¹Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end.

¹Ilikuwa kabla ya sikukuu ya Pasaka. Yesu alijua kwamba saa yake ya kuondoka ulimwenguni na kwenda kwa Baba ilikuwa imefika. Alikuwa amewapenda daima watu wake walioko duniani; naam, aliwapenda mpaka mwisho!

²And during supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas [son] of Simon, Iscariote, that he should deliver him up,

²Basi, Yesu na wanafunzi wake walikuwa mezani kwa chakula cha jioni. Ibilisi alikwisha mtia Yuda, mwana wa Simoni Iskarioti, nia ya kumsaliti Yesu.

³[Jesus,] knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he came out from God and was going to God,

³Yesu alijua kwamba Baba alikuwa amemkabidhi kila kitu, na kwamba alikuwa ametoka kwa Mungu na anarudi kwa Mungu.

⁴rises from supper and lays aside his garments, and having taken a linen towel he girded himself:

⁴Basi, Yesu aliondoka mezani, akaweka kando vazi lake, akachukua kitambaa na kujifunga kiunoni.

⁵then he pours water into the washhand basin, and began to wash the feet of the disciples, and to wipe them with the linen towel with which he was girded.

⁵Kisha akatia maji katika bakuli, akaanza kuwaosha wanafunzi wake miguu na kuipangusa kwa kile kitambaa alichojifungia.

⁶He comes therefore to Simon Peter; and *he* says to him, Lord, dost thou wash *my* feet?

⁶Basi, akamfikia Simoni Petro; naye Petro akasema, "Bwana, wewe utaniosha miguu mimi?"

⁷Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou dost not know now, but thou shalt know hereafter.

⁷Yesu akamjibu, "Huelewi sasa ninachofanya lakini utaelewa baadaye."

⁸Peter says to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, Unless I wash thee, thou hast not part with me.

⁸Petro akamwambia, "Wewe hutaniosha miguu kamwe!" Yesu akamjibu, "Nisipokuosha hutakuwa na uhusiano nami tena."

⁹Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

⁹Simoni Petro akamwambia, "Bwana, nioshe, si miguu tu, bali na mikono yangu na kichwa pia."

¹⁰Jesus says to him, He that is washed all over needs not to wash save his feet, but is wholly clean; and ye are clean, but not all.

¹⁰Yesu akamwambia, "Aliyekwisha oga hana lazima ya kunawa isipokuwa miguu, maana amekwisha takata mwili wote. Ninyi mmetakata, lakini si nyote."

¹¹For he knew him that delivered him up: on account of this he said, Ye are not all clean.

¹¹(Yesu alimjua yule ambaye atamsaliti, ndiyo maana alisema: "Ninyi mmetakata, lakini si nyote.")

¹²When therefore he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, having sat down again, he said to them, Do ye know what I have done to you?

¹²Alipokwisha waosha miguu na kuvaa tena vazi lake, aliketi mezani, akawaambia, "Je, mmeelewa hayo niliyowatendeeni?

¹³Ye call me the Teacher and the Lord, and ye say well, for I am [so].

¹³Ninyi mwaniita Mwalimu na Bwana, nanyi mwasema vyema, kwa kuwa ndimi.

¹⁴If I therefore, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet;

¹⁴Basi, ikiwa mimi niliye Bwana na Mwalimu, nimewaosha ninyi miguu, nanyi pia mnapaswa kuoshana miguu.

¹⁵for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.

¹⁵Nimewapeni mfano, ili nanyi pia mfanye kama nilivyowafanyieni.

¹⁶Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

¹⁶Kweli nawaambieni, mtumishi si mkuu zaidi kuliko bwana wake, wala mtume si mkuu zaidi kuliko yule aliyemtuma.

¹⁷If ye know these things, blessed are ye if ye do them.

¹⁷Basi, ikiwa mwayajua hayo, mtakuwa na heri mkiyatekeleza.

¹⁸I speak not of you all. I know those whom I have chosen; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.

¹⁸"Haya nisemayo hayawahusu ninyi nyote. Mimi nawajua wale niliowachagua. Lakini lazima yatimie Maandiko Matakatifu yasemayo: Yule aliyeshiriki chakula changu amegeuka kunishambulia.

¹⁹I tell you [it] now before it happens, that when it happens, ye may believe that I am [he].

¹⁹Mimi nimewaambieni mambo haya sasa kabla hayajatokea, ili yatakapotokea mpate kuamini kuwa mimi ndimi.

²⁰Verily, verily, I say to you, He who receives whomsoever I shall send receives me; and he that receives me receives him who has sent me.

²⁰Kweli nawaambieni anayempokea yule ninayemtuma anaponipokea mimi; na anayenipokea mimi, anampokea yule aliyenituma."

²¹Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, Verily, verily, I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.

²¹Alipokwisha sema hayo, Yesu alifadhaika sana rohoni, akasema wazi, "Kweli nawaambieni, mmoja wenu atanisaliti!"

²²The disciples therefore looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke.

²²Wanafunzi wakatazama wasiweze kabisa kujua anasema nani.

²³Now there was at table one of his disciples in the bosom of Jesus, whom Jesus loved.

²³Mmoja wa wanafunzi, ambaye Yesu alikuwa anampenda sana, alikuwa ameketi karibu na Yesu.

²⁴Simon Peter makes a sign therefore to him to ask who it might be of whom he spoke.

²⁴Basi, Simoni Petro akamwashiria na kusema: "Mwulize anasema juu ya nani."

²⁵But he, leaning on the breast of Jesus, says to him, Lord, who is it?

²⁵Mwanafunzi huyo akasogea karibu zaidi na Yesu, akamwuliza, "Bwana, ni nani?"

²⁶Jesus answers, He it is to whom I, after I have dipped the morsel, give it. And having dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas [son] of Simon, Iscariote.

²⁶Yesu akajibu, "Yule nitakayempa kipande cha mkate nilichochovya katika sahani, ndiye." Basi, akatwaa kipande cha mkate, akakichovya katika sahani, akampa Yuda, mwana wa Simoni Iskarioti.

²⁷And, after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou doest, do quickly.

²⁷Yuda alipokwisha pokea kipande hicho, Shetani akamwingia. Basi Yesu akamwambia, "Unachotaka kufanya, kifanye haraka!"

²⁸But none of those at table knew why he said this to him;

²⁸Lakini hakuna hata mmoja wa wale waliokaa pale mezani aliyefahamu kwa nini alikuwa amemwambia hivyo.

²⁹for some supposed, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus was saying to him, Buy the things of which we have need for the feast; or that he should give something to the poor.

²⁹Kwa kuwa Yuda alikuwa na wajibu wa kuutunza mfuko wa fedha, baadhi yao walidhani kwamba Yesu alikuwa amemwambia anunue vilivyohitajiwa kwa sikukuu, au kwamba alikuwa amemwambia akatoe chochote kwa maskini.

³⁰Having therefore received the morsel, he went out immediately; and it was night.

³⁰Basi, Yuda alipokwisha twaa kile kipande cha mkate, akatoka nje mara. Na ilikuwa usiku.

³¹When therefore he was gone out Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

³¹Baada ya Yuda kuondoka, Yesu akasema, "Sasa Mwana wa Mtu ametukuzwa, naye Mungu ametukuzwa ndani yake.

³²If God be glorified in him, God also shall glorify him in himself, and shall glorify him immediately.

³²Na kama utukufu wa Mungu umefunuliwa ndani ya Mwana, basi, naye Mungu ataudhihirisha utukufu wa Mwana ndani yake mwenyewe, na atafanya hivyo mara.

³³Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me; and, as I said to the Jews, Where I go ye cannot come, I say to you also now.

³³"Watoto wangu, bado niko nanyi kwa muda mfupi tu. Mtanitafuta, lakini sasa nawaambieni yale niliyowaambia viongozi wa Wayahudi: Niendako ninyi hamwezi kwenda!

³⁴A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

³⁴Nawapeni amri mpya: pendaneni; pendaneni kama nilivyowapenda ninyi.

³⁵By this shall all know that ye are disciples of mine, if ye have love amongst yourselves.

³⁵Mkipendana, watu wote watajua kwamba ninyi ni wanafunzi wangu."

³⁶Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where goest thou? Jesus answered him, Where I go thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me after.

³⁶Simoni Petro akamwuliza, "Bwana, unakwenda wapi?" Yesu akajibu, "Niendako huwezi kunifuata sasa, lakini utanifuata baadaye."

³⁷Peter says to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee.

³⁷Petro akamwambia "Bwana, kwa nini siwezi kukufuata sasa? Niko tayari kufa kwa ajili yako!"

³⁸Jesus answers, Thou wilt lay down thy life for me! Verily, verily, I say to thee, The cock shall not crow till thou hast denied me thrice.

³⁸Yesu akajibu, "Je, uko tayari kweli kufa kwa ajili yangu? Kweli nakwambia, kabla jogoo hajawika utanikana mara tatu!"