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John 7
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John 7
Living Bible
7 After this, Jesus went to Galilee, going from village to village, for he wanted to stay out of Judea where the Jewish leaders were plotting his death. 2 But soon it was time for the Tabernacle Ceremonies, one of the annual Jewish holidays, 3 and Jesus’ brothers urged him to go to Judea for the celebration.
“Go where more people can see your miracles!” they scoffed. 4 “You can’t be famous when you hide like this! If you’re so great, prove it to the world!” 5 For even his brothers didn’t believe in him.
6 Jesus replied, “It is not the right time for me to go now. But you can go anytime and it will make no difference, 7 for the world can’t hate you; but it does hate me, because I accuse it of sin and evil. 8 You go on, and I’ll come later[a] when it is the right time.” 9 So he remained in Galilee.
10 But after his brothers had left for the celebration, then he went too, though secretly, staying out of the public eye. 11 The Jewish leaders tried to find him at the celebration and kept asking if anyone had seen him. 12 There was a lot of discussion about him among the crowds. Some said, “He’s a wonderful man,” while others said, “No, he’s duping the public.” 13 But no one had the courage to speak out for him in public for fear of reprisals from the Jewish leaders.
14 Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and preached openly. 15 The Jewish leaders were surprised when they heard him. “How can he know so much when he’s never been to our schools?” they asked.
16 So Jesus told them, “I’m not teaching you my own thoughts, but those of God who sent me. 17 If any of you really determines to do God’s will, then you will certainly know whether my teaching is from God or is merely my own. 18 Anyone presenting his own ideas is looking for praise for himself, but anyone seeking to honor the one who sent him is a good and true person. 19
20 The crowd replied, “You’re out of your mind! Who’s trying to kill you?”
21-23 Jesus replied, “I worked on the Sabbath by healing a man, and you were surprised. But you work on the Sabbath, too, whenever you obey Moses’ law of circumcision (actually, however, this tradition of circumcision is older than the Mosaic law); for if the correct time for circumcising your children falls on the Sabbath, you go ahead and do it, as you should. So why should I be condemned for making a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 Think this through and you will see that I am right.”
25 Some of the people who lived there in Jerusalem said among themselves, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 But here he is preaching in public, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that our leaders have learned, after all, that he really is the Messiah? 27 But how could he be? For we know where this man was born; when Christ comes, he will just appear and no one will know where he comes from.”
28 So Jesus, in a sermon in the Temple, called out, “Yes, you know me and where I was born and raised, but I am the representative of one you don’t know, and he is Truth. 29 I know him because I was with him, and he sent me to you.”
30 Then the Jewish leaders sought to arrest him; but no hand was laid on him, for God’s time had not yet come.
31 Many among the crowds at the Temple believed on him. “After all,” they said, “what miracles do you expect the Messiah to do that this man hasn’t done?”
32 When the Pharisees heard that the crowds were in this mood, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Jesus. 33 But Jesus told them, “Not yet![b] I am to be here a little longer. Then I shall return to the one who sent me. 34 You will search for me but not find me. And you won’t be able to come where I am!”
35 The Jewish leaders were puzzled by this statement. “Where is he planning to go?” they asked. “Maybe he is thinking of leaving the country and going as a missionary among the Jews in other lands, or maybe even to the Gentiles! 36 What does he mean about our looking for him and not being able to find him, and, ‘You won’t be able to come where I am’?”
37 On the last day, the climax of the holidays, Jesus shouted to the crowds, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. 38 For the Scriptures declare that rivers of living water shall flow from the inmost being of anyone who believes in me.” 39 (He was speaking of the Holy Spirit, who would be given to everyone believing in him; but the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet returned to his glory in heaven.)
40 When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “This man surely is the prophet who will come just before the Messiah.” 41-42 Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee? For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where David was born.” 43 So the crowd was divided about him. 44 And some wanted him arrested, but no one touched him.
45 The Temple police who had been sent to arrest him returned to the chief priests and Pharisees. “Why didn’t you bring him in?” they demanded.
46 “He says such wonderful things!” they mumbled. “We’ve never heard anything like it.”
47 “So you also have been led astray?” the Pharisees mocked. 48 “Is there a single one of us Jewish rulers or Pharisees who believes he is the Messiah? 49 These stupid crowds do, yes; but what do they know about it? A curse upon them anyway!”[c]
50 Then Nicodemus spoke up. (Remember him? He was the Jewish leader who came secretly to interview Jesus.) 51 “Is it legal to convict a man before he is even tried?” he asked.
52 They replied, “Are you a wretched Galilean too? Search the Scriptures and see for yourself—no prophets will come from Galilee!”
53 [d] Then the meeting broke up and everybody went home.
Footnotes
Yohane 7
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Yohane 7
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Yesu Apita Kuphwando Lamisasa
7 Zitatha izi Yesu anayendayenda mu Galileya, ndi cholinga chakuti asafike ku Yudeya chifukwa Ayuda kumeneko amadikira kuti amuphe. 2 Koma phwando la Ayuda lamisasa litayandikira, 3 abale a Yesu anati kwa Iye, “Inu muyenera kuchoka kuno ndi kupita ku Yudeya, kuti ophunzira anu akaone zodabwitsa zomwe mumachita. 4 Palibe wina aliyense amene amafuna kukhala wodziwika amachita zinthu mseri. Popeza Inu mukuchita zinthu izi, mudzionetsere nokha ku dziko la pansi.” 5 Pakuti ngakhale abale ake omwe sanamukhulupirire.
6 Choncho Yesu anawawuza iwo kuti, “Nthawi yanga yoyenera sinafike; kwa inu nthawi ina iliyonse ndi yoyenera. 7 Dziko lapansi silingakudeni inu, koma limandida Ine chifukwa Ine ndimachitira umboni kuti zomwe limachita ndi zoyipa. 8 Inu pitani kuphwando. Ine sindipita tsopano kuphwando ili chifukwa kwa Ine nthawi yoyenera sinafike.” 9 Atanena izi, Iye anakhalabe mu Galileya.
10 Komabe, abale ake atanyamuka kupita kuphwando, Iye anapitanso, osati moonekera, koma mseri. 11 Tsopano kuphwandoko Ayuda anakamufunafuna ndi kumafunsana kuti, “Kodi munthu ameneyu ali kuti?”
12 Pakuti pa chigulu cha anthu panali kunongʼona ponseponse za Iye. Ena ankanena kuti, “Iye ndi munthu wabwino.”
Ena ankayankha kuti, “Ayi, Iye amanamiza anthu.” 13 Koma panalibe amene ankanena kalikonse poyera za Iye chifukwa choopa Ayuda.
Yesu Aphunzitsa pa Phwando
14 Phwando lili pakatikati, Yesu anapita ku bwalo la Nyumba ya Mulungu ndi kuyamba kuphunzitsa. 15 Ayuda anadabwa ndipo anafunsa kuti, “Kodi munthu uyu nzeru izi anazitenga kuti popanda kuphunzira?”
16 Yesu anayankha kuti, “Chiphunzitso changa si cha Ine ndekha. Chimachokera kwa Iye amene anandituma. 17 Ngati munthu asankha kuchita chifuniro cha Mulungu, adzazindikira ngati chiphunzitso changa nʼchochokera kwa Mulungu kapena ngati ndi mwa Ine ndekha. 18 Iye amene amayankhula za Iye mwini amatero kuti adzipezere ulemu, koma amene amagwira ntchito kuti amene anamutuma alandire ulemu, ameneyo ndiye munthu woona; mu mtima mwake mulibe chinyengo chilichonse. 19 Kodi Mose sanakupatseni lamulo? Komatu palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe mwa inu amene akusunga lamulo. Nʼchifukwa chiyani mukufuna kundipha Ine?”
20 Gulu la anthu linayankha kuti, “Iwe ndiye wagwidwa ndi ziwanda. Ndani akufuna kukupha?”
21 Yesu anawawuza kuti, “Ine ndinachita chodabwitsa chimodzi ndipo inu mwadabwa. 22 Koma, chifukwa chakuti Mose anakulamulani kuti muzichita mdulidwe (ngakhale kuti sunachokere kwa Mose, koma kwa makolo anu), inuyo mumachita mdulidwe mwana tsiku la Sabata. 23 Tsopano ngati mwana angachite mdulidwe pa Sabata kuti lamulo la Mose lisaswedwe, nʼchifukwa chiyani mukundipsera mtima chifukwa chochiritsa munthu pa Sabata? 24 Musamaweruze potengera maonekedwe chabe, koma weruzani molungama.”
Kodi Yesu ndi Khristu?
25 Pa nthawi imeneyi anthu ena a ku Yerusalemu anayamba kufunsana kuti, “Kodi uyu si munthu uja akufuna kumuphayu? 26 Uyu ali apa, kuyankhula poyera, ndipo iwo sakunena kanthu kwa Iye. Kodi olamulira atsimikizadi kuti Iye ndi Khristu? 27 Koma ife tikudziwa kumene achokera munthuyu; pamene Khristu adzabwere, palibe amene adzadziwa kumene akuchokera.”
28 Kenaka Yesu, akuphunzitsabe mʼbwalo la Nyumba ya Mulungu anafuwula kuti, “Zoona, mukundidziwa Ine, ndipo mukudziwa kumene ndikuchokera. Ine sindili pano mwa Ine ndekha, koma Iye amene anandituma Ine ndi woona. Inu simukumudziwa, 29 koma Ine ndikumudziwa chifukwa ndichokera kwa Iyeyo ndipo ndiye amene anandituma Ine.”
30 Chifukwa cha izi iwo anayesa kumugwira Iye, koma palibe aliyense amene anayika dzanja lake pa Iye, chifukwa nthawi yake inali isanafike. 31 Komabe, ambiri a mʼchigulucho anamukhulupirira Iye. Iwo anati, “Kodi pamene Khristu abwera, adzachita zizindikiro zodabwitsa zambiri kuposa munthu uyu?”
32 Afarisi anamva chigulucho chikunongʼona zinthu zotere za Iye. Kenaka akulu a ansembe ndi Afarisi anatumiza asilikali a mʼNyumba ya Mulungu kuti akamumange Iye.
33 Yesu anati, “Ine ndili ndi inu kwa kanthawi kochepa chabe, ndipo kenaka ndizipita kwa Iye amene anandituma Ine. 34 Inu mudzandifunafuna koma simudzandipeza; ndipo kumene Ine ndili inu simungathe kubwera.”
35 Ayuda anati kwa wina ndi mnzake, “Kodi munthu uyu akuganizira zoti apite kuti kumene ife sitingathe kumupeza Iye? Kodi Iye adzapita kumene anthu amakhala mobalalikana pakati pa Agriki, ndi kuphunzitsa Agriki? 36 Kodi Iye amatanthauza chiyani pamene anati, ‘Inu mudzandifunafuna koma simudzandipeza,’ ndi ‘Kumene Ine ndili, inu simungathe kubwera?’ ”
Mitsinje ya Madzi Opatsa Moyo
37 Pa tsiku lomaliza ndi lalikulu kwambiri laphwando, Yesu anayimirira nafuwula nati, “Ngati munthu ali ndi ludzu, abwere kwa Ine kuti adzamwe. 38 Malemba kuti ‘Aliyense amene akhulupirira Ine, mitsinje yamadzi amoyo idzatuluka kuchokera mʼkati mwake.’ ” 39 Ponena izi Iye amatanthauza Mzimu Woyera, amene adzalandire amene amakhulupirira Iye. Pa nthawiyi nʼkuti Mzimu Woyera asanaperekedwe, pakuti Yesu anali asanalemekezedwe.
40 Pakumva mawu ake, ena a anthuwo anati, “Zoonadi munthu uyu ndi mneneri.”
41 Ena anati, “Iye ndiye Khristu.”
Komanso ena anafunsa kuti, “Kodi Khristu angachokere bwanji ku Galileya? 42 Kodi Malemba samanena kuti Khristu adzachokera mʼbanja la Davide, ndi ku Betelehemu mu mzinda umene Davide anakhalamo?” 43 Kotero anthu anagawikana chifukwa cha Yesu. 44 Ena anafuna kumugwira Iye, koma palibe amene anayika dzanja pa Iye.
Kusakhulupirira kwa Atsogoleri a Ayuda
45 Pomaliza asilikali a mʼNyumba ya Mulungu anabwerera kwa akulu a ansembe ndi Afarisi amene anawafunsa iwo kuti, “Kodi ndi chifukwa chiyani simunamugwire Iye?”
46 Asilikali aja anati, “Palibe wina amene anayankhula ngati Munthu ameneyo nʼkale lonse.”
47 Afarisi anawadzudzula nati, “Kodi mukutanthauza kuti Iye anakunamizani inunso?” 48 “Kodi alipo ena a olamulira kapena a Afarisi, anamukhulupirira Iye? 49 Ayi! Koma gulu limene silidziwa malamulo ndi lotembereredwa.”
50 Nekodimo, amene anapita kwa Yesu poyamba paja ndipo anali mmodzi wa iwo, anafunsa kuti, 51 “Kodi lamulo lathu limatsutsa munthu popanda kumva mbali yake kuti tipeze chimene wachita?”
52 Iwo anayankha kuti, “Kodi ndiwenso wochokera ku Galileya? Tayangʼananso, ndipo udzapeza kuti mneneri sachokera ku Galileya.”
[Mipukutu yoyambirira ndi maumboni akale mulibe 7:53 mpaka 8:11]
Za Mkazi Wachigololo
53 Kenaka onse anachoka, napita kwawo.
Jean 7
Segond 21
Jean 7
Segond 21
Jésus à la fête des tentes
7 Après cela, Jésus continua de parcourir la Galilée; il ne voulait pas séjourner en Judée car les Juifs cherchaient à le faire mourir. 2 Or, la fête juive des tentes était proche. 3 Ses frères lui dirent: «Pars d'ici et va en Judée afin que tes disciples voient aussi ce que tu fais. 4 Personne n'agit en secret, s'il cherche à être connu. Puisque tu fais ce genre de choses, montre-toi au monde!» 5 En effet, ses frères non plus ne croyaient pas en lui. 6 Jésus leur dit: «Le moment n'est pas encore venu pour moi, tandis que pour vous, c'est toujours le bon moment. 7 Le monde ne peut pas vous détester, tandis que moi, il me déteste parce que je témoigne à son sujet que sa manière d’agir est mauvaise. 8 Montez donc à cette fête! Quant à moi, je n'y monte pas encore parce que le moment n'est pas encore arrivé pour moi.» 9 Après leur avoir dit cela, il resta en Galilée.
10 Lorsque ses frères furent montés à la fête, il y monta aussi lui-même, non pas en se montrant, mais [comme] en secret. 11 Les Juifs le cherchaient pendant la fête et disaient: «Où est-il?» 12 Dans la foule, on murmurait beaucoup à son sujet. Les uns disaient: «C'est un homme bien.» D'autres disaient: «Non, au contraire, il égare le peuple.» 13 Personne, toutefois, ne parlait ouvertement de lui, par crainte des chefs juifs.
14 C’était déjà le milieu de la fête lorsque Jésus monta au temple et se mit à enseigner. 15 Les Juifs s'étonnaient et disaient: «Comment connaît-il les Ecritures, lui qui n'a pas étudié?» 16 Jésus leur répondit: «Mon enseignement ne vient pas de moi mais de celui qui m'a envoyé. 17 Si quelqu'un veut faire la volonté de Dieu, il saura si mon enseignement vient de Dieu ou si je parle de ma propre initiative. 18 Celui qui parle de sa propre initiative cherche sa propre gloire, mais si quelqu'un cherche la gloire de celui qui l'a envoyé, celui-là est vrai et il n'y a pas d'injustice en lui. 19 Moïse ne vous a-t-il pas donné la loi? Or, aucun de vous ne la met en pratique. Pourquoi cherchez-vous à me faire mourir?» 20 La foule répondit: «Tu as un démon. Qui cherche à te faire mourir?» 21 Jésus leur répondit: «Pour une seule œuvre[a] que j’ai faite, vous êtes tous étonnés. 22 Moïse vous a donné la circoncision[b] ( qui ne vient du reste pas de lui, mais des patriarches ( et vous circoncisez un homme le jour du sabbat. 23 Si pour respecter la loi de Moïse un homme reçoit la circoncision le jour du sabbat, pourquoi vous irritez-vous contre moi parce que j'ai guéri un homme tout entier le jour du sabbat? 24 Ne jugez pas d’après l'apparence, mais portez un jugement juste.»
25 Quelques habitants de Jérusalem disaient: «N'est-ce pas celui qu'ils cherchent à faire mourir? 26 Le voici qui parle librement et ils ne lui disent rien! Est-ce que les chefs auraient vraiment reconnu qu'il est le Messie? 27 Cependant celui-ci, nous savons d'où il est, tandis que le Messie, quand il viendra, personne ne saura d'où il est.» 28 Jésus enseignait dans le temple. Il s'écria alors: «Vous me connaissez et vous savez d'où je suis! Pourtant je ne suis pas venu de moi-même. Au contraire, celui qui m'a envoyé est vrai et vous ne le connaissez pas. 29 Pour ma part, je le connais, car je viens d'auprès de lui et c'est lui qui m'a envoyé.» 30 Ils cherchaient donc à l'arrêter, mais personne ne mit la main sur lui parce que son heure n'était pas encore venue. 31 Beaucoup parmi la foule crurent en lui, et ils disaient: «Le Messie, quand il viendra, fera-t-il plus de signes miraculeux que n'en a fait celui-ci?» 32 Les pharisiens entendirent la foule murmurer ces propos à son sujet. Alors les chefs des prêtres et les pharisiens envoyèrent des gardes pour l'arrêter.
33 Jésus dit: «Je suis encore avec vous pour un peu de temps, puis je m'en vais vers celui qui m'a envoyé. 34 Vous me chercherez et vous ne me trouverez pas, et là où je serai, vous ne pouvez pas venir.» 35 Les Juifs se dirent alors entre eux: «Où ira-t-il, pour que nous ne le trouvions pas? Ira-t-il chez ceux qui sont dispersés dans le reste du monde et enseignera-t-il les non-Juifs? 36 Que signifie cette parole qu'il a dite: ‘Vous me chercherez et vous ne me trouverez pas, et là où je serai, vous ne pouvez pas venir’?»
37 Le dernier jour, le grand jour de la fête, Jésus, debout, s'écria: «Si quelqu'un a soif, qu'il vienne à moi et qu'il boive. 38 Celui qui croit en moi, des fleuves d'eau vive couleront de lui, comme l’a dit l'Ecriture.» 39 Il dit cela à propos de l'Esprit que devaient recevoir ceux qui croiraient en lui. En effet, l'Esprit [saint] n'avait pas encore été donné parce que Jésus n'avait pas encore été élevé dans sa gloire.
40 Après avoir entendu ces paroles, beaucoup dans la foule disaient: «Celui-ci est vraiment le prophète.» 41 D'autres disaient: «C'est le Messie.» Mais d'autres disaient: «Est-ce bien de la Galilée que doit venir le Messie? 42 L'Ecriture ne dit-elle pas que c'est de la descendance de David et du village de Bethléhem où était David que le Messie doit venir?» 43 Il y eut donc, à cause de lui, division parmi la foule. 44 Quelques-uns d'entre eux voulaient l'arrêter, mais personne ne mit la main sur lui.
45 Ainsi, les gardes retournèrent vers les chefs des prêtres et les pharisiens, qui leur dirent: «Pourquoi ne l'avez-vous pas amené?» 46 Les gardes répondirent: «Jamais personne n'a parlé comme cet homme.» 47 Les pharisiens leur répliquèrent: «Est-ce que vous aussi, vous vous êtes laissé tromper? 48 Y a-t-il quelqu'un parmi les chefs ou les pharisiens qui ait cru en lui? 49 Mais cette foule qui ne connaît pas la loi, ce sont des maudits!» 50 Nicodème, qui était venu de nuit vers Jésus et qui était l'un d'eux, leur dit: 51 «Notre loi condamne-t-elle un homme avant qu'on l'entende et qu'on sache ce qu'il a fait?» 52 Ils lui répondirent: «Es-tu, toi aussi, de la Galilée? Cherche bien et tu verras que de la Galilée il ne sort pas de prophète.» 53 [Puis chacun rentra chez soi.
Footnotes
- Jean 7:21 Une seule œuvre: la guérison d'un malade le jour du sabbat (5.1-9).
- Jean 7:22 Circoncision: cette opération consistant à enlever le prépuce avait été le signe de l’alliance conclue par Dieu avec Abraham, l’ancêtre des Israélites (Genèse 17.9-14). D’après Lévitique 12.3, elle devait intervenir lorsque le garçon avait 8 jours.
John 7
New International Version
John 7
New International Version
Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles
7 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.(B) 2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles(C) was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers(D) said to him, “Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do. 4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.(E)
6 Therefore Jesus told them, “My time(F) is not yet here; for you any time will do. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me(G) because I testify that its works are evil.(H) 8 You go to the festival. I am not[b] going up to this festival, because my time(I) has not yet fully come.” 9 After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.
10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. 11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus(J) and asking, “Where is he?”
12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, “He is a good man.”
Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”(K) 13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders.(L)
Jesus Teaches at the Festival
14 Not until halfway through the festival did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.(M) 15 The Jews(N) there were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning(O) without having been taught?”(P)
16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.(Q) 17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(R) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 Whoever speaks on their own does so to gain personal glory,(S) but he who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law?(T) Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?”(U)
20 “You are demon-possessed,”(V) the crowd answered. “Who is trying to kill you?”
21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle,(W) and you are all amazed. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision(X) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs),(Y) you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath. 23 Now 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? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(Z)
Division Over Who Jesus Is
25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?(AA) 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities(AB) really concluded that he is the Messiah?(AC) 27 But we know where this man is from;(AD) when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.”
28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts,(AE) cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from.(AF) I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true.(AG) You do not know him, 29 but I know him(AH) because I am from him and he sent me.”(AI)
30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him,(AJ) because his hour had not yet come.(AK) 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him.(AL) They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs(AM) than this man?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him.
33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(AN) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(AO) 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”(AP)
35 The 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(AQ) among the Greeks,(AR) and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”(AS)
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(AT) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(AU) 38 Whoever believes(AV) in me, as Scripture has said,(AW) rivers of living water(AX) will flow from within them.”[c](AY) 39 By this he meant the Spirit,(AZ) whom those who believed in him were later to receive.(BA) Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.(BB)
40 On hearing his words, some of the people said, “Surely this man is the Prophet.”(BC)
41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.”
Still others asked, “How can the Messiah come from Galilee?(BD) 42 Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants(BE) and from Bethlehem,(BF) the town where David lived?” 43 Thus the people were divided(BG) because of Jesus. 44 Some wanted to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him.(BH)
Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders
45 Finally 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,”(BI) the guards replied.
47 “You mean he has deceived you also?”(BJ) the Pharisees retorted. 48 “Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed in him?(BK) 49 No! But this mob that knows nothing of the law—there is a curse on them.”
50 Nicodemus,(BL) 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?”
52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee, too? Look into it, and you will find that a prophet does not come out of Galilee.”(BM)
[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.]
53 Then they all went home,
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Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero (CCL)
The Word of God in Contemporary Chichewa Copyright © 2002, 2016 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission of Biblica, Inc.® All rights reserved worldwide. Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero Mwini © 2002, 2016 ndi Biblica, Inc.® Kugwiritsa ntchito mwachilolezo. Umwini ndi otetezedwa pa dziko lonse.
Segond 21 (SG21)
Version Segond 21 Copyright © 2007 Société Biblique de Genève by Société Biblique de Genève
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.