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1. 1IGBUgbu a, Jisọs matara na ndị Farisii anụla na ọ na-eme ka ọtụtụ mmadụ bụrụ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya na-emekwa baptizim karịa Jọn.BSBBSB: When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
2. 2IGBMa ọ bụkwaghị Jisọs na onwe ya na-eme baptizim kama ọ bụ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya mere ha baptizim.BSBBSB: (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
3. 3IGBỌ hapụrụ Judịa laghachi azụ na Galili.BSBBSB: He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4. 4IGBMa ọ ga-esite nʼetiti Sameria gafee.BSBBSB: Now He had to pass through Samaria.
5. 5IGBYa mere, ọ batara nʼotu obodo nta dị na Sameria a na-akpọ Saika, nʼakụkụ ala ahụ Jekọb nyere Josef nwa ya nwoke.BSBBSB: So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6. 6IGBOlulu mmiri Jekọb dị nʼebe ahụ, ma ebe ọ bụ na ike gwụrụ Jisọs nʼije ya, ọ nọdụrụ ala nʼakụkụ olulu mmiri ahụ. Ọ bụ ihe dị ka oge ehihie.BSBBSB: Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7. 7IGBOtu nwanyị onye Sameria bịara ịdọrọ mmiri, Jisọs sịrị ya, “Nyetụ m mmiri ka m ṅụọ.”BSBBSB: When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
8. 8IGB(Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya abaala nʼime obodo ịga zụta nri.)BSBBSB: (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9. 9IGBNwanyị ahụ sịrị ya, “Olee otu gị bụ onye Juu si arịọ m bụ nwanyị Sameria mmiri ka ị ṅụọ?” (Nʼihi na ndị Juu na ndị Sameria anaghị emekọrịta ihe ọbụla.)BSBBSB: “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.)
10. 10IGBJisọs zara sị, “Ọ bụrụ na ị matara onyinye Chineke, na onye ahụ na-arịọ gị mmiri, ị gaara arịọ ya, ọ gakwara enye gị mmiri nke ndụ.”BSBBSB: 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.”
11. 11IGBNwanyị ahụ sịrị ya, “Nna anyị ukwu, o nweghị ihe ọbụla i ji ị ga-eji dọrọ mmiri, olulu a dịkwa omimi. Oleekwanụ ebe ị ga-eweta mmiri ndụ a.BSBBSB: “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
12. 12IGBỌ bụ na ị ka nna nna anyị Jekọb ukwuu, onye gwuuru anyị olulu mmiri a? Ya onwe ya na ụmụ ya na igwe ehi na atụrụ ya ṅụkwara mmiri sitere na ya?”BSBBSB: Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
13. 13IGBJisọs zara sị, “Onye ọbụla ṅụrụ mmiri a, akpịrị ga-akpọ ya nkụ ọzọ.BSBBSB: Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
14. 14IGBMa onye ọbụla ga-aṅụ mmiri ahụ m nyere ya, akpịrị agaghị akpọkwa ya nkụ ọzọ. Nʼeziokwu, mmiri ahụ m nyere ya ga-aghọrọ ya isi iyi nke na-asọpụtara ya ndụ ebighị ebi.”BSBBSB: 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.”
15. 15IGBMgbe ahụ nwanyị ahụ sịrị ya, “Onyenwe anyị nye m mmiri a, ka akpịrị ghara ịkpọ m nkụ ọzọ, ka m gharakwa ịdị na-abịa ebe a ịdọrọ mmiri.”BSBBSB: 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.”
16. 16IGBỌ gwara ya sị, “Gaa kpọta di gị ma lọghachi.”BSBBSB: Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17. 17IGBNwanyị ahụ zaghachiri ya sị, “Enweghị m dị.” Jisọs sịrị ya, “I kwuru eziokwu mgbe ị sịrị na i nweghị di.BSBBSB: “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
18. 18IGBI nweela di ise, ma nwoke gị na ya bi ugbu a abụghị di gị. Ihe kwuru bụ nnọọ eziokwu.”BSBBSB: In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
19. 19IGBNwanyị ahụ sịrị ya “Nna anyị ukwu, ahụrụ m na ị bụ onye amụma.BSBBSB: “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
20. 20IGBNna nna anyị ha fere ofufe nʼugwu a, ma unu na-ekwu nʼebe ndị mmadụ ga-eferịrị ofufe bụ naanị na Jerusalem.”BSBBSB: Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21. 21IGBJisọs sịrị ya, “Nwanyị kwere okwu m, oge na-abịa mgbe ị na-agaghị akpọ isiala nye Nna, maọbụ nʼugwu a ma ọ bụkwanụ na Jerusalem.BSBBSB: “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22. 22IGBUnu na-efe ihe unu na-amaghị ma anyị na-efe ihe anyị matara, nʼihi na nzọpụta sitere nʼaka ndị Juu.BSBBSB: You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23. 23IGBMa oge na-abịa, ugbu a ọ bịala, mgbe ndị na-efe Nna ahụ nʼeziokwu ga-efe ya nʼime mmụọ na nʼeziokwu. Nʼihi na ọ bụ ndị dị otu a ka Nna chọrọ ka ha na-efe ya.BSBBSB: 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. 24IGBChineke bụ mmụọ ndị niile na-efe ya ga-eferịrị ya nʼime mmụọ na eziokwu.”BSBBSB: God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
25. 25IGBNwanyị ahụ sịrị ya, “Amaara m na Mezaya” (onye a na-akpọ Kraịst) “na-abịa. Mgbe ọ bịara, ọ ga-akọwaziri anyị ihe niile.”BSBBSB: The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26. 26IGBJisọs sịrị ya, “Mụ, onye na-agwa gị okwu, abụ m ya.”BSBBSB: Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
27. 27IGBNʼoge ahụ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya lọghachitara. Ọ gbagwojukwara ha anya nke ukwuu ịhụ na ya na nwanyị na-ekwurịta okwu. Ma o nweghị onye nʼime ha jụrụ nwanyị ahụ sị, “Gịnị ka ị chọrọ?” ma ọ bụkwanụ, “Gịnị kpatara gị na ya ji na-ekwurịta okwu?”BSBBSB: 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?”
28. 28IGBMgbe ahụ, nwanyị ahụ hapụrụ ite mmiri ya laghachi nʼime obodo ga gwa ndị mmadụ,BSBBSB: Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
29. 29IGB“Bịanụ lee otu nwoke onye gwara m ihe niile m merela. Ọ ga-abụ na ọ bụ ya bụ Kraịst ahụ?”BSBBSB: “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
30. 30IGBHa sitere nʼobodo ahụ gbapụtasịa soro ụzọ ahụ, ka ha gakwuru ya.BSBBSB: So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
31. 31IGBMa otu ọ dị, ndị na-eso ụzọ ya rịọrọ ya sị, “Onye ozizi rienụ nri.”BSBBSB: Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32. 32IGBMa ọ sịrị ha, “Enwere m nri m na-eri nke unu na-amaghị maka ya.”BSBBSB: But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33. 33IGBMgbe ahụ ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sịrịtara onwe ha, “Ọ ga-abụ na o nwere onye butere ya nri?”BSBBSB: So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
34. 34IGBJisọs sịrị ha, “Nri m bụ ime uche onye ahụ zitere m nakwa ịrụcha ọrụ ya.BSBBSB: Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
35. 35IGBUnu na-asị, ‘ọ fọdụghị ọnwa anọ ka ịghọ mkpụrụ nʼubi ruo?’ Ma ana m agwa unu, megheenụ anya unu lee ubi ahụ, ha achaala maka ọghụghọ.BSBBSB: 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. 36IGBỌ bụladị ugbu a, onye na-aghọ mkpụrụ na-anata ụgwọ ọrụ, ọ na-achịkọta mkpụrụ ahụ maka ndụ ebighị ebi, ka onye ghara mkpụrụ na onye ghọrọ ya nwee ike ịṅụrịkọta ọṅụ.BSBBSB: Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
37. 37IGBYa mere okwu ahụ nke na-asị, ‘Otu onye na-agha mkpụrụ, onye ọzọ na-aghọkwa ya bụ eziokwu.’BSBBSB: For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
38. 38IGBE zigara m unu ka unu gaa ghọta ihe unu na-arụghị ọrụ maka ya. Ndị ọzọ rụrụ ọrụ a, ma unu ewe uru dị nʼọrụ ha.”BSBBSB: 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.”
39. 39IGBỌtụtụ ndị obodo Sameria kweere na ya nʼihi ama ahụ nwanyị ahụ gbara, “Ọ gwara m ihe niile m mere.”BSBBSB: Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
40. 40IGBYa mere mgbe ndị Sameria bịakwutere ya, ha rịọrọ ya ka ọ nọnyetụrụ ha, ọ nọnyekwaara ha ụbọchị abụọ.BSBBSB: So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
41. 41IGBỌtụtụ ndị ọzọ kwerekwara na ya nʼihi okwu ya.BSBBSB: And many more believed because of His message.
42. 42IGBHa gwara nwanyị ahụ, “Ihe anyị jiri kwere ugbu a abụghị ihe i kwuru, kama ọ bụ nʼihi na anyị onwe anyị anụla olu ya, matakwa na onye a bụ Onye nzọpụta nke ụwa nʼeziokwu.”BSBBSB: 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.”
43. 43IGBMgbe ụbọchị abụọ ahụ gasịrị, ọ hapụrụ ebe ahụ gawa Galili.BSBBSB: After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
44. 44IGB(Jisọs nʼonwe ya ekwuola na onye amụma anaghị enwe ugwu nʼobodo ya.)BSBBSB: Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
45. 45IGBMgbe ọ bịaruru Galili, ndị Galili nabatara ya ebe ha onwe ha gara mmemme na Jerusalem, ma hụkwa ọtụtụ ọrụ ebube ọ rụrụ nʼoge mmemme ahụ.BSBBSB: 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.
46. 46IGBỌzọkwa, ọ bịaruru Kena nke Galili bụ ebe ahụ o mere mmiri ka ọ ghọọ mmanya. E nwekwara otu onye na-arụ ọrụ nʼụlọeze nọ nʼebe ahụ, nke ahụ na-adịghị nwa ya nwoke ike na Kapanọm.BSBBSB: 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.
47. 47IGBMgbe ọ nụrụ na Jisọs esitela na Judịa bịarute na Galili, o jekwuuru ya rịọ ya ka ọ bịa gwọọ nwa ya, nʼihi na ọ nọ nʼọnụ ọnwụ.BSBBSB: 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.
48. 48IGBJisọs sịrị ya, “Ọ bụrụ na unu ahụghị ọrụ ebube na ihe ịrịbama, unu agaghị ekwe ma ọlị.”BSBBSB: Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
49. 49IGBOnye a na-arụ ọrụ nʼụlọeze sịrị ya, “Nna m ukwu, biko bịa tupu nwa m a nwụọ.”BSBBSB: “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
50. 50IGBJisọs sịrị ya, “Laa, nwa gị nwoke ga-adị ndụ.” Nwoke ahụ kweere nʼihe Jisọs kwuru laa.BSBBSB: “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
51. 51IGBMgbe ọ ka nọ nʼụzọ, ndị ohu ya zutere ya kọọrọ ya na ahụ adịla nwa ya nwoke mma.BSBBSB: And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
52. 52IGBMgbe ọ jụrụ ha oge nwa ya jiri gbakee, ha sịrị ya, “Oke ahụ ọkụ ahụ kwụsịrị ya ụnyaahụ nʼelekere mbụ nke ehihie.”BSBBSB: 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.”
53. 53IGBNwoke ahụ ghọtara na ọ bụ kpomkwem nʼoge awa ahụ Jisọs gwara ya, “Nwa gị nwoke ga-adị ndụ.” Ya mere ya na ezinaụlọ ya niile kwenyere.BSBBSB: 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.
54. 54IGBNke a bụ ihe ịrịbama nke abụọ Jisọs rụrụ na Galili mgbe o siri Judịa bịa.BSBBSB: This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.