Johane 7
1 Erile morago ga mo, Jesu a ya Galalea, a tsena motse le motsana gonne o ne a batla go nna ka kwa ntle ga Judea kwa Bajuta ba neng ba mo logela leano la go mmolaya teng.
After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee, for He didn’t want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.
2 Mme jaana ya bo e le lobaka lwa Mediro ya Metlaagana letsatsi lengwe la ngwaga la boitapoloso la Sejuta.
Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was near.
3 Mme bomonnaa Jesu ba mo tlhotlheletsa gore a ye kwa Judea kwa medirong. Ba mo raya ka tshotlo ba re, “Ya kwa batho ba bantsi ba ka bonang dikgakgamatso tsa gago gone!
Therefore His brothers told Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples will see the works that You are doing, too.
4 Ga o ka ke wa tuma fa o iphitlha jaana! Fa o le mogolo jaana, itshupegetse lefatshe!”
Nobody does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”
5 Gonne le bomonnawe ba ne ba sa dumele mo go ene.
For even His brothers didn’t believe in Him.
6 Jesu a fetola a re, “Ga e ise e nne nako e e ntshwanetseng gore ke ye teng. Mme lona lo ka nna lwa tsamaya nako nngwe fela ga go na go dira pharologanyo epe mo go lona.
Then Jesus told them, “My time hasn’t yet come, but your time is always right.
7 Gonne lefatshe ga le ka ke la lo ila; mme nna le a nkila gonne ke le bona molato kaga sebe le bosula.
The world can’t hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.
8 Lona tsamayang, ke tlaa tla kwa morago fa nako e setse e siame.”
Go up to this feast yourselves. I’m not going up to this feast, yet, for my time hasn’t yet fully come.”
9 Jalo a sala mo Galalea.
Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
10 Mme erile bomonnawe ba sena go ya moletlong, le ene a tsamaya, le fa go ntse jalo a ngwangwaela a sa bonwe ke ope.
When His brothers had gone up to the feast, however, Jesus also went up, not publicly, but in secret.
11 Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba leka go mo senka kwa moletlong mme ba nna ba botsa gore a ope ga a ise a ke a mmone.
The Jews were looking for Him at the feast, and saying, “Where is He?”
12 Go ne, go na le ditlotlo tse dintsi kaga gagwe mo bathong. Bangwe ba re, “Ke monna yo o gakgamatsang,” fa ba bangwe bone ba ne ba re, “Nnyaa, o timetsa batho.”
There was much complaining among the people about Him. Some said, “He is good,” but others said, “No, He deceives the people.”
13 Mme ga bo go sena motho ope yo o neng a na le maikaelelo a go mmuelela mo pontsheng ka ntlha ya go tshaba ipusolosetso ya baeteledipele ba Sejuta.
No one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
14 Mme erile go setse go le fa gare ga moletlo, Jesu a ya kwa Tempeleng mme a feta a ruta mo pontsheng.
About the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and began to teach.
15 Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba hakgamala fa ba mo utlwa, mme ba botsanya ba re, “Ke eng fa a itse thata jaana mme a ise a ke a tsene dikole tsa rona?”
The Jews marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
16 Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ga ke lo rute megopolo ya me, fa e se ya Modimo o o nthomileng.
Jesus answered, “My teaching isn’t mine, but His who sent me.
17 Fa mongwe wa lona a ikaelela go dira go rata ga Modimo ka boammaaruri, hong lo tlaa itse gore a thuto ya me e tswa Modimong kgotsa ke ya me fela.
Anyone who wants to do His will shall know if the teaching is from God or if I speak on my own.
18 Le fa e le mang yo o ntshang megopolo ya gagwe o a bo a ipuisa a batla go galalediwa, mme yo o batlang go tlotla yo o mo romileng, ke motho yo o siameng yo o boammaaruri.
The one who speaks on his own seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him.
19 Ga go na ope wa lona yo o obamelang melao ya ga Moshe! Jalo ke eng fa lo ntshwaya phoso ka go sa e obameleng? Ke eng fa lo mpolaela go dira jaana?”
Didn’t Moses give you the Law, yet none of you keeps the Law? Why are you trying to kill me?”
20 Mme bontsi jwa batho jwa fetola jwa re, “O a tsenwa! Yo o lekang go go bolaya ke mang?”
The people answered, “You have a demon. Who is trying to kill You?”
21 Jesu a fetola a re, “Ke dirile go le Sabata ke fodisa motho, mme lo ne lwa hakgamala. Mme le lona lo dira go le Sabata, fa lo obamela molao wa ga Moshe wa go rupisa (tota, le gale, mokgwa o wa go rupisa o mogologolo go na le molao wa ga Moshe); ka gore fa nako e e siameng ya go rupisa bana ba lona e tla go le Sabata, lo tswelela pele lo rupisa, jaaka lo tshwanetse. Jaanong ke eng fa ke atlholelwa go fodisa motho go le Sabata?
Jesus answered, “I did one work, and you all marvel.
Moses gave you circumcision (not that it’s from Moses, but from the forefathers), and you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath.
If a boy gets circumcised on the Sabbath, so that the Law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath?
24 Aka-nyang selo se mme lo tlaa bona gore ke bolelela ruri.”
Don’t judge by appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”
25 Bangwe ba batho ba ba neng ba nna koo mo Jerusalema ba buisanya ba re, “A monna yo ga se ene yo ba lekang go mmolaya?
Some of the people of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
26 Mme ke yo fa, o rera mo mpepeneneng, ga ba mo reye sepe. A e kane e le gore baeteledipele ba rona ba bonye gore ke Mesia tota?
Look! He is speaking boldly, and they say nothing to Him. The rulers haven’t really concluded that this is the Christ, have they?
27 Mme o ka nna Mesia jang? Gonne re itse kwa monna yo a tsaletsweng teng; fa Keresete ene a tla, o tlaa bonala fela mme ga gona ope yo o tlaa itseng kwa o tswang teng.”
Still, we know where this man is from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
28 Mme Jesu mo therong ya gagwe mo Tempeleng a goa a re, “Ee, lo a nkitse le kwa ke tsaletsweng gone le kwa ke neng ka godisediwa gone, mme ke moemedi wa mongwe yo lo sa mo itseng, mme ene o Boammaaruri.
Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I’m from. I haven’t come of my own accord, but He who sent me is true, who you don’t know.
29 Ke a mo itse nna ka gore ke ne ke na nae, mme o nthomile mo go lona.”
I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent me.”
30 Mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba batla go mo tshwara, le fa go ntse jalo ga se ka ga nna letsogo le le mo amang, gonne nako e a e beetsweng ke Modimo e ne e ise e nne yone.
Because of this, they were seeking to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him, because His time had not yet come.
31 Ba le bantsi mo bontsintsing jwa batho kwa Tempeleng ba dumela mo go ene ba re, “Oai, lo solofela dikgakgamatso dife mo go Mesia tse monna yo a sa di dirang?”
Many of the people believed in Him, saying, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than this man has done?”
32 Erile Bafarasai ba utlwa gore bontsintsi bo ne bo le mo mogopolong o, bone le ditlhogo tsa baperesiti ba romela mapodise a Tempele go tshwara Jesu.
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to seize Him.
33 Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ga e ise e nne nako! Ke tshwanetse go nna fa ka lobakanyana. Hong ke gone ke tlaa boelang kwa go yo o nthomileng.
Then Jesus told them, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to Him who sent me.
34 Lo tlaa mpatla mme ga lo na go mpona, gape ga lo na go kgona go tla kwa ke gone!”
You will look for me, and not find me, and where I am, you can’t come.”
35 Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba akabadiwa ke polelo e, mme ba botsanya ba re, “O ikaelela go ya kae? Kgotsa o akanya go tswa mo kgaolong e a tsamaya e le moruti mo Bajuteng mo dikgaolong tse dingwe tsa lefatshe, kgotsa le fa e le kwa go Badichaba!
Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we won’t be able to find Him? He doesn’t intend to go to the dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does He?
36 O raya eng fa a re, re tlaa mmatla mme ga re na go mmona, le gore, ‘Ga lo kitla lo kgona go tla kwa ke leng teng?’”
What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for me, and not find me, and where I am, you can’t come’?”
37 Mo letsatsing la bofelo, e le pheletso ya malatsi a boitapoloso, Jesu a goela kwa bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Le fa e le mang yo o nyorilweng, a a tle kwa go nna a nwe.
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and declared loudly, “If anyone is thirsty, let that person come to me and drink.
38 Gonne dikwalo tsa re dinoka tsa metse a a tshedileng di tlaa elela ditswa mo teng ga yoo o dumelang mo go nna.”
Rivers of living water will flow from within whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said.”
39 (O ne a bua ka Mowa O O Boitshepo, o o tlaa newang mongwe le mongwe yo o dumelang mo go ene; mme Mowa o ne o ise o abiwe, gonne Jesu o ne a ise a boele kwa kgalalelong ya gagwe kwa legodimong).
He said this about the Spirit, who those believing in Him would receive. The Holy Spirit wasn’t yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.
40 Erile bontsintsi bo utlwa a buajaana, bangwe ba bone ba re, “Ammaaruri monna yo ke moporofiti yo o tlaa tlang pele ga Mesia.”
When they heard these words, many in the crowd were saying, “This is really the prophet.”
41 Bangwe ba re, “Ke Mesia.” Mme ba bangwe bone ba nna ba re, “Ga e ka ke ya nna ene! A Mesia o tlaa tswa kwa Galalea? Gonne dikwalo di bua sentle fela gore Mesia o tlaa tsalwa ke ba ntlo ya bogosi jwa ga Dafide, mo Bethelehema, motse o Dafide o neng a tsalelwa mo go one.”
Others were saying, “This is the Christ,” but some were saying, “Surely the Christ isn’t going to come from Galilee, is He?
Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”
43 Jalo ga tsoga kgaogano mo bontsing jwa batho ka ga gagwe.
So there was a division among the crowd because of Jesus.
44 Mme bangwe ba batla gore a tshwarwe mme ga seka ga nna ope yo o mo amang ka letsogo.
Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
45 Mapodisi a Tempele a a neng a romilwe go mo tshwara a boela kwa ditlhogong tsa baperesiti le Bafarasai. Mme tsa feta tsa ba botsa tsa re, “Ke eng lo ne lo sa tle le ene?”
When the officers went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, they asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
46 Mme mapodisi a dumaduma a re, “O bua dilo tse di hakgamatsang! Ga re ise re ke re be re utlwe sepe se se ntseng jaaka se a se buang.”
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
47 Mme Bafarasai ba fetola ka tshotlo ba re, “Go raya gore le lona lo timeditswe?”
Then the Pharisees answered, “You haven’t been deceived, too, have you?
48 “A go na le mongwe mo go rona babusi ba Sejuta kgotsa Bafarasai yo o dumelang fore Jesu ke Mesia?
Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
49 Bontsintsi jo jwa dieleele bo a dumela, ee, mme baitse ka ga gone? Le gale ba hutsegile!”
But this accursed crowd doesn’t know the Law.”
50 Mme Nikodemo a bua. (A lo a mo gakologelwa? Ke ene yole yo e neng e le moeteledipele wa Sejuta yo o neng a tla ka sephiri go tla go buisanya le Jesu),
Nicodemus (who came to Jesus before, being one of them) asked them,
51 A botsa a re, A go ka fa molaong go atlhola motho pele ga a sekisiwa?
“Does our Law permit us to judge a man before hearing him and finding out what he is doing?”
52 Mme ba mo gakalela ba re, “A le wena o Mogalalea yo o tlhomolang pelo? Tlhatlhoba dikwalo o iponele, ga go na baporofiti ba ba tlaa tswang kwa Galalea!”
They answered him, “You aren’t from Galilee, too, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
53 Mme phuthego ya phatlalala mongwe le mongwe a ya gae.
Then everyone went home,
