John 4 (EKA) · Opened

1Bab Farisi kehm wuku re, Jisos kpo wohngo ane alahb sehnge Jon, ane bao fere jo toon-e.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Jol Jisos wohngem nne awohng awohng alahb, sehngem abatꞌtoono ebe ba ba jo lim ano.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Ntul a Jisos sebe kan kahn ano me, á kehm tahme o Judea asongo go Galili.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Tiki jolo re, á sehng go Samaria.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Á kehm song rehng go ejahbe Samaria ajehng, ji bo jo lung re Sikar, ji jolo kohlo edi ndi ji Jekob ka mmon ewe Josef.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Elbing alahb ni Jekob jolo ona. Eji Jisos ma lahng eljen, á kehm ba ji o elbing alahb nio. Ngare nyio jolo ngare efin.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Owo nnenkal a Samaria kehm bake re á ba tuk alahb. Jisos kehm-e tongo re, “Ka-m alahb, me n wo!”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Ngare nyio abatꞌtoono Jisos ebtahm go nla ejahbe re bo song gunu nsol alehke.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Nnenkal a Samaria noo kehm-e faange re, “Jen ji wahnge a kp-m bahbe re, me n ka-a alahb, wo ji li na nne a Jus, gana me nne a Samaria?” Tibre Jus, a Samaria, bo kpehme kod abo.“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.)

10Jisos kehm-e faange re, “Li re a kpꞌkahne ayare nya Esowo kpo ka, fere kahn nne no kp-a bahbe re, wo ka-e alahb, á wo, kehn a m-e gboongo na, á ka-a alahb mao ma elkpin.”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.”

11Mmonankal noo kehm-e bahbe re, “Nsoo, ejum limm, ji a bahke koko tuk alahb, gana elbing alahb nia kpꞌrahbe. Gan wo a bahke bele alahb mao ma elkpin?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Anv, wo ga gbal sehnge Jekob, nso ejahre, no ka-r elbing alahb nia? Á jo wo alahb ana, a abon abon ebe, a atohkondi enye kpee.”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Jisos kehm-e tongo re, “Nne awohng awohng no lꞌwo alahb maa, bahk-e kpe kor.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Nne awohng awohng no lꞌwo alahb mao ma m bahk-e kake, ekor bahk-e tane. Alahb mao ma m bahk-e kake, bahke jo tub mbꞌbehl go ege atahng, fere gbo ebgba bi bahke jo fab, rehng go elkpin ni li go njinanjini.”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.”

15Mmonankal noo kehm-e faange re, “Nsoo, ka-m alahb mao ma ekor bahk-m tane, eji n lꞌkꞌkpe ba a, ba tuk alahb elbing nia.”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.”

16Jisos kehm-e tongo re, “Song, wo song lung nlum ewa, wahn ba!”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mmonankal noo kehm-e faange re, “Nlum awohng awohng n kpimm.” Jisos kehm-e tongo re, “Wobbung etingitingi, eji a tongo re, nlum a kpimm.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Wobbel alum na alon. Noo no a jehk-e etahk, etingitingi nlum ewa sang. A lohk-m tong etingitingi.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mmonankal noo kehm-e tongo re, “Nsoo, me n lohko kahn re, wo nnyehnamahr wo.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Babnso ejahre jo kake Esowo go ewong jia. Wahn Jus, ń kpo bung re, Go Jeusalem wo li edi ji fuumu re, ane jo ba, ba kak Esowo.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Jisos kehm-e tongo re, “Nnenkal, taame tv alum enyame nya n kpꞌbungu tong-a re, Ngare kpꞌbake nyi ń lꞌkꞌkpe kak Esowo Nsoo go ewong jia, jol go Jeusalem fvfo.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Wahn aneb Samaria, ń kpo kak ejum ji ń kil elkahne. Wahr Jus, e kpo kak ji e kpꞌkahne. Tibre eltahre kpo lohng goji Jus.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Ngare kpꞌbake nyi atingitingi abakake Esowo bahke jo kak Esowo Nsoo go etohko, a etingitingi. Tibre elkohn ane ana bao ba, Esowo Nsoo kpꞌsebe re bo kak-e. Ngare nyꞌnehm nyi ma rehng a.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.

24Esowo, etohko ji. Bao ba kp-e kake, bahke jo kak-e go etohko, a etingitingi.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mmonankal noo kehm-e tongo re, “N kpꞌkahne re, Mesaya kpꞌbake. Mesaya ji bo kpo lung-e re Kraist lꞌba, á bahk-r tibi nsol kpee.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Jisos kehm-e faange re, “Me jia ji kpꞌbungu a na, me wo li Mesaya.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Tvtv ona abatꞌtoono Jisos kehm soro ba. Kpo bo esi area, eji bo nyehne re, á kpꞌbungu a nnenkal. Nnene jolem go bo ellong no bahbe Jisos re, “Jen ji a kpꞌsebe?” Jol bo we bahbem re, “Jen ji wahnge a kpꞌbungu a ne?”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?”

28Nnenkal noo kehm soro tahm etulahb eje sa, tahm song rehng go nla ejahbe, song tong ane re,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Baan, wahn ba nyehn nne no ma-m tong nsol kpee, nyi n kpo lim. Ma ye wo li Mesaya nji!”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Ane bao kehm soro lohng ejahbe jio, tahm song kpiri Jisos.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Ngare nyꞌnehm nyi abatꞌtoono Jisos jo gboongo Jisos re, “Ntꞌtibi, ko nsol alehke, wo li me!”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Á kehm tongo bo re, “N kpi nsol alehke nyi m bahke lehke, nyi ń kil elkahne.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Abatꞌtoono ebe kehm kehme elbahbe atemtem re, “Anv, nne ebko nsol alehke ba ka-ea?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Jisos kehm faange bo re, “Nsol alehke enyame li re, me n lim mbang nyi nne no tum-m no, fere gohro mal eltum ene.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Wahn sang kpo kono elbungu re, ‘Ebsa nnyahng eni, ngare elkpake rehnga?’ N kp-n tongo re, wahn tab asamahr enyahne wahre, nyehn ana ebgbe ma kum, ngare ebrehng kpee, nyi elkpake.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.

36Nne no lꞌkpa, á kpo bel eltuuru. Á kpo kpu nsol nyio bum, jol go elkpin ni li go njinanjini, eji mbꞌbahme, a nkpꞌkpake, bo lꞌbel eyebatahng egom egom.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Tibre jia ji bo kpo kono elbungu, lohko li go etingitingi re, ‘Nne noko bahm, noko kpa.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38M ma-n tum re, wahn song kpa egbe jio ji ń ki lim eltum anehng anehng. Ane bako ba ma lim eltum o, wahn ebba yel eltum nio, soro asi kpꞌlimi asongo.”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.”

39Anebe Samaria gbalee ba lene ejahbe jio, kehm taame tv Jisos, tibre mmonankal noo bungu re, “Á tong-m nsol kpee nyi m ma lꞌlim.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Eji anebe Samaria bao ba goji Jisos, bo gboong-e re, á lub song kang a bo. Owo Jisos kehm song kang a bo nfung ebal.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Ane gbalee kpe taame budu, tib go ege alum nya á bungu no.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bo kehm tongo mmonankal noo re, “Wahr ebtaame anv. Lohngem re, wahr ebtaame tib eji a tong-r no. Wahr ebtaame, tibre wahrfono antahng ebwuk. Wahr eblohko kahn go etingitingi re, ye wo li ntꞌtahre no njini.”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.”

43Jisos kange kan nfung ebal o me, á kehm tahme go Galili.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Tibre Jisos jo yiimi ntianse antahng antahng re, “Nnyehnamahr Esowo kpehme lub go ege ejahbe.”Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Eji Jisos ba no, ba rehng go Galili, anebe Galili jo vvr-e sehng, tib eji bo nyehne akpokosi nya á limi no go Jeusalem ngare elkak. Tibre bofono tꞌtob je elkak nio.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.

46Á kehm feere tahm go Kena ji Galili, ejahbe jio ji á ko alahb lim, siingi amahm. Ntubesi ejahbe awohng jolo go Kapenium, no mmon ewe jo yam.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.

47Á wuku kan re, Jisos eblohng go Judea ba go Galili, á kehm bake goji Jisos, ba gboong-e re, á je go Kapenium, song lim mmon ewe, á nob. Tibre mmon ewe nong go emel elkv.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.

48Owo Jisos kehm-e tongo re, “Tohko tiki jol re, ń nyehne akpokosi, ń kpehme tiki taame.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Ntubesi ejahbe noo kehm-e tongo re, “Nsoo, ba wahr tahm, mmon ewame yahke kpo.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Jisos kehm-e faange re, “Song, mmon ewa bahke kpini!” Nne noo kehm soro taame tv alum nya Jisos bungu no tong-e, kehm soro tahm eje.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Eji á jo kehnge, alokeltum ebe kehm ba wan-e go mbang, kehm-e tongo re, “Mmon ewa kpeke li go elkpin.”And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Á kehm bahbe bo ngare nyi mmon ewe kehme elnobo. Bo kehm-e tongo re, “Nyaane ngare efin nkaranka anyehng, owo á nobo arumbum nyao.”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.”

53Nde mmon kehm soro buumu tvtv re, ngare nyio nyi Jisos tong-e re, “Mmon ewa bahke kpini.” Yefono antahng kehm taame tv-e, a ane ba lene go ege a nlaaga kpee.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.

54Etoono nkpokosi nyi a, nyi Jisos kpe lim ngare nyio nyi á lohngo go Judea, feere go Galili.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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