Yohana 8
1 lakini Yesu akaenda kwenye mlima wa Mizeituni.
But Jesus went to the mount of Olives.
2 Kesho yake asubuhi na mapema alikwenda tena Hekaluni. Watu wote wakamwendea, naye akaketi akawa anawafundisha.
And in the morning he again entered the temple, and all the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.
3 Basi, walimu wa Sheria na Mafarisayo wakamletea mwanamke mmoja aliyefumaniwa katika uzinzi. Wakamsimamisha katikati yao.
And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman who had been detected in adultery; and they made her stand in the midst,
4 Kisha wakamwuliza Yesu, “Mwalimu! Mwanamke huyu alifumaniwa katika uzinzi.
and said to him: Teacher, this woman was detected in adultery; in the very act.
5 Katika Sheria yetu Mose alituamuru mwanamke kama huyu apigwe mawe. Basi, wewe wasemaje?”
Now Moses, in his law, commanded us, that such should be stoned; but what say you?
6 Walisema hivyo kumjaribu, wapate kisa cha kumshtaki. Lakini Yesu akainama chini, akaandika ardhini kwa kidole.
This they said to tempt him, that they might bring an accusation against him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground.
7 Walipozidi kumwuliza, Yesu akainuka, akawaambia, “Mtu asiye na dhambi miongoni mwenu na awe wa kwanza kumpiga jiwe.”
But as they continued to ask him, he stood up, and said to them: Let him among you who is without sin, first throw a stone at her.
8 Kisha akainama tena, akawa anaandika ardhini.
And again he stooped down and wrote on the ground.
9 Waliposikia hivyo, wakaanza kutoweka mmojammoja, wakitanguliwa na wazee. Yesu akabaki peke yake, na yule mwanamke amesimama palepale.
But having heard him, and being convicted by their conscience, they went out, one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 Yesu alipoinuka akamwuliza huyo mwanamke, “Wako wapi wale watu? Je, hakuna hata mmoja aliyekuhukumu?”
And when Jesus stood up, and saw no one but the woman, he said to her: Woman, where are those who accused you? Has no one condemned you?
11 Huyo mwanamke akamjibu, “Mheshimiwa, hakuna hata mmoja!” Naye Yesu akamwambia, “Wala mimi sikuhukumu. Nenda zako; na tangu sasa usitende dhambi tena.”
She said: No one, sir. Jesus said to her: Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more.
12 Yesu alipozungumza nao tena, aliwaambia, “Mimi ndimi mwanga wa ulimwengu. Anayenifuata mimi hatembei kamwe gizani, bali atakuwa na mwanga wa uzima.”
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying: I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
13 Basi, Mafarisayo wakamwambia, “Wewe unajishuhudia mwenyewe; kwa hiyo ushahidi wako si halali.”
Then the Pharisees said to him: You testify concerning yourself; your testimony is not worthy of credit.
14 Yesu akawajibu, “Hata kama ninajishuhudia mwenyewe, ushahidi wangu ni wa kweli kwa sababu mimi najua nilikotoka na ninakokwenda. Lakini ninyi hamjui nilikotoka wala ninakokwenda.
Jesus answered and said to them: Though I testify concerning myself, my testimony is worthy of credit; for I know whence I came, and whither I go. But you know not whence I came, and whither I go.
15 Ninyi mnahukumu kwa fikira za kibinadamu, lakini mimi simhukumu mtu.
You judge according to the flesh; I judge no man.
16 Hata nikihukumu, hukumu yangu ni ya haki kwa sababu mimi siko peke yangu; Baba aliyenituma yuko pamoja nami.
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.
17 Imeandikwa katika Sheria yenu ya kwamba ushahidi wa watu wawili ni halali.
It is also written in your law, The testimony of two is worthy of credit.
18 Mimi najishuhudia mwenyewe, naye Baba aliyenituma, ananishuhudia pia.”
I am one that testify concerning myself, and the Father who sent me, testifies of me.
19 Hapo wakamwuliza, “Baba yako yuko wapi?” Yesu akawajibu “Ninyi hamnijui mimi wala hamumjui Baba. Kama mngenijua mimi, mngemjua na Baba yangu pia.”
Then they said to him: Where is your Father? Jesus answered: You know neither me, nor my Father. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.
20 Yesu alisema maneno hayo kwenye chumba cha hazina alipokuwa anafundisha Hekaluni. Wala hakuna mtu aliyemtia nguvuni, kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa haijafika bado.
These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 Yesu akawaambia tena, “Naenda zangu nanyi mtanitafuta, lakini mtakufa katika dhambi zenu. Niendako mimi, ninyi hamwezi kufika.”
Then spoke Jesus to them again; I go away, and you will seek me, and in your sin you shall die; whither I go, you can not come.
22 Basi, viongozi wa Wayahudi wakasema, “Je, atajiua? Mbona anasema: Niendako ninyi hamwezi kufika?”
Then said the Jews: Will he kill himself, because he says, Whither I go, you can not come?
23 Yesu akawaambia, “Ninyi mmetoka papa hapa chini, mimi nimetoka juu; ninyi ni wa ulimwengu huu, mimi si wa ulimwengu huu.
And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
24 Ndiyo maana niliwaambieni mtakufa katika dhambi zenu. Kama msipoamini kwamba Mimi ndimi, mtakufa katika dhambi zenu.”
Therefore said I to you, that you shall die in your sins. For if you believe not that I am, He, you shall die in your sins.
25 Nao wakamwuliza, “Wewe ni nani?” Yesu akawajibu, “Nimewaambieni tangu mwanzo!
Then they said to him: Who are you? And Jesus said to them: The same that I said to you at the beginning.
26 Ninayo mengi ya kusema na kuhukumu juu yenu. Lakini yule aliyenituma ni kweli; nami nauambia ulimwengu mambo yale tu niliyoyasikia kutoka kwake.”
I have many things to say, and to judge with respect to you; but he that sent me is true; and what things I have heard from him, these I speak to the world.
27 Hawakuelewa kwamba Yesu alikuwa akisema nao juu ya Baba.
They knew not that he was speaking to them of the Father.
28 Basi, Yesu akawaambia, “Mtakapokwisha mwinua Mwana wa Mtu hapo ndipo mtakapojua kwamba Mimi ndimi, na kwamba sifanyi chochote mimi mwenyewe, ila nasema tu yale Baba aliyonifundisha.
Then said Jesus to them: When you have lifted up the Son of man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things.
29 Yule aliyenituma yuko pamoja nami; yeye hakuniacha peke yangu kwani nafanya daima yale yanayompendeza.”
And he that sent me is with me. The Father has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.
30 Baada ya kusema hayo watu wengi walimwamini.
While he was speaking these words, many believed on him.
31 Basi, Yesu akawaambia wale Wayahudi waliomwamini, “Kama mkiyazingatia mafundisho yangu mtakuwa kweli wanafunzi wangu.
Then said Jesus to those Jews that believed on him: If you continue in my word, you are my disciples indeed,
32 Mtaujua ukweli, nao ukweli utawapeni uhuru.”
and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 Nao wakamjibu, “Sisi ni wazawa wa Abrahamu, na hatujapata kamwe kuwa watumwa wa mtu yeyote yule. Una maana gani unaposema: mtakuwa huru?”
They answered him: We are the posterity of Abraham, and have never been in bondage to any one. How say you, You shall be made free?
34 Yesu akawajibu, “Kweli nawaambieni, kila mtu anayetenda dhambi ni mtumwa wa dhambi.
Jesus answered them: Verily, verily I say to you, whoever works sin is the servant of sin.
The servant continues not in the house forever; but the Son continues forever. (aiōn g165)
36 Kama mwana akiwapeni uhuru mtakuwa huru kweli.
Therefore, if the Son make you free, you shall be free indeed.
37 Najua kwamba ninyi ni wazawa wa Abrahamu. Hata hivyo, mnataka kuniua kwa sababu hamuyakubali mafundisho yangu.
I know that you are the posterity of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.
38 Mimi nasema yale aliyonionyesha Baba, lakini ninyi mwafanya yale aliyowaambieni baba yenu.”
I speak what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.
39 Wao wakamjibu, “Baba yetu ni Abrahamu!” Yesu akawaambia, “Kama ninyi mngekuwa watoto wa Abrahamu, mngefanya kama alivyofanya Abrahamu,
They answered and said to him: Abra ham is our father. Jesus said to them: If you were the children of Abraham, you would do the works of Abraham.
40 Mimi nimewaambieni ukweli niliousikia kwa Mungu; hata hivyo, ninyi mwataka kuniua. Abrahamu hakufanya hivyo!
But now you seek to kill me, a man that has spoken to you the truth, which I have heard from God; this Abraham did not.
41 Ninyi mnafanya mambo yaleyale aliyofanya babu yenu.” Wao wakamwambia, “Sisi si watoto haramu! Tunaye baba mmoja tu, yaani Mungu.”
You do the works of your father. They said to him: We were not born of lewdness; we have one father, God.
42 Yesu akawaambia, “Kama Mungu angekuwa Baba yenu, mngenipenda mimi, maana mimi nilitoka kwa Mungu na sasa niko hapa. Sikuja kwa mamlaka yangu mwenyewe, ila yeye alinituma.
Jesus said to them: If God were your father, you would love me; for I came forth from God and have come hither; nor, indeed, did I come of myself, but he sent me.
43 Kwa nini hamwelewi hayo ninayosema? Ni kwa kuwa hamwezi kuusikiliza ujumbe wangu.
Why do you not know what I say? Because you can not understand my words.
44 Ninyi ni watoto wa baba yenu Ibilisi na mnataka tu kutekeleza tamaa za baba yenu. Yeye alikuwa muuaji tangu mwanzo; hana msimamo katika ukweli, kwani ukweli haumo ndani yake. Kila asemapo uongo, husema kutokana na hali yake ya maumbile, maana yeye ni mwongo na baba wa uongo.
You are of your father, the devil; and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks that which is false, he speaks from what is his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
45 Mimi nasema ukweli, na ndiyo maana ninyi hamniamini.
But because I speak the truth, you believe me not.
46 Nani kati yenu awezaye kuthibitisha kuwa mimi nina dhambi? Ikiwa basi nasema ukweli, kwa nini hamniamini?
Which of you convicts me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me?
47 Aliye wa Mungu husikiliza maneno ya Mungu. Lakini ninyi hamsikilizi kwa sababu ninyi si (watu wa) Mungu.”
He that is of God, hears God’s words. For this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.
48 Wayahudi wakamwambia, “Je, hatukusema kweli kwamba wewe ni Msamaria, na tena una pepo?”
The Jews answered, and said to him: Do we not well say that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?
49 Yesu akajibu, “Mimi sina pepo; mimi namheshimu Baba yangu, lakini ninyi hamniheshimu.
Jesus answered: I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
50 Mimi sijitafutii utukufu wangu mwenyewe; yuko mmoja mwenye kuutafuta utukufu huo, naye ni hakimu.
I seek not my own glory; there is one that seeks and judges.
Verily, verily I say to you, if any one will keep my word, he shall never see death. (aiōn g165)
52 Basi, Wayahudi wakasema, “Sasa tunajua kweli kwamba wewe ni mwendawazimu! Abrahamu alikufa, na manabii pia walikufa, nawe wasema ati, Anayeuzingatia ujumbe wangu hatakufa milele! (aiōn g165)
Then said the Jews to him: Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death. (aiōn g165)
53 Je, unajifanya mkuu zaidi kuliko baba yetu Abrahamu ambaye alikufa? Hata na manabii walikufa. Wewe unajifanya kuwa nani?”
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead; whom do you make yourself?
54 Yesu akawajibu, “Nikijitukuza mwenyewe, utukufu wangu si kitu. Baba yangu ambaye ninyi mwasema ni Baba yenu, ndiye anayenitukuza.
Jesus answered: If I honor myself, my honor is nothing; it is my Father that honors me, of whom you say, that he is your God.
55 Ninyi hamjapata kumjua, lakini mimi namjua. Na, nikisema simjui, nitakuwa mwongo kama ninyi. Mimi namjua na ninashika neno lake.
And yet you have not known him. But I know him; and if I should say that I do not know him, I should be like yourselves, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.
56 Abrahamu, baba yenu, alishangilia aione siku yangu; naye aliiona, akafurahi.”
Abraham, your father, rejoiced that he could see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
57 Basi, Wayahudi wakamwambia, “Wewe hujatimiza miaka hamsini bado, nawe umemwona Abrahamu?”
Then the Jews said to him: You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?
58 Yesu akawaambia, “Kweli nawaambieni, kabla Abrahamu hajazaliwa, mimi niko.”
Jesus said to them: Verily, verily I say to you, before Abraham came into being, I was.
59 Hapo wakaokota mawe ili wamtupie, lakini Yesu akajificha, akatoka Hekaluni.
Then they took up stones to throw at him. But Jesus concealed himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them; and so passed by.
