UJohane 10
1 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Ongangeni ngesango esibayeni sezimvu, kodwa akhwele kwenye indawo, lowo ulisela lomphangi;
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who enters not by the gate into the sheepfold, but climbs over the fence, is a thief and a robber.
2 kodwa ongena ngesango ungumelusi wezimvu.
The shepherd always enters by the gate.
3 Umlindi wesango uyamvulela, lezimvu ziyalizwa ilizwi lakhe, njalo uyazibiza ezakhe izimvu ngamabizo, azikhokhelele phandle.
To him, the porter opens, and the sheep obey his voice. His own sheep he calls by name, and leads out.
4 Nxa esezikhuphile ezakhe izimvu, uhamba phambi kwazo; lezimvu zimlandele, ngoba ziyalazi ilizwi lakhe.
And having put out his sheep, he walks before them, and they follow him; because they know his voice.
5 Kodwa owemzini kazisoze zimlandele, kodwa zizambalekela; ngoba kazilazi ilizwi labemzini.
They will not follow a stranger, but flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.
6 UJesu wakhuluma lumfanekiso kubo; kodwa bona kabaqedisisanga ukuthi ziyini izinto azitshoyo kubo.
Jesus addressed this similitude to them, but they did not comprehend what he said.
7 Ngakho uJesu waphinda wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Mina ngilisango lezimvu;
He therefore added, Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the gate of the fold.
8 bonke abake bafika phambi kwami bangamasela labaphangi; kodwa izimvu kazibezwanga.
All who preceded me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep obeyed them not.
9 Mina ngilisango; uba umuntu engena ngami, uzasindiswa, angene aphume, athole idlelo.
I am the gate: such as enter by me shall be safe: they shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 Isela kalizi ngaphandle kokuzakweba lokubulala lokubhubhisa; mina ngizile ukuze babe lempilo, babe layo iphuphume.
The thief comes in only to steal, to slay, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
11 Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo. Umelusi olungileyo uzibekela phansi izimvu impilo yakhe.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.
12 Kodwa oqhatshiweyo, engesuye umelusi, izimvu zingesizo ezakhe, ubona impisi isiza, atshiye izimvu, abaleke; kuthi impisi izibambe, izichithachithe izimvu.
The hireling, who is not the shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not belong, when he sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and flees; and the wolf tears them, and disperses the flock.
13 Oqhatshiweyo uyabaleka-ke, ngoba engoqhatshiweyo, njalo engazikhathaleli izimvu.
The hireling flees, because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
14 Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo, ngiyazazi ezami, ngiyaziwa ngezami,
I am the good shepherd. And I know my own, and am known by them,
15 njengalokhu uBaba engazi, lami ngiyamazi uBaba; ngizibekela phansi izimvu impilo yami.
(even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father; ) and I give my life for the sheep.
16 Njalo ngilezinye izimvu, ezingesizo zalesisibaya; lazo kumele ngizilethe, njalo zizakuzwa ilizwi lami; njalo kube mhlambi munye, melusi munye.
I have other sheep, besides, which are not of this fold. Them I must also bring; and they will obey my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
17 Ngenxa yalokhu uBaba uyangithanda, ngoba mina ngibeka phansi impilo yami, ukuze ngibuye ngiyithathe.
For this the Father loves me, because I give my life, to be afterward resumed.
18 Kakho ongemuka yona, kodwa mina ngiyibeka phansi ngokwami. Ngilamandla okuyibeka phansi, njalo ngilamandla okubuya ngiyithathe. Lumlayo ngiwemukele kuBaba.
No one forces it from me: but I give it of myself. I have power to give it, and I have power to resume it. This commandment I have received from my Father.
19 Ngakho kwaba khona futhi ukwehlukana phakathi kwamaJuda ngenxa yalamazwi.
Again there was a division among the Jews, occasioned by this discourse.
20 Labanengi bawo bathi: Uledimoni futhi uyahlanya; limlalelelani?
Many of them said, He has a demon, and is mad: why do you hear him?
21 Amanye athi: Lamazwi kawasiwo wongenwe lidimoni; kambe idimoni lingavula amehlo eziphofu yini?
Others said, These are not the words of a demonise. Can a demon give sight to the blind?
22 Kwakukhona umkhosi wokuvuselela eJerusalema, kwakusebusika;
Afterward, when they were celebrating the feast of the dedication, at Jerusalem,
23 uJesu wasehambahamba ethempelini ekhulusini likaSolomoni.
it being in winter; as Jesus walked in the temple, in Solomon's portico,
24 AmaJuda asemhanqa, athi kuye: Koze kube nini usilibazisa? Uba wena unguKristu, sitshele ngokucacileyo.
the Jews surrounding him, said to him, How long will you keep us in suspense? If you be the Messiah, tell us plainly.
25 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngalitshela, kodwa kalikholwanga; imisebenzi mina engiyenza ebizweni likaBaba, yiyo engifakazelayo;
Jesus answered, I told you; but you believed not. The works which I do in my Father's name, testify of me.
26 kodwa lina kalikholwa; ngoba kalisibo abezimvu zami, njengokutsho kwami kini.
But you believe not, for you are not of my sheep.
27 Izimvu zami ziyalizwa ilizwi lami, lami ngiyazazi, futhi ziyangilandela;
My sheep, as I told you, obey my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
29 UBaba ozinike mina, mkhulu kulabo bonke; kungekho njalo ongazihluthuna esandleni sikaBaba.
My Father, who gave them me, is greater than all; and none can wrest them out of my Father's hand.
30 Mina loBaba simunye.
I and the Father are one.
31 Ngakho amaJuda aphinda athatha amatshe ukuze amkhande ngawo.
Then the Jews again took up stones to stone him.
32 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngilitshengise imisebenzi eminengi emihle evela kuBaba; yiwuphi umsebenzi kuyo elingikhandela wona ngamatshe?
Jesus said to them, Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?
33 AmaJuda amphendula athi: Kasikukhandi ngamatshe ngenxa yomsebenzi omuhle, kodwa ngenxa yenhlamba, langokuthi wena ungumuntu uzenza uNkulunkulu.
The Jews answered, For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.
34 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Kakulotshiwe yini emlayweni wenu ukuthi: Mina ngathi: Lingonkulunkulu?
Jesus replied, Is it not written in your law, "I said, You are gods?"
35 Uba wababiza bona ngokuthi ngonkulunkulu, eleza kubo ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, njalo umbhalo ungephulwe,
If the law styled them gods, to whom the word of God was addressed, and if the language of scripture in unexceptionable;
36 lowo uBaba amehlukanisileyo wamthuma emhlabeni, kanti lina lithi: Uyahlambaza, ngoba ngithe: NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu?
do you charge him with blasphemy whom the Father has consecrated his Apostle to the world, for calling himself his Son?
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.
But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works, that you may know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I am in him.
39 Ngakho adinga futhi ukumbamba; kodwa waphunyuka esandleni sabo.
They then attempted again to seize him; but he escaped out of their hands,
40 Wasebuya wasuka waya ngaphetsheya kweJordani kundawo lapho uJohane ayebhabhathiza khona kuqala; wasehlala khona.
and retired again toward the Jordan, and abode in the place where John first immersed.
41 Labanengi beza kuye, bathi: UJohane kenzanga sibonakaliso; kodwa konke uJohane akutsho ngalo, kwakuliqiniso.
And many resorted to him, who said, John, indeed, wrought no miracle: but all that John spoke of this man, is true.
42 Abanengi basebekholwa kuye lapho.
And many believed on him there.
