John 10

10 ¹Na true true I dey tell una: anybody wey no enter di sheep pen troway di gate, but climb enter for anoda way, na tief and na robber. ²But di person wey enter troway di gate na di shepherd wey dey mind di sheep. ³Di person wey dey keep di gate dey open am, and di sheep dey hear im voice. E dey call im own sheep by dem name, and e dey lead dem comot. ⁴Afta e don bring all im own comot, e dey waka before dem, and di sheep dey follow am, bikos dem sabi im voice. ⁵Dem no go ever follow stranger — dem go run comot for am, bikos dem no sabi di voice of stranger.”

⁶Jesus tok dis parabol give dem, but dem no understand wetin e mean.

⁷So Jesus tok again, “Na true true I dey tell una, na Me be di gate for di sheep. ⁸All di people wey come before Me na tief and na robber, but di sheep no gree hear dem. ⁹Na Me be di gate; anybody wey enter troway Me go save, e go dey enter and comot, and e go find place wey e go chop grass. ¹⁰Na to tief, kill, and spoil tin di tief dey come. Me, I come so dat dem fit get life, and get am plenty wey go dey overflow.

¹¹“Na Me be di good shepherd. Di good shepherd dey lay im life down for di sheep. ^a a v11 Jesus take di shepherd title wey our Papa carry ova Israel, and e make am im own — di Shepherd wey dey do wetin no hired hand fit do: lay im life down for di sheep. ¹²Di hired hand, wey no be shepherd, no be im own di sheep be. Wen e see di wolf dey come, e go lef di sheep and run comot—and di wolf go grab dem and scatter dem. ¹³Di man dey run comot bikos e na hired hand, and e no dey care about di sheep at all. ¹⁴“Na Me be di good shepherd. I sabi my own, and my own sabi Me, ¹⁵just as di Papa sabi Me and I sabi di Papa, and I dey lay my life down for di sheep. ¹⁶I get oda sheep wey no dey dis pen; I must lead dem too, and dem go hear my voice. Dem go turn to one flock, wit one shepherd. ¹⁷Na dis be why di Papa love Me: I dey lay my life down so dat I go fit take am up again. ¹⁸Nobody dey take am comot for My hand, but Na Me dey lay am down by Myself. I get power to lay am down, and I get power to take am up again. Dis charge na my Papa give Me.”

¹⁹Dis words bring division come again among di Jews. ²⁰Plenty of dem tok, “Demon dey inside am and im head no correct. Wetin make una still dey hear am?” ²¹But odas tok, “Dis words no be di words of person wey demon dey inside. Abi demon fit open blind eye?”

Di Feast of Dedication

²²Den di Feast of Dedication come reach for Jerusalem. Na winter time, ^b b v22 Di Feast of Dedication (Hanukkah) dey celebrate how dem dedicate di temple again; e dey fall for winter, and e no dey among di feasts wey di Law of Moses command. ²³and Jesus dey waka for di temple, for Solomon im Colonnade. ²⁴Di Jews surround am and tok, “How long yu go make our mind dey hang like dis? If na yu be di Christ, tok am plain give us.”

²⁵Jesus ansa, “I don tell una, and una no believe. Di works wey I dey do for my Papa name dey testify about Me,” ²⁶but una no believe, bikos una no be my sheep. ²⁷My sheep dey hear my voice; I sabi dem, and dem dey follow Me. ²⁸I dey give dem life wey no dey end, and dem no go ever perish, and nobody go fit grab dem comot for my hand. ²⁹My Papa, wey give dem to Me, big pass all tin; nobody fit grab dem comot for di Papa hand. ³⁰Me and di Papa na one.” ^c c v30 Jesus dey claim say E and im Papa na one — dem be different Persons wey dey share one being. Di crowd hear am as blasphemy and grab stone (v.33).

³¹Again di Jews pick up stone so dat dem go stone am.

³²Jesus ansa, “I don show una plenty good works wey come from di Papa. Na for which one among dem una wan stone Me?”

³³“No be for good work we dey stone yu,” dem tok, “but na for blasphemy, bikos yu, wey be ordinary man, dey call yasef God.”

³⁴Jesus ansa dem, “Abi dem no write am for una Law say: ‘I don tok say una be gods’? ^d d v34 Jesus dey quote Psalm 82, wia dem call Israel im judges “gods” bikos di word of God come to dem—no be say plenty gods dey, but na argument from dem own Scripture. ³⁵If E call dem ‘gods,’ dem wey di word of my Papa come to—and Scripture no fit break— ³⁶—wetin about di One wey di Papa set apart and send come inside di world? Why una dey accuse Me of blasphemy bikos I tok say, ‘Na Me be di Pikin of our Papa’? ³⁷If I no dey do di works of my Papa, den make una no believe Me. ³⁸But if I dey do dem, even if una no go believe Me, believe di works, so dat una go know and go dey know say di Papa dey inside Me, and I dey inside di Papa.

³⁹Again dem try to grab am, but e comot for dem hand.

⁴⁰Jesus den go back cross di Jordan, go di place wia John first been dey baptize, and e stay dia. ⁴¹Plenty people come to am, dey tok, “John no do any sign, but everytin wey John tok about dis man na true.” ⁴²And for dat place plenty people believe for am.