Johane 10
1 “Le fa e le mang yo o ganang go tsena ka kgoro mo lesakeng la dinku, yo o tlolelang ka lokotswana, o tshwanetse tota a be a le legodu.
Verily, verily I say to you, he that goes not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief, and a robber.
2 Gonne modisa o tsena ka kgoro.
But he that enters through the door, is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 Motlhokomedi wa kgoro o a e mmulela, mme dinku di utlwa lentswe la gagwe jalo di tle kwa go ene; mme a bitse dinku tsa gagwe ka maina a di etelele pele di ya kwa ntle.
To him the door-keeper opens; and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
4 O tsamaya kwa pele ga tsone; mme di mo sale morago, gonne di tlhaloganya lentswe la gagwe.
And when he puts his own sheep out, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him; for they know his voice.
5 Ga di kitla di sala moeng morago, mme di tlaa mo phatlalalela, gonne ga di itse lentswe la gagwe.”
And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; for they know not the voice of strangers.
6 Ba ba neng ba utlwa Jesu a dirisa setshwantsho se ba ne ba seka ba tlhaloganya se a se rayang.
This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they knew not the meaning of the things which he spoke to them.
7 Mme a se ba tlhalosetsa a re, “Ke nna Kgoro ya dinku.
Therefore Jesus spoke again to them: Verily, verily I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 Botlhe ba bangwe ba ba tsileng pele ga me e ne e le magodu le dinokwane. Mme dinku tsa boammaaruri ga di ise di ke di ba reetse.
All that came before me were thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
9 Ee, ke nna Kgoro. Ba ba tsenang ka Kgoro ba tlaa bolokwa mme ba tlaa tsena ba bo ba tswa mme ba tlaa bona mafulo a matalana.
I am the door: if any one enters through me, he shall be saved; and he shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10 Maikaelelo a legodu ke go utswa, le go bolaya le go senya. Mme nna maikaelelo a me ke go aba botshelo jo bo sa khutleng ka letlotlo.
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in abundance.
11 “Ke Modisa yo o Molemo. Modisa yo o molemo o ntshetsa dinku botshelo jwa gagwe.
I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 Motho yo o thapilweng o tlaa sia a tlogela dinku fa a bona phiri e tla, gonne ga se tsa gagwe ebile ga se modisa wa tsone. Mme jalo phiri e di tlolele e phatlalatse letsomane.
But he that is a hireling, and not the shepherd, to whom the sheep do not belong, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep, and scatters them.
13 Motho yo o thapilweng o sia ka ntlha ya gore o thapilwe, le ka ntlha ya gore ga a kgathalele dinku thata.
The hireling flees because he is a hireling, and cares not for the sheep.
14 “Ke Modisa yo o Molemo ebile ke itse dinku tsa me, le tsone di a nkitse.
I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and am known by mine.
15 Fela jaaka Rara a nkitse le nna ke itse Rara; jalo ke ntshetsa dinku botshelo jwa me.
As the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 Ke na le dinku tse dingwe mo lesakeng le lengwe. Le tsone ke tshwanetse go di lere, mme di tlaa utlwa lentswe la me; jalo go tlaa nna letsomane le le lengwe ka fa tlase ga tlhokomelo ya Modisa a le mongwe fela.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; those, also, must I bring, and they will hear my voice: and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
17 “Rara o a nthata gonne ke ntsha botshelo jwa me setlhabelo gore ke tle ke nne le jone gape.
For this reason, my Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
18 Ga go na ope yo o ka mpolayang kwa ntle ga go rata ga me. Ke ntsha botshelo jwa me setlhabelo ka bonna. Gonne ke na le tshwanelo le nonofo ya go bo ntsha setlhabelo fa ke batla le tshwanelo le nonofo ya go bo tsaya gape. Gonne Rara o nneile tshwanelo e.”
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I have received from my Father.
19 Erile fa a bua jaana, baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba kgaogana mo megopolong gape ka ga gagwe.
Again, therefore, there was a division among the Jews, on account of these words.
20 Bangwe ba bone ba re, “O na le mowa o o maswe eseng jalo o a tsenwa. Ke eng re reetsa motho yo o ntseng jalo?”
And many of them said: He has a demon, and is mad; why do you hear him?
21 Ba bangwe ba re, “Mo go rona golo mo ga go utlwale go buiwa ke motho yo o tsenweng ke mowa o o maswe! A mowa o o maswe o ka foufolola matlho a difofu?”
Others said: These are not the words of one that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?
22 Go ne go le mariga, fa Jesu a le mo Jerusalema ka lebaka lwa Moletlo wa Boshafatso. O ne a le kwa Tempeleng, a raletse golo fa go bidiwang Mathudi a ga Solomone.
And the feast of the dedication was celebrated in Jerusalem, and it was winter:
and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
24 Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba mo dikgaganyetsa mme ba mmotsa ba re, “O tlaa re baya mo lefifing la bosena-kitso fitlhelela leng? Fa e le gore o Mesia re bolelele sentle.”
Then the Jews came round him, and said to him: How long do you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Mme Jesu a ba raya are, “Ke setse ke lo bole-letse, mme ga lo ntumele. Sesupo ke dikgakgamatso tse ke di dirang ka leina la ga Rara.
Jesus answered them: I have told you, and you do not believe. The works which I do in my Father’s name, these testify of me.
26 Mme ga lo ntumele gonne ga lo ba letsomane la me.
But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep. As I said to you,
27 Dinku tsa me di itse lentswe la me, le nna ke a di itse, mme dintshala morago.
my sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
29 gonne Rara o di nneile, mme o nonofile go feta mongwe le mongwe, jalo he ga go na ope yo o ka di utswang mo go nna.
My Father, who gave them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to take them out of my Father’s hand.
30 Nna le Rara re selo se le sengwe.”
I and my Father are one.
31 Mme gape baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba sela matlapa go mmolaya.
Then the Jews took up stones again, to stone him.
32 Jesu a ba raya a re, “E fa kaelong ya Modimo ke dirile dikgakgamatso di le dintsi go thusa batho. Lo mpolaela kgakgamatso efe?”
Jesus answered them: Many good works have I showed you from my Father: for which of these works do you stone me?
33 Mme ba mo fetola ba re, “Ga re go balaele tiro epe e e siameng, re go bolaela tlhapatso; wena, mothonyana ke wena yo o seng wa sepe o ipiditse gore o Modimo.”
The Jews answered and said to him: We do not stone you for a good work, but for your impious words; and because you, being man, make yourself God.
34 Mme a fetola a re, “Mo molaong wa lona gatwe batho ke medimo Jalo he, fa lokwalo, lo lo sa ka keng lwa bua maaka, lo bua ka gore medimo ke batho ba molaetsa wa Modimo o tsileng mo go bone, a lo go bitsa tlhapatso fa yo ene a itshepisitsweng a bile a romilwe mo lefatsheng ke Rara a re, ‘Ke Morwa Modimo?’
Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law, I said, you are gods?
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God was committed, (and the scripture can not be made void, )
do you say of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the world, You speak impiously, because I said, I am the Son of God?
37 Se ntumeleng, fa e se fela ke dira dikgakgamatso tsa Modimo.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;
38 Mme fa ke di dira, di dumeleng lefa lo sa ntumele. Hong lo tlaa dumela tota gore Rara omo go nna, le gore ke mo go Rara.”
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 in him.
39 Gape ba leka go mo tshwara. Mme a tsamaya a ba tlogela…
Then they sought again to take him, but he escaped from their hands.
40 Mme a tlhatlogela kwa moseja ga Noka ya Jorodane go nna gaufile lefelo le Johane a neng a kolobeletsa mo go lone lwa ntlha.
And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John first immersed, and there he abode.
41 Mme ba le bantsi ba mo sala morago. Mme ba le bantsi ba mo sala morago. Mme ba dumaduma ba re, “Johane ga a ise a ke a dire dikgakgamatso, mme dipolelelopele tsa gagwe tsotlhe kaga monna yo di diragetse,”
And many came to him, and said: John did no sign; but all things that John said of this man were true.
42 Hong ba le bantsi ba dumela gore ke Mesia.
And many who were there believed on him.
