Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles
1After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want7:1 Some manuscripts not have authority to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. 2But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near, 3Jesus’ brothers said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. 4No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5For even his own brothers did not believe in him.
6Therefore Jesus told them, “My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. 7The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. 8You go to the festival. I am not7:8 Some manuscripts not yet going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come.” 9After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.
10However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. 11Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, “Where is he?”
12Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”
Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.” 13But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.
Jesus Teaches at the Festival
14Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach. 15The Jews there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having been taught?”
16Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me. 17Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory, but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. 19Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”
20“You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”
21Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all amazed. 22Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23Now if a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing a man’s whole body on the Sabbath? 24Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”
Division Over Who Jesus Is
25At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? 27But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”
28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”
30At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?”
32The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
35The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? 36What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
37On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”7:37,38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.” 39By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
40On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”
41Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee? 42Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?” 43Thus the people were divided because of Jesus. 44Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
45Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and the Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?”
46“No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards replied.
47“You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted. 48“Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him? 49No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”
50Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who was one of their own number, asked, 51“Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”
52They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”
[The earliest manuscripts and many other ancient witnesses do not have John 7:53—8:11. A few manuscripts include these verses, wholly or in part, after John 7:36, John 21:25, Luke 21:38 or Luke 24:53.]
53Then they all went home,
Yesu ya tafi Bikin Tabanakul
1Bayan wannan, sai Yesu ya yi ta zagawa a cikin Galili, da ganga bai yarda yă je Yahudiya ba domin Yahudawa a can suna nema su kashe shi. 2Amma sa’ad da Bikin Tabanakul na Yahudawa ya yi kusa, 3sai ’yan’uwan Yesu suka ce masa, “Ya kamata ka bar nan ka tafi Yahudiya, don almajiranka su ga ayyukan banmamaki da kake yi. 4Ba wanda yake so a san shi da zai yi abu a ɓoye. Da yake kana yin waɗannan abubuwa, sai ka nuna kanka ga duniya.” 5Domin ko ’yan’uwansa ma ba su gaskata da shi ba.
6Saboda haka Yesu ya ce musu, “Lokacina bai yi ba tukuna; amma a gare ku kowane lokaci daidai ne. 7Duniya ba za tă iya ƙinku ba, amma ni take ƙi domin ina shaida cewa ayyukanta mugaye ne. 8Ku ku tafi Bikin, ba zan haura zuwa wannan Bikin ba yanzu, domin lokacina bai yi ba tukuna.” 9Da ya faɗa haka, sai ya dakata a Galili.
10Amma fa, bayan ’yan’uwansa suka tafi Bikin, shi ma ya tafi, ba a fili ba, amma a ɓoye. 11A Bikin kuwa, Yahudawa suka yi ta nemansa, suna cewa, “Ina mutumin yake?”
12A cikin taron kuwa aka yi ta raɗe-raɗe game da shi. Waɗansu suka ce, “Shi mutumin kirki ne.”
Waɗansu kuwa suka ce, “A’a, ai, ruɗin mutane yake.” 13Amma ba wanda ya ce kome a fili game da shi don tsoron Yahudawa.
Yesu ya koyar a bikin
14Sai bayan da aka kai tsakiyar Bikin, sa’an nan Yesu ya haura zuwa filin haikali ya fara koyarwa. 15Yahudawa suka yi mamaki suna tambaya, “Yaya wannan mutum ya sami wannan sani haka ba tare da ya yi wani karatu ba?”
16Yesu ya amsa ya ce, “Koyarwata ba tawa ba ce, ta fito ne daga wurin wanda ya aiko ni. 17Duk wanda ya zaɓi yin nufin Allah, zai gane ko koyarwata daga Allah ce, ko kuwa don kaina ne nake magana. 18Mai magana don kansa, neman ɗaukakar kansa yake yi. Amma mai neman ɗaukakar wanda ya aiko shi, shi ne mai gaskiya, ba kuwa rashin gaskiya a gare shi. 19Ashe, ba Musa ba ne ya ba ku Doka? Duk da haka ba ko ɗayanku da yake kiyaye Dokar. Me ya sa kuke nema ku kashe ni?”
20Taron suka amsa suka ce, “Kana da aljani, wane ne yake so yă kashe ka?”
21Yesu ya ce musu, “Na yi abin banmamaki ɗaya, dukanku kuwa kuka yi mamaki. 22Duk da haka, domin Musa ya bar muku kaciya (ko da yake a gaskiya, ba daga wurin Musa ne ya fito ba, sai dai daga wurin kakannin kakanninku), ga shi kuna yin wa yaro kaciya a ranar Asabbaci. 23To, in za a iya yin wa yaro kaciya a ranar Asabbaci don kada a karya dokar Musa, don me kuke fushi da ni saboda na warkar da mutum a ranar Asabbaci? 24Ku daina yin shari’a bisa ga ganin ido, sai dai ku yi shari’a bisa ga adalci.”
Shin, Yesu shi ne Kiristi?
25A nan ne fa waɗansu mutane daga Urushalima suka fara tambaya suna cewa, “Ashe, ba wannan mutum ne suke nema su kashe ba? 26Ga shi nan yana magana a fili, su kuma ba su ce masa uffam ba. Ko hukumomi sun yarda cewa shi ne Kiristi? 27Mun dai san inda mutumin nan ya fito; amma sa’ad da Kiristi ya zo ba wanda zai san inda ya fito.”
28Yesu yana cikin koyarwa a filin haikali ke nan, sai ya ɗaga murya ya ce, “I, kun san ni, kun kuma san inda na fito. Ban zo don kaina ba, sai dai shi da ya aiko ni mai gaskiya ne. Ba ku san shi ba, 29amma na san shi, domin ni daga wurinsa ne, kuma shi ya aiko ni.”
30Da jin haka, sai suka yi ƙoƙari su kama shi, sai dai ba wanda ya taɓa shi, don lokacinsa bai yi ba tukuna. 31Duk da haka, da yawa a cikin taron suka ba da gaskiya gare shi. Suka ce, “Sa’ad da Kiristi ya zo, zai yi abubuwan banmamaki fiye da na wannan mutum ne?”
32Farisiyawa suka ji taron suna raɗe-raɗen waɗannan abubuwa game da shi. Sai manyan firistoci da Farisiyawa suka aiki masu gadin haikalin su kama shi.
33Sai Yesu ya ce, “Ina tare da ku na ɗan ƙanƙanin lokaci ne kawai, sa’an nan zan koma wurin wanda ya aiko ni. 34Za ku neme ni, amma ba za ku same ni ba; inda nake kuwa, ba za ku iya zuwa ba.”
35Sai Yahudawa suka ce wa juna, “Ina mutumin nan yake niyyar tafiya da ba za mu iya samunsa ba? Zai je wurin mutanenmu da suke zaune warwatse a cikin Hellenawa, yă kuma koya wa Hellenawa ne? 36Me yake nufi da ya ce, ‘Za ku neme ni, amma ba za ku same ni ba,’ da kuma ‘Inda nake, ba za ku iya zuwa ba’?”
37A rana ta ƙarshe kuma mafi girma ta Bikin, Yesu ya tsaya ya yi magana da babbar murya ya ce, “Duk mai jin ƙishirwa, yă zo wurina yă sha. 38Duk wanda ya gaskata da ni, kamar yadda Nassi ya ce, kogunan ruwa masu rai za su gudana daga cikinsa.” 39Da wannan yana nufin Ruhu ke nan, wanda waɗanda suka gaskata da shi za su karɓa daga baya. Har yă zuwa wannan lokaci ba a ba da Ruhu ba tukuna, da yake ba a riga an ɗaukaka Yesu ba.
40Da jin kalmominsa, waɗansu mutane suka ce, “Ba shakka, mutumin nan shi ne Annabin.”
41Waɗansu suka ce, “Shi ne Kiristi.”
Waɗansu har wa yau suka ce, “Yaya Kiristi zai fito daga Galili? 42Nassi bai ce Kiristi zai fito daga zuriyar Dawuda, daga kuma Betlehem garin da Dawuda ya zauna ba?” 43Sai mutanen suka rabu saboda Yesu. 44Waɗansu suka so su kama shi, sai dai ba wanda ya taɓa shi.
Rashin bangaskiyar shugabannin Yahudawa
45A ƙarshe masu gadin haikali suka koma wurin manyan firistocin da Farisiyawa, waɗanda suka tambaye su cewa, “Don me ba ku kawo shi nan ba?”
46Sai masu gadin suka ce, “Kai, babu wanda ya taɓa magana kamar wannan mutum.”
47Sai Farisiyawa suka amsa cikin fushi suka ce, “Af, kuna nufi har da ku ma ya ruɗe ku ke nan? 48Akwai wani daga cikin masu mulki ko cikin Farisiyawan da ya gaskata da shi? 49A’a! Sai dai wannan taron da ba su san kome game da Doka ba, la’anannu ne.”
50Nikodimus, wanda ya je wurin Yesu dā, wanda kuma yake ɗayansu ya ce, 51“Ashe, dokarmu takan hukunta mutum ba tare da an fara ji daga bakinsa game da abin da yake yi ba?”
52Sai suka amsa suka ce, “Kai ma daga Galili ne? Bincika ka gani, za ka iske cewa ba annabin da zai fito daga Galili.”
[Rubuce-rubucen farko-farko da kuma mafi ingancin da aka fi dogara da su tare da waɗansu shaidu na dā ba su da Yoh 7.53–8.11. Kaɗan daga cikin rubuce-rubucen hannu na dā sun ƙunshi waɗannan ayoyi, ko gaba ɗayansu ko kuma sashensu kawai bayan Yoh 7.36, Yoh 21.25, Luk 21.38 ko kuwa Luk 24.53.]
53Sai kowannensu ya koma gidansa.
