Yohana 10
1 Yesu alisema “Kweli nawaambieni, yeyote yule asiyeingia katika zizi la kondoo kwa kupitia mlangoni, bali hupenya na kuingia kwa njia nyingine, huyo ni mwizi na mnyang'anyi.
“Most assuredly I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 Lakini anayeingia kwa kupitia mlangoni, huyo ndiye mchungaji wa kondoo.
But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.
3 Mngoja mlango wa zizi humfungulia, na kondoo husikia sauti yake, naye huwaita kondoo wake kila mmoja kwa jina lake na kuwaongoza nje.
To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 Akisha watoa nje huwatangulia mbele nao kondoo humfuata, kwani wanaijua sauti yake.
And whenever he takes out his own sheep he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5 Kondoo hao hawawezi kumfuata mgeni, bali watamkimbia kwa sababu hawaijui sauti yake.”
But they will not follow a stranger; rather they will run away from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6 Yesu aliwaambia mfano huo, lakini wao hawakuelewa alichotaka kuwaambia.
Jesus gave them this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
7 Basi, akasema tena, “Kweli nawaambieni, mimi ni mlango wa kondoo.
Then Jesus addressed them again: “Most assuredly I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 Wale wengine wote waliokuja kabla yangu ni wezi na wanyang'anyi, nao kondoo hawakuwasikiliza.
All who ever came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 Mimi ni mlango. Anayeingia kwa kupitia kwangu ataokolewa; ataingia na kutoka, na kupata malisho.
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
10 Mwizi huja kwa shabaha ya kuiba, kuua na kuharibu. Mimi nimekuja mpate kuwa na uzima—uzima kamili.
The thief comes only in order to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
11 “Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Mchungaji mwema huutoa uhai wake kwa ajili ya kondoo wake.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life on behalf of the sheep.
12 Mtu wa kuajiriwa ambaye si mchungaji, na wala kondoo si mali yake, anapoona mbwa mwitu anakuja, huwaacha kondoo na kukimbia. Kisha mbwa mwitu huwakamata na kuwatawanya.
But the hired man, not being the shepherd and not owning the sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep, and runs away; and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
13 Yeye hajali kitu juu ya kondoo kwa sababu yeye ni mtu wa mshahara tu.
Now the hired man runs away because he is a hired man and it does not matter to him about the sheep.
14 Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Nawajua walio wangu, nao walio wangu wananijua mimi,
“I am the good shepherd, and I know my own sheep, and I am known by them.
15 kama vile Baba anijuavyo, nami nimjuavyo Baba. Mimi nayatoa maisha yangu kwa ajili yao.
Just as the Father knows me, I also know the Father, and I lay down my life on behalf of the sheep.
16 Tena ninao kondoo wengine ambao hawamo zizini humu. Inanibidi kuwaleta hao pia, nao wataisikia sauti yangu, na kutakuwako kundi moja na mchungaji mmoja.
I also have other sheep, that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice; and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
17 “Baba ananipenda kwani nautoa uhai wangu ili nipate kuupokea tena.
“Because of this the Father loves me, in that I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.
18 Hakuna mtu anayeninyang'anya uhai wangu; mimi na nautoa kwa hiari yangu mwenyewe. Ninao uwezo wa kuutoa na uwezo wa kuuchukua tena. Hivi ndivyo Baba alivyoniamuru nifanye.”
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father.”
19 Kukawa tena na mafarakano kati ya Wayahudi kwa sababu ya maneno haya.
Therefore there was another division among the Jews because of these words.
20 Wengi wao wakasema, “Ana pepo; tena ni mwendawazimu! Ya nini kumsikiliza?”
Many of them were saying: “He has a demon and is raving mad. Why do you listen to him?”
21 Wengine wakasema, “Haya si maneno ya mwenye pepo. Je, pepo anaweza kuyafumbua macho ya vipofu?”
Others were saying: “These are not the sayings of someone who is demonized. A demon cannot open blind people's eyes, can it?”
22 Huko Yerusalemu kulikuwa na sikukuu ya Kutabaruku. Wakati huo ulikuwa wa baridi.
Now it was the Feast of Dedication in Jerusalem; and it was winter.
23 Naye Yesu akawa anatembea Hekaluni katika ukumbi wa Solomoni.
And Jesus was walking about in the temple, in Solomon's porch.
24 Basi, Wayahudi wakamzunguka, wakamwuliza, “Utatuacha katika mashaka mpaka lini? Kama wewe ndiye Kristo, basi, tuambie wazi.”
Then the Jews surrounded Him and said to Him: “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
25 Yesu akawajibu, “Nimewaambieni, lakini hamsadiki. Kazi ninazozifanya mimi kwa jina la Baba yangu zinanishuhudia.
Jesus answered them: “I did tell you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name—these testify concerning me.
26 Lakini ninyi hamsadiki kwa sababu ninyi si kondoo wangu.
But you do not believe because you are not among my sheep, just like I told you.
27 Kondoo wangu huisikia sauti yangu; mimi nawajua, nao hunifuata.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
29 Baba yangu ambaye ndiye aliyenipa hao ni mkuu kuliko wote, wale hakuna awezaye kuwatoa mikononi mwake Baba.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch out of my Father's hand.
30 Mimi na Baba, tu mmoja.”
I and the Father are one.”
31 Basi, Wayahudi wakachukua mawe ili wamtupie.
Therefore the Jews picked up stones again to stone Him.
32 Yesu akawaambia, “Nimewaonyesheni kazi nyingi kutoka kwa Baba. Ni ipi kati ya hizo inayowafanya mnipige mawe?”
Jesus answered them: “Many good works I have shown you from my Father. For which one of them are you stoning me?”
33 Wayahudi wakamjibu, “Hatukupigi mawe kwa ajili ya tendo jema, ila kwa sababu ya kukufuru! Maana wajifanya kuwa Mungu hali wewe ni binadamu tu.”
The Jews answered Him saying, “It is not for a good work that we are stoning you, but for blasphemy; precisely because you, being a man, make yourself God!”
34 Yesu akawajibu, “Je, haikuandikwa katika Sheria yenu: Mimi nimesema, ninyi ni miungu?
Jesus answered them: “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
35 Mungu aliwaita miungu wale waliopewa neno lake; nasi twajua kwamba Maandiko Matakatifu yasema ukweli daima.
If He called them ‘gods’ to whom the Word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
36 Je, yeye ambaye Baba alimweka wakfu na kumtuma ulimwenguni, mnamwambia: Unakufuru, eti kwa sababu nilisema: Mimi ni Mwana wa Mungu?
do you say ‘You are blaspheming’ to the One the Father sanctified and sent into the world because I said, ‘I am God's Son’?
37 Kama sifanyi kazi za Baba yangu msiniamini.
If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe me.
38 Lakini ikiwa ninazifanya, hata kama hamniamini, walau ziaminini hizo kazi mpate kujua na kutambua kwamba Baba yuko ndani yangu, nami niko ndani yake.”
But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in Him.”
39 Wakajaribu tena kumkamata lakini akachopoka mikononi mwao.
So they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped from their hand.
40 Yesu akaenda tena ng'ambo ya mto Yordani, mahali Yohane alipokuwa akibatiza, akakaa huko.
He went away again across the Jordan, to the place where John was baptizing at first; and He remained there.
41 Watu wengi walimwendea wakasema, “Yohane hakufanya ishara yoyote. Lakini yale yote Yohane aliyosema juu ya mtu huyu ni kweli kabisa.”
And many came to Him and said, “Though John did not perform any sign, everything John said about this man was true.”
42 Watu wengi mahali hapo wakamwamini.
And many of the people there believed into Him.
