Yohana 10
1 Amin, Amini nawaambieni, yule asiyeingia kwa kupitia mlango wa zizi la kondoo, lakini anapanda kwa njia nyingine, mtu huyo ni mwizi na mnyang'anyi.
“Most certainly, I tell you, one who does not enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, is a thief and a robber.
2 Yeye aingiaye mlangoni ni mchungaji wa kondoo.
But one who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 Kwake mlinzi wa mlango humfungulia. Kondoo waisikia sauti yake na huwaita kondoo zake kwa majina yao na kuwatoa nje.
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 Atakapowatoa nje hao walio wake, huwatangulia, na kondoo humfuata, kwa sababu wanaijua sauti yake.
Whenever he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.
5 Hawatamfuata mgeni lakini badala yake watamuepuka, kwa sababu hawazijui sauti za wageni.”
They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6 Yesu alisema mfano huu kwao, lakini hawakuyaelewa mambo haya ambayo alikuwa akisema kwao.
Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they did not understand what he was telling them.
7 Yesu akasema nao tena, “Amini, amini, nawaambia, Mimi ni mlango wa kondoo.
Jesus therefore said to them again, “Most certainly, I tell you, I am the sheep’s door.
8 Wote walionitangulia ni wezi na wanyang'anyi, lakini kondoo hawakuwasikiliza.
All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 Mimi ni mlango. Yeyote aingiaye kupitia kwangu, ataokolewa; ataingia ndani na kutoka, naye atajipatia malisho.
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 Mwizi haji isipokuwa kuiba, kuua, na kuangamiza. Nimekuja ili kwamba wapate uzima na wawe nao tele.
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11 Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Mchungaji mwema huutoa uhai wake kwa ajili ya kondoo.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
12 Mtumishi aliyeajiriwa, na siyo mchungaji, ambaye kondoo si mali yake, huwaona mbwa mwitu wakija na huwaacha na kuwakimbia kondoo.
He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
13 Na mbwa mwitu huwakamata na kuwatawanya. Hukimbia kwa sababu ni mtumishi wa kuajiriwa na hawajali kondoo.
The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand and does not care for the sheep.
14 Mimi ni mchungaji mwema, na ninawajua walio wangu, nao walio wangu wananijua mimi.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and I am known by my own;
15 Baba ananijua, nami namjua Baba, nami nautoa uhai wangu kwa ajili ya kondoo.
even as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 Ninao kondoo wengine ambao si wa zizi hili. Hao pia, yanipasa kuwaleta, nao wataisikia sauti yangu ili kwamba pawepo na kundi moja na mchungaji mmoja.
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 Hii ndiyo sababu Baba ananipenda: Niutoe uhai wangu halafu niutwae tena.
Therefore the Father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again.
18 Hakuna auchukuaye kutoka kwangu, lakini mimi nautoa mwenyewe. Ninayo mamlaka ya kuutoa, na ninayo mamlaka ya kuutwaa pia. Nimelipokea agizo hili kutoka kwa Baba.”
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 Mgawanyiko tena ukatokea kati ya wayahudi kwa sababu ya maneno haya.
Therefore a division arose again among the Jews because of these words.
20 Wengi wao wakasema, “Ana pepo na ni kichaa. Kwa nini mnamsikiliza?”
Many of them said, “He has a demon and is insane! Why do you listen to him?”
21 Wengine wakasema, “Haya siyo maneno ya mtu aliyepagawa na mapepo. Pepo linaweza kufungua macho ya kipofu?”
Others said, “These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It is not possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?”
22 Ndipo ikaja Sikukuu ya Kuwekwa Wakfu Yerusalemu.
It was the Feast of the Dedication at Jerusalem.
23 Ulikuwa wakati wa baridi, na Yesu alikuwa akitembea hekaluni katika ukumbi wa Selemani.
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in Solomon’s porch.
24 Ndipo Wayahudi walipomzunguka na kumwambia, “Mpaka lini utatuweka katika mashaka? kama wewe ni Kristo, tuambie wazi.
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 akawajibu, “Nimekwisha waambia lakini hamuamini. Kazi nizifanyazo kwa jina la Baba yangu, hizo zinashuhudia juu yangu.
Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father’s name, these testify about me.
26 Hata hivyo hamuamini kwa sababu ninyi si kondoo wangu.
But you do not believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you.
27 Kondoo wangu waisikia sauti yangu; Nawajua, nao wanifuata mimi.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
29 Baba yangu, aliyenipa hao, ni mkuu kuliko wengine wote, na hakuna hata mmoja aliye na uwezo wa kuwanyakua kutoka mkononi mwa Baba.
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 Mimi na Baba tu mmoja.”
I and the Father are one.”
31 Wakabeba mawe ili wamponde tena.
Therefore the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
32 Yesu akawajibu, “Nimeshawaonesha kazi nyingi nzuri kutoka kwa Baba. Kwa kazi zipi kati ya hizo mnataka kuniponda mawe?”
Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
33 Wayahudi wakamjibu, “Hatukupondi mawe kwa kazi yoyote iliyo nzuri, lakini kwa kukufuru, kwa sababu wewe, uliye mtu, unajifanya kuwa Mungu.”
The Jews answered him, “We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
34 Yesu akawajibu, “Haikuandikwa katika sheria yenu, 'Nilisema, “Ninyi ni miungu”'?”
Jesus answered them, “Is not it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
35 Ikiwa aliwaita miungu, kwa wale ambao Neno la Mungu liliwajilia (na Maandiko hayawezi kuvunjwa),
If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
36 mnasema juu ya yule ambaye Baba alimtoa na kumtuma katika ulimwengu, 'Unakufuru,' kwa sababu nilisema, 'mimi ni Mwana wa Mungu'?
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 “Ikiwa sifanyi kazi za Baba yangu, msiniamini.
If I do not do the works of my Father, do not believe me.
38 Hata hivyo, ikiwa ninazifanya, hata kama hamniamini, ziaminini kazi ili kwamba muweze kujua na kufahamu kwamba Baba yuko ndani yangu na mimi niko ndani ya Baba.”
But if I do them, though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
39 Wakajaribu tena kumkamata Yesu, lakini alienda zake kutoka mikononi mwao.
They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
40 Yesu akaenda zake tena ng'ambo ya Yordani sehemu ambayo Yohana alikuwa akibatiza kwanza, na akakaa huko.
He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and he stayed there.
41 Watu wengi wakaja kwa Yesu. Waliendelea kusema, “Yohana kweli hakufanya ishara yoyote, lakini mambo yote aliyoyasema Yohana juu ya huyu mtu ni ya kweli.”
Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”
42 Watu wengi wakamwamini Yesu hapo.
Many believed in him there.
