John 10
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1“Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
1Yesu alisema “Kweli nawaambieni, yeyote yule asiyeingia katika zizi la kondoo kwa kupitia mlangoni, bali hupenya na kuingia kwa njia nyingine, huyo ni mwizi na mnyang'anyi.
2But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
2Lakini anayeingia kwa kupitia mlangoni, huyo ndiye mchungaji wa kondoo.
3The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen for his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
3Mngoja mlango wa zizi humfungulia, na kondoo husikia sauti yake, naye huwaita kondoo wake kila mmoja kwa jina lake na kuwaongoza nje.
4When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
4Akisha watoa nje huwatangulia mbele nao kondoo humfuata, kwani wanaijua sauti yake.
5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
5Kondoo hao hawawezi kumfuata mgeni, bali watamkimbia kwa sababu hawaijui sauti yake.”
6Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
6Yesu aliwaambia mfano huo, lakini wao hawakuelewa alichotaka kuwaambia.
7So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
7Basi, akasema tena, “Kweli nawaambieni, mimi ni mlango wa kondoo.
8All who came before Me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.
8Wale wengine wote waliokuja kabla yangu ni wezi na wanyang'anyi, nao kondoo hawakuwasikiliza.
9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
9Mimi ni mlango. Anayeingia kwa kupitia kwangu ataokolewa; ataingia na kutoka, na kupata malisho.
10The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.
10Mwizi huja kwa shabaha ya kuiba, kuua na kuharibu. Mimi nimekuja mpate kuwa na uzima—uzima kamili.
11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
11“Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Mchungaji mwema huutoa uhai wake kwa ajili ya kondoo wake.
12The hired hand is not the shepherd, and the sheep are not his own. When he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf pounces on them and scatters the flock.
12Mtu wa kuajiriwa ambaye si mchungaji, na wala kondoo si mali yake, anapoona mbwa mwitu anakuja, huwaacha kondoo na kukimbia. Kisha mbwa mwitu huwakamata na kuwatawanya.
13The man runs away because he is a hired servant and is unconcerned for the sheep.
13Yeye hajali kitu juu ya kondoo kwa sababu yeye ni mtu wa mshahara tu.
14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
14Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Nawajua walio wangu, nao walio wangu wananijua mimi,
15just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.
15kama vile Baba anijuavyo, nami nimjuavyo Baba. Mimi nayatoa maisha yangu kwa ajili yao.
16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
16Tena ninao kondoo wengine ambao hawamo zizini humu. Inanibidi kuwaleta hao pia, nao wataisikia sauti yangu, na kutakuwako kundi moja na mchungaji mmoja.
17The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.
17“Baba ananipenda kwani nautoa uhai wangu ili nipate kuupokea tena.
18No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
18Hakuna mtu anayeninyang'anya uhai wangu; mimi na nautoa kwa hiari yangu mwenyewe. Ninao uwezo wa kuutoa na uwezo wa kuuchukua tena. Hivi ndivyo Baba alivyoniamuru nifanye.”
19Again there was division among the Jews because of Jesus’ message.
19Kukawa tena na mafarakano kati ya Wayahudi kwa sababu ya maneno haya.
20Many of them said, “He is demon-possessed and insane. Why would you listen to Him?”
20Wengi wao wakasema, “Ana pepo; tena ni mwendawazimu! Ya nini kumsikiliza?”
21But others replied, “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
21Wengine wakasema, “Haya si maneno ya mwenye pepo. Je, pepo anaweza kuyafumbua macho ya vipofu?”
22At that time the Feast of Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter,
22Huko Yerusalemu kulikuwa na sikukuu ya Kutabaruku. Wakati huo ulikuwa wa baridi.
23and Jesus was walking in the temple courts in Solomon’s Colonnade.
23Naye Yesu akawa anatembea Hekaluni katika ukumbi wa Solomoni.
24So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
24Basi, Wayahudi wakamzunguka, wakamwuliza, “Utatuacha katika mashaka mpaka lini? Kama wewe ndiye Kristo, basi, tuambie wazi.”
25“I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.
25Yesu akawajibu, “Nimewaambieni, lakini hamsadiki. Kazi ninazozifanya mimi kwa jina la Baba yangu zinanishuhudia.
26But because you are not My sheep, you refuse to believe.
26Lakini ninyi hamsadiki kwa sababu ninyi si kondoo wangu.
27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
27Kondoo wangu huisikia sauti yangu; mimi nawajua, nao hunifuata.
28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
28Mimi nawapa uzima wa milele; nao hawatapotea milele, wala hakuna mtu atakayeweza kuwatoa mkononi mwangu.
29My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
29Baba yangu ambaye ndiye aliyenipa hao ni mkuu kuliko wote, wale hakuna awezaye kuwatoa mikononi mwake Baba.
30I and the Father are one.”
30Mimi na Baba, tu mmoja.”
31At this, the Jews again picked up stones to stone Him.
31Basi, Wayahudi wakachukua mawe ili wamtupie.
32But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”
32Yesu akawaambia, “Nimewaonyesheni kazi nyingi kutoka kwa Baba. Ni ipi kati ya hizo inayowafanya mnipige mawe?”
33“We are not stoning You for any good work,” said the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because You, who are a man, declare Yourself to be God.”
33Wayahudi wakamjibu, “Hatukupigi mawe kwa ajili ya tendo jema, ila kwa sababu ya kukufuru! Maana wajifanya kuwa Mungu hali wewe ni binadamu tu.”
34Jesus replied, “Is it not written in your Law: ‘I have said you are gods’?
34Yesu akawajibu, “Je, haikuandikwa katika Sheria yenu: Mimi nimesema, ninyi ni miungu?
35If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
35Mungu aliwaita miungu wale waliopewa neno lake; nasi twajua kwamba Maandiko Matakatifu yasema ukweli daima.
36then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
36Je, yeye ambaye Baba alimweka wakfu na kumtuma ulimwenguni, mnamwambia: Unakufuru, eti kwa sababu nilisema: Mimi ni Mwana wa Mungu?
37If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.
37Kama sifanyi kazi za Baba yangu msiniamini.
38But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”
38Lakini ikiwa ninazifanya, hata kama hamniamini, walau ziaminini hizo kazi mpate kujua na kutambua kwamba Baba yuko ndani yangu, nami niko ndani yake.”
39At this, they tried again to seize Him, but He escaped their grasp.
39Wakajaribu tena kumkamata lakini akachopoka mikononi mwao.
40Then Jesus went back across the Jordan to the place where John had first been baptizing, and He stayed there.
40Yesu akaenda tena ng'ambo ya mto Yordani, mahali Yohane alipokuwa akibatiza, akakaa huko.
41Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”
41Watu wengi walimwendea wakasema, “Yohane hakufanya ishara yoyote. Lakini yale yote Yohane aliyosema juu ya mtu huyu ni kweli kabisa.”
42And many in that place believed in Jesus.
42Watu wengi mahali hapo wakamwamini.
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