1 but Jesus walked out to the Mount of Olives. 2 Then early the next morning he went to the temple. The people came to him, and he sat down and started teaching them.
3 The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law of Moses brought in a woman who had been caught in bed with a man who wasn't her husband. They made her stand in the middle of the crowd. 4 Then they said, “Teacher, this woman was caught sleeping with a man who isn't her husband. 5 The Law of Moses teaches that a woman like this should be stoned to death! What do you say?”
6 They asked Jesus this question, because they wanted to test him and bring some charge against him. But Jesus simply bent over and started writing on the ground with his finger.
7 They kept on asking Jesus about the woman. Finally, he stood up and said, “If any of you have never sinned, then go ahead and throw the first stone at her!” 8 Once again he bent over and began writing on the ground. 9 The people left one by one, beginning with the oldest. Finally, Jesus and the woman were there alone.
10 Jesus stood up and asked her, “Where is everyone? Isn't there anyone left to accuse you?”
11 “No sir,” the woman answered.
Then Jesus told her, “I am not going to accuse you either. You may go now, but don't sin anymore.”
Jesus Is the Light for the World
12 Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, “I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won't be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.”
13 The Pharisees objected, “You are the only one speaking for yourself, and what you say isn't true!”
14 Jesus replied:
Even if I do speak for myself, what I say is true! I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don't know where I am from or where I am going. 15 You judge in the same way that everyone else does, but I don't judge anyone. 16 If I did judge, I would judge fairly, because I would not be doing it alone. The Father who sent me is here with me. 17 Your Law requires two witnesses to prove that something is true. 18 I am one of my witnesses, and the Father who sent me is the other one.
19 “Where is your Father?” they asked.
“You don't know me or my Father!” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would know my Father.”
20 Jesus said this while he was still teaching in the place where the temple treasures were stored. But no one arrested him, because his time had not yet come.
You Cannot Go Where I Am Going
21 Jesus also told them, “I am going away, and you will look for me. But you cannot go where I am going, and you will die with your sins unforgiven.”
22 The people asked, “Does he intend to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying we cannot go where he is going?”
23 Jesus answered, “You are from below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't. 24 This is why I said you will die with your sins unforgiven. If you don't have faith in me for who I am, you will die, and your sins will not be forgiven.”
25 “Who are you?” they asked Jesus.
Jesus answered, “I am exactly who I told you at the beginning. 26 There is a lot more I could say to condemn you. But the one who sent me is truthful, and I tell the people of this world only what I have heard from him.”
27 No one understood that Jesus was talking to them about the Father.
28 Jesus went on to say, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, you will know who I am. You will also know that I don't do anything on my own. I say only what my Father taught me. 29 The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him, and he will never leave me.”
30 After Jesus said this, many of the people put their faith in him.
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 Jesus told the people who had faith in him, “If you keep on obeying what I have said, you truly are my disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33 They answered, “We are Abraham's children! We have never been anyone's slaves. How can you say we will be set free?”
34 Jesus replied:
I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin! 35 And slaves don't stay in the family forever, though the Son will always remain in the family. 36 If the Son gives you freedom, you are free! 37 I know that you are from Abraham's family. Yet you want to kill me, because my message isn't really in your hearts. 38 I am telling you what my Father has shown me, just as you are doing what your father has taught you.
Your Father Is the Devil
39 The people said to Jesus, “Abraham is our father!”
Jesus replied, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did. 40 Instead, you want to kill me for telling you the truth that God gave me. Abraham never did anything like that. 41 But you are doing exactly what your father does.”
“Don't accuse us of having someone else as our father!” they said. “We just have one father, and he is God.”
42 Jesus answered:
If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. He sent me. I did not come on my own. 43 Why can't you understand what I am talking about? Can't you stand to hear what I am saying? 44 Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.
45 Everything I have told you is true, and you still refuse to have faith in me. 46 Can any of you accuse me of sin? If you cannot, why won't you have faith in me? After all, I am telling you the truth. 47 Anyone who belongs to God will listen to his message. But you refuse to listen, because you don't belong to God.
Jesus and Abraham
48 The people told Jesus, “We were right to say that you are a Samaritan and that you have a demon in you!”
49 Jesus answered, “I don't have a demon in me. I honor my Father, and you refuse to honor me. 50 I don't want honor for myself. But there is one who wants me to be honored, and he is also the one who judges. 51 I tell you for certain that if you obey my words, you will never die.”
52 Then the people said, “Now we are sure that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and so are the prophets. How can you say that no one who obeys your words will ever die? 53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”
54 Jesus replied, “If I honored myself, it would mean nothing. My Father is the one who honors me. You claim that he is your God, 55 even though you don't really know him. If I said I didn't know him, I would be a liar, just like all of you. But I know him, and I do what he says. 56 Your father Abraham was really glad to see me.”
57 “You are not even 50 years old!” they said. “How could you have seen Abraham?”
58 Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that even before Abraham was, I was, and I am.” 59 The people picked up stones to kill Jesus, but he hid and left the temple.
1 bari Yeesu taata Olifu Konkoo kaŋ.
Ì ye musoo meŋ muta jeenoo la
2 Soomandaa juunoo la, a naata Alla Batudulaa to kotenke. Moolu bee naata a kaŋ jee. Wo to le a siita, a ye ì karandi.
3 Bituŋ Luwaa karammoolu* niŋ Farisewolu* ye musoo doo samba naŋ Yeesu kaŋ, ì ye meŋ muta jeenoo la. Ì ye a londi moolu teema, 4 aduŋ ì ko Yeesu ye ko, “Karammoo, ñiŋ musoo mutata jeenoo le la. 5 Luwaa kono, Musa ye yaamaroo dii ǹ na le ko, ñiŋ musu siifaa ñanta kurulabuŋ na le. Saayiŋ, ite ye muŋ ne fo ñiŋ kuwo to?” 6 Ì ye ñiŋ fo le ka Yeesu kotobo, fo ì si a tuumi noo ñaameŋ.
Wo to le Yeesu jimita duuma. A ye safeeroo ke niŋ a bulukondiŋo la bankoo to. 7 Kabiriŋ ì tententa ka a ñininkaa, a wulita, a loota, a ko ì ye ko, “Moo meŋ nene maŋ junuboo ke alitolu kono, wo maarii foloo si a buŋ beroo la.” 8 Bituŋ a jimita kotenke ka safeeroo ke bankoo to niŋ a bulukondiŋo la. 9 Kabiriŋ ì ye ñiŋ kumoo moyi, ì bee kiliŋ-kiliŋ taata, keebaalu le foloo taata. Labaŋo la, Yeesu niŋ musoo doroŋ ne tuta jee. 10 Wo to le Yeesu ye a kuŋo wuli, a ko a ye ko, “Musoo, i tuumilaalu lee? Fo moo maŋ soto, meŋ be i kiitindi la?” 11 Bituŋ musoo ko a ye ko, “Maariyo, hanii, hani moo kiliŋ maŋ n kiitindi.” Wo to le Yeesu ko a ye ko, “Nte fanaa te i kiitindi la. Taa, bari kana junuboo ke kotenke.”
Yeesu le mu duniyaa la maloo ti
12 Yeesu diyaamuta moolu ye kotenke ko, “Nte le mu duniyaa la maloo ti. Moo meŋ ye nte nooma, wo maarii te taama la diboo kono, bari a be maloo le soto la meŋ ka baluwo dii.” 13 Bituŋ Farisewolu ko a ye ko, “Ite ka i faŋo la kuwo le seedeyaa. I la seedeyaa maŋ timma.” 14 Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Hani niŋ nte ka m faŋo la kuwo le seedeyaa, nte la seedeyaa timmata le. Kaatu ŋa a loŋ ne, m bota naŋ daameŋ, aniŋ m be taa la daameŋ. Bari alitolu maŋ a loŋ, nte bota naŋ daameŋ, aniŋ m be taa la daameŋ. 15 Alitolu ka kiitindiroo ke hadamadiŋolu la kalamutaroo le la. Nte buka moo kiitindi. 16 Bari hani niŋ n ka kiitindiroo ke, n na kiitiyo tilinta le. Kaatu nte dammaa te kiitindiroo ke la, bari n niŋ m Faamaa le mu, meŋ ye nte kii. 17 Hani ali la Luwaa kono, a be safeeriŋ ne ko, moo fula la seedeyaa ñanta ke la tooñaa le ti. 18 N ka m faŋo la kuwo le seedeyaa, aniŋ m Faamaa meŋ ye n kii, ate le ka n na kuwo seedeyaa.” 19 Wo to le ì ko a ye ko, “I Faamaa lee?” Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Ali maŋ nte loŋ sako m Faamaa. Niŋ ali ye nte loŋ, ali be m Faamaa fanaa loŋ na le.”
20 Yeesu ye ñiŋ kumoolu fo le, biriŋ a be karandiroo la Alla Batudulaa naafulu maabodulaa to. Bari moo maŋ a muta, kaatu a la waatoo maŋ sii.
Dandalaaroo lannabaloolu ye
21 Yeesu ko ì ye kotenke ko, “Nte be taa la le. Ali be n ñini la le, bari ali be faa la ali la junuboolu kono le. Aduŋ m be taa la daameŋ, ali te naa noo la jee.” 22 Bituŋ Yahuudoolu ko, “Fo a be a faŋ faa la le baŋ, kaatu a ko, ‘Nte be taa la daameŋ, ali te naa noo la jee’?” 23 A ko ì ye ko, “Alitolu bota duuma le, bari nte bota naŋ santo le. Alitolu bota ñiŋ duniyaa le kono, bari nte maŋ bo ñiŋ duniyaa kono. 24 Ŋa a fo ali ye, ali be faa la ali la junuboolu kono le. Niŋ ali maŋ laa ko, m mu meŋ ti, m mu wo le ti, ali be faa la ali la junuboolu kono le.” 25 Bituŋ ì ko a ye ko, “Wo to ite mu jumaa le ti?” Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Ŋa meŋ fo ali ye kabiriŋ koomanto! 26 Nte ye kuu jamaa le soto ka a fo ali la kuwo to ka ali kiitindi. Bari meŋ ye nte kii, wo mu tooñaa le ti. Aduŋ ŋa meŋ moyi a la, n ka wo le fo duniyaa ye.”
27 Ì maŋ a fahaamu ko, a ka a Faamaa la kuwo le fo ì ye. 28 Wo to le Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Niŋ ali ye Moo Dinkewo* wulindi santo, wo to le ali be a loŋ na, nte mu meŋ ti, aduŋ ali be a loŋ na le ko, nte buka feŋ ke m fansuŋ semboo la. Bari n ka kuwolu fo le ko m Faamaa ye n karandi ñaameŋ. 29 Aduŋ ate meŋ ye n kii, a be m fee le. A maŋ m bula m faŋ ye, kaatu n ka a diyaŋñe kuwo le ke a ye waati-wo-waati.” 30 Kabiriŋ a ye ñiŋ kuwolu fo, moo jamaa laata a la.
Iburayima koomalanka tooñaalu
31 Bituŋ Yeesu ko Yahuudoolu ye, mennu laata a la ko, “Niŋ ali ye n na kumoolu muta, ali be ke la n noomalanka tooñaalu le ti. 32 Ali be tooñaa loŋ na le, aduŋ tooñaa le be ali firiŋ na.” 33 Ì ye a jaabi ko, “Ntolu mu Iburayima koomalankoolu le ti, aduŋ ǹ nene maŋ ke moo la joŋo ti. Wo to, ite si a fo noo ñaadii le ko, ‘Ali be firiŋ na le’?” 34 Wo to le Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, moo-wo-moo meŋ ka junuboo ke, a mu junuboo la joŋo le ti. 35 Joŋo buka tu dimbaayaa kono fo abadaa, bari dinkewo ka tu jee le fo abadaa. 36 Wo to, niŋ Dinkewo ye ali firiŋ, tooñaa, ali firinta le.
37 “Ŋa a loŋ ne ko, ali mu Iburayima koomalankoolu le ti. Bari hani wo, ali ka siloo ñini ka m faa, kaatu ali maŋ dulaa soto n na kumoo ye ali sondomoolu kono. 38 Nte ka kuwolu le fo, ŋa mennu je m Faamaa la. Aduŋ ali fanaa ka kuwolu le ke, ali ye mennu moyi ali faamaa la.” 39 Ì ye a jaabi ko, “Iburayima le mu ntolu faamaa ti.” Bituŋ Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Niŋ ali mu Iburayima diŋolu le ti, wo to ali be baara la kuwolu le la, Iburayima ye mennu ke. 40 Bari saayiŋ, ali ka siloo ñini ka m faa, nte meŋ ye tooñaa fo ali ye, ŋa meŋ moyi Alla la. Ñiŋ maŋ ke kuwo ti, Iburayima ye meŋ ke. 41 Ali ka ali faamaa la kuwolu le ke.” Wo to le ì ko a ye ko, “Ntolu maŋ ke jankadiŋolu ti. Ŋà Faamaa kiliŋ ne soto, meŋ mu Alla ti.” 42 Bituŋ Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Niŋ Alla le mu ali Faamaa ti, wo to ali be nte kanu la le, kaatu nte bota naŋ Alla le yaa. Aduŋ nte maŋ naa m faŋ ye jaŋ, bari ate le ye nte kii. 43 Muŋ ne ye a tinna ali maŋ n na kumoo fahaamu? Kaatu ali maŋ ali tuloolu loo noo ka n na kumoo moyi. 44 Ali bota Ibiliisa le bala, ali faamaa, aduŋ ali lafita ka ali faamaa la lafoo le ke. A mu moofaalaa le ti biriŋ foloodulaa to. A maŋ tara tooñaa kaŋ, kaatu tooñaa te a bulu. Niŋ a ye faniyaa fo, a daajikoo le mu, kaatu a mu faniyaa folaa le ti, aniŋ faniyaa folaalu faamaa. 45 Ali maŋ laa nte la, kaatu ŋa tooñaa le fo.
46 “Jumaa le be alitolu kono, meŋ si a yitandi, nte ye junube kuwo meŋ ke? Niŋ ŋa tooñaa fo, muŋ ne ye a tinna ali maŋ laa n na? 47 Moo meŋ bota Alla yaa, wo maarii ka Alla la kumoolu moyi le. Ali maŋ ì moyi, kaatu ali maŋ bo Alla yaa.”
Yeesu niŋ Iburayima
48 Wo to le Yahuudoolu ye a jaabi ko, “Fo m̀ maŋ tooñaa le fo ko, ite mu Samariyankoo le ti, aniŋ i ye seetaani jawoo le soto?” 49 Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Nte maŋ seetaani jawoo soto. Ŋa m Faamaa horoma le, bari alitolu maŋ nte horoma. 50 Nte buka m fansuŋ horomoo ñini. Kiliŋ ne be jee, meŋ ka a ñini n ye, aduŋ a ka kiitindiroo ke le. 51 Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, niŋ moo meŋ ye n na kumoo muta, wo nene te saayaa je la muk.”
52 Wo to le Yahuudoolu ko a ye ko, “Saayiŋ ŋà a loŋ ne ko, i ye seetaani jawoo le soto. Iburayima niŋ annabiyomoolu faata le, aduŋ ite ko, ‘Niŋ moo meŋ ye n na kumoo muta, wo nene te saayaa nene la.’ 53 Fo ite le warata ka tambi m̀ mumu Iburayima la, meŋ faata? Aduŋ annabiyomoolu fanaa faata le. Ite ye i faŋ muta jumaa le ti?” 54 Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Niŋ ŋa horomoo dii m faŋ n na, wo to wo horomoo maŋ ke feŋ ti. M Faamaa le ye nte horomandi, ali ko, meŋ mu ali la Alla ti. 55 Ali maŋ a loŋ, bari nte ye a loŋ ne. Niŋ n ko, m maŋ a loŋ, wo to m mu faniyaa folaa le ti ko alitolu. Bari nte ye a loŋ ne, aduŋ ŋa a la kumoo muta le. 56 Ali mumu Iburayima kontaanita le ko, ate be nte la naa luŋo je la le. A ye a je le, aduŋ a seewoota le.” 57 Bituŋ Yahuudoolu ko a ye ko, “Ite maŋ sanji taŋ luulu soto foloo, fo ite ye Iburayima je le?” 58 Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Tooñaa-tooñaa, m be a fo la ali ye, janniŋ Iburayima ka soto, nte be keriŋ ne.” 59 Bituŋ ì ye beroolu sika, fo ì si a buŋ ka a faa. Bari Yeesu ye i maabo le, a fintita Alla Batudulaa kono.
