa ngoba uMosi walipha ukusoka (loba iqiniso liyikuthi kakuvelanga kuMosi kodwa kubokhokho), liyamsoka umntwana ngeSabatha.
Because Moses gave you circumcision, (not that it was from Moses, but it was from the fathers, ) ye circumcise a child on the sabbath.
23 Manje-ke, nxa umntwana engasokwa ngeSabatha kungabi yikuwephula umthetho kaMosi, pho mina lingizondelani ngokuthi ngisilise umuntu ngokupheleleyo ngeSabatha na?
And if a child is circumcised on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be violated, do ye murmur at me, because I have made a man entirely sound on the sabbath day?
24 Khawulani ukusola ngokubona kwamehlo kodwa yahlulelani ngokuqondileyo.”
Judge not, with a respect for persons; but judge ye a righteous judgment.
25 Ngalesosikhathi abanye abantu baseJerusalema babuza bathi, “Kanti kasuye yini umuntu lo abafuna ukumbulala na?
And some from Jerusalem said: Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
26 Nangu phela ekhuluma egcekeni kodwa kabatsho lutho kuye. Kambe iziphathamandla zingabe sezibone ukuthi nguye uKhristu na?
And lo, he discourseth publicly, and they say nothing to him. Do our Elders know, that he really is the Messiah?
27 Kodwa siyakwazi thina lapha indoda le edabuka khona; nxa uKhristu esefika, kakho ozakwazi lapho avela khona.”
Yet we know this man, whence he is; the Messiah, when he shall come, no one knoweth whence he is.
28 Kwathi uJesu elokhu esafundisa egumeni lethempeli, wamemeza wathi, “Yebo, liyangazi njalo liyakwazi lapho engivela khona. Kangizibuyelanga lapha kodwa lowo ongithumileyo uqinisile. Kalimazi
And Jesus, while teaching in the temple, raised his voice and said: Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am. And I did not come of my own accord; but he that sent me is true. Him ye know not;
29 kodwa mina ngiyamazi ngoba ngivela kuye, nguye ongithumileyo.”
but I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.
30 Besizwa lokhu bazama ukumbamba kodwa kakho owambeka isandla ngoba isikhathi sakhe sasingakafiki.
And they sought to apprehend him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31 Loba kunjalo, abanengi exukwini labantu bakholwa kuye. Bathi, “Nxa uKhristu angafika, kambe uzakwenza imimangaliso okwedlula umuntu lo?”
And many of the multitude believed on him, and said: When the Messiah cometh, will he work greater signs than these which this man doeth?
32 AbaFarisi bezwa abantu benyenyeza izinto ezinjalo ngaye. AbaFarisi labaphristi abakhulu basebethuma amanxusa ethempelini ukuba ayembopha.
And the Pharisees heard the multitude say these things of him: and they and the chief priests sent constables to take him.
33 UJesu wathi, “Ngilani okwesikhathi esifitshane, besengihamba ngisiya kuye ongithumileyo.
And Jesus said: A little while longer I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.
34 Lizangidinga kodwa lingangifumani; lalapho engikhona lingeke lifike.”
And ye will seek me, and will not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come.
35 AmaJuda abuzana athi, “Umuntu lo ufuna ukuya ngaphi lapho esingeke samfumana khona na? Uzakuya ebantwini bakithi abahlakazekileyo abahlala phakathi kwamaGrikhi, afundise amaGrikhi na?
The Jews said among themselves: Whither is he about to go, that we cannot find him? Will he go to some region of the Gentiles, and teach the profane?
36 Ubesitshoni esithi, ‘Lizangidinga, kodwa lingangifumani,’ njalo wathi, ‘Lapho engikhona lingeke lifike’?”
What means this speech he uttered: Ye will seek me, and will not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
37 Ngelanga lokucina elaliqakatheke kakhulu emkhosini, uJesu wasukuma wakhuluma ngelizwi elikhulu wathi, “Nxa ekhona owomileyo keze kimi azonatha.
And on the great day, which was the last of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, and said: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink.
38 Loba ngubani okholwa kimi njengoba uMbhalo utshilo, imifula yamanzi aphilayo izageleza ngaphakathi kwakhe.”
Whoever believeth in me, as the scriptures have said, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters.
39 Ngalokhu wayesitsho uMoya, okwakuzakuthi labo abakholwa kuye bamamukele ngesikhathi esizayo. Kuze kube yilesosikhathi uMoya wawungakathelwa ebantwini, njengoba uJesu wayengakakhazimuliswa.
(This he said of the Spirit, which they who believe in him were to receive: for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 Sebewazwile amazwi akhe abanye bathi, “Ngeqiniso umuntu lo nguye umphrofethi.”
And many of the multitude who heard his discourses, said: Certainly, he is a prophet.
41 Abanye bathi, “Nguye uKhristu.” Abanye njalo babuza bathi, “Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi uKhristu avele eGalile na?
Others said: He is the Messiah. Others said: Doth Messiah come from Galilee?
42 UMbhalo kawutsho yini ukuthi uKhristu uzavela kusendo lukaDavida, eBhethilehema, umuzi lapho uDavida ayehlala khona.”
Doth not the scriptures say, That Messiah cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town of David?
43 Kanjalo abantu badabukana phakathi ngenxa kaJesu.
And there was a division among the multitude respecting him.
44 Abanye babefuna ukumbamba, kodwa kakho owambeka isandla.
And there were some of them who wished to apprehend him. But no one laid hands on him.
45 Amanxusa ethempelini acina esebuyela kubaphristi abakhulu labaFarisi athi, “Kungani lingezanga laye?”
And the constables came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and the priests said to them: Why have ye not brought him?
46 Amanxusa afakaza athi, “Kakho osewake wakhuluma njengaloyamuntu.”
The constables say to them: Never did a man speak, as this man speaketh.
47 AbaFarisi bakhwaza bathi, “Litsho ukuthi lani uselikhohlisile?
The Pharisees said to them: Are ye also deceived?
48 Ukhona na kubabusi loba kubaFarisi osebeke ithemba lakhe kuye?
Have any of the chiefs, or of the Pharisees, believed in him?
49 Hatshi! Kodwa inkunkuma yabantu le engazilutho ngezomthetho, iqalekisiwe.”
But this people, who know not the law, are accursed.
50 UNikhodimasi owayeye kuJesu mandulo, owayengomunye wabo wabuza wathi,
One of them: Nicodemus, he who came to Jesus by night, said to them:
51 “Kanti umthetho wakithi uyamlahla na umuntu engaqalanga wabuzwa ukuthi yena uthini ngokwakhe?”
Doth our law condemn a man, unless it first hear him, and know what he hath done?
52 Baphendula bathi, “Lawe uvela eGalile yini? Ake ukudingisise, uzabona ukuthi kakulamphrofethi ongaphuma eGalile.” [
They answered, and said to him: Art thou also from Galilee? Search, and see, that no prophet ariseth from Galilee.
53 Ngakho bonke basuka baya emizini yabo.
So they went every one to his own house.
