John 4 (DOV) · Opened

1Awo Jesu nakaziba kuti ba Falisi bakamvwa kuti wakalikuba abasikwiya biingi mbakali kubbabaatizya kwinda JoniWhen Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(nekuba kuti welwakwe mwini tensi wakali kubbabbatizya pe, pesi basikwiya bakwe mbabo bakali kubbabbatizya),(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3wakazwa mu Judiya wabweda lubo ku Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Pesi chakalelede kuti ayinde mu Samaliya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Elyo wakasika mumunzi wamu Samaliya utegwa Sychal afwifwi achipanzi chanyika eyo Jakobo njakali wapa mwanakwe Josefa.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Chikala cha Jakobo chakaliwo. Jesu wakali wakatala kuzwa mulwendo lwakwe mpawo wakakkala kumbali achikala. Lyakali sikati.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Umwi mukayintu mu Samaliya wakaza kuzoteka manzi, elyo Jesu wakati kulinguwe, “Ndipe manzi nwe”.When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Nkambo basikwiya bakwe bakali banjila mumunzi kuyowula kulya.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Mpawo mukayintu mu Samaliya wakamwambila kuti, “Chikonzeka buti, kuti webo nomu Juda undikumbile chakunywa imebo ndemukayintu mu Samaliya”. nkambo ma Juda tabakwe bulidilano pe ama Samaliya.“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.)

10Jesu wakasandula wati, “ anoli walizi chipo cha Leza, akuti ngwani ukukumbila manzi, wayinokumbila nduwe, nkekupa manzi mawumi”.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.”

11Mukayintu, wakati kulinguwe, “ Yomwalumi, tokwe chakutesya pe mpawo chikala nchilamfu. Ani mpo ulaajanayi ayo manzi abuumi?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Tooli mupati, mbubo na, kwinda taata Jakobo, wakatupa chikala akunwa kuli nchicho lwakwe mwini, abana bakwe ambono zyabo?Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Jesu wakasandula wati kulinguwe, “woonse unywa manzi amuchikala echi uyoba anyota lubo. Kufumbwa unywa manzi nginjomupa takoyoba a nyota limbi.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Pesi, manzi ngesikamupe ayoba kasensa kamanzi mulinguwe, kakunka mane kukabekutamani”.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.”

15Mukayintu wakati kulinguwe, “ Mwami, ndipe manzi ayo kuchitilakuti nsikabi anyota akuti nsizoboli lubo kuzoteka manzi awa.”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.”

16Jesu wakati kulinguwe, “ koya, ukite mulumako, mpawo ubolano”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mukayintu wakati kulinguwe, “nsikwe mulumi pe”. Jesu wakati, “waamba kasimpe kuti nsijisi mulumi pe”.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Nkambo wakala baalumi musanu, ooyo ngolawe lino temulumako pe. Nzwawamba zilisinizizye.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mukayintu wakati kulinguwe, “mwami ndabona kuti ulimusinsimi.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Mataata esu bakali kukomba muchilundu echi pesi muti Jelusalema mbobusena bantu nkubelede kukombela.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Jesu wakati kuli nguwe, “yomukayintu ndisyome, chindi chilasika awo nemutakakombe Taata kutali muchilundu echi nabi mu Jelusalemu.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Mukomba nchomutazi. Swebo tukomba nchetuzi, nkambo lufutuko luzwa kuba Juda.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Nekubaboobo chindi chilasika, nchenchichechi, awo bakomba mukasimpe mpobayomukomba Taata mumuya amubwini, nkambo Taata mbembabo bantu mbayandula kuti babe basikumukomba.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.

24Leza ngumuya, aboobo bantu bamukomba belede kumukomba mumuya amubwini”.God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mukayintu wakamwambila kuti, “ndilizi kuti Mesiya uyobuza( ooyo utegwa Kilisito)”. Nazosika uzotupandulwida zyonse.The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Jesu wakamwambila kuti, “ndendime nguwe oyu uwambula ayebo”.Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Aleecho chindi basikwiya bakwe bakaboola. Elyo bakagamba kuti nkamboyi nambula amukayintu, pesi taakwe wakamba kuti, “uyandayi?” na kuti “Nkamboyi nambula awe?”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?”

28Awo mukayintu ooyu wakasiya noongo yakwe yamanzi, wabweda kumunzi, wakwambila bantu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“kamuza, muzobone mwalumi wandambila zintu zyonse nzendakachita. Oyu tekujana waba Kilisito na, nkujana waba nguwe?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Bakazwa mumunzi baza kulinguwe.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Achindi nchichecho, basikwiya bakwe bakali kumukombelezya kuti “Rabbi, lya”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Pesi wakati kulinguwe, “Ime ndakulya nkomutazi atala ankuko.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Awo basikwiya bakakazyania akati kabo, “Takwe muntu wamwetela kulya pe, mpali na?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Jesu wakati kulimbabo, “kulya kwangu nkuchita luyando lwayoyo wakandituma akumaninsizya mulimu wakwe.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Sa tamwambi kuti, 'kuchili myezi yoone nekutakabe goloka'? Ndokumwambila kuti, amunyampule meso anu mulange myunda, nkambo yabizwa kale yelela kutebulwa!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.

36Oyo utebula utambula chakufola akubungika michelo yabumi butamani, kuchitila kuti oyo ubyala ayooyo utebula bakakondwe antomwe.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Mulichechi kalasinizya kambyo kati, “umwi ulabyala utebula ngumbi”.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Ndakamutuma kuyotebula nchemwakata lima. Bamwi bakalima, inywe mwakanjila mumilimu yabo.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.”

39Bantu biingi bamu Samaliya bamumunzi oyu bakamusyoma nkambo ka mbakalungulula mukayintu wakali kupa bukamboni, “wandambila zyonse nzendakachita”.Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Bantu bamu Samaliya nibakasika kulinguwe, bakamu kumbila kuti akkale aboo, wakakkala mumunzi oyu kwamazuba aabili.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Kwakaba bambi biingibakamusyoma nkambo kajwi lyakwe.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bakati kumukayintu ooyu, “Tatuchisyomi nkambo kanzwawamba pe, pesi nkambo swebo tobeni twalimvwida, mpawo twaziba kuti nsonzyo oyu mufutuli wanyika”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.”

43Nakiinda mazuba aya obile oko waya ku Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Nkambo Jesu lwakwe mwini wakamba kuti musinsimi takwe bulemu muchisi mwazwa.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Nakasika mu Galilaya, bantu bamu Galilaya bakamutambula. Bakali bazibona zyonse nzyakali wachita mu Jelusalemu chindi chapobwe, nkambo abalabo bakaliko kupobweYet 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.

46Alimwi wakaboola lubo ku Kenani mu Galilaya, oko nkwaka sandula manzi kuba wayini. Elyo kwakali umwi sichuno ulemekwa wakala mwana wakali kuchiswa mu Kapenawume.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.

47Nakamvwa kuti Jesu wasika mu Galilaya kuzwa mu Judiya, wakaya kuli Jesu akumukumbila kuti aakaponie mwana wakwe, wakali wamba kufwa.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.

48Jesu mpawo wakati kuli kulinguwe, “Ado mubone zitondezyo azigambyo, tamukosyoma”.Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Ooyu sichuno wakamwambila kuti, “Mwami, boola natana fwa mwanangu”.“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Jesu wakati kuli nguwe, “kooy. Mwanako ulapona”. Ooyu mwalumi wakasyoma majwi Jesu ngakamba kulinguwe, mpawo wakenda.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Nakachili kuyobwenda wakaswanana aabalanda bakwe, bakamwambila kuti, mwanakwe muponi.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Elyo wakababuzya chindi mwanakwe nakatalika kumvwa kabotu. Bakamwambila kuti, “jilo sikati nakapona”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.”

53Mpawo wisi wakayibalukwa kuti nchechindi awo Jesu, “Mwana wako wapona.” Elyo we lwakwe mwini abanganda yakwe bakasyoma.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.

54Echi chakaba chitondezyo chabili echo Jesu nchakachita nakazwa mu Judiya kaya mu Galilay.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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