John 10

1 “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.

1 “Amin, amin nawaambia, yeye asiyeingia katika zizi la kondoo kwa kupitia kwenye lango, lakini akwea kuingia ndani kwa njia nyingine, ni mwizi na mnyangʼanyi.

2 But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

2 Yeye anayeingia kwa kupitia kwenye lango ndiye mchungaji wa kondoo.

3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

3 Mlinzi humfungulia lango na kondoo huisikia sauti yake. Huwaita kondoo wake kwa majina yao na kuwatoa nje ya zizi.

4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.

4 Akiisha kuwatoa wote nje, hutangulia mbele yao na kondoo humfuata kwa kuwa wanaijua sauti yake.

5 But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”

5 Lakini kondoo hawatamfuata mgeni bali watamkimbia, kwa sababu hawaijui sauti ya mgeni.”

6 Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

6 Yesu alitumia mfano huu, lakini wao hawakuelewa hayo aliyokuwa akiwaambia.

7 So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.

7 Kwa hiyo Yesu akasema nao tena akawaambia, “Amin, amin nawaambia, mimi ndimi lango la kondoo.

8 All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

8 Wote walionitangulia ni wevi na wanyangʼanyi, lakini kondoo hawakuwasikia.

9 I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

9 Mimi ndimi lango, yeyote anayeingia zizini kwa kupitia kwangu ataokoka, ataingia na kutoka, naye atapata malisho.

10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

10 Mwizi huja ili aibe, kuua na kuangamiza. Mimi nimekuja ili wapate uzima kisha wawe nao tele.

11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

11 “Mimi ndimi mchungaji mwema. Mchungaji mwema huutoa uhai wake kwa ajili ya kondoo.

12 The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.

12 Mtu wa kuajiriwa sio mchungaji mwenye kondoo. Amwonapo mbwa mwitu akija, yeye hukimbia na kuwaacha kondoo. Naye mbwa mwitu hulishambulia kundi na kulitawanya.

13 The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.

13 Yeye hukimbia kwa sababu ameajiriwa wala hawajali kondoo.

14 I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,

14 “Mimi ndimi mchungaji mwema. Ninawajua kondoo wangu nao kondoo wangu wananijua.

15 just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

15 Kama vile Baba anavyonijua mimi, nami ninavyomjua Baba, nami nautoa uhai wangu kwa ajili ya kondoo.

16 I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

16 Ninao kondoo wengine ambao si wa zizi hili, inanipasa kuwaleta, nao wataisikia sauti yangu, hivyo patakuwa na kundi moja na mchungaji mmoja.

17 The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

17 Baba yangu ananipenda kwa kuwa ninautoa uhai wangu ili niupate tena.

18 No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”

18 Hakuna mtu aniondoleaye uhai wangu, bali ninautoa kwa hiari yangu mwenyewe. Ninao uwezo wa kuutoa uhai wangu na pia ninao uwezo wa kuutwaa tena. Amri hii nimepewa na Baba yangu.”

19 Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.

19 Kwa maneno haya Wayahudi waligawanyika.

20 Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”

20 Wengi wao wakasema, “Huyu amepagawa na pepo mchafu, naye amechanganyikiwa.”

21 But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”

21 Wengine wakasema, “Haya si maneno ya mtu aliyepagawa na pepo mchafu. Je, pepo mchafu aweza kufungua macho ya kipofu?”

22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,

22 Wakati huo ilikuwa Sikukuu ya Kuwekwa wakfu kwa Hekalu huko Yerusalemu, nao ulikuwa wakati wa majira ya baridi.

23 and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.

23 Naye Yesu alikuwa akitembea ndani ya Hekalu katika ukumbi wa Solomoni.

24 So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”

24 Wayahudi wakamkusanyikia wakamuuliza, “Utatuweka katika hali ya mashaka mpaka lini? Kama wewe ndiye Kristo tuambie waziwazi.”

25 “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.

25 Yesu akawajibu, “Nimewaambia, lakini hamwamini. Mambo ninayoyatenda kwa jina la Baba yangu yananishuhudia.

26 But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.

26 Lakini hamwamini, kwa sababu ninyi si wa kundi la kondoo wangu.

27 My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

27 Kondoo wangu huisikia sauti yangu nami nawajua, nao hunifuata,

28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.

28 nami ninawapa uzima wa milele, hawataangamia kamwe wala hakuna mtu atakayewapokonya kutoka mikono yangu.

29 My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

29 Baba yangu aliyenipa hawa ni mkuu kuliko wote na hakuna awezaye kuwapokonya kutoka mikononi mwake.

30 I and the Father are one.”

30 Mimi na Baba yangu tu umoja.”

31 At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.

31 Kwa mara nyingine Wayahudi wakainua mawe ili wampige nayo,

32 But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

32 lakini Yesu akawaambia, “Nimewaonyesha miujiza mingi mikubwa kutoka kwa Baba yangu. Ni ipi katika hiyo mnataka kunipiga mawe?”

33 “We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, make Yourself out to be God.”

33 Wayahudi wakamjibu, “Hatukupigi mawe kwa sababu ya mambo mema uliyotenda, bali ni kwa kuwa umekufuru. Wewe ingawa ni mwanadamu unajifanya kuwa Mungu.”

34 Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?

34 Yesu akawajibu, “Je, haikuandikwa katika Sheria ya kwamba, ‘Nimesema kuwa, ninyi ni miungu?’

35 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—

35 Kama aliwaita ‘miungu,’ wale ambao neno la Mungu liliwafikia, nayo Maandiko hayawezi kutanguka,

36 then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

36 je, mwawezaje kusema kwamba yule ambaye Baba amemweka wakfu na kumtuma ulimwenguni anakufuru, kwa sababu nilisema, ‘Mimi ni Mwana wa Mungu?’

37 If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.

37 Ikiwa sifanyi kazi za Baba yangu, basi msiniamini,

38 But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

38 lakini ikiwa nazifanya kazi za Mungu, hata kama hamniamini mimi ziaminini hizo kazi, ili mpate kujua na kuelewa kwamba Baba yu ndani yangu, nami ndani yake.”

39 At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.

39 Ndipo wakajaribu kumkamata kwa mara nyingine, lakini akaponyoka kutoka mikononi mwao.

40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.

40 Akaenda tena ngʼambo ya Mto Yordani mpaka mahali pale ambapo Yohana alikuwa akibatiza hapo awali, naye akakaa huko.

41 Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”

41 Watu wengi wakamjia, nao wakawa wakisema, “Yohana hakufanya muujiza wowote, lakini kila jambo alilosema kumhusu huyu mtu ni kweli.”

42 And many in that place believed in Jesus.

42 Nao wengi wakamwamini Yesu huko.