¹And at dawn he came again to the temple,

¹lakini Yesu akaenda kwenye mlima wa Mizeituni.

²and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;

²Kesho yake asubuhi na mapema alikwenda tena Hekaluni. Watu wote wakamwendea, naye akaketi akawa anawafundisha.

³and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,

³Basi, walimu wa Sheria na Mafarisayo wakamletea mwanamke mmoja aliyefumaniwa katika uzinzi. Wakamsimamisha katikati yao.

⁴they say to him, `Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime — committing adultery,

⁴Kisha wakamwuliza Yesu, "Mwalimu! Mwanamke huyu alifumaniwa katika uzinzi.

⁵and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?`

⁵Katika Sheria yetu Mose alituamuru mwanamke kama huyu apigwe mawe. Basi, wewe wasemaje?"

⁶and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,

⁶Walisema hivyo kumjaribu, wapate kisa cha kumshtaki. Lakini Yesu akainama chini, akaandika ardhini kwa kidole.

⁷and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you — let him first cast the stone at her;`

⁷Walipozidi kumwuliza, Yesu akainuka, akawaambia, "Mtu asiye na dhambi miongoni mwenu na awe wa kwanza kumpiga jiwe."

⁸and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,

⁸Kisha akainama tena, akawa anaandika ardhini.

⁹and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders — unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.

⁹Waliposikia hivyo, wakaanza kutoweka mmojammoja, wakitanguliwa na wazee. Yesu akabaki peke yake, na yule mwanamke amesimama palepale.

¹⁰And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, `Woman, where are those — thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?`

¹⁰Yesu alipoinuka akamwuliza huyo mwanamke, "Wako wapi wale watu? Je, hakuna hata mmoja aliyekuhukumu?"

¹¹and she said, `No one, Sir;` and Jesus said to her, `Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.`

¹¹Huyo mwanamke akamjibu, "Mheshimiwa, hakuna hata mmoja!" Naye Yesu akamwambia, "Wala mimi sikuhukumu. Nenda zako; na tangu sasa usitende dhambi tena."

¹²Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.`

¹²Yesu alipozungumza nao tena, aliwaambia, "Mimi ndimi mwanga wa ulimwengu. Anayenifuata mimi hatembei kamwe gizani, bali atakuwa na mwanga wa uzima."

¹³The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;`

¹³Basi, Mafarisayo wakamwambia, "Wewe unajishuhudia mwenyewe; kwa hiyo ushahidi wako si halali."

¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself — my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye — ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

¹⁴Yesu akawajibu, "Hata kama ninajishuhudia mwenyewe, ushahidi wangu ni wa kweli kwa sababu mimi najua nilikotoka na ninakokwenda. Lakini ninyi hamjui nilikotoka wala ninakokwenda.

¹⁵`Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one,

¹⁵Ninyi mnahukumu kwa fikira za kibinadamu, lakini mimi simhukumu mtu.

¹⁶and even if I do judge my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me;

¹⁶Hata nikihukumu, hukumu yangu ni ya haki kwa sababu mimi siko peke yangu; Baba aliyenituma yuko pamoja nami.

¹⁷and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;

¹⁷Imeandikwa katika Sheria yenu ya kwamba ushahidi wa watu wawili ni halali.

¹⁸I am [one] who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.`

¹⁸Mimi najishuhudia mwenyewe, naye Baba aliyenituma, ananishuhudia pia."

¹⁹They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?` Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.`

¹⁹Hapo wakamwuliza, "Baba yako yuko wapi?" Yesu akawajibu "Ninyi hamnijui mimi wala hamumjui Baba. Kama mngenijua mimi, mngemjua na Baba yangu pia."

²⁰These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come;

²⁰Yesu alisema maneno hayo kwenye chumba cha hazina alipokuwa anafundisha Hekaluni. Wala hakuna mtu aliyemtia nguvuni, kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa haijafika bado.

²¹therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.`

²¹Yesu akawaambia tena, "Naenda zangu nanyi mtanitafuta, lakini mtakufa katika dhambi zenu. Niendako mimi, ninyi hamwezi kufika."

²²The Jews, therefore, said, `Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?`

²²Basi, viongozi wa Wayahudi wakasema, "Je, atajiua? Mbona anasema: Niendako ninyi hamwezi kufika?"

²³and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;

²³Yesu akawaambia, "Ninyi mmetoka papa hapa chini, mimi nimetoka juu; ninyi ni wa ulimwengu huu, mimi si wa ulimwengu huu.

²⁴I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.`

²⁴Ndiyo maana niliwaambieni mtakufa katika dhambi zenu. Kama msipoamini kwamba Mimi ndimi, mtakufa katika dhambi zenu."

²⁵They said, therefore, to him, `Thou — who art thou?` and Jesus said to them, `Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning;

²⁵Nao wakamwuliza, "Wewe ni nani?" Yesu akawajibu, "Nimewaambieni tangu mwanzo!

²⁶many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I — what things I heard from Him — these I say to the world.`

²⁶Ninayo mengi ya kusema na kuhukumu juu yenu. Lakini yule aliyenituma ni kweli; nami nauambia ulimwengu mambo yale tu niliyoyasikia kutoka kwake."

²⁷They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;

²⁷Hawakuelewa kwamba Yesu alikuwa akisema nao juu ya Baba.

²⁸Jesus, therefore, said to them, `When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am [he]; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;

²⁸Basi, Yesu akawaambia, "Mtakapokwisha mwinua Mwana wa Mtu hapo ndipo mtakapojua kwamba Mimi ndimi, na kwamba sifanyi chochote mimi mwenyewe, ila nasema tu yale Baba aliyonifundisha.

²⁹and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.`

²⁹Yule aliyenituma yuko pamoja nami; yeye hakuniacha peke yangu kwani nafanya daima yale yanayompendeza."

³⁰As he is speaking these things, many believed in him;

³⁰Baada ya kusema hayo watu wengi walimwamini.

³¹Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,

³¹Basi, Yesu akawaambia wale Wayahudi waliomwamini, "Kama mkiyazingatia mafundisho yangu mtakuwa kweli wanafunzi wangu.

³²and the truth shall make you free.`

³²Mtaujua ukweli, nao ukweli utawapeni uhuru."

³³They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say — Ye shall become free?`

³³Nao wakamjibu, "Sisi ni wazawa wa Abrahamu, na hatujapata kamwe kuwa watumwa wa mtu yeyote yule. Una maana gani unaposema: mtakuwa huru?"

³⁴Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you — Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,

³⁴Yesu akawajibu, "Kweli nawaambieni, kila mtu anayetenda dhambi ni mtumwa wa dhambi.

³⁵and the servant doth not remain in the house — to the age, the son doth remain — to the age;

³⁵Mtumwa hana makao ya kudumu nyumbani, lakini mwana anayo makao ya kudumu.

³⁶if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.

³⁶Kama mwana akiwapeni uhuru mtakuwa huru kweli.

³⁷`I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

³⁷Najua kwamba ninyi ni wazawa wa Abrahamu. Hata hivyo, mnataka kuniua kwa sababu hamuyakubali mafundisho yangu.

³⁸I — that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father — ye do.`

³⁸Mimi nasema yale aliyonionyesha Baba, lakini ninyi mwafanya yale aliyowaambieni baba yenu."

³⁹They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;` Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

³⁹Wao wakamjibu, "Baba yetu ni Abrahamu!" Yesu akawaambia, "Kama ninyi mngekuwa watoto wa Abrahamu, mngefanya kama alivyofanya Abrahamu,

⁴⁰and now, ye seek to kill me — a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

⁴⁰Mimi nimewaambieni ukweli niliousikia kwa Mungu; hata hivyo, ninyi mwataka kuniua. Abrahamu hakufanya hivyo!

⁴¹ye do the works of your father.` They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have — God;`

⁴¹Ninyi mnafanya mambo yaleyale aliyofanya babu yenu." Wao wakamwambia, "Sisi si watoto haramu! Tunaye baba mmoja tu, yaani Mungu."

⁴²Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;

⁴²Yesu akawaambia, "Kama Mungu angekuwa Baba yenu, mngenipenda mimi, maana mimi nilitoka kwa Mungu na sasa niko hapa. Sikuja kwa mamlaka yangu mwenyewe, ila yeye alinituma.

⁴³wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

⁴³Kwa nini hamwelewi hayo ninayosema? Ni kwa kuwa hamwezi kuusikiliza ujumbe wangu.

⁴⁴`Ye are of a father — the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar — also his father.

⁴⁴Ninyi ni watoto wa baba yenu Ibilisi na mnataka tu kutekeleza tamaa za baba yenu. Yeye alikuwa muuaji tangu mwanzo; hana msimamo katika ukweli, kwani ukweli haumo ndani yake. Kila asemapo uongo, husema kutokana na hali yake ya maumbile, maana yeye ni mwongo na baba wa uongo.

⁴⁵`And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

⁴⁵Mimi nasema ukweli, na ndiyo maana ninyi hamniamini.

⁴⁶Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

⁴⁶Nani kati yenu awezaye kuthibitisha kuwa mimi nina dhambi? Ikiwa basi nasema ukweli, kwa nini hamniamini?

⁴⁷he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.`

⁴⁷Aliye wa Mungu husikiliza maneno ya Mungu. Lakini ninyi hamsikilizi kwa sababu ninyi si (watu wa) Mungu."

⁴⁸The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?`

⁴⁸Wayahudi wakamwambia, "Je, hatukusema kweli kwamba wewe ni Msamaria, na tena una pepo?"

⁴⁹Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;

⁴⁹Yesu akajibu, "Mimi sina pepo; mimi namheshimu Baba yangu, lakini ninyi hamniheshimu.

⁵⁰and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;

⁵⁰Mimi sijitafutii utukufu wangu mwenyewe; yuko mmoja mwenye kuutafuta utukufu huo, naye ni hakimu.

⁵¹verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see — to the age.`

⁵¹Kweli nawaambieni, anayeuzingatia ujumbe wangu hatakufa milele."

⁵²The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death — to the age!

⁵²Basi, Wayahudi wakasema, "Sasa tunajua kweli kwamba wewe ni mwendawazimu! Abrahamu alikufa, na manabii pia walikufa, nawe wasema ati, Anayeuzingatia ujumbe wangu hatakufa milele!

⁵³Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?`

⁵³Je, unajifanya mkuu zaidi kuliko baba yetu Abrahamu ambaye alikufa? Hata na manabii walikufa. Wewe unajifanya kuwa nani?"

⁵⁴Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;

⁵⁴Yesu akawajibu, "Nikijitukuza mwenyewe, utukufu wangu si kitu. Baba yangu ambaye ninyi mwasema ni Baba yenu, ndiye anayenitukuza.

⁵⁵and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you — speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

⁵⁵Ninyi hamjapata kumjua, lakini mimi namjua. Na, nikisema simjui, nitakuwa mwongo kama ninyi. Mimi namjua na ninashika neno lake.

⁵⁶Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.`

⁵⁶Abrahamu, baba yenu, alishangilia aione siku yangu; naye aliiona, akafurahi."

⁵⁷The Jews, therefore, said unto him, `Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?`

⁵⁷Basi, Wayahudi wakamwambia, "Wewe hujatimiza miaka hamsini bado, nawe umemwona Abrahamu?"

⁵⁸Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham`s coming — I am;`

⁵⁸Yesu akawaambia, "Kweli nawaambieni, kabla Abrahamu hajazaliwa, mimi niko."

⁵⁹they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

⁵⁹Hapo wakaokota mawe ili wamtupie, lakini Yesu akajificha, akatoka Hekaluni.