UJohane 10
1 Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Ongangeni ngesango esibayeni sezimvu, kodwa akhwele kwenye indawo, lowo ulisela lomphangi;
AMEN, amen, I say to you, Whosoever entereth not by the door into the fold of the flock, but ascendeth by another place, he is a thief and a robber.
2 kodwa ongena ngesango ungumelusi wezimvu.
But he who entereth by the door, he is the shepherd of the flock.
3 Umlindi wesango uyamvulela, lezimvu ziyalizwa ilizwi lakhe, njalo uyazibiza ezakhe izimvu ngamabizo, azikhokhelele phandle.
And to him the keeper of the gate openeth the gate, and the flock heareth his voice, and his sheep he calleth by their names, and he leadeth them forth;
4 Nxa esezikhuphile ezakhe izimvu, uhamba phambi kwazo; lezimvu zimlandele, ngoba ziyalazi ilizwi lakhe.
and when his flock hath gone forth, he goeth before it, and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
5 Kodwa owemzini kazisoze zimlandele, kodwa zizambalekela; ngoba kazilazi ilizwi labemzini.
But after a stranger the flock goeth not, but it fleeth from him; for it knoweth not the voice of a stranger.
6 UJesu wakhuluma lumfanekiso kubo; kodwa bona kabaqedisisanga ukuthi ziyini izinto azitshoyo kubo.
This parable spake Jeshu to them, but they knew not what he said with them.
7 Ngakho uJesu waphinda wathi kubo: Ngiqinisile, ngiqinisile, ngithi kini: Mina ngilisango lezimvu;
Jeshu saith to them again, Amen, amen, I say to you, I am the gate of the flock;
8 bonke abake bafika phambi kwami bangamasela labaphangi; kodwa izimvu kazibezwanga.
and all those who have come were thieves and robbers, but the flock heard them not.
9 Mina ngilisango; uba umuntu engena ngami, uzasindiswa, angene aphume, athole idlelo.
I am the gate; by me if any man enter, he shall live and shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.
10 Isela kalizi ngaphandle kokuzakweba lokubulala lokubhubhisa; mina ngizile ukuze babe lempilo, babe layo iphuphume.
The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and destroy: I am come that they may have life, and that which is more.
11 Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo. Umelusi olungileyo uzibekela phansi izimvu impilo yakhe.
I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd his life layeth down for his flock.
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 whose the sheep are not, when he seeth the wolf coming, leaveth the flock and fleeth; and the wolf cometh ravaging and destroying the flock.
13 Oqhatshiweyo uyabaleka-ke, ngoba engoqhatshiweyo, njalo engazikhathaleli izimvu.
But the hireling fleeth because he is an hireling, and careth not for the flock.
14 Mina ngingumelusi olungileyo, ngiyazazi ezami, ngiyaziwa ngezami,
I am the good shepherd, and know my own, and am known of my own.
15 njengalokhu uBaba engazi, lami ngiyamazi uBaba; ngizibekela phansi izimvu impilo yami.
As my Father knoweth me (and) I know my Father, and my life I lay down for the flock.
16 Njalo ngilezinye izimvu, ezingesizo zalesisibaya; lazo kumele ngizilethe, njalo zizakuzwa ilizwi lami; njalo kube mhlambi munye, melusi munye.
But I have other sheep also which are not of this fold; and these also it behoveth me to bring, and they will hear my voice, and all shall become one flock and one shepherd.
17 Ngenxa yalokhu uBaba uyangithanda, ngoba mina ngibeka phansi impilo yami, ukuze ngibuye ngiyithathe.
On this account my Father loveth me, because I lay down my life again to take it.
18 Kakho ongemuka yona, kodwa mina ngiyibeka phansi ngokwami. Ngilamandla okuyibeka phansi, njalo ngilamandla okubuya ngiyithathe. Lumlayo ngiwemukele kuBaba.
No man taketh it away from me, but I lay it down from my will; for I am able to lay it down, and I am able to take it again; for this commandment have I received from my Father.
19 Ngakho kwaba khona futhi ukwehlukana phakathi kwamaJuda ngenxa yalamazwi.
And there was again a division among the Jihudoyee because of his words:
20 Labanengi bawo bathi: Uledimoni futhi uyahlanya; limlalelelani?
and many of them said, He has a devil, and is altogether insane, why do you hear him?
21 Amanye athi: Lamazwi kawasiwo wongenwe lidimoni; kambe idimoni lingavula amehlo eziphofu yini?
But others said, These words are not of a demoniac: how can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
22 Kwakukhona umkhosi wokuvuselela eJerusalema, kwakusebusika;
IT was the feast of the renovation at Urishlem,
23 uJesu wasehambahamba ethempelini ekhulusini likaSolomoni.
and it was winter. And Jeshu walked in the temple in the portico of Shelumun.
24 AmaJuda asemhanqa, athi kuye: Koze kube nini usilibazisa? Uba wena unguKristu, sitshele ngokucacileyo.
And the Jihudoyee surrounded him, saying to him, How long takest thou our souls? If thou art the Meshicha, tell us openly.
25 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngalitshela, kodwa kalikholwanga; imisebenzi mina engiyenza ebizweni likaBaba, yiyo engifakazelayo;
Jeshu answered and said to them, I have told you, and you believe not. The works that I do in the name of my Father, these witness for me.
26 kodwa lina kalikholwa; ngoba kalisibo abezimvu zami, njengokutsho kwami kini.
But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, (even) as I told you.
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.
For my Father who gave them to me than all is greater; and no man from the hand of my Father can snatch them.
30 Mina loBaba simunye.
I and my Father are One.
31 Ngakho amaJuda aphinda athatha amatshe ukuze amkhande ngawo.
And again the Jihudoyee took up stones to stone him.
32 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Ngilitshengise imisebenzi eminengi emihle evela kuBaba; yiwuphi umsebenzi kuyo elingikhandela wona ngamatshe?
Jeshu saith to them, Many good works from my Father have I showed you: on account of 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 Jihudoyee say to him, Not on account of the good works do we stone thee, but because thou blasphemest; thou, being a son of man, making thyself Aloha.
34 UJesu wawaphendula wathi: Kakulotshiwe yini emlayweni wenu ukuthi: Mina ngathi: Lingonkulunkulu?
Jeshu saith to them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are Alohee?
35 Uba wababiza bona ngokuthi ngonkulunkulu, eleza kubo ilizwi likaNkulunkulu, njalo umbhalo ungephulwe,
If them he calleth Alohee, because with them was the word of Aloha, and the scripture cannot be loosed,
36 lowo uBaba amehlukanisileyo wamthuma emhlabeni, kanti lina lithi: Uyahlambaza, ngoba ngithe: NgiyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu?
to him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, say you, Thou blasphemest, because I have said to you, I am the Son of Aloha?
37 Uba ngingenzi imisebenzi kaBaba, kalingakholwa kimi.
And 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, the works believe, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and (that) I (am) in the Father.
39 Ngakho adinga futhi ukumbamba; kodwa waphunyuka esandleni sabo.
And they sought again to apprehend him; but he went forth from among their hands:
40 Wasebuya wasuka waya ngaphetsheya kweJordani kundawo lapho uJohane ayebhabhathiza khona kuqala; wasehlala khona.
and he went beyond Jurdan, to the place where Juchanon at first had baptized, and was there.
41 Labanengi beza kuye, bathi: UJohane kenzanga sibonakaliso; kodwa konke uJohane akutsho ngalo, kwakuliqiniso.
And many came to him, and said, Juchanon did not one sign; but every thing which Juchanon said concerning this man was true.
42 Abanengi basebekholwa kuye lapho.
And many believed in him.
