John 7

1 After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

1 Baada ya mambo haya, Yesu alikwenda sehemu mbalimbali za Galilaya. Hakutaka kwenda Uyahudi kwa sababu Wayahudi huko walitaka kumuua.

2 However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

2 Sikukuu ya Vibanda ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia.

3 So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

3 Hivyo ndugu zake Yesu wakamwambia, “Ondoka hapa uende Uyahudi ili wanafunzi Wako wapate kuona miujiza unayofanya.

4 For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

4 Mtu anayetaka kujulikana hafanyi mambo yake kwa siri. Kama unafanya mambo haya, jionyeshe kwa ulimwengu.”

5 For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

5 Hata ndugu zake mwenyewe hawakumwamini.

6 Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

6 Yesu akawaambia, “Wakati wangu bado haujawadia, lakini wakati wenu upo siku zote.

7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

7 Ulimwengu hauwezi kuwachukia ninyi, lakini unanichukia mimi kwa sababu ninawashuhudia kwamba matendo yao ni maovu.

8 Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

8 Ninyi nendeni kwenye Sikukuu, lakini mimi sitahudhuria Sikukuu hii kwa sababu wakati wangu haujawadia.”

9 Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.

9 Akiisha kusema hayo, akabaki Galilaya.

10 But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

10 Lakini ndugu zake walipokwisha kuondoka kwenda kwenye Sikukuu, yeye pia alikwenda lakini kwa siri.

11 So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”

11 Wayahudi walikuwa wakimtafuta huko kwenye Sikukuu na kuulizana, “Yuko wapi huyu mtu?”

12 Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”

12 Kulikuwa na minongʼono iliyoenea kumhusu Yesu katika umati wa watu, wakati wengine wakisema, “Ni mtu mwema.” Wengine walikuwa wakisema, “La, yeye anawadanganya watu.”

13 Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.

13 Lakini hakuna mtu yeyote aliyemsema waziwazi kumhusu kwa sababu ya kuwaogopa Wayahudi.

14 About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

14 Ilipokaribia katikati ya Sikukuu, Yesu alipanda kwenda Hekaluni na kuanza kufundisha.

15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

15 Wayahudi wakastaajabia mafundisho yake wakasema, “Mtu huyu amepataje kujua mambo haya bila kufundishwa?”

16 “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

16 Ndipo Yesu akawajibu, “Mafundisho yangu si yangu mwenyewe, bali yanatoka kwake yeye aliyenituma.

17 If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

17 Mtu yeyote akipenda kufanya mapenzi ya Mungu, atajua kama mafundisho yangu yanatoka kwa Mungu au ninasema kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe.

18 He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.

18 Wale wanenao kwa ajili yao wenyewe hufanya hivyo kwa kutaka utukufu wao wenyewe. Lakini yeye atafutaye utukufu wa yule aliyemtuma ni wa kweli, wala hakuna uongo ndani yake.

19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

19 Je, Mose hakuwapa ninyi sheria? Lakini hakuna hata mmoja wenu anayeishika hiyo sheria. Kwa nini mnataka kuniua?”

20 “You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

20 Ule umati wa watu ukamjibu, “Wewe una pepo mchafu! Ni nani anayetaka kukuua?”

21 Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

21 Yesu akawajibu, “Nimefanya muujiza mmoja na nyote mkastaajabu.

22 But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

22 Lakini kwa kuwa Mose aliwaamuru tohara (ingawa kwa kweli haikutoka kwa Mose bali kwa baba zenu wakuu), mnamtahiri mtoto hata siku ya Sabato.

23 If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?

23 Ikiwa mtoto aweza kutahiriwa siku ya Sabato kusudi sheria ya Mose isivunjwe, kwa nini mnanikasirikia kwa kumponya mtu mwili wake wote siku ya Sabato?

24 Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

24 Acheni kuhukumu mambo kwa jinsi mnavyoona tu, bali hukumuni kwa haki.”

25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

25 Ndipo baadhi ya watu wa Yerusalemu wakawa wanasema, “Tazameni, huyu si yule mtu wanayetaka kumuua?

26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

26 Mbona yuko hapa anazungumza hadharani na wala hawamwambii neno lolote? Je, inawezekana viongozi wanafahamu kuwa huyu ndiye Kristo?

27 But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

27 Tunafahamu huyu mtu anakotoka, lakini Kristo atakapokuja, hakuna yeyote atakayejua atokako.”

28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

28 Ndipo Yesu, akaendelea kufundisha Hekaluni, akisema, “Ninyi mnanifahamu na kujua nitokako. Mimi sikuja kwa ajili yangu mwenyewe, bali yeye aliyenituma ni wa kweli na ninyi hammjui.

29 but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

29 Mimi namjua kwa kuwa nimetoka kwake, naye ndiye alinituma.”

30 So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

30 Ndipo wakatafuta kumkamata, lakini hakuna mtu yeyote aliyethubutu kumshika kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa bado haijawadia.

31 Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”

31 Nao watu wengi wakamwamini, wakasema, “Je, Kristo atakapokuja, atafanya miujiza mikuu zaidi kuliko aliyoifanya mtu huyu?”

32 When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

32 Mafarisayo wakasikia watu wakinongʼona mambo kama hayo kuhusu Yesu, ndipo wao pamoja na viongozi wa makuhani wakatuma walinzi wa Hekalu waende kumkamata.

33 So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

33 Yesu akasema, “Mimi bado niko pamoja nanyi kwa kitambo kidogo, kisha nitarudi kwake yeye aliyenituma.

34 You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

34 Mtanitafuta lakini hamtaniona, nami niliko ninyi hamwezi kuja.”

35 At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

35 Wayahudi wakaulizana wao kwa wao, “Huyu mtu anataka kwenda wapi ambako hatuwezi kumfuata? Je, anataka kwenda kwa Wayunani ambako baadhi ya watu wetu wametawanyikia, akawafundishe Wayunani?

36 What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

36 Yeye ana maana gani anaposema, ‘Mtanitafuta lakini hamtaniona,’ na, ‘nami niliko ninyi hamwezi kuja’?”

37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

37 Siku ile ya mwisho ya Sikukuu, siku ile kuu, wakati Yesu akiwa amesimama huko, akapaza sauti yake akasema, “Kama mtu yeyote anaona kiu na aje kwangu anywe.

38 Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

38 Yeyote aniaminiye mimi, kama Maandiko yasemavyo, vijito vya maji ya uzima vitatiririka ndani mwake.”

39 He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

39 Yesu aliposema haya alimaanisha Roho Mtakatifu ambaye wote waliomwamini wangempokea, kwani mpaka wakati huo, Roho alikuwa hajatolewa, kwa kuwa Yesu alikuwa bado hajatukuzwa.

40 On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

40 Waliposikia maneno hayo, baadhi ya watu miongoni mwa ule umati wakasema, “Hakika huyu ndiye yule Nabii.”

41 Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?

41 Wengine wakasema, “Huyu ndiye Kristo!” Lakini wengine wakauliza, “Je, Kristo kwao ni Galilaya?

42 Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

42 Je, Maandiko hayasemi kwamba Kristo atakuja kutoka jamaa ya Daudi na kutoka Bethlehemu, mji alioishi Daudi?”

43 So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.

43 Kwa hiyo watu wakagawanyika kwa ajili ya Yesu.

44 Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

44 Baadhi yao walitaka kumkamata, lakini hakuna aliyethubutu kumgusa.

45 Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”

45 Hatimaye wale walinzi wa Hekalu wakarudi kwa viongozi wa makuhani na Mafarisayo waliokuwa wamewatuma ili kumkamata Yesu, wakaulizwa, “Mbona hamkumkamata?”

46 “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

46 Wale walinzi wakajibu, “Kamwe hajanena mtu yeyote kama yeye anenavyo.”

47 “Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

47 Mafarisayo wakajibu, “Je, nanyi pia mmedanganyika?

48 “Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

48 Je, kuna kiongozi yeyote au mmoja wa Mafarisayo ambaye amemwamini?

49 But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”

49 Lakini huu umati wa watu wasiojua Sheria ya Mose, wamelaaniwa.”

50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

50 Ndipo Nikodemo, yule aliyekuwa amemwendea Yesu siku moja usiku, ambaye alikuwa mmoja wao akauliza,

51 “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

51 “Je, sheria zetu zinaturuhusu kumhukumu mtu kabla ya kumsikiliza na kufahamu alilotenda?”

52 “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

52 Wakamjibu, “Je, wewe pia unatoka Galilaya? Chunguza nawe utaona kwamba hakuna nabii atokae Galilaya!” [

53 Then each went to his own home.

53 Kisha wakaondoka, kila mtu akarudi nyumbani kwake.