John 7 (IGB) · Opened

1Mgbe nke a gasịrị, Jisọs gagharịrị na Galili, ma ọ kpachapụrụ anya hapụ ịga Judịa nʼihi na ndị Juu na-achọ ụzọ igbu ya.After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.

2Mmemme Ụlọ ikwu ndị Juu dị nso,However, the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near.

3ya mere, ụmụnne ya ndị nwoke sịrị ya, “Si nʼebe a pụọ, gaa Judịa, ka ndị na-eso ụzọ gị nwe ike ịhụ ọrụ ị na-arụ.So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.

4Nʼihi na o nweghị onye ọbụla chọrọ ịbụ onye ọha mmadụ ma, nke na-eme ihe na nzuzo. Ebe ọ bụkwanụ na ị na-eme ihe ndị a, gosi ụwa onwe gị.”For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

5Nʼihi na ọ bụladị ụmụnne ya ekwenyeghị na ya.For even His own brothers did not believe in Him.

6Jisọs sịrị ha, “Oge nke m erubeghị, ma oge nke unu nọ nʼebe a mgbe niile.Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.

7Ụwa enweghị ike ịkpọ unu asị, ma ọ kpọrọ m asị nʼihi na ana m agba ama megide ya nʼọrụ ya jọrọ njọ.The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

8Unu onwe unu gaanụ na mmemme ahụ, agaghị m aga mmemme a nʼihi na oge m erubeghị.”Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”

9Mgbe o kwusiri nke a, ọ nọgidere na Galili.Having said this, Jesus remained in Galilee.

10Ma otu ọ dị, mgbe ụmụnne ya gawara mmemme ahụ ya onwe ya gakwara. Ọ gaghị ebe mmadụ niile ga-ahụ ya kama ọ gara na nzuzo.But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.

11Na mmemme ahụ ndị Juu nọ na-ele anya ma na-ajụgharị sị, “Olee ebe ọ nọ?”So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”

12E nwere oke ntamu nʼetiti igwe mmadụ ahụ banyere ya. Ndị ụfọdụ na-asị, “Ọ bụ ezigbo mmadụ.” Ndị ọzọ na-asị, “Mba, ọ na-eduhie igwe mmadụ.”Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”

13Ma o nweghị onye ọbụla kwulitere okwu maka ya nʼihu ọha nʼihi egwu ndị Juu.Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.

14Mgbe o ruru nʼetiti mmemme ahụ, Jisọs banyere nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu ma bido ikuzi ihe.About halfway through the feast, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach.

15Site nʼoke mgbagwoju anya, ndị Juu jụrịtara onwe ha sị, “Olee otu nwoke a sịrị nweta amamihe dị otu a ebe ọ bụ na o nwebeghị onye kuziri ya ihe ọbụla?”The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”

16Jisọs zara ha, “Ozizi m abụghị nke m, kama ọ bụ nke onye ahụ zitere m.“My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.

17Onye ọbụla na-achọ ime uche Chineke, ọ ga-achọpụta ma ozizi m ọ bụ nke m ma o sikwanụ na Chineke.If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

18Ndị ahụ na-ekwu nke onwe ha na-eme nke a iji wetara onwe ha ugwu, ma onye ahụ na-achọ ugwu nke onye zitere ya bụ onye eziokwu; o nwekwaghị ihe ọbụla bụ ụgha banyere ya.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.

19Mosis o nyeghị unu iwu? Ma o nweghị onye ọbụla nʼime unu na-edebe iwu ahụ. Gịnị mere unu ji achọ igbu m?”Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”

20Igwe mmadụ ahụ zara, “Mmụọ ọjọọ bi nʼime gị, onye chọrọ igbu gị?”“You have a demon,” the crowd replied. “Who is trying to kill You?”

21Jisọs zara sị ha, “Arụrụ m otu ọrụ, ma unu niile nọ na mgbagwoju anya.Jesus answered them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed.

22Mosis nyere unu iwu ibi ugwu (nʼagbanyeghị na o siteghị na Mosis, kama na nna nna anyị ha), nʼụbọchị izuike unu na-ebikwa mmadụ ugwu.But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

23Ọ bụrụ na e nwere ike bie mmadụ ugwu nʼụbọchị izuike ka a ghara imebi iwu Mosis, gịnị mere o ji na-ewute unu na m mere ka ahụ mmadụ zuo oke nʼụbọchị izuike?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?

24Kwụsịnụ ikpe ikpe site nʼihe anya na-ahụ, kama na-ekpenụ ikpe ziri ezi.”Stop judging by outward appearances, and start judging justly.”

25Nʼoge ahụ, ụfọdụ nʼime ndị Jerusalem bidoro na-asị, “Onye a ọ bụghị nwoke ahụ ha chọrọ igbu?Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?

26Lee ka ọ nọ na-ekwu okwu nʼihu mmadụ niile ma o nwekwaghị onye na-agwa ya ihe ọbụla. Ọ pụtara na ndịisi amatala nʼeziokwu na ọ bụ Kraịst?Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

27Ma anyị matara ebe nwoke a siri pụta, mgbe Kraịst ahụ ga-abịa, o nweghị onye ga-amata ebe o siri pụta.”But we know where this man is from. When the Christ comes, no one will know where He is from.”

28Ma dị ka Jisọs na-ezi ihe nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwuu ahụ, o tiri mkpu sị, “Nʼezie, unu maara m, matakwa ebe m siri pụta. Anọghị m nʼebe a na nke onwe m, ma onye ahụ zitere m bụ eziokwu. Unu amaghị ya.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,

29Ma amara m ya, nʼihi na esitere m na ya bịa. Ọ bụkwa ya zitere m.”but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.”

30Mgbe ahụ ha chọrọ ijide ya, ma o nweghị onye ọbụla metụrụ ya aka nʼihi na oge ya erubeghị.So they tried to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.

31Ma otu ọ dị, ọtụtụ nʼime igwe mmadụ ahụ kweere na ya. Ha sịrị, “Mgbe Kraịst ahụ ga-abịa, ọ ga-arụ ọrụ ebube ọzọ karịrị ndị a nwoke a rụrụla?”Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”

32Ndị Farisii nụrụ ka igwe mmadụ ahụ na-atamu ntamu nʼolu nta banyere ya. Mgbe ahụ ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii zigara ndị na-eche nche nʼụlọnsọ ukwuu ahụ ka ha gaa jide ya.When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

33Jisọs sịrị, “Naanị nwa oge ka mụ na unu ga-anọ, aga m alakwurukwa onye zitere m.So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.

34Unu ga-achọ m ma unu agaghị achọta m. Ebe m na-agakwa unu enweghị ike ịbịaru ya.”You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

35Ndị Juu sịrịtara onwe ha, “Olee ebe nwoke a chọrọ ịga anyị na-agaghị achọta ya? Ọ ga-eje ebe ndị nke anyị a chụsasịrị achụsasị bi nʼetiti ndị Griik, ka ọ ga kuziere ndị Griik ihe?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?

36Kedụ ụdị okwu bụ nke a ọ na-ekwu sị, ‘Unu ga-achọ m ma unu agaghị achọta m,’ na ‘Ebe m na-agakwa unu enweghị ike ịbịaru’?”What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

37Nʼụbọchị ikpeazụ bụkwa ụbọchị kacha ibe ya nke mmemme ahụ, Jisọs guzooro ọtọ jiri oke olu tie mkpu sị, “Ọ bụrụ na akpịrị na-akpọ onye ọbụla nkụ, ya bịakwute m bịa ṅụrụ mmiri.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.

38Onye ọbụla kweere na m, dị ka akwụkwọ nsọ kwururị, isi iyi mmiri nke ndụ ga na-asọpụta site nʼime afọ ya.”Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

39O kwuru nke a banyere Mmụọ ahụ ndị kwere na ya ga-anata. Tutu ruo oge ahụ, e nyebeghị Mmụọ ahụ, nʼihi na e nyebeghị Jisọs otuto.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.

40Mgbe ha nụrụ nke a, ụfọdụ nʼime igwe mmadụ ahụ sịrị, “Nʼeziokwu onye a bụ onye amụma ahụ.”On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”

41Ndị ọzọ sịrị, “Ọ bụ Kraịst ahụ.” Ma ndị nke ọzọ sịkwara, “Nʼezie Kraịst ahụ, ọ ga-esi na Galili pụta?Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?

42Ọ bụ na akwụkwọ nsọ ekwughị na Kraịst ga-esi nʼagbụrụ Devid pụta, na Betlehem bụ obodo Devid?”Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”

43Ya mere nkewa dapụtara nʼetiti igwe mmadụ ahụ nʼihi ya.So there was division in the crowd because of Jesus.

44Ụfọdụ chọrọ ijide ya ma ọ dịghị onye ọbụla metụrụ ya aka.Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid a hand on Him.

45Mgbe ahụ, ndị nche ụlọnsọ ukwu lọghachiri nʼebe ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii nọ, ndị sịrị ha, “Gịnị mere unu akpụtaghị ya?”Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”

46Ha zara, “Anyị ahụbeghị onye kwuru okwu dị ka nwoke a.”“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

47Ndị Farisii zara ha, “Unu esorola bụrụ ndị a ghọgburu?“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

48Ọ dị onye ọbụla nʼime ndịisi maọbụ nʼime ndị Farisii tụkwasịrị ya obi?“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

49E e! Kama igwe mmadụ ndị a na-amaghị iwu bụ ndị a bụrụ ọnụ.”But this crowd that does not know the law—they are under a curse.”

50Nikọdimọs, otu nʼime ha bụ onye bịakwutere ya na mbụ sịrị ha,Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

51“Iwu anyị ọ na-ama mmadụ ikpe, ma ọ bụrụ na o bụghị ụzọ nụta okwu nʼọnụ ya, ịchọpụta ihe onye ahụ na-eme?”“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

52Ha zaghachiri ya sị, “Gị onwe gị, i sokwa na ndị si Galili pụta? Nyochaa nke ọma, ị ga-achọpụta na onye amụma ọbụla agaghị esi na Galili pụta.”“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

53Mgbe ahụ, onye ọbụla nʼime ha lara nʼụlọ ya.Then each went to his own home.

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