John 12

12 ¹Six days before Passover, Jesus come reach Bethany, di place wey Lazarus wey Jesus wake up from death dey stay. ²For there dem prepare dinner give am; Martha dey serve, and Lazarus na one of di people wey siddon for table with am. ³Mary carry about one pint of pure nard perfume wey cost well well, come pour am for Jesus im leg, come use im hair take clean im leg. Di sweet smell of di perfume fill di whole house.

⁴But Judas Iscariot, one of im disciples, di one wey wan sell am give enemy, talk say, ⁵"Why dem no sell dis perfume for money wey fit reach person one-year pay, come give di poor people?" ⁶E no talk dis one because e get mind for di poor people, but na because e be thief wey dey hold di money box, and e dey tif wetin dem put inside.

⁷So Jesus talk say, "Leave am alone. Na for di day wey dem go bury me she keep dis one." ⁸"Poor people go dey with una every time, but me, I no go dey with una every time."

⁹Plenty Jews people hear say Jesus dey there come come, no be only because of am, but so dem go see Lazarus wey e wake up from death. ¹⁰So di chief priests plan say make dem kill Lazarus too, ¹¹because na because of am plenty Jews people dey comot go believe for Jesus.

Di King Dey Come, E Siddon For Donkey

¹²Di next day, di big crowd wey come for di feast hear say Jesus dey come Jerusalem. ¹³Dem carry palm branches come out go meet am, dey shout say, "Hosanna! Blessing dey for di one wey dey come for di name of our Papa — di King of Israel!" ^a a v13 Hosanna mean "Save now!" — na di cry wey di crowd take from Psalm 118 as dem dey welcome Jesus as di King wey dem don dey wait tey tey.

¹⁴Jesus find one small donkey come ride am, just as dem write am say: ¹⁵"No fear, daughter of Zion; look, your king dey come, e siddon for young donkey im back." ¹⁶Im disciples no understand dis things for di beginning; but wen dem don glorify Jesus, dem come remember say dem write dis things about am, and say na dis things dem do am. ¹⁷Di crowd wey dey with am wen e call Lazarus comot from di grave come wake am up from death, dey talk wetin dem see all di time. ¹⁸Na why di crowd go meet am, because dem hear say e don do dis sign. ¹⁹So di Pharisees dey talk to each other say, "You see, wetin una dey do no dey work at all — di whole world don follow am."

Di Greek People Dey Find Jesus

²⁰Now some Greek people dey among di people wey go up go worship for di feast. ²¹Dis ones come meet Philip, wey come from Bethsaida for Galilee, come ask am say, "Oga, we wan see Jesus." ²²Philip go tell Andrew; then Andrew and Philip go tell Jesus.

²³Jesus answer dem say, "Di hour don reach make dem glorify di Pikin of Man." ²⁴"True true, I dey tell una, if wheat seed no fall for ground come die, e go remain by imself; but if e die, e go bear plenty fruit." ²⁵"Anybody wey love im life go lose am; anybody wey hate im life for dis world go keep am for life wey no dey end." ²⁶Anybody wey dey serve me must follow me, so dat my servant go dey wia I dey. Anybody wey dey serve me, my Papa go honor am.

²⁷"Now my soul dey trouble. Wetin I go talk — 'Papa, save me from dis hour'? But na for dis reason I come reach dis hour. Papa, glorify your name." ²⁸Then one voice come from heaven say: "I don glorify am, and I go glorify am again."

²⁹Di crowd wey stand for there hear am come talk say na thunder; other people talk say na angel talk to am.

³⁰Jesus talk say, "Dis voice come because of una, no be because of me." ³¹"Now na di time wey dem go judge dis world; now dem go throway di one wey dey rule dis world." ³²"And me, wen dem lift me up from di earth, I go draw all people come to myself."

³³E talk dis one so dem go know di kind death wey e go die.

³⁴Di crowd answer say, "We don hear from di Law say di Christ go dey forever. How you fit talk say dem must lift di Pikin of Man up? Who be dis Pikin of Man?"

³⁵So Jesus talk say, "Di light go still dey with una for small time. Waka as you still get light, so darkness no go catch you. Anybody wey dey waka for darkness no sabi wia e dey go." ³⁶"As you still get light, believe for di light, so you go become children of light." Wen Jesus don talk dis one, e comot go hide from dem.

Waka As You Still Get Di Light

³⁷Even as e don do so plenty signs for dem front, dem still no gree believe for am, ³⁸so dat di word wey Isaiah di prophet talk go come pass, wia e talk say: "Papa, na who believe our message? And na to who our Papa im arm show?"

³⁹Na why dem no fit believe, because Isaiah talk again say: ⁴⁰"E don blind dem eyes and make dem heart hard, so dat dem no go see with dem eyes, or understand with dem heart, or turn — and I go heal dem."

⁴¹Isaiah talk dis things because e see Jesus im glory come talk about am. ^b b v41 John tell us clear clear: wen Isaiah see di throne for di temple and di seraphim dey cry "Holy, holy, holy," na Jesus im glory e dey see. ⁴²Still, plenty people, even among di rulers, believe for am, but dem no gree admit am because of di Pharisees, so dem no go comot dem from di synagogue. ⁴³because dem love di glory wey dey come from people pass di glory wey dey come from our Papa.

⁴⁴Jesus shout say, "Anybody wey believe for me no be for me alone e dey believe, but for di one wey send me." ⁴⁵"And anybody wey see me, na di one wey send me e dey see." ⁴⁶I come inside di world as light, so dat anybody wey believe for me no go remain for di darkness. ⁴⁷If anybody hear my words come no keep dem, I no dey judge am — I no come to judge di world, but to save di world. ⁴⁸"Anybody wey reject me come no accept my words, e don already get judge: di word wey I talk go judge am for di last day." ⁴⁹"I no talk on my own; but di Papa wey send me, na im imself command me wetin I go talk and how I go talk am." ⁵⁰I know say im commandment na life wey no dey end, so na only wetin di Papa tell me make I talk, na im I dey talk.