Jọn 8
1 Ma Jisọs rigooro nʼUgwu Oliv.
And at dawn he came again to the temple,
2 Nʼisi ụtụtụ echi ya, ọ bịara ọzọ nʼụlọnsọ ukwuu ebe ọtụtụ mmadụ bịakwutere ya. Ọ nọdụrụ ala malite ikuziri ha ihe.
and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;
3 Ndị ozizi iwu na ndị Farisii dọkpụtara otu nwanyị ha jidere nʼịkwa iko. Ha mere ka o guzo nʼihu igwe mmadụ ahụ niile.
and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
4 Ha sịrị ya, “Onye ozizi, anyị jidere nwanyị a ka ọ na-akwa iko.
they say to him, 'Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime — committing adultery,
5 Nʼiwu, Mosis nyere anyị ikike ka e jiri okwute tugbuo onye mere ihe dị otu a. Gịnị ka i nwere ikwu banyere nke a?”
and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?'
6 Ha kwuru nke a iji nwalee ya, iji nweta ihe ha ga-eji ebo ya ebubo. Ma Jisọs hulatara ala were mkpịsịaka ya dee ihe nʼala.
and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,
7 Mgbe ha nọgidere na-ajụ ya ajụjụ, o biliri sị ha, “Onye ọbụla nʼime unu na-emebeghị mmehie ọbụla, ya buru ụzọ tụọ ya nkume.”
and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, 'The sinless of you — let him first cast the stone at her;'
8 Ọzọ, o hulatakwara ala malite ide ihe ọ na-ede nʼala.
and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,
9 Mgbe ha nụrụ nke a, ha niile nʼotu nʼotu, malite nʼonye okenye ha, sitere nʼebe ahụ pụọ. Nʼikpeazụ, ọ fọdụrụ naanị Jisọs na nwanyị ahụ, ebe o guzoro nʼihu ya.
and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders — unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 Jisọs guzoro ọtọ jụọ ya sị, “Nwanyị, oleekwanụ ha? Ọ dịghị onye mara gị ikpe?”
And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, 'Woman, where are those — thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?'
11 Ọ sịrị, “O nweghị onye ọbụla Onyenwe anyị.” Jisọs sịrị ya, “Mụ onwe m amakwaghị gị ikpe: Gawa, kama emehiekwala ọzọ.”
and she said, 'No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, 'Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'
12 Ọzọ, Jisọs gwara ha sị, “Abụ m ihe nke ụwa. Onye ọbụla na-eso m agaghị ejegharị nʼọchịchịrị, kama ọ ga-enwe ìhè nke ndụ.”
Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'
13 Ndị Farisii sịrị, “Ị na-agbara onwe gị ama! Ya mere ama ị na-agbara onwe gị abụghị ezie.”
The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, 'Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'
14 Ma Jisọs zara sị, “A sịkwarị na mụ na-agbara onwe m ama, ama m na-agba bụ eziokwu. Nʼihi na-amara m ebe m si bịa, marakwa m ebe m na-aga. Ma unu aghọtaghị ebe m si bịa, maọbụ ebe m na-aga.
Jesus answered and said to them, 'And if I testify of myself — my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye — ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.
15 Unu na-ekpe ikpe dị ka mmadụ; ma ekpeghị m onye ọbụla ikpe.
'Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one,
16 Ma ọ bụrụ na m ekpe ikpe, ikpe m bụ eziokwu nʼihi na ọ bụghị naanị m nọ, kama ọ bụ mụ na Nna m, onye zitere m.
and even if I do judge my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me;
17 E dere nʼiwu unu sị, ‘ama mmadụ abụọ gbara bụ eziokwu.’
and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;
18 Ana m agba ama banyere onwe m. Nna m, onye zitere m, na-agbakwa ama banyere m.”
I am [one] who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'
19 Mgbe ahụ ha jụrụ ya, “Olee ebe Nna gị nọ?” Jisọs zara, “Unu amaghị m, unu amakwaghị Nna m. Ọ bụrụ na unu matara m unu ga-amatakwa onye Nna m bụ.”
They said, therefore, to him, 'Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, 'Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'
20 Okwu ndị a niile ka o kwuru nʼụlọnsọ ukwu ha, mgbe ọ na-akụzi ihe na mpaghara ụlọ ahụ ebe a na-adọba onyinye. Ma ọ dịghị onye ọbụla jidere ya nʼihi na oge ya erubeghị.
These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come;
21 Ọzọ ọ gwara ha, “Aga m ahapụ unu, unu ga-achọ m, ma unu ga-anwụ nʼime mmehie unu. Ma unu apụghị ịbịa nʼebe m na-aga.”
therefore said Jesus again to them, 'I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'
22 Nke a mere ka ndị Juu na-asị, “Ọ ga-egbu onwe ya? Ọ bụ ya mere o ji sị, ‘Ebe m na-aga unu apụghị ị bịa’?”
The Jews, therefore, said, 'Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'
23 Ma ọ sịrị ha, “Unu si nʼala ma esi m nʼelu bịa. Unu bụkwa ndị ụwa, ma abụkwaghị m nke ụwa a.
and he said to them, 'Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;
24 A sịrị m unu na unu ga-anwụ nʼime mmehie unu, naanị na unu kwenyere na mụ onwe m, bụ onye ahụ.”
I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.'
25 Ha jụrụ ya, “Onye ka ị bụ?” Jisọs zara sị ha, “Abụ m onye ahụ m gwara unu na m bụ na mbụ.
They said, therefore, to him, 'Thou — who art thou?' and Jesus said to them, 'Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning;
26 E nwere m ọtụtụ ihe m ga-ekwu nʼikpe unu ikpe. Ma matanụ na onye ahụ zitere m bụ onye eziokwu. Nʼihi nke a, ihe niile m nụrụ site nʼọnụ ya ka m gwara ụwa.”
many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I — what things I heard from Him — these I say to the world.'
27 Ọ bụ ihe banyere Nna ya ka ọ na-agwa ha, ma ha aghọtaghị ya.
They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;
28 Ya mere Jisọs sịrị, “Mgbe unu weliri Nwa nke Mmadụ elu, mgbe ahụ ka unu ga-ama na mụ onwe m bụ ya. Unu ga-amatakwa na ọ dịghị ihe m na-eme nʼonwe m, kama, dị ka Nna m ziri m ka m na-ekwu ihe ndị a.
Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am [he]; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;
29 Onye ahụ nke zitere m na-anọnyekwara m. Ọ hapụghịkwa m mgbe ọbụla, nʼihi na ọ bụ ihe na-amasị ya ka m na-eme mgbe niile.”
and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'
30 Mgbe ọ na-ekwu ihe ndị a, ọtụtụ kwenyere na ya.
As he is speaking these things, many believed in him;
31 Jisọs gwara ndị Juu ndị kwere na ya, “Ọ bụrụ na unu anọgide nʼokwu m nʼezie unu ga-abụ ndị na-eso ụzọ m.
Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, 'If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,
32 Unu ga-amatakwa eziokwu ahụ, eziokwu ahụ ga-emekwa ka unu nwere onwe unu.”
and the truth shall make you free.'
33 Ha zara ya, “Anyị bụ ụmụ Ebraham, o nwebeghị oge anyị ji bụrụ ohu onye ọbụla. Olee otu i si na-asị na a ga-eme ka anyị nwere onwe anyị?”
They answered him, 'Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say — Ye shall become free?'
34 Jisọs zara ha, “Nʼezie, nʼezie asị m unu, onye ọbụla na-eme mmehie bụ ohu mmehie.
Jesus answered them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you — Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,
and the servant doth not remain in the house — to the age, the son doth remain — to the age; (aiōn g165)
36 Ya mere, ọ bụrụ na Ọkpara ahụ emee ka unu nwere onwe unu nʼezie, unu ga-abụ ndị nwere onwe unu.
if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.
37 Ama m na unu bụ ụmụ ụmụ Ebraham, ma unu na-achọ igbu m nʼihi na okwu m enweghị ọnọdụ nʼime unu.
'I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;
38 Ana m ekwu ihe m hụrụ nʼebe Nna m nọ, ma unu na-eme ihe unu nụrụ site nʼaka nna unu.”
I — that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father — ye do.'
39 Ha zara ya, “Ebraham bụ nna anyị.” Jisọs sịrị ha, “Ọ bụrụ na unu bụ ụmụ Ebraham, unu gara na-arụ ọrụ Ebraham rụrụ.
They answered and said to him, 'Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, 'If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;
40 Ma unu na-achọ igbu m, bụ onye gwara unu eziokwu ahụ m nụrụ nʼebe Chineke nọ. Ebraham emeghị otu a.
and now, ye seek to kill me — a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;
41 Unu na-arụ ọrụ nna unu rụrụ.” Ha sịrị ya, “Anyị abụghị ụmụ a mụrụ site nʼịkwa iko; naanị Chineke ya onwe ya bụ otu Nna anyị nwere.”
ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, 'We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have — God;'
42 Jisọs gwara ha, “Ọ bụrụ nʼezie na Chineke bụ Nna unu, unu ga-ahụ m nʼanya, nʼihi na ọ bụ Chineke zitere m. Abịaghị m site nʼike aka m.
Jesus then said to them, 'If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;
43 Gịnị mere unu adịghị aghọta ihe m na-ekwu? Ọ bụ na unu enweghị ike ịnabata okwu m.
wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.
44 Unu bụ ụmụ nke nna unu ekwensu. Uche unu bụ imezu ihe nke nna unu na-achọ. Ọ bụ ogbu ọchụ site na mbụ. Ọ dịghị ejigide eziokwu nʼihi na eziokwu adịghị nʼime ya. Mgbe ọ na-ekwu okwu ụgha, ọ na-ekwu dị ka ọdịdị ya sịrị dị, nʼihi na ọ bụ onye ụgha bụrụkwa nna nke ụgha.
'Ye are of a father — the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar — also his father.
45 Ma nʼihi na m na-ekwu eziokwu, ọ bụ ya mere unu ekwenyeghị na m.
'And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.
46 O nwere onye nʼime unu pụrụ ịtụ m mmehie m nʼihu? Ọ bụrụ na m na-ekwu eziokwu, gịnị mere unu ekwenyeghị na m?
Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?
47 Onye ọbụla sitere na Chineke na-anụ ihe Chineke na-ekwu. Ihe kpatara unu adịghị anụ bụ maka unu abụghị ndị nke Chineke.”
he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'
48 Ndị Juu zara sị, “Anyị e kwughị eziokwu mgbe anyị sịrị na ị bụ onye Sameria, na mmụọ ọjọọ bikwa nʼime gị?”
The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, 'Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?'
49 Jisọs zaghachiri, “Mmụọ ọjọọ ọbụla adịghị nʼime m, kama ana m asọpụrụ Nna m, ma unu adịghị asọpụrụ m.
Jesus answered, 'I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;
50 Anaghị m achọ otuto nke onwe m, kama ọ dị onye nke na-achọ ya. Ọ bụkwa ya bụ onye ikpe.
and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;
verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see — to the age.' (aiōn g165)
52 Mgbe ahụ ndị Juu sịrị ya, “Anyị maara ugbu a na mmụọ ọjọọ bi nʼime gị. Ebraham nwụrụ anwụ ya na ndị amụma, ma gị onwe gị na-asị na onye ọbụla kwere na gị agaghị anwụ ruo mgbe ebighị ebi. (aiōn g165)
The Jews, therefore, said to him, 'Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death — to the age! (aiōn g165)
53 Ị dị ukwuu karịa nna anyị Ebraham? Ọ nwụrụ, ma ndị amụma nwụkwara. Onye ka ị na-eche na ị bụ?”
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'
54 Jisọs zara, “Ọ bụrụ na m etoo onwe m, otuto m bụ ihe efu, Nna m, onye unu na-asị na ọ bụ Chineke unu, bụ onye na-eto m.
Jesus answered, 'If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;
55 Amaara m onye ọ bụ nʼagbanyeghị na unu amaghị ya. Aga m abụ onye ụgha ma ọ bụrụ na m ga-asị na-amaghị m onye ọ bụ. Amaara m ya na-edebekwa okwu ya.
and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you — speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;
56 Nna unu Ebraham ṅụrịrị ọṅụ mgbe o chetara na ọ ga-ahụ ụbọchị m; ọ hụrụ ya ma ṅụrịakwa ọnụ.”
Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'
57 Ndị Juu sịrị ya, “Ị gbabeghị iri afọ ise ma ị hụla Ebraham?”
The Jews, therefore, said unto him, 'Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'
58 Jisọs sịrị ha, “Nʼezie, nʼezie agwa m unu, tupu amụọ Ebraham, mụ onwe m nọ ya.”
Jesus said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming — I am;'
59 Ya mere, ha tụtụlitere nkume ịtụ ya, ma Jisọs zoro onwe ya, sitekwa nʼụlọnsọ ukwuu ahụ pụọ.
they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
