The Feast of Tabernacles
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
Na baada ya hayo Yesu alikuwa akitembea katika Galilaya; maana hakutaka kutembea katika Uyahudi, kwa sababu Wayahudi walikuwa wakitafuta kumwua.
2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Na sikukuu ya Wayahudi, Sikukuu ya Vibanda, ilikuwa karibu.
3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judæa, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
Basi ndugu zake wakamwambia, Ondoka hapa, uende Uyahudi, wanafunzi wako nao wapate kuzitazama kazi zako unazozifanya.
4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
Kwa maana hakuna mtu afanyaye neno kwa siri, naye mwenyewe ataka kujulikana. Ukifanya mambo haya, basi jidhihirishe kwa ulimwengu.
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
Maana hata nduguze hawakumwamini.
6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
Basi Yesu akawaambia, Haujafika bado wakati wangu; ila wakati wenu sikuzote upo.
7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Ulimwengu hauwezi kuwachukia ninyi; bali hunichukia mimi, kwa sababu mimi naushuhudia ya kuwa kazi zake ni mbovu.
8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.
Kweeni ninyi kwenda kula sikukuu; mimi sikwei bado kwenda kula sikukuu hii, kwa kuwa haujatimia wakati wangu.
9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
Naye alipokwisha kuwaambia hayo, alikaa vivi hivi huko Galilaya.
10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
Hata ndugu zake walipokwisha kukwea kuiendea sikukuu, ndipo yeye naye alipokwea, si kwa wazi bali kana kwamba kwa siri.
11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
Basi Wayahudi wakamtafuta kwenye sikukuu, wakasema, Yuko wapi yule?
12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
Kukawa na manung'uniko mengi katika makutano juu yake. Wengine wakasema, Ni mtu mwema. Na wengine wakasema, Sivyo; bali anawadanganya makutano.
13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
Walakini hakuna mtu aliyemtaja waziwazi, kwa sababu ya kuwaogopa Wayahudi.
14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
Hata ikawa katikati ya sikukuu Yesu alikwea kuingia hekaluni, akafundisha.
15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
Wayahudi wakastaajabu wakisema, Amepataje huyu kujua elimu, ambaye hakusoma?
16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
Basi Yesu akawajibu, akasema, Mafunzo yangu si yangu mimi, ila ni yake yeye aliyenipeleka.
17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Mtu akipenda kuyatenda mapenzi yake, atajua habari ya yale mafunzo, kwamba yatoka kwa Mungu, au kwamba mimi nanena kwa nafsi yangu tu.
18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
Yeye anenaye kwa nafsi yake tu hutafuta utukufu wake mwenyewe; bali yeye anayetafuta utukufu wake aliyempeleka, huyo ni wa kweli, wala ndani yake hamna udhalimu.
19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
Je! Musa hakuwapa torati? Wala hakuna mmoja wenu aitendaye torati. Mbona mnatafuta kuniua?
20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
Mkutano wakajibu, Ama! Una pepo! Ni nani anayetafuta kukuua?
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
Yesu akajibu, akawaambia, Mimi nalitenda kazi moja, nanyi nyote mnaistaajabia.
22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
Musa aliwapa tohara; lakini si kwamba yatoka kwa Musa, bali kwa mababa; nanyi siku ya sabato humtahiri mtu.
23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
Basi ikiwa mtu hupashwa tohara siku ya sabato, ili torati ya Musa isije ikavunjika, mbona mnanikasirikia mimi kwa sababu nalimfanya mtu kuwa mzima kabisa siku ya sabato?
24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Basi msihukumu hukumu ya macho tu, bali ifanyeni hukumu iliyo ya haki.
25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?
Basi baadhi ya watu wa Yerusalemu wakasema, Je! Huyu siye wanayemtafuta ili wamwue?
26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
Na kumbe! Anena waziwazi, wala hawamwambii neno! Yamkini hao wakuu wanajua hakika ya kuwa huyu ndiye Kristo?
27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
Lakini huyu twamjua atokako; bali Kristo atakapokuja hakuna ajuaye atokako.
28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
Basi Yesu akapaza sauti yake hekaluni, akifundisha na kusema, Mimi mnanijua, na huko nitokako mnakujua; wala sikuja kwa nafsi yangu; ila yeye aliyenipeleka ni wa kweli, msiyemjua ninyi.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
Mimi namjua, kwa kuwa nimetoka kwake, naye ndiye aliyenituma.
30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
Basi wakatafuta kumkamata; lakini hakuna mtu aliyeunyosha mkono wake ili kumshika, kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa haijaja bado.
31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
Na watu wengi katika mkutano wakamwamini; wakasema, Atakapokuja Kristo, je! Atafanya ishara nyingi zaidi kuliko hizi alizozifanya huyu?
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
Mafarisayo wakawasikia mkutano wakinung'unika hivi juu yake; basi wakuu wa makuhani na Mafarisayo wakatuma watumishi ili wamkamate.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
Basi Yesu akasema, Bado kitambo kidogo nipo pamoja nanyi; kisha naenda zangu kwake yeye aliyenipeleka.
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
Mtanitafuta wala hamtaniona; nami nilipo ninyi hamwezi kuja.
35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
Basi Wayahudi wakasemezana, Huyu atakwenda wapi hata sisi tusimwone? Ati! Atakwenda kwa Utawanyiko wa Wayunani, na kuwafundisha Wayunani?
36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
Ni neno gani hilo alilolisema, Mtanitafuta wala hamtaniona; nami nilipo ninyi hamwezi kuja?
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
Hata siku ya mwisho, siku ile kubwa ya sikukuu, Yesu akasimama, akapaza sauti yake akisema, Mtu akiona kiu, na aje kwangu anywe.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Aniaminiye mimi, kama vile maandiko yalivyonena, mito ya maji yaliyo hai itatoka ndani yake.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given ; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
Na neno hilo alilisema katika habari ya Roho, ambaye wale wamwaminio watampokea baadaye; kwa maana Roho alikuwa hajaja, kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa hajatukuzwa.
40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Basi wengine katika mkutano walipoyasikia maneno hayo, walisema, Hakika huyu ndiye nabii yule.
41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Wengine walisema, Huyu ndiye Kristo. Wengine wakasema, Je! Kristo atoka Galilaya?
42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
Andiko halikusema ya kwamba Kristo atoka katika uzao wa Daudi, na kutoka Bethlehemu, mji ule alioukaa Daudi?
43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
Basi kukaingia matengano katika mkutano kwa ajili yake.
44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
Baadhi yao wakataka kumkamata, lakini hakuna mtu aliyenyosha mikono yake ili kumshika.
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
Basi wale watumishi wakawaendea wakuu wa makuhani na Mafarisayo. Nao wakawaambia, Mbona hamkumleta?
46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
Wale watumishi wakajibu. Hajanena kamwe mtu ye yote kama huyu anavyonena.
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
Basi Mafarisayo wakawajibu, Je! Ninyi nanyi mmedanganyika?
48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
Ni nani katika wakuu amwaminiye, au katika Mafarisayo?
49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Lakini makutano hawa wasioifahamu torati wamelaaniwa.
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)
Akawaambia Nikodemo, (naye ni yule aliyemwendea zamani, maana ni mmoja wao),
51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
Je! Torati yetu humhukumu mtu kabla ya kumsikia kwanza, na kujua atendavyo?
52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
Wakajibu, wakamwambia, Je! Wewe nawe umetoka Galilaya!
53 And every man went unto his own house.
Tafuta, ukaone ya kuwa kutoka Galilaya hakutokea nabii.
