Yohana 6
1 Baada ya mambo haya, Yesu alienda pande za Bahari ya Galilaya, pia huitwa Bahari ya Tiberia.
After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee — that is, the sea of Tiberias.
2 Mkutano mkubwa ulikuwa ukimfuata kwa sababu waliona ishara alizozifanya kwa waliokuwa wagonjwa.
And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill.
3 Yesu alipanda juu hadi upande wa juu wa mlima na akakaa huko na wanafunzi wake
Then Jesus went up the mountain and was seated there with his disciples.
4 (Na Pasaka, Sikukuu ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia).
Now the Passover, a feast of the Jews, was near.
5 Yesu alipoinua macho yake juu na kuona umati mkubwa unakuja kwake, akamwambia Filipo, “Tutakwenda wapi kununua mikate ili hawa waweze kula”?
Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?
6 (Lakini Yesu aliyasema haya kwa Filipo kwa kumjaribu kwa kuwa yeye mwenyewe alijua atakachofanya).
This he said, testing him: for he had no doubt what he himself would do.
7 Filipo akamjibu, “Hata mikate ya thamani ya dinari mia mbili isingelitosha hata kila mmoja kupata hata kipande kidogo.”
Philip made answer, Bread to the value of two hundred pence would not be enough even to give everyone a little.
8 Andrea, mmoja wa wanafunzi wake ndugu yake Simoni Petro akamwambia
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to Jesus,
9 Yesu, “Kuna mvulana hapa ana mikate mitano na samaki wawili, lakini hii yafaa nini kwa watu wengi namna hii?”
There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?
10 Yesu akawambia, “Waketisheni watu chini” (kulikuwa na nyasi nyingi mahali pale). Hivyo wanaume wapata elfu tano wakakaa chini.
Jesus said, Let the people be seated. Now there was much grass in that place. And those seated on the grass were about five thousand.
11 Kisha Yesu akachukua ile mikate mitano akashukuru akawawagawia wale waliokuwa wamekaa. Vivyo hivyo akawagawia samaki kwa kadiri ya vile wavyohitaji.
Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.
12 Watu waliposhiba, aliwambia wanafunzi wake, “Vikusanyeni vipande vya mabaki, vilivyobaki ili kwamba kisipotee chochote.”
And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.
13 Basi wakakusanya na kujaza vikapu kumi na viwili, vipande vya mikate mitano ya shayiri- vipande vilivyosazwa na wale waliokula.
So they took them up: twelve baskets full of broken bits of the five cakes which were over after the people had had enough.
14 Kisha watu walipoona ishara hii aliyoifanya walisema, “Kweli huyu ndiye yule nabii ajaye ulimwenguni.”
And when the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, Truly, this is the prophet who is to come into the world.
15 Yesu alipotambua kuwa walikuwa wanataka kumkamata ili wamfanye kuwa mfalme wao, alijitenga, tena na akaenda mlimani yeye peke yake.
Now when Jesus saw that the people were about to come and take him by force to make him a king, he went away again up the mountain by himself.
16 Ilipokuwa jioni, wanafunzi wake walishuka kwenda ziwani.
When evening came the disciples went down to the sea;
17 Wakapanda kwenye mtumbwi na walikuwa wakivuka kuelekea Kapernaumu. (Giza lilikuwa limeingia na Yesu alikuwa bado hajaja kwao).
And they took a boat and went across the sea in the direction of Capernaum. By then it was dark and still Jesus had not come to them.
18 Wakati huo upepo mkali ulikuwa ukivuma, na bahari ilikuwa ikendelea kuchafuka.
The sea was getting rough because of a strong wind which was blowing.
19 Tena wanafunzi wake walipokuwa wamepiga makasia kama ishirini na matano au thelathini, wakamwona Yesu akitembea juu ya bahari kuukaribia mtumbwi, na wakaogopa.
After they had gone three or four miles they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near to the boat; and they had great fear.
20 Lakini akawambia, “Ni mimi! Msiogope.”
But he said to them, It is I, have no fear.
21 Tena walikuwa tayari kumbeba kwenye mtumbwi, na mara mtumbwi ulifika kwenye nchi mahali walipokuwa wakienda.
Then they readily took him into the boat: and straight away the boat was at the land to which they were going.
22 Siku iliyofuata, mkutano uliokuwa umesimama upande wa bahari waliona kuwa hakuna mtumbwi mwingine isipokuwa ule ambayo Yesu na wanafunzi wake walikuwa hawajaupanda lakini wanafunzi wake walikuwa wameenda zao wenyewe.
The day after, the people who were on the other side of the sea saw that only one small boat had been there, that Jesus had not gone in that boat with the disciples, but that the disciples had gone away by themselves.
23 (Ingawa, kulikuwa na baadhi ya mitumbwi iliyotoka Tiberia karibu na mahali walipokula mikate baada ya Bwana kutoa shukrani).
Some other boats, however, came from Tiberias near to the place where they had taken the bread after the Lord had given praise.
24 Wakati makutano walipotambua kuwa sio Yesu wala wanafunzi wake walikuwa kule, wao wenyewe walipanda ndani ya mitumbwi wakaenda Kapernaumu wakimtafuta Yesu.
So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.
25 Baada ya kumpata upande mwingine wa ziwa wakamuuliza, “Rabbi ulikuja lini huku?”
And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?
26 Yesu akawajibu, akawambia, Amini, amini, mnanitafuta mimi, sio kwa sababu mliziona ishara, bali kwa sababu mlikula mikate na kushiba.
Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.
27 Acheni kukifanyia kazi chakula chenye kuharibika, bali mkifanyie kazi chakula kidumucho hata milele kile ambacho mwana wa Adamu atawapa, kwa kuwa Mungu Baba ameweka muhuri juu yake.” (aiōnios g166)
Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark. (aiōnios g166)
28 Kisha wakamwambia, “Ni nini tunapaswa kufanya ili kuzifanya kazi za Mungu?”
Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?
29 Yesu akajibu, “Hii ndiyo kazi ya Mungu: kwamba mmwamini yeye aliyemtuma.”
Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.
30 Basi wakamwambia, “Ni ishara zipi utakazofanya, kwamba tunaweza kuziona na kukuamini? Utafanya nini?
So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?
31 Baba zetu walikula manna jangwani, kama ilivyo andikwa, “Aliwapa mikate kutoka mbinguni ili wale.”
Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
32 Kisha Yesu akawajibu, “Amini, amini, sio Musa aliyewapa mkate kutoka mbinguni, bali Baba yangu ndiye awapaye mkate wa kweli kutoka mbinguni.
Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33 Kwa kuwa mkate wa Mungu ni ule ushukao kutoka mbinguni na kuupatia uzima ulimwengu.
The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
34 Basi wakamwambia, “Bwana tupatie huu mkate wakati wote.”
Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!
35 Yesu akawambia, “Mimi ndiye mkate wa uzima, yeye ajaye kwangu hatapata njaa na yeye aniaminiye hatahisi kiu kamwe.”
And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.
36 Ingawa niliwaambia kwamba, mmeniona, na bado hamuamini.
But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.
37 Wote ambao Baba anaonipa watakuja kwangu, na yeyote ajaye kwangu sitamtupa nje kabisa.
Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.
38 Kwa kuwa nimeshuka kutoka mbinguni, sio kwa ajili ya kufanya mapenzi yangu, bali mapenzi yake aliyenituma.
For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.
39 Na haya ndiyo mapenzi yake aliyenituma, kwamba nisimpoteze hata mmoja wa wale alionipa, bali nitawafufua siku ya mwisho.
And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.
40 Kwa kuwa haya ndiyo mapenzi ya Baba yangu, kwamba yeyote amtazamaye Mwana na kumwamini apate uzima wa milele; nami nitamfufua siku ya mwisho. (aiōnios g166)
This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day. (aiōnios g166)
41 Kisha wayahudi wakamnung`unikia kumhusu yeye kwa sababu alisema, “Mimi ni mkate ulioshuka kutoka mbinguni.”
Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 Wakasema, “Huyu siyo Yesu mwana wa Yusuph, ambaye baba yake na mama yake tunamfahamu? Imekuwaje sasa anasema, 'Nimeshuka kutoka mbinguni`?”
And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?
43 Yesu akajibu, akawambia, “Msinung'unikiane miongoni mwenu wenyewe.
Jesus made answer and said, Do not say things against me, one to another.
44 Hakuna mtu ajaye kwangu asipovutwa na Baba yangu aliyenituma, nami nitamfufua siku ya mwisho.
No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
45 Kwa kuwa imeandikwa katika manabii, 'Watafundishwa na Mungu.' Kila aliyesikia na amejifunza kutoka kwa Baba, huja kwangu.
The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.
46 Sio kwamba kuna mtu aliyemwona Baba, isipokuwa yeye atokaye kwa Mungu- amemwona Baba.
Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.
Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
48 Mimi ni mkate wa uzima.
I am the bread of life.
49 mababa zenu walikula manna jangwani, na wakafa.
Your fathers took the manna in the waste land — and they are dead.
50 Huu ndio mkate ushukao kutoka mbinguni, ili kwamba mtu aule sehemu yake ili asife.
The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.
51 Mimi ni mkate uishio ambao umeshuka kutoka mbinguni. Kama mtu yeyote akila sehemu ya mkate huu, ataishi milele. Mkate nitakao utoa ni mwili wangu kwa ajili ya uzima wa ulimwengu.” (aiōn g165)
I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world. (aiōn g165)
52 Wayahudi wakakasirika wenyewe kwa wenyewe na wakaanza kubishana wakisema, “Mtu huyu anawezaje kutupa mwili wake tuule?”
Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?
53 Kisha Yesu akawambia, “Amini, amini, msipoula mwili wa Mwana wa Adamu na kuinywa damu yake, hamta kuwa na uzima ndani yenu.
Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.
54 Yeyote aulaye mwili wangu na kuinywa damu yangu anao uzima wa milele, nami nitamfufua siku ya mwisho. (aiōnios g166)
He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day. (aiōnios g166)
55 Kwa kuwa mwili wangu ni chakula cha kweli, na damu yangu ni kinywaji cha kweli.
My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
56 Yeye aulaye mwili wangu na kuinywa damu yangu hukaa ndani yangu, nami ndani yake.
He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
57 Kama Baba mwenye uzima alivyonituma, na kama niishivyo kwa sababu ya Baba, na yeye pia ataishi kwa sababu yangu.
As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.
58 Huu ndio mkate ushukao kutoka mbinguni, sio kama vile mababa walivyo kula wakafa. Yeye aulaye mkate huu ataishi milele. (aiōn g165)
This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever. (aiōn g165)
59 Yesu aliyasema mambo haya ndani ya sinagogi alipokuwa akifundisha huko Kapernaumu.
Jesus said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum.
60 Ndipo wengi wa wanafunzi wake waliposikia haya, wakasema, “Hili nifundisho gumu ni nani awezaye kulipokea?”
Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?
61 Yesu kwa sababu alijua ya kuwa wanafunzi wake walikuwa wakilinung'unikia jambo hili, akawambia je jambo hili linawakwaza?
When Jesus became conscious that his disciples were protesting about what he said, he said to them, Does this give you trouble?
62 Basi itakuaje mtakapomwona mwana wa Adamu akishuka kutoka alikokuwa kabla?
What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?
63 Ni Roho ndiye atoaye uzima. Mwili haufaidii kitu chochote. Maneno niliyoyasema kwenu ni roho na ni uzima.
The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
64 Bado kuna watu kati yenu wasioamini.” kwa sababu Yesu alijua tangu mwanzo yule ambaye asiyeweza kuamini na yeye ambaye angemsaliti.
But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.
65 Akawambia, ni kwa sababu hii niliwambia kwamba hakuna mtu awezaye kuja kwangu isipokuwa amepewa na Baba.”
And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.
66 Baada ya haya wanafunzi wake wengi walirudi nyuma na hawakuambatana naye tena.
Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.
67 Yesu akawambia wale kumi na wawili, “Je na ninyi mnataka kuondoka?”
So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?
68 Simoni Petro akamjibu, “Bwana twende kwa nani kwani wewe unayo maneno ya uzima wa milele, (aiōnios g166)
Then Simon Peter gave this answer: Lord, to whom are we to go? you have the words of eternal life; (aiōnios g166)
69 na tumeamini na kujua kuwa wewe ni Mtakatifu wa Mungu.”
And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.
70 Yesu akawambia, “Je mimi sikuwachagua ninyi, na mmoja wenu ni ibilisi?
Then Jesus said, Did I not make a selection of you, the twelve, and one of you is a son of the Evil One?
71 Sasa alikuwa akiongea kuhusu Yuda, mwana wa Simoni Iskariote, kwa kuwa alikuwa ni yeye akiwa mmoja wa wale kumi na wawili, ambaye ndiye angemsaliti Yesu.
He was talking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. It was he who was to be false to Jesus — one of the twelve.
