¹After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, 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 feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.

²Sikukuu ya Vibanda ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia.

³His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.

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 openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”

⁴Mtu hafanyi mambo kwa siri kama anataka kujulikana kwa watu. Maadam unafanya mambo haya, basi, jidhihirishe kwa ulimwengu."

⁵For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.

⁵(Hata ndugu zake hawakumwamini!)

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

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

⁷ The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

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

⁸ You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because 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 stayed in Galilee.

⁹Alisema hayo kisha akabaki huko Galilaya.

¹⁰But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were 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?"

¹²There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, “He is a good man.” Others said, “Not so, but he leads the multitude astray.”

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

¹³Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.

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

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

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

¹⁵The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”

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

¹⁶Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.

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

¹⁷ If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.

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

¹⁸ He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is 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.

¹⁹ Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”

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

²⁰The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”

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

²¹Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel because of it.

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

²² Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.

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.

²³ If a boy receives circumcision on the Sabbath, that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me, because I made a man completely healthy on the 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?

²⁴ Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

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

²⁵Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?

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

²⁶Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?

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

²⁷However we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”

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

²⁸Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t 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.

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

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

³⁰They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on 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 of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, “When the Christ comes, he won’t do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?”

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

³²The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.

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

³³Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.

³³Yesu akasema, "Bado niko nanyi kwa muda mfupi, kisha nitamwendea yule aliyenituma.

³⁴ You will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come.”

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

³⁵The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he 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 is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me; and where I am, you can’t come’? ”

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

³⁷Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, 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.

³⁸ He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

³⁸Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: Anayeniamini mimi, mito ya maji yenye uzima itatiririka kutoka moyoni mwake!"

³⁹But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified.

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

⁴⁰Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, 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.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

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

⁴²Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, 2 Samuel 7:12 and from Bethlehem, Micah 5:2 the village where David was?”

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

⁴³So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.

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

⁴⁴Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on 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 didn’t you bring him?”

⁴⁵Kisha wale walinzi wakarudi kwa makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo; nao wakawauliza, "Kwa nini hamkumleta?"

⁴⁶The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”

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

⁴⁷The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?

⁴⁷Mafarisayo wakawauliza, "Je, nanyi pia mmedanganyika?

⁴⁸Have any of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?

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

⁴⁹But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is accursed.”

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

⁵⁰Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,

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

⁵¹“Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”

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

⁵²They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee. See Isaiah 9:1 and Matthew 4:13-16. ”

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

⁵³Everyone went to his own house,

⁵³Basi, wote wakaondoka, kila mtu akaenda zake;