¹But Jesus went to the mount of Olives.

¹lakini Yesu akaenda kwenye mlima wa Mizeituni.

²And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down and taught them.

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

³And the scribes and the Pharisees bring [to him] a woman 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 has been taken in the very act, committing adultery.

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

⁵Now in the law Moses has commanded us to stone such; thou therefore, what sayest thou?

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

⁶But this they said proving him, that they might have [something] to accuse him [of]. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his finger on the ground.

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

⁷But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you 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 stooping down he wrote on the ground.

⁸Kisha akainama tena, akawa anaandika ardhini.

⁹But they, having heard [that], went out one by one beginning from the elder ones until the last; and Jesus was left alone and the woman standing there.

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

¹⁰And Jesus, lifting himself up and seeing no one but the woman, said to her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? Has no one condemned 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 condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

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

¹²Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of 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 bearest witness concerning thyself; thy witness is not true.

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

¹⁴Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I bear witness concerning myself, my witness is true, because I know whence I came and whither I go: but ye know not whence I come and 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.

¹⁵Ye judge according to the flesh, I judge no one.

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

¹⁶And if also I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who has sent me.

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

¹⁷And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:

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

¹⁸I am [one] who bear witness concerning myself, and the Father who has sent me bears witness concerning me.

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

¹⁹They said to him therefore, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known also my Father.

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

²⁰These words spoke he in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one took him, for his hour was 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.

²¹He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot 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, that he says, Where I go ye cannot 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 unless ye shall 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, Who art thou? [And] Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you.

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

²⁶I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but he that has sent me is true, and I, what I have heard from him, these things 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 he spoke to them of the Father.

²⁷Hawakuelewa kwamba Yesu alikuwa akisema nao juu ya Baba.

²⁸Jesus therefore said to them, When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things.

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 that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

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

³⁰As he spoke these things many believed on him.

³⁰Baada ya kusema hayo watu wengi walimwamini.

³¹Jesus therefore said to the Jews who believed him, If ye abide in my word, ye are truly my disciples;

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

³²and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

³²Mtaujua ukweli, nao ukweli utawapeni uhuru."

³³They answered him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never been under bondage to any one; how sayest thou, 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 that practises sin is the bondman of sin.

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

³⁵Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.

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

³⁶If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.

³⁶Kama mwana akiwapeni uhuru mtakuwa huru kweli.

³⁷I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

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

³⁸I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.

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

³⁹They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;

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

⁴⁰but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

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 are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.

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

⁴²Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come [from him]; for neither am I come of myself, but *he* has 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.

⁴³Why do ye not know my speech? Because ye cannot hear my word.

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

⁴⁴Ye are of the devil, as [your] father, and ye desire to do the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks falsehood, he speaks of what is his own; for he is a liar and its 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.

⁴⁵and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.

⁴⁵Mimi nasema ukweli, na ndiyo maana ninyi hamniamini.

⁴⁶Which of you convinces me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?

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

⁴⁷He that is of God hears the words of God: therefore ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.

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

⁴⁸The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not 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.

⁵⁰But I do not seek my own glory: there is he that seeks and judges.

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

⁵¹Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one shall keep my word, he shall never see death.

⁵¹Kweli nawaambieni, anayeuzingatia ujumbe wangu hatakufa milele."

⁵²The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham has died, and the prophets, and thou sayest, If any one keep my word, he shall never taste death.

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 has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou 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 glorifies me, [of] whom ye say, He is our God.

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

⁵⁵And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word.

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

⁵⁶Your father Abraham exulted in that he should see my day, and he saw and rejoiced.

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

⁵⁷The Jews therefore said to him, Thou hast not yet fifty years, and hast thou seen Abraham?

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

⁵⁸Jesus said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

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

⁵⁹They took up therefore stones that they might cast [them] at him; but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, [going through the midst of them, and thus passed on.]

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