Yohana 7
1 Na baada ya mambo haya Yesu alisafiri hivi katika Galilaya, kwa sababu hakupenda kwenda Uyahudi kwa sababu wayahudi walikuwa wakifanya mipango ya kumwua.
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2 Sasa sikukuu ya Wayahudi, sikukuu ya Vibanda, ilikuwa karibu.
Now the feast of the Jews, the feast of tabernacles, was at hand.
3 Ndipo ndugu zake walipomwambia, “Ondoka mahali hapa uende Uyahudi, ili kwamba wanafunzi wako vile vile wayaone matendo ufanyayo.
His brothers therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou art doing.
4 Hakuna afanyaye lolote kwa siri iwapo yeye mwenyewe anataka kujulikana wazi. Iwapo unafanya mambo haya, jionyeshe mwenyewe kwa ulimwengu.”
For no one doeth anything in secret, and yet himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
5 Hata ndugu zake pia hawakumwamini.
For even his brothers did not believe in him.
6 Ndipo Yesu alipowaambia, “Wakati wangu haujafika bado, lakini wakati wenu kila mara uko tayari.
Jesus saith to them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
7 Ulimwengu hauwezi kuwachukia ninyi, bali unanichukia mimi kwa sababu ninaushuhudia kuwa matendo yake ni maovu.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
8 Pandeni kwenda katika sikukuu; mimi siendi katika sikukuu hii kwa sababu muda wangu haujakamilika bado.”
Go ye up to the feast; I go not up to this feast; for my time is not yet fully come.
9 Baada ya kusema mambo hayo kwao, alibaki Galilaya.
Having said these things, he remained in Galilee.
10 Hata hivyo, ndugu zake walipokuwa wamekwenda katika sikukuu, ndipo naye alienda, siyo kwa wazi bali kwa siri.
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11 Wayahudi walikuwa wakimtafuta katika sikukuu na kusema, “Yuko wapi?”
The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, Where is that man?
12 Kulikuwa na majadiliano mengi miongoni mwa makutano juu yake. Wengine walisema, “Ni mtu mwema.” Wengine walisema, “Hapana, huwapotosha makutano.”
And there was much debating among the multitude concerning him. Some said, He is a good man; others said, Nay, but he deceiveth the multitude.
13 Hata hivyo hakuna aliyezungumza wazi juu yake kwa kuwaogopa Wayahudi.
No one, however, spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
14 Wakati sikukuu ilipofika katikati, Yesu alipanda kwenda Hekaluni na kuanza kufundisha.
But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
15 Wayahudi walikuwa wakishangaa na kusema, “Kwa jinsi gani mtu huyu anajua mambo mengi? Hajasoma kamwe.”
The Jews therefore marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16 Yesu akawajibu na kuwaambia, “Mafundisho yangu siyo yangu, bali ni yake yeye aliyenituma.
Jesus therefore answered them, and said, My teaching is not mine, but his that sent me.
17 Iwapo yeyote atapenda kufanya mapenzi yake yeye, atajua kuhusu mafundisho haya, kama yanatoka kwa Mungu, au kama ninazungumza kutoka kwangu mwenyewe.
If any one is desirous to do his will, he will know concerning the teaching, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.
18 Kila anayezungumza yatokayo kwake mwenywe hutafuta utukufu wake, bali kila atafutaye utukufu wake yeye aliyemtuma, mtu huyo ni wa kweli, na ndani yake hakuna kutotenda haki.
He that speaketh from himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and in him is no unrighteousness.
19 Musa hakuwapa nyinyi sheria? Lakini hakuna hata mmoja kati yenu atendaye sheria. Kwa nini mnataka kuniua?
Hath not Moses given you the Law? and none of you keepeth the Law! Why do ye seek to kill me?
20 Makutano wakajibu, “Una pepo. Nani anataka kukuua?”
The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon! Who seeketh to kill thee?
21 Yesu akajibu na akawaambia, “Nimetenda kazi moja, nanyi nyote mmeshangazwa kwa sababu yake.
Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one good work, and ye are all wondering.
22 Musa aliwapa tohara (siyo kwamba inatoka kwa Musa, bali ile inatoka kwa mababa), na katika Sabato mnamtahili mtu.
Moses hath given you circumcision, (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers; ) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.
23 Iwapo mtu atapokea tohara katika siku ya Sabato ili kwamba sheria ya Musa isivunjwe, kwa nini mnanikasirikia mimi kwa sababu nimemfanya mtu kuwa mzima kabisa katika Sabato?
If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are ye angry at me, because I have restored soundness to the whole body of a man on the sabbath?
24 Msihukumu kulingana na mwonekano, bali hukumuni kwa haki.
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25 Baadhi yao kutoka Yerusalemu wakasema, “Siye huyu wanayemtafuta kumwua?
Then some of the men of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 Na tazama, anaongea wazi wazi, na hawasemi chochote juu yake. Haiwezi ikawa kwamba viongozi wanajua kweli kuwa huyu ni Kristo, inaweza kuwa?
and see! he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers discovered certainly that this man is the Christ?
27 Tunajua huyu mtu anatokea wapi. Kristo atakapokuja, hata hivyo, hakuna atakayejua wapi anakotoka.”
Still, as to this man, we know whence he is; but when the Christ cometh, no one knoweth whence he is.
28 Yesu alikuwa akipaza sauti yake hekaluni, akifundisha na kusema, “Ninyi nyote mnanijua mimi na mnajua nitokako. Sikuja kwa nafsi yangu, bali yeye aliyenituma ni wa kweli, na hamumjui yeye.
Jesus therefore cried aloud, teaching in the temple and saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am; and I have not come of myself, but there is in truth one who sent me, whom ye know not.
29 Ninamjua yeye kwa sababu nimetoka kwake na alinituma.”
I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30 Walikuwa wanajaribu kumkamata, lakini hakuna hata mmoja aliyeinua mkono wake juu yake kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa bado haijafika.
Therefore they sought to take him; but no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
31 Hata hivyo, wengi katika makutano walimwamini. Walisema, “Kristo atakapokuja, atafanya ishara nyingi kuliko alizofanya mtu huyu?”
But of the multitude many believed in him, and said, When the Christ cometh, will he do more signs than these which this man doeth?
32 Mafarisayo waliwasikia makutano wakinong'onezana mambo haya kuhusu Yesu, na wakuu wa makuhani na Mafarisayo wakatuma maafisa ili kumkamata.
The Pharisees heard the multitude thus debating concerning him; and the chief priest and the Pharisees sent officers to seize him.
33 Ndipo Yesu aliposema, “Bado kuna muda kitambo niko pamoja nanyi, na baadaye nitakwenda kwake yeye aliyenituma.
Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and then I go to him that sent me.
34 Mtanitafuta wala hamtaniona; kule niendako, hamtaweza kuja.”
Ye will seek me and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come.
35 Kwa hiyo Wayahudi wakasemezana wao kwa wao, “Mtu huyu atakwenda wapi kwamba tusiweze kumuona? Ataenda kwa Waliotawanyika kati ya Wayunani na kuwafundisha Wayunani?
The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 Ni neno gani hili alilolisema, 'Mtanitafuta wala hamtaniona; kule niendako hamtamweza kuja'?”
What meaneth this which he said, Ye will seek me, and not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
37 Sasa katika siku ya mwisho, siku kubwa ya sikukuu, Yesu alisimama akapaza sauti, akisema, “Ikiwa yeyote ana kiu, na aje kwangu anywe.
On the last day, which is the great day, of the feast, Jesus stood and cried aloud, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
38 Yeye aniaminiye mimi, kama maandiko yalivyosema, kutoka ndani yake itatiririka mito ya maji ya uzima.”
He that believeth in me, from within him, as the Scripture hath said, will flow rivers of living water.
39 Lakini aliyasema haya kuhusu Roho, ambaye wao wamwaminio watampokea; Roho alikuwa bado hajatolewa kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa hajatukuzwa bado.
But this he said of the Spirit, which those that believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
40 Baadhi ya makutano, waliposikia maneno haya, walisema, “Kweli huyu ni nabii.”
Some of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, This is in truth the prophet. Others said, This is the Christ.
41 Wengine walisema, “Huyu ni Kristo.” Lakini wengine walisema, “nini, Kristo aweza kutoka Galilaya?
Others said, Doth the Christ then come from Galilee?
42 Maandiko hayajasema kuwa Kristo atatokea katika ukoo wa Daudi na kutoka Bethlehemu, kijiji ambacho Daudi alikuwa?
Hath not the Scripture said, that the Christ cometh from the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the town where David was?
43 Hivyo, pale ukainuka mgawanyiko katikati ya makutano kwa ajili yake.
So there was a division among the multitude because of him.
44 Wengine kati yao wangelimkamata, lakini hakuna aliyenyoosha mikono yake juu yake.
And some of them wished to seize him; but no one laid hands on him.
45 Ndipo wale maofisa wakarudi kwa wakuu wa makuhani na Mafarisayo, nao wakawaambia, “Kwa nini hamjamleta?”
The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, Why did ye not bring him?
46 Maofisa wakajibu, “Hakuna mtu aliyewahi kuzungumza kama huyu kabla.”
The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
47 Ndipo Mafarisayo walipowajibu, “Na nyinyi pia mmepotoshwa?
The Pharisees answered them, Have ye also been deceived?
48 Kuna yeyote kati ya watawala anayemwamini, au yeyote wa Mafarisayo?
Hath any one of the rulers believed in him? or of the Pharisees?
49 Bali hawa makutano wasiojua sheria - wamelaaniwa.”
but this multitude that know not the Law are accursed.
50 Nikodemo akawaambia (yeye aliyemwendea Yesu zamani, akiwa mmoja wa Mafarisayo),
Nicodemus saith to them, being one of them,
51 “Je sheria yetu inamhukumu mtu isipokuwa amesikilizwa kwanza na kujua anachokifanya?”
Doth our law judge a man, unless it first hear from him, and know what he doeth?
52 Walijibu na kumwambia, “Na wewe pia unatokea Galilaya? Tafuta na uone kwamba hakuna nabii aliyetokea Galilaya.”
They answered and said to him, Art thou too from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet ariseth from Galilee.
53 (Zingatia: Baadhi ya maneno ya Yohana 7: 53 - 8: 11 hayamo katika nakala bora za kale). Kisha kila mtu alienda nyumbani kwake.
(Joh 7:53 - 8:12: This passage is omitted as ungenuine by Tischendorf and most critical editors of the Greek Testament. It is found in some manuscripts, but not in the most ancient. It is, however, very generally regarded as a genuine relic of the teaching of Christ, though not forming a part of the fourth Gospel. I give it in the text of Tregelles, omitting the words which he incloses in brackets. Tregelles, however, does not suppose it to be genuine.) [[And they went each to his house;
