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1Jisɔs ka kiə a, Bəfalasi wɔkɔ lɔ a ŋgaiŋ nɔmki lə, mbaŋ wi bəni dzə ŋgaiŋ juli bɔ i bɔkɔ tsə Jɔn.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Ayakalə, a nì mɔŋ dəkə Jisɔs si wi nì juliki mbɛiŋ i bɔkɔ, a nì juliki num bwa bu bə mbaŋ shəŋ.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Jɔbi wə wi nì kiə yakadəiŋ, ka nyə i kimbu ki tumi ki Judea wə, ka fiəni tsəki i ki Galili wə.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Wi nì kaŋaki i tsə dzəh i kimbu ki Samalia wə.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Wi tsə buku i kwili wi Samalia widɔkɔ wə bə bɔɔŋ a Sika, wi num kɔmsi i khə wə Yakɔb nì nya i waiŋ wi Yɔsɛf.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Dzəŋə yi mwi yə Yakɔb nì chum num fɛiŋ. Si Jisɔs nì kɔ wi nyani lɔ nalə ka bɔh, wi ka num kɔmsi i dzəŋə yi mwi yiwɔ wə. Jɔbi num wi si num ka mbiəŋə jwɔfi ntsɔ bəfa nshifɔkɔ.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Miŋkpaŋa widɔkɔ i fɛiŋ Samalia dza dzə i tɔkɔ mwi fɛiŋ, Jisɔs dzaka i wi a, “Nyâ mih bəh mwi mih mu.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8A nì kɔ num bwa bə mbaŋ bə Jisɔs tsə i kwili kintəəŋ i taŋ biɛiŋ bidzini.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ bikə i Jisɔs a, “Wɔ kɔ mi wi Ju, mih num mi wi Samalia, wɔ nyani dəiŋ na ka wɔ nywaki mwi i mih a?” Miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ nì dzakaki yakadəiŋ, kɔm Bəju nì nyɛnsiki lə bəni bə Samalia.“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.)

10Jisɔs chukuli i wi a, “Wɔ kabə kiə kinya kə ki kɔ ki Nyɔ, bəh ŋkaiŋni mi wə wi dzakaki i wɔ a wɔ nyâ ŋgaiŋ bəh mwi, ma wɔ tsa wi, a wi nyâ wɔ bəh mwi mə mɔ nyaki nɔni jɔbi wichi.”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.”

11Miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ fiəni bikə i Jisɔs a, “Bah wuŋ, wɔ kaŋaki kə fiɛŋ fidɔkɔ ka wɔ tɔkɔli mwi yɛiŋ, dzəŋə yi mwi yiwɔ liə nalə, wɔ ki dzɔki faiŋ mwi mə mɔ nyaki nɔni jɔbi wichi a?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Yi kɔ a wɔ tsəki lə tii wibuku Yakɔb wə wi nì chum jiə dzəŋə yələ i buku, na wi mwi nì muki lə mwi yɛiŋ wə, bwa bu mu, nyám yi mu tə a?”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Jisɔs chukuli i wi a, “Mi wichi wə wi mu mwi mələ, kindɔŋ ki mwi bi fiəni wɔmki lə wi.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Ayakalə, na ndə wə wi mu mwi mə mih nya i wi, kindɔŋ ki mwi bi chu wɔmki kə wi. Mwi mə mih ni nya i wi mɔ bi fiəni chu ntɔŋ wi mwi mə mɔ bukuki i wi wə jɔbi wichi, mɔ dzə nya wi bəh nɔni kə ki bi tsə kaa kə.”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.”

15Miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ ka dzaka i Jisɔs a, “Bah wuŋ, nyâ mih bəh ŋkaiŋni wi mwi mələ, mə kindɔŋ ki mwi bi chu wɔmki kə mih ka mih ma chu dzə̂ki fa i dzə̂ tɔ̂kɔ mwi.”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.”

16Jisɔs dzaka i wi a, “Tsə̂ bɔ̂ɔŋ nyu wa ma mbɛiŋ wi dzə̂.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ chukuli i wi a, “Mih kaŋaki kə minyuku.” Jisɔs ka dzaka i wi a, “Wɔ dzaka ŋkɔŋ si wɔ dzaka a wɔ kaŋaki kə minyuku.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Wɔ kɔ wɔ si kaŋa lɔ bənyuku bəte, wə mbɛiŋ wi kɔ i liə a mɔŋ nyu wa. Gia yə wɔ dzakaki akɔ ŋkɔŋ.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ dzaka i Jisɔs a, “Bah wuŋ, mih yɛiŋ i liə a wɔ kɔ mi wi ntum wi Nyɔ.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Bətii bəbuku nì shiki tsaki Nyɔ i ŋkwuŋ wələ wə, ayaka mbɛiŋ Bəju dzaka fimbɛiŋ a di biə bəni kaŋaki i tsâki Nyɔ kɔ a i Jɛlusalɛm.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Jisɔs chukuli i wi a, “Miŋkpaŋa, bum gia yə mih fukuki i wɔ. Jɔbi bi dzəki lə wə mbɛiŋ bi tsaki i Ba Nyɔ a chu num kə i ŋkwuŋ wələ wə nabə i Jɛlusalɛm.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Mbɛiŋ bəni bə Samalia tsaki fiɛŋ fiə mbɛiŋ kiəki kə, ayaka buku Bəju tsa fiɛŋ fiə buku kiəki, kɔm mbɔiŋ tsəki dzəh i Bəju wə.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Ayakalə, jɔbi dzəki lə, ayaka wi dzə lɔ wə bəni bə̀ bɔ tsaki Nyɔ ŋkɔŋ ŋkɔŋ bi tsaki Nyɔ Ba i kiŋ'waka wə bə i ŋkɔŋ wə. Fa kɔ ŋkaiŋni wi bəni bə̀ Nyɔ Ba nəŋki a bɔ tsaki i wi.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.

24Nyɔ kɔ kiŋ'waka, bəni bə̀ bɔ tsaki i wi, kaŋa i tsaki i kiŋ'waka wə bə i ŋkɔŋ wə.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ dzaka i Jisɔs a, “Mi kiəki lə a Kimbwili wə Nyɔ nì kaka dzəki lə, wə bə bɔɔŋ a Klistus. I jɔbi wə wi bi dzəki, wi bi fuku baiŋsi lə gia yichi i bukumbɛiŋ.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Jisɔs dzaka i wi a, “Mih wələ mih dzakaki i wɔ akɔ wi wiwɔ.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27A jɔbi wiwɔ wə, bwa bə Jisɔs bə mbaŋ ka fiəni dzə. Dzaka wɔm bɔ a wi dzakaki bə miŋkpaŋa. Ayakalə, mi widɔkɔ i bɔ wə nəki bikə kə i wi a wi nəŋki nə a, nabə a Jisɔs dzakaki bə miŋkpaŋa wələ kɔm nə a.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?”

28Miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ ka jiə bee kpəŋə wi wi mwi fɛiŋ, tsə i kwili kintəəŋ fuku i bəni a,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Mbɛiŋ dzə̂ yɛiŋ mi widɔkɔ wə wi dzə ka fukuki gia yichi yə mih num fə. Yi kɔlə i numki a mi wələ kɔ Kimbwili wə Nyɔ nì kaka a?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Bəni buku i kwili wə ka tsəki i Jisɔs.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31A nì kɔ bwa bə mbaŋ bə Jisɔs baaŋ a tsaki Jisɔs dzaka i wi a, “Labay, dzî.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Ayakalə, Jisɔs chukuli i bɔ a, “Mih kaŋaki lə biɛiŋ bidzini i dzi mbɛiŋ kiə kə bi.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Bwa bu bə mbaŋ ka kaiŋyiki dzakayi a bɔ bɔ a, “Mi widɔkɔ baaŋ dzə nya lə biɛiŋ bidzini i wi a?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Jisɔs dzaka i bɔ a, “Biɛiŋ biŋ bidzini kɔ i fə̂ki gia yə wi wə wi faaŋ mih kɔŋki, bəh i kâasi nɔm wi wichi.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Ntə mbɛiŋ dzakaki fimbɛiŋ a baaŋ kifiəŋŋ kinaa, ka jɔbi wi kɔhni kpɛiŋ na? Mih dzaka i mbɛiŋ a, mbɛiŋ gîŋsi dzə́kəh i bɛiŋ ma mbɛiŋ tsɛ̂iŋ yɛ̂iŋ asi biɛiŋ kpɛiŋ i kikhə wə ka bə kɔ̂hki.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.

36Mi wə wi kɔhki kaŋaki lə ŋgɔm wi, wi juŋniki jiəki dzɛiŋ i nɔni kə ki bi tsə kaa kə, ayaka ka mi wə wi gbɛli bəh mi wə wi kɔhki bi chiŋniki laŋki lə i mi wimu wə.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Gia yələ chusiki a ndi wələ kɔ ŋkɔŋ wə wi dzakaki a, ‘Mi widɔkɔ si gbɛli lə, ayaka mi widɔkɔ kɔh.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Mih faaŋ mbɛiŋ a mbɛiŋ tsə̂ kɔ̂h biɛiŋ biə mbɛiŋ nì ka nɔm dəkə. Bəni bədɔkɔ nɔm, mbɛiŋ liə i ndzɔŋni bi nɔm wibɔ wə.”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.”

39Bəni bə Samalia bəduli i kwili wiwɔ wə nì jiə shɔm i Jisɔs wə kɔm bə gia yə miŋkpaŋa wiwɔ nì dzaka i bɔ, a wi fuku ŋgaiŋ gia yichi yə ŋgaiŋ nì kɔ num ŋgaiŋ fə.Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Ayakadəiŋ, jɔbi wə bɔ nì dzə yɛiŋ Jisɔs, tsa a bəh bɔ nɔ̂. Wi bum, bəh bɔ nɔ kaŋ yifa.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Bəni bəduli ka chu jiə shɔm i Jisɔs wə kɔm bə ndzaka wi.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bəni bəwɔ dzaka i kpaŋa wiwɔ a, “Buku ka jiə dəkə shɔm i wi a kɔm gia yə wɔ si dzaka shəŋ. Buku mwi si wɔkɔ lɔ bəh bintuni bibuku, ka kiə lɔ a mi wələ kɔ Mbwili wi mbi wələ ŋkɔŋ.”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.”

43Kaŋ yiwɔ yifa tsə, Jisɔs nyə ka tsəki i Galili.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Wi mwi nì kɔ num wi dzaka lɔ a bə si kɔksi kə mi wi ntum wi Nyɔ i tumi ki wə.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Jɔbi wə wi nì tsə buku i Galili, bəni bə fɛiŋ dzɔ wi bindzɔŋ, kɔm bɔ nì kɔ bɔ yɛiŋ gia yə wi nì fə i bini wə i Jɛlusalɛm, kɔm bɔ tə nì kɔlə i bini biwɔ wə.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.

46Jisɔs ka bi chu fiəni tsə i Kana i kimbu ki Galili wə di biə wi nì fiəni mwi i mbih. A nì kɔ tikwili widɔkɔ num i kwili wi Kafanaum wə, waiŋ wi winyukuni gwɛiŋ.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.

47Jɔbi wə tikwili wiwɔ nì wɔkɔ a Jisɔs buku lɔ i Judea ka dzə i Galili, wi tsə i wi, kwuŋ kaŋ a wi shî dzə̂ chûku waiŋ wi ŋgaiŋ, a wi si num lɔ a dzaka ki kpi wə.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.

48Jisɔs ka dzaka i wi a, “Mbɛiŋ kabə num maka mbɛiŋ yɛiŋ kinchəsi kə ki chusiki kiŋkɔkni ki Nyɔ, i yɛiŋ tə gia yi dzaka ki wɔmni, mbɛiŋ bi ma lansi jiə shɔm i mih.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Mi wimbum wiwɔ dzaka i wi, “Ba wuŋ, dzə̂ bə kɔmsi nyə̂, ka waiŋ wuŋ ma kpi.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Jisɔs chukuli i wi a, “Wɔ tsə̂, waiŋ wa ni baaŋ lə wiwɔm.” Mi wiwɔ nì bum gia yə Jisɔs dzaka i wi, nyə ka tsəki.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Si wi nì shiki, wi bəh bwa bu bə nɔm baŋsi, bɔ fuku i wi a waiŋ wi kɔlə wiwɔm.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Wi ka bikə i bɔ jɔbi wə wi ni yisi i bɔniki. Bɔ dzaka i wi a, “A nì kɔ i ŋgbu aka mbiəŋə wimu nshifɔkɔ, gwu yi yakani yiwɔ bee wi.”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.”

53Tii waiŋ wiwɔ ka kwaka asi kɔ na jɔbi wə Jisɔs si dzaka i wi a, “Waiŋ wa ni baaŋ lə wiwɔm.” Wi bəh juŋ yi yichi ka jiə shɔm i Jisɔs.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.

54Gia yələ kɔ yi kɔmsini yə yi chusiki kiŋkɔksi yə Jisɔs nì fə asi wi buku i Judea ka dzə i Galili.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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