¹After these things Jesus went away beyond the sea of Galilee (of Tiberias),

¹Baada ya hayo, Yesu alivuka ziwa Galilaya (au Ziwa Tiberia).

²and there was following him a great multitude, because they were seeing his signs that he was doing on the ailing;

²Umati mkubwa wa watu ulimfuata kwa sababu watu hao walikuwa wameona ishara alizokuwa akifanya kwa kuwaponya wagonjwa.

³and Jesus went up to the mount, and he was there sitting with his disciples,

³Yesu alipanda mlimani, akaketi pamoja na wanafunzi wake.

⁴and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.

⁴Sikukuu ya Wayahudi iitwayo Pasaka ilikuwa imekaribia.

⁵Jesus then having lifted up [his] eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?` —

⁵Basi, Yesu na alipotazama na kuona umati wa watu ukija kwake, alimwambia Filipo, "Tununue wapi mikate ili watu hawa wapate kula?"

⁶and this he said, trying him, for he himself had known what he was about to do.

⁶(Alisema hivyo kwa kumjaribu Filipo, kwani alijua mwenyewe atakalofanya.)

⁷Philip answered him, `Two hundred denaries` worth of loaves are not sufficient to them, that each of them may receive some little;`

⁷Filipo akamjibu, "Mikate ya denari mia mbili za fedha haiwatoshi watu hawa hata kama ila mmoja atapata kipande kidogo tu!"

⁸one of his disciples — Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter — saith to him,

⁸Mmoja wa wanafunzi wake aitwaye Andrea, nduguye Simoni Petro, akamwambia,

⁹`There is one little lad here who hath five barley loaves, and two fishes, but these — what are they to so many?`

⁹"Yupo hapa mtoto mmoja aliye na mikate mitano ya shayiri na samaki wawili; lakini hivi vyatosha nini kwa watu wengi kama hawa?"

¹⁰And Jesus said, `Make the men to sit down;` and there was much grass in the place, the men then sat down, in number, as it were, five thousand,

¹⁰Yesu akasema, "Waketisheni watu." Palikuwa na nyasi tele mahali hapo. Basi, watu wakaketi, jumla yapata wanaume elfu tano.

¹¹and Jesus took the loaves, and having given thanks he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those reclining, in like manner, also of the little fishes as much as they wished.

¹¹Yesu akaitwaa ile mikate, akamshukuru Mungu, akawagawia watu waliokuwa wameketi; akafanya vivyo hivyo na wale samaki, kila mtu akapata kadiri alivyotaka.

¹²And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;`

¹²Watu waliposhiba Yesu akawaambia wanafunzi wake, "Kusanyeni vipande vilivyobaki visipotee."

¹³they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten.

¹³Basi, wakakusanya vipande vya mikate ya shayiri walivyobakiza wale watu waliokula, wakajaza vikapu kumi na viwili.

¹⁴The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said — `This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;`

¹⁴Watu walipoiona ishara hiyo aliyoifanya Yesu, wakasema, "Hakika huyu ndiye nabii anayekuja ulimwenguni."

¹⁵Jesus, therefore, having known that they are about to come, and to take him by force that they may make him king, retired again to the mountain himself alone.

¹⁵Yesu akajua ya kuwa watu walitaka kumchukua wamfanye mfalme, akaondoka tena, akaenda mlimani peke yake.

¹⁶And when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

¹⁶Ilipokuwa jioni wanafunzi wake waliteremka hadi ziwani,

¹⁷and having entered into the boat, they were going over the sea to Capernaum, and darkness had already come, and Jesus had not come unto them,

¹⁷wakapanda mashua ili wavuke kwenda Kafarnaumu. Giza lilikuwa limeingia, na Yesu alikuwa hajawafikia bado.

¹⁸the sea also — a great wind blowing — was being raised,

¹⁸Ziwa likaanza kuchafuka kwa sababu upepo mkali ulikuwa unavuma.

¹⁹having pushed onwards, therefore, about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they behold Jesus walking on the sea, and coming nigh to the boat, and they were afraid;

¹⁹Wanafunzi walipokuwa wamekwenda umbali wa kilomita tano au sita, walimwona Yesu akitembea juu ya maji, anakaribia mashua; wakaogopa sana.

²⁰and he saith to them, `I am [he], be not afraid;`

²⁰Yesu akawaambia, "Ni mimi, msiogope!"

²¹they were willing then to receive him into the boat, and immediately the boat came unto the land to which they were going.

²¹Walifurahi kumchukua Yesu katika mashua; na mara mashua ikawasili nchi kavu walipokuwa wanakwenda.

²²On the morrow, the multitude that was standing on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other little boat there except one — that into which his disciples entered — and that Jesus went not in with his disciples into the little boat, but his disciples went away alone,

²²Kesho yake umati wa watu wale waliobaki upande wa pili wa ziwa walitambua kwamba kulikuwa na mashua moja tu pale, na Yesu hakuingia katika mashua pamoja na wanafunzi wake, ila wanafunzi hao walikuwa wamekwenda zao peke yao.

²³(and other little boats came from Tiberias, nigh the place where they did eat the bread, the Lord having given thanks),

²³Mashua nyingine kutoka Tiberia zilifika mahali hapo watu walipokula ile mikate, Bwana alipokwisha mshukuru Mungu.

²⁴when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they also themselves did enter into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus;

²⁴Basi, hao watu walipogundua kwamba Yesu na wanafunzi wake hawakuwapo mahali hapo, walipanda mashua, wakaenda Kafarnaumu wakimtafuta.

²⁵and having found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, `Rabbi, when hast thou come hither?`

²⁵Wale watu walipomkuta Yesu ng'ambo ya pili wa ziwa walimwuliza, "Mwalimu, ulifika lini hapa?"

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were satisfied;

²⁶Yesu akawajibu, "Kweli nawaambieni, mnanitafuta si kwa kuwa mmeona ishara, bali kwa sababu mlikula ile mikate mkashiba.

²⁷work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal — [even] God.`

²⁷Msikishughulikie chakula kiharibikacho; kishugulikieni chakula kidumucho kwa ajili ya uzima wa milele. Mwana wa Mtu ambaye Baba amemthibitisha atawapeni chakula hicho."

²⁸They said therefore unto him, `What may we do that we may work the works of God?`

²⁸Wao wakamwuliza, "Tufanye nini ili tuweze kuzitenda kazi za Mungu?"

²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, `This is the work of God, that ye may believe in him whom He did send.`

²⁹Yesu akawajibu, "Hii ndiyo kazi anayotaka Mungu muifanye: kumwamini yule aliyemtuma."

³⁰They said therefore to him, `What sign, then, dost thou, that we may see and may believe thee? what dost thou work?

³⁰Hapo wakamwambia, "Utafanya ishara gani ili tuione tupate kukuamini? Utafanya kitu gani?

³¹our fathers the manna did eat in the wilderness, according as it is having been written, Bread out of the heaven He gave them to eat.`

³¹Wazee wetu walikula mana kule jangwani, kama yasemavyo Maandiko: Aliwalisha mkate kutoka mbinguni."

³²Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of the heaven; but my Father doth give you the true bread out of the heaven;

³²Yesu akawaambia, "Kweli nawaambieni, Mose hakuwapeni mkate kutoka mbinguni; Baba yangu ndiye awapaye ninyi mkate halisi kutoka mbinguni.

³³for the bread of God is that which is coming down out of the heaven, and giving life to the world.`

³³Maana mkate wa Mungu ni yule ashukaye kutoka mbinguni na aupaye ulimwengu uzima."

³⁴They said, therefore, unto him, `Sir, always give us this bread.`

³⁴Basi, wakamwambia, "Mheshimiwa, tupe daima mkate huo."

³⁵And Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst — at any time;

³⁵Yesu akawaambia, "Mimi ndimi mkate wa uzima. Anayekuja kwangu hataona njaa; anayeniamini hataona kiu kamwe.

³⁶but I said to you, that ye also have seen me, and ye believe not;

³⁶Lakini niliwaambieni kwamba ingawa mmeniona hamniamini.

³⁷all that the Father doth give to me will come unto me; and him who is coming unto me, I may in no wise cast without,

³⁷Wote anaonipa Baba watakuja kwangu; nami sitamtupa nje yeyote anayekuja kwangu,

³⁸because I have come down out of the heaven, not that I may do my will, but the will of Him who sent me.

³⁸kwani nimeshuka kutoka mbinguni si kwa ajili ya kufanya matakwa yangu, ila kutimiza matakwa ya yule aliyenituma.

³⁹`And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that all that He hath given to me I may not lose of it, but may raise it up in the last day;

³⁹Na matakwa ya yule aliyenituma ndiyo haya: nisimpoteze hata mmoja kati ya wale alionipa, ila niwafufue wote Siku ya mwisho.

⁴⁰and this is the will of Him who sent me, that every one who is beholding the Son, and is believing in him, may have life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day.`

⁴⁰Maana anachotaka Baba yangu ndicho hiki: kila amwonaye Mwana na kumwamini awe na uzima wa milele; nami nitamfufua Siku ya mwisho."

⁴¹The Jews, therefore, were murmuring at him, because he said, `I am the bread that came down out of the heaven;`

⁴¹Basi, Wayahudi wakaanza kunung'unika kwa kuwa alisema: "Mimi ni mkate ulioshuka kutoka mbinguni."

⁴²and they said, `Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one — Out of the heaven I have come down?`

⁴²Wakasema, "Je, huyu si mwana wa Yosefu? Tunawajua baba yake na mama yake! Basi, anawezaje kusema kwamba ameshuka kutoka mbinguni?"

⁴³Jesus answered, therefore, and said to them, `Murmur not one with another;

⁴³Yesu akawaambia, "Acheni kunung'unika ninyi kwa ninyi.

⁴⁴no one is able to come unto me, if the Father who sent me may not draw him, and I will raise him up in the last day;

⁴⁴Hakuna mtu awezaye kuja kwangu, Baba aliyenituma asipomvuta kwangu; nami nitamfufua mtu huyo Siku ya mwisho.

⁴⁵it is having been written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God; every one therefore who heard from the Father, and learned, cometh to me;

⁴⁵Manabii wameandika: Watu wote watafundishwa na Mungu. Kila mtu anayemsikia Baba na kujifunza kutoka kwake, huja kwangu.

⁴⁶not that any one hath seen the Father, except he who is from God, he hath seen the Father.

⁴⁶Hii haina maana kwamba yupo mtu aliyemwona Baba, isipokuwa yule aliyetoka kwa Mungu; huyo ndiye aliyemwona Baba.

⁴⁷`Verily, verily, I say to you, He who is believing in me, hath life age-during;

⁴⁷Kweli, nawaambieni, anayeamini anao uzima wa milele.

⁴⁸I am the bread of the life;

⁴⁸Mimi ni mkate wa uzima.

⁴⁹your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;

⁴⁹Wazee wenu walikula mana kule jangwani, lakini walikufa.

⁵⁰this is the bread that out of the heaven is coming down, that any one may eat of it, and not die.

⁵⁰Huu ndio mkate kutoka mbinguni; mkate ambao anayekula hatakufa.

⁵¹`I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live — to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.`

⁵¹Mimi ni mkate hai ulioshuka kutoka mbinguni. Mtu yeyote akila mkate huu ataishi milele. Na mkate nitakaompa ni mwili wangu ninaoutoa kwa ajili ya uzima wa ulimwengu."

⁵²The Jews, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, `How is this one able to give us [his] flesh to eat?`

⁵²Ndipo Wayahudi wakaanza kubishana kati yao:

⁵³Jesus, therefore, said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

⁵³Yesu akawaambia, "Kweli nawaambieni, msipokula mwili wa Mwana wa Mtu na kunywa damu yake, hamtakuwa na uzima ndani yenu.

⁵⁴he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;

⁵⁴Anayekula mwili wangu na kunywa damu yangu anao uzima wa milele nami nitamfufua siku ya mwisho.

⁵⁵for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;

⁵⁵Maana mwili wangu ni chakula cha kweli, na damu yangu ni kinywaji cha kweli.

⁵⁶he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.

⁵⁶Aulaye mwili wangu na kunywa damu yangu, akaa ndani yangu, nami nakaa ndani yake.

⁵⁷`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;

⁵⁷Baba aliye hai alinituma, nami naishi kwa sababu yake; vivyo hivyo anilaye mimi ataishi pia kwa sababu yangu.

⁵⁸this is the bread that came down out of the heaven; not as your fathers did eat the manna, and died; he who is eating this bread shall live — to the age.`

⁵⁸Basi, huu ndio mkate ulioshuka kutoka mbinguni; si kama mana waliyokula babu zetu, wakafa. Aulaye mkate huu ataishi milele."

⁵⁹These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum;

⁵⁹Yesu alisema hayo alipokuwa akifundisha katika sunagogi kule Kafarnaumu.

⁶⁰many, therefore, of his disciples having heard, said, `This word is hard; who is able to hear it?`

⁶⁰Basi, wengi wa wafuasi wake waliposikia hayo, wakasema, "Haya ni mambo magumu! Nani awezaye kuyasikiliza?"

⁶¹And Jesus having known in himself that his disciples are murmuring about this, said to them, `Doth this stumble you?

⁶¹Yesu alijua bila kuambiwa na mtu kwamba wanafunzi wake walikuwa wananung'unika juu ya jambo hilo, akawauliza, "Je, jambo hili linawafanya muwe na mashaka?

⁶²if then ye may behold the Son of Man going up where he was before?

⁶²Itakuwaje basi, mtakapomwona Mwana wa Mtu akipanda kwenda kule alikokuwa kwanza?

⁶³the spirit it is that is giving life; the flesh doth not profit anything; the sayings that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life;

⁶³Roho ndiye atiaye uzima; binadamu peke yake hawezi. Maneno niliyowaambieni ni Roho, ni uzima.

⁶⁴but there are certain of you who do not believe;` for Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who are not believing, and who is he who will deliver him up,

⁶⁴Hata hivyo, wako baadhi yenu wasioamini." (Yesu alisema hivyo kwani alijua tangu mwanzo ni kina nani wasioamini, na pia ni nani atakayemsaliti.)

⁶⁵and he said, `Because of this I have said to you — No one is able to come unto me, if it may not have been given him from my Father.`

⁶⁵Kisha akasema, "Ndiyo maana niliwaambieni kwamba hakuna awezaye kuja kwangu asipowezeshwa na Baba yangu."

⁶⁶From this [time] many of his disciples went away backward, and were no more walking with him,

⁶⁶Kutokana na hayo, wengi wa wafuasi wake walirudi nyuma wasiandamane naye tena.

⁶⁷Jesus, therefore, said to the twelve, `Do ye also wish to go away?`

⁶⁷Basi, Yesu akawauliza wale kumi na wawili, "Je, nanyi pia mwataka kwenda zenu?"

⁶⁸Simon Peter, therefore, answered him, `Sir, unto whom shall we go? thou hast sayings of life age-during;

⁶⁸Simoni Petro akamjibu, "Bwana, tutakwenda kwa nani? Wewe unayo maneno yaletayo uzima wa milele.

⁶⁹and we have believed, and we have known, that thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.`

⁶⁹Sisi tunaamini, na tunajua kwamba wewe ndiwe yule Mtakatifu wa Mungu."

⁷⁰Jesus answered them, `Did not I choose you — the twelve? and of you — one is a devil.

⁷⁰Yesu akawaambia, "Je, sikuwachagua ninyi kumi na wawili? Hata hivyo, mmoja wenu ni Ibilisi!"

⁷¹And he spake of Judas, Simon`s [son], Iscariot, for he was about to deliver him up, being one of the twelve.

⁷¹Yesu alisema hayo juu ya Yuda, mwana wa Simoni Iskarioti; maana huyu alikuwa ndiye atakayemsaliti, ingawa alikuwa mmoja wa wale kumi na wawili.