John 7
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
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Tongan Bible, Revised West Version
1After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
1Hili ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe fononga fano ʻa Sisu ʻi Kāleli: he naʻe ʻikai fie fononga ia ʻi Siutea, he naʻe holi ʻae kakai Siu ke tāmateʻi ia.
2However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.
2Pea ko e kātoanga ʻoe ngaahi fale fehikitaki ʻae kakai Siu, naʻe ofi.
3So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
3Ko ia naʻe pehē ai ʻe hono kāinga kiate ia, “ʻAlu ʻi heni, ʻo ʻalu ki Siutea, koeʻuhi ke mamata foki ʻa hoʻo kau ākonga ki he ngaahi ngāue ʻoku ke fai.
4For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”
4He ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata ʻoku holi ke ongoongo, pea ne fai fakalilolilo ha meʻa. Kapau ʻoku ke fai ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni, fakahā koe ki māmani.”
5For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.
5He naʻe ʻikai tui foki ʻa hono kāinga kiate ia.
6Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
6Pea talaange ʻe Sisu kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku teʻeki ai hoko hoku ʻaho: ka ʻoku tatau kotoa pē ʻae ʻaho kiate kimoutolu.
7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
7ʻOku ʻikai faʻa fehiʻa ʻa māmani kiate kimoutolu; ka ʻoku fehiʻa ia kiate au, koeʻuhi ʻoku ou fakahā ki ai, ʻoku kovi ʻene ngaahi ngāue.
8Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
8Mou ʻalu hake ki he kātoanga ni: ʻe ʻikai te u ʻalu leva ki he kātoanga ni; he ʻoku teʻeki ai hokosia hoku ʻaho.”
9Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.
9Hili ʻene lea ʻaki ʻae ngaahi lea ni kiate kinautolu, pea nofo pe ia ʻi Kāleli.
10But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
10Ka kuo ʻalu hono kāinga, pea toki ʻalu foki ia ki he kātoanga, naʻe ʻikai ʻi he fakahā, kae fakafufū pe.
11So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
11¶ Pea kumi ia ʻe he kakai Siu ʻi he kātoanga, ʻonau pehē, “Ko e fē ia?”
12Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
12Pea naʻe lahi ʻae fefanafanahi ʻi he kakai koeʻuhi ko ia: he naʻe pehē ʻe he niʻihi, “Ko e tangata lelei ia:” kae pehē ʻe he niʻihi, “ʻOku ʻikai; he ʻoku ne fakahalaʻi ʻae kakai.”
13Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
13Ka naʻe ʻikai lea fakahā ʻe ha taha kiate ia, ko ʻenau manavahē ki he kakai Siu.
14About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.
14¶ Pea ʻi he lolotonga ʻae kātoanga, naʻe ʻalu hake ʻa Sisu ki he falelotu lahi, ʻo akonaki.
15The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
15Pea ofo ʻae kakai Siu, ʻo nau pehē, “ʻOku ʻilo fakafēfē ʻe he tangata ni ʻae poto, he naʻe ʻikai akonekina?”
16“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
16Pea leaange ʻa Sisu kiate kinautolu, ʻO ne pehē, “Ko ʻeku akonaki ʻoku ʻikai ʻaʻaku, ka ʻoku ʻaʻana naʻa ne fekau au.
17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
17Pea ko ia ia ʻe fai ki hono finangalo, te ne ʻilo ʻae akonaki, pe ʻoku ʻi he ʻOtua ia, pe ko ʻeku lea ʻiate au pe.
18He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
18Ko ia ʻoku lea ʻiate ia pē, ʻoku kumi ʻae fakamālō ʻaʻana: ka ko ia ʻoku ne kumi ʻae fakamālō ʻo ia naʻa ne fekau ia, ko ia ia ʻoku moʻoni, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha taʻemāʻoniʻoni ʻiate ia.
19Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
19ʻIkai naʻe ʻatu ʻe Mōsese ʻae fono kiate kimoutolu, ka ʻoku ʻikai hamou tokotaha ʻoku ne fai ki he fono? Ko e hā ʻoku mou kumi ai ke tāmateʻi au?”
20“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”
20Pea leaange ʻae kakai, ʻo pehē, ʻOku ʻiate koe ha tēvolo: ko hai ʻoku kumi ke tāmateʻi koe?
21Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.
21Pea leaange ʻa Sisu, ʻo pehē kiate kinautolu, “Kuo u fai ʻae ngāue ʻe taha, pea ʻoku mou ofo ai kotoa pē.
22But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
22Naʻe fokotuʻu ʻe Mōsese ʻae kamu kiate kimoutolu; (ka ʻoku ʻikai mei ʻa Mōsese ia, kae mei he ngaahi tamai; pea ʻoku kamuʻi ʻekimoutolu ʻae tama tangata ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate.
23If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath?
23Pea kapau ʻe kamu ʻae tama tangata ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate, koeʻuhi ke ʻoua naʻa maumauʻi ʻae fono ʻa Mōsese; ʻoku mou ʻita kiate au, ko e meʻa ʻi heʻeku fakamoʻui haohaoa ʻae tangata ʻi he ʻaho Sāpate?
24Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”
24ʻOua te mou fakamaau ʻo fakatatau mo ia ʻoku ha mai, kae fakamaau ke totonu.”
25Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
25Pea lea ai ha niʻihi mei Selūsalema, “ʻIkai ko eni ia ʻoku nau kumi ke tāmateʻi?
26Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
26Pea vakai, ʻoku lea mālohi ia, kae ʻikai siʻi te nau lea kiate ia. ʻOku ʻilo moʻoni ʻe he kau pule ko e Kalaisi totonu eni?
27But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”
27He ʻoku tau ʻilo ʻae potu ʻoku haʻu mei ai ʻae tangata ni: ka ʻoka haʻu ʻa Kalaisi, ʻe ʻikai ha taha te ne ʻilo pe ʻoku mei fē ia.”
28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
28Pea kalanga ʻa Sisu ʻi he falelotu lahi ʻi heʻene akonaki, ʻo pehē, “ʻOku mou ʻilo au, pea ʻoku mou ʻilo ʻae potu ʻoku ou haʻu mei ai: pea ʻoku ʻikai te u haʻu ʻiate au pē, ka ko ia naʻa ne fekau au ʻoku moʻoni ia, ʻaia ʻoku ʻikai te mou ʻiloa.
29but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”
29Ka ʻoku ou ʻilo ia: he ʻoku ou meiate ia, pea naʻa ne fekau au.”
30So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
30Pea naʻa nau holi ai ke puke ia ka naʻe ʻikai ala ha taha kiate ia, he naʻe teʻeki hoko hono ʻaho.
31Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
31Pea naʻe tui ʻae tokolahi ʻoe kakai kiate ia, ʻonau pehē, “ʻOka haʻu ʻae Kalaisi, ʻe lahi hake ʻae mana ʻe fai ʻe ia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ni kuo fai ʻe he tangata ni?”
32When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
32¶ Pea naʻe fanongo ʻae kau Fālesi ʻoku fefanafanahi ʻae kakai kiate ia; pea fekau ʻe he kau Fālesi mo e kau taulaʻeiki lahi ʻae kau tangata fekau, ke nau puke ia.
33So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
33Pea lea ai ʻa Sisu kiate kinautolu, “ʻOku toe siʻi pe ʻeku ʻiate kimoutolu, peau ʻalu kiate ia naʻa ne fekau au.”
34You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
34Te mou kumi au, pea ʻikai ʻiloʻi pea ko e potu te u ʻi ai, ʻe ʻikai te mou faʻa lava ki ai.
35At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
35Pea fepehēʻaki ai ʻae kakai Siu, “ʻE ʻalu ki fē ia, ʻe ʻikai te tau faʻa ʻiloʻi ia? Te ne ʻalu ki he ngaahi Senitaile kuo fakahēʻi, pea ako ki he Senitaile?
36What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
36Ko e hā ʻae lea ko eni ʻoku ne pehē ai, Te mou kumi au, pea ʻikai te mou ʻiloʻi: pea ko e potu te u ʻi ai, ʻe ʻikai te mou faʻa lava ki ai?”
37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
37ʻI he ʻaho fakaʻosi, ko e ʻaho lahi ʻoe kātoanga, naʻe tuʻu ʻa Sisu ʻo kalanga, ʻo pehē, “Kapau ʻoku fieinu ha tangata, ke haʻu ia kiate au ʻo inu.
38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
38Ko ia ʻoku tui kiate au, ʻo hangē ko ia kuo fakahā ʻi he tohi, ‘ʻE tafe mei hono loto ʻae ngaahi vai moʻui.’”
39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
39(Ka ko ʻene lea ia ki he Laumālie, ʻaia ʻe maʻu ʻekinautolu ʻoku tui kiate ia: he naʻe teʻeki ai foaki ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni; koeʻuhi naʻe teʻeki ai hakeakiʻi ʻa Sisu.)
40On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
40¶ Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻae kakai tokolahi ki he lea ni, naʻa nau pehē, “Ko e moʻoni ko eni ʻae Palōfita.”
41Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
41Pea pehē ʻe he niʻihi, “Ko eni ʻae Kalaisi.” Ka naʻe lea ʻae niʻihi, “ʻE haʻu ʻae Kalaisi mei Kāleli?
42Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
42ʻIkai ʻoku tala ʻi he tohi, ʻE haʻu ʻae Kalaisi ʻi he hako ʻo Tevita, pea mei he kolo ko Petelihema, naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Tevita?”
43So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.
43Pea naʻe fakakikihi ʻae kakai ko e meʻa ʻiate ia.
44Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.
44Pea naʻe loto ʻa honau niʻihi ke puke ia; ka naʻe ʻikai ala ha taha kiate ia.
45Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
45¶ Pea haʻu ai ʻae kau tangata fekau ki he kau taulaʻeiki lahi mo e kau Fālesi; pea nau pehē kiate kinautolu, “Ko e hā ʻoku ʻikai ai te mou ʻomi ia?”
46“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
46Pea talaange ʻe he kau tangata fekau, “ʻOku teʻeki ʻaupito ha tangata ʻe lea ʻo hangē ko e tangata ni.”
47“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
47Pea toki pehē ʻe he kau Fālesi kiate kinautolu, “Kuo kākaaʻi mo kimoutolu foki?
48“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
48He kuo tui kiate ia ha niʻihi ʻi he kau pule pe ʻi he kau Fālesi?
49But this crowd that does not know the law, they are under a curse.”
49Ka kuo malaʻia ʻae kakai ni ʻoku taʻeʻilo ki he fono.”
50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
50Pea lea ʻa Nikotimasi kiate kinautolu, (ko ia ia naʻe haʻu kia Sisu ʻi he poʻuli,) he ko honau tokotaha ia,
51“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”
51“ʻOku tukuakiʻi ha tangata ʻe hotau fono ʻi he teʻeki fanongo ki ai, pea ʻilo ʻaia ʻoku ne fai?”
52“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
52Pea naʻa nau leaange, ʻo pehē kiate ia, “He ko e Kāleli foki ʻa koe? Kumi, pea vakai: he ʻoku ʻikai ha palōfita ʻe tupu mei Kāleli.”
53Then each went to his own home.
53Pea naʻe taki taha ʻalu ki hono fale.
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