A Story about Sheep
1 Jesus said:
I tell you for certain only thieves and robbers climb over the fence instead of going in through the gate to the sheep pen. 2-3 But the gatekeeper opens the gate for the shepherd, and he goes in through it. The sheep know their shepherd's voice. He calls each of them by name and leads them out.
4 When he has led out all of his sheep, he walks in front of them, and they follow, because they know his voice. 5 The sheep will not follow strangers. They don't recognize a stranger's voice, and they run away.
6 Jesus told the people this story. But they did not understand what he was talking about.
Jesus Is the Good Shepherd
7 Jesus said:
I tell you for certain that I am the gate for the sheep. 8 Everyone who came before me was a thief or a robber, and the sheep did not listen to any of them. 9 I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture.
10 A thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy. I came so everyone would have life, and have it fully. 11 I am the good shepherd, and the good shepherd gives up his life for his sheep. 12 Hired workers are not like the shepherd. They don't own the sheep, and when they see a wolf coming, they run off and leave the sheep. Then the wolf attacks and scatters the flock. 13 Hired workers run away because they don't care about the sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me. 15 Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not in this sheep pen. I must also bring them together, when they hear my voice. Then there will be one flock of sheep and one shepherd.
17 The Father loves me, because I give up my life, so I may receive it back again. 18 No one takes my life from me. I give it up willingly! I have the power to give it up and the power to receive it back again, just as my Father commanded me to do.
19 The people took sides because of what Jesus had told them. 20 Many of them said, “He has a demon in him! He is crazy! Why listen to him?”
21 But others said, “How could anyone with a demon in him say these things? No one like this could give sight to a blind person!”
Jesus Is Rejected
22 That winter, Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Temple Festival. 23 One day he was walking in the part of the temple known as Solomon's Porch, 24 and the people gathered all around him. They said, “How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly!”
25 Jesus answered:
I have told you, and you refused to believe me. The things I do by my Father's authority show who I am. 26 But since you are not my sheep, you don't believe me. 27 My sheep know my voice, and I know them. They follow me, 28 and I give them eternal life, so that they will never be lost. No one can snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father gave them to me, and he is greater than all others. No one can snatch them from his hands, 30 and I am one with the Father.
31 Once again the people picked up stones in order to kill Jesus. 32 But he said, “I have shown you many good things my Father sent me to do. Which one are you going to stone me for?”
33 They answered, “We are not stoning you because of any good thing you did. We are stoning you because you did a terrible thing. You are just a man, and here you are claiming to be God!”
34 Jesus replied:
In your Scriptures doesn't God say, “You are gods”? 35 You can't argue with the Scriptures, and God spoke to those people and called them gods. 36 So why do you accuse me of a terrible sin for saying that I am the Son of God? After all, it is the Father who prepared me for this work. He is also the one who sent me into the world. 37 If I don't do as my Father does, you should not believe me. 38 But if I do what my Father does, you should believe because of that, even if you don't have faith in me. Then you will know for certain that the Father is one with me, and I am one with the Father.
39 Again they wanted to arrest Jesus. But he escaped 40 and crossed the Jordan to the place where John had earlier been baptizing. While Jesus was there, 41 many people came to him. They were saying, “John didn't work any miracles, but everything he said about Jesus is true.” 42 A lot of those people also put their faith in Jesus.
Saajii kantalaa la mansaaloo
1 “Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, moo meŋ maŋ duŋ saajii buŋo kono niŋ bundaa la, bari a seleta niŋ kara koteŋ na, wo mu suŋo le ti, aniŋ ñapinkannaa. 2 Bari moo meŋ dunta niŋ daa la, wo le mu saajii kantalaa ti. 3 Bundaa kantalaa ka bundaa yele a ye le, aduŋ saajiyolu ka a kaŋo suutee le. A ka a fansuŋ saajiyolu kumandi ì toolu le la, a ye ì kenkeŋ banta.
4 “Niŋ a ye a fansuŋ saajiyolu bee fintindi banta, a ka tambi ì ñaato le. Aduŋ saajiyolu ka ate le nooma, kaatu ì ye a kaŋo suutee le. 5 Ì buka luntaŋo nooma muk, bari ì be bori la a la le, kaatu ì maŋ luntaŋolu kaŋo suutee.”
Yeesu le mu bundaa ti saajiyolu ye
6 Yeesu ye ñiŋ mansaaloo fo ì ye le, bari ì maŋ a fahaamu a ka meŋ fo. 7 Wo kamma la Yeesu ko ì ye kotenke ko, “Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, nte le mu bundaa ti saajiyolu ye. 8 Moolu mennu bee naata nte ñaa, wolu mu suŋolu le ti, aniŋ ñapinkannaalu, bari saajiyolu maŋ ì lamoyi. 9 Nte le mu bundaa ti. Niŋ moo meŋ dunta niŋ nte la, a be kiisa la le. Aduŋ a be duŋ niŋ finti la, a ye ñaama keroo soto. 10 Suŋo ka naa suuñaaroo doroŋ ne la, faaroo aniŋ tiñaaroo. Nte naata le fo ì si baluwo soto, a timmariŋo.
Yeesu le mu kantarilaa betoo ti
11 “Nte le mu kantarilaa betoo ti. Kantarilaa betoo ka a niyo laa a la saajiyolu ye le. 12 Dookuulaa, ì ye meŋ luwaasi, wo maŋ ke kantarilaa ti, aduŋ saajiyolu maŋ ke a taa ti. Niŋ a ye suluwo je naa kaŋ, a ka saajiyolu bula le, a ye bori. Bituŋ suluwo si ñapi ì kaŋ, a ye ì janjandi. 13 A ka bori le, kaatu luwaasilaa doroŋ ne mu a ti, aduŋ saajiyolu la kuwo maŋ a suula. 14 Nte le mu kantarilaa betoo ti. Ŋa n na saajiyolu loŋ ne, aduŋ n na saajiyolu ye n loŋ ne, 15 ko m Faamaa ye n loŋ ñaameŋ, aduŋ m fanaa ye m Faamaa loŋ ne. Ŋa n niyo laa saajiyolu ye le.
16 “Ŋa saajii doolu soto le, mennu maŋ bo ñiŋ koorewo to. N ñanta wolu fanaa naati la le, aduŋ ì be n kaŋo suutee la le. Wo to a be ke la kooree kiliŋ ne ti, aniŋ kantarilaa kiliŋ.
17 “M Faamaa ye n kanu le, kaatu ŋa n niyo le laa fo n si a taa kotenke. 18 Moo te a taa la m bulu, bari nte faŋo le ye a landi. Nte ye semboo soto le ka a laa, aniŋ ŋa semboo soto ka a taa kotenke. Ŋa ñiŋ yaamaroo soto ka bo m Faamaa le yaa.”
19 Ñiŋ kumoolu kamma la kannawaaliyo keta kotenke Yahuudoolu teema. 20 Bituŋ ì moo jamaa ko, “A ye seetaani jawoo le soto, aniŋ a ñaamaata le. Muŋ ne ye a tinna ali ka a lamoyi?” 21 Bari doolu ko, “Ñinnu maŋ ke moo la kuma ti, meŋ ye seetaani jawoo soto. Fo seetaani jawoo si finkintewolu ñaalu yelendi noo baŋ?”
Yahuudoolu balanta Yeesu ma
22 Ñiŋ keta Yerusalaamu le sumayaa waatoo la, tumoo meŋ na ì be Alla Batudulaa Kerekeroo Juuraloo la. 23 Yeesu be taama kaŋ nuŋ Sulemani la Pereŋo kaŋ, Alla Batudulaa to. 24 Wo to le Yahuudoolu kuruta a la, ì ko a ye ko, “Waati jumaa le i be ntolu bondi la kumpoo kono? Niŋ ite le mu Alimasiihu* ti, wo to a fo ǹ ye seneyaarinke.” 25 Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Nte ye a fo ali ye le, bari ali maŋ laa. Ŋa dookuwolu mennu ke m Faamaa too la, wolu le ye nte la kuwo seedeyaa. 26 Bari ali maŋ soŋ ka laa, kaatu ali maŋ ke n na saajiyolu ti. 27 N na saajiyolu ka n kaŋo suutee le. Aduŋ nte ka ì loŋ ne, aniŋ ì ka n nooma le. 28 N ka badaa-badaa baluwo dii ì la le, aduŋ ì nene te bono la fo abadaa. Moo te ì buusi noo la m buloo kono muk. 29 M Faamaa, meŋ ye ì dii n na, wo le warata feŋolu bee ti, aduŋ moo te ì buusi noo la m Faamaa bulu. 30 Nte niŋ m Faamaa mu kiliŋ ne ti.”
31 Wo to le Yahuudoolu ye beroolu sika kotenke fo ì si a buŋ ka a faa. 32 Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Nte ye baara kuu bete jamaa le ke, ali ye mennu je, ka bo m Faamaa bulu. Ali be m buŋ na ka m faa baara kuu jumaa le kamma ñinnu kono?” 33 Yahuudoolu ye a jaabi ko, “M̀ maŋ a ke i la baara kuu betoolu kamma la, bari ì la tooñeeri kumoolu, kaatu ite ye i faŋ ke Alla le ti, aduŋ i mu hadamadiŋo doroŋ ne ti.”
34 Wo to le Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Fo a maŋ tara safeeriŋ ali la Kitaabu Senuŋo kono ko, ‘Nte ko, ali mu alloolu le ti’? 35 Aduŋ Kitaabu Senuŋo buka faliŋ! Alla ye wo moolu kumandi alloolu le la, a la kumoo naata mennu kaŋ. 36 Wo to, muŋ ne ye a tinna ali ka a fo wo Kiliŋo ye, meŋ Faamaa ye a tomboŋ, aniŋ a ye a kii duniyaa kono ko, ‘Ite ye tooñeeri kumoolu le fo,’ kaatu nte ko, ‘Nte mu Alla Dinkewo* le ti’?
37 “Niŋ m maŋ tara m Faamaa la baara kuwolu ke kaŋ, wo to ali kana laa n na. 38 Bari niŋ n ka wolu le ke, hani niŋ ali maŋ laa nte la, wo to ali laa kebaaroolu la, fo ali si a loŋ aniŋ ali ye a fahaamu ko, m Faamaa be nte kono le, aduŋ nte be m Faamaa kono le.” 39 Bituŋ ì ye a kata kotenke ka a muta, bari a kanata ì bulu.
40 A naata taa kotenke Yoridani Boloŋo kara doo la, dulaa to, Yaayaa ka batiseeroo* ke daameŋ to nuŋ. A tuta jee, 41 aduŋ moo jamaa naata a kaŋ. Ì ko, “Yaayaa maŋ taamanseeri ke, bari a ye feŋ-wo-feŋ fo ñiŋ kewo la kuwo to, a bee mu tooñaa le ti.” 42 Aduŋ moo jamaa laata a la jee.
