¹`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is not entering through the door to the fold of the sheep, but is going up from another side, that one is a thief and a robber;

¹Yesu alisema "Kweli nawaambieni, yeyote yule asiyeingia katika zizi la kondoo kwa kupitia mlangoni, bali hupenya na kuingia kwa njia nyingine, huyo ni mwizi na mnyang'anyi.

²and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

²Lakini anayeingia kwa kupitia mlangoni, huyo ndiye mchungaji wa kondoo.

³to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

³Mngoja mlango wa zizi humfungulia, na kondoo husikia sauti yake, naye huwaita kondoo wake kila mmoja kwa jina lake na kuwaongoza nje.

⁴and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

⁴Akisha watoa nje huwatangulia mbele nao kondoo humfuata, kwani wanaijua sauti yake.

⁵and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.`

⁵Kondoo hao hawawezi kumfuata mgeni, bali watamkimbia kwa sababu hawaijui sauti yake."

⁶This similitude spake Jesus to them, and they knew not what the things were that he was speaking to them;

⁶Yesu aliwaambia mfano huo, lakini wao hawakuelewa alichotaka kuwaambia.

⁷Jesus said therefore again to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you — I am the door of the sheep;

⁷Basi, akasema tena, "Kweli nawaambieni, mimi ni mlango wa kondoo.

⁸all, as many as came before me, are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them;

⁸Wale wengine wote waliokuja kabla yangu ni wezi na wanyang'anyi, nao kondoo hawakuwasikiliza.

⁹I am the door, through me if any one may come in, he shall be saved, and he shall come in, and go out, and find pasture.

⁹Mimi ni mlango. Anayeingia kwa kupitia kwangu ataokolewa; ataingia na kutoka, na kupata malisho.

¹⁰`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have [it] abundantly.

¹⁰Mwizi huja kwa shabaha ya kuiba, kuua na kuharibu. Mimi nimekuja mpate kuwa na uzima--uzima kamili.

¹¹`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

¹¹"Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Mchungaji mwema huutoa uhai wake kwa ajili ya kondoo wake.

¹²and the hireling, and not being a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, doth behold the wolf coming, and doth leave the sheep, and doth flee; and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep;

¹²Mtu wa kuajiriwa ambaye si mchungaji, na wala kondoo si mali yake, anapoona mbwa mwitu anakuja, huwaacha kondoo na kukimbia. Kisha mbwa mwitu huwakamata na kuwatawanya.

¹³and the hireling doth flee because he is an hireling, and is not caring for the sheep.

¹³Yeye hajali kitu juu ya kondoo kwa sababu yeye ni mtu wa mshahara tu.

¹⁴`I am the good shepherd, and I know my [sheep], and am known by mine,

¹⁴Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Nawajua walio wangu, nao walio wangu wananijua mimi,

¹⁵according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,

¹⁵kama vile Baba anijuavyo, nami nimjuavyo Baba. Mimi nayatoa maisha yangu kwa ajili yao.

¹⁶and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock — one shepherd.

¹⁶Tena ninao kondoo wengine ambao hawamo zizini humu. Inanibidi kuwaleta hao pia, nao wataisikia sauti yangu, na kutakuwako kundi moja na mchungaji mmoja.

¹⁷`Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

¹⁷"Baba ananipenda kwani nautoa uhai wangu ili nipate kuupokea tena.

¹⁸no one doth take it from me, but I lay it down of myself; authority I have to lay it down, and authority I have again to take it; this command I received from my Father.`

¹⁸Hakuna mtu anayeninyang'anya uhai wangu; mimi na nautoa kwa hiari yangu mwenyewe. Ninao uwezo wa kuutoa na uwezo wa kuuchukua tena. Hivi ndivyo Baba alivyoniamuru nifanye."

¹⁹Therefore, again, there came a division among the Jews, because of these words,

¹⁹Kukawa tena na mafarakano kati ya Wayahudi kwa sababu ya maneno haya.

²⁰and many of them said, `He hath a demon, and is mad, why do ye hear him?`

²⁰Wengi wao wakasema, "Ana pepo; tena ni mwendawazimu! Ya nini kumsikiliza?"

²¹others said, `These sayings are not those of a demoniac; is a demon able blind men`s eyes to open?`

²¹Wengine wakasema, "Haya si maneno ya mwenye pepo. Je, pepo anaweza kuyafumbua macho ya vipofu?"

²²And the dedication in Jerusalem came, and it was winter,

²²Huko Yerusalemu kulikuwa na sikukuu ya Kutabaruku. Wakati huo ulikuwa wa baridi.

²³and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the porch of Solomon,

²³Naye Yesu akawa anatembea Hekaluni katika ukumbi wa Solomoni.

²⁴the Jews, therefore, came round about him, and said to him, `Till when our soul dost thou hold in suspense? if thou art the Christ, tell us freely.`

²⁴Basi, Wayahudi wakamzunguka, wakamwuliza, "Utatuacha katika mashaka mpaka lini? Kama wewe ndiye Kristo, basi, tuambie wazi."

²⁵Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

²⁵Yesu akawajibu, "Nimewaambieni, lakini hamsadiki. Kazi ninazozifanya mimi kwa jina la Baba yangu zinanishuhudia.

²⁶but ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep,

²⁶Lakini ninyi hamsadiki kwa sababu ninyi si kondoo wangu.

²⁷according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

²⁷Kondoo wangu huisikia sauti yangu; mimi nawajua, nao hunifuata.

²⁸and life age-during I give to them, and they shall not perish — to the age, and no one shall pluck them out of my hand;

²⁸Mimi nawapa uzima wa milele; nao hawatapotea milele, wala hakuna mtu atakayeweza kuwatoa mkononi mwangu.

²⁹my Father, who hath given to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck out of the hand of my Father;

²⁹Baba yangu ambaye ndiye aliyenipa hao ni mkuu kuliko wote, wale hakuna awezaye kuwatoa mikononi mwake Baba.

³⁰I and the Father are one.`

³⁰Mimi na Baba, tu mmoja."

³¹Therefore, again, did the Jews take up stones that they may stone him;

³¹Basi, Wayahudi wakachukua mawe ili wamtupie.

³²Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?`

³²Yesu akawaambia, "Nimewaonyesheni kazi nyingi kutoka kwa Baba. Ni ipi kati ya hizo inayowafanya mnipige mawe?"

³³The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.`

³³Wayahudi wakamjibu, "Hatukupigi mawe kwa ajili ya tendo jema, ila kwa sababu ya kukufuru! Maana wajifanya kuwa Mungu hali wewe ni binadamu tu."

³⁴Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods?

³⁴Yesu akawajibu, "Je, haikuandikwa katika Sheria yenu: Mimi nimesema, ninyi ni miungu?

³⁵if them he did call gods unto whom the word of God came, (and the Writing is not able to be broken,)

³⁵Mungu aliwaita miungu wale waliopewa neno lake; nasi twajua kwamba Maandiko Matakatifu yasema ukweli daima.

³⁶of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say — Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

³⁶Je, yeye ambaye Baba alimweka wakfu na kumtuma ulimwenguni, mnamwambia: Unakufuru, eti kwa sababu nilisema: Mimi ni Mwana wa Mungu?

³⁷if I do not the works of my Father, do not believe me;

³⁷Kama sifanyi kazi za Baba yangu msiniamini.

³⁸and if I do, even if me ye may not believe, the works believe, that ye may know and may believe that in me [is] the Father, and I in Him.`

³⁸Lakini ikiwa ninazifanya, hata kama hamniamini, walau ziaminini hizo kazi mpate kujua na kutambua kwamba Baba yuko ndani yangu, nami niko ndani yake."

³⁹Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,

³⁹Wakajaribu tena kumkamata lakini akachopoka mikononi mwao.

⁴⁰and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

⁴⁰Yesu akaenda tena ng'ambo ya mto Yordani, mahali Yohane alipokuwa akibatiza, akakaa huko.

⁴¹and many came unto him, and said — `John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;`

⁴¹Watu wengi walimwendea wakasema, "Yohane hakufanya ishara yoyote. Lakini yale yote Yohane aliyosema juu ya mtu huyu ni kweli kabisa."

⁴²and many did believe in him there.

⁴²Watu wengi mahali hapo wakamwamini.