John 4 (DNE) · Opened

1Mapwalichayo bhakajhohine Yecho akwete bhando bhamahele kubhehe bhabholwa na kubaticha kupeta Yohane.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Nambo Yecho jwenio akabatiche ndeka bhando, nambo bhabholwa bhake ndi bhakabatiche bhando.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Bhahe, Yecho pajhohina gheniya, ajhakubhoka ku Yudeya na kubhujha ku Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Mu mwanja gwake impalita apetele ku Samaliya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Bhahe, ajhakuhika ku muche gwa ku Samaliya, ghuukemwa Sukale, ghuheghelile na nng'onda ghola gwa Yakobu gwakampekiye mwana mundo jwakemwita Uchupo.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Peniya pakibha na kilibha cha Yakobu, na Yecho nhwalo gwa kutotokela kwa mwanja, ajhakutama pahina jha kilibha. Ikibha chaa chita jha muhe.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Bhahe, mwikeghe jhumo Nsamaliya ajhakuhika kuteka mache. Yecho ajhakunnobholela, “Nijhopa mache nyweghe.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Yecho akibha kanjika, bhabholwa bhake pubhajhahwile kubomane kuheme ilebhe ya kulyegha.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Mwikeghe jhola ajhakunnobholela Yecho, “Mwenga ma Yahude na nenga ndi Nasamaliya. Nhwalo ghane unyopa mache gha kunywegha?” Alongila naha nhwalo Akayahude na Akasamaliya bhilye ndeka pamonga.“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.)

10Yecho ajhakunyanguu, “Anda ngaumanya hupo ya Chapanga na ndi ghane jwannyopa mache gha kunywegha, ngamunyopite na jwenio ngampekiye mache ghighaleta ughome.”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.”

11Mwikeghe jhola ajhakunnobholela, “Bhambo, nkwete jhe nteko gwa kuteke mache na kilibha kibhii nnyoli. Bho, ngoheno namughakolela kojhe mache ghighaleta ughome?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Amu pange mwenga mukitenda mwanahota kuliku tate gwito Yakobu? Jwenio akatupekii twenga kilibha chenje helahela na jwenio na yana mundo na inyama yake bhanywila mache gha kilibha chenje.”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Yecho ajhakunyanguu, “Jwanywegha mache ghanga najhohii jhe nyota kabhele.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Nambo jwapala kunywegha mache ghakumpekeya nenga, nabhe jhe na nyota kwa ughome gwa machiko ghoha ghangapeta. Mache ghunimpela kumpekiya ghunimpela nkate jhino naghabha chembwe cha mache ghighaleta ughome na kumpela ughome gwa machiko ghoha ghangapeta.”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.”

15Mwikeghe jhola ajhakunnobholela, “Bhambo, umbekehe mache gheniya! Ngotoka kubhehe na nyota kabhele, na ngotoka kuhika kabhele kuteka mache pamba.”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.”

16Yecho ajhakunnobholela, “Nnyende mukankeme ungana gwino, na nhwike nako pamba.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Jwenio mwikeghe ajhakunnobholela, “Nenga ndoline jhe.” Yecho ajhakunnobholela, “Unywagwii mbone, nkwete ndeka munalome.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Nhwalo mukibha na akanalome nhwano na munalome jhutama nako ngoheno jwii ndeka. Chakaka nnongii maha.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Bhahe, mwikeghe jhola ajhakunnobholela, “Bhambo, nibhona mwenga ndi ma nondole bha Chapanga.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Akahoko bhito bhanyinamila Chapanga pakitombe chenje, nambo mangota Akayahude milongela ku Yeluchalemo ndi kwa kunyope Chapanga.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yecho ajhakunyanguu, “Mwe majhe unyeketele chinilonge, machiko ghabhii kuhika bhando nabhanyinamila ndeka Tate panane jha kitombe chenje amu kola ku Yeluchalemo.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Mangota mwaka Samaliya, munyinamila Chapanga jhola jwangaumanya, nambo twenga Akayahude tunyinamila Chapanga jhutummanye, nhwalo gwa ughombokeko uhumii kwa Akayahude.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Nambo machiko ghabhii kuhika, kabhele ghahikite, bhibhanyinamila Chapanga jwa uchakaka na bhanyopa Tate kuhumii muhuke gwa Chapanga na uchakaka. Nhwalo Tate abhapala bhando ngita bheniya bhannyinamile.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.

24Chapanga ndi Uhuke na bhando bhibhanyopa ibhapala bhanyinamila Chapanga kwa kulongochwa na Uhuke gwa Chapanga na uchakaka.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mwikeghe jhola ajhakunnobholela, “Nimanya Machiya Nkomboche, jhuikemwa Kilichitu abhii kuhika. Papala kuhika na natulobholela hotuhotu kila kilebhe.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yecho ajhakunnobholela, “Nenga jhunilongela na mwenga, ndi nenga.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Papa bhabholwa bhake bhajhakubhujha, bhajhakukangacha hake kubhona akilongela na mwikeghe jhola. Nambo abhii jhe mundo jwakankonyite, “Mipala nike?” Amu “Nhwalo gwa nike milongela na mwikeghe jwenio?”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?”

28Bhahe, mwikeghe jhola ajhakuuleka nkambo ghola papa na kubhujha kubomane kwalongelela bhando,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Tijha mukanole mundo jwanobholile ilebhe yoha indehila. Bho, pange ihoto kubhehe jwenio ndi Kilichitu Nkomboche?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Bhahe, bhando bhajhakubhoka ku bomane nu kujhenda kunninga Yecho.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Muda ghogho bhabholwa bhake bhampembelikiya Yecho bhalongila, “Mmola, nlyeghe!”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Nambo Yecho ajhakujhanguu, “Nenga ngwete cha kulyegha mangota mukimanyitii jhe.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Bhahe, bhabholwa bhake bhajhakukonyana, “Bho, abhii mundo jwannetile chakulyegha?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yecho ajhakwalobholela, “Chinilyegha ndi kuhenga ghapala jhola jwandumita na kujhomola lihengo lyambekii kuhenga.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Mangota mulonge, ‘Jhamela miyehe ncheche tugha, na mahuno naghatumbula.’ Nambo ninnobholela, dolokeya mighonda chilenganikilwe kwa mahuno.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.

36Mundo jwahuna alepitwe njwe malepo ghake na jwaponga mahuno kwa nhwalo jha ughome gwa machiko ghoha ghangapeta, hele jwamicha na jwahuna nabhahangana pamonga.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Nhwalo luhumo londo chakaka ‘Mundo jhumo umicha na mundo jhonge jwakuhuna.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Nenga nitumingine mukahune mu mighonda jhangalema, bhando bhange bhakahengite lihengo, nambo mangota mwenga minong'omenekeya kwa lihengo lyabhe.”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.”

39Akasamaliya twe bha ku bomane jhela ngabhanyeketila Yecho kwa nhwalo gwa majhe jhola, “Anobholile ilebhe yoha indehila.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Bhahe, Akasamaliya bhajhakunyendelela Yecho, bhajhakunnyopa bhatame nako, na jwenio ajhakutama kwa machiko mabhele.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Bhando bhamahele bhajhakunnyeketela Yecho nhwalo gwa malobhe ghala ghalongila.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bhajhakunnobholela majhe jhola, “Twenga ngoheno tujheketile, chi kwa nhwalo kwa chela chinongela, nambo nhwalo twabhete tujhohine na tumanya mundo jhonjo chakaka Nchengula jwa bhando bhoha bha pannema.”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.”

43Pighapetita machiko mabhele Yecho ajhakubhoka kwenio, na kujhenda ku Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Nhwalo Yecho jwenio alongila hotuhotu, “Nnondole jwa Chapanga ilendemwa ndeka ku kilambo chabhelukilwe.”Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Bhahe, pahikita ku Galilaya, bhando bhamahele bhajhakumpokela nhwalo bhene bhakajhenda ku Unyagho gwa Pachaka kwenio ku Yeluchalemo, na bhakaihwene yoha yatehila Yecho pa unyagho gwenio.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.

46Yecho pajhahwila kabhele ku Kana ghubhii ku muche gwa ku Galilaya, kwenio kwaghalambwiya mache kubhehe divaye. Kwenio pakibha na munahota jhumo mwana mundo atehila kulwalwa ku muche gwa ku Kapelenaumo.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.

47Bhahe, munahota jwenio pajhohina Yecho ahikite ku Galilaya kuhumii ku Yudeya ajhakunnyendelela na kunnyopa anamiche mwana mundo jwakibha tepekatepeka.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.

48Yecho ajhakunnobholela, “Mangota bhando changalola nginyililo na ikangacho minyekete jhe Chapanga.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Munahota jwenio ajhakunnobholela, “Bhambo, chonde tujhende mwanango kabula jha kuwegha.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yecho ajhakunnobholela, “Nnyende tugha mwana gwino nabhaha ghome!” Mundo jhola ajhakujheketela malobhe gha Yecho, ajhakujhenda.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Munahota jhola pakibha undela kubhujha, akatumiche bhake ajhakukongana nako na kunnobholela mwana gwino abhii ghome njwe.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Na jwenio ajhakwakonya muda ghane patumbwila kubhehe mbaha, na bhene ngabhanyangwila, “Dicho cha chaba jha muhe punekikiya ulwalo.”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.”

53Tate jhola ajhakukomboka lichaa lelelalela pannobholila Yecho, “Mwana gwino amela ghome.” Bhahe, jwenio na nyumba jhake jhoha bhajhakunyeketela Yecho.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.

54Ikibha nginyililo jhubhele jha kukangacha jhatehila Yecho pahumita ku Yudeya na kujhenda ku Galilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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