Johan 6
1 Te phoeiah Jesuh tah Galilee Tiberias tuili rhalvangan la cet.
Some time later, when Jesus was in Galilee district, near the time of the Jewish Passover celebration, Jesus went [with us disciples by boat] and crossed to another place along Galilee Lake. This lake is [also called] Tiberias Lake.
2 Aka tlo rhoek soah a saii miknoek te a hmuh uh dongah amah te hlangping loh muep a vai.
A large crowd of people kept following Jesus [on land] because they had been seeing the miracles he performed [by healing] sick people.
3 Te dongah Jesuh te tlang la luei tih a hnukbang rhoek taengah pahoi ngol.
Jesus went up on the hillside and sat down with [us] disciples [to teach us].
4 Te vaengah Judah rhoek kah yoom khotue te om tom coeng.
Then he looked up and saw a great crowd of people coming toward him.
5 Jesuh loh a mik te a dai hatah a taengla hlangping muep ha lo te a hmuh. Te dongah Philip la, “He rhoek loh a caak uh ham buh te melam n'lai uh eh?” a ti nah.
He said to Philip, “Where will we buy food for all these people to eat?”
6 Amah loh saii ham a cai te a ming dongah anih te noemcai ham ni a ti nah.
He asked this only to find out if Philip believed what [Jesus could do], because Jesus already knew what he himself was going to do.
7 Philip loh Jesuh te, “Denarii yahnih neh vaidam te a yool he poel boeih a doe uh amah amih ham rhoeh mahpawh,” a ti nah.
Philip replied to him, “[Even if we had] the amount of money a man earns in eight months, that would not be enough to buy bread so that each person could have a little bit!”
8 A hnukbang rhoek khuikah pakhat Simon Peter kah a mana Andrew loh a taengah,
Another one of [us] disciples, Andrew, who was Simon Peter’s [younger] brother, said to Jesus,
9 “Nga lungnit neh cangtun vaidam hluem nga aka khueh tongpa ca tah om ta he, tedae he rhoek he heyet hamla balam lae a om?” a ti nah.
“There is a boy here who has five small barley loaves and two [cooked] fish. But (they will not help much among so many people!/what good will that do among so many people?) [RHQ]”
10 Jesuh loh, “Hlang rhoek te ngol sak uh,” a ti nah. Tekah hmuen ah khopol muep a om dongah hlang hlangmi te thawngnga tluk ngol uh.
Jesus said, “Tell the people to sit down!” There was plenty of grass there, so they all sat down [comfortably]. There were about 5,000 men [among the crowd].
11 Te dongah Jesuh loh vaidam te a loh tih a uem phoeiah aka vael rhoek taengah a tael. Te vanbangla nga te khaw a ngaih yet te a paek.
Then Jesus took the small loaves and the fish and thanked [God] for them. Then he [gave them to us, and we] distributed the small loaves and the fish to all the people sitting on the ground. [Because God caused the food to keep increasing], everyone ate as much as they wanted.
12 A hah uh phoeiah a hnukbang rhoek te, “Aka coih a nueipil rhoek te coi uh, te daengah ni pakhat khaw a poci pawt eh?,” a ti nah.
When everyone had all the food they wanted, he said to [us] disciples, “Gather up the pieces that are left over. Do not let anything be wasted!”
13 Te dongah a caak uh phoeikah cangtun vaidam panga kah a coih a nueipil te a coi uh vaengah voh hlainit dongah a sang uh.
So we gathered up the pieces of the small loaves that were left over by those who had eaten. We filled twelve baskets with those pieces!
14 Miknoek a saii te hlang rhoek loh a hmuh tih, “Anih tah Diklai dongla aka pawk tonghma rhep ni,” a ti uh.
After the people saw that miracle that Jesus had performed, [many of] them started to say, “Surely this is the prophet [like Moses] that [God promised] to send to the world!”
15 Amah te tuuk tih manghai la khueh ham paan la a cai uh te Jesuh loh a ming. Te dongah amah bueng tlang la koep khoe uh.
So, because Jesus realized that they were about to come and seize him to make him [their] king, he left them again and went up into the hills by himself.
16 Hlaem a pha vaengah tah a hnukbang rhoek te tuili la suntla uh.
When it was evening, [we] disciples went down to [Galilee] Lake.
17 Lawng khuila kun uh tih tuili rhalvangan kah Kapernaum la cet uh. Te phoeiah a hmuep loh a kae coeng dae Jesuh tah amih taengah pawk hlan.
When it became dark and Jesus had still not joined us, [we] got into a boat and went across the lake towards Capernaum [city].
18 Te vaengah khohli puei hli tih tuili te a haeng.
A strong wind started to blow and caused the water (to become very rough/to have high waves).
19 Phalong pakul panga neh sawmthum tluk a kaih uh vaengah Jesuh te tuili soah cet tih lawng taengla halo te a hmuh uh tih a rhih uh.
After we had rowed (three or four miles/five or six kilometers), we saw Jesus coming near the boat; he was walking on the water! So we were terrified!
20 Tedae amih te, “Kai ni rhih uh boeh,” a ti nah.
But he said to us, “Do not be afraid! It is I!”
21 Te vaengah ngaingaih uh tih amah te lawng khuila a doe uh. Te daengah a caeh thil uh kho te lawng loh tlek a pha.
We were glad to take him into the boat. As soon as [we] did that, the boat reached the shore where [we] were going!
22 Tekah a vuen ah tuili rhalvangan kah hlangping aka pai loh lawng pakhat bueng pawt atah teah a tloe a om pawt khaw, lawng khuiah Jesuh loh a hnukbang rhoek a caeh puei kolla a hnukbang rhoek bueng a caeh uh te khaw a hmuh uh.
The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake [were perplexed about how Jesus had left that area]. They knew that there had been only one boat there [the previous day]. They knew that we had gone away in it by ourselves. They knew that Jesus had not gone with us.
23 Tiberias lamkah lawng a tloe rhoek tah Boeipa loh vaidam te a uem tih a caak nah uh hmuen te vat a pha uh.
Then some [men came] from Tiberias [city] in boats. [They were hoping to take some of the crowd back to Tiberias]. They arrived near the place where the people had eaten the food after Jesus had given thanks [and caused it to multiply].
24 Jesuh neh a hnukbang rhoek a om pawt te hlangping loh a hmuh. Te dongah amih tah lawng khuila kun uh tih Jesuh toem ham Kapernaum la pawk uh.
When the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor we disciples were there, [some of] them got into those boats and they sailed to Capernaum to find Jesus.
25 Amah tuili ah val a hmuh uh vaengah, “Rhabbi, me vaengah lae hela na om,” a ti nauh.
When they found him [in Capernaum] further around the lake, they asked him, “Teacher, [since you(sg) did not come in a boat], when [and how] did you get here?”
26 Jesuh loh amih te a doo tih, “Nangmih te rhep rhep kan thui, miknoek na hmuh uh dongah pawt tih, vaidam te na caak uh tih na hah uh dongah ni kai nan toem uh.
Jesus replied to them, “Listen to this carefully: Do you know why you are looking for me? It is not because you saw [me perform] miracles [and as a result have realized who I really am]. No! You are looking for me [only] because you had plenty of bread to eat [after I provided it for you by performing a miracle].
27 Aka poci thai caak ham pawt tih dungyan hingnah la aka naeh caak ham mah saiiuh. Te tah Pa Pathen kah kutnoek a daeng tangtae hlang capa loh nangmih m'paek ni,” a ti nah. (aiōnios g166)
Stop desiring food that will soon spoil! Instead, desire to get [spiritual] food that will last forever! Yearn for eternal life! That is what I, the one who came from heaven, will give you. God [my] Father has shown that he approves of me [enabling me to do that].” (aiōnios g166)
28 Te dongah amah te, “Pathen kah khoboe te n'saii ham atah balae ka saii eh?,” a ti nauh.
Then the people asked him, “What things should we do [to please] God?”
29 Jesuh loh amih te a doo tih, “A tueih hlang na tangnah uh te Pathen kah khoboe ni he,” a ti nah.
Jesus replied, “What God [wants you] to do is this: He wants you to believe that [I am] the one he has sent.”
30 Te dongah amah te, “Te koinih miknoek balae na saii? Ka hmuh uh daengah ni nang kan tangnah uh van eh. Balae na saii eh?
So they said to him, “Then perform [another] miracle so that we may see it and believe that [you came from God]. What miracle would you like to perform?
31 A pa rhoek loh khosoek ah manna te a caak uh. Amih kah caak ham te vaan lamkah vaidam a paek te a daek tangtae om van,” a ti nauh.
Our ancestors ate the [food called] manna [that God provided for them by a miracle] in the desolate area. This is written {[The Psalmist] wrote this} [in the Scriptures] about [what Moses caused to happen: ] ‘He gave them food from heaven to eat.’ [Will you perform a miracle like that]?”
32 Te dongah Jesuh loh amih te, “Nangmih te rhep, rhep kan thui, Moses loh vaan lamkah vaidam te nangmih m'paek moenih, tedae a Pa loh vaan lamkah oltak vaidam te nangmih m'paek.
So Jesus said to them, “The truth is that it was not Moses who gave your [ancestors] that food from heaven. No, it was my Father [who gave it to them. And my Father is the one] who gives you the true food from heaven.
33 Pathen kah vaidam tah vaan lamkah aka rhum la om tih Diklai ah hingnah a paek,” a ti nah.
The true bread from God came down from heaven, and he is the one who will give [eternal] life to [the people of] the world [MTY].”
34 Te dongah amah te, “Boeipa, tekah vaidam te kaimih vawp vawp m'pae,” a ti nauh.
[Not understanding what he meant], they said to him, “Sir, give us that kind of bread all the time!”
35 Jesuh loh amih te, “Kai tah hingnah vaidam ni, kai taengah aka pawk tah a bungpong tlaih pawt vetih kai aka tangnah tah tui koep hal tlaih mahpawh.
Jesus said to them, “[Just like] food [MET] [sustains physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life. Those who [eat ordinary food and drinks will later be hungry and thirsty]. But those who come to me [to receive that life] will never again [lack anything spiritually].
36 Tedae nangmih loh kai nan hmuh uh lalah nan tangnah uh moenih ka ti.
I told you before that you have seen my [miracles, but after seeing them, instead of understanding who I am], you have not believed in me.
37 Pa loh kai m'paek boeih te tah kamah taengla ha pawk vetih, kai taengah aka pawk te tah phawn ka haek tlaih mahpawh.
All the people that [my] Father entrusts to me will come to me, and I will certainly (welcome/never send away) [LIT] anyone who comes to me.
38 Vaan lamkah ka suntlak he kamah kongaih saii ham pawt tih kai aka tueih kah kongaih te saii ham ni.
When I came down from heaven, it was not to do what I want. Instead, I came to do what ([God/my Father]), who sent me, wants.
39 He tah kai aka tueih kah kongaih ni. Te daengah ni kamah m'paek boeih te ka hlong pawt eh. Tedae a hnukkhueng khohnin ah te te ka thoh ni.
What the one who sent me wants is that I (keep forever all/never lose any) [LIT] of those whom he has entrusted to me. He wants me to cause all of them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].
40 He tah a pa kah kongaih ni. Te daengah ni capa aka hmu tih amah te aka tangnah boeih loh dungyan hingnah a dang eh. (aiōnios g166)
[Long ago in the desolate area when those who were bitten by snakes looked at the bronze replica of a snake, they were healed] [MET]. What my Father wants is that [similarly] everyone who looks at [what] I [have done] and believes in me will have eternal life. I will cause them to become alive again (on the last day/on the day [when I judge everyone]) [MTY].” (aiōnios g166)
41 Kai tah vaan lamkah aka suntla vaidam ni,” a ti dongah amah taengah Judah rhoek loh a kohuet pauh.
The Jewish [leaders] [SYN] began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the one who is [like] true bread who came down from heaven.”
42 Te dongah, “Anih he Joseph capa Jesuh moenih a? “A manu neh a napa te khaw mamih loh m'ming uh. Metlam lae, 'Vaan lamkah ka rhum, ' a ti he?” a ti uh.
They said, “(This man is Jesus, the son of Joseph!/Isn’t this man the son of Joseph?) [RHQ] We know [the names of] both his father and his mother. [He certainly did not come from heaven], so (he is [lying] by saying ‘I came from heaven.’/why is he now saying, ‘I came from heaven?’) [RHQ]”
43 Jesuh loh amih te a doo tih, “Khat neh khat kohuet uh boeh.
Jesus replied to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves [about what I just said]!
44 Kai aka tueih pa loh anih te a doek pawt atah kai taengah ha pawk thai moenih. Anih te kai loh a hnukkhueng khohnin ah ka thoh ni.
[My] Father, who sent me, makes people want to come to me. No others will come to me [to receive eternal life]. Those who come to me are the only ones who will believe in me. I will (cause them to be alive again/raise them [from the dead]) (on the last day/on the [judgment] day).
45 Tonghma cabu dongah a daek te om coeng tih Pathen kah a thuituen la boeih om uh ni. Pa taengkah a yaak tih aka cang boeih tah kai taengla ha pawk.
It was written ([by one of the prophets/by the prophet Isaiah]) {([One of the prophets/The prophet Isaiah]) wrote} [about all those who will trust in me], ‘God will teach them all.’ Everyone who listens to what [my] Father [says] and learns from him will (come to/believe in) me.
46 Pathen taengah aka om pawt atah pakhat long khaw pa te a hmuh moenih. Amah long tah pa te a hmuh coeng.
I came from God. I am the only one who has seen [my] Father. No one else has seen him.
Listen to this carefully: Everyone who believes ([my message/in me]) has eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
48 Kai tah hingnah buh ni.
[Just like] food [MET] [sustains your physical life], I am the [one who enables you to have spiritual] life.
49 Na pa rhoek loh khosoek ah manna a caak uh tih duek uh.
Even though your ancestors ate the manna [while they were traveling] in the desolate area, they died [anyway].
50 He tah vaan lamkah aka suntla vaidam la a om dongah aka ca tah duek van pawh.
But the bread [I am talking about] is something that came down from heaven. If people eat that bread, their [spirits] will never die.
51 Kai tah vaan lamkah aka suntla tih aka hing vaidam ni. Khat khat long ni he kah vaidam he a caak atah yoeyah la hing ni. Kai tah Diklai hingnah la aka om ka pumsa ni vaidam la kam paek eh?,” a ti nah. (aiōn g165)
I am the one who came down from heaven to enable people to have [spiritual] life. If people take what I will give them, they will live forever. What I will give them is my flesh, which I will give to [all the people in] [MTY] the world in order that they may have [spiritual] life.” (aiōn g165)
52 Te dongah Judah rhoek tah amamih hnuei uh thae tih, “Anih loh a saa te caak ham mamih m'paek thai aya?,” a ti uh.
Then the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] began to argue among themselves. They said, “(There is no way this man can give us his flesh to eat!/How can this man give us his flesh to eat?)” [RHQ]
53 Te dongah Jesuh loh amih te, “Nangmih te rhep, rhep kan thui, hlang capa kah a saa te na ca uh pawt tih a thii te na ok uh pawt atah, namamih khuiah hingnah na khueh uh moenih.
So, [speaking figuratively of the need for them to accept for themselves the benefits of his sacrificing himself and shedding his blood to atone for their sins] [MET], Jesus said to them, “Listen carefully to this: [Although] I am the one who came from heaven, if you do not eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will not have eternal life.
54 Ka saa aka ca tih ka thii aka o tah dungyan hingnah a khueh. A hnukkhueng khohnin ah anih te kai loh ka thoh ni. (aiōnios g166)
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will cause them to become alive again at (the last day/the [judgment] day), (aiōnios g166)
55 Ka saa tah caak tang la om tih ka thii tah ok koi tang la om.
because my flesh and my blood are truly spiritual food.
56 Ka saa aka ca neh ka thii aka o tah ka khuiah te naeh tih kai khaw anih khuiah ka naeh.
Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood will have a close relationship with me, and I will have a close relationship with them.
57 Aka hing a pa loh kai n'tueih tih a pa rhangneh kai ka hing bangla ka saa aka ca tah kai rhangneh hing van ni.
[My] Father, who is the [source of everything that] lives, sent me, and I live because [my] Father has [given me life]. Similarly those who eat my [flesh] will live [eternally] because of what I [do for them].
58 He tah vaan lamkah aka suntla vaidam ni. Na pa rhoek loh a caak uh tih a duek uh bang moenih. Tekah vaidam aka ca tah yoeyah la hing ni,” a ti nah. (aiōn g165)
[I am] the true bread that came down from heaven. Although our ancestors ate [manna], they [later] died [anyway]. But those who eat this bread will live forever.” (aiōn g165)
59 He rhoek he Kapernaum kah tunim ah a thuituen vaengah a thui.
He said this while he was teaching people in (the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place) in Capernaum.
60 A hnukbang rhoek loh muep a yaak uh vaengah, “Hekah olka he kaelkhak la om, u long a yakming thai eh?” a ti uh.
After they heard him say that, many of his disciples said, “What he is teaching is hard [to understand]; (it is very difficult for anyone to accept it!/how can anyone accept it?) [RHQ]”
61 He kawngah a hnukbang rhoek a kohuet uh te Jesuh amah loh a ming dongah amih te, “He loh nangmih n'khah a?
Jesus was aware that his disciples were grumbling about it, so he said to them, “(I am sorry that this is offending you./Is this offending you?) [RHQ]
62 Hlang capa te lamhma kah a om nah la a luei te na hmu uh koinih ta?
([Perhaps you will believe my message] if you see me, the one who came from heaven, ascending [there] to where I was before!/[(What will you think if you see me], the one who came from heaven, ascending [there] to where I was before)?) [RHQ]
63 Mueihla tah aka hing sak la om tih, pumsa tah a hong lam pataeng a hoeikhang sak moenih. Nangmih taeng ah ka thui olka rhoek te Mueihla la om tih hingnah la om.
[God’s] Spirit is the one who gives people [eternal] life. Human efforts are no help at all [for giving people eternal life]. The message I have spoken to you [gives spiritual] life (OR, [comes from] God’s Spirit [and gives eternal] life.)
64 Tedae nangmih khuiah aka om pakhat loh a tangnah moenih,” a ti nah. Te tah aka tangnah pawt la om tih te tah amah aka voei la a om khaw a tongnah lamlong ni Jesuh loh a ming.
But there are some of you who do not believe [my message.” Jesus said that] because he knew from the time he started [MTY] [his ministry] which of them would not believe his message. He also knew who would (betray him/enable his enemies to seize him).
65 Te phoeiah, “A pa lamloh a taengah paek la a om pawt atah kai taengla ha pawk thai pawt te nangmih taengah kan thui he,” a ti nah.
Then he continued by saying, “That is why I told you that only those whom my Father has enabled [to believe in me] will come to me [and receive eternal life].”
66 Te lamkah tah a hnukbang rhoek te a hnuk la muep nong uh tih a taengah pongpa uh pawh.
From that [time], many of his disciples left him and no longer went with him.
67 Te dongah Jesuh loh hlainit rhoek te, “Nangmih khaw caeh na ngaih uh pawt nim?,” a ti nah.
So he said to [us] twelve [apostles], “You do not want to leave me also, do you?”
Simon Peter replied to him, “Lord, [we] will not [leave you], [because] (there is no other person [like you] to whom we can go!/what other person is there like [you] to whom we can go?) [RHQ] You have the message about eternal life! (aiōnios g166)
69 Kumhal hingnah ol na khueh te ka tangnah uh dongah nang tah Pathen kah hlangcim ni tila ka ming uh,” a ti nah.
We have come to believe for certain that you are the holy one [who has come] from God!”
70 Jesuh loh amih te, “Kai loh nangmih hlainit te kan tuek moenih a? Tedae nangmih khuiah rhaithae pakhat om,” a ti nah.
Then Jesus replied to us, “[You are saying that as though all] you twelve [men] whom I have chosen [RHQ] believe that. But one of you is [under the control of] Satan!”
71 Simon capa Judas Iskariot ni a thui. Hlainit khuiah anih pakhat loh Jesuh te voeih hamla cai.
He was talking about Judas, the [son] of Simon, from Kerioth [village]. [Even though] Judas was one of us twelve [apostles], he was about (to betray Jesus/to enable Jesus’ enemies to seize him).
