Yohana 7
1 Baada ya mambo haya, Yesu alikwenda sehemu mbalimbali za Galilaya. Hakutaka kwenda Uyahudi kwa sababu Wayahudi huko walitaka kumuua.
After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Sikukuu ya Vibanda ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia.
Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
3 Hivyo ndugu zake Yesu wakamwambia, “Ondoka hapa uende Uyahudi ili wanafunzi Wako wapate kuona miujiza unayofanya.
His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
4 Mtu anayetaka kujulikana hafanyi mambo yake kwa siri. Kama unafanya mambo haya, jionyeshe kwa ulimwengu.”
For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
5 Hata ndugu zake mwenyewe hawakumwamini.
For even his brothers did not believe in him.
6 Yesu akawaambia, “Wakati wangu bado haujawadia, lakini wakati wenu upo siku zote.
Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
7 Ulimwengu hauwezi kuwachukia ninyi, lakini unanichukia mimi kwa sababu ninawashuhudia kwamba matendo yao ni maovu.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
8 Ninyi nendeni kwenye Sikukuu, lakini mimi sitahudhuria Sikukuu hii kwa sababu wakati wangu haujawadia.”
You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
9 Akiisha kusema hayo, akabaki Galilaya.
Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
10 Lakini ndugu zake walipokwisha kuondoka kwenda kwenye Sikukuu, yeye pia alikwenda lakini kwa siri.
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
11 Wayahudi walikuwa wakimtafuta huko kwenye Sikukuu na kuulizana, “Yuko wapi huyu mtu?”
The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
12 Kulikuwa na minongʼono iliyoenea kumhusu Yesu katika umati wa watu, wakati wengine wakisema, “Ni mtu mwema.” Wengine walikuwa wakisema, “La, yeye anawadanganya watu.”
There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”
13 Lakini hakuna mtu yeyote aliyemsema waziwazi kumhusu kwa sababu ya kuwaogopa Wayahudi.
Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 Ilipokaribia katikati ya Sikukuu, Yesu alipanda kwenda Hekaluni na kuanza kufundisha.
But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
15 Wayahudi wakastaajabia mafundisho yake wakasema, “Mtu huyu amepataje kujua mambo haya bila kufundishwa?”
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
16 Ndipo Yesu akawajibu, “Mafundisho yangu si yangu mwenyewe, bali yanatoka kwake yeye aliyenituma.
Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
17 Mtu yeyote akipenda kufanya mapenzi ya Mungu, atajua kama mafundisho yangu yanatoka kwa Mungu au ninasema kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe.
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.
18 Wale wanenao kwa ajili yao wenyewe hufanya hivyo kwa kutaka utukufu wao wenyewe. Lakini yeye atafutaye utukufu wa yule aliyemtuma ni wa kweli, wala hakuna uongo ndani yake.
He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Je, Mose hakuwapa ninyi sheria? Lakini hakuna hata mmoja wenu anayeishika hiyo sheria. Kwa nini mnataka kuniua?”
Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
20 Ule umati wa watu ukamjibu, “Wewe una pepo mchafu! Ni nani anayetaka kukuua?”
The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
21 Yesu akawajibu, “Nimefanya muujiza mmoja na nyote mkastaajabu.
Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
22 Lakini kwa kuwa Mose aliwaamuru tohara (ingawa kwa kweli haikutoka kwa Mose bali kwa baba zenu wakuu), mnamtahiri mtoto hata siku ya Sabato.
Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
23 Ikiwa mtoto aweza kutahiriwa siku ya Sabato kusudi sheria ya Mose isivunjwe, kwa nini mnanikasirikia kwa kumponya mtu mwili wake wote siku ya Sabato?
If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
24 Acheni kuhukumu mambo kwa jinsi mnavyoona tu, bali hukumuni kwa haki.”
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
25 Ndipo baadhi ya watu wa Yerusalemu wakawa wanasema, “Tazameni, huyu si yule mtu wanayetaka kumuua?
Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 Mbona yuko hapa anazungumza hadharani na wala hawamwambii neno lolote? Je, inawezekana viongozi wanafahamu kuwa huyu ndiye Kristo?
Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
27 Tunafahamu huyu mtu anakotoka, lakini Kristo atakapokuja, hakuna yeyote atakayejua atokako.”
However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
28 Ndipo Yesu, akaendelea kufundisha Hekaluni, akisema, “Ninyi mnanifahamu na kujua nitokako. Mimi sikuja kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe, bali yeye aliyenituma ni wa kweli na ninyi hammjui.
Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.
29 Mimi namjua kwa kuwa nimetoka kwake, naye ndiye alinituma.”
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
30 Ndipo wakatafuta kumkamata, lakini hakuna mtu yeyote aliyethubutu kumshika kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa bado haijawadia.
They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
31 Nao watu wengi wakamwamini, wakasema, “Je, Kristo atakapokuja, atafanya miujiza mikuu zaidi kuliko aliyoifanya mtu huyu?”
But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he will not do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”
32 Mafarisayo wakasikia watu wakinongʼona mambo kama hayo kuhusu Yesu, ndipo wao pamoja na viongozi wa makuhani wakatuma walinzi wa Hekalu waende kumkamata.
The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
33 Yesu akasema, “Mimi bado niko pamoja nanyi kwa kitambo kidogo, kisha nitarudi kwake yeye aliyenituma.
Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
34 Mtanitafuta lakini hamtaniona, nami niliko ninyi hamwezi kuja.”
You will seek me and will not find me. You cannot come where I am.”
35 Wayahudi wakaulizana wao kwa wao, “Huyu mtu anataka kwenda wapi ambako hatuwezi kumfuata? Je, anataka kwenda kwa Wayunani ambako baadhi ya watu wetu wametawanyikia, akawafundishe Wayunani?
The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we will not find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
36 Yeye ana maana gani anaposema, ‘Mtanitafuta lakini hamtaniona,’ na, ‘nami niliko ninyi hamwezi kuja’?”
What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and will not find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
37 Siku ile ya mwisho ya Sikukuu, siku ile kuu, wakati Yesu akiwa amesimama huko, akapaza sauti yake akasema, “Kama mtu yeyote anaona kiu na aje kwangu anywe.
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
38 Yeyote aniaminiye mimi, kama Maandiko yasemavyo, vijito vya maji ya uzima vitatiririka ndani mwake.”
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
39 Yesu aliposema haya alimaanisha Roho Mtakatifu ambaye wote waliomwamini wangempokea, kwani mpaka wakati huo, Roho alikuwa hajatolewa, kwa kuwa Yesu alikuwa bado hajatukuzwa.
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
40 Waliposikia maneno hayo, baadhi ya watu miongoni mwa ule umati wakasema, “Hakika huyu ndiye yule Nabii.”
Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
41 Wengine wakasema, “Huyu ndiye Kristo!” Lakini wengine wakauliza, “Je, Kristo kwao ni Galilaya?
Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Je, Maandiko hayasemi kwamba Kristo atakuja kutoka jamaa ya Daudi na kutoka Bethlehemu, mji alioishi Daudi?”
Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
43 Kwa hiyo watu wakagawanyika kwa ajili ya Yesu.
So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
44 Baadhi yao walitaka kumkamata, lakini hakuna aliyethubutu kumgusa.
Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 Hatimaye wale walinzi wa Hekalu wakarudi kwa viongozi wa makuhani na Mafarisayo waliokuwa wamewatuma ili kumkamata Yesu, wakaulizwa, “Mbona hamkumkamata?”
The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why did not you bring him?”
46 Wale walinzi wakajibu, “Kamwe hajanena mtu yeyote kama yeye anenavyo.”
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
47 Mafarisayo wakajibu, “Je, nanyi pia mmedanganyika?
The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You are not also led astray, are you?
48 Je, kuna kiongozi yeyote au mmoja wa Mafarisayo ambaye amemwamini?
Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?
49 Lakini huu umati wa watu wasiojua Sheria ya Mose, wamelaaniwa.”
But this multitude that does not know the law is cursed.”
50 Ndipo Nikodemo, yule aliyekuwa amemwendea Yesu siku moja usiku, ambaye alikuwa mmoja wao akauliza,
Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
51 “Je, sheria zetu zinaturuhusu kumhukumu mtu kabla ya kumsikiliza na kufahamu alilotenda?”
“Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
52 Wakamjibu, “Je, wewe pia unatoka Galilaya? Chunguza nawe utaona kwamba hakuna nabii atokae Galilaya!” [
They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
53 Kisha wakaondoka, kila mtu akarudi nyumbani kwake.
Everyone went to his own house,
