John 4 (LAG) · Opened

1Haaha, Mafarisáayo vajáa vateera Yéesu yooturya no batisa vapooji ˆvarɨ foo kʉlookya va Yooháani.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Maa kaa, kɨmaarɨ Yéesu sɨ abatisáa tʉkʉ, vapooji vaachwe noo vabatisáa.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Yéesu ˆakateere masáare aya, akiinʉka fuma Yudéea, akahɨndʉka na Galiláaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Haaha, ɨkava nɨ mpaka atweere na ɨsɨ ya Samaría.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Ʉko, akafika múuji ʉmwɨ wa Samaría ˆʉséwaa Sikáari. Ʉwo múuji nɨ heehi ʉjáa na iwʉnda Yaakúupu ˆajáa amʉheera Yooséefu mwaana waachwe.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Aho, kʉjáa kwatɨɨte isima Yaakúupu ˆajáa asiimba. Yéesu akiikala mbarɨmbarɨ ya rɨra isima, sa ajáa akátɨɨre sa lʉyeendo lʉlɨɨhɨ. Mpɨɨndɨ ijo, nɨ mpɨɨndɨ ja mpoloonge jijáa.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Aho, akʉʉja mʉʉntʉ muki ʉmwɨ Mʉsamaría noo taha maaji. Yéesu akamʉsea, “Nooloomba maaji yo nywa.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Mpɨɨndɨ ijo, vapooji vaachwe vajáa vatámiinye na múujii no wʉla chóorya.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki Mʉsamaría akamʉsea Yéesu, “Weewe ʉrɨ Mʉyahúudi na nɨɨnɨ ndɨrɨ Mʉsamaría. Haaha joolɨ ʉrɨ kʉʉnoomba nɨɨnɨ maaji yo nywa?” Ʉwo mʉʉntʉ muki alʉʉsa jeyyo, sa Vayahúudi na Vasamaría sɨ vasaangɨrɨráa tʉkʉ.“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.)

10Yéesu akamʉsea, “Ngaarɨ wootaanga kɨlʉngʉlʉngʉ cha Mʉlʉʉngʉ, na nɨ ani ˆyookʉloomba maaji yo nywa, ngaarɨ wʉʉnóombire, naanɨ ngaarɨ nakʉhɨ́ɨre maaji ya nkaasʉ.”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.”

11Ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki akamʉsea Yéesu, “Aaɨ, weewe usiina kɨɨntʉ cho tahɨrɨra maaji tʉkʉ na ɨrɨ isima nɨ ilɨ́ɨ́hɨ. Ayo maaji ya nkaasʉ hai ʉrɨ yaturirya?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Eri, weewe ʉrɨ mʉkʉʉlʉ kʉlookya baaba wiitʉ Yaakúupu wʉʉ? Yeeye atʉheera isima ɨrɨ. Isima ɨrɨ noo ˆanywijáa maaji yaachwe, yeeye, vaana vaachwe na nchúwo jaachwe.”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Yéesu akamʉsea, “Kɨra mʉʉntʉ ˆanywíjaa maaji ya isima ɨrɨ, oónaa nyóota kei.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Maa kaa, yoyoosi ˆarɨ kʉnywa maaji ˆndɨrɨ mʉheera nɨɨnɨ, sɨ arɨ koona nyóota kei vii kaa tʉkʉ. Maaji ˆndɨrɨ mʉheera, kʉrɨ yeeye kʉva yarɨ nchóonko sɨ ˆyʉʉ́maa ya maaji ya nkaasʉ ya sikʉ ˆjisiina ʉhero.”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.”

15Ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki akamʉsea Yéesu, “Aaɨ taáta, kalaama mpeera ayo maaji ndɨɨre koona nyóota kei, na ndeke kʉʉja noo taha maaji aha isimii!”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.”

16Yéesu akamʉsea, “Tamanya ʉkamwaanɨrɨre mʉlʉme waako wʉʉje ne na aha.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki akamʉsea, “Nsiina mʉlʉme tʉkʉ.” Yéesu akamʉsea, “Ulúusire kɨmáárɨ, usiina mʉlʉme tʉkʉ!“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Sa waava na valʉme vasaano na ʉhʉ ˆʉrɨ ne haaha, sɨ mʉlʉme waako tʉkʉ. Ulúusire kɨmáárɨ.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki akamʉsea, “Aaɨ, nookoona weewe ʉrɨ mʉláali na mʉtwe!“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Vala baaba wiitʉ vamwiinamɨráa Mʉlʉʉngʉ ncholwii ya ʉlʉ lʉʉlʉ. Maa kaa, nyuunyu Vayahúudi mʉndoosea, nɨ ʉko Yerusaléemu vii noo haantʉ ho mwiinamɨra Mʉlʉʉngʉ.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Aho, Yéesu akamʉsea ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki, “Maáma, nduma nɨɨnɨ. Mpɨɨndɨ kʉʉja jiri, sɨ mʉkamwiinamɨraa Mʉlʉʉngʉ Taáta mweeri ya ʉlʉ lʉʉlʉ tʉkʉ, baa kʉra Yerusaléemu tʉkʉ.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Nyuunyu Vasamaría mwamwiínamɨraa ʉra sɨ ˆmwamʉmányire. Suusu Vayahúudi tamwiínamɨraa Mʉlʉʉngʉ ˆtamʉmányire, sa ʉlamuriri nɨ kwa Vayahúudi woofuma.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Maa kaa, mpɨɨndɨ kʉʉja jiise, na kɨkomi jafíkire. Vaantʉ ˆvasáakaa mwiinamɨra Mʉlʉʉngʉ Taáta kɨmaarɨ, mwiinamɨra varɨ Taáta kwa kɨmáárɨ na kwa mʉtɨma. Vaantʉ ˆvamwiínamɨraa jeyyo noo Taáta yoosaaka.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.

24Mʉlʉʉngʉ nɨ Mʉtɨma, na voosi ˆvamwiínamɨraa, nɨ mpaka vamwiinamɨre kwa mʉtɨma na kɨkomi.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki akamʉsea Yéesu, “Namányire kʉʉja iise Masía ˆaséwaa Kirisitʉ. Na ˆarɨ kʉʉja, tʉvariyʉrɨra arɨ masáare yoosi.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yéesu akamʉsea ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki, “Nɨɨnɨ noolʉʉsɨka na weewe, noo yeeye.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Aho, vapooji vaachwe vakahɨndʉka. Vakahwaalala maatʉkʉ kʉshaana Yéesu yoolʉʉsɨka na mʉʉntʉ muki. Maa kaa, kusiina mʉʉntʉ ˆuurya, “Che woosaaka kwaachwe?” tʉkʉ, au “Sa che woolʉʉsɨka ne?” tʉkʉ.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?”

28Ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki akareka sʉvɨya yaachwe hara isimii, akahɨndʉka na múujii. Ʉko akavasea vaantʉ,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Hendi mʉkamoone mʉʉntʉ ˆaangwyɨ́ɨrɨɨre masáare yoosi ˆnawaayya tʉmama! Eri, ifaanaa ɨkava ʉhʉ noo Masía wʉʉ?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Vaantʉ vakafuma múujii mayɨɨmbɨ na mayɨɨmbɨ, vakava voodoma na kʉʉntʉ Yéesu ˆajáa.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31De vaantʉ vafike, vapooji vaachwe vajáa vamʉloomba voosea, “Mukiindya, hoonɨ irya chóorya.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Maa kaa, yeeye akavasea, “Nɨɨnɨ natɨɨte chóorya ˆcheene nyuunyu sɨ mʉkɨmányire.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Aho, vapooji vaachwe vakaanda kiiyurya, “Eri, kwatɨɨte mʉʉntʉ ˆamʉréetire chóorya viintʉ ˆtwaarɨ tusiina wʉʉ?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yéesu akavasea, “Chóorya chaanɨ nɨ kʉtʉmama kɨra Mʉlʉʉngʉ ˆeenda, yeeye aantʉma nkiimikirirye mʉrɨmo waachwe.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Eri, nyuunyu sɨ moosea, ‘Ɨkaarɨ myeeri ɨne vii, kuchwa tʉrɨ!’ Maa kaa, nɨɨnɨ nɨ kʉvawyɨɨra niise, laangi ˆvyeene mawʉnda yarɨ. Viintʉ vyo chwa vyahʉ́mwɨɨre, nɨ vyo chwa vii!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.

36Muchwi ahʉ́mwɨɨre hokera mʉsáala waachwe, na nɨ saankanʼya iise viryo, sa nkaasʉ ya sikʉ ˆjisiina ʉhero. Aho, ʉra ˆahaanda na ʉra ˆaachwa vyeenda varɨ.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Jeyyo ɨra mpɨ́rɨ ˆyasea, ‘Ʉmwɨ aháandaa na wɨɨngɨ achwíjaa,’ nɨ ya kɨkomi.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Navatʉma mʉkachwe viintʉ sɨ ˆmwafʉmɨra irʉtɨra. Vaantʉ vɨɨngɨ vatʉmama mʉrɨmo woosi muruto, maa kaa, nyuunyu mooturya kʉnáálo ya uturikiri waavo.”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.”

39Vasamaría ˆvarɨ foo va ʉwo múuji wa Sikáari, vakamuruma Yéesu, sa vajáa vateera ˆvyeene ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki ajáa oonekya kɨkomi yoosea, “Mʉʉntʉ ʉhʉ aangwyɨ́ɨrɨɨre yoosi ˆmeene nawaayya tʉmama.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Aho, vara Vasamaría ˆvakafike kʉrɨ Yéesu, vakamʉkalaamya achaale aho meevo, ne akiikala novo kwa sikʉ ivɨrɨ.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Vasamaría ˆvarɨ foo vakamuruma sa yara ˆmeene alʉʉsáa.And many more believed because of His message.

42Vara vaantʉ vakamʉsea ʉra mʉʉntʉ muki, “Tamurúmire mʉʉntʉ ʉhʉ, sɨ sa masáare yaako vii ˆʉtʉwyɨ́ɨrɨɨre tʉkʉ, suusu veeneevyo tatéɨɨre ˆcheene yoolʉʉsa. Kei tatáangire kɨkomi mʉʉntʉ ʉhʉ nɨ Mʉlamuriri wa weerʉ.”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.”

43Sikʉ ivɨrɨ ˆjikalooke, Yéesu akiinʉka fuma Sikáari akatamanya na ɨsɨ ya Galiláaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Na Yéesu ajáa avaséire vapooji vaachwe, “Mʉláali na mʉtwe wa Ijʉva sɨ anyémiwaa nɨ vaantʉ va ɨsɨ ya yaachwe tʉkʉ.”Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45ˆAkafike Galiláaya, vaantʉ va Galiláaya vakamʉteengya vyabooha. Vamʉteengya sa mpɨɨndɨ ˆvajáa ʉko ngovi ya Paásika kʉra Yerusaléemu, vajáa voona yoosi ˆmeene Yéesu atʉmamáa.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.

46Yéesu akatamanya kei na múujii wa Káana ˆʉrɨ ɨsɨ ya Galiláaya. Aho múujii, noo haantʉ ˆajáa abweeyya maaji yakava diváai. Ʉko Kaperenáumu, kʉjáa kwatɨɨte mʉkʉ́ʉ́lʉ ʉmwɨ wa ɨsɨ. Ʉwo ajáa na mʉtavana waachwe mʉlwɨ́ɨrɨ.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.

47Haaha ʉwo mʉkʉ́ʉ́lʉ ˆakateere Yéesu uújire na Galiláaya fuma Yudéea, akatamanya na kʉrɨ Yéesu, maa akamʉkalaamya vatamanyanʼye na Kaperenáumu, sa akamʉhorye musinga waachwe ˆajáa alwɨ́ɨre sengerera kukwya.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.

48Aho, Yéesu akamʉsea, “Eri, sɨ mʉrɨ kuunduma vii tʉkʉ koonɨ sɨ mwɨɨ́ne isháara na viintʉ ˆvihwáalaryaa wʉʉ?”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Ʉra mʉkʉ́ʉ́lʉ akamʉsea Yéesu, “Aaɨ kalaama, hende tugiritanʼye musinga waanɨ viintʉ ˆakaarɨ sɨ anaakwya.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Aho, Yéesu akamʉsea, “Tamanya na kaayii, mwaana waako ahórire.” Ʉra mʉkʉ́ʉ́lʉ akaruma masáare ya Yéesu, maa akahɨndʉka na kaayii kwaachwe.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Viintʉ ˆajáa akaarɨ njirii, akalʉmana na vatʉmami vaachwe vakamʉsea, “Musinga ahoriré ndwáala yaachwe.”And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Jeyyo, akavuurya mpɨɨndɨ ndwáala yaándire mʉrekera. Vakamʉsea, “Niijo, mpɨɨndɨ ja mpoloonge.”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.”

53Aho, taáta waala ʉra musinga akataanga nɨ mpɨɨndɨ jijira Yéesu ˆaarɨ amʉseiré, “Mwaana waako ahórire.” Aho, yeeye na kaaya yaachwe vakamuruma Yéesu.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.

54Ɨhɨ nɨ isháara ya kavɨrɨ ˆngʼeene Yéesu atʉmama, ˆakahɨndʉke na Galiláaya fuma Yudéea.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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