John 10
1 —Bukiedika, bukiedika ndikulukamba ti woso wunkambu kotila va muelo phaka wu mamemi vayi wunkotila ku yilu niandi khatika muivi ayi dovula!
Verily, verily, I say to you, He that enters not in by the door to the fold of the sheep, but mounts up elsewhere, he is a thief and a robber;
2 Vayi woso wunkotila va muelo buna niandi nsungi.
but he that enters in by the door is [the] shepherd of the sheep.
3 Niandi beti zibudila kuidi nsungi wu luphangu ayi mamemi meta wa mbemboꞌandi. Wuntelanga mamemi mandi mu mazina mawu ayi wunkumatotulanga ku nganda.
To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.
4 Bu katotudi mamemi mandi moso ku nganda, weti kuma tuaminina ku ntuala ayi mamemi meti kunlandakananga bila mazebi mbemboꞌandi.
When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice.
5 Muaki malendi landakana nzenza ko vayi meta kuntina bila masi zaba ko mbembo yi banzenza.
But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers.
6 Yesu wuba kamba nongo yoyo vayi basia sudika ko mambu momo kaba kuba kamba:
This allegory spoke Jesus to them, but they did not know what it was [of] which he spoke to them.
7 Yesu wubuela ku bakamba diaka: —Bukiedika, bukiedika ndikulukamba ti minu muelo phaka wu mamemi.
Jesus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
8 Mivi ayi bidovula bawu batu bayiza ku ntualꞌama. Vayi mamemi masia kubawila ko.
All whoever came before me are thieves and robbers; but the sheep did not hear them.
9 Minu ndidi muelo. Woso wunkotila mu munu wela vuka. Niandi wela kota, wela totuka ayi wela baka bidia.
I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture.
10 Muivi weta kuiza kaka mu diambu di yiba, vonda ayi bunga. Minu ndiyiza mu diambu di mamemi mabaka luzingu muingi mabaka luawu mu buwombo-wombo.
The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have [it] abundantly.
11 Minu ndidi Nsungi Wumboti. Nsungi wumboti weta vana luzingu luandi mu diambu di mamemi.
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep:
12 Vayi mutu wowo wumfutungu, kambulu nsungi wumboti, kambulu vua mamemi, niandi mona diemvu dilemvu yizi, wunyekulanga mamemi ayiwuntinanga; buna diemvu dikumabuilanga ayi dinsasikisanga mamemi.
but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
13 Mutu wumfutungu weta tina bila futu keta futu; kabelanga mamemi mayindu ko.
Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.
14 Minu ndidi nsungi wumbote; nzebi mamemi mama ayi mamemi mama manzebi.
I am the good shepherd; and I know those that are mine, and am known of those that are mine,
15 Sumbu Tata kanzebi ayi minu nzebi Tata. Ndieta vana luzingu luama mu diambu di mamemi.
as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
16 Minu mbeki mamemi mankaka makambulu mu phaka yayi, mamvawu mfueti ku matuala ayi mela wa mbemboꞌama. Buna vela ba nkangu wumosi ayi nsungi wumosi.
And I have other sheep which are not of this fold: those also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.
17 Tata wunzodidi mu diambu diadi: minu ndieti vana luzingu luama muingindibuela lubonga diaka.
On this account the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it again.
18 Kadi mutu kalendi kuphonda ko vayi minu veka ndieti vana luzingu luama. Bila minu veka mbeki lulendo mu kuluvana ayi mbeki lulendo lu buela kulubonga. Luawu lolo thumunu nditambula kuidi Dise diama.
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 again. I have received this commandment of my Father.
19 Bayuda babuela vasuka diaka mu diambu di mambu momo.
There was a division again among the Jews on account of these words;
20 Bawombo mu bawu batuba: —Pheve yimbimbi yidi yandi ayi kilawu kadi. Bila mbi lufueti kunwila e?
but many of them said, He has a demon and raves; why do ye hear him?
21 Vayi bankaka mu bawu batuba: —Mutu widi Pheve yimbimbi kalendi tuba mambu momo ko. Pheve yimbimbi yilenda kuandi zibula meso ma phofo e?
Others said, These sayings are not [those] of one that is possessed by a demon. Can a demon open blind people's eyes?
22 Yiba thangu nyengo wu mbiekolo Nzo Nzambi, ku Yelusalemithangu yi kiozi kingolo,
Now the feast of the dedication was celebrating at Jerusalem, and it was winter.
23 Yesu wudiata mu Nzo Nzambi, ku ndambu buangu baba ntedilanga: makunzi ma Solomo.
And Jesus walked in the temple in the porch of Solomon.
24 Bayuda banzungidila, banyuvula: —Nate thangu mbi fueti lembo tutudilanga mintima mu yilu e? Enati bukiedika ngeyo widi Klisto, wutukambi!
The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, Until when dost thou hold our soul in suspense? If thou art the Christ, say [so] to us openly.
25 Yesu wuba vutudila: —Ndilukamba buawu vayi lumanga kueno wilukila. Mavanga momo ndieti vanga mu dizina di dise diama mawu meti kuthelimina kimbangi.
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye do not believe. The works which I do in my Father's name, these bear witness concerning me:
26 Vayi beno lukadi wilukila bila luisi mamemi mama ko banga kuandi bu ndilukamba.
but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep, as I told you.
27 Mamemi mama manwanga mbemboꞌama ayi minu ndimazebi, meta kundandakana.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
29 Bila Dise diama diodi diphana mawu, viatukidi babo. Kuisi ko mutu wulenda kumaziona mu mioko mi Dise diama.
My Father who has given [them] to me is greater than all, and no one can seize out of the hand of my Father.
30 Minu ayi Tata tuidi mutu wumosi.
I and the Father are one.
31 Bayuda batota diaka matadi muingi banzuba.
The Jews therefore again took stones that they might stone him.
32 Yesu wuba vutudila: —Minu ndilumonisa mavanga mawombo mamboti maba kuidi Dise diama. Mu diambu di mavanga mbi momo lutidi kunzubila matadi e?
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewn you of my Father; for which work of them do ye stone me?
33 Bayuda bamvutudila: —Tukadi kuzuba matadi mu diambu di mavanga mamboti vayi mu diambu wulembo vuezi Nzambi ayi ngeyo widi mutu kaka vayi wulembo tubi ti widi Nzambi.
The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
34 Yesu wuba vutudila: —Mu mina mieno musia sonama ko: Minu thubidi ti beno luidi zinzambi e?
Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
35 Enati niandi wuntedila batu bawa mambu ma Nzambi “zinzambi” ayi masonama malendi vunzu ko,
If he called them gods to whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),
36 buna bila mbi lulembo tubila kuidi mutu wukitulu nlongo kuidi Tata ayi mutu wowo kafidisa va nza ti wulembo vuezi Nzambi e? Bila thubidingi ti “minu ndidi Muana Nzambi e?”
do ye say of him whom the Father has sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am Son of God?
37 Enati ndikadi vanga mavanga ma Dise diama, buna bikanu kueno kunguila.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not;
38 Vayi enati ndilembo mavangi, bu lukambu kueno kunguila, vayi bika luwilukila mavanga muingi luzaba ayi luwilukila ti Tata widi mu minu ayi minu ndidi mu niandi.
but if I do, even if ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may know [and believe] that the Father is in me and I in him.
39 Batomba diaka mu kunkanga, vayi wutina mu mioko miawu
They sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from out of their hand
40 ayi wuyenda diaka kuna disimu di Yolidani va buangu kioki Yowani katonina botikila; wuvuanda kuna.
and departed again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptising at the first: and he abode there.
41 Batu bawombo bayiza kuidi niandi ayi batuba: —Yowani kasia vanga kadi kumu kimosi ko, vayi mambu mamo matuba Yowani mu diambu di mutu wawu madi makiedika.
And many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this [man] were true.
42 Kuna buangu beni batu bawombo banwilukila.
And many believed on him there.
