UJohane 10
1 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Ongangeni ngesango esibayeni sezimvu, kodwa akhwele kwenye indawo, lowo ulisela lomphangi;
Truly, truly, I say unto you, the one coming not in through the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbing up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.
2 kodwa ongena ngesango ungumelusi wezimvu.
And the one coming in through the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 Umlindi wesango uyamvulela, lezimvu ziyalizwa ilizwi lakhe, njalo uyazibiza ezakhe izimvu ngamabizo, azikhokhelele phandle.
To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear His voice: and he calls His own sheep by name, and leads them out.
4 Nxa esezikhuphile ezakhe izimvu, uhamba phambi kwazo; lezimvu zimlandele, ngoba ziyalazi ilizwi lakhe.
When He may put out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow Him: because they know his voice:
5 Kodwa owemzini kazisoze zimlandele, kodwa zizambalekela; ngoba kazilazi ilizwi labemzini.
but they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him: because they know not the voice of strangers.
6 UJesu wakhuluma lumfanekiso kubo; kodwa bona kabaqedisisanga ukuthi ziyini izinto azitshoyo kubo.
He spoke this parable to them: but they did not know what things He was speaking to them.
7 Ngakho uJesu waphinda wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Mina ngilisango lezimvu;
Then Jesus said, Truly, truly, I say unto you, that I am the door of the sheep.
8 bonke abake bafika phambi kwami bangamasela labaphangi; kodwa izimvu kazibezwanga.
All so many as came were thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
9 Mina ngilisango; uba umuntu engena ngami, uzasindiswa, angene aphume, athole idlelo.
I am the door: if any one may enter in through me, he shall be saved; he shall go in and come out, and find pasture.
10 Isela kalizi ngaphandle kokuzakweba lokubulala lokubhubhisa; mina ngizile ukuze babe lempilo, babe layo iphuphume.
The thief does not come, but that he may steal, and slay, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and have it more abundantly.
11 Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo. Umelusi olungileyo uzibekela phansi izimvu impilo yakhe.
I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
12 Kodwa oqhatshiweyo, engesuye umelusi, izimvu zingesizo ezakhe, ubona impisi isiza, atshiye izimvu, abaleke; kuthi impisi izibambe, izichithachithe izimvu.
The hireling, and the one not being the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees away, and the wolf seizes and scatters them:
13 Oqhatshiweyo uyabaleka-ke, ngoba engoqhatshiweyo, njalo engazikhathaleli izimvu.
because he is a hireling and there is not a care to him for the sheep.
14 Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo, ngiyazazi ezami, ngiyaziwa ngezami,
I am the Good Shepherd; I know mine, and mine know me,
15 njengalokhu uBaba engazi, lami ngiyamazi uBaba; ngizibekela phansi izimvu impilo yami.
as the Father knows Me, and I know the Father; and I lay down My soul for the sheep.
16 Njalo ngilezinye izimvu, ezingesizo zalesisibaya; lazo kumele ngizilethe, njalo zizakuzwa ilizwi lami; njalo kube mhlambi munye, melusi munye.
And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: and it behooves me to bring them and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
17 Ngenxa yalokhu uBaba uyangithanda, ngoba mina ngibeka phansi impilo yami, ukuze ngibuye ngiyithathe.
Therefore my Father loves Me, because I lay down my soul, that I may take it again.
18 Kakho ongemuka yona, kodwa mina ngiyibeka phansi ngokwami. Ngilamandla okuyibeka phansi, njalo ngilamandla okubuya ngiyithathe. Lumlayo ngiwemukele kuBaba.
No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and power to receive it again. I received this commandment from my Father.
19 Ngakho kwaba khona futhi ukwehlukana phakathi kwamaJuda ngenxa yalamazwi.
Again there was a schism among the Jews on account of these words.
20 Labanengi bawo bathi: Uledimoni futhi uyahlanya; limlalelelani?
Then many of them were saying, He has a demon, and is gone mad; why do you hear Him? Others were saying,
21 Amanye athi: Lamazwi kawasiwo wongenwe lidimoni; kambe idimoni lingavula amehlo eziphofu yini?
These are not the words of a demonized man. Whether is a demon able to open the eyes of the blind?
22 Kwakukhona umkhosi wokuvuselela eJerusalema, kwakusebusika;
And it was the feast of dedication in Jerusalem: and it was winter;
23 uJesu wasehambahamba ethempelini ekhulusini likaSolomoni.
and Jesus was walking in the temple in Solomon's porch.
24 AmaJuda asemhanqa, athi kuye: Koze kube nini usilibazisa? Uba wena unguKristu, sitshele ngokucacileyo.
Then the Jews surrounded Him, and said to Him, How long do you take away our soul?
25 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngalitshela, kodwa kalikholwanga; imisebenzi mina engiyenza ebizweni likaBaba, yiyo engifakazelayo;
If thou art the Christ, tell us openly. Jesus responded, I told you, and you do not believe: the works which I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me.
26 kodwa lina kalikholwa; ngoba kalisibo abezimvu zami, njengokutsho kwami kini.
But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep.
27 Izimvu zami ziyalizwa ilizwi lami, lami ngiyazazi, futhi ziyangilandela;
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
29 UBaba ozinike mina, mkhulu kulabo bonke; kungekho njalo ongazihluthuna esandleni sikaBaba.
The Father, who has given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of the hand of the Father.
30 Mina loBaba simunye.
I and the Father are one.
31 Ngakho amaJuda aphinda athatha amatshe ukuze amkhande ngawo.
Again the Jews took up stones, that they might stone Him.
32 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngilitshengise imisebenzi eminengi emihle evela kuBaba; yiwuphi umsebenzi kuyo elingikhandela wona ngamatshe?
Jesus responded to them, I have shown unto you many beautiful works from the Father; on account of which of these do you stone me?
33 AmaJuda amphendula athi: Kasikukhandi ngamatshe ngenxa yomsebenzi omuhle, kodwa ngenxa yenhlamba, langokuthi wena ungumuntu uzenza uNkulunkulu.
The Jews responded to Him, We do not stone Thee for good work, but for blasphemy; because Thou, being a man, art making Thyself God.
34 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Kakulotshiwe yini emlayweni wenu ukuthi: Mina ngathi: Lingonkulunkulu?
And Jesus responded to them, Is it not written in your law, that I said, Ye are gods?
35 Uba wababiza bona ngokuthi ngonkulunkulu, eleza kubo ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, njalo umbhalo ungephulwe,
If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture is not able to be broken),
36 lowo uBaba amehlukanisileyo wamthuma emhlabeni, kanti lina lithi: Uyahlambaza, ngoba ngithe: NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu?
whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, do you say; Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 Uba ngingenzi imisebenzi kaBaba, kalingakholwa kimi.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38 Kodwa uba ngiyenza, lanxa lingakholwa kimi, kholwani imisebenzi; ukuze lazi likholwe ukuthi uBaba ukimi, lami ngikuye.
If I do, believe not me, believe the works: that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father.
39 Ngakho adinga futhi ukumbamba; kodwa waphunyuka esandleni sabo.
They sought again to take Him: and He passed out of their hand.
40 Wasebuya wasuka waya ngaphetsheya kweJordani kundawo lapho uJohane ayebhabhathiza khona kuqala; wasehlala khona.
And again He departed beyond the Jordan into the place where John was first baptizing; and remained there:
41 Labanengi beza kuye, bathi: UJohane kenzanga sibonakaliso; kodwa konke uJohane akutsho ngalo, kwakuliqiniso.
and many came to Hint, and said, that John indeed did no miracle; but all things so many as John spoke concerning this One are true.
42 Abanengi basebekholwa kuye lapho.
And many believed on Him there.
