Sione 6
1 Hili eni, naʻe folau ʻa Sisu ʻi he tahi ʻo Kāleli, ʻaia ʻoku ʻo Taipiliō.
After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee – otherwise called the Lake of Tiberias.
2 Pea muimui ʻiate ia ʻae fuʻu kakai, koeʻuhi naʻa nau mamata ki he ngaahi mana naʻa ne fai kiate kinautolu naʻe mahaki.
A great crowd of people, however, followed him, because they saw the signs of his mission in his work among those who were sick.
3 Pea naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Sisu ki ha moʻunga, pea nofo ai ia mo ʻene kau ākonga.
Jesus went up the hill, and sat down there with his disciples.
4 Pea naʻe ofi ʻae Lakaatu, ko e kātoanga ʻae kakai Siu.
It was near the time of the Jewish Festival of the Passover.
5 Pea hanga hake ʻe Sisu hono fofonga, ʻo mamata ki he fuʻu tokolahi ʻoku haʻu kiate ia, pea lea ia kia Filipe, “Te tau fakatau ʻae mā mei fē, ke kai ʻekinautolu ni?”
Looking up, and noticing that a great crowd was coming towards him, Jesus said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread for these people to eat?”
6 Pea naʻa ne lea ʻaki eni ko e ʻahiʻahi kiate ia: he naʻa ne ʻilo ʻe ia ʻaia te ne fai.
He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he meant to do.
7 Pea talaange ʻe Filipe kiate ia, “Ko e mā ki he tenali ʻe uangeau, ʻe ʻikai lahi kiate kinautolu, koeʻuhi ke nau taki taha ha konga siʻi.”
“Even if we spent a years’ wages on bread,” answered Philip, “it would not be enough for each of them to have a little.”
8 Pea ko ʻene ākonga ʻe tokotaha, ko ʻAnitelū, ko e tokoua ʻo Saimone Pita, naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate ia,
“There is a boy here,” said Andrew, another of his disciples, Simon Peter’s brother,
9 “ʻOku ʻi heni ʻae tama, ʻoku ne maʻu ʻae foʻi mā paʻale ʻe nima, mo e ika siʻi ʻe ua: ka ko e hā ia ʻi he fuʻu tokolahi?”
“Who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what is that for so many?”
10 Pea tala ʻe Sisu, “Pule ke nofo ki lalo ʻae kau tangata.” Pea naʻe mohukuʻia ʻae potu. Pea nofo ki lalo ʻae kau tangata, naʻa nau toko nima afe nai.
“Make the people sit down,” said Jesus. It was a grassy spot; so the people, who numbered about five thousand, sat down,
11 Pea naʻe toʻo ʻe Sisu ʻae mā; pea ne fakafetaʻi, pea tufa ia ki he kau ākonga, kae [tufaki ]ʻe he kau ākonga kiate kinautolu naʻe nofo; pea [tufaki ]mo e ika ke ʻoua ke nau fiu.
and then Jesus took the loaves, and, after saying the thanksgiving, distributed them to those who were sitting down; and the same with the fish, giving the people as much as they wanted.
12 Pea kuo mākona ʻakinautolu, pea tala ʻe ia ki heʻene kau ākonga, “Tānaki hono toenga, kaeʻoua naʻa liʻaki ha meʻa.”
When they were satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, “Collect the broken pieces that are left, so that nothing may be wasted.”
13 Ko ia naʻa nau tānaki ia, ʻo fakafonu ʻae kato ʻe hongofulu ma ua, ʻi he toenga mā paʻale ʻe nima, ka kuo hili ʻae kai ʻae kakai.
The disciples did so, and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves, which were left after all had eaten.
14 Pea ʻi he mamata ʻe he kau tangata ko ia ki he mana kuo fai ʻe Sisu, naʻa nau pehē, “Tā ko e moʻoni ko eni ʻae palōfita [naʻe pehē ]ʻe haʻu ki māmani.”
When the people saw the signs which Jesus gave, they said, “This is certainly the prophet who was to come into the world.”
15 Pea kuo ʻilo ʻe Sisu te nau haʻu ʻo puke fakamālohi ia, ke fakanofo ia ko e tuʻi, naʻa ne toe ʻalu tokotaha pe ki ha moʻunga.
But Jesus, having discovered that they were intending to come and carry him off to make him king, went again up the hill, quite alone.
16 Pea kuo hoko ʻae efiafi, naʻe ʻalu ʻene kau ākonga ki tahi,
When evening fell, his disciples went down to the sea,
17 ʻO heka vaka, pea taumuʻa ki Kapaneume. Pea kuo poʻuli, ka ʻoku teʻeki hoko mai ʻa Sisu kiate kinautolu.
and, getting into a boat, began to cross to Capernaum. By this time darkness had set in, and Jesus had not yet come back to them;
18 Pea naʻe tō ʻae fuʻu matangi pea peaua ʻae tahi.
the sea, too, was getting rough, for a strong wind was blowing.
19 Pea hili ʻenau ʻaʻalo ʻi he maile ʻe tolu mo e toe, naʻa nau mamata kia Sisu ʻoku ʻeveʻeva ʻi he tahi, mo ʻunuʻunu mai ki he vaka: pea naʻa nau manavahē.
When they had rowed three or four miles, they caught sight of him walking on the water and approaching the boat, and they were frightened.
20 Ka naʻe pehē ʻe ia kiate kinautolu, ‘Ko au pe; ʻoua ʻe manavahē.’
But Jesus said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid!”
21 Pea naʻa nau maʻu loto fiefia ia ki he vaka; pea tau leva ʻae vaka ki he fonua naʻa nau folau ki ai.
And after this they were glad to take him into the boat; and the boat at once arrived off the shore, for which they had been making.
22 Pea ko e ʻaho naʻa na feholoi, ʻi he mamata ʻae kakai naʻe tutuʻu ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha, naʻe ʻikai ha vaka ʻi ai ka ko ia pe naʻe heka ai ʻene kau ākonga, pea naʻe ʻikai ʻalu ʻa Sisu ki he vaka mo ʻene kau ākonga, ka naʻe folau ʻa ʻene kau ākonga pe;
The people who remained on the other side of the sea had seen that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not gone into it with his disciples, but that they had left without him.
23 (Ka naʻe haʻu ʻae ngaahi vaka kehe mei Taipiliō, ʻo ofi ki he potu naʻa nau kai mā ai, ʻi he hili ʻae fakafetaʻi ʻe he ʻEiki: )
Some boats, however, had come from Tiberias, from near the spot where they had eaten the bread after the Master had said the thanksgiving.
24 Pea ʻi he mamata ʻae kakai ʻoku ʻikai ʻi ai ʻa Sisu, pe ko ʻene kau ākonga, naʻa nau heka vaka, pea haʻu ki Kapaneume, ʻo kumi ʻa Sisu.
So, on the next day, when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples either, they themselves got into the boats, and went to Capernaum to look for him.
25 Pea ʻi heʻenau ʻilo ia ʻi he kauvai ʻe taha, naʻa nau fehuʻi kiate ia, Lāpai, naʻa ke haʻu ʻanefē ki heni?
And, when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said, “When did you get here, Rabbi?”
26 Pea leaange ʻa Sisu kiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, ʻoku ʻikai te mou kumi au, koeʻuhi ko hoʻomou mamata ki he ngaahi mana, ka ko e meʻa ʻi hoʻomou kai ʻi he ngaahi foʻi mā, pea mākona.
“In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “it is not because of the signs which you saw that you are looking for me, but because you had the bread to eat and were satisfied.
27 ʻOua ʻe ngāue ki he meʻakai ʻoku ʻauha, ka ki he meʻakai ʻoku tolonga ki he moʻui taʻengata, ʻaia ʻe foaki ʻe he Foha ʻoe tangata kiate kimoutolu: he kuo fakaʻilonga ia ʻe he ʻOtua ko e Tamai.” (aiōnios g166)
Work, not for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for on him the Father – God himself – has set the seal of his approval.” (aiōnios g166)
28 Pea naʻa nau fehuʻi kiate ia, “Ko e hā ʻae ngaahi ngāue ʻoku totonu ke mau fai ki he ʻOtua?”
“How,” they asked, “are we to do the work that God wants us to do?”
29 Pea leaange ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko eni ʻae ngāue ki he ʻOtua, koeʻuhi ke mou tui kiate ia kuo ne fekau.”
“The work that God wants you to do,” answered Jesus, “is to believe in him whom God sent as his messenger.”
30 Pea naʻa nau pehē ai kiate ia, “Ko e hā ha fakaʻilonga ʻoku ke fai, koeʻuhi ke mau mamata, kae tui kiate koe? Ko e hā ʻoku ke fai?
“What sign, then,” they asked, “are you giving, which we may see, and so believe you? What is the work that you are doing?
31 Naʻe kai ʻae mana ʻe heʻemau ngaahi tamai ʻi he toafa; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi, ‘Naʻe foaki ʻe ia ʻae mā mei he langi kiate kinautolu ke nau kai.’”
Our ancestors had the manna to eat in the desert; as scripture says – ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Pea lea ʻa Sisu kiate kinautolu, “Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, naʻe ʻikai foaki ʻe Mōsese ʻae mā ko ia mei he langi kiate kimoutolu; ka ʻoku foaki ʻe heʻeku Tamai ʻae mā moʻoni mei he langi kiate kimoutolu.
“In truth I tell you,” replied Jesus, “Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but my Father does give you the true bread from heaven;
33 He ko ia ʻae mā ʻae ʻOtua ʻaia ʻoku ʻalu hifo mei he langi, ʻo foaki ʻae moʻui ki māmani.”
for the bread that God gives is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.”
34 Pea naʻa nau pehē kiate ia, “ʻEiki, foaki maʻuaipē ʻae mā ni kiate kimautolu.”
“Master,” they exclaimed, “give us that bread always!”
35 Pea talaange ʻe Sisu kiate kinautolu, “Ko au ko e mā ʻoe moʻui: ko ia ʻoku haʻu kiate au, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito fiekaia; pea ko ia ʻoku tui kiate au, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito fieinu ia.
“I am the life-giving bread,” Jesus said to them, “whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never thirst again.
36 Ka naʻaku tala kiate kimoutolu, Kuo mou mamata foki kiate au, kae ʻikai tui.
But, as I have said already, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe in me.
37 Ko ia kotoa pē ʻoku foaki ʻe he Tamai kiate au, ʻe haʻu ia kiate au; pea ko ia ʻoku haʻu kiate au, ʻe ʻikai ʻaupito teu siʻaki.
All those whom the Father gives me will come to me; and no one who comes to me will I ever turn away.
38 Naʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu hifo mei he langi ke fai hoku loto ʻoʻoku, ka ko e finangalo ʻo ia naʻa ne fekauʻi au.
For I have come down from heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;
39 Pea ko e finangalo eni ʻoe Tamai naʻa ne fekau au, koeʻuhi ko ia kotoa pē kuo ne foaki kiate au, ke ʻoua naʻa mole ha tokotaha, kae fokotuʻu ia ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.
and his will is this – that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last day.
40 Pea ko e finangalo eni ʻo ia naʻa ne fekau au, koeʻuhi ko ia fulipē ʻoku mamata ki he ʻAlo, pea tui kiate ia, ke ne maʻu ʻae moʻui taʻengata; pea te u fokotuʻu ia ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.” (aiōnios g166)
For it is the will of my Father that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have immortal life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last day.” (aiōnios g166)
41 Pea naʻe lāunga ai ʻae kakai Siu kiate ia, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻene pehē, “Ko au ko e mā naʻe ʻalu hifo mei he langi.”
The people began murmuring against Jesus for saying – ‘I am the bread which came down from heaven.’
42 Pea naʻa nau pehē, “ʻIkai ko Sisu eni, ko e foha ʻo Siosefa, ko e tamai mo e faʻē ʻaʻana ʻoku tau ʻilo? Pea ʻoku fēfeeʻi ʻene pehē, Naʻaku ʻalu hifo mei he langi?”
“Is not this Jesus, Joseph’s son,” they asked, “whose father and mother we know? How is it that he now says that he has come down from heaven?”
43 Ko ia naʻe leaange ʻa Sisu, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “ʻOua te mou felāungaʻaki ʻiate kimoutolu.
“Do not murmur among yourselves,” said Jesus in reply.
44 ʻE ʻikai ha tangata ʻe faʻa haʻu kiate au, ʻo kapau ʻe ʻikai tohoaki ia ʻe he Tamai ʻaia naʻa ne fekauʻi au: pea te u fokotuʻu ia ʻi he ʻaho fakamui.
“No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me draws him to me; and I will raise him up at the Last day.
45 Kuo tohi ʻi he kau palōfita, ‘Pea ʻe akonekina ʻakinautolu kotoa pē ʻi he ʻOtua.’ Ko ia ko e tangata kotoa pē kuo fanongo, pea kuo akonekina ʻi he Tamai, ʻoku haʻu ia kiate au.
It is said in the prophets – ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who is taught by the Father and learns from him comes to me.
46 ʻOku ʻikai ha tangata kuo ne mamata ki he Tamai: ka ko ia pe ʻoku mei he ʻOtua, kuo mamata ia ki he Tamai.
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except him who is from God – he has seen the Father.
47 Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, Ko ia ʻoku tui kiate au, ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae moʻui taʻengata. (aiōnios g166)
In truth I tell you, the person who believes in me has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
48 Ko au ko e mā ko ia ʻoe moʻui.
I am the life-giving bread.
49 Naʻe kai ʻae mana ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai ʻi he toafa, ka naʻa nau mate.
Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, and yet died.
50 Ko eni ʻae mā ʻoku ʻalu hifo mei he langi, ʻaia ʻoku kai ʻe ha tangata, pea ʻikai mate.
The bread that comes down from heaven is such that whoever eats of it will never die.
51 Ko au ko e mā moʻui kuo ʻalu hifo mei he langi: kapau ʻe kai ʻe ha tangata ʻae mā ni, ʻe moʻui taʻengata ia: pea ko e mā ʻoku ou foaki ko hoku sino, ʻaia te u foaki ke moʻui ai ʻa māmani.” (aiōn g165)
I am the living bread that has come down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, they will live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” (aiōn g165)
52 Ko ia naʻe fakakikihi ai ʻae kakai Siu ʻiate kinautolu, ʻo pehē, “ʻE faʻa foaki fēfeeʻi ʻe he tangata ni hono sino ke tau kai?”
They began disputing with one another, “How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Pea lea ʻa Sisu kiate kinautolu, “Ko e moʻoni, ko e moʻoni, ʻoku ou tala kiate kimoutolu, Kapau ʻe ʻikai te mou kai ʻae sino ʻoe Foha ʻoe tangata, mo inu hono toto, ʻoku ʻikai ha moʻui ʻiate kimoutolu.
“In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have not life within you.
54 Ko ia ʻoku ne kai hoku sino, mo inu hoku toto, ʻoku ʻiate ia ʻae moʻui taʻengata; pea te u fokotuʻu ia ʻi he ʻaho fakamui. (aiōnios g166)
Everyone who takes my flesh for their food, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise them up at the Last day. (aiōnios g166)
55 He ko hoku sino ko e meʻakai moʻoni, pea ko hoku toto ko e inu moʻoni.
For my flesh is true food, and my blood true drink.
56 Ko ia ʻoku kai hoku sino, mo inu hoku toto, ʻoku nofo ia ʻiate au, mo au ʻiate ia.
Everyone who takes my flesh for their food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to them.
57 ʻO hangē ʻoku moʻui ʻae Tamai naʻa ne fekau au, pea ʻoku ou moʻui ʻi he Tamai: ʻoku pehē, ko ia ʻoku ne kai ʻiate au, ko ia pe ʻe moʻui ʻiate au.
As the living Father sent me as his messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so the person who takes me for their food will live because I live.
58 Ko eni ʻae mā ko ia naʻe ʻalu hifo mei he langi: ʻo ʻikai tatau mo e kai ʻae mana ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai, pea nau mate: ko ia ʻoku kai ʻae mā ni, ʻe moʻui ia ʻo taʻengata.” (aiōn g165)
That is the bread which has come down from heaven – not such as your ancestors ate, and yet died; the person who takes this bread for their food will live for ever.” (aiōn g165)
59 Naʻe lea ʻaki ʻe ia ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni ʻi he falelotu, ʻi heʻene akonaki ʻi Kapaneume.
All this Jesus said in a synagogue, when he was teaching in Capernaum.
60 Pea ʻi he fanongo ki ai ʻene kau ākonga tokolahi, naʻa nau pehē, “Ko e lea faingataʻa eni: ko hai ʻoku faʻa ʻilo ia?”
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is harsh doctrine! Who can bear to listen to it?”
61 Pea ʻilo ʻe Sisu ʻiate ia ʻoku lāunga ai ʻene kau ākonga, pea lea ia kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku tūkia ʻakimoutolu ʻi he meʻa ni?
But Jesus, aware that his disciples were murmuring about it, said to them,
62 Pea ʻe fēfē ʻoka mou ka mamata ki he Foha ʻoe tangata ʻoku ʻalu hake ki he potu naʻe ʻi ai ia ʻi muʻa?
“Is this a hindrance to you? What, then, if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?
63 Ko e laumālie ia ʻoku ne fakamoʻui; ʻoku ʻikai hano ʻaonga ʻoe sino: ko e lea ʻoku ou lea ʻaki kiate kimoutolu, ko e laumālie ia pea mo e moʻui.
It is the Spirit that gives life; human strength achieves nothing. In the teaching that I have been giving you there is Spirit and there is life.
64 Ka ʻoku ai homou niʻihi ʻoku ʻikai tui. He naʻe ʻilo ʻe Sisu mei he kamataʻanga ʻakinautolu naʻe ʻikai tui, mo ia te ne lavakiʻi ia.
Yet there are some of you who do not believe in me.” For Jesus knew from the first who they were that did not believe in him, and who it was that would betray him;
65 ʻO ne pehē, “Ko ia ne u pehē ai kiate kimoutolu, ʻOku ʻikai faʻa haʻu ha tangata kiate au, ka ʻi hono foaki kiate ia mei heʻeku Tamai.”
and he added, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me, unless enabled by the Father.”
66 Pea talu mei ai naʻe foki ki mui ʻae tokolahi ʻo ʻene kau ākonga, ʻo ʻikai toe ʻalu mo ia.
After this many of his disciples drew back, and did not go about with him any longer.
67 Pea lea ai ʻa Sisu ki he toko hongofulu ma toko ua, “ʻE ʻalu mo kimoutolu foki?
So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you also wish to leave me?”
68 Pea leaange ʻa Saimone Pita kiate ia, “ʻEiki, te mau ʻalu kia hai? ʻOku ʻiate koe ʻae ngaahi lea ʻoe moʻui taʻengata. (aiōnios g166)
But Simon Peter answered, “Master, to whom would we go? Eternal life is in your teaching; (aiōnios g166)
69 Pea ʻoku mau tui pea ʻilo pau ko koe ko e Kalaisi, ko e ʻAlo ʻoe ʻOtua moʻui.”
and we have learned to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
70 Pea pehē ʻe Sisu kiate kinautolu, “ʻIkai naʻaku fili ʻakimoutolu ko e toko hongofulu ma toko ua, pea ko homou tokotaha ko e tēvolo?”
“Didn’t I myself choose you to be the Twelve?” replied Jesus, “and yet, even of you, one is playing the devil’s part.”
71 Ko ʻene lea ia kia Siutasi ʻIsikaliote, ko e foha ʻo Saimone: he ko ia te ne lavakiʻi ia, ko e taha ia ʻoe toko hongofulu ma toko ua.
He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who was about to betray him, though he was one of the Twelve.
