John 6 (EKA) · Opened

1Owo Jisos kehm tahme go egbuk eto jehko ji Galili, ji bo jo tob lung re eto ji Taibirias.After this, Jesus crossed to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias).

2Ellong ane gbalee kehm-e toono, tibre bo jo nyehne akpokosi nya á jo lim aneb ayam, bo nob.A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.

3Jisos kehm wahre go ewong, song ji a abatꞌtoono ebe.Then Jesus went up on the mountain and sat down with His disciples.

4Ngare nyio elkak Pasova ni Jus ebkabbe.Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.

5Eji Jisos tabe esamahr ebe wahre, nyehn ellong ane bao kpꞌbake, á kehm bahbe Filip re, “E bahke limi renan, kehm gunu abred nya ane bao kpee bahke lehke?”When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”

6Á bungu ellum nia re á wuung-e. Tibre yefono antahng jo kꞌkahn kpee ji á bahke limi.But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.

7Filip kehm-e faange re, “Mpon eltahl, e lꞌko gunu abred, jol nehm tohko bꞌbiingi bo, afi nne awohng awohng jo li ntiil.”Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”

8Ntꞌtoono ewe awohng no bo jo lung-e re Andru ji mmonannyehn a Saimon Pita, kehm-e tongo re,One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,

9“Mmonse awohng li ana, no kpi ebred na eblon, a abon nsahre na abal. Anv, nyaa a, tohko lꞌli jen, ka ellong ane ana nia?”“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”

10Jisos kehm tongo bo re, “Tongen ane bao, bo ji ndi.” Tibre ajele jolo gbalee edi jio. Owo ane bao kehm jehke ndi. Bo jolo ejum aneblum atahltahl nkpel ewubbal atahl awubu (5,000).“Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.

11Jisos kehm rodo abred nyao, kak Esowo saam, kehm bake ane bao ba ji go ndi. Ano wo fvfo á tob lim go abon nsahre bao. Nne awohng awohng li ana kor-e no.Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.

12Eji bo ma wohngo ane kpee, Jisos kehm tongo abatꞌtoono ebe re, “Taaren bo erik ji ma sa, eji ejum ajehng ajehng lꞌkꞌrannge mbol mbol.”And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”

13Ebred eblon bi ane bao li no, bo kehm song taare erik ji sa no, ruru ewubu ejeere na ebbal.So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

14Ane bao nyehne kan nkpokosi nyi Jisos ma lim, bo kehm kehme elbungu re, “A wo lohko li nnyehnamahr Esowo no e jo wuk re, á bahke bake go njini.”When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

15Eji Jisos sebe kahn re, bo yahke ba, ba bob-e etul go nsahm, á kehm tahme bo sa, tahm go ewong ntahngtahng.Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.

16Eji elgung ba no, abatꞌtoono ebe kehm tahme go nkpe eto,When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

17kehm song yel go egbang, kehm kehme elfingi re bo siiri eto jio rehng go Kapenium go egbuk jehko. Ngare nyio ejannge ebgbo. Jisos ka tiki ba, ba kpiri bo.got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.

18Alahb kehm kehme ebuku lim, tibre nfeb jo limi sehng.A strong wind was blowing, and the sea grew agitated.

19Bo fingi kan ejum mmal era, fundiki mmal eni, bo kehm soro nyehn Jisos kpꞌjene go ero alahb, jo kabbe go bo egbang. Bo kehm kehme elfahle.When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.

20Jisos kehm tongo bo re, “Kana kpe fahl, me wo!”But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”

21Eltim yebe bo sehng. Bo kehm-e solo go egbang. Tvtv ona egbang kehm soro rehng egbuk eto jehko ji bo jo jꞌje.Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

22Etoono efung behko, ellong ane ba sa go egbuk eto jehko kehm sebe kahn re, egbang abehng bi bi jolo o. Egbang bio, Jisos yelem. Abatꞌtoono ebe ba, ba yel egbang bio tahm asongo bo bo.The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.

23Owo agbang nyandiki kehm lohngo go Taibirias ba edi ji bo li abred nyao ngare nyi Ntul a Jisos ma kak Esowo saam.However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

24Eji ane bao sebe no kahn re, Jisos, a abatꞌtoono ebe, ona bo limm, bo kehm kpe yel agbang tahm go Kapenium, song seb Jisos.So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.

25Eji bo nyehn-e no go egbuk eto jehko, bo kehm-e bahbe re, “Ntꞌtibi, ngare anyi a rehnge a?”When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they asked Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”

26Jisos kehm faange bo re, “Etingitingi, n kpꞌbungu tong-n re, Elsebe ni ń kp-m sebe, ḿ m-e nehme seb tib eji ń nyehne akpokosi. Abred nya ń li wohngo, nya nya wahnge ń kp-m sebe.Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

27Kana kpe nyennge, jo lim eltum ni ḿ bahke bele nsol alehke nyi bahke tane na. Jo noken mbang nyi ḿ bahke bele nsol alehke nyi bahke jolo go njinanjini, nyi Mmon no nne bahk-n kake. Tibre ye wo, Esowo Nsoo m-e kak elliingi nio ni nsahm enye.”Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”

28Bo kehm-e bahbe re, “Jen ji e bahke lꞌlim, kehm jo lim eltum ni Esowo?”Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”

29Jisos kehm faange bo re, “Eltum ni Esowo kpꞌsebe re wahn lim, li re, wahn taame tv nne no á tum-e no.”Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”

30Owo bo kehm-e bahbe re, “Elliingi ani a bahke tibi, ni e bahke nyehne, kehm taame tv-a? Nkpokosi anyi a bahke limi?So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?

31Babnso ejahre jo li nsol nyi bo kpo lung re mmanna go elka emahng, jang jang ana nwer Esowo bungu no re, ‘Á ka bo abred nya lohng go ejahbetul Esowo re bo li.’ ”Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”

32Jisos kehm tongo bo re, “Etingitingi, n kpꞌbungu tong-n re, Moses sang ka-n abred nya lohng go ejahbetul Esowo. Nsoo wo kp-n kake etingitingi ebred ji lohng go ejahbetul Esowo.Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

33Tibre ebred ji Esowo li ebred ji lohng go ejahbetul Esowo, ba ka njini elkpin.”For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34Bo kehm-e tongo re, “Nsoo, jo ka-r ebred jio ngare anyehng anyehng!”“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”

35Jisos kehm tongo bo re, “Me wo li ebred ji elkpin. Nne no lꞌba go egame, njal we nehm kpe yam. Nne no lꞌtaame tv-m, ekor alahb bahk-e tane.Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.

36M ma-n tong re, ḿ ma-m nyehn, jol ń nehme tiki taame.But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.

37Nne awohng awohng no Nsoo ka-m ye, ye wo bahke bake go egame. Nne no lꞌba go egame, we n nehm kam yake go.Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.

38Tibre n lohngo go ejahbetul Esowo ba re me m ba lim mbang nyi Nsoo no tum-m no. Mbang nyꞌnyame sang m ba ellimi.For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.

39Ejum ji ana, ji Nsoo no tum-m no tong-m re me n lim. Á tong-m re, me n kꞌwahng nne awohng awohng tan, no á ma-m ka. M bahke nyahme bo go elkv esꞌkohro efung.And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

40A wo tob li ejum ji Nsoo kpꞌsebe re, nne awohng awohng no lꞌnyehn Mmon ewe fere taame, á bahke bele elkpin ni li go njinanjini. M bahk-e nyahme go esꞌkohro efung.”For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

41Jus kehm kehme elmemme atemtem tob-e, tib eji á bungu re, “Me wo li ebred ji lohng go ejahbetul Esowo ba.”At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

42Bo kehm bungu re, “Jisos sang aa, ji li mmon a Josef, ji e kpꞌkahne nde, a nnyehna? Jen ji wahnge á bahke kehm bungu re, á lohngo go ejahbetul Esowo ba?”They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

43Jisos kehm faange bo re, “Kana kpe memme atemtem!“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied.

44Nnene limm, no bahke ma ba go egame, tohko jol re Nsoo no tum-m no wo leeb-e. M bahk-e nyahme go elkv esꞌkohro efung.“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

45Tibre abanyehnamahr Esowo nyono re, ‘Esowo bahke bo tib, bo ane kpee.’ Nne awohng awohng no ma wuk, fere kpili goji Nsoo, á bahke bake go egame.It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—

46“Jia lohngem re, nne awohng awohng ebnyehn Nsoo, sehngem nne no lohng goji Esowo Nsoo ba, ye wo ma nyehn Nsoo.not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.

47Etingitingi, n kpꞌbungu tong-n re, Nne no lꞌtaame, á kpi elkpin ni li go njinanjini.Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

48Me wo li ebred ji elkpin.I am the bread of life.

49Babnso ejahne jo li mmanna go elka emahng. Bobkpo kpee.Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

50“A wo li ebred ji lohng go ejahbetul Esowo ba, ji nne lꞌli, á lꞌkꞌkpo.This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

51Me wo li ebred ji elkpin, ji lohng go ejahbetul Esowo ba. Nne awohng awohng no lꞌli ebred jia, á bahke bele elkpin ni li go njinanjini. Ebred ji m bahke kake njini re bo bel elkpin, ngubjing enyame nyi.”I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”

52Jus kehm kehme nfaabe lim atemtem re, “Bahke limi renan, nne noa kehm-r kake ngubjing enye, wahr li?”At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

53Owo Jisos kehm tongo bo re, “Etingitingi, n kpꞌbungu tong-n re, Tohko tiki jol re, ń li ngubjing nyi Mmon no nne, fere wo alung eme, ń nehm tiki bel elkpin go egahne atahng.So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.

54Nne no kpo li ngubjing enyame, fere jo wo alung emame, á kpi elkpin ni li go njinanjini. M bahk-e nyahme go elkv esꞌkohro efung.Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

55Tibre ngubjing enyame lohko li etingitingi ejum alehke. Alung emame tob li etingitingi ejum elwoko.For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.

56Nne no lꞌli ngubjing enyame, fere jo wo alung emame, á wob-m go eltim, me n tob wob-e go eltim.Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

57Nsoo no li go elkpin wo tum-m. Esi eje ji wahnge n tob li go elkpin. Nne no lꞌli ngubjing enyame, á bahke tob jol go elkpin tib go egame esi.Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

58A wo li ebred ji lohng go ejahbetul Esowo ba. Limm ana elkohn ni babnso ejahne li no, fere kpo. Nne no lꞌli ebred jia, á bahke jolo go njinanjini.”This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

59Jisos jo bungu alum nyaa, eji á jo tib go etahk ero ji jolo go Kapenium.Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

60Egom abatꞌtoono Jisos gbalee, eji bo wuku alum nyao, bo kehm bungu re, “Alum nyao kpꞌriidi sehng. Nne awo bahke ma wuungu atung go nsol nyio?”On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”

61Eji Jisos sebe kahn re, abatꞌtoono ebe kpꞌmemme bade alum nyao, owo á kehm bahbe bo re, “Anv, alum nya m bungu a, ma-n saba?Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?

62Ḿ bahke bungu renan, ń lꞌnyehn Mmon no nne kpꞌfeere go ero edi ji á tohko jol?Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

63Etohko ji kpo ka elkpin, ngubjing o mbol mbol wo. Alum nya m ma bung tong-n li etohko etohko, a elkpin.The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

64Egom ejahne jindiki jia, ji kil eltaame.” Jisos bungu ellum nia a, tibre á jo kahne kpee mboma mbomo. Á jo kahne egom ji lꞌkꞌtaame, fere kahn nne no bahk-e gungu.However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)

65Á kehm bungu re, “Owo wahnge n tong-n no re, Nnene limm, no bahke ma ba go egame, sehngem re no, Nsoo wo limi mbang ka-e.”Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”

66Tib go alum nyao, egom abatꞌtoono ebe gbalee kehm soro yaam-e sa, tahm ebo. Bo we kpeem jo tiki toono.From that time on many of His disciples turned back and no longer walked with Him.

67Jisos kehm bahbe abatꞌtoono ebe, ewubu ane abal re, “Wahn fvfo, ḿ bahke tob yaam-m saa?”So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”

68Saimon Pita kehm-e faange re, “Ntul, eji nyehne wo, e bahke jeke? Wo wo kpi alum nyao nya elkpin ni li go njinanjini.Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.

69Wahr ebtaame, fere kahn re, wo wo li Mbarebara nne no Esowo.”We believe and know that You are the Holy One of God.”

70Jisos kehm faange re, “Wahn sang n jak-n no yehka, wahn ewubu ane abala? Nne awohng go egahne ellong, nnehm nyi.”Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

71Á bungu bade Judas ji mmon a Saimon Iskariot, ji woomo go ellong ane ebe, ewubu ane abal. Tibre ye wo jolo nne no bahk-e gungu.He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.

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