Yohane 6
1 Panyuma pakendi Yesu walatampuka lwenje lwa Galileya ulo kayi lwalikukwiweti lwenje lwa Tibeliyo
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 Likoto linene lyalamukonkela, pacebo cakwambeti lyalabona bingashilo byeshi kukankamanisha mbyalensa pakushilika balwashi.
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 walatanta mulundu ne kwikala panshi ne beshikwiya bakendi.
Jesus went up on the hillside and sat down with [us] disciples [to teach us].
4 Lino kusekelela kwa Pasika kwalaseng'ena pepi.
Then he looked up and saw a great crowd of people coming toward him.
5 Lino Yesu mpwalalangishisha, walabona likoto lyabantu linene lisa nkalisa kulyendiye. Lino nendi walepusha Filipo, “Sena ngatuya tula kupeyo cakulya cakulyesha bantu bonse aba?”
He said to Philip, “Where will we buy food for all these people to eat?”
6 Walepushila nsulo kwambeti amweleshe Filipo, nsombi mwine walikwinshiba cakwinsa.
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 Filipo walakumbuleti, “Nambi mali akwana masauzande ali 200 nkelakukwana kula cakulya cakwambeti uliyense alyeko nambi pang'ana.”
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 Weshikwiya wakendi umbi, lina lyakendi Ndileya, mukwabo Shimoni Petulo, walambila Yesu eti,
Another one of [us] disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s [younger] brother, said to Jesus,
9 “Pali mutuloba pano, ukute shinkwa usanu ne tunswi tubili. Nomba sena ngatukwana bantu bonse aba?”
“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 walambeti, “Bambileni bantu bekale panshi.” Popelapo palikuba mila yamwemfu ingi, nabo bantu abo balekala panshi. Batuloba bonka balikubapo balikuba bakwana 5,000.
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 Lino walamanta shinkwa usa, mpwalalumba Lesa, walabayabila bantu abo balikuba bekala panshi. Walensa copeleco ne tunswi tusa, nekubayabila bantu abo mobalikuyandila.
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 Bantu bonse abo mpobalekuta, Yesu walambila Beshikwiya bakendi, “Yowelani byashalanga panshi kwambeti kabitatayanikowa.”
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 Nomba balayowela byonse bya shinkwa usanu usa, ne kwisusha mitanga likumi ne ibili.
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 Bantu basa mpobalabona ceshikukankamanisha ncalensa Yesu, balambeti, “Cancine ncine uyu nimushinshimi usa ngobalikwambeti nakese panshi pano.”
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 Yesu walenshiba kwambeti bantu abo balikuyandeti bamwikate ne kumubika pabwami cakumukakatisha. Neco walaya kayi kumulundu kwayenka.
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 Mansailo, beshikwiya ba Yesu balaya ku Lwenje.
When it was evening, [we] disciples went down to [Galilee] Lake.
17 Kopeloko balengila mubwato kwambeti batampuke lwenje kuya ku Kapelenaumu. Kwalashipa Yesu nkatana uya kulyendibo.
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 Pacindici kwalikuba cipuupu cinene, neco palaba mankape pa menshi.
A strong wind started to blow and caused the water (to become very rough/to have high waves).
19 Beshikwiya mpobalendako makilomita akwana atatu nambi ana, balabona Yesu nkenda pa menshi nkesa pepi kubwato bwabo, neco nabo balatina.
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 Nsombi Yesu walambeti, “Njame, mutatina.”
But he said to us, “Do not be afraid! It is I!”
21 Lino balikuyandeti engile mubwato nomba pacindi copeleco bwato bwalashika kutala kwa Lwenje nkobalikuya.
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 Lino mumene mene likoto lya bantu lyalashalila kutala kwa lwenje, lyalenshiba kwambeti panga bwato bumo. Kayi bantu balenshiba kwambeti Yesu liya kwingilamo mubwato ubo beshikwiya bakendi balaya bonka.
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 Lino mato nambi alafumina ku Tibeliyasi alashika pepi ne busena bantu basa mpobalyela cakulya Mwami mpalalumba Lesa.
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 Likoto lisa lyalaboneti Yesu kuliya, nabo beshikwiya bakendi kuliya, bantu bonse basa balengila mubwato busa, nekuya ku kapelenaumu akuyandaula Yesu.
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 Mpobalamucana Yesu kutala kwa lwenje, balamwipusheti, “Bashikwiyisha, mwalashika lilyoni kuno?”
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 walambeti, “Kwamba cakubinga, amwe mwanangaulanga pacebo cakwambeti mwalalya cakulya nekwikuta, nteko kwambeti mwalanyumfwishisha bikankamanisho bisa ncebyalikwamba sobwe.
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 Kamutasebensanga kwambeti mucane cakulya cikute konongeka, nsombi musebensenga kwambeti mucane cakulya ceshikwikalilila, buyumi butapu. Mwana Muntu endiye wela kumupa cakulya copeleci, pakwinga Lesa Bata mpobalabika cinshibilo ca kusuminisha kwabo.” (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 Nabo balamwipusheti, “Twinse aconi kwambeti tukonke mbyalayandanga Lesa?”
Then the people asked him, “What things should we do [to please] God?”
29 Yesu walabakumbuleti, “Lesa ncalayandanga kwambeti mwinse nikushoma ame ndalatumwa ne Lesa.”
Jesus replied, “What God [wants you] to do is this: He wants you to believe that [I am] the one he has sent.”
30 Kayi balamwipusheti, “Ningamutubonesha cingashilo camushobo cini kwambeti twacibona tumushome? Nimwinsepo cani?
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 Bashali betu bali kulya mana mucinyika musa, mbuli Mabala a Lesa ncalambangeti, ‘walikubapa cakulya ceshi kufuma kwilu kwambeti balye.’”
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 walambeti, “Ndamwambilinga cakubinga kwambeti nte Mose walikubapa cakulya calikufuma kwilu sobwe, nsombi ni Bata. Mbuli Bata ncabalamupanga cakulya cancine ncine pacino cindi cilafumunga kwilu.
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 Pakwinga cakulya Lesa ncakute kupa, endico ceshikufuma kwilu, ceshikupa buyumi kubantu bonse ba mucishi capanshi.”
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 Popelapo balambeti, “Mwami, kamutupanga cakulya ici masuba onse.”
[Not understanding what he meant], they said to him, “Sir, give us that kind of bread all the time!”
35 Yesu walabambileti, “Njame shinkwa ceshikupa buyumi. Uliyense lesanga kuli njame nekunshoma nteshi akanyumfwe nsala. Kayi uliyense lashomonga njame, nteshi akanyumfwe nyotwa.
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 Mbuli ncondalamwambileti kumbona mulambononga, nsombi nkamulashomonga.
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 Abo bonse mbobampa bata, nibakese kuli njame, nomba muntu uliyense lesanga kuli njame, nteshi nkamukane.
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 Pakwinga ndalafuma kwilu kwisakwinsa kuyanda kwa uyo walantuma, kutambeti njinse kuyanda kwakame sobwe.
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 Kuyanda kwa uyo walantuma nikwambeti mbule kutaya nambi umo pali abo mbalampa, nsombi kwambeti nkabapundushe kubafu pabusuba bwakupwililisha.
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 Pakwinga Bata ncobalayandanga nikwambeti muntu uliyense lamubono Mwanoyo nekumushoma, akabe ne buyumi butapu. Kai ame ninkamupundushe kufuma kubafu pabusuba bwa kupwililisha.” (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 Popelapo Bayuda nabambi balatatika kung'unung'usha cebo cakwambeti Yesu walambeti, “Ame njame shinkwa walafuma kwilu.”
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 Pacebo ici balambeti, “Se uyu nte Yesu mwanendi Yosefe usa? Baishi ne banyina tubenshi. Nomba nicani lambangeti, Ndalafuma kwilu?”
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 walabakumbuleti, “Mutang'unung'ushanga pakati penu.
Jesus replied to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves [about what I just said]!
44 Paliya wela kwisa kuli njame, nsombi Bata balantuma ebelakumuleta kuli njame. Nomba na ucikonsha kwisa kulinjame ninkamupundushe kubafu pabusuba bwa kupwililisha.
[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 Bashinshimi balalembeti, ‘Lesa nakamwiyishe muntu uliyense.’ Pakwinga muntu uliyense lanyumfwilinga Bata, nekwiya kulyendibo, ukute kwisa kuli njame.
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 Ici nkacilapandululungeti pali muntu walababonapo Bata sobwe, nsombi uyo enka walafuma kuli Lesa ewalababona.
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 Ame njame shinkwa ceshikupa buyumi.
[Just like] food [MET] [sustains your physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life.
49 Bashali benu balikulya mana mucinyika musa, nikukabeco balafwa.
Even though your ancestors ate the manna [while they were traveling] in the desolate area, they died [anyway].
50 Nomba shinkwa uwu walafuma kwilu, muntu aulya nteshi akafwe.
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 Ame ndeshinkwa weshikupa buyumi walafuma kwilu. Na muntu uliyense ulya shinkwa uwu, nakabe nebuyumi butapu. Shinkwa weshinkamupe nimubili wakame, ngoshi nkape kwambeti bantu bonse bapacishi capanshi babe nebuyumi.” (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 Popelapo Bayuda basa balatatika kutotekeshana bonka, kabambeti, “Ngatulya aconi mubili wakendi?”
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 walambeti, “Ndamwambilinga cakubinga, Na mubula kulya mubili wa Mwana Muntu nekunwa milopa yakendi, nkamwela kuba nebuyumi muli njamwe.
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 Uliyense lalinga mubili wakame nekunwa milopa yakame, ukute buyumi butapu, ame ninkamupundushe kubafu pa busuba bwa kupwililisha. (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 Pakwinga mubili wakame shinkwa wacancine ncine, kayi milopa yakame ecakunwa cancine ncine.
because my flesh and my blood are truly spiritual food.
56 Uliyense lalinga mubili wakame nekunwa milopa yakame ukute kwikala mulinjame, nenjame nkute kwikala mulyendiye.
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 Mbuli Bata bayumi balantuma, kayi nenjame ndemuyumi pakuba mulyendibo, copeleco uliyense lalinga mubili wakame, nakabe nebuyumi pakuba mulinjame.
[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 Shinkwa walafuma kwilu ni wopelowu. Wapusana ne mana asa bashali benu ngobalikulya, nsombi panyuma pakendi balikabafwa. Nomba lalinga shinkwa wopelowu, nakabe nebuyumi butapu.” (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 walamba ibi mpwalikwiyisha munga'nda yakupaililamo ku kapelenaumu.
He said this while he was teaching people in (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) in Capernaum.
60 Beshikwiya bangi mpobalamunyumfwa kambeco balambeti, “Ciyo ici cayuma, niyani wela kucinyumfwishisha?”
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 walenshiba mumoyo mwakendi kwambeti beshikwiya bakendi balatongaukunga. Neco walabepusheti, “Sena mulepilwa?
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 Nomba nimukense aconi mwakabona Mwana Muntu kaya kwilu nkwalikuba?
([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 Mushimu wa Lesa eukute kupa buyumi, mubili paliya ncokute. Maswi ngondamwambili akute kuleta mushimu wa Lesa ukute kupa buyumi.
[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 Nomba pali nabambi pali amwe balabulunga kushoma.” Pakwinga Yesu walenshiba kendi eshakabule kumushoma, walamwinshibila limo weshakamuyabe kubalwani bakendi.
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 Lino walambeti, “Weco ndamwambilingeti paliya muntu wela kwisa kuli njame na Bata baliya kumupa ngofu sha kwisa kuli njame.”
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 Kufumapo beshikwiya bangi ba Yesu balamushiya ne kucileka kwenda nendi.
From that [time], many of his disciples left him and no longer went with him.
67 Lino Yesu walepusha beshikwiya likumi ne babili basa, “Nomba amwe nkamulandanga kuya?”
So he said to [us] twelve [apostles], “You do not want to leave me also, do you?”
68 Shimoni Petulo walambeti, “Mwami, nomba ngatuya kuli bani? Njamwe mukute maswi eshikupa buyumi butapu. (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 Afwe twashoma kayi tucinshi kwambeti njamwe Waswepa walafuma kuli Lesa.”
We have come to believe for certain that you are the holy one [who has come] from God!”
70 Lino Yesu walambeti, “Sena ntame ndalamusala amwe omuli likumi ne babili? Nsombi umo pali amwe ni Satana”
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 Walikwamba Yuda, mwanendi Shimoni Isikalyoti. Nambi walikuba umo pali basa beshikwiya likumi ne babili, ewalamuyaba kubalwani bakendi.
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).
