Yohana 6
1 Baada ya mambo haya, Yesu alienda pande za Bahari ya Galilaya, pia huitwa Bahari ya Tiberia.
After this, Jesus left to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also known as the Sea of Tiberias).
2 Mkutano mkubwa ulikuwa ukimfuata kwa sababu waliona ishara alizozifanya kwa waliokuwa wagonjwa.
A large crowd was following him, for they'd seen his miracles of healing.
3 Yesu alipanda juu hadi upande wa juu wa mlima na akakaa huko na wanafunzi wake
Jesus went up a hill and sat down there with his disciples.
4 (Na Pasaka, Sikukuu ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia).
The time for the Jewish festival of the Passover was approaching.
5 Yesu alipoinua macho yake juu na kuona umati mkubwa unakuja kwake, akamwambia Filipo, “Tutakwenda wapi kununua mikate ili hawa waweze kula”?
When Jesus looked up, and saw a large crowd coming towards him, he asked Philip, “Where can we buy enough bread to feed all these people?”
6 (Lakini Yesu aliyasema haya kwa Filipo kwa kumjaribu kwa kuwa yeye mwenyewe alijua atakachofanya).
He only asked this to see how Philip would respond, because Jesus already knew what he was going to do.
7 Filipo akamjibu, “Hata mikate ya thamani ya dinari mia mbili isingelitosha hata kila mmoja kupata hata kipande kidogo.”
“Two hundred silver coins wouldn't buy enough bread to give everyone even just a little,” Philip replied.
8 Andrea, mmoja wa wanafunzi wake ndugu yake Simoni Petro akamwambia
One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up.
9 Yesu, “Kuna mvulana hapa ana mikate mitano na samaki wawili, lakini hii yafaa nini kwa watu wengi namna hii?”
“There's a boy here who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish, but what good is that when there are so many people?”
10 Yesu akawambia, “Waketisheni watu chini” (kulikuwa na nyasi nyingi mahali pale). Hivyo wanaume wapata elfu tano wakakaa chini.
“Have everybody sit down,” Jesus said. There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down, the men numbering around five thousand.
11 Kisha Yesu akachukua ile mikate mitano akashukuru akawawagawia wale waliokuwa wamekaa. Vivyo hivyo akawagawia samaki kwa kadiri ya vile wavyohitaji.
Jesus took the bread, gave thanks, and had it handed out to the people as they sat there. Then he did the same with the fishes, making sure the people had as much as they wanted.
12 Watu waliposhiba, aliwambia wanafunzi wake, “Vikusanyeni vipande vya mabaki, vilivyobaki ili kwamba kisipotee chochote.”
Once they were all full, he said to his disciples, “Collect what's left over so nothing is wasted.”
13 Basi wakakusanya na kujaza vikapu kumi na viwili, vipande vya mikate mitano ya shayiri- vipande vilivyosazwa na wale waliokula.
So they collected and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves the people had eaten.
14 Kisha watu walipoona ishara hii aliyoifanya walisema, “Kweli huyu ndiye yule nabii ajaye ulimwenguni.”
When the people saw this miracle, they said, “Surely this is the Prophet who was 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.
Jesus realized that they were about to force him to become their king, so he left them and went up into the hills to be by himself.
16 Ilipokuwa jioni, wanafunzi wake walishuka kwenda ziwani.
When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,
17 Wakapanda kwenye mtumbwi na walikuwa wakivuka kuelekea Kapernaumu. (Giza lilikuwa limeingia na Yesu alikuwa bado hajaja kwao).
climbed into a boat, and headed across the water towards Capernaum. By now it was night and Jesus had not joined them yet.
18 Wakati huo upepo mkali ulikuwa ukivuma, na bahari ilikuwa ikendelea kuchafuka.
A strong wind began blowing and the sea grew rough.
19 Tena wanafunzi wake walipokuwa wamepiga makasia kama ishirini na matano au thelathini, wakamwona Yesu akitembea juu ya bahari kuukaribia mtumbwi, na wakaogopa.
When they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, coming towards the boat. They were very frightened.
20 Lakini akawambia, “Ni mimi! Msiogope.”
“Don't be afraid!” he told them. “It's me.”
21 Tena walikuwa tayari kumbeba kwenye mtumbwi, na mara mtumbwi ulifika kwenye nchi mahali walipokuwa wakienda.
Then they gladly took him into the boat, and immediately they reached the shore where 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 next day the crowd that had stayed on the other side of the sea noticed that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not got into the boat with his disciples, but they had left without him.
23 (Ingawa, kulikuwa na baadhi ya mitumbwi iliyotoka Tiberia karibu na mahali walipokula mikate baada ya Bwana kutoa shukrani).
Then other boats arrived from Tiberias, landing near to the place where they'd eaten the bread once the Lord had blessed it.
24 Wakati makutano walipotambua kuwa sio Yesu wala wanafunzi wake walikuwa kule, wao wenyewe walipanda ndani ya mitumbwi wakaenda Kapernaumu wakimtafuta Yesu.
Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went over to Capernaum, looking for Jesus.
25 Baada ya kumpata upande mwingine wa ziwa wakamuuliza, “Rabbi ulikuja lini huku?”
When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Yesu akawajibu, akawambia, Amini, amini, mnanitafuta mimi, sio kwa sababu mliziona ishara, bali kwa sababu mlikula mikate na kushiba.
“I tell you the truth,” Jesus replied, “you're looking for me because you ate as much bread as you wanted, not because you understood the miracles.
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)
Don't be preoccupied about food that doesn't last, but concentrate on the lasting food of eternal life which the Son of man will give you, for God the Father has placed his seal of approval on him.” (aiōnios g166)
28 Kisha wakamwambia, “Ni nini tunapaswa kufanya ili kuzifanya kazi za Mungu?”
So they asked him, “What do we have to do in order to do what God wants?”
29 Yesu akajibu, “Hii ndiyo kazi ya Mungu: kwamba mmwamini yeye aliyemtuma.”
Jesus replied, “What God wants you to do is to trust in the one he sent.”
30 Basi wakamwambia, “Ni ishara zipi utakazofanya, kwamba tunaweza kuziona na kukuamini? Utafanya nini?
“What miracle are you going to perform for us to see so we can trust you? What are you able to do?” they asked.
31 Baba zetu walikula manna jangwani, kama ilivyo andikwa, “Aliwapa mikate kutoka mbinguni ili wale.”
“Our forefathers ate manna in the desert in fulfillment of the Scripture that says, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Kisha Yesu akawajibu, “Amini, amini, sio Musa aliyewapa mkate kutoka mbinguni, bali Baba yangu ndiye awapaye mkate wa kweli kutoka mbinguni.
“I tell you the truth, it wasn't Moses who gave you bread from heaven,” Jesus replied. “It's my Father who gives you the true bread of heaven.
33 Kwa kuwa mkate wa Mungu ni ule ushukao kutoka mbinguni na kuupatia uzima ulimwengu.
For the bread of God is the one who comes from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 Basi wakamwambia, “Bwana tupatie huu mkate wakati wote.”
“Lord, please give us this kind of bread all the time!” they said.
35 Yesu akawambia, “Mimi ndiye mkate wa uzima, yeye ajaye kwangu hatapata njaa na yeye aniaminiye hatahisi kiu kamwe.”
“I am the bread of life,” Jesus replied. “Anyone who comes to me will never be hungry again, and anyone who trusts in me will never be thirsty again.
36 Ingawa niliwaambia kwamba, mmeniona, na bado hamuamini.
But as I explained to you before, you have seen me, but you still don't trust me.
37 Wote ambao Baba anaonipa watakuja kwangu, na yeyote ajaye kwangu sitamtupa nje kabisa.
All those the Father gives me will come to me, and I won't reject any of them.
38 Kwa kuwa nimeshuka kutoka mbinguni, sio kwa ajili ya kufanya mapenzi yangu, bali mapenzi yake aliyenituma.
For I came down from heaven not to do what I want, but to do what the one who sent me wants.
39 Na haya ndiyo mapenzi yake aliyenituma, kwamba nisimpoteze hata mmoja wa wale alionipa, bali nitawafufua siku ya mwisho.
What he wants is for me not to lose anyone he has given to me, but for me to raise them up at 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)
What my Father wants is for everyone who sees the Son and trusts in him to have eternal life, and for me to raise them up at the last day.” (aiōnios g166)
41 Kisha wayahudi wakamnung`unikia kumhusu yeye kwa sababu alisema, “Mimi ni mkate ulioshuka kutoka mbinguni.”
Then the Jews began to grumble about him because he had said, “I am the bread that 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`?”
They said, “Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and his mother. So how can he now tell us, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
43 Yesu akajibu, akawambia, “Msinung'unikiane miongoni mwenu wenyewe.
“Stop grumbling to each other,” Jesus said.
44 Hakuna mtu ajaye kwangu asipovutwa na Baba yangu aliyenituma, nami nitamfufua siku ya mwisho.
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me attracts them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
45 Kwa kuwa imeandikwa katika manabii, 'Watafundishwa na Mungu.' Kila aliyesikia na amejifunza kutoka kwa Baba, huja kwangu.
As is written in Scripture by the prophets, ‘Everyone will be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to and learns from the Father comes to me.
46 Sio kwamba kuna mtu aliyemwona Baba, isipokuwa yeye atokaye kwa Mungu- amemwona Baba.
Not that anyone has seen God, except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
I tell you the truth: anyone who trusts in him 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 forefathers ate manna in the desert but they still died.
50 Huu ndio mkate ushukao kutoka mbinguni, ili kwamba mtu aule sehemu yake ili asife.
But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, and anyone who eats it won't ever die.
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 life-giving bread from heaven, and anyone who eats this bread will live forever. The bread is my flesh that I give so that the world may live.” (aiōn g165)
52 Wayahudi wakakasirika wenyewe kwa wenyewe na wakaanza kubishana wakisema, “Mtu huyu anawezaje kutupa mwili wake tuule?”
Then the Jews argued heatedly among themselves. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.
53 Kisha Yesu akawambia, “Amini, amini, msipoula mwili wa Mwana wa Adamu na kuinywa damu yake, hamta kuwa na uzima ndani yenu.
Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you cannot truly live.
54 Yeyote aulaye mwili wangu na kuinywa damu yangu anao uzima wa milele, nami nitamfufua siku ya mwisho. (aiōnios g166)
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. (aiōnios g166)
55 Kwa kuwa mwili wangu ni chakula cha kweli, na damu yangu ni kinywaji cha kweli.
For 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.
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood remain in me, and I remain in them.
57 Kama Baba mwenye uzima alivyonituma, na kama niishivyo kwa sababu ya Baba, na yeye pia ataishi kwa sababu yangu.
Just as the life-giving Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so anyone who feeds on me will live 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)
Now this is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind your forefathers ate and still died. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever.” (aiōn g165)
59 Yesu aliyasema mambo haya ndani ya sinagogi alipokuwa akifundisha huko Kapernaumu.
Jesus explained this while he was teaching in a synagogue at Capernaum.
60 Ndipo wengi wa wanafunzi wake waliposikia haya, wakasema, “Hili nifundisho gumu ni nani awezaye kulipokea?”
Many of his disciples when they heard it said, “This is hard to accept! Who can follow it?”
61 Yesu kwa sababu alijua ya kuwa wanafunzi wake walikuwa wakilinung'unikia jambo hili, akawambia je jambo hili linawakwaza?
Jesus saw that his disciples were complaining about this, so he asked them, “Are you offended by this?
62 Basi itakuaje mtakapomwona mwana wa Adamu akishuka kutoka alikokuwa kabla?
Then what if you were to see the Son ascend 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 gives life; the physical body doesn't do anything. The words I've told you are spirit and life!
64 Bado kuna watu kati yenu wasioamini.” kwa sababu Yesu alijua tangu mwanzo yule ambaye asiyeweza kuamini na yeye ambaye angemsaliti.
Yet there are some of you who don't trust me.” (Jesus had known from the very beginning who didn't trust him, and who would betray him.)
65 Akawambia, ni kwa sababu hii niliwambia kwamba hakuna mtu awezaye kuja kwangu isipokuwa amepewa na Baba.”
Jesus added, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is made possible by the Father.”
66 Baada ya haya wanafunzi wake wengi walirudi nyuma na hawakuambatana naye tena.
From this time on many of Jesus' disciples gave up and no longer followed him.
67 Yesu akawambia wale kumi na wawili, “Je na ninyi mnataka kuondoka?”
Then Jesus asked the twelve disciples, “What about you? Do you want to leave as well?”
68 Simoni Petro akamjibu, “Bwana twende kwa nani kwani wewe unayo maneno ya uzima wa milele, (aiōnios g166)
Simon Peter answered, “Lord, who would we follow? You're the one who has the words of eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
69 na tumeamini na kujua kuwa wewe ni Mtakatifu wa Mungu.”
We trust in you, and we're convinced that you are God's Holy One.”
70 Yesu akawambia, “Je mimi sikuwachagua ninyi, na mmoja wenu ni ibilisi?
Jesus replied, “Didn't I choose you, the twelve disciples? Yet one of you is a devil.”
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.
(Jesus was referring to Judas, son of Simon Iscariot. He was the one of the twelve disciples who would betray Jesus.)
