John 6

Chapter 6.

6 ¹Afta dis, Jesus cross di Sea of Galilee, wey dem dey call di Sea of Tiberias too. ²Plenty crowd follow am, becos dem see di signs wey e dey do for di sick people. ³Jesus climb go up for di mountainside, e sidon dia wit im disciples. ⁴Now di Passover, di feast of di Jews, don near.

⁵As Jesus look up, e see plenty crowd dey come meet am, e ask Philip, “Wia we go fit buy bread make dis people chop?”

⁶E talk dis one to test Philip, becos e don already sabi wetin e wan do.

⁷Philip answer am, “Even bread wey reach two hundred days wages no go do, make each of dem sef fit get small.” ^a a v7 One denarius na like one day wage; two hundred denarii na like eight months pay.

⁸One of im disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter im broda, talk give am, ⁹“One boy dey here wey get five barley bread and two fish—but wetin be dat for so many people?”

¹⁰Jesus talk, “Make di people sidon.” Plenty grass dey grow dia, so like five thousand men sidon.

¹¹Jesus come take di bread, e give thanks, e share am give dem wey sidon; e do di same wit di fish, as much as dem want.

¹²As dem belle full, e tell im disciples, “Gada di pieces wey remain, make notin waste.”

¹³So dem gada di pieces wey remain from di five barley bread afta di people don chop, e full twelve baskets. ¹⁴So as di people see di sign wey e do, dem talk, “Dis one na true-true di Prophet wey dey come inside di world!” ¹⁵As Jesus sabi say dem wan come grab am make dem crown am king, e comot again go di mountain im one.

Enter di Storm

¹⁶As evening reach, im disciples go down to di sea, ¹⁷dem enter boat, dem dey cross di sea go Capernaum. E don already dark, and Jesus never reach dem. ¹⁸Strong wind dey blow, and di sea come rough. ¹⁹Afta dem don row like three or four miles, dem see Jesus dey waka for top di water, e dey come near di boat, and fear catch dem.

²⁰But e tell dem, “Na me; make una no fear.”

²¹So dem glad to take am enter di boat, and one time di boat reach di shore wia dem dey go.

²²Di next day, di crowd wey remain for di oda side of di shore see say na only one boat bin dey dia, and say Jesus no enter am wit im disciples, but say im disciples comot go dia one. ²³Oda boats come from Tiberias near di place wia dem chop bread afta di Oga give thanks. ²⁴So as di crowd see say Jesus and im disciples no dey dia, dem enter boat, dem go Capernaum go look for Jesus. ²⁵As dem find am for di oda side of di sea, dem ask am, “Rabbi, wetin time you reach here?”

²⁶Jesus answer dem, “True-true, I dey tell una: una dey find me no be becos una see signs, but becos una chop di bread and belle full una. ²⁷No work for food wey dey spoil, but for food wey dey last go life wey no dey end, wey di Pikin of Man go give una. Becos na for am our Papa don put im seal.”

²⁸Den dem talk give am, “Wetin we go do make we dey do di works of our Papa?”

²⁹Jesus answer dem, “Na dis be our Papa work: dat una believe di one wey e send.”

³⁰So dem ask am, “Wetin sign you go give, make we fit see and believe you? Wetin work you go do? ³¹Our ancestors chop manna for di wilderness, as dem write am: ‘E give dem bread from heaven make dem chop.’”

³²Jesus tell dem, “True-true, I dey tell una: no be Moses give una di bread from heaven — na my Papa dey give una di true bread from heaven. ³³Becos di bread of our Papa na di one wey come down from heaven and dey give di world life.”

³⁴So dem talk give am, “Oga, give us dis bread all di time.”

³⁵Jesus tell dem, “Na me be di bread of life. Anybody wey come to me no go hungry again; anybody wey believe me no go thirsty again. ³⁶But as I don tell una, una don see me and una still no believe. ³⁷Everybody wey di Papa give me go come to me, and di one wey come to me I no go ever drive am comot. ³⁸Becos I come down from heaven no be to do my own wish, but di wish of di one wey send me. ³⁹Na dis be di wish of di one wey send me: dat I no go lose any of all wey e don give me, but I go raise dem up for di last day. ⁴⁰Becos na dis be di wish of my Papa: dat everybody wey look di Pikin and believe am go get life wey no dey end, and I go raise am up for di last day.”

⁴¹So di Jews come dey grumble about am becos e talk, “Na me be di bread wey come down from heaven.”

⁴²Dem talk, “No be dis one na Jesus, Joseph im son, wey we sabi im papa and mama? How e come fit talk now say, ‘I come down from heaven’?”

⁴³Jesus answer dem, “Make una stop to dey grumble among una sef. ⁴⁴Nobody fit come to me except di Papa wey send me draw am, and I go raise am up for di last day. ^b b v44 To come to Jesus na our Papa im own move — e dey draw im pikin dem come near di Pikin wit love wey dey pursue, no be power wey dey force. ⁴⁵Dem write am for di Prophets: ‘And our Papa go teach dem all.’ Everybody wey don hear and don learn from di Papa dey come to me. ⁴⁶—No be say anybody don see di Papa except di one wey come from am; na im don see di Papa. ⁴⁷True-true, I dey tell una, anybody wey believe get life wey no dey end. ⁴⁸Na me be di bread of life. ⁴⁹Una ancestors chop di manna for di wilderness, but dem still die. ⁵⁰Na dis be di bread wey dey come down from heaven, so dat anybody fit chop am and no die. ⁵¹Na me be di living bread wey come down from heaven. Anybody wey chop dis bread go live forever. Di bread wey I go give na my flesh, for di life of di world.”

⁵²Den di Jews come dey argue serious among dem sef, “How dis man fit give us im flesh make we chop?”

⁵³Jesus tell dem, “True-true, I dey tell una, if una no chop di flesh of di Pikin of Man and drink im blood, una no get life inside una. ⁵⁴Anybody wey dey chop my flesh and drink my blood get life wey no dey end, and I go raise am up for di last day. ⁵⁵Becos my flesh na true food, and my blood na true drink. ⁵⁶Anybody wey dey chop my flesh and drink my blood dey remain inside me, and me inside am. ⁵⁷As di living Papa send me and I dey live becos of di Papa, so anybody wey dey chop me go live becos of me. ⁵⁸Na dis be di bread wey come down from heaven. E no be like di bread wey una ancestors chop and dem still die. Anybody wey dey chop dis bread go live forever.”

⁵⁹E talk dis tins as e dey teach for di synagogue for Capernaum. ⁶⁰As dem hear am, plenty of im disciples talk, “Dis teaching hard. Who fit accept am?”

As Plenty People Turn Back

⁶¹As Jesus sabi say im disciples dey grumble about dis, e tell dem, “Dis one offend una? ⁶²Den wetin if una see di Pikin of Man dey climb go up to wia e bin dey before? ⁶³Na di Spirit dey give life; di flesh no dey help notin. Di words wey I don talk give una na spirit and life. ⁶⁴“But some of una no believe.” Becos Jesus bin don sabi from di start wetin person no believe, and who go betray am. ⁶⁵And e talk, “Na dis be why I tell una: nobody fit come to me except di Papa make e possible for am.”

⁶⁶From dis time plenty of im disciples turn back and dem no dey waka wit am again.

⁶⁷So Jesus ask di Twelve, “Una too wan comot?”

⁶⁸Simon Peter answer am, “Oga, na who we go go meet? Na you get di words of life wey no dey end, ⁶⁹We don believe and we don sabi say na you be di Holy One of our Papa.”

⁷⁰Jesus answer dem, “No be me choose una, di Twelve? But one of una na devil.”

⁷¹E dey talk about Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of di Twelve, wey dey near to betray am.