¹After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

¹Baada ya hayo, Yesu alikuwa akitembea katika Galilaya. Hakutaka kutembea mkoani Yudea kwa sababu viongozi wa Wayahudi walikuwa wanataka kumwua.

²Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.

²Sikukuu ya Vibanda ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia.

³His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

³Basi ndugu zake wakamwambia, "Ondoka hapa uende Yudea ili wanafunzi wako wazione kazi unazozifanya.

⁴For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.

⁴Mtu hafanyi mambo kwa siri kama anataka kujulikana kwa watu. Maadam unafanya mambo haya, basi, jidhihirishe kwa ulimwengu."

⁵For neither did his brethren believe in him.

⁵(Hata ndugu zake hawakumwamini!)

⁶Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

⁶Basi, Yesu akawaambia, "Wakati wangu ufaao haujafika bado. Lakini kwenu ninyi kila wakati unafaa.

⁷The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

⁷Ulimwengu hauwezi kuwachukia ninyi, lakini mimi wanichukia kwa sababu mimi nauambia wazi kwamba matendo yake ni maovu.

⁸Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.

⁸Ninyi nendeni kwenye sikukuu hiyo. Mimi siendi kwenye sikukuu hiyo, maana saa yangu ifaayo haijafika."

⁹When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

⁹Alisema hayo kisha akabaki huko Galilaya.

¹⁰But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

¹⁰Baada ya ndugu zake kwenda kwenye sikukuu, Yesu naye alikwenda, lakini hakuenda kwa hadhara bali kwa siri.

¹¹Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

¹¹Viongozi wa Wayahudi walikuwa wanamtafuta kwenye sikukuu hiyo; Wakauliza: "Yuko wapi?"

¹²And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.

¹²Kulikuwa na minong'ono mingi katika umati wa watu. Baadhi yao walisema, "Ni mtu mwema." Wengine walisema, "La! Anawapotosha watu."

¹³Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

¹³Hata hivyo hakuna mtu aliyethubutu kusema, habari zake hadharani kwa kuwaogopa viongozi wa Wayahudi.

¹⁴Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

¹⁴Sikukuu hiyo ilipofikia katikati, Yesu naye alikwenda Hekaluni, akaanza kufundisha.

¹⁵And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

¹⁵Basi, Wayahudi wakashangaa na kusema "Mtu huyu amepataje elimu naye hakusoma shuleni?"

¹⁶Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

¹⁶Hapo Yesu akawajibu, "Mafundisho ninayofundisha si yangu, bali ni yake yeye aliyenituma.

¹⁷If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

¹⁷Mtu anayependa kufanya yale anayotaka Mungu, atajua kama mafundisho yangu yametoka kwa Mungu, au mimi najisemea tu mwenyewe.

¹⁸He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

¹⁸Yeye anayejisemea tu mwenyewe anatafuta sifa yake mwenyewe; lakini anayetafuta sifa ya yule aliyemtuma, huyo ni mwaminifu, na ndani yake hamna uovu wowote.

¹⁹Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

¹⁹Je, Mose hakuwapeni Sheria? Hata hivyo, hakuna hata mmoja wenu anayeishika Sheria. Kwa nini mnataka kuniua?"

²⁰The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

²⁰Hapo watu wakamjibu, "Una wazimu wewe! Nani anataka kukuua?"

²¹Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

²¹Yesu akawajibu, "Kuna jambo moja nililofanya, nanyi mnalistaajabia.

²²Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.

²²Mose aliwapeni ile desturi ya kutahiri. (Si kwamba desturi hiyo ilitoka kwa Mose, bali ilitoka kwa mababu). Sasa ninyi humtahiri mtu hata siku ya Sabato.

²³If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?

²³Ikiwa basi, mtu hutahiriwa hata siku ya Sabato kusudi Sheria ya Mose isivunjwe, mbona mnanikasirikia kwa sababu nimemfanya mtu kuwa mzima kabisa siku ya Sabato?

²⁴Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

²⁴Msihukumu mambo kwa nje tu; toeni hukumu ya haki."

²⁵Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

²⁵Baadhi ya watu wa Yerusalemu walisema, "Je, yule mtu wanayemtafuta wamuue si huyu?

²⁶But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

²⁶Tazameni sasa! Anawaonya hadharani, wala hakuna mtu anayemwambia hata neno. Je, yawezekana kuwa viongozi wametambua kweli kwamba huyu ndiye Kristo?

²⁷Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

²⁷Kristo atakapokuja hakuna mtu atakayejua mahali alikotoka, lakini sisi tunajua alikotoka mtu huyu!"

²⁸Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

²⁸Basi, Yesu alipokuwa anafundisha Hekaluni alipaaza sauti na kusema, "Ati mnanijua; hata nilikotoka mnakujua! Hata hivyo, sikuja kwa mamlaka yangu mwenyewe; ila yeye aliyenituma mimi ni wa kweli, nanyi hamumjui.

²⁹But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

²⁹Lakini mimi namjua kwa sababu nimetoka kwake, naye ndiye aliyenituma."

³⁰Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

³⁰Basi, watu wakataka kumtia nguvuni, lakini hakuna mtu aliyethubutu kumkamata kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa haijafika bado.

³¹And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?

³¹Wengi katika ule umati wa watu walimwamini, wakasema, "Je, Kristo akija atafanya ishara kubwa zaidi kuliko alizozifanya huyu?"

³²The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

³²Mafarisayo waliwasikia watu wakinong'ona maneno hayo juu ya Yesu. Basi, wao pamoja na makuhani wakuu wakawatuma walinzi wamtie nguvuni.

³³Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

³³Yesu akasema, "Bado niko nanyi kwa muda mfupi, kisha nitamwendea yule aliyenituma.

³⁴Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

³⁴Mtanitafuta lakini hamtaniona, maana pale nitakapokuwa ninyi hamwezi kufika."

³⁵Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

³⁵Viongozi wa Wayahudi wakasema wao kwa wao, "Mtu huyu atakwenda wapi ambapo hatutaweza kumpata? Atakwenda kwa Wayahudi waliotawanyika kati ya Wagiriki, na kuwafundisha Wagiriki?

³⁶What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

³⁶Ana maana gani anaposema: Mtanitafuta lakini hamtanipata, na mahali nitakapokuwa ninyi hamwezi kufika?"

³⁷In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

³⁷Siku ya mwisho ya sikukuu hiyo ilikuwa siku maalum. Yesu alisimama, akasema kwa sauti kubwa, "Aliye na kiu na aje kwangu anywe.

³⁸He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

³⁸Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: Anayeniamini mimi, mito ya maji yenye uzima itatiririka kutoka moyoni mwake!"

³⁹(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

³⁹(Alisema hayo kumhusu Roho ambaye wale waliomwamini yeye watampokea. Wakati huo Roho alikuwa hajafika kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa hajatukuzwa bado.)

⁴⁰Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

⁴⁰Baadhi ya watu katika ule umati walisikia maneno hayo, wakasema, "Kweli mtu huyu ndiye yule nabii!"

⁴¹Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

⁴¹Wengine wakasema, "Huyu ndiye Kristo!" Lakini wengine walisema, "Je, yawezekana Kristo akatoka Galilaya?

⁴²Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

⁴²Maandiko Matakatifu yasemaje? Yanasema: Kristo atatoka katika ukoo wa Daudi, na atazaliwa Bethlehemu, mji wa Daudi!"

⁴³So there was a division among the people because of him.

⁴³Basi, kukatokea mafarakano juu yake katika ule umati wa watu.

⁴⁴And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

⁴⁴Baadhi ya watu walitaka kumtia nguvuni lakini hakuna aliyejaribu kumkamata.

⁴⁵Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

⁴⁵Kisha wale walinzi wakarudi kwa makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo; nao wakawauliza, "Kwa nini hamkumleta?"

⁴⁶The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

⁴⁶Walinzi wakawajibu, "Hakuna mtu aliyepata kamwe kusema kama asemavyo mtu huyu!"

⁴⁷Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

⁴⁷Mafarisayo wakawauliza, "Je, nanyi pia mmedanganyika?

⁴⁸Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

⁴⁸Je, mmekwisha mwona hata mmoja wa viongozi wa watu, au mmoja wa Mafarisayo aliyemwamini?

⁴⁹But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

⁴⁹Lakini umati huu haujui Sheria ya Mose; umelaaniwa!"

⁵⁰Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

⁵⁰Mmoja wao alikuwa Nikodemo ambaye hapo awali alikuwa amemwendea Yesu. Basi, yeye akawaambia,

⁵¹Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

⁵¹"Je, Sheria yetu humhukumu mtu kabla ya kumsikia kwanza na kujua anafanya nini?"

⁵²They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

⁵²Nao wakamjibu, "Je, wewe pia umetoka Galilaya? Haya, kayachunguze Maandiko Matakatifu nawe utaona kwamba Galilaya hakutoki kamwe nabii!"

⁵³And every man went unto his own house.

⁵³Basi, wote wakaondoka, kila mtu akaenda zake;