John 7 (HAT) · Opened

1Apre sa, Jezi t'ap mache toupatou nan peyi Galile, li pa t' vle ale nan peyi Jide menm, paske jwif yo t'ap chache touye li.After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

2Jou fèt Joupa jwif yo te pre rive.However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

3Frè Jezi yo di l' konsa: Pa rete bò isit la. Ale nan Jide non. Konsa, disip ou yo va wè travay w'ap fè.So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

4Yon moun ki vle pou tout moun konnen l' pa dwe travay an kachèt. Avèk travay w'ap fè a, se pou ou kite tout moun wè ou.For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

5(Men, frè l' yo pa t' kwè nan li.)For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

6Jezi di yo konsa: Lè pa m' lan poko sonnen. Pou nou, tout lè yo bon.Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

7Moun k'ap viv dapre prensip ki nan lemonn pa ka rayi nou. Men, mwen menm yo rayi m' paske mwen di sa y'ap fè a pa bon.The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

8Nou mèt al nan fèt la. Mwen menm, mwen pa prale. Paske, lè pa m' lan poko rive.Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

9Apre li fin di yo sa, li rete rete l' nan peyi Galile.Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.

10Apre frè l' yo fin pati al nan fèt la, Jezi ale tou, men an kachèt. Li pa t' kite pesonn wè li.But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

11Jwif yo menm t'ap chache l' pandan tout fèt la. Yo t'ap di: Kote l' ye konsa?So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”

12Nan tout foul moun yo, yo t'ap pale nan zòrèy sou li anpil. Gen moun ki t'ap di: Se yon nonm debyen wi. Gen lòt ki t'ap di: Non, se pete l'ap pete moun.Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”

13Men, pesonn pa t' nonmen non l' fò pou lòt moun pa t' tande, sitèlman yo te pè jwif yo.Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.

14Te rete kat jou ankò pou fèt la te fini, lè Jezi al nan tanp lan. Li kòmanse pale.About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

15Jwif yo pa t' manke sezi. Yo t'ap di: Ki jan nonm sa a fè konnen tout bagay sa yo? Li pa janm al lekòl.The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

16Jezi reponn yo: Bagay m'ap moutre nou la a, se pa nan mwen yo soti. Yo soti nan Bondye ki voye m' lan.“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

17Si yon moun deside fè sa Bondye vle, la konnen si bagay m'ap moutre yo soti nan Bondye osinon si se pawòl pa m' m'ap pale.If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

18Yon moun k'ap pale pawòl pa l', se chache l'ap chache fè lwanj tèt li. Men, moun k'ap travay pou sa sèvi yon lwanj pou moun ki voye l' la, se verite a pou l' di. Pa gen riz nan li.He 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.

19Moyiz te ban nou Lalwa a, pa vre? Men, nou yonn pa obeyi Lalwa. Poukisa n'ap chache touye mwen?Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

20Foul moun yo reponn li: Gen lè ou gen yon move lespri sou ou? Ki moun k'ap chache touye ou la a?“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

21Jezi reponn yo: Mwen fè yon sèl bagay, epi nou tout nou sezi pou sa!Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

22Moyiz ban nou lòd pou nou sikonsi tout ti gason, epi nou dakò pou yo sikonsi yon moun gwo jou repo a. (Men, kite m' di nou: se pa t' Moyiz ki te kòmanse ak sikonsizyon an non, se te zansèt nou yo.)But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

23Si nou ka sikonsi yon ti gason jou repo a pou n' ka fè sa Lalwa Moyiz la mande a, pa gen rezon pou n' ankòlè sou mwen si m' geri yon moun ki te malad nan tout kò l', yon jou repo.If 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?

24Pa jije sou laparans. Jije dapre sa ki dwat.Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

25Lè sa a, te gen kèk moun Jerizalèm ki t'ap di: Apa nonm y'ap chache touye a?Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

26Gade l'ap pale lib devan tout moun, yo pa di l' anyen. Gen lè chèf nou yo rekonèt se Kris la vre li ye!Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

27Men, yo toujou di lè Kris la va rive, pesonn p'ap konnen ki bò l' soti. Men nonm sa a, nou konnen ki bò l' soti.But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

28Jezi t'ap moutre moun yo anpil bagay nan tanp lan. Li di yo byen fò: Nou rekonèt mwen? Nou konnen ki bò m' soti? Se pa mwen ki fè lide pou m' vini non. Moun ki voye m' lan, li la tout bon. Men, nou pa konnen li.Then 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,

29Mwen menm, mwen konnen l', paske se bò kote l' mwen soti. Se li menm ki voye mwen.but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

30Lè sa a, yo t'ap chache arete l', men pesonn pa t' mete men sou li paske lè l' pa t' ankò rive.So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

31Atousa, te gen anpil moun nan foul pèp la ki te kwè nan li. Yo t'ap di: Lè Kris la va vini, èske la fè plis mirak pase nonm sa a?Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”

32Farizyen yo vin konnen sa yo t'ap di nan zòrèy sou Jezi nan pèp la. Chèf prèt yo ansanm ak farizyen yo voye kèk gad pou arete Jezi.When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

33Jezi di konsa: Se pou yon ti tan ankò mwen la ak nou. Apre sa, mwen pral jwenn moun ki voye m' lan.So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

34N'a chache m', men nou p'ap jwenn mwen, paske nou p'ap ka vini kote m' prale a.You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

35Jwif yo yonn t'ap mande lòt: Ki bò l' prale menm pou nou pa kapab jwenn li? Eske li pral menm kote ak jwif ki gaye nan mitan moun Lagrès yo pou l' moutre moun Lagrès yo anpil bagay?At 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?

36L'ap plede di: N'a chache m', men nou p'ap jwenn mwen. Nou pa ka vini kote mwen prale a. Kisa sa vle di menm?What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

37Dènye jou fèt la, se li ki te pi enpòtan. Jou sa a, Jezi kanpe devan foul moun yo, li di yo byen fò: Si yon moun swaf dlo, li mèt vin jwenn mwen, li mèt vin bwè.On 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.

38Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan mwen, y'ap wè gwo kouran dlo k'ap bay lavi koule soti nan kè yo, jan sa ekri nan Liv la.Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

39(Jezi t'ap pale ki jan moun ki kwè nan li yo tapral resevwa Sentespri. Lè sa a, Sentespri pa t' ankò desann sou pesonn, paske Jezi pa t' ankò moute nan syèl la.)He 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.

40Te gen kèk moun nan foul pèp la, lè yo fin tande pawòl sa yo, yo t'ap di konsa: Se vre wi. Nonm sa a, se pwofèt la!On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

41Gen lòt ki t'ap di: Se Kris la. Gen lòt ankò ki t'ap di: Men, Kris la pa ka soti nan peyi Galile.Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?

42Liv la di: Kris la, se yon pitit pitit David la ye. Se Betleyèm li gen pou l' soti, lavil kote David te pase tout lavi li a.Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

43Te vin gen divizyon nan mitan foul moun yo poutèt Jezi.So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.

44Gen ladan yo ki te vle arete l', men pesonn pa t' mete men sou li.Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

45Lè gad yo tounen vin jwenn yo, chèf prèt yo ak farizyen yo mande yo: Poukisa nou pa mennen l' ban nou?Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”

46Gad yo reponn: Nou poko janm wè yon nonm ki pale tankou nonm sa a.“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

47Farizyen yo di: Gen lè nou kite l' pran tèt nou tou?“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

48Eske nou wè gen yon sèl nan chèf nou yo osinon nan farizyen yo ki kwè nan li?“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

49Moun sa yo gen lè pa konn lalwa Moyiz la. Se moun ki gen madichon!But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”

50Nikodèm te yonn nan farizyen ki te la yo. Se menm Nikodèm sa a ki te al wè Jezi kèk jou pase. Li di yo konsa:Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

51Dapre Lalwa nou, nou pa ka jije yon moun san nou pa tande l' anvan, san nou pa konnen sa l' fè.“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

52Yo reponn li: Gen lè, ou menm tou, ou se moun Galile? Al etidye sa ki ekri nan Liv la, wa wè pa gen pwofèt ki janm soti nan peyi Galile.“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

53Apre sa, tout moun al lakay yo.Then each went to his own home.

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