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.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a robber.
2 Lakini anayeingia kwa kupitia mlangoni, huyo ndiye mchungaji wa kondoo.
But he who enters by the gate is the 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.
The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 Akisha watoa nje huwatangulia mbele nao kondoo humfuata, kwani wanaijua sauti yake.
When he has brought out his own sheep, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.
5 Kondoo hao hawawezi kumfuata mgeni, bali watamkimbia kwa sababu hawaijui sauti yake.”
They will certainly not follow a stranger, but will flee from him because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.”
6 Yesu aliwaambia mfano huo, lakini wao hawakuelewa alichotaka kuwaambia.
Jesus spoke to them with this figure of speech, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 Basi, akasema tena, “Kweli nawaambieni, mimi ni mlango wa kondoo.
So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the gate for the sheep.
8 Wale wengine wote waliokuja kabla yangu ni wezi na wanyang'anyi, nao kondoo hawakuwasikiliza.
All who came previously 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 gate; if anyone enters through me, he will be saved and will come in and go 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 to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come 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 for 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 hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them.
13 Yeye hajali kitu juu ya kondoo kwa sababu yeye ni mtu wa mshahara tu.
The hired hand flees, for he is a hired hand and does not care about the sheep.
14 Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Nawajua walio wangu, nao walio wangu wananijua mimi,
I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me,
15 kama vile Baba anijuavyo, nami nimjuavyo Baba. Mimi nayatoa maisha yangu kwa ajili yao.
even as the Father knows me and I know the Father. I lay down my life for 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 have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will hear my voice. And there will be one flock with one shepherd.
17 “Baba ananipenda kwani nautoa uhai wangu ili nipate kuupokea tena.
This is why the Father loves me, because 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 my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
19 Kukawa tena na mafarakano kati ya Wayahudi kwa sababu ya maneno haya.
At these words there was again a division among the Jews.
20 Wengi wao wakasema, “Ana pepo; tena ni mwendawazimu! Ya nini kumsikiliza?”
Many of them were saying, “He has a demon and is out of his mind; 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 words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
22 Huko Yerusalemu kulikuwa na sikukuu ya Kutabaruku. Wakati huo ulikuwa wa baridi.
Now it was the Feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem. It was winter,
23 Naye Yesu akawa anatembea Hekaluni katika ukumbi wa Solomoni.
and Jesus was walking in the temple courts, in Solomon's Portico.
24 Basi, Wayahudi wakamzunguka, wakamwuliza, “Utatuacha katika mashaka mpaka lini? Kama wewe ndiye Kristo, basi, tuambie wazi.”
So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long are yoʋ going to keep us in suspense? If yoʋ 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, but you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name testify about me,
26 Lakini ninyi hamsadiki kwa sababu ninyi si kondoo wangu.
but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep, just as I told you.
27 Kondoo wangu huisikia sauti yangu; mimi nawajua, nao hunifuata.
My sheep hear my voice; 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 them out of my Father's hand.
30 Mimi na Baba, tu mmoja.”
The Father and I are one.”
31 Basi, Wayahudi wakachukua mawe ili wamtupie.
Then 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?”
In response Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father; for which of these works are you going to stone 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, “We are not going to stone yoʋ for any good work, but for blasphemy, because yoʋ, who are just a man, make yoʋrself out to be 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 of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘Yoʋ are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
37 Kama sifanyi kazi za Baba yangu msiniamini.
If I do not do 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 do them, even if 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.
Once again they tried to arrest him, but he eluded their grasp.
40 Yesu akaenda tena ng'ambo ya mto Yordani, mahali Yohane alipokuwa akibatiza, akakaa huko.
Then Jesus went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John had been baptizing at first, and he stayed there.
41 Watu wengi walimwendea wakasema, “Yohane hakufanya ishara yoyote. Lakini yale yote Yohane aliyosema juu ya mtu huyu ni kweli kabisa.”
Many came to him and were saying, “John did no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”
42 Watu wengi mahali hapo wakamwamini.
And many of the people there believed in Jesus.
