Yohane 10
1 Panyuma pakendi Yesu walambeti, “Ndamwambilinga cakubinga, muntu labulunga kwingilila pacishinga cambelele nikabwalala kayi nikapondo.
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who doesn’t enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2 Nsombi muntu lengililinga pacishinga endiye mwembeshi wa mbelele.
But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 Mulonda ukute kumucalwila. Mbelele shikute kunyumfwa maswi akendi, kayi ukute kushikuwa maina mbelele shakendi, nekushipulisha.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 Ashipulisha ukute kushitangunina, nashoyo shikute kumukonkela, pakwinga shikute kwinshiba maswi akendi.
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 Mwensu nkashela kumukonkela sobwe, pakwinga nkashainshi maswi a mwensu. Neco shikute kumufwamba.”
They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know the voice of strangers.”
6 Yesu walabambila mukoshano uyu, nsombi nabo baliyakunyumfwishisha ncalikubambila.
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn’t understand what he was telling them.
7 Ecebo cakendi kayi Yesu ncalabambilileti, “Ndamwambilinga cakubinga, ame njame cishinga cambelele.
Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
8 Bonse balesa kantanjisa nibakabwalala kayi nibakapondo, neco mbelele shiliya kubanyumfwila.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep didn’t listen to them.
9 Njame cishinga, bonse balengilinga kupitila mulinjame nibakapuluke. Kupitila mulinjame nibakengilenga ne kupula nekucana cakulya.
I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out and will find pasture.
10 Nsombi nendi kabwalala ukute kwishila kwiba, kushina ne kononga. Nomba ame nkandipo ico, ndalesa kupa bantu buyumi, kayi bwakwaninina.”
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11 Ame njame mwembeshi waina. Mwembeshi waina ukute kutaya buyumi bwakendi pacebo cambelele shakendi.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 Nomba mwembeshi wakwingisha ncito yakwembela mbelele nte mwembeshi waina pakwinga nte mwine neco abona kaumpe ukute kushishiya nekufwamba, nomba nako kaumpe kakute kwikatapo nashimbi kayi shilashala shikute kupalangana.
He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn’t own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
13 Usa shikulembwa incito ukute kufwamba, pakwinga ntemwinesho, neco nkakute kusukama.
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and doesn’t care for the sheep.
14 Ame njame mwembeshi waina. Mbelele shakame ndishinshi, kayi nashoyo shinjishi.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I’m known by my own;
15 mbuli bata ncobanjishi, nenjame ndibenshi, ndalibambila kutaya buyumi bwakame pacebo cambelele shakame.
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 Kayi nkute nashimbi mbelele shabula kuba shamucata ici. Nashoyo nishikanyumfwe maswi akame, ninkashilete pamo, nishikabe mulitanga limo kayi ne mwembeshi umo.
I have other sheep which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
17 “Bata bansuni, pakwinga ndalibambila kuyaba buyumi bwakame kwambeti nkabe nabo kayi.
Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
18 Kuliya muntu wela kundamuna buyumi bwakame, ndabuyabanga mukuyanda kwakame. Nkute ngofu shakutaya buyumi bwakame, kayi ne ngofu shakubumanta. uwu emulawo ngobalampa Bata.”
No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
19 Bantu balatatika kupansana pacebo ca maswi awa.
Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
20 Bangi pakati pabo balikwambeti, “Ukute mushimu waipa, kayi wakonya. Nicani mulamunyumfwilinga?”
Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
21 Nomba bambi balikwambeti, “Maswi awa ntewo amuntu wekatwa ne mushimu waipa. Sena mushimu waipa ngaumubonesha washipilwa kwambeti abone?”
Others said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn’t possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”
22 Lino calikuba cindi camupewo pakusekekelela kupwa kwa kwibaka Ng'anda ya Lesa ku Yelusalemu.
It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
23 Lino Yesu walinkenda mumukushi wa Nga'nda ya Lesa, walikukwiweti mukushi waSolomoni.
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
24 Lino bamakulene baYuda balamubunganina nekumwipusheti, “Nomba nukatuyubwilile lilyoni nanjobe Mupulushi Walaiwa? Twambile.”
The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, “How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Yesu walambeti, “Ndalamwambila kendi, nsombi nkamulashomonga. Mulimo ngonkute kwinsa mulina lya Bata, eukute kunjishila bukamboni.
Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you don’t believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.
26 Nomba amwe nkamulashomonga, pakwinga nkamulipo mulikoto lyambelele shakame.
But you don’t believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
27 Mbelele shakame shikute kunyumfwa maswi akame. Ame ndishinshi, kayi shikute kunkonkela.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
29 Bata balampa mbelele isho banene kupita bonse, neco paliya muntu wela kubalamuna mumakasa abo.
My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
30 Ame neBata tobamo muntu umowa.”
I and the Father are one.”
31 Lino bamakulene baBayuda balabwesa mabwe kwambeti bamupwaye.
Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Yesu walabambileti, “Ndamuboneshe mulimo waina walafumina kuli Bata. Nomba nipa ncito shipeyo nshomulayandanga kumpwaila mabwe?”
Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
33 Bamakulene ba Baciyuda balamukumbuleti, “Nkatulayandanga kukupwaya mabwe pacebo ca mulimo waina sobwe, nsombi pacebo cakwambeti ulanyanshanga Lesa. Obe omuntu, ulalyelanikinga neLesa.”
The Jews answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
34 Yesu walabakumbuleti, “Sena mu Milawo yenu nkamwalembweti, ‘Ame ndambeti mobalesa?
Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
35 Tucinsheti Mabala a Lesa nkela kupwaiwa. Kayi nakubinga, naLesa walikubakuwa, balapewa maswi wakendi eti balesa.”
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can’t be broken),
36 “Ngamwabaconi uyo Lesa ngwalaswepesha nekumutuma pacishi capanshi, amwe mulamwambilingeti lanyanshanga Lesa, sena nipacebo cakwambeti njame Mwana wa Lesa?
do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
37 Nomba na nkandenshinga mulimo ngobalampa Bata, kamutanshoma.
If I don’t do the works of my Father, don’t believe me.
38 Nsombi na emulimo ngondenshinga, kamushomani mulimo nambi nkamulanshomonga kwambeti mukonshe kwinshiba nekunyumfwishisha kwambeti ame nkute kwikala muli Bata, nabo Bata bakute kwikala muli njame.”
But if I do them, though you don’t believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
39 Popelapo bantu basa balayanda kayi kumwikata, nsombi neye walapushumuka.
They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
40 Yesu walabwelela kayi kutala kwa mulonga wa Yolodani uko Yohane nkwalikubatishila bantu pakuyamba, lino walekala kopeloko.
He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and he stayed there.
41 Bantu bangi balesa kulyendiye, nkabambeti, “Yohane liya kwinsapo byeshikukankamanisha sobwe, nsombi byonse mbyalikwamba pamuntu uyu byalikuba byakubinga.”
Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
42 Kopeloko bantu bangi balashoma Yesu.
Many believed in him there.
