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.
Eyi akyi no Yesu kyinkyinii wɔ Galilea. Wampɛ sɛ obekyinkyin wɔ Yudea, efisɛ na Yudafo mpanyin no rehwehwɛ no akum no.
2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was at hand.
Bere a Yudafo Asese Afahyɛ no reyɛ adu no,
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.
Yesu nuanom ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Ɛsɛ sɛ wufi ha san kɔ Yudea sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ na wʼakyidifo behu nsɛnkyerɛnne a woyɛe no.
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.”
Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ogye din a ɔmmfa ne nneyɛe nsie. Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔma nnipa nyinaa hu ne nneyɛe.”
5 For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
Na nʼankasa ne nuanom mpo nnye no nni.
6 Jesus therefore said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ wɔn se, “Me bere nnuu ɛ, na mo de bere biara ye ma mo.
7 The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
Mo de, nnipa tan mo a ɛnyɛ ye, nanso me de wɔtan me a ɛyɛ ye, efisɛ daa meka bɔne a wɔyɛ no kyerɛ wɔn.
8 You go up to the feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, because my time is not yet fulfilled.”
Mo de, munni kan nkɔ afahyɛ no na me de, minnya nkɔɔ ɛ, efisɛ me bere nnuu ɛ.”
9 Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
Ɔkaa saa asɛm yi kyerɛɛ wɔn akyi no ɔtenaa Galilea.
10 But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly, but as it were in secret.
Yesu nuanom kɔɔ akyi no na ɔno nso kɔɔ afahyɛ no ase bi a wanna ne ho adi wɔ hɔ.
11 The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, “Where is he?”
Yudafo mpanyin no hwehwɛɛ no wɔ afahyɛ no ase na wɔanhu no no, wobisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Onipa a yɛrehwehwɛ no no wɔ he?”
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.”
Nnipa no kaa ne ho nsɛm huhuhuhu efisɛ na wosuro Yudafo mpanyin no. Ebinom se, “Ɔyɛ onipa pa.” Na afoforo nso se, “Ɔyɛ ɔdaadaafo.”
13 Yet no one spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Yudafo mpanyin no ho hu nti obiara antumi anyi nʼanim anka ne ho asɛm wɔ bagua mu.
14 But when it was now the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught.
Afahyɛ no duu ne mpɔmpɔnso no, Yesu kɔɔ asɔredan mu kɔkyerɛkyerɛe.
15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How does this man know letters, having never been educated?”
Bere a Yudafo mpanyin no tee Yesu nkyerɛkyerɛ no, ɛyɛɛ wɔn nwonwa na wobisae se, “Onipa yi nsuaa nhoma da, na ɛyɛɛ dɛn na otumi kyerɛkyerɛ sɛɛ yi?”
16 Jesus therefore answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Nea merekyerɛ no mfi mʼankasa, na mmom efi Onyankopɔn a ɔsomaa me no.
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.
Sɛ obi pɛ sɛ ɔyɛ Onyankopɔn apɛde a obehu sɛ me nkyerɛkyerɛ no fi Onyankopɔn nkyɛn anaa efi mʼankasa.
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.
Obiara a ɔde nʼadwene kasa no pɛ anuonyam ma ne ho, na obiara a ɔpɛ anuonyam ma nea ɔsomaa no no yɛ ɔnokwafo a nnaadaa biara nni ne mu.
19 Didn’t Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?”
Mose amma mo mmara no ana? Nanso mo mu biara nni saa mmara no so! Adɛn nti na mopɛ sɛ mukum me?”
20 The multitude answered, “You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?”
Nnipa no ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Gyama honhommɔne bi hyɛ wo so? Hena na ɔrehwehwɛ wo akum wo?”
21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work and you all marvel because of it.
Yesu buaa wɔn se, “Anwonwade baako pɛ a mayɛ nti na mo ho adwiriw mo sɛɛ yi.
22 Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a boy.
Mose maa mo twetiatwa (mpo ɛnyɛ sɛ Mose na ɔhyɛɛ ho mmara na ɛyɛ mo nenanom) nanso, mutwa twetia homeda.
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?
Sɛ mutwa twetia homeda na moanto Mose mmara a, adɛn nti na sɛ mesa obi yare homeda a, mo bo fuw me?
24 Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”
Mummmu atɛn kwa. Monhwɛ biribiara a muhu no yiye ansa na moabu ho atɛn.”
25 Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, “Isn’t this he whom they seek to kill?
Nnipa a na wɔwɔ Yerusalem no mu bi bisae se, “Ɛnyɛ saa onipa yi ne nea wɔpɛ sɛ wokum no no ana?
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?
Ɔno na ɔrekasa wɔ bagua mu a obiara nka hwee nkyerɛ no yi! Gyama afei de mpanyimfo no agye no ato mu sɛ ɔne Agyenkwa no?
27 However, we know where this man comes from, but when the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from.”
Yenim sɛ Agyenkwa no nya ba a, obiara rentumi nkyerɛ faako a ofi bae nanso saa onipa yi de, yenim faako a ofi.”
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.
Yesu gu so rekyerɛkyerɛ wɔ asɔredan mu no, ɔkaa no dennen se, “Ɛwɔ mu sɛ munim me na munim faako nso a mifi bae, nanso ɛnyɛ me ara me pɛ na mede bae, na nea ɔsomaa me no yɛ ɔnokwafo, nanso munnim no;
29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
na me de, minim no, efisɛ mifi ne nkyɛn na mebae na ɔno na ɔsomaa me.”
30 They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
Nʼano sii no, wɔpɛe sɛ anka wɔkyere no nanso obiara antumi amfa ne nsa anka no, efisɛ na ne bere a ɛsɛ sɛ wɔkyere no no nnui ɛ.
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?”
Nnipa no mu fa kɛse no ara gyee no dii na wobisae se, “Sɛ Agyenkwa no ba a obetumi ayɛ anwonwade bebree sen nea ɔbarima yi ayɛ no ana?”
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him.
Farisifo no tee huhuhuhu no a nnipa no yɛ faa Yesu ho no, wɔne asɔfo mpanyin no somaa hyiadan awɛmfo bi se wɔnkɔkyere Yesu mmra.
33 Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
Yesu ka kyerɛɛ nnipakuw no se, “Nna kakraa bi na aka me a me ne mo bɛtena na masan akɔ nea ɔsomaa me no nkyɛn.
34 You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
Mobɛhwehwɛ me nanso morenhu me, efisɛ faako a merekɔ no morentumi nkɔ hɔ.”
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?
Bere a Yudafo mpanyin no tee asɛm a Yesu kae no, wobisabisaa wɔn ho wɔn ho se, “Ɛhefa na ose ɔrebɛkɔ a enti yɛrenhu no yi? Anaasɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔkɔ Helafo nkurow a Yudafo tete mu no mu akɔkyerɛkyerɛ wɔn?
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’?”
Sɛ ɔka se, ‘Mobɛhwehwɛ me, nanso morenhu me, efisɛ faako a merekɔ no morentumi nkɔ hɔ’ a, na ɔkyerɛ dɛn?”
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!
Afahyɛ no da a edi akyi a ɛyɛ da titiriw no, Yesu sɔre gyinaa hɔ kasaa dennen se, “Obiara a osukɔm de no no mmra me nkyɛn mmɛnom nsu.
38 He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”
Na Kyerɛwsɛm no ka se, ‘Obiara a ogye me di no, nsu a ɛma nkwa bɛsen afi ne mu.’”
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.
Yesu kaa saa asɛm yi faa Honhom Kronkron a wɔn a wogyee no dii no nsa bɛka no ho. Saa bere no na onya mfaa Honhom Kronkron no mmaa wɔn ɛ, efisɛ na wonnya mmaa no so nkɔɔ ɔsoro nhyɛɛ no anuonyam ɛ.
40 Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.”
Nnipa no tee asɛm a Yesu kae no, ebinom kae se, “Ampa ara onipa yi ne odiyifo no!”
41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
Afoforo nso kae se, “Ɔno ne Kristo no!” Ebinom nso bisae se, “Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na Kristo no befi Galilea?
42 Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
Kyerɛwsɛm no anka se saa Kristo no befi Dawid abusua mu na wɔbɛwo no wɔ Betlehem kurow a Dawid tenaa mu no mu ana?”
43 So a division arose in the multitude because of him.
Yesu nti nnipa no mu kyekyɛe.
44 Some of them would have arrested him, but no one laid hands on him.
Ebinom pɛɛ sɛ wɔkyere no nanso obiara amfa ne nsa anka no.
45 The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
Asomfo no san kɔe no, asɔfo mpanyin ne Farisifo no bisaa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti na moamfa no amma?”
46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this man!”
Asomfo no buae se, “Nsɛm a onipa no ka no, ɛyɛ nwonwa na yɛntee bi da.”
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them, “You aren’t also led astray, are you?
Farisifo no san bisaa asomfo no se, “Mo nso wadaadaa mo ana?
48 Have any of the rulers or any of the Pharisees believed in him?
Moahu sɛ mpanyimfo anaa Farisifo no bi agye no adi ana?
49 But this multitude that doesn’t know the law is cursed.”
Dabi, ɛremma sa, na mmom ɛyɛ wɔn a wonnim mmara no na wɔadome wɔn no na wobegye no adi.”
50 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
Saa bere no na Nikodemo a ɔyɛ Farisini a da bi owiaa ne ho kɔɔ Yesu nkyɛn anadwo no nso wɔ hɔ bi.
51 “Does our law judge a man unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?”
Ɔno na obisae se, “Enti yɛn mmara ma ho kwan ma yebu obi fɔ wɔ bere a yɛntee nʼanom asɛm, nhuu nea wayɛ ana?”
52 They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
Wobuaa no se, “Wo nso wufi Galilea ana? Hwehwɛ Kyerɛwsɛm no mu yiye na wubehu sɛ odiyifo biara rentumi mfi Galilea da.”
53 Everyone went to his own house,
Afei obiara fii hɔ kɔe a wɔantumi ansi gyinae biara.
