Yohane 7
1 Yei akyi no, Yesu tenaa Galilea a wampɛ sɛ ɔbɛsane akɔ Yudea, ɛfiri sɛ, na Yudafoɔ no rehwehwɛ no akum no.
After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jewish leaders sought to kill him.
2 Ɛberɛ a Yudafoɔ Asese Afahyɛ no reyɛ aduru no,
Now the Jewish festival, the Feast of Tabernacles, was near.
3 Yesu nuanom ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wofiri ha sane kɔ Yudea sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ na wʼakyidifoɔ bɛhunu nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a woyɛeɛ no.
So his brothers said to him, "Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works that you are doing.
4 Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔgye edin a, ɔmmfa ne nneyɛeɛ nsie. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔma nnipa nyinaa hunu ne nneyɛeɛ.”
For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world."
5 Na ne nuanom mpo nnye no nni.
For even his brothers did not believe in him.
6 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ, “Me berɛ nnuruiɛ; na mo deɛ, ɛberɛ biara yɛ ma mo.
Jesus therefore said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
7 Mo deɛ nnipa tan mo a ɛnyɛ yie, nanso me deɛ wɔtan me a ɛyɛ yie, ɛfiri sɛ, daa meka bɔne a wɔyɛ no kyerɛ wɔn.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
8 Mo deɛ, monni ɛkan nkɔ afahyɛ no, na me deɛ, mennya nkɔeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ, me berɛ nnuruiɛ.”
You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled."
9 Ɔkaa saa asɛm yi kyerɛɛ wɔn akyi no, ɔtenaa Galilea.
After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.
10 Yesu nuanom, kɔeɛ akyi no, ɔno nso kɔɔ afahyɛ no ase bi a wamma obiara anhunu no.
But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
11 Yudafoɔ mpanin no hwehwɛɛ no afahyɛ no ase na wɔanhunu no no, wɔbisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Onipa a yɛrehwehwɛ no no wɔ he?”
The Jewish leaders therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"
12 Nnipa no kaa ne ho nsɛm huhuhuhu ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔsuro Yudafoɔ mpanin no. Ebinom se, “Ɔyɛ onipa pa.” Na afoforɔ nso se, “Ɔyɛ ɔdaadaafoɔ.”
There was much murmuring among the crowds concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." But others said, "Not so, but he leads the crowd astray."
13 Yudafoɔ mpanin no ho hu enti, obiara antumi annyi nʼanim anka ne ho asɛm wɔ badwa mu.
Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jewish leaders.
14 Afahyɛ no mfimfini no, Yesu kɔɔ asɔredan mu kɔkyerɛkyerɛeɛ.
But when it was now the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
15 Ɛberɛ a Yudafoɔ mpanin no tee Yesu nkyerɛkyerɛ no, ɛyɛɛ wɔn nwanwa na wɔbisaa sɛ, “Onipa yi nsuaa nwoma da, na ɛyɛɛ dɛn na ɔtumi kyerɛkyerɛ sɛɛ yi?”
Then the Jewish leaders were astonished, saying, "How does this man know such writings, having never been educated?"
16 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Deɛ merekyerɛ no mfiri mʼankasa, na mmom ɛfiri Onyankopɔn a ɔsomaa me no.
Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
17 Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn apɛdeɛ a, ɔbɛhunu sɛ me nkyerɛkyerɛ no firi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn anaa ɛfiri mʼankasa.
If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
18 Obiara a ɔde nʼadwene kasa no pɛ animuonyam ma ne ho, na obiara a ɔpɛ animuonyam ma deɛ ɔsomaa no no yɛ ɔnokwafoɔ a nnaadaa biara nni ne mu.
He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19 Mose amma mo mmara anaa? Nanso, mo mu biara nni saa mmara no so! Adɛn enti na mopɛ sɛ mokum me?”
Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you keeps the Law? Why do you seek to kill me?"
20 Nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Gyama honhommɔne bi hyɛ wo so? Hwan na ɔrehwehwɛ wo akum wo?”
The crowd answered, "You have a demon. Who seeks to kill you?"
21 Yesu buaa wɔn sɛ, “Anwanwadeɛ baako pɛ a mayɛ enti na mo ho adwiri mo sɛɛ yi.
Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you are all amazed.
22 Mose maa mo twetiatwa (mpo ɛnyɛ sɛ Mose na ɔhyɛɛ ho mmara na ɛyɛ mo nananom) nanso, motwa twetia homeda.
Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
23 Sɛ motwa twetia homeda na moanto Mose mmara a, adɛn enti na sɛ masa obi yadeɛ homeda a, mo bo fu me?
If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the Law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the Sabbath?
24 Mommmu atɛn kwa. Monhwɛ biribiara a mohunu no yie ansa na moabu ho atɛn.”
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
25 Nnipa a na wɔwɔ Yerusalem no mu bi bisaa sɛ, “Ɛnyɛ saa onipa yi ne deɛ wɔpɛ sɛ wɔkum no no anaa?
Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26 Ɔno na ɔrekasa badwa mu a obiara nka hwee nkyerɛ no yi! Gyama afei deɛ mpanimfoɔ no agye no ato mu sɛ ɔne Agyenkwa no.
Look, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is the Christ?
27 Yɛnim sɛ Agyenkwa no nya ba a, obiara rentumi nkyerɛ faako a ɔfiri baeɛ, nanso saa onipa yi deɛ, yɛnim faako a ɔfiri.”
However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from."
28 Yesu gu so rekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ asɔredan mu no, ɔteaa mu kaa sɛ, “Ɛwom sɛ monim me na monim faako nso a mefiri baeɛ, nanso, ɛnyɛ me ara me pɛ na mede baeɛ, na deɛ ɔsomaa me no yɛ ɔnokwafoɔ, nanso monnim no;
Jesus therefore called out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.
29 na me deɛ, menim no ɛfiri sɛ, mefiri ne nkyɛn na mebaeɛ na ɔno na ɔsomaa me.”
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
30 Nʼano siiɛ no, wɔpɛɛ sɛ anka wɔkyere no nanso obiara antumi amfa ne nsa anka no, ɛfiri sɛ, na ne berɛ a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkyere no no nnuruiɛ.
They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
31 Nnipa no mu fa kɛseɛ no ara gyee no dii, na wɔbisaa sɛ, “Sɛ Agyenkwa no ba a, ɔbɛtumi ayɛ anwanwadeɛ bebree sene deɛ ɔbarima yi ayɛ no anaa?”
But many in the crowd believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"
32 Farisifoɔ no tee huhuhuhu no a nnipa no yɛ faa Yesu ho no, wɔne asɔfoɔ mpanin no somaa asɔrefie awɛmfoɔ bi sɛ wɔnkɔkyere Yesu mmra.
The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
33 Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipakuo no sɛ, “Nna kakra bi na aka me a me ne mo bɛtena na masane akɔ deɛ ɔsomaa me no nkyɛn.
Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
34 Mobɛhwehwɛ me, nanso morenhunu me, ɛfiri sɛ, faako a merekɔ no morentumi nkɔ hɔ.”
You will seek me, but won't find; and where I am, you cannot come."
35 Ɛberɛ a Yudafoɔ mpanin no tee asɛm a Yesu kaeɛ no, wɔbisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho sɛ, “Ɛhefa na ɔse ɔrebɛkɔ a enti yɛrenhunu no yi? Anaasɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔkɔ Helafoɔ nkuro a Yudafoɔ tete mu no mu kɔkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn?
The Jewish leaders therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Diaspora among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 Sɛ ɔka sɛ, ‘Mobɛhwehwɛ me, nanso morenhunu me, ɛfiri sɛ, faako a merekɔ no morentumi nkɔ hɔ’ a, na ɔkyerɛ sɛn?”
What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, but won't find; and where I am, you cannot come'?"
37 Afahyɛ no da a ɛdi akyire a ɛyɛ da titire no, Yesu sɔre gyinaa hɔ kasaa denden sɛ, “Obiara a osukɔm de no no mmra me nkyɛn mmɛnom nsuo.
Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
38 Na Atwerɛsɛm no ka sɛ, ‘Obiara a ɔgye me di no, nsuo a ɛma nkwa bɛtene afiri ne mu.’”
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."
39 Yesu kaa saa asɛm yi faa Honhom Kronkron a wɔn a wɔgyee no diiɛ no nsa bɛka no ho. Saa ɛberɛ no, na ɔnnya mfaa Honhom Kronkron no mmaa wɔn, ɛfiri sɛ, na wɔnnya mmaa ne so nkɔɔ ɔsoro, nhyɛɛ no animuonyam.
But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
40 Nnipa no tee asɛm a Yesu kae no, ebinom kaa sɛ, “Ampa ara, onipa yi ne odiyifoɔ no!”
Some of the crowd therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the Prophet."
41 Afoforɔ nso kaa sɛ, “Ɔno ne Kristo no!” Ebinom nso bisaa sɛ, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na Kristo no bɛfiri Galilea?
Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
42 Atwerɛsɛm no anka sɛ, saa Kristo no bɛfiri Dawid abusua mu, na wɔbɛwo no wɔ Betlehem kuro a Dawid tenaa mu no mu anaa?”
Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
43 Yesu enti, nnipa no mu kyekyɛeɛ.
So there arose a division in the crowd because of him.
44 Ebinom pɛɛ sɛ wɔkyere no, nanso obiara amfa ne nsa anka no.
Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 Asomfoɔ no sane kɔeɛ no, asɔfoɔ mpanin ne Farisifoɔ no bisaa wɔn sɛ, “Adɛn enti na moamfa no amma?”
The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring him?"
46 Asomfoɔ no buaa sɛ, “Nsɛm a onipa no ka no, ɛyɛ nwanwa na yɛntee bi da.”
The officers answered, "No man ever spoke like this man."
47 Farisifoɔ no sane bisaa asomfoɔ no sɛ, “Mo nso wadaadaa mo anaa?
The Pharisees therefore answered them, "You are not also led astray, are you?
48 Moahunu sɛ mpanimfoɔ anaa Farisifoɔ no bi agye no adi anaa?
Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
49 Dabi, ɛremma saa, na mmom ɛyɛ wɔn a wɔnnim mmara no na wɔadome wɔn no na wɔbɛgye no adi.”
But this crowd that does not know the Law is accursed."
50 Saa ɛberɛ no, na Nikodemo a ɔyɛ Farisini a da bi ɔwiaa ne ho kɔɔ Yesu nkyɛn anadwo no nso wɔ hɔ bi.
Nicodemus (he who came to him before, being one of them) said to them,
51 Ɔno na ɔbisaa sɛ, “Enti yɛn mmara ma ho kwan ma yɛbu obi fɔ wɔ ɛberɛ a yɛntee nʼanom asɛm, nhunuu deɛ wayɛ anaa?”
"Does our Law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"
52 Wɔbuaa no sɛ, “Wo nso wofiri Galilea anaa? Hwehwɛ Atwerɛsɛm no mu yie na wobɛhunu sɛ odiyifoɔ biara rentumi mfiri Galilea da.”
They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet comes from Galilee."
53 Afei, obiara firii hɔ kɔeɛ a wɔantumi ansi gyinaeɛ biara.
Then everyone went to his own house,
