Yohana 6
1 Baada ya mambo haya, Yesu alienda pande za Bahari ya Galilaya, pia huitwa Bahari ya Tiberia.
After this Jesus went away across the Sea of Galilee (that is the lake of Tiberias).
2 Mkutano mkubwa ulikuwa ukimfuata kwa sababu waliona ishara alizozifanya kwa waliokuwa wagonjwa.
A great crowd were following him, because they witnessed the signs which he was continually performing among those who were ill.
3 Yesu alipanda juu hadi upande wa juu wa mlima na akakaa huko na wanafunzi wake
Then Jesus walked up the hills and sat down there with his disciples. Now the Jewish feast, the Passover, was at hand.
4 (Na Pasaka, Sikukuu ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia).
Accordingly when he looked up, and perceived a great crowd was coming unto him,
5 Yesu alipoinua macho yake juu na kuona umati mkubwa unakuja kwake, akamwambia Filipo, “Tutakwenda wapi kununua mikate ili hawa waweze kula”?
he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?"
6 (Lakini Yesu aliyasema haya kwa Filipo kwa kumjaribu kwa kuwa yeye mwenyewe alijua atakachofanya).
He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he intended to do.
7 Filipo akamjibu, “Hata mikate ya thamani ya dinari mia mbili isingelitosha hata kila mmoja kupata hata kipande kidogo.”
"Thirty-five dollars worth of bread," answered Philip, "is not enough for them, so that each can take a morsel."
8 Andrea, mmoja wa wanafunzi wake ndugu yake Simoni Petro akamwambia
One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon, said to him.
9 Yesu, “Kuna mvulana hapa ana mikate mitano na samaki wawili, lakini hii yafaa nini kwa watu wengi namna hii?”
"There is a lad who has five barley loaves and a couple of fish; but what is that among so many?"
10 Yesu akawambia, “Waketisheni watu chini” (kulikuwa na nyasi nyingi mahali pale). Hivyo wanaume wapata elfu tano wakakaa chini.
"Make the men sit down," said Jesus. The ground was covered with thick grass; so the men sat down, in numbers about five thousand. "of righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you will no longer see me;
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 loaves, and when he had given thanks he distributed them among those who were seated; in like manner also of the fish, as much as they wished,
12 Watu waliposhiba, aliwambia wanafunzi wake, “Vikusanyeni vipande vya mabaki, vilivyobaki ili kwamba kisipotee chochote.”
and when they were satisfied, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the fragments that are left, 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 gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves - the broken pieces that were left after they had eaten.
14 Kisha watu walipoona ishara hii aliyoifanya walisema, “Kweli huyu ndiye yule nabii ajaye ulimwenguni.”
So when the people saw the sign which he had performed, they said, "This is in the truth 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.
When Jesus perceived that they intended to seize him in order to make him a king, he retired again to the hill all by himself.
16 Ilipokuwa jioni, wanafunzi wake walishuka kwenda ziwani.
When evening came on, 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).
There they got in a boat, and started across the sea for Capernaum. The darkness had already fallen,
18 Wakati huo upepo mkali ulikuwa ukivuma, na bahari ilikuwa ikendelea kuchafuka.
Jesus had not yet come to them, and the sea began to rise, because a strong wind 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 rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking upon the sea, and drawing near to the boat, and they were terrified;
20 Lakini akawambia, “Ni mimi! Msiogope.”
but he said to them, "It is I, be not afraid."
21 Tena walikuwa tayari kumbeba kwenye mtumbwi, na mara mtumbwi ulifika kwenye nchi mahali walipokuwa wakienda.
Then they were willing to take him on board, and immediately the boat reached the shore they were making for.
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 crowd that remained on the other side of the sea had seen that there was only one small boat there, and that Jesus had not gone aboard with his disciples, but that his 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).
So, on the following day, when boats came from Tiberias near the place were they had eaten bread, after the Lord had given thanks, they got into the boats themselves,
24 Wakati makutano walipotambua kuwa sio Yesu wala wanafunzi wake walikuwa kule, wao wenyewe walipanda ndani ya mitumbwi wakaenda Kapernaumu wakimtafuta Yesu.
when they saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, and went to Capernaum to look 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 said to 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.
Jesus answered. "In solemn truth I tell you that you are looking for me, not because you saw miracles signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled.
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)
"Labor not for food which perishes, but for the food that endures eternal life - that which the Son of man will give you; for on the Father - God - has set his seal." (aiōnios g166)
28 Kisha wakamwambia, “Ni nini tunapaswa kufanya ili kuzifanya kazi za Mungu?”
"What are we to do habitually," they asked him, "that we may keep working the words of God?"
29 Yesu akajibu, “Hii ndiyo kazi ya Mungu: kwamba mmwamini yeye aliyemtuma.”
"This is the work of God," answered Jesus, "that you believe on him whom He has sent you."
30 Basi wakamwambia, “Ni ishara zipi utakazofanya, kwamba tunaweza kuziona na kukuamini? Utafanya nini?
The they said to him. "What sign, then, are you performing, so that we may see it and believe in you? What work are you doing?
31 Baba zetu walikula manna jangwani, kama ilivyo andikwa, “Aliwapa mikate kutoka mbinguni ili wale.”
"Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of 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.
"In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus in reply, "Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread out of heaven;
33 Kwa kuwa mkate wa Mungu ni ule ushukao kutoka mbinguni na kuupatia uzima ulimwengu.
"for the bread of God is what come down from heaven, and gives life to the world."
34 Basi wakamwambia, “Bwana tupatie huu mkate wakati wote.”
"Ah, Sir," said they, "evermore give us this bread."
35 Yesu akawambia, “Mimi ndiye mkate wa uzima, yeye ajaye kwangu hatapata njaa na yeye aniaminiye hatahisi kiu kamwe.”
"I myself am the bread of life," answered Jesus; "he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst again.
36 Ingawa niliwaambia kwamba, mmeniona, na bado hamuamini.
"But as I told you, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe.
37 Wote ambao Baba anaonipa watakuja kwangu, na yeyote ajaye kwangu sitamtupa nje kabisa.
"Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will never reject.
38 Kwa kuwa nimeshuka kutoka mbinguni, sio kwa ajili ya kufanya mapenzi yangu, bali mapenzi yake aliyenituma.
"For I am come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will 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 will of him who sent me, that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should 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)
"For this is my Fathers will, that every one who beholds the Son and believes on him, shall have eternal life. and I will raise him 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 find fault with Jesus, because he said, "I am the bread which comes down out of heaven," and they kept asking.
42 Wakasema, “Huyu siyo Yesu mwana wa Yusuph, ambaye baba yake na mama yake tunamfahamu? Imekuwaje sasa anasema, 'Nimeshuka kutoka mbinguni`?”
"Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? How is it that he now says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?"
43 Yesu akajibu, akawambia, “Msinung'unikiane miongoni mwenu wenyewe.
"Do not find fault with me among yourselves,"
44 Hakuna mtu ajaye kwangu asipovutwa na Baba yangu aliyenituma, nami nitamfufua siku ya mwisho.
answered Jesus; "no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him; then I will raise him up on the last day.
45 Kwa kuwa imeandikwa katika manabii, 'Watafundishwa na Mungu.' Kila aliyesikia na amejifunza kutoka kwa Baba, huja kwangu.
"It is written in the Prophets, "And they shall all of them be taught of God. Every one who has listened to the father and learns from him, comes to me.
46 Sio kwamba kuna mtu aliyemwona Baba, isipokuwa yeye atokaye kwa Mungu- amemwona Baba.
"Not that any one has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.
"I tell you solemnly that he who believes 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 ate the manna in the wilderness; yet they died.
50 Huu ndio mkate ushukao kutoka mbinguni, ili kwamba mtu aule sehemu yake ili asife.
"This is the bread that comes down from heaven, that one may eat thereof and never 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 myself am the living bread that has come down from heaven. Any one who eats this bread will live forever; and moreover, the bread which I will give is my flesh, given 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 began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
53 Kisha Yesu akawambia, “Amini, amini, msipoula mwili wa Mwana wa Adamu na kuinywa damu yake, hamta kuwa na uzima ndani yenu.
"I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, 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 feeds upon my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on 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.
"He who feeds upon my flesh abides 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.
"Just as the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so also that man who feeds on me shall live by 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 came down from heaven; not such as your fathers ate and died, for he who feeds upon this bread shall live forever." (aiōn g165)
59 Yesu aliyasema mambo haya ndani ya sinagogi alipokuwa akifundisha huko Kapernaumu.
He spoke these words while in the synagogue, while he was teaching in Capernaum.
60 Ndipo wengi wa wanafunzi wake waliposikia haya, wakasema, “Hili nifundisho gumu ni nani awezaye kulipokea?”
So many of his disciples, when they heard it, said. "This teaching is unbelievable! Who can listen to him?"
61 Yesu kwa sababu alijua ya kuwa wanafunzi wake walikuwa wakilinung'unikia jambo hili, akawambia je jambo hili linawakwaza?
Jesus, conscious within himself that his disciples were finding fault with him about his teaching, said to them.
62 Basi itakuaje mtakapomwona mwana wa Adamu akishuka kutoka alikokuwa kabla?
"Does this displease you? What then if you were to behold the Son of man ascending 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 what gives life; the flesh is of no avail. The words which I have been speaking to you, are spirit and are 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 do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was who should betray him.
65 Akawambia, ni kwa sababu hii niliwambia kwamba hakuna mtu awezaye kuja kwangu isipokuwa amepewa na Baba.”
So he added, "This is why I told you that no on can come to me unless it be given from the Father."
66 Baada ya haya wanafunzi wake wengi walirudi nyuma na hawakuambatana naye tena.
Therefore many of his disciples drew back and no longer companied with him.
67 Yesu akawambia wale kumi na wawili, “Je na ninyi mnataka kuondoka?”
So Jesus appealed to the Twelve. "You also do not wish to leave me, do you?"
68 Simoni Petro akamjibu, “Bwana twende kwa nani kwani wewe unayo maneno ya uzima wa milele, (aiōnios g166)
Simon Peter answered. "To whom shall we go Master? You have words of eternal life; (aiōnios g166)
69 na tumeamini na kujua kuwa wewe ni Mtakatifu wa Mungu.”
"and we have learned to believe and we know that you are the holy one of God."
70 Yesu akawambia, “Je mimi sikuwachagua ninyi, na mmoja wenu ni ibilisi?
In reply Jesus said to them. "Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? And yet even of you one is an enemy."
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.
Now Jesus was speaking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot; for Judas was to betray him, although he was one of the Twelve.
