¹And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, 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 tabernacles, the feast of the Jews, was near.

²Sikukuu ya Vibanda ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia.

³His brethren therefore said to him, Remove hence and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou doest;

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

⁴for no one does anything in secret and himself seeks to be [known] in public. If thou doest these things, manifest 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 on him.

⁵(Hata ndugu zake hawakumwamini!)

⁶Jesus therefore says to them, My time is not yet come, but your time is always ready.

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

⁷The world cannot hate you, but me it hates, because I bear witness concerning it that its works are evil.

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

⁸Ye, go ye up to this feast. I go not up to this feast, for *my* time is not yet fulfilled.

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

⁹Having said these things to them he abode in Galilee.

⁹Alisema hayo kisha akabaki huko Galilaya.

¹⁰But when his brethren had gone up, then he himself also went up to the feast, not openly, but as in secret.

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

¹¹The Jews therefore 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 concerning him among the crowds. Some said, He is [a] good [man]; others said, No; but he deceives the crowd.

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

¹³However, no one spoke openly concerning him on account of [their] fear of the Jews.

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

¹⁴But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.

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

¹⁵The Jews therefore wondered, saying, How knows this [man] letters, having never learned?

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

¹⁶Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.

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

¹⁷If any one desire to practise his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is of God, or [that] I speak from myself.

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

¹⁸He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him that has sent him, he is true, and unrighteousness is not 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.

¹⁹Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?

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

²⁰The crowd answered [and said], Thou hast a demon: who seeks to kill thee?

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

²¹Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all wonder.

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

²²Therefore Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on sabbath.

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 receives circumcision on sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be violated, are ye angry with me because I have made a man entirely sound on sabbath?

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 sight, but judge righteous judgment.

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

²⁵Some therefore of those of Jerusalem said, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?

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

²⁶and behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers then indeed recognised that this is the Christ?

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

²⁷But [as to] this [man] we know whence he is. Now [as to] the Christ, when he comes, no one knows whence he is.

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

²⁸Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and 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 do not know.

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.

²⁹I know him, because I am from him, and *he* has sent me.

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

³⁰They sought therefore to take him; and no one laid his hand upon him, because his hour had not yet come.

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

³¹But many of the crowd believed on him, and said, Will the Christ, when he comes, do more signs than those which this [man] has done?

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

³²The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they might take him.

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

³³Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while I am with you, and I go to him that has 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 ye cannot come.

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

³⁵The Jews therefore said to one another, Where is he about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go to the dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

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 word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me]; and where I am ye cannot come?

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

³⁷In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to 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 believes on me, as the scripture has 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!"

³⁹But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for [the] Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

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

⁴⁰[Some] out of the crowd therefore, having heard this word, said, This is truly the prophet.

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

⁴¹Others said, This is the Christ. Others said, Does then the Christ come out of Galilee?

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

⁴²Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from the village of Bethlehem, where David was?

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

⁴³There was a division therefore in the crowd on account of him.

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

⁴⁴But some of them desired to take him, but no one laid hands upon him.

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

⁴⁵The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to 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 spoke thus, as this man [speaks].

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

⁴⁷The Pharisees therefore answered them, Are ye also deceived?

⁴⁷Mafarisayo wakawauliza, "Je, nanyi pia mmedanganyika?

⁴⁸Has any one of the rulers believed on him, or of the Pharisees?

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

⁴⁹But this crowd, which does not know the law, are accursed.

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

⁵⁰Nicodemus says to them (being one of themselves),

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

⁵¹Does our law judge a man before it have first heard from himself, and know what he does?

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

⁵²They answered and said to him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search and look, that no prophet arises out of Galilee.

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

⁵³And every one went to his home.

⁵³Basi, wote wakaondoka, kila mtu akaenda zake;