John 8

Chapter 8.

8 ¹But Jesus waka go di Mount of Olives.

²For early morning, e come back go di temple; all di people come meet am, and e sidon dey teach dem. ³Di scribes and di Pharisees bring one woman wey dem catch dey do adultery, and dem make her stand for di middle. ⁴dem tell am, “Teacher, dem catch dis woman as she dey do adultery. ⁵For di Law, Moses command us say make we stone woman like dis wit stone. So wetin you talk?” ⁶Dem talk dis one to test am, dey find something wey dem go take accuse am. But Jesus bend down, dey write for ground wit im finger.

⁷As dem no gree stop to dey question am, e stand up and tell dem, “Any one of una wey no get sin, make e throw di first stone give her.”

⁸And e bend down again, dey write for ground.

⁹As dem hear dis, dem begin comot one by one, starting from di oldest one, until na only Jesus remain wit di woman wey still dey stand there.

¹⁰Jesus stand up and tell her, “Woman, where dem dey? Nobody condemn you?”

¹¹She talk say, “Nobody, Oga.” Jesus talk, “Me sef no condemn you. Go, and from now, no do sin again.”

Na Me Be di Light of di World

¹²Jesus talk to dem again: “Na Me be di light of di world. Anybody wey follow Me no go ever waka for darkness, but e go get di light of life.”

¹³So di Pharisees tell am, “You dey talk witness about your own self; your testimony no be true.”

¹⁴Jesus answer, “Even if I talk witness about My own self, My testimony na true, because I know where I comot and where I dey go; but una no know where I comot or where I dey go. ¹⁵Una dey judge according to di flesh; Me I no dey judge anybody. ¹⁶Even if I judge, My judgment na true, because I no dey judge alone, but na Me and di Papa wey send Me. ¹⁷For una Law, dem write am say di testimony of two people na true. ¹⁸I dey talk witness about My own self, and di Papa wey send Me dey talk witness about Me.”

¹⁹Dem ask, “Where your Papa dey?” Jesus answer, “Una no know Me, una no know My Papa. If una know Me, una for don know My Papa too.”

²⁰E talk dis one as e dey teach for di temple, for di treasury place; but nobody catch am—because im time never reach.

²¹So e tell dem again, “I dey go. Una go find Me, and una go die inside una sin. Where I dey go, una no fit come.”

From Ground, From Up

²²So di Jews talk, ‘Abi e wan kill imself, since e dey talk say, “Una no fit come where I dey go”?’

²³E tell dem, “Una comot from ground; Me I comot from up. Una be of dis world; Me I no be of dis world. ²⁴I tell una say una go die inside una sins; if una no believe say I AM, una go die inside una sins.” ^a a v24 Jesus dey claim di divine name. “I AM” na how our Papa take tell Moses who E be for di bush wey dey burn (Exodus 3:14). Di crowd come understand di claim later for dis chapter and dem try to stone am because of blasphemy (v.59).

²⁵So dem tell am, “Who exactly be you?” Jesus tell dem, “Na exactly wetin I don dey talk from di beginning.

²⁶I get plenty thing to talk and judge about una, but di One wey send Me na true; and wetin I hear from Am, na im I dey tell di world.”

²⁷Dem no understand say na about di Papa e dey talk to dem.

²⁸So Jesus tell dem, “When una go lift up di Pikin of Man, na den una go know say I AM, and say I no dey do anything by My own self, but I dey talk dis things just as di Papa teach Me. ²⁹Di One wey send Me dey wit Me; E never leave Me alone, because I dey always do wetin dey please Am.”

Stay Inside My Word

³⁰As e dey talk dis things, plenty people believe for Am.

³¹So Jesus tell di Jews wey believe am, “If una stay inside My word, na true-true una be My disciples, ³²and una go know di truth, and di truth go set una free.”

³³Dem answer am, “We be Abraham pikin dem, we never be slave to anybody. How you fit talk say, ‘Una go become free’?”

³⁴Jesus answer dem, “True-true, true-true, I dey tell una: everybody wey dey continue to sin na slave to sin. ³⁵Di slave no dey stay for di house forever; but di pikin dey stay forever. ³⁶So if di Pikin set una free, una go free well-well. ³⁷I know say una be Abraham pikin dem; but una wan kill Me because My word no get space inside una. ³⁸I dey talk wetin I don see wit My Papa, and una dey do wetin una hear from una papa.”

³⁹Dem answer, “Abraham na our papa.” Jesus talk, “If una be Abraham pikin dem, una for dey do di works wey Abraham do. ⁴⁰But now una wan kill Me — Man wey tell una di truth wey I hear from My Papa. Abraham no do dis kind thing. ⁴¹Una dey do di works of una papa.” Dem tell am, “We no be pikin wey dem born through sexual sin. We get one Papa—na God imself.”

⁴²Jesus tell dem, “If God na una Papa, una for love Me, because I comot from God and I dey here. I no come by My own self — na E send Me. ⁴³Why una no understand wetin I dey talk? Na because una no fit bear to hear My word. ⁴⁴Una belong to una papa, di devil, and una wan carry out wetin e want. From di beginning e be person wey dey kill people, e no dey stand inside truth, because no truth dey inside am. When e lie, e dey talk from im own nature, because e be liar and na di papa of lie. ^b b v44 Jesus call di first lie of Eden by name. Di serpent wey tell Eve say our Papa dey hold back good thing from her — di serpent wey imself don reject di Papa — na di first liar, di papa of every lie wey dey paint our Papa as somebody wey dey far. Anybody wey reject di Pikin share dat papa, no be Abraham, no be God. ⁴⁵But because I dey talk truth, una no dey believe Me. ⁴⁶Who among una fit prove say I get sin? If I dey talk truth, why una no dey believe Me? ⁴⁷Anybody wey be of our Papa dey hear im words; una no dey hear because una no be of our Papa.”

⁴⁸Di Jews answer, “Abi we no talk correct say you be Samaritan wey demon dey inside am?”

⁴⁹Jesus answer, “I no get demon, but I dey honor My Papa, and una dey shame Me. ⁵⁰But Me I no dey find My own glory; na our Papa dey find am, and na E dey judge. ⁵¹True-true, true-true, I dey tell una, if anybody keep My word, e no go ever see death.”

⁵²Di Jews tell am, “Now we know say demon dey inside you. Abraham die, di prophets sef die, but you dey talk, ‘Anybody wey keep My word no go ever taste death.’ ⁵³You big pass our papa Abraham, wey die? Di prophets sef die! Who you dey claim to be?”

⁵⁴Jesus answer, “If I glorify My own self, My glory na notin. Na My Papa dey glorify Me, di One wey una dey talk say, ‘Na our God E be.’ ⁵⁵Una no know Am, but Me I know Am. If I talk say I no know Am, I for be liar like una. But I know Am and I dey keep im word. ⁵⁶Una papa Abraham rejoice say e go see My day. E see am and e glad.”

⁵⁷So di Jews tell am, “You never reach fifty years, and you don see Abraham?”

⁵⁸Jesus tell dem, “True-true, true-true, I dey tell una, before Abraham come be, I AM.” ^c c v58 ‘I AM’ dey echo God name to Moses (Exodus 3:14) — na claim to be God, na why dem grab stone.

⁵⁹So dem grab stone wey dem wan throw for am, but Jesus hide imself and comot go outside di temple.