Johane 8
1 Mme Jesu a boela kwa Thabeng ya lotlhware,
but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 mme ya re phakela mo mosong o o latelang a bo a le mo Tempeleng gape. Mme bontsintsi jwa simolola go kokoana, mme a nna fa fatshe a bua nabo.
Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
3 Ya re a santse a bua, baeteledipele ba Sejuta le Bafarasai ba lere mosadi yo o tshwerweng mo boakeng ba mmaya fa pele ga bontsintsi jwa batho jo bo lebeletseng.
Then the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
4 Ba raya Jesu ba re, “Moruti, mosadi yo o tshwerwe fela a santse a dira boaka.
they said to him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
5 Molao wa ga Moshe wa re a bolawe. Wa reng ka ga gone?”
Now in the Law, Moses commanded us to stone such. So what do you say?"
6 Ba ne ba leka go mmeela seru sa gore a bue sengwe se ba tlaa mmonang molato ka sone, mme Jesu a inama a kwala mo mmung ka monwana wa gagwe.
Now they said this to test him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7 Ba tswelela pele ba batla karabo mo go Jesu, jalo a inamologa a ba raya a re, “Go siame, mo kgobotleng ka matlapa go fitlhela a swa. Mme le gale a konopiwe lwa ntlha ke yo a iseng a ke a leofe.”
But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."
8 Mme a inama a kwala gape mo mmung.
Again he stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
9 Mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba ngwangwaela ka bongwe ka bongwe go simolola ka yo mogolo mo go bone go fitlhelela Jesu le mosadi ba sala ba le bosi fa pele ga bontsintsi jwa batho.
But when they heard it, they went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last, and he was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.
10 Mme Jesu a inamologa gape mme a mo raya a re, “Ba ba go bayang molato ba kae? A le fa e le ope wa bone ga aa go sekisa?”
Then Jesus, standing up, said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?"
11 Mme mosadi a fetola a re, “Nnyaa rra.” Mme Jesu a mo raya a re, “Le nna ga ke go sekise. Tsamaya mme o seka wa tlhola o leofa.”
And she said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go, and sin no more."
12 Mme erile morago, mo go nngwe ya dithero tsa gagwe, Jesu a raya batho a re, “Ke lesedi la lefatshe. Jalo fa lo ntshala moragao, ga lo na go kgotswa mo lefifing, gonne lesedi le le tshelang le tlaa bonesa tsela ya lona.”
Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
13 Mme Bafarasai ba mo fetola ba re, “O a ikgantsha ebile o bua maaka!”
The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."
14 Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ditshupo tse di boammaaruri le fa ke di bua di raya nna. Gonne ke itse kwa ke tswang teng le kwa ke go yang, mme ga lo itse kwa ke go tswang le kwa ke go yang.
Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you do not know where I came from, or where I am going.
15 Lo nkatlhola lo sena mabaka a a utlwalang. Nna ga ke lo atlhole jaanong jaana,
You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
16 mme fa ke ne nka lo atlhola, e ne e tlaa bo e le katlholo ya boammaaruri gotlhelele, gonne ke na le Rara yo o nthomileng.
Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
17 Melao ya lona ya re fa batho ba le babedi ba dumalana mo go sengwe se se diragetseng, bosupi jwa bone bo amogelwa e le boammaaruri.
It's also written in your Law that the testimony of two people is valid.
18 Mme he, Nna ke mosupi yo mongwe le Rre yo o nthomileng ke mosupi yo mongwe.”
I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."
19 Mme bone ba botsa Jesu ba re, “Rrago o kae?” Jesu a ba araba a re, “Ga lo nkitse gore ke mang, jalo he, ga lo itse gore Rre ke mang. Fa lo no lo nkitsile, hong le ene lo ka bo lo mo itsele.”
They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
20 Jesu o ne a bua mafoko a a sa ntse a le mo lefelong la Tempele le le bidiwang Ntlo ya Dikhumo. Mme ga a ka a tshwarwa, gonne e ne e ise e nne lobaka lwa gagwe.
Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 Kwa morago a ba raya a re, “Ke a tsamaya; mme lo tlaa mpatla, mme lo tlaa swela mo dibeng tsa lona. Mme ga lo ka ke lwa tla kwa ke yang teng.”
Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you cannot come."
22 Bajuta ba botsa ba re, “A o ikaelela go ipolaya? O raya eng fa a re, ‘Ga lo ka ke lwa tla kwa ke yang teng’?”
The Jewish leaders therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come?'"
23 Mme a ba raya a re, “Lo tswa kwa tlase; ke tswa kwa godimo. Lo ba lefatshe leno; nna ga ke wa lona.
He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
24 Ke sone se ke neng ke re lo tlaa swela mo dibeng tsa lona; gonne fa lo sa dumele gore Ke Mesia, Morwa Modimo, lo tlaa swela mo dibeng tsa lona.”
I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
25 Ba batla go itse, “Re bolelele gore o mang.” A fetola a re, “Ke yo o agang a lo ipolelela malatsi otlhe.
They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
26 Ke ne ke ka lo sekisetsa dilo di le dintsi ka ba ka lo ruta di le dintsi, mme ga ke na go dira jalo, gonne ke bua fela se ke se boleletsweng ke yo o nthomileng; yo o boammaaruri.”
I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."
27 Mme ba nna ba tlhoka go tlhaloganya gore o ne a bua le bone ka ga Modimo.
They did not understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
28 Mme Jesu a re, “E tlaa re lo sena go bolaya Morwa Motho, lo tlaa lemoga gore ke nna tota le gore ke ntse ke sa lo bolelele se ke se intshetsang fela mo tlhaloganyong ya me, mme ke ne ke bua se Rara o se nthutileng.
Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I say these things.
29 Mme yo o nthomileng o na le nna, ga a a ntatlha, gonne ke aga ke dira dilo tse di mo itumedisang.”
He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
30 Mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba le bantsi ba ba mo utlwileng a bua dilo tse ba simolola go mo dumela fa e le Mesia. Jesu a ba raya a re, “Lo barutwa ba me ba boammaaruri fa lo tshela ka fa ke lo bolelelang ka teng,
As he spoke these things, many believed in him.
Jesus therefore said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
32 mme lo tlaa itse boammaaruri, mme boammaaruri bo tlaa lo golola.”
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."
33 Mme ba re, “Mme re losika lwa ga Aberahame, ga re ise re ke re nne makgoba a ga ope mo lefatsheng! O raya eng fa o re ‘boammaaruri bo tlaa lo golola’?”
They answered him, "We are Abraham's descendants, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How can you say, 'You will be made free?'"
34 Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Lo makgoba a sebe, mongwe le mogwe wa lona.
Jesus answered them, "Truly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin.
35 Mme makgoba ga a na ditshwanelo, mme Morwa o na le tshwanelo nngwe le nngwe, e e teng! (aiōn g165)
A slave does not live in the house forever. A son remains forever. (aiōn g165)
36 Jalo fa Morwa a lo golola, lo tlaa gololesega tota.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
37 (Ee, ke lemoga gore lo losika lwa ga Aberahame!) Mme le fa go ntse jalo bangwe ba lona ba leka go mpolaya gonne molaetsa wa me ga o bone boikhutso mo dipelong tsa bone.
I know that you are Abraham's descendants, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
38 Ke lo bolelela se ke se bonyeng fa ke na le Rre. Mme lona lo diragatsa kgakololo ya ga rraa-lona.”
I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have heard from your father."
39 Ba re, “Rraa-rona ke Aberahame,” mme Jesu a fetola a re, “Nnyaa! Fa e ne e le ene, lo ka bo lo tshwana nae.
They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
40 Mme mo boemong jwa gore lo tshwane nae lo leka go mpolaya, ka ntlha ya go bo ke lo boleletse boammaaruri jo ke bo utlwileng kwa Modimong. Aberahame o ne o ka seka a dira selo se se ntseng jalo!
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
41 Nnyaa! Lo obamela rraa-lona tota fa lo dira jalo.” Ba fetola ba re, “Ga re a tsalelwa mo dikgoreng, rraa-rona wa boammaaruri ke Modimo o le osi.”
You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
42 Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Fa go ne go ntse jalo, lo ka bo lo nthata, gonne ke tsile kwa go lona ke tswa kwa Modimong. Ga ke fano ka go rata ga me, ke ene o nthomileng.
Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I have not come of myself, but he sent me.
43 Ke eng fa lo sa kgone go tlhaloganya se ke se buang? Ke ka ntlha ya gore lo kganelwa go dira jalo!
Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.
44 Gonne lo bana ba ga rraa-lona ebong Diabolo, jalo he lo rata dilo tse di bosula tse a di dirang. Ene o sale a nna mmolai le mo tshimologong, le Moidi wa boammaaruri, ga go na le fa e le tlhase-nyana ya boammaaruri mo go ene. Fa a bua maaka, ke tlwaelo ya gagwe gonne ke Ramaaka.
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
45 Mme jalo fa ke bua boammaaruri, ga lo dumele ka ntlha ya ka fa lo tlholegileng ka teng!
But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.
46 “Ke ofe wa lona yo o ka mpayang molato wa sebe? [Ga gona ope!] Mme ka ke lo bolelela boammaaruri, ke eng fa lo sa ntumele?
Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
47 Le fa e le mang yo e leng gore rraagwe ke Modimo o reetsa mafoko a Modimo ka boitumelo. Mme ka lo sa reetse, go supa fa lo se bana ba one.”
He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you do not hear, because you are not of God."
48 Mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba goa ba re, “Mosamarea ke wena! Motswakwa! Diabolo! A ga re a go bolelela ra re o tsenwe ke mowa o o maswe?”
Then the Judeans answered him, "Do not we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?"
49 Jesu a re, “Nnyaa, ga ke a tsenwa ke mowa o o maswe. Gonne ke tlotla Rre, mme nna ga lo ntlotle?
Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
50 Mme le fa ke sa eletse go ikgodisa, Modimo o mpatlela selo se ebile o atlhola ba ba sa mpatleng.
But I do not seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
51 Ka tlhomamiso yotlhe ke lo raya ke re, ga go na ope yo o ntheetsang yo o tlaa swang!” (aiōn g165)
Truly, truly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death." (aiōn g165)
52 Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba mo raya ba re, “Jaanong re itse gore o tsenwe ke mowa o o maswe. Le Aberahame tota le baporofiti ba bagolo ba sule, mme wena wa re fa re go obamela ga re kitla re e swa! (aiōn g165)
Then the Judeans said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste of death.' (aiōn g165)
53 Jalo he, a o mogolo mo go rraa-rona Aberahame yo o suleng? Gape a o mogolo mo baporofiting ba ba suleng? O ikgopola gore o eng.”
Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
54 Hong Jesu a ba raya a re, “Fa e le gore ke a ikgodisa, ga go reye sepe. Mme Modimo ke Rre, mme lwa re Modimo ke wa lona, yo o buang dilo tse di galalelang tse ka ga me.
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say 'He is our God.'
55 Mme le fa e le go mo itse ga lo mo itse. Nna ke a mo itse. Fa e le gore ke buile ka tsela nngwe, ke tlaa bo ke mo obamela ka botlalo.
You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I do not know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.
56 Rraa-lona Aberahame o itumeletse go bona letsatsi la me. O ne a itse gore ke e tla mme a itumela.”
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad."
57 Mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba re, “Ga o ise o bo o nne dingwaga di le masome matlhano, tota ga o ise o ke o bone Aberahame!”
The Judeans therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"
58 Mme Jesu a re, “Boammaaruri jotlhe ke gore ke ne ke sale ke tshedile pele ga Aberahame a tsalwa!”
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
59 Gone fela foo baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba sela matlapa go mmolaya. Mme a ba iphitlhela, a ba ralala a tswa mo Tempeleng.
Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was concealed, and went out of the temple.
