The Parable of the Shepherd
1 Jesus said, “I am telling you the truth: the man who does not enter the sheep pen by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 The man who goes in through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him; the sheep hear his voice as he calls his own sheep by name, and he leads them out. 4 When he has brought them out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. 5 They will not follow someone else; instead, they will run away from such a person, because they do not know his voice.”
6 Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he meant.
Jesus the Good Shepherd
7 So Jesus said again, “I am telling you the truth: I am the gate for the sheep. 8 All others who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the gate. Those who come in by me will be saved; they will come in and go out and find pasture. 10 The thief comes only in order to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come in order that you might have life—life in all its fullness.
11 “I am the good shepherd, who is willing to die for the sheep. 12 When the hired man, who is not a shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees a wolf coming, he leaves the sheep and runs away; so the wolf snatches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The hired man runs away because he is only a hired man and does not care about the sheep. 14-15 I am the good shepherd. As the Father knows me and I know the Father, in the same way I know my sheep and they know me. And I am willing to die for them. 16 There are other sheep which belong to me that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them, too; they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
17 “The Father loves me because I am willing to give up my life, in order that I may receive it back again. 18 No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. I have the right to give it up, and I have the right to take it back. This is what my Father has commanded me to do.”
19 Again there was a division among the people because of these words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon! He is crazy! Why do you listen to him?”
21 But others were saying, “A man with a demon could not talk like this! How could a demon give sight to blind people?”
Jesus Is Rejected
22 It was winter, and the Festival of the Dedication of the Temple was being celebrated in Jerusalem. 23 Jesus was walking in Solomon's Porch in the Temple, 24 when the people gathered around him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? Tell us the plain truth: are you the Messiah?”
25 Jesus answered, “I have already told you, but you would not believe me. The deeds I do by my Father's authority speak on my behalf; 26 but you will not believe, for you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me. 29 What my Father has given me is greater than everything, and no one can snatch them away from the Father's care. 30 The Father and I are one.”
31 Then the people again picked up stones to throw at him. 32 Jesus said to them, “I have done many good deeds in your presence which the Father gave me to do; for which one of these do you want to stone me?”
33 They answered, “We do not want to stone you because of any good deeds, but because of your blasphemy! You are only a man, but you are trying to make yourself God!”
34 Jesus answered, “It is written in your own Law that God said, ‘You are gods.’ 35 We know that what the scripture says is true forever; and God called those people gods, the people to whom his message was given. 36 As for me, the Father chose me and sent me into the world. How, then, can you say that I blaspheme because I said that I am the Son of God? 37 Do not believe me, then, if I am not doing the things my Father wants me to do. 38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, you should at least believe my deeds, in order that you may know once and for all that the Father is in me and that I am in the Father.”
39 Once more they tried to seize Jesus, but he slipped out of their hands.
40 Jesus then went back again across the Jordan River to the place where John had been baptizing, and he stayed there. 41 Many people came to him. “John performed no miracles,” they said, “but everything he said about this man was true.” 42 And many people there believed in him.
Jesus oshivelo shoshuunda sheedi
1 “Oshilishili ohandi mu lombwele: ou ita i moshuunda sheedi ta piti moshivelo, ndele ta piti pamwe pe lili ta pumine mo, oye omulunga nombudi. 2 Ndelenee ou ta i mo ta piti moshivelo, oye omufita weedi. 3 Oye ta yeululwa komukeleli woshivelo needi otadi udu ondaka yaye; nota ifana eedi daye omadina ado, ndele te di pitifa mo. 4 Ndele ngeenge a pitifa mo eedi daye adishe, ote di kwatele komesho, needi tadi mu shikula, osheshi odi shii ondaka yaye. 5 Ndele umwe e lili itadi mu shikula, otadi mu i onhapo, osheshi kadi shii ondaka yavamwe ve lili.” 6 Efaneko eli Jesus okwe li va lombwela; ndele vo va li vehe udite ko eshi e va lombwela oshike.
7 Opo Jesus okwe va lombwela vali: “Oshilishili ohandi mu lombwele: Aame oshivelo sheedi. 8 Aveshe venya va ile komesho yange, ovo ovalunga neembudi, needi inadi va uda. 9 Aame oshivelo. Ngeenge pe na ou ta i mo ta piti mwaame, oye ta xupifwa, ndele ta kala nokuya mo nokudja mo, ndele ta mono oulifilo. 10 Omulunga iha endele oshinima shimwe, okuvaka ashike nokudipaa nokunyonauna. Ame nde uya, vo va kale nomwenyo nouyadi.
Jesus Ye omufita muwa
11 “Aame omufita ou muwa. Omufita ou muwa ota yandjele eedi omwenyo waye.Aame omufita ou muwa. 12 Ndelenee omulongeli wondjabi ou ehe fi omufita, needi dihe fi daye mwene, ota mono embungu tali uya, oye te di fii po ndele ta i onhapo; nembungu tali di kwata noku di halakanifa. 13 Ota i onhapo, osheshi oye omulongeli wondjabi, needi ke na ko na sha nado. 14 Aame omufita ou muwa, eedi dange ondi di shii, needi dange odi shii nge, 15 ngaashi Tate e shii nge, naame onda shiiva Tate. Nomwenyo wange ohandi u yandjele eedi. 16 Ondi na yo eedi dihe fi domoshuunda eshi; naadinya ondi noku di eta mo, ndele tadi udu ondaka yange, ndele tapa ka kala oshuunda shimwe, nomufita umwe.
17 “Onghee Tate e hole nge, eshi handi yandje omwenyo wange, opo ndi u tambule vali. 18 Kape na ou te u kufa nge, ndelenee Aame mwene handi u yandje. Ame ondi neenghono oku u yandja, ndele ondi neenghono oku u tambula vali. Oshipango eshi onde shi pewa kuTate.”
Jesus Omona waKalunga
19 Opo mOvajuda mwa tukuluka olutandu molweendjovo edi. 20 Ndele vahapu vavo va tya: “Ye oku na ondemoni, ndele ta i eenghwengu; oshike tamu mu pwilikinine?” 21 Vamwe va tya: “Eendjovo edi kadi fi daau e neendemoni. Ondemoni otai dulu tuu mbela okupashukifa omesho ovapofi?”
22 Ndele oshivilo shokudimbulukwa eyapulo lotembeli yomuJerusalem osha fika, ndele opa li okufu. 23 Jesus okwa li ta endaenda motembeli molukala laSalomo. 24 Opo Ovajuda ve mu liongalela ndele tava ti kuye: “Fiyo onaini to tu kaleke momalimbililo? Oove ngeenge oKristus, tu lombwela hano odikilila.” 25 Jesus okwe va nyamukula: “Onde shi mu lombwela, ndele nye inamu itavela. Oilonga ei handi i longo medina laTate, otai hepaulula nge. 26 Ndelenee nye itamu itavele, osheshi kamu fi eedi dange. 27 Eedi dange ohadi udu ondaka yange, naame ondi di shii, ndele do otadi shikula nge. 28 Ndele Ame ohandi di pe omwenyo waalushe, ndele do itadi ka kana fiyo alushe, ndele kape na ou te di vakula mo meke lange. 29 Tate ou e di pa nge, oku dule aveshe, ndele kape na ou ta dulu oku di vakula mo meke laTate. 30 Ofye naTate umwe.”
31 Opo tuu opo Ovajuda va toola omamanya ve mu dipae nomamanya. 32 Jesus okwa nyamukula ta ti kuvo: “Ame onde mu ulikila oilonga iwa ihapu ya dja muTate; oshilonga shilipipo mwa hala oku shi dipaela nge nomamanya?” 33 Ovajuda ove mu nyamukula: “Itatu ku dipaa nomamanya molwoshilonga shiwa, ndelenee omolweshekokalunga nashaashi Ove to liningi Kalunga, nande Oove omunhu.” 34 Jesus okwe va nyamukula: “Momhango yeni inamu shangwa: ‘Ame onda tya: onye ookalunga?’ 35 Oye ngeenge ta ifana venya va pewa eendjovo daKalunga, ookalunga, nomishangwa itadi dulu okudimwa po, 36 nena otamu ti ngahelipi kwaau, Xe e mu yapula nokwe mu tuma mounyuni: to sheke, shaashi nda tya: Aame Omona waKalunga? 37 Ngeenge ihandi longo oilonga yaTate, inamu itavela nge. 38 Ndelenee, ngeenge handi i longo, nande itamu itavele nge, itaveleni oilonga ei, opo mu shiive ndele mu ude ko nokutya, Tate oku li mwaame naame ondi li muTate.”
39 Opo vo va hala vali oku mu kwata, ndele Ye okwa dja mo momake avo, ndele ta i.
40 Ndele Ye okwa ya vali langhele kwinya yomulonga Jordan, konhele ei Johannes kwa li ta shashele, ndele okwa kala ko. 41 Ndele vahapu ove uya kuye ndele tava ti: “Johannes ina longa nande oshilongadidiliko, ndele aishe ei Johannes a tongela ou, oyoshili.” 42 Ndele vahapu vaako ve mu itavela.
