Johani 7

¹Shure kwaizvozvo Jesu wakafamba muGarirea; nokuti wakanga asingadi kufamba muJudhea, nokuti vaJudha vakanga vachida kumuvuraya.After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.

²Zvino mutambo wavaJudha wamatumba wakanga uri pedo.Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand.

³Naizvozvo vanun’una vake vakati kwaari: Ibva pano, uende Judhea, kuti vadzidzi vako vavone vo mabasa ako aunoita.His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.

⁴Nokuti hakuno munhu unoita chinhu chinyararire, kana iye amene achida kuzikamwa; kana iwe uchiita izvi, uzviratidze kunyika.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.

⁵Nokuti navanun’una vake vakanga vasingatendi kwaari.For neither did his brethren believe in him.

⁶Ipapo Jesu akati kwavari: Nguva yangu ichigere kusvika; asi nguva yenyu inogara yakagadzirwa.Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.

⁷Nyika haingakuvengiyi imi; asi inondivenga ini, nokuti ndinoipupurira, kuti mabasa ayo akaipa.The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

⁸Kwirai kumutambo imi, ini handiti ndokwira kumutambo, nokuti nguva yangu ichigere kusvika kwazvo.Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.

⁹Wakati areva izvozvo kwavari, akagara Garirea.When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee.

¹⁰Zvino vanun’una vake vakati vakwira kumutambo, iye akabva okwira vo, asingaendi pachena, asi panenge sapakavanda.But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

¹¹Zvino vaJudha vakamutsvaka pamutambo, vakati: Uripiko iye?Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?

¹²Kun’un’una kukuru kukavapo pakati pavazhinji pamusoro pake, vamwe vachiti: Wakanaka; vamwe vachiti: Kwete, unotsausa vanhu vazhinji.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.

¹³Kunyange zvakadaro kwakanga kusinomunhu waitaura pachena pamusoro pake, nokuti vakatya vaJudha.Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.

¹⁴Zvino kwakati pava pakati pomutambo, Jesu akakwira kutembere, akatanga kudzidzisa.Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.

¹⁵Naizvozvo vaJudha vakashamiswa, vachiti: Munhu uyu unoziva seiko manyoro, zvaasina kumbodzidza?And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

¹⁶Jesu akapindura, akati: Dzidziso yangu haizi yangu, asi ndokwo wakandituma.Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.

¹⁷Kana munhu achida kuita kuda kwake, uchaziva kana dzidziso ichibva kunaMwari, kana ndichazvitaurira ndimene.If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

¹⁸Unozvitaurira, unotsvaka kukudzwa kwake; asi unotsvaka kukudzwa kwowakamutuma, ndiye wazvokwadi, hapana kusarurama maari.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.

¹⁹Mosesi haana kukupai murairo here? Asi hakunomumwe wenyu unoita murairo. Munotsvakireiko kundivuraya?Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?

²⁰Vanhu vazhinji vakapindura, vachiti: Unomweya wakaipa iwe; ndianiko unotsvaka kukuvuraya?The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?

²¹Jesu akapindura, akati kwavari: Ndakaita basa rimwe, mukashamiswa mose.Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.

²²Nemhaka iyi Mosesi wakakupai dzingiso, (handiti ndeyaMosesi, asi yamadzibaba); zvino imi munodzingisa munhu nesabata.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.

²³Zvino kana munhu angadzingiswa nesabata, kuti murairo waMosesi urege kuputswa, ko imi monditsamwira nokuti ndakaporesa munhu zvakakwana.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?

²⁴Musatonga nezvinovonekwa, asi tongai nokutonga kwakarurama.Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

²⁵Zvino vamwe veJerusarema vakati: Ko haazi iye wavaitsvaka kuvuraya here?Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?

²⁶Tarirai, unotaura pachena, vasingarevi chinhu kwaari. Ko vakuru vanoziva kwazvo kanhi kuti ndiye Kristu?But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

²⁷Zvino uyu tinoziva kwaanobva, asi Kristu kana achisvika, hakunomunhu ungaziva kwaanobva.Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.

²⁸Zvino Jesu akadanidzira mutembere, akadzidzisa, achiti: Munondiziva, munoziva napandakabva; handina kuvuya ini ndimene, asi wakandituma ndiye wazvokwadi, wamusingazivi imi.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.

²⁹Ini ndinomuziva, nokuti ndinobva kwaari; ndiye wakandituma.But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.

³⁰Naizvozvo vakatsvaka kumubata, asi kwakanga kusinomunhu wakaisa ruvoko kwaari, nokuti nguva yake yakanga isati yasvika.Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

³¹Asi vamwe vazhinji vakatenda kwaari, vakati: Kana Kristu achizosvika, ungaita zviratidzo zvizhinji kunezvizvi zvakaitwa nouyu here.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?

³²Zvino vaFarise vakanzwa vanhu vazhinji vachin’un’una izvozvo pamusoro pake; vaPirisita vakuru navaFarise vakatuma vatariri kundomubata.The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

³³Ipapo Jesu akati kwavari: Ndichiri nemi nguva duku, ndigoenda kuno wakandituma.Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

³⁴Muchanditsvaka, asi hamungandiwani; vuye apo pandiri, imi hamungasvikipo.Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

³⁵Zvino vaJudha vakataurirana, vachiti: Uyu unoda kuendepiko, kwatisingazomuwani? Ko unoda kuenda kuna vakapararira pakati pavaHedheni, kuti andodzidzisa vaGiriki here?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?

³⁶Rinoti kudiniko shoko iri raareva, rokuti: Muchanditsvaka, asi hamungandiwani, vuye, apo pandiri, imi hamungasvikipo?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?

³⁷Zvino nezuva rokupedzisira, zuva guru romutambo, Jesu wakamira, akadanidzira, akati: Aninani, kana anenyota, ngaavuye kwandiri, amwe.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.

³⁸Unotenda kwandiri, sezvazvakarebwa noRugwaro, nzizi dzemvura mhenyu dzichayerera dzichibva mukati make.He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.

³⁹Asi izvi wakareva zvoMweya, waizopiwa avo vaitenda kwaari, nokuti Mweya Mutsvene wakanga asati wavapo, nokuti Jesu wakanga asati akudzwa.(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.)

⁴⁰Zvino vamwe pakati pavanhu vazhinji vakati vachinzwa mashoko awa vakati: Zvirokwazvo uyu muporofita.Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.

⁴¹Vamwe vakati: ndiye Kristu. Asi vamwe vakati: Ko Kristu ungabva Garirea here?Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?

⁴²Rugwaro haruna kureva here, kuti Kristu uchabva, kurudzi rwaDhavhidhi, napamusha weBhetirehemu, paiva naDhavhidhi?Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?

⁴³Naizvozvo kupesana kwakamuka pamusoro pake pakati pavazhinji.So there was a division among the people because of him.

⁴⁴Vamwe vakanga vachida kumubata; asi kwakanga kusina wakaisa mavoko kwaari.And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.

⁴⁵Zvino vatariri vakavuya kuvaPirisita vakuru nokuvaFarise, ivo vakati kwavari: Makaregereiko kuvuya naye?Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?

⁴⁶Vatariri vakapindura, vakati: Hakuno munhu wakatongotaura somunhu uyu.The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.

⁴⁷Naizvozvo vaFarise vakavapindura, vakati: Nemi vo matsauswa kanhi?Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?

⁴⁸Kuvakuru nokuvaFarise kuno mumwe wakatongotenda kwaari here?Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?

⁴⁹Asi vanhu ava vasingazivi murairo, vakatukwa.But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

⁵⁰Nikodimo, (uya akavuya kwaari, waiva mumwe wavo, akati kwavari:Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)

⁵¹Murairo wedu unotonga munhu, usati wambomunzwa, nokuziva chaanoita here?Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

⁵²Vakapindura, vakati kwaari: Ko newe vo uri weGarirea here? Nzvera,uvone kuti hakuno muporofita, unobva Garirea.They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.

⁵³[Ipapo mumwe nomumwe wakaenda kumba kwake.And every man went unto his own house.