Yohane 7
1 Panyuma pakendi Yesu walikwendana mucishi ca Galileya, nkalikuyanda kuya Yudeya. Pakwinga bamakulene Babayuda balikuyanda kumushina.
After this, Jesus traveled about in Galilee, for he would not reside in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Cindi cakusekelela mishasha calikuba pepi,
Now, the Jewish feast of tabernacles was near.
3 lino bakwabo Yesu balamwambileti, “Inga nicani kutaya kuYudeya kwambeti beshikwiya bakobe bakabone bikankamanisho mbyolenshinga.
His brothers, therefore, said to him, Leave this country, and go to Judea, that your disciples may also see the works which you do.
4 Kuliya muntu ukute kusoleka mbyalenshinga na kayanda kwinshibikwa. Kwelana ne mbyolenshinga leka bantu bonse bakwinshibe.”
For whoever courts renown, does nothing in secret: since you perform such things, show yourself to the world.
5 Nambi bamakwabo balambeco nkabali kumushoma.
(For not even his brothers believed on him.)
6 Yesu walabambileti, “Cindi cakame nkacitana cishika, nsombi amwe mukute cindi cakuya kulikonse nkomulayandanga.
Jesus answered, My time is not yet come; any time will suit you.
7 Bantu basuni byapanshi pano nkabela kumupata, nsombi bakute kupata njame, pakwinga nkute kubalesha ncito shabo shaipa.
The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because I disclose the wickedness of its actions.
8 Amwe kamuyani akusekelela uko. Ame nkandengonga pakwinga cindi cakame nkacina cishika.”
Go you to this festival: I go not thither, because it is not my time.
9 Yesu mpwalambeco, walashalila mu Galileya.
Having said this, he remained in Galilee.
10 Nomba bamakwabo mpobalaya akusekelela mishasha isa, Yesu neye walabakonkela. Nomba liya kuyanda kubonekela kubantu.
But when his brothers were gone, he also went to the festival; not publicly, but rather privately.
11 Bamakulene ba Bayuda balikumuyandaula uko nkobalikusekelela, nkabepushaneti, “Nomba usa muntu ulikupeyo?”
At the festival, the Jews inquired after him, and said, Where is he?
12 Popelapo palikuba kunung'unusha palyendiye. Bambi balikwambeti, “Usa muntu waina”Nsombi bambi balikwambeti, “Sobwe, usa layungaulunga bantu.”
And there was much whispering among the people concerning him. Some said, He is a good man. Others, No; he seduces the multitude.
13 Nomba nkapalikuba muntu weshikwamba patuba sha Yesu, pakwinga balikutina Bayuda.
No person, however, spoke freely of him, for fear of the Jews.
14 Lino kusekelela mpokwalashika pakati, Yesu walaya ku Nga'nda ya Lesa nekutatika kwiyisha.
About the middle of the festival, Jesus went into the temple, and was teaching.
15 Bamakulene ba Bayuda balakankamana nekwambeti, “Nomba muntu uyu ubinshi aconi bintu ibi pabula balamwiyishapo!”
And the Jews said with astonishment, Whence comes this man's learning, who was never taught?
16 Nomba Yesu walambeti, “Mbyonkute kwiyisha nte byakame sobwe, nsombi bikute kufuma kuli Bata abo balantuma.
Jesus made answer, My doctrine is not mine, but his who sent me.
17 Uliyense layandanga kwinsa kuyanda kwa Lesa, nakenshibeti kwiyisha kwakame kulafumunga kuli Lesa nteko kuli ndemwine
If any one will do his will, he shall discern whether my doctrine proceeds from God, or from myself.
18 Pakwinga muntu lambangowa byakendi ukute kuliyandawila bulemu. Nsombi nendi ukute bulemu bwa uyo walamutuma, wopeloyo ewancine ncine, kayi mumoyo mwakendi muliya bwipishi.
Whosoever teaches what proceeds from himself, seeks to promote his own glory: whosoever seeks to promote the glory of him who sent him, deserves credit, and is a stranger to deceit.
19 “Lino sena Mose liya kumupa Milawo ya Lesa? Nsombi paliya naba umo mulinjamwe ukute kwikonkela. Nomba nicani mulayandanga kunshina?”
Did not Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?
20 Nsombi likoto lya bantu lyalamukumbuleti, “Sena ulakonyo. Layandanga kukushina niyani?”
The people answered, You are possessed. Who seeks to kill you.
21 Nendi Yesu walabakumbuleti, “Ndalensowa ceshikukankamanisha cimo, mwense mwalakankamana.”
Jesus replied, I have performed one action, which surprises you all.
22 “Nte pasa Mose walamupa mulawo wa kupalula bana benu batuloba (mulawo uyo uliya kufuma kuli Mose nsombi walafuma kubamashali benu bakulukulu.) Neco mukute kupalula mwana mutuloba nambi nipa busuba bwa Sabata.”
Moses instituted circumcision among you, (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs, ) and you circumcise on the Sabbath.
23 “Na mwanoyo mukute kumupalula pa Sabata, nicani nkamukute kutina kupwaya mulawo wa Mose? Nomba nicani mulankalalilinga pacebo cakwambeti ndashilika muntu pabusuba bwa Sabata?
If, on the Sabbath, a man receive circumcision, that the law of Moses may not be violated; are you incensed against me, because, on the Sabbath, I have cured a man, whose whole body was disabled?
24 Kamucileka kombolosha kwakulanga pamenso, lino tatikani kombolosha mubululami.”
Judge not from personal regards, but judge according to justice.
25 Popelapo bantu nabambi baku Yelusalemu balambeti, “Sena muntu usa ngobalayandanga kushina, nte wopele uyu?
Then some inhabitants of Jerusalem, said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 Nte uyu lambanga patuba, kwakubula weshikwambapo kantu kalikonse! Ekwambeti aba bantu bacinsheti eMupulushi Walaiwa?
Lo! he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers, indeed, acknowledge that this is the Messiah?
27 Mupulushi Walaiwa akesa, paliya weshakenshibe nkoshakafume. Nomba uyu tukwinshi twense nkwalafumunga.”
But we know whence this man is; whereas, when the Messiah shall come, no person will know whence he is.
28 Popelapo Yesu kaciyisha mu Nga'nda ya Lesa walolobesha, “Mukwinshi nkondalafuma. Nsombi ndiya kwisa palwakame sobwe. Uyo walantuma washomeka, nomba amwe nkamumwinshi.
Jesus, who was then teaching in the temple, cried, Do you know both who, and whence I am? I came not of myself. But he is true, who sent me, whom you know not.
29 Nsombi ame ndikwinshi, pakwinga njame ndalafuma kulyendiye, kayi endiye walantuma.”
As for me, I know him, because I came from him, and am commissioned by him.
30 Popelapo bantu balayanda kumwikata Yesu, nsombi paliya nambi umo walamwikatamo, pakwinga cindi cakendi calikacitana cishika.
Then they sought to apprehend him, but none laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.
31 Bantu bangi mulikoto ilyo balamushoma, kayi balikwambeti, “Mupulushi Walaiwa akesa, nakensepo bingashilo byapita ibi muntuyu mbyalenshi?”
Many of the people, however, believed on him, and said, When the Messiah shall come, will he do more miracles than this man does?
32 Neco Bafalisi balanyumfwa kunung'unusha kwa bantu balikwamba sha Yesu. Nomba bamakulene beshimilumbo balatuma bamalonda bamu Nga'nda ya Lesa kwambeti bamwikate.
When the Pharisees heard that the people muttered such things concerning him, they and the chief priests dispatched officers to seize him.
33 Lino Yesu walabambileti, “Ndi nenu kwa kacindi kang'ana kantananja kuli walantuma.
Jesus, therefore, said, Yet a little while I remain with you; then I go to him who sent me.
34 Cakubinga nimukanyandaule, nsombi nteshi mukancane. Kayi uko nkondenga amwe nkamwela kushikako.”
You shall seek me, but shall not find me; nor be able to come where I am.
35 Popelapo bamakulene ba Bayuda balatatika kwipushaneti, “Uyu layandanga kuya kupeyo uko afwe nkotwela kubula kumucana? Sena layandanga kuya kuminshi ya ba Giliki kwekala bantu betu nekuya kubeyisha?
The Jews said, among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 Lambangeti, nimukanangaule nsombi nteshi mukancane, kayi eti, uko nkwalenga, amwe nkamwela kushikako. Anu maswi awa alapandululunga cani?”
What does he mean, by saying, You shall seek me, but shall not find me, nor be able to get thither, where I shall be.
37 Pa busuba bunene bwakupwisha kusekelela. Yesu walemana nekwamba mwakolobesha, “Napali muntu ukute inyotwa, kesani kulinjame kwisakunwa.
On the last, and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
38 Muntu wanshoma, moyo wakendi nukabeti tumilonga twa menshi eshikupa buyumi. Mbuli Mabala a Lesa ncalambangeti, nakabeti tumilonga twa menshi”
He who believes on me, as the scripture says, shall be like a cistern, whence rivers of living waters shall flow.
39 Yesu walamba sha Mushimu Uswepa uyo bantu bamushoma ngoshi bakatambule. Pacindico Mushimu Uswepa walinkautana upewa kubantu, pakwinga Yesu walinkatana utambula bulemu bwakendi.
This he spoke of the Spirit, which they who believed on him were to receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
40 Popelapo likoto lya bantu mpolyalanyumfwa maswi awa, nabambi balatatika kwambeti, “Cancine muntu uyu niMushinshimi.”
Many of the people having heard what was spoken, said, This is certainly the prophet.
41 Nabambi balikwambeti, “uyu eMupulushi Walaiwa usa.” Nsombi nabambi balikwambeti, “Sena Mupulushi Walaiwa ngaufuma ku Galileya sobwe!
Some said, This is the Messiah. Others, does the Messiah come from Galilee?
42 Mabala a Lesa alambangeti Mupulushi Walaiwa wela kufumina mu cikombo ca Mwami Dafeti, kayi wela kusemenwa mumunshi wa Betelehemu uko nkwalikwikala Dafeti”
Does not the scripture say, that the Messiah will be of the posterity of David, and come from Bethlehem, the village whence David was?
43 Lino bantu balatatika kupansana pacebo ca Yesu.
Thus the people were divided concerning him;
44 Nabambi balikuyanda kumwikata, nsombi paliya walamwikata.
and some of them would have seized him, but no person laid hands upon him.
45 Bamalonda ba Nga'nda ya Lesa basa balabwelela kuli bamakulene beshimilumbo neBafalilsi. Nabo balepusha bamalonda basa, “nicani muliya kwisa nendi?”
Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, Wherefore have you not brought him?
46 Bamalonda balakumbuleti, “Bintu uyu muntu mbyalamba paliya muntu naumbi walabyambapo sobwe.”
The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
47 Lino Bafalisi balambeti, “Sena nenjamwe lamubepe kendi?
The Pharisees replied, Are you also seduced?
48 Sena mwalanyumfwapo kwambeti umo wabamakulene nambi Bafalisi pali wamushoma?
Has any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees, believed on him?
49 Nomba bantu aba baluya batainshi Milawo Lesa njalapa Mose, ecebo cakendi bashinganwa.”
But this populace, which knows not the law, is accursed.
50 Lino Nikodemo, umo waBafalisi, usa walaya kuli Yesu kumasuba akunyuma, walabepusha banendi,
Nicodemus, one of themselves, (he who came to Jesus by night, )
51 “Sena milawo yetu yasuminisha kombolosha muntu ngotutana tunyumfwapo maswi akendi kwambeti twinshibe mbyalenshi?”
said to them, Does our law permit us to condemn a man, without hearing him, and knowing what he has done?
52 Nabo balambeti, “Sena nenjobe owakuGalileya? Koya ubelenge Mabala niwinshibeti kuliya mushinshimi wela kufuma kuGalileya.”
They answered him, Are you also a Galilean? Search, and you will find that prophets arise not out of Galilee.
53 Popelapo bantu bonse balabwelela kucomwabo.
Then every man went to his own house;
