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1Jesuh naw Johana kthaka Baptican jah pe lü, axüisaw hea jah pyangki tia mawng, Pharisee naw ngjakie.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(Akcanga ta, Jesuh amät naw baptican am jah pe, axüisaw he naw ami jah peta kyaki),(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Ami pyena mawng Jesuh naw a ngjak ja Judah khaw ceh ta lü, Kalile khaw da,He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Samarih khaw sunpah lü cit yahki.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Jakop naw a capa Josep üng a peta khaw pei, Samarih khaw hne Sukhar mlüha pha lawki.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Acuia Jakopa tuikhui veki. Jesuh lam a lawnak bawngbai lü, tuikhui peia ngawki. Acun cun mhnüp ngsunga kyaki.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Samarih nghnumi tui than khaia law se Jesuh naw, “Ka awk vai tui na pea,” a ti.When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8(Acun k'um üng, axüisaw he cun mlüh k’uma ei vai khyäi acun hea citkie.)(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Samarih nghnumi naw, “Ihawkba, nang Judah khyang naw, kei Samarih nghnumia veia tui na awk vai na täeiki ni?” ti lü, a kthäh be. (Judah khyang mjüe cun Samarih khyangea eiawknak tuikhawt üng eiawk am thum na u.)“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.)

10Jesuh naw, “Pamhnam naw nang üng i ning pet hlüki ti am ksingki, u naw tui ning täeiki ti pi am ksingki. Na ksinga ta, angsäia xünnak tui ning pet vaia na na täei khai sü,” a ti.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.”

11Nghnumi naw, “Saja aw, tuikhui thuki, vähnak vai tuipung pi am na taki. Hawia kaa xünnak tui na taki ni?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12“Hina tuikhui, amät naw aw khawi lü, a cae ja, a khyüngseie naw pi ami awk khawi, kami pu Jakop naw a jah pet, nang ania kthaka kyäp bawk aih lü,” a ti.Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Jesuh naw msang lü, “Hina tui awki naküt ta, tui cawi be ham khai.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Acunsepi, kei naw ka pet vaia tui awki naküt ta, tui am cawi ti. Kei naw ka pet vaia tui cun a puk k'uma hna lü, angsäi xünnak tuia kya se, anglät xünnak pi yah khai,” a ti.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.”

15Nghnumi naw, “Saja aw, tui am cawi ti lü, tui than khaia hia käh ka law be ti vaia, acuna tui na pea,” a ti.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.”

16Jesuh naw, “Cita, na cei va khü lü, law bea,” a ti.Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Nghnumi naw, “Ka cei am ve,” ti se, Jesuh naw, “Ka cei am ve na ti cang veki,“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Na cei mhma ve pängki, tuh na vepüi pi na ceia am kya; acen üng akcang pyen veki,” a ti.In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Nghnumi naw, “Saja aw, sahma mata na kya khaia ning ksing veng.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20“Kami pupae naw hina mcung üng Pamhnam a na hjawkhah khawikie. Nangmi Judahe naw, ‘Jerusalema ni Pamhnam hjawkhahnak’ nami tiki” a ti.Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Jesuh naw, “Nghnumi aw, ka pyen hin juma. Khyang he naw Pa cun ahina mcung ja Jerusalem mlüha am ami hjawkhahnak tia kcün pha law khai.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22“Nangmi Samarihe naw nami hjawkhah am ksing uki. Cunüngpi, keimi Judahe naw ta u kami hjawkhahki ti kami ksingki. Isetiakyaküng, küikyannak cun Judahe üngka naw lawkia kyaki.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23“Acunsepi, akcün pha law khai, hjawkhahkie naw Ngmüimkhya ja akcanga ami hjawkhah vai cun tukbäih yea kya ve. Pa naw acukba hjawkhah khaie jah hlüeiki.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.

24“Mhnam cun Ngmüimkhyaa kyaki. Hjawkhahki naküt naw Ngmüimkhya ja ngthungtak am hjawkhah yah vai,” a ti.God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Nghnumi naw, “Mesijah law khai ti ka ksingki. Ani a law üng, ani naw ahmäi naküt jah mtheh law khai,” a ti.The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Jesuh naw, “Nang ning ngthuheipüiki hin ani ni,” a ti.Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Acunüng axüisaw he law bekie naw nghnumi am a na ngthuhei se hmuh u lü müncankie. Acunsepi, u naw pi, “I na ngaihki? Ise hina nghnumi na ngthuheipüiki ni?” ti lü, am kthäh u.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?”

28Nghnumi naw a tui um hawih hüt lü, a lawnak khaw da citki naw khyange üng jah mtheh lü,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Law ua, ka awmih khawi naküt ksingkia khyang mat ve ve, teng law u. Mesijah am niki aw?” a ti.“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Mlüh ceh ta u lü, Jesuha veia citkie.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Acun k'um üng axüisaw he naw, “Rabbi, na ei eia” ti lü, ami mtheh.Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Acunsepi Jesuh naw, “Nangmi naw am nami ksing ka ei vai ta veng,” a ti.But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Axüisawe amimät üng, “A ei vai tha lawki veki aw” ti lü, ngthähkie.So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Jesuh naw, “Na tüih lawkia a ngjak hlü bilawh ja, a khut kpäng vai cun keia eiawka kyaki ni.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35“‘Khya kphyü ve hamki, acun käna cang ahnaka kcün pha law khai’ am nami ti khawiki aw? Teng u, ka ning jah mthehki, mang hü u lü, loe jah teng süm ua, hmin päng lü, ah vai kcün ve u.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.

36“Atki naw ngkhyengnak yah lü anglät xünnak vaia a ktheipai mcun ve, sawki ja atki ani nghngih atänga je yüm khai xawi.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37“Ahin üng, ‘mat naw saw se, mat naw atki’ tia khuisui cun cang ve.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38“Am nami khüinak khawia loa cang at khaia ka ning jah tüihki. Acuia akce he naw khüi u se, ami khüinak kce cun nangmia ngmangnak ni,” a ti.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.”

39Acunüng, “Ka awmih naküt ksingki ve ve,” tia, ngthu, nghnumi naw a pyena phäha Samarih khyang khawhah naw Jesuh jum lawkie.Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Samarih khyange Jesuh veia ami law üng ami veia a ve vaia nghui na u se, acuia Jesuh cun mhnüp nghngih awmki.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Jesuh a ngthu pyena phäh khyang khawkän naw jum lawkie.And many more believed because of His message.

42Acunakyase, nghnumia veia, “Tuh ta, nanga pyena phäha am kya lü, kamimät naw kami ngjak ja akcanga hin hin khawmdeka Küikyan Bawia kyaki ti, kami ksinga phäha kami jumki,” ami ti.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.”

43Amhnüp nghngih käna, acun üngka naw Kalile hne da citki.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Isetiakyaküng, Jesuh amät naw, “Sahma cun amäta hminaka khawa mhlünmtainak am yah khawi naw,” a ti.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Jerusalem Lätnak Pawia cit u lü Pawi k’um üng Jesuh naw a jah pawhmsah naküt jah hmukie naw ta, Kalile khawa Jesuh a law üng, Kalile khyange naw dokhamkie.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.

46Acun käna Jesuh Kalile khaw Kana, tui cun capyituia a nglatnak sak hnüna law beki. Acuia khyang ngvai mat a capa Kapenawm mlüha a mhnatei veki.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.

47Ani naw Jesuh Judah khaw üngka naw Kalile khawa lawki ti a ngjak üng, a capa thih law hlüki, law lü a mdaw law be vaia cit lü a va nghuinak.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.

48Jesuh naw, “U naw pi müncanksee ja cäiletnake am nami hmuh üng amdanga am jum hlü uki,” a ti.Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Khyang ngvai naw, “Saja aw, ka ca am a thih ham üng akjanga lawa,” a ti.“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Jesuh naw, “Cit bea, na capa daw be khai ni,” a ti. Khyang ngvai cun Jesuha pyen jum lü nghlat beki.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51A nghlat be lama a mpyae naw a na khyum u lü, “Na capa dawei law be ve,” ti lü, ami mtheh.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Ngvai naw iti üng a capa a daw law bea mawng jah kthäh se, amimi naw, “Müta, mü lam naji mat üng mhnat naw khyah ve,” ti lü, ami mtheh.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.”

53Jesuh naw, “Na capa daw be khai ni,” a tinaka kcüna kyaki ti a ksing. Acunakyase, amät ja a khuiim kyawnglawng ami van naw jumkie.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.

54Ahin cun Jesuh Judah khaw üngka naw Kalile khawa a law käna anghngihnak müncankse a pawha kyaki.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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