UJohane 8
1 Kodwa uJesu waya eNtabeni yama-Oliva.
And Jesus went to the mount of Olives.
2 Kwathi kusisa wabonakala njalo emagumeni ethempeli, abantu bonke babuthana kuye, wahlala phansi wabafundisa.
And in the morning he came again to the temple; and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
3 Abafundisi bomthetho labaFarisi baletha owesifazane owayebanjwe ephinga. Bamisa phambi kwabantu
And the Scribes and Pharisees brought forward a woman that was caught in adultery. And when they had placed her in the midst,
4 bathi kuJesu, “Mfundisi, owesifazane lo ukhandwe efeba.
they say to him: Teacher, this woman was caught openly in the act of adultery.
5 EMthethweni uMosi wasilaya ukuthi abesifazane abanjalo kabakhandwe ngamatshe. Manje wena uthini?”
And in the law of Moses, God hath commanded us to stone such persons. What therefore dost thou say?
6 Umbuzo lo wawungumjibila wabo ukuze bazuze izaba lokumbeka icala. Kodwa uJesu wakhothama waseloba phansi ngomunwe.
And this they said, tempting him, so that they might have ground to accuse him. But Jesus having stooped down, was writing on the ground.
7 Kwathi ngoba belokhu bephikelela ngokumbuza wabakhangela wathi kubo, “Nxa ekhona phakathi kwenu ongelasono kaqale ukumkhanda ngamatshe.”
And as they continued asking him, he straightened himself up, and said to them: Whoever among you is without sin, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 Waphinda wakhothama waloba phansi emhlabathini.
And, having again stooped down, he wrote on the ground.
9 Esetshonjalo labo abezwayo baqala ukuthi nyelele munye ngamunye bahamba, kwaqala ngabadala bakhona, kwaze kwasala uJesu yedwa lowesifazane lowo elokhu emi khonapho.
And they, when they heard it, went out one by one, beginning with the older; and the woman was left, alone where she had stood in the midst.
10 UJesu wamkhangela wambuza wathi, “Mama, kanti sebeye ngaphi? Kasekho yini okwethesa icala?”
And when Jesus had straightened himself up, he said to the woman: Where are they? Doth no one condemn thee?
11 Owesifazane wathi, “Kabasekho, nkosi.” UJesu waphendula wathi, “Lami-ke, kangikulahli, zihambele, kodwa ungaphindi wenze isono futhi.”]
And she said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither do I condemn thee. Go thou, and henceforth sin no more.
12 Kwathi uJesu esekhuluma ebantwini njalo wathi, “Ngiyikukhanya komhlaba. Loba ngubani ongilandelayo kasoze ahambe ebumnyameni lanini kodwa uzakuba lokukhanya kokuphila.”
And Jesus again conversed with them, and said: I am the light of the world: he that cometh to me, will not walk in darkness; but will find for himself the light of life.
13 AbaFarisi bahle bamqaga bathi, “Nanko-ke, wena uyazifakazela; ubufakazi bakho kabulaqiniso.”
The Pharisees said to him: Thou bearest witness of thyself, thy testimony is not certain.
14 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Loba ngizifakazela mina, ubufakazi bami buqinisile ngoba ngiyakwazi lapho engavela khona lalapho engiyakhona. Kodwa lina kumnyama nje kini ukuthi ngivela ngaphi lokuthi ngiya ngaphi.
Jesus answered and said to them: Although I bear witness of myself, my testimony is certain, because I know whence I came, and whither I go. But ye do not know, whence I came, and whither I go.
15 Lina lahlulela ngendlela yabantu; mina kangahluleli muntu.
Ye judge according to the flesh: I judge no one.
16 Kodwa ngithi nxa ngingehlulela, izinqumo zami zilungile ngoba kangingedwa. Ngimi loBaba ongithumileyo.
Yet if I Judge, my judgment is certain, because I am not alone, but I and my Father who sent me.
17 Emthethweni wenu kulotshiwe ukuthi ubufakazi babantu ababili buqinisile.
And in your law it is written, that the testimony of two persons is certain.
18 Yimi ngokwami engizifakazelayo; omunye umfakazi nguBaba ongithumileyo.”
I am one: who bear witness of myself, and my Father who sent me, beareth witness of me.
19 Basebembuza bathi, “Ungaphi uyihlo?” UJesu waphendula wathi, “Kalingazi mina kanye loBaba. Aluba belingazi, belizamazi loBaba njalo.”
They say to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus replied, and said to them: Ye neither know me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would also have known my Father.
20 Wawakhuluma amazwi la efundisa egumeni lethempeli eduze lalapho okwakubekwa khona iminikelo. Kodwa kakho owambambayo ngoba isikhathi sakhe sasingakafiki.
These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
21 Waphinda njalo uJesu wathi kubo, “Ngiyasuka lapha, futhi lizangidinga, kodwa lizafela esonweni senu. Lapho engiyakhona alingeke lize khona.”
Again Jesus said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me, and will die in your sins. And whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 AmaJuda asebuzana athi, “Uzazibulala yini? Yikho yini esithi, ‘Lapho engiyakhona lingeke lize khona’?”
The Jews said: Is he about to kill himself, that he should say, Whither I go ye cannot come?
23 Kodwa waqhubeka wathi, “Lina lingabalapha phansi; mina ngivela phezulu. Lingabomhlaba; mina kangisiwalo umhlaba.
And he said to them: Ye are from below, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world
24 Ngilitshelile ukuthi lizafela ezonweni zenu; nxa lingakholwa ukuthi nginguye engithi nginguye, ngempela lizafela ezonweni zenu.”
I said to you, That ye will die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye will die in your sins.
25 Bambuza bathi, “Uvele ungubani?” UJesu waphendula wathi, “Khonokho ebengivele ngikutsho sonke lesisikhathi.
The Jews said to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: Although I have begun to converse with you,
26 Kunengi engingalahlulela ngakho. Kodwa lowo ongithumileyo uthembekile njalo lokho engikuzwileyo kusuka kuye ngikutshela umhlaba.”
I have yet many things to say and to Judge concerning you. But he that sent me is true: and the things which I have heard from him, them I speak in the world.
27 Kabazange bazwisise ukuthi wayebatshela ngoYise.
And they did not know, that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Ngakho uJesu wasesithi, “Lapho seliyiphakamisile iNdodana yoMuntu lizakwazi ukuthi ngingubani lokuthi kangenzi lutho ngokwami kodwa ngikhuluma kuphela lokho uBaba angifundise khona.
Jesus said to them again: When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then will ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing from my own pleasure, but as my Father taught me, so I speak.
29 Lowo ongithumileyo ulami; kangitshiyanga ngingedwa ngoba ngihlezi ngisenza lokho okumthokozisayo.”
And he that sent me, is with me; and my Father hath not left me alone, because I do, at all times, that which pleaseth him.
30 Wathi esakhuluma lokhu abanengi bakholwa kuye.
And when he had spoken these things, many believed on him.
31 UJesu wathi kumaJuda amkholwayo, “Nxa libambelela emfundisweni yami lingabafundi bami ngempela.
And Jesus said to those Jews who believed on him: If ye continue in my word, ye will be truly my disciples.
32 Ngakho lizalazi iqiniso, njalo iqiniso lizalikhulula.”
And ye will know the truth; and the truth will make you free.
33 Amphendula athi, “Siyinzalo ka-Abhrahama futhi kasizange lanini sibe yizigqili zamuntu. Ukutsho kanjani pho ukuthi sizakhululwa?”
They say to him: We are the seed of Abraham, and never were in servitude to any man; and how sayest thou, Ye will be freemen?
34 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Ngiqinisile ngithi wonke owenza isono uyisigqili sesono.
Jesus said to them: Verily, verily, I say to you, That whoever committeth sin, is the servant of sin.
And a servant abideth not for ever in the house; but the Son abideth for ever. (aiōn g165)
36 Ngakho-ke, nxa iNdodana ilikhulula, lizakhululeka ngempela.
If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye will really be free men.
37 Ngiyakwazi ukuthi lingabosendo luka-Abhrahama. Kodwa selizimisele ukungibulala ngoba ilizwi lami kalilandawo kini.
I know that ye are the children of Abraham; but ye seek to kill me, because ye do not acquiesce in my word.
38 Ngilitshela lokho engikubone phambi kukaBaba kodwa lina lenza lokho elikuzwileyo ngoyihlo.”
I speak that which I have seen with my Father, and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39 Aphendula athi, “U-Abhrahama nguye ubaba.” UJesu wathi, “Aluba belingabantwana baka-Abhrahama ngabe lenza izinto ezenziwa nguye u-Abhrahama.
They answered, and said to him: Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them: If ye were children of Abraham, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40 Kodwa kunje nje lizimisele ukungibulala, mina muntu oselitshele iqiniso engilizwileyo livela kuNkulunkulu. U-Abhrahama kazenzanga izinto ezinjalo.
But now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
41 Lenza izinto ezenziwa ngowenu uyihlo.” Amvukela athi, “Kasisibantwana abazuzwa ngobufebe thina. UBaba esilaye kuphela nguNkulunkulu ngokwakhe.”
But ye do the works of your father. They say to him: We are not the offspring of whoredom; we have one Father, God.
42 UJesu wathi kuwo, “Kube uNkulunkulu ubenguYihlo, belizangithanda ngoba ngavela kuNkulunkulu, okwamanje sengilapha. Kangizibuyelanga kodwa uNkulunkulu wangithuma.
Jesus said to them: If God were your Father, ye would love me; for I proceeded and came from God: I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me.
43 Kungani lingaluzwisisi ulimi engilukhulumayo na? Ngoba liyehluleka ukuzwa engikutshoyo.
Why do ye not understand my speech? It is because ye cannot hear my speech.
44 Lingabakayihlo uSathane ngakho lifuna ukusenza isifiso sikayihlo. Wavele waba ngumbulali mdabuko wakhe, kemanga eqinisweni ngoba uvele engelalo iqiniso. Uthi nxa ewaqamba amanga, akhulume ulimi lomdabuko wakhe ngoba ungusomangase loyise wamanga.
Ye are of your father, the calumniator; and the lust of your father ye are disposed to do. He was from the beginning a manslayer, and abode not in the truth; for the truth is not in him, and when he speaketh a lie he speaketh from himself, for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 Kodwa kalingikholwa ngoba ngilitshela iqiniso!
But me, because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Ukhona na kini ongaveza ukuthi ngilecala lesono? Nxa ngikhuluma iqiniso kungani lingangikholwa na?
Which of you convicteth me of sin? And if I speak the truth, why do ye not believe me?
47 Lowo ongokaNkulunkulu uyakuzwa lokho uNkulunkulu akutshoyo. Isizatho sokuthi lingezwa yikuthi kalisibo bakaNkulunkulu.”
He that is of God, heareth the words of God. Therefore ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.
48 AmaJuda aphendula athi, “Siyalahleka yini nxa sisithi ungumSamariya njalo ulamadimoni?”
The Jews answered, and said to him: Did we not well say, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?
49 UJesu wathi, “Kangiladimoni mina, kodwa ngidumisa uBaba ikanti lina liyangigcona.
Jesus said to them: I have no demon: but I honor God; and ye contemn me.
50 Kangizidingeli udumo mina kodwa ukhona olufunayo, yena ungumahluleli.
But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh it, and judgeth.
Verily, verily, I say to you: He that keepeth my word, will never see death. (aiōn g165)
52 Esizwa lokhu amaJuda ababaza athi, “Khathesi sesisazi ukuthi uledimoni! U-Abhrahama wafa kanye labo abaphrofethi kodwa wena uthi nxa umuntu egcina ilizwi lakho kasoze akuzwe ukufa lanini. (aiōn g165)
The Jews say to him: Now we know, that thou hast a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; yet thou sayest: He that keepeth my word, will never taste death. (aiōn g165)
53 Wena umkhulu kulobaba u-Abhrahama na? Wafa, kanye labo abaphrofethi. Wena uzenza bani na?”
Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead, or than the prophets who died? What dost thou make thyself?
54 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Nxa ngizidumisa mina ngokwami, luyize udumo lwami. UBaba, elithi unguNkulunkulu wenu nguye ongidumisayo.
Jesus said to them: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom ye say, He is our God.
55 Lanxa lina lingamazi, mina ngiyamazi. Ngabe ngithe kangimazi, bengizabe ngingumqambi wamanga njengani kodwa ngiyamazi njalo ngiyaligcina ilizwi lakhe.
And ye know him not. But I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar, like you: but I do know him, and I observe his word.
56 Uyihlo u-Abhrahama wathakazelela umnakano wokulubona usuku lwami; walubona wathokoza.”
Abraham your father desired to see my day: and he saw it, and rejoiced.
57 AmaJuda athi kuye, “Kawukafikisi iminyaka engamatshumi amahlanu obudala, kodwa uthi usumbonile u-Abhrahama!”
The Jews say to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
58 UJesu waphendula wathi, “Ngilitshela iqiniso ukuthi u-Abhrahama engakazalwa, mina ngasengikhona!”
Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, That before Abraham existed, I was.
59 Besizwa lokhu badobha amatshe befuna ukumkhanda kodwa uJesu wasithela, waphunyuka wasuka emagumeni ethempeli.
And they took up stones to stone him. But Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple, and passed along among them, and went away.
