John 4 (BOU) · Opened

1Mafalisayo nee wakategeeza kuwa Yesu abatiiza nakupata wahina wangi kusima Yohana.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Akini ukwei ni kuwa Yesu khekumbatiza yoyose iya wahina wakwe nee wekuwao wakabatiiza.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Yesu ekutegeezayo ayo, akalawa Uyahudi, akauya mwe si ya Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Na mwe ntambo iyo, imkunda embokee mwe si ya Samalia.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Nee abuwa mwe mzi umwe wa Samalia wetangwao Sikali, hehi ya uda mnda ambaho Yakobo nee kamwekha mwanawe Yusufu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Hantu hada hawa na kisima cha Yakobo, nae Yesu kwa msokeo wa ntambo, akekaa khandakhanda ya kisima, nee iwa musi saa mtandatu.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Keza mvyee yumwe kulawa mwe si ya Samalia keza kuteka mazi, Yesu akamwamba, “Nekha mazi nidomee.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Kisingi icho wahina wakwe nee waita kwe mzi kugua khande.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Akini yuda mvyee akamwamba, weye u Myahudi na miye Msamalia wadaha viivihi kuniombeza mazi? Kwaviya Wayahudi na Wasamalia khawaugusana na khawagosoa chochose kia hamwe.“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

10Yesu akamtambaisa, “Ati nee ukamanya kiya ambacho Muungu adaha kukwekha na nndai akwambae, nekha mazi nidomee, wee nee ukamuombeza, naye akakwekha mazi ugima.”Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

11Yuda mvyee akamba, “Zumbe wee khuna ugata na kisima ni kileha, ayo mazi ambayo yawekha wantu ugima wenda uyapate hahi?”“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Hambu, wee wetenda mkuu kusima tati yetu Yakobo? Yee mwekutekha swie kisima iki, na yee mwenye, wana wakwe, na mantintimo yakwe, nee wadomea mazi ya kisima iki.Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Yesu akatambaisa, “Kiya mntu endae adomee mazi aya enda atozwe ni khiu vituhu.”Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Akini mwendae adomee mazi nendayo nimwekhe miye, khana atozwe ni khiu vituhu, mazi nendayo nimwekhe yenda yawe ni soko da mazi ya ugima, na yendayoyamwekhe ugima wa misi yose kwesiho kisiikizi.But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

15Yuda mvyee akamwamba, “Zumbe nekha mazi ayo nisekweza kutozwa ni khiu vituhu, naho nisekweza aha vituhu kuteka mazi.”The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16Yesu akamwamba yuda mvyee, hita ukamwetange muumeo, weze naye aha.Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mvyee yuda akamwamba, miye khina mgosi. Yesu akamwamba, “Kugombeka kwei kuwa khuna mgosi.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Kwaviya nee kutegulwa na wagosi washano, na uyu wekae naye isasa khio muumeo, aho kugombeka kwei.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Yuda mvyee akamwamba, “Zumbe naona kuwa wee u muoni.”“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Akaendeea kugombeka, “Baba zetu nee wakamvikia Muungu uwanga ya muima unu, akini nywie Wayahudi mwagombeka hantu ha kumvikia Muungu ni uko Yelusalemu.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu akamwamba, “Nizumiiya wee mvyee, kisingi cheza khamna mumvikie Tate uwanga mwe muima unu, hambu kuda Yelusalemu.”“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Nywie Wasamalia, mwamvikia yuda mwesae kummanya, akini swie Wayahudi tamvikia yuda timmanyae, kwaviya uohozi walawiiya kwa WayahudiYou worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Kisingi cheza, naho kibua, ambao wantu wakundao kumvikia Muungu mwe ukwei, wendawamvikie Tate inga Muye wakwe endavyo awaonyeshe, kumvika yee eivyo kwei. Tate Muungu awakunda ambao wamvika kwa sia iyo.But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

24Muungu ni Muye, na wantu wamvikiao wakundigwa wamvikie kwa Muye na kwei.God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Uyo mvyee akamwamba, “Namanya eza Masiya yani Klistu, umo akeza enda atigubwiiye kia kintu.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu akamwamba, “Miye nitamwiiaye nawe ndie.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Aho wahina wakwe wakauya, wakamaka koona atamwiiya na mvyee, akini khahana yumwe yao ekumuuzae yuda mvyee, “Waondeza mbwai?” Wala khahana ekumuuzae Yesu, “Kwa mbwai watamwiiya na mvyee?”Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

28Yuda mvyee akabada biga dakwe hada, akaita mwe mzi na kuwamba wantu.Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Sooni mumkauwe mntu mwekunamba mbui zangu zose nigosoazo. Ivi, adahika yee nee Klistu.”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Wantu wakalawa mwe si ya Samalia wakambasa Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Kisingi icho wahina wakwe wamuombeza Yesu, “Mhinyi, daa khande.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Akini Yesu akawamba, “Miye nina khande mwesayo kuimanya nywie.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Wahina wakwe wakauzana, “Ivi kuna mntu mwekumweetea khande?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu akamba, khande yangu ni kugosoa akundavyo yuda mwekuniagiiya na kubindiiza ndima ekunekhayo kuigosoa.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Nywie mwagombeka, “Isigaa miongo minne kisingi cha ubosi kibua.” Akini miye nawamba, kauwani minda, khande zidahaa na zihehi kubondwa.Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

36Mbosi ekhigwa maiho yakwe, na akusanya khande kwaajii ya ugima wa misi yose kwesiho kisiikizi, ivyo mhasi na mbosi, wendawawe na nyemi hamwe.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Msimo unu ni kwei, “Yumwe ahanda mtuhu abonda.”For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Miye khiwagiiya mkabonde ubosi mwe minda ambayo khamwekuiima, watuhu nee wakagosoa ndima uko, akini nywinywi mwapata myengizo kwembokea ndima yao.I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

39Wasamalia wangi wa mzi uda wakamzumiiya Yesu kwaajii ya mbui ekugombekazo yuda mvyee kuwa, “Kanivuhuzia mbui zose nekuzigosoazo.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Wasamalia wakambasa Yesu wakamuombeza ekae nawo, akekaa mwe mzi uwo misi miidi.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Wantu wangi wamzumiiya Yesu kwaajii ya mbui zakweAnd many more believed because of His message.

42Wakamwamba yuda mvyee, “Khatizumiiya du kwaajii ya mbui zako, akini swie wenye timtegeeza na timmanya kuwa uyu nee kwei Mwohozi wa inusi.”They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

43Yekwembokaho misi miidi, Yesu akahauka hada akaita mwe si ya Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Kwaviya Yesu mwenye kavuhuzia pwii, “Muoni khana atunywe mwe mzi wakwe mwenye.”Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Ekubuaho mwe si ya Galilaya, wantu wa Wagalilaya wangi wakamhokea, kwaajii nao nee waita kwe sikukhuu ya Pasaka Yelusalemu, nako nee wawa wayaona yose ambayo Yesu kayagosoa.Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.

46Yesu akabua vituhu mzi wa Kana uko Galilaya, hantu ekuhituaho mazi na kuwa divai. Nee kuwa na mgookezi yumwe ekuwae na mwana mtamu uko Kapelinaumu.So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

47Muongoezi uyo ekusikiaho Yesu kalawa Uyahudi na kubua Galilaya akambasa akamwoombeza aite akamhonye mwanawe mwekuwa mtamu wa kukauwiiwa.When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

48Yesu akamwamba, “Mkesekuona utangio na vihii khamna mzumiiye.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Uyo Mwoongoezi akamwamba, “Zumbe chondechonde tite mwanangu asekweza kuuya na nyuma.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu akamwamba, “Hita mwanao ni mgima.” Uyo muongoezi nee azumiiya mbui za Yesu, akaita zakwe.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Ekuaho yu siai, akakintana na wandima wakwe wakamwamba, “Yuda Mwana kindee kahona.”And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Naye akawauza neeiwa saa nyingahi mwana ekuhoneaho, wakamwamba, “Zana saa mfungate wa musi, utamu ukamuweekea”.So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”

53Uyo tati yakwe akakumbuka iwa saa idaida Yesu ekumwambaho, “Mwanao ni mgima.” Aho akazumiiya hamwe na nyumba yakwe yose.Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.

54Unu nee utangio wa kaidi ekugosoao Yesu ekuaho akaawa Uyahudi kuita Galilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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