John 7
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
1Baada ya hayo, Yesu alikuwa akitembea katika Galilaya. Hakutaka kutembea mkoani Yudea kwa sababu viongozi wa Wayahudi walikuwa wanataka kumwua.
2Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.
2Sikukuu ya Vibanda ya Wayahudi ilikuwa imekaribia.
3And his brethren said to him: Pass from hence, and go into Judea; that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost.
3Basi ndugu zake wakamwambia, “Ondoka hapa uende Yudea ili wanafunzi wako wazione kazi unazozifanya.
4For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world.
4Mtu hafanyi mambo kwa siri kama anataka kujulikana kwa watu. Maadam unafanya mambo haya, basi, jidhihirishe kwa ulimwengu.”
5For neither did his brethren believe in him.
5(Hata ndugu zake hawakumwamini!)
6Then Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready.
6Basi, Yesu akawaambia, “Wakati wangu ufaao haujafika bado. Lakini kwenu ninyi kila wakati unafaa.
7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth: because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil.
7Ulimwengu hauwezi kuwachukia ninyi, lakini mimi wanichukia kwa sababu mimi nauambia wazi kwamba matendo yake ni maovu.
8Go you up to this festival day, but I go not up to this festival day: because my time is not accomplished.
8Ninyi nendeni kwenye sikukuu hiyo. Mimi siendi kwenye sikukuu hiyo, maana saa yangu ifaayo haijafika.”
9When he had said these things, he himself stayed in Galilee.
9Alisema hayo kisha akabaki huko Galilaya.
10But after his brethren were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret.
10Baada ya ndugu zake kwenda kwenye sikukuu, Yesu naye alikwenda, lakini hakuenda kwa hadhara bali kwa siri.
11The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day, and said: Where is he?
11Viongozi wa Wayahudi walikuwa wanamtafuta kwenye sikukuu hiyo; Wakauliza: “Yuko wapi?”
12And there was much murmuring among the multitude concerning him. For some said: He is a good man. And others said: No, but he seduceth the people.
12Kulikuwa na minong'ono mingi katika umati wa watu. Baadhi yao walisema, “Ni mtu mwema.” Wengine walisema, “La! Anawapotosha watu.”
13Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
13Hata hivyo hakuna mtu aliyethubutu kusema, habari zake hadharani kwa kuwaogopa viongozi wa Wayahudi.
14Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
14Sikukuu hiyo ilipofikia katikati, Yesu naye alikwenda Hekaluni, akaanza kufundisha.
15And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned?
15Basi, Wayahudi wakashangaa na kusema “Mtu huyu amepataje elimu naye hakusoma shuleni?”
16Jesus answered them, and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
16Hapo Yesu akawajibu, “Mafundisho ninayofundisha si yangu, bali ni yake yeye aliyenituma.
17If any man do the will of him; he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
17Mtu anayependa kufanya yale anayotaka Mungu, atajua kama mafundisho yangu yametoka kwa Mungu, au mimi najisemea tu mwenyewe.
18He that speaketh of himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true, and there is no injustice in him.
18Yeye anayejisemea tu mwenyewe anatafuta sifa yake mwenyewe; lakini anayetafuta sifa ya yule aliyemtuma, huyo ni mwaminifu, na ndani yake hamna uovu wowote.
19Did Moses not give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?
19Je, Mose hakuwapeni Sheria? Hata hivyo, hakuna hata mmoja wenu anayeishika Sheria. Kwa nini mnataka kuniua?”
20Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered, and said: Thou hast a devil; who seeketh to kill thee?
20Hapo watu wakamjibu, “Una wazimu wewe! Nani anataka kukuua?”
21Jesus answered, and said to them: One work I have done; and you all wonder:
21Yesu akawajibu, “Kuna jambo moja nililofanya, nanyi mnalistaajabia.
22Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man.
22Mose aliwapeni ile desturi ya kutahiri. (Si kwamba desturi hiyo ilitoka kwa Mose, bali ilitoka kwa mababu). Sasa ninyi humtahiri mtu hata siku ya Sabato.
23If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken; are you angry at me because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day?
23Ikiwa basi, mtu hutahiriwa hata siku ya Sabato kusudi Sheria ya Mose isivunjwe, mbona mnanikasirikia kwa sababu nimemfanya mtu kuwa mzima kabisa siku ya Sabato?
24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge just judgment.
24Msihukumu mambo kwa nje tu; toeni hukumu ya haki.”
25Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
25Baadhi ya watu wa Yerusalemu walisema, “Je, yule mtu wanayemtafuta wamuue si huyu?
26And behold, he speaketh openly, and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth, that this is the Christ?
26Tazameni sasa! Anawaonya hadharani, wala hakuna mtu anayemwambia hata neno. Je, yawezekana kuwa viongozi wametambua kweli kwamba huyu ndiye Kristo?
27But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
27Kristo atakapokuja hakuna mtu atakayejua mahali alikotoka, lakini sisi tunajua alikotoka mtu huyu!”
28Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching, and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am: and I am not come of myself; but he that sent me, is true, whom you know not.
28Basi, Yesu alipokuwa anafundisha Hekaluni alipaaza sauti na kusema, “Ati mnanijua; hata nilikotoka mnakujua! Hata hivyo, sikuja kwa mamlaka yangu mwenyewe; ila yeye aliyenituma mimi ni wa kweli, nanyi hamumjui.
29I know him, because I am from him, and he hath sent me.
29Lakini mimi namjua kwa sababu nimetoka kwake, naye ndiye aliyenituma.”
30They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
30Basi, watu wakataka kumtia nguvuni, lakini hakuna mtu aliyethubutu kumkamata kwa sababu saa yake ilikuwa haijafika bado.
31But of the people many believed in him, and said: When the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles, than these which this man doth?
31Wengi katika ule umati wa watu walimwamini, wakasema, “Je, Kristo akija atafanya ishara kubwa zaidi kuliko alizozifanya huyu?”
32The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him.
32Mafarisayo waliwasikia watu wakinong'ona maneno hayo juu ya Yesu. Basi, wao pamoja na makuhani wakuu wakawatuma walinzi wamtie nguvuni.
33Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me.
33Yesu akasema, “Bado niko nanyi kwa muda mfupi, kisha nitamwendea yule aliyenituma.
34You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come.
34Mtanitafuta lakini hamtaniona, maana pale nitakapokuwa ninyi hamwezi kufika.”
35The Jews therefore said 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?
35Viongozi wa Wayahudi wakasema wao kwa wao, “Mtu huyu atakwenda wapi ambapo hatutaweza kumpata? Atakwenda kwa Wayahudi waliotawanyika kati ya Wagiriki, na kuwafundisha Wagiriki?
36What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come?
36Ana maana gani anaposema: Mtanitafuta lakini hamtanipata, na mahali nitakapokuwa ninyi hamwezi kufika?”
37And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.
37Siku ya mwisho ya sikukuu hiyo ilikuwa siku maalum. Yesu alisimama, akasema kwa sauti kubwa, “Aliye na kiu na aje kwangu anywe.
38He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith, Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
38Kama yasemavyo Maandiko Matakatifu: Anayeniamini mimi, mito ya maji yenye uzima itatiririka kutoka moyoni mwake!”
39Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive, who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
39(Alisema hayo kumhusu Roho ambaye wale waliomwamini yeye watampokea. Wakati huo Roho alikuwa hajafika kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa hajatukuzwa bado.)
40Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed.
40Baadhi ya watu katika ule umati walisikia maneno hayo, wakasema, “Kweli mtu huyu ndiye yule nabii!”
41Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee?
41Wengine wakasema, “Huyu ndiye Kristo!” Lakini wengine walisema, “Je, yawezekana Kristo akatoka Galilaya?
42Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem the town where David was?
42Maandiko Matakatifu yasemaje? Yanasema: Kristo atatoka katika ukoo wa Daudi, na atazaliwa Bethlehemu, mji wa Daudi!”
43So there arose a dissension among the people because of him.
43Basi, kukatokea mafarakano juu yake katika ule umati wa watu.
44And some of them would have apprehended him: but no man laid hands on him.
44Baadhi ya watu walitaka kumtia nguvuni lakini hakuna aliyejaribu kumkamata.
45The ministers therefore came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have you not brought him?
45Kisha wale walinzi wakarudi kwa makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo; nao wakawauliza, “Kwa nini hamkumleta?”
46The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man.
46Walinzi wakawajibu, “Hakuna mtu aliyepata kamwe kusema kama asemavyo mtu huyu!”
47The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced?
47Mafarisayo wakawauliza, “Je, nanyi pia mmedanganyika?
48Hath any one of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees?
48Je, mmekwisha mwona hata mmoja wa viongozi wa watu, au mmoja wa Mafarisayo aliyemwamini?
49But this multitude, that knoweth not the law, are accursed.
49Lakini umati huu haujui Sheria ya Mose; umelaaniwa!”
50Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to him by night, who was one of them:)
50Mmoja wao alikuwa Nikodemo ambaye hapo awali alikuwa amemwendea Yesu. Basi, yeye akawaambia,
51Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him, and know what he doth?
51“Je, Sheria yetu humhukumu mtu kabla ya kumsikia kwanza na kujua anafanya nini?”
52They answered, and said to him: Art thou also a Galilean? Search the scriptures, and see, that out of Galilee a prophet riseth not.
52Nao wakamjibu, “Je, wewe pia umetoka Galilaya? Haya, kayachunguze Maandiko Matakatifu nawe utaona kwamba Galilaya hakutoki kamwe nabii!”
53And every man returned to his own house.
53Basi, wote wakaondoka, kila mtu akaenda zake;
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