Yohani 6
1 Pegamaliki genago, Yesu akakupuka Nyanja Galilaya yikemelewa mewa Nyanja Tibelia.
Some time later, when Jesus was in Galilee district, near the time of the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus went [with us disciples by boat] and crossed to another place along Galilee Lake. This lake is [also called] Tiberias Lake.
2 Msambi uvaha wa vandu wamlandili Yesu, ndava vayiwene milangisu ya chinamtiti yeavakitili kuvalamisa vatamu.
A large crowd of people kept following Jesus [on land] because they had been seeing the miracles he performed [by healing] sick people.
3 Yesu akakwela kuchitumbi, akatama kwenuko pamonga na vawuliwa vaki.
Jesus went up on the hillside and sat down with [us] disciples [to teach us].
4 Lukumbi lwa mselebuko wa Vayawudi wewikemelewa Pasaka wavili papipi.
Then he looked up and saw a great crowd of people coming toward him.
5 Hinu, Yesu pealolokisi auwene msambi uvaha wa vandu ukumbwelela ndi akamjovela Filipi, “Wu, tikagula koki mabumunda muni vandu ava valyayi?”
He said to Philip, “Where will we buy food for all these people to eat?”
6 Ajovili genago kwa kumlinga Filipi, mwene amali kumanya chakuhenga.
He asked this only to find out if Philip believed what [Jesus could do], because Jesus already knew what he himself was going to do.
7 Filipi akamyangula “Mabumunda ga kugula kwa hipandi miya zivili ya madini ga feza gikola lepi kwa vandu ava hati ngati kila mmonga akapewayi chipandi chidebe ndu!”
Philip replied to him, “[Even if we had] the amount of money a man earns in eight months, that would not be enough to buy bread so that each person could have a little bit!”
8 Mmonga wa vawuliwa vaki liina laki Andelea, mlongo waki Simoni Petili akamjovela.
Another one of [us] disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s [younger] brother, said to Jesus,
9 “Penapa avi msongolo mmonga ana mabumunda mhanu ga shayili na somba zivili, nambu zikola kiki kwa vandu vamahele ngati ava?”
“There is a boy here who has five small barley loaves and two [cooked] fish. But (they will not help much among so many people!/what good will that do among so many people?) [RHQ]”
10 Yesu akajova “Muvatamika vandu.” Pandu penapo pavi na manyahi gamahele. Hinu, vandu vakatama na jumula vavi vagosi ndu vandu elufu mhanu.
Jesus said, “Tell the people to sit down!” There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down [comfortably]. There were about 5,000 men [among the crowd].
11 Yesu akatola mabumunda gala na kumsengusa Chapanga, akalagiza vavagavanisila vandu vevatamili, akakita mewawa na somba zila, kila mundu apewili cheaganili.
Then Jesus took the small loaves and the fish and thanked [God] for them. Then he [gave them to us, and we] distributed the small loaves and the fish to all the people sitting on the ground. [Because God caused the food to keep increasing], everyone ate as much as they wanted.
12 Vandu pavayukwiti Yesu akavajovela vawuliwa vaki, “Vakanonga hipandi yehisigalili vikoto kuyaga.”
When everyone had all the food they wanted, he said to [us] disciples, “Gather up the pieces that are left over. Do not let anything be wasted!”
13 Hinu, vakayola hipandi ya mabumunda ga shayili yeyasigalili vandu pevamali kulya, ndi vakamemesa madengu kumi na gavili.
So we gathered up the pieces of the small loaves that were left over by those who had eaten. We filled twelve baskets with those pieces!
14 Vandu pavauwene ulangisu wenuwo weahengili Yesu, vakajova “Chakaka mwenuyu ndi mlota mwealongaliwi kuvya ibwela pamulima!”
After the people saw that miracle that Jesus had performed, [many of] them started to say, “Surely this is the prophet [like Moses] that [God promised] to send to the world!”
15 Kangi Yesu amanyili kuvya vandu vaganili kumkamula na kumvika avyai nkosi, akajibagula navu, akahamba mwene kuchitumbi.
So, because Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him to make him [their] king, he left them again and went up into the hills by himself.
16 Hati peyahikili kimihi vawuliwa va Yesu vakahelela mbaka kunyanja.
When it was evening, [we] disciples went down to [Galilee] Lake.
17 Vakayingila muwatu muni vakupuka kuhamba ku Kapelanaumu. Chitita chamali kuhika, na Yesu avi akona kuvahikila.
When it became dark and Jesus had still not joined us, [we] got into a boat and went across the lake towards Capernaum [city].
18 Chimbungululu chivaha chabumai ndi Nyanja yikatumbula kutimbugana.
A strong wind started to blow and caused the water (to become very rough/to have high waves).
19 Vawuliwa vaki vamali kugenda muutali wa kilomita mhanu amala sita, vamuwene Yesu igenda panani ya manji, ihegelela muwatu, vayogwipi neju.
After we had rowed (three or four miles/five or six kilometers), we saw Jesus coming near the boat; he was walking on the water! So we were terrified!
20 Yesu akavajovela, “Ndi nene, mkotoka kuyogopa!”
But he said to us, “Do not be afraid! It is I!”
21 Hinu, vene kwa luheku vakamtola Yesu muwatu, na bahapo watu wula ukahika pandumba pandu pevahambayi.
We were glad to take him into the boat. As soon as [we] did that, the boat reached the shore where [we] were going!
22 Chilau yaki msambi wa vandu vevasigalili mwambu ya nyanja vamanyili kuvya kwavi na watu umonga pala. Na vamanyili kuvya Yesu ayingili lepi muwatu pamonga na vawuliwa vaki, muni vawuliwa vaki vahambili vene.
The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake [were perplexed about how Jesus had left that area]. They knew that there had been only one boat there [the previous day]. They knew that we had gone away in it by ourselves. They knew that Jesus had not gone with us.
23 Watu zingi kuhuma ku Tibelia zabweli papipi na pandu pala msambi wa vandu pevalili mabumunda, Bambu peamali kumsengusa Chapanga.
Then some [men came] from Tiberias [city] in boats. [They were hoping to take some of the crowd back to Tiberias]. They arrived near the place where the people had eaten the food after Jesus had given thanks [and caused it to multiply].
24 Hinu, vandu vala pevamanyili kuvya Yesu pamonga na vawuliwa vaki vangavya pandu penapo, vakayingila muwatu, kuhamba ku Kapelanaumu kumlonda.
When the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor we disciples were there, [some of] them got into those boats and they sailed to Capernaum to find Jesus.
25 Pevamkolili Yesu mwambu ya nyanja vakamkota, “Muwula, wabweli ndali penapa?”
When they found him [in Capernaum] further around the lake, they asked him, “Teacher, [since you(sg) did not come in a boat], when [and how] did you get here?”
26 Yesu akavayangula, “Chakaka nikuvajovela nyenye mukunilonda lepi ndava mwauwene ulangisu wa kukangasa, nambu ndava muni mwalili mabumunda gala na kuyukuta.
Jesus replied to them, “Listen to this carefully: Do you know why you are looking for me? It is not because you saw [me perform] miracles [and as a result have realized who I really am]. No! You are looking for me [only] because you had plenty of bread to eat [after I provided it for you by performing a miracle].
27 Mkoto kuchihengela lihengu chukulya chechilula, nambu mchihengela chakulya changalula ndava ya wumi wa magono goha wangali mwishu. Mwana wa Mundu mwahaguliwi na kuyidakiliwa na Dadi yati akuvapela chakulya chenicho.” (aiōnios g166)
Stop desiring food that will soon spoil! Instead, desire to get [spiritual] food that will last forever! Yearn for eternal life! That is what I, the one who came from heaven, will give you. God [my] Father has shown that he approves of me [enabling me to do that].” (aiōnios g166)
28 Vene vakamkota, “Tikita wuli muni tihotola kuhenga mahengu geigana Chapanga?”
Then the people asked him, “What things should we do [to please] God?”
29 Yesu akavayangula, “Lenili ndi lihengu leigana Chapanga muhengayi, kumsadika yula mweamtumili.”
Jesus replied, “What God [wants you] to do is this: He wants you to believe that [I am] the one he has sent.”
30 Penapo vakamkota, “Wu, yati wikita ulangisu woki wa kukangasa muni tiulola tihotola kukusadika?
So they said to him, “Then perform [another] miracle so that we may see it and believe that [you came from God]. What miracle would you like to perform?
31 Vagogo vitu valili mana kula kulugangatu, ngati chegijova Mayandiku Gamsopi. ‘Avapelili mabumunda kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga muni valyayi.’”
Our ancestors ate the [food called] manna [that God provided for them by a miracle] in the desolate area. This is written {[The Psalmist] wrote this} [in the Scriptures] about [what Moses caused to happen: ] ‘He gave them food from heaven to eat.’ [Will you perform a miracle like that]?”
32 Yesu akavajovela, “Chakaka nikuvajovela, lepi Musa mweavapeli libumunda kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga, ndi Dadi wangu mweavapelili nyenye libumunda la chakaka kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga.
So Jesus said to them, “The truth is that it was not Moses who gave your [ancestors] that food from heaven. No, it was my Father [who gave it to them. And my Father is the one] who gives you the true food from heaven.
33 Muni libumunda la Chapanga ndi yula mweihelela kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga na kuvapela wumi vandu va mulima.”
The true bread from God came down from heaven, and he is the one who will give [eternal] life to [the people of] the world [MTY].”
34 Vakamjovela, “Bambu, kila ligono utipelayi libumunda lenilo.”
[Not understanding what he meant], they said to him, “Sir, give us that kind of bread all the time!”
35 Yesu akavajovela, “Nene ndi chakulya chechileta wumi. Mweibwela kwa nene njala yikumvina lepi, mweakunisadika katu iyuwana lepi njota.
Jesus said to them, “[Just like] food [MET] [sustains physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life. Those who [eat ordinary food and drinks will later be hungry and thirsty]. But those who come to me [to receive that life] will never again [lack anything spiritually].
36 Nambu navajovili kuvya yati mukunilola nambu mukunisadika lepi.
I told you before that you have seen my [miracles, but after seeing them, instead of understanding who I am], you have not believed in me.
37 Voha veakunipela Dadi yati vibwela kwa nene, na nene katu nakumtaga kuvala yeyoha mweibwela kwa nene.
All the people that [my] Father entrusts to me will come to me, and I will certainly (welcome/never send away) [LIT] anyone who comes to me.
38 Nihelili kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga, lepi kwa kuhenga genigana namwene nambu kuhenga gegiganikiwa na yula mweanitumili.
When I came down from heaven, it was not to do what I want. Instead, I came to do what ([God/my Father]), who sent me, wants.
39 Maganu ga yula mweanitumili ndi aga, nikotoka kumyagisa hati mmonga wa vala veanipelili nambu nivayukisa voha pa ligono la mwishu.
What the one who sent me wants is that I (keep forever all/never lose any) [LIT] of those whom he has entrusted to me. He wants me to cause all of them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].
40 Muni cheigana Dadi wangu ndi chenichi, yoyoha mweakumlola Mwana na kumsadika avyayi na wumi wa magono goha, na nene yati nikumuyukisa ligono la mwishu.” (aiōnios g166)
[Long ago in the desolate area when those who were bitten by snakes looked at the bronze replica of a snake, they were healed] [MET]. What my Father wants is that [similarly] everyone who looks at [what] I [have done] and believes in me will have eternal life. I will cause them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].” (aiōnios g166)
41 Vayawudi vakatumbula kung'ung'uta muni ajovili, “Nene ndi libumunda lelihelili kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga.”
The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the one who is [like] true bread who came down from heaven.”
42 Vakajova, “Mwenuyu lepi Yesu, mwana wa Yosefu? Tivamanyili dadi na nyina waki! Hinu ihotola wuli kujova kuvya ahelili kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga?”
They said, “(This man is Jesus, the son of Joseph!/Isn’t this man the son of Joseph?) [RHQ] We know [the names of] both his father and his mother. [He certainly did not come from heaven], so (he is [lying] by saying ‘I came from heaven.’/why is he now saying, ‘I came from heaven?’) [RHQ]”
43 Yesu akavayangula, “Mkotoka kung'ung'uta mwavene.
Jesus replied to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves [about what I just said]!
44 Kawaka mundu mweihotola kubwela kwa nene, ngati Dadi mweanitumili amhutili lepi kwa nene, na nene yati nikumuyukisa mundu mwenuyo ligono la mwishu.
[My] Father, who sent me, makes people want to come to me. No others will come to me [to receive eternal life]. Those who come to me are the only ones who will believe in me. I will (cause them to be alive again/raise them [from the dead]) (on the last day/on the [judgment] day).
45 Vamlota va Chapanga vayandiki, ‘Vandu voha yati viwuliwa na Chapanga.’ Kila mundu mweakumyuwana Dadi na kujiwula kuhuma kwaki, ibwela kwa nene.
It was written ([by one of the prophets/by the prophet Isaiah]) {([One of the prophets/The prophet Isaiah]) wrote} [about all those who will trust in me], ‘God will teach them all.’ Everyone who listens to what [my] Father [says] and learns from him will (come to/believe in) me.
46 Chenijova ndi ichi avi lepi mundu mweamuwene Dadi, nga yula mweahumili kwa Chapanga, mwenuyo ndi mweamuwene Dadi.
I came from God. I am the only one who has seen [my] Father. No one else has seen him.
Listen to this carefully: Everyone who believes ([my message/in me]) has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
48 Nene ndi chakulya chechileta wumi.
[Just like] food [MET] [sustains your physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life.
49 Vagogo vinu valili chakulya chechikemiwa mana kulugangatu, nambu vafwili.
Even though your ancestors ate the manna [while they were traveling] in the desolate area, they died [anyway].
50 Nambu chenichi ndi chakulya chechihelili kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga muni mweilya ifwa lepi.
But the bread [I am talking about] is something that came down from heaven. If people eat that bread, their [spirits] will never die.
51 Nene ndi chakulya cha wumi chechihelili kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga. Mundu yeyoha akalyayi libumunda lenili ilama magono goha gangali mwishu. Na libumunda lenikumpela ndi higa yangu yenikuyiwusa ndava ya wumi wa vandu va mulima.” (aiōn g165)
I am the one who came down from heaven to enable people to have [spiritual] life. If people take what I will give them, they will live forever. What I will give them is my flesh, which I will give to [all the people in] [MTY] the world in order that they may have [spiritual] life.” (aiōn g165)
52 Vayawudi vakatumbula kujovesana vene kwa vene, “Mwe, mundu uyu ihotola wuli kutipela tete higa yaki tilyayi?”
Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] began to argue among themselves. They said, “(There is no way this man can give us his flesh to eat!/How can this man give us his flesh to eat?)” [RHQ]
53 Yesu akavajovela, “Chakaka nikuvajovela, mweangalya higa ya Mwana wa Mundu na kuyinywa ngasi yaki, mwivya lepi na wumi mugati yinu.
So, [speaking figuratively of the need for them to accept for themselves the benefits of his sacrificing himself and shedding his blood to atone for their sins] [MET], Jesus said to them, “Listen carefully to this: [Although] I am the one who came from heaven, if you do not eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will not have eternal life.
54 Mweilya higa yangu na kunywa ngasi yangu avinawu wumi wa magono goha wangali mwishu, na nene yati nikumuyukisa ligono la mwishu. (aiōnios g166)
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will cause them to become alive again at (the last day/the [judgment] day), (aiōnios g166)
55 Muni higa yangu ndi chakulya cha chakaka, na ngasi yangu chindu cha kunywa cha chakaka.
because my flesh and my blood are truly spiritual food.
56 Mweilya higa yangu na kunywa ngasi yangu, itama mugati yangu na nene nitama mugati yaki.
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood will have a close relationship with me, and I will have a close relationship with them.
57 Ngati Dadi cheavili mumi, anitumili nene na nene nina wumi kwa ndava yaki, mewawa mweakunilya nene yati ivya mumi ndava ya nene.
[My] Father, who is the [source of everything that] lives, sent me, and I live because [my] Father has [given me life]. Similarly those who eat my [flesh] will live [eternally] because of what I [do for them].
58 Hinu, lenili ndi libumunda leliulwiki kuhuma kunani kwa Chapanga, lepi ngati mana yevalili vagogo vitu, vafwili. Mweilya chakulya chenichi yati ivya na wumi wa magono goha wangali mwishu.” (aiōn g165)
[I am] the true bread that came down from heaven. Although our ancestors ate [manna], they [later] died [anyway]. But those who eat this bread will live forever.” (aiōn g165)
59 Yesu ajovili genago peavili akuvawula munyumba ya kukonganekela Vayawudi ku Kapelanaumu kula.
He said this while he was teaching people in (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) in Capernaum.
60 Hinu, vandu vamahele vevamlandayi Yesu pavagayuwini genago, vakajova, “Aga ndi mawuliwu geginonopa! Yani mweihotola kuyuwanila?”
After they heard him say that, many of his disciples said, “What he is teaching is hard [to understand]; (it is very difficult for anyone to accept it!/how can anyone accept it?) [RHQ]”
61 Yesu amanyili mumtima waki kuvya vawuliwa vaki ving'ung'uta ndava ya lilovi lenilo, ndi akavajovela, “Wu, mawuliwu ago gakuvakita muleka kusadika?
Jesus was aware that his disciples were grumbling about it, so he said to them, “(I am sorry that this is offending you./Is this offending you?) [RHQ]
62 Yati yivya wuli pemukumlola Mwana wa Mundu ihamba kunani kwa Chapanga kweavili hoti?
([Perhaps you will believe my message] if you see me, the one who came from heaven, ascending [there] to where I was before!/[(What will you think if you see me], the one who came from heaven, ascending [there] to where I was before)?) [RHQ]
63 Mpungu Msopi ndi mweileta wumi, makakala ga mundu nakuhotola chindu. Malovi genikuvajovela ndi ga Mpungu Msopi na gileta wumi.
[God’s] Spirit is the one who gives people [eternal] life. Human efforts are no help at all [for giving people eternal life]. The message I have spoken to you [gives spiritual] life (OR, [comes from] God’s Spirit [and gives eternal] life.)
64 Pamonga na ago, nambu vavi vangi pagati yinu nakusadika.” Yesu ajovili genago ndava avamanyili kutumbula kadeni, vangasadika, na mewa yani mweakumng'anamukila.
But there are some of you who do not believe [my message.” Jesus said that] because he knew from the time he started [MTY] [his ministry] which of them would not believe his message. He also knew who would (betray him/enable his enemies to seize him).
65 Akayonjokesa kujova, “Ndava yeniyi navajovili kuvya kawaka mundu mweihotola kubwela kwa nene changali kutangatiliwa na Dadi.”
Then he continued by saying, “That is why I told you that only those whom my Father has enabled [to believe in me] will come to me [and receive eternal life].”
66 Kuhumila lukumbi lwenulo vevamlandayi vamahele vakawuya mumbele, vakotoka kumlanda kavili.
From that [time], many of his disciples left him and no longer went with him.
67 Yesu akavakota vawuliwa kumi na vavili vala, “Wu, na nyenye mwigana kuwuka?”
So he said to [us] twelve [apostles], “You do not want to leave me also, do you?”
68 Simoni Petili akamyangula, “Bambu, tihamba kwa yani? Veve ndi uvinagu malovi gegileta wumi wa magono goha wangali mwishu. (aiōnios g166)
Simon Peter replied to him, “Lord, [we] will not [leave you], [because] (there is no other person [like you] to whom we can go!/what other person is there like [you] to whom we can go?) [RHQ] You have the message about eternal life! (aiōnios g166)
69 Tete tikusadika na timanyili kuvya veve ndi wa Msopi kuhuma kwa Chapanga.”
We have come to believe for certain that you are the holy one [who has come] from God!”
70 Yesu akavajovela, “Wu, navahagwili lepi nyenye kumi na vavili? Nambu mmonga winu ndi Setani!”
Then Jesus replied to us, “[You are saying that as though all] you twelve [men] whom I have chosen [RHQ] believe that. But one of you is [under the control of] Satan!”
71 Yesu ajovili genago kumvala Yuda mwana wa Simoni Isikalioti, muni mwenuyo ndi yati mweakumung'anamukila, pamonga avi mmonga pagati ya vawuliwa kumi na vavili.
He was talking about Judas, the [son] of Simon, from Kerioth [village]. [Even though] Judas was one of us twelve [apostles], he was about (to betray Jesus/to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him).
