John 7
1 After these things, Jesus was walking in Galilee, for he wouldn’t walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Erile morago ga mo, Jesu a ya Galalea, a tsena motse le motsana gonne o ne a batla go nna ka kwa ntle ga Judea kwa Bajuta ba neng ba mo logela leano la go mmolaya teng.
2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
Mme jaana ya bo e le lobaka lwa Mediro ya Metlaagana letsatsi lengwe la ngwaga la boitapoloso la Sejuta.
3 His brothers therefore said to him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
Mme bomonnaa Jesu ba mo tlhotlheletsa gore a ye kwa Judea kwa medirong. Ba mo raya ka tshotlo ba re, “Ya kwa batho ba bantsi ba ka bonang dikgakgamatso tsa gago gone!
4 For no one does anything in secret while he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, reveal yourself to the world.”
Ga o ka ke wa tuma fa o iphitlha jaana! Fa o le mogolo jaana, itshupegetse lefatshe!”
5 For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
Gonne le bomonnawe ba ne ba sa dumele mo go ene.
6 Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
Jesu a fetola a re, “Ga e ise e nne nako e e ntshwanetseng gore ke ye teng. Mme lona lo ka nna lwa tsamaya nako nngwe fela ga go na go dira pharologanyo epe mo go lona.
7 The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
Gonne lefatshe ga le ka ke la lo ila; mme nna le a nkila gonne ke le bona molato kaga sebe le bosula.
8 You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
Lona tsamayang, ke tlaa tla kwa morago fa nako e setse e siame.”
9 Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
Jalo a sala mo Galalea.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
Mme erile bomonnawe ba sena go ya moletlong, le ene a tsamaya, le fa go ntse jalo a ngwangwaela a sa bonwe ke ope.
11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba leka go mo senka kwa moletlong mme ba nna ba botsa gore a ope ga a ise a ke a mmone.
12 There 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.”
Go ne, go na le ditlotlo tse dintsi kaga gagwe mo bathong. Bangwe ba re, “Ke monna yo o gakgamatsang,” fa ba bangwe bone ba ne ba re, “Nnyaa, o timetsa batho.”
13 Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Mme ga bo go sena motho ope yo o neng a na le maikaelelo a go mmuelela mo pontsheng ka ntlha ya go tshaba ipusolosetso ya baeteledipele ba Sejuta.
14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
Mme erile go setse go le fa gare ga moletlo, Jesu a ya kwa Tempeleng mme a feta a ruta mo pontsheng.
15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba hakgamala fa ba mo utlwa, mme ba botsanya ba re, “Ke eng fa a itse thata jaana mme a ise a ke a tsene dikole tsa rona?”
16 Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ga ke lo rute megopolo ya me, fa e se ya Modimo o o nthomileng.
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.
Fa mongwe wa lona a ikaelela go dira go rata ga Modimo ka boammaaruri, hong lo tlaa itse gore a thuto ya me e tswa Modimong kgotsa ke ya me fela.
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.
Le fa e le mang yo o ntshang megopolo ya gagwe o a bo a ipuisa a batla go galalediwa, mme yo o batlang go tlotla yo o mo romileng, ke motho yo o siameng yo o boammaaruri.
19 Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
Ga go na ope wa lona yo o obamelang melao ya ga Moshe! Jalo ke eng fa lo ntshwaya phoso ka go sa e obameleng? Ke eng fa lo mpolaela go dira jaana?”
20 The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
Mme bontsi jwa batho jwa fetola jwa re, “O a tsenwa! Yo o lekang go go bolaya ke mang?”
21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
Jesu a fetola a re, “Ke dirile go le Sabata ke fodisa motho, mme lo ne lwa hakgamala. Mme le lona lo dira go le Sabata, fa lo obamela molao wa ga Moshe wa go rupisa (tota, le gale, mokgwa o wa go rupisa o mogologolo go na le molao wa ga Moshe); ka gore fa nako e e siameng ya go rupisa bana ba lona e tla go le Sabata, lo tswelela pele lo rupisa, jaaka lo tshwanetse. Jaanong ke eng fa ke atlholelwa go fodisa motho go le Sabata?
22 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
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?
24 Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
Aka-nyang selo se mme lo tlaa bona gore ke bolelela ruri.”
25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
Bangwe ba batho ba ba neng ba nna koo mo Jerusalema ba buisanya ba re, “A monna yo ga se ene yo ba lekang go mmolaya?
26 Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
Mme ke yo fa, o rera mo mpepeneneng, ga ba mo reye sepe. A e kane e le gore baeteledipele ba rona ba bonye gore ke Mesia tota?
27 However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
Mme o ka nna Mesia jang? Gonne re itse kwa monna yo a tsaletsweng teng; fa Keresete ene a tla, o tlaa bonala fela mme ga gona ope yo o tlaa itseng kwa o tswang teng.”
28 Jesus 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.
Mme Jesu mo therong ya gagwe mo Tempeleng a goa a re, “Ee, lo a nkitse le kwa ke tsaletsweng gone le kwa ke neng ka godisediwa gone, mme ke moemedi wa mongwe yo lo sa mo itseng, mme ene o Boammaaruri.
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
Ke a mo itse nna ka gore ke ne ke na nae, mme o nthomile mo go lona.”
30 They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Mme baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba batla go mo tshwara, le fa go ntse jalo ga se ka ga nna letsogo le le mo amang, gonne nako e a e beetsweng ke Modimo e ne e ise e nne yone.
31 But 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?”
Ba le bantsi mo bontsintsing jwa batho kwa Tempeleng ba dumela mo go ene ba re, “Oai, lo solofela dikgakgamatso dife mo go Mesia tse monna yo a sa di dirang?”
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Erile Bafarasai ba utlwa gore bontsintsi bo ne bo le mo mogopolong o, bone le ditlhogo tsa baperesiti ba romela mapodise a Tempele go tshwara Jesu.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
Mme Jesu a ba raya a re, “Ga e ise e nne nako! Ke tshwanetse go nna fa ka lobakanyana. Hong ke gone ke tlaa boelang kwa go yo o nthomileng.
34 You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
Lo tlaa mpatla mme ga lo na go mpona, gape ga lo na go kgona go tla kwa ke gone!”
35 The 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?
Baeteledipele ba Sejuta ba akabadiwa ke polelo e, mme ba botsanya ba re, “O ikaelela go ya kae? Kgotsa o akanya go tswa mo kgaolong e a tsamaya e le moruti mo Bajuteng mo dikgaolong tse dingwe tsa lefatshe, kgotsa le fa e le kwa go Badichaba!
36 What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
O raya eng fa a re, re tlaa mmatla mme ga re na go mmona, le gore, ‘Ga lo kitla lo kgona go tla kwa ke leng teng?’”
37 Now 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!
Mo letsatsing la bofelo, e le pheletso ya malatsi a boitapoloso, Jesu a goela kwa bontsintsing jwa batho a re, “Le fa e le mang yo o nyorilweng, a a tle kwa go nna a nwe.
38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
Gonne dikwalo tsa re dinoka tsa metse a a tshedileng di tlaa elela ditswa mo teng ga yoo o dumelang mo go nna.”
39 But 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.
(O ne a bua ka Mowa O O Boitshepo, o o tlaa newang mongwe le mongwe yo o dumelang mo go ene; mme Mowa o ne o ise o abiwe, gonne Jesu o ne a ise a boele kwa kgalalelong ya gagwe kwa legodimong).
40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
Erile bontsintsi bo utlwa a buajaana, bangwe ba bone ba re, “Ammaaruri monna yo ke moporofiti yo o tlaa tlang pele ga Mesia.”
41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
Bangwe ba re, “Ke Mesia.” Mme ba bangwe bone ba nna ba re, “Ga e ka ke ya nna ene! A Mesia o tlaa tswa kwa Galalea? Gonne dikwalo di bua sentle fela gore Mesia o tlaa tsalwa ke ba ntlo ya bogosi jwa ga Dafide, mo Bethelehema, motse o Dafide o neng a tsalelwa mo go one.”
42 Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
43 So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
Jalo ga tsoga kgaogano mo bontsing jwa batho ka ga gagwe.
44 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
Mme bangwe ba batla gore a tshwarwe mme ga seka ga nna ope yo o mo amang ka letsogo.
45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
Mapodisi a Tempele a a neng a romilwe go mo tshwara a boela kwa ditlhogong tsa baperesiti le Bafarasai. Mme tsa feta tsa ba botsa tsa re, “Ke eng lo ne lo sa tle le ene?”
46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
Mme mapodisi a dumaduma a re, “O bua dilo tse di hakgamatsang! Ga re ise re ke re be re utlwe sepe se se ntseng jaaka se a se buang.”
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
Mme Bafarasai ba fetola ka tshotlo ba re, “Go raya gore le lona lo timeditswe?”
48 Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?
“A go na le mongwe mo go rona babusi ba Sejuta kgotsa Bafarasai yo o dumelang fore Jesu ke Mesia?
49 But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”
Bontsintsi jo jwa dieleele bo a dumela, ee, mme baitse ka ga gone? Le gale ba hutsegile!”
50 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
Mme Nikodemo a bua. (A lo a mo gakologelwa? Ke ene yole yo e neng e le moeteledipele wa Sejuta yo o neng a tla ka sephiri go tla go buisanya le Jesu),
51 “Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
A botsa a re, A go ka fa molaong go atlhola motho pele ga a sekisiwa?
52 They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
Mme ba mo gakalela ba re, “A le wena o Mogalalea yo o tlhomolang pelo? Tlhatlhoba dikwalo o iponele, ga go na baporofiti ba ba tlaa tswang kwa Galalea!”
53 Everyone went to his own house,
Mme phuthego ya phatlalala mongwe le mongwe a ya gae.
