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1Yesu ayokaki ete Bafarizeo bazwi sango oyo ezali koloba ete akomi na bayekoli ebele koleka Yoane mpe azali kobatisa bato mingi koleka Yoane.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(Nzokande, Yesu Ye moko azalaki kobatisa te, kasi ezalaki nde bayekoli na Ye.)(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Boye, alongwaki na Yuda mpe azongaki na Galile.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Lokola asengelaki kolekela na Samari,Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5akomaki na engumba Sishari ya Samari, oyo ezalaki mosika te na elanga oyo Jakobi apesaki epai ya mwana na ye, Jozefi.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Nzokande libulu ya mayi ya Jakobi ezalaki kati na elanga yango. Boye lokola Yesu alembaki nzoto mpo na mobembo, avandaki pembeni ya libulu yango. Ezalaki pene ya ngonga ya midi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Tango mwasi moko ya engumba Samari akendeki kotoka mayi, Yesu alobaki na ye : — Pesa Ngai mayi mpo ete namela.When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8(Bayekoli ya Yesu bakendeki na engumba mpo na kosomba biloko ya kolia).(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Kasi mwasi yango alobaki : — Ebandi ndenge nini yo oyo ozali Moyuda osenga ngai, mwasi ya engumba Samari, mayi mpo ete omela ? —Pamba te Bayuda bazalaki koyokana te na bato ya Samari.—“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.)

10Yesu azongiselaki ye : — Soki oyebaki likabo ya Nzambe mpe nani oyo asengi yo mayi, ezali yo nde olingaki kosenga Ye mayi mpo ete omela, mpe Ye alingaki kopesa yo mayi ya bomoi.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.”

11Mwasi alobaki na Yesu : — Nkolo, ozali na eloko moko te mpo na kotoka mayi, mpe libulu ezali mozindo ; bongo mayi yango ya bomoi, olingaki kozwa yango wapi ?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Koko na biso, Jakobi, apesa biso libulu oyo ; ye moko mpe amela mayi na yango, elongo na bana na ye mpe bibwele na ye. Boni, okanisi ete oleki ye ?Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Yesu azongiselaki ye : — Moto nyonso oyo amelaka mayi oyo, ayokaka lisusu posa ya mayi ;Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14kasi moto oyo akomela mayi oyo Ngai nakopesa ye akoyoka lisusu posa ya mayi te : mayi oyo Ngai nakopesa ye ekokoma kati na ye lokola etima ya mayi oyo ekawukaka te mpe etiolaka kino na bomoi ya seko.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.”

15Mwasi yango alobaki na Yesu : — Nkolo, pesa ngai mayi yango mpo ete nayokaka lisusu posa ya mayi te mpe nazonga lisusu awa te mpo na kotoka mayi.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.”

16Yesu alobaki na ye : — Kende, benga mobali na yo mpe zonga awa.Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mwasi azongisaki : — Nazali na mobali te. Yesu alobaki na ye : — Ozali koloba penza ya solo ete ozali na mobali te,“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18pamba te ozalaki na mibali mitano ; mpe ye oyo ozali na ye sik’oyo azali mpe mobali na yo te. Boye likambo oyo owuti koloba ezali ya solo.In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mwasi yango alobaki na Yesu : — Nkolo, namoni ete ozali mosakoli.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Bakoko na biso, bato ya Samari, bagumbamelaki Nzambe na likolo ya ngomba oyo ; kasi bino, Bayuda, bolobaka ete esika epai wapi tosengeli kogumbamela ezali kati na Yelusalemi.Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu azongiselaki ye : — Mwasi, ndima Ngai : tango ezali koya, tango oyo bakogumbamela lisusu Tata te na likolo ya ngomba oyo to kati na Yelusalemi.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Bino, bato ya Samari, bogumbamelaka nzambe oyo boyebi te ; kasi biso, togumbamelaka Nzambe oyo toyebi, pamba te lobiko ewuti epai ya Bayuda.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Kasi tango ezali koya mpe esili na yango kokoka, tango oyo bagumbameli ya solo bokogumbamela Tata, kati na Molimo mpe kati na solo ; pamba te Tata alukaka bato oyo bogumbamelaka Ye na lolenge wana.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.

24Nzambe azali Molimo ; esengeli ete bato oyo bagumbamelaka Ye bagumbamela Ye kati na Molimo mpe kati na solo.God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mwasi alobaki na Yesu : — Nayebi ete Masiya azali koya, Ye oyo babengaka Klisto ; mpe tango akoya, akoyebisa biso makambo nyonso.The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu alobaki na ye : — Nazali Masiya, Ngai oyo nazali koloba na yo.Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Kaka na tango yango, bayekoli ya Yesu bazongaki. Bakamwaki mingi komona Yesu kosolola na mwasi. Kasi moko te kati na bango amekaki kotuna Ye : « Ozali koluka nini ? » to « Mpo na nini ozali kosolola na ye ? »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?”

28Bongo mwasi atikaki mbeki na ye wana, azongaki na engumba mpe alobaki na bato :Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29— Boya kotala moto oyo ayebisi ngai makambo nyonso oyo nasalaki. Akoki kozala Klisto te ?“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Bato babimaki longwa na engumba mpe bakendeki epai ya Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Na tango yango, bayekoli bazalaki kosenga na Yesu : — Rabi, lia.Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Kasi Yesu azongiselaki bango : — Ngai, nakolia bilei oyo bino boyebi te.But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Bongo bayekoli na Ye balobanaki bango na bango : — Boni, ekoki kozala na moto oyo amemelaki Ye bilei ?So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu alobaki na bango : — Bilei na Ngai ezali : kosala mokano ya Ye oyo atindaki Ngai mpe kosilisa mosala oyo apesaki Ngai.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Bino bolobaka : « Etikali sanza minei mpo ete tobuka mbuma kati na bilanga. » Kasi Ngai, nazali koloba na bino : bofungola miso na bino mpe botala malamu bilanga ; bambuma ekomeli mpe ekoki mpo na kobuka.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.

36Moto oyo azali kobuka azali komizwela lifuti mpe kosangisa bambuma mpo na bomoi ya seko. Boye, moloni mpe mobuki mbuma bazali kosepela elongo, bango mibale.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Awa nde ekokisami bosolo ya lisese oyo elobaka : « Moko alonaka, mosusu abukaka. »For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Natindaki bino kobuka bambuma ya elanga oyo bino bolonaki te ; ezali bato mosusu nde basalaki mosala, mpe bino bozali bobele kosepela na motoki ya bato mosusu.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.”

39Bato mingi ya Samari, oyo bazalaki kovanda kati na engumba wana bandimelaki Yesu mpo na litatoli oyo mwasi azalaki kopesa : « Ayebisi ngai makambo nyonso oyo nasalaki. »Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Tango bato ya Samari bayaki epai ya Yesu, basengaki na Ye ete avanda elongo na bango ; mpe Yesu avandaki elongo na bango mikolo mibale.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Bato ebele koleka bakomaki kondimela Ye mpo na maloba oyo Ye moko azalaki koloba.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bongo balobaki na mwasi wana : — Tondimi kaka te mpo na makambo oyo olobaki, pamba te biso moko toyoki sik’oyo mpe toyebi ete azali penza Mobikisi ya mokili.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.”

43Sima na mikolo mibale, Yesu alongwaki wana mpe akendeki na Galile.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Solo, Ye moko Yesu alobaki ete mosakoli azwaka lokumu te kati na ekolo na ye.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Tango akomaki na Galile, bato ya Galile bayambaki Ye, pamba te bango mpe bakendeki na Yelusalemi, na tango ya feti, mpe bamonaki makambo nyonso oyo asalaki kuna.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.

46Yesu ayaki lisusu na Kana ya Galile, epai wapi abongolaki mayi vino. Nzokande, na Kapernawumi, ezalaki na mokonzi moko ya basoda oyo mwana na ye ya mobali azalaki kobela.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.

47Tango ayokaki ete Yesu akomi na Galile longwa na Yuda, akendeki kokutana na Ye mpe asengaki na Ye ete akende kobikisa mwana na ye ya mobali oyo akomi pene ya kokufa.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.

48Yesu alobaki na ye : — Boni, bokondima kaka soki bomoni bilembo mpe bikamwa ?Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Mokonzi wana ya basoda alobaki : — Nkolo na ngai, yaka noki liboso ete mwana na ngai ya mobali akufa.“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu alobaki na ye : — Kende, mwana na yo ya mobali azali na bomoi. Moto yango andimaki maloba oyo Yesu alobaki mpe azongaki.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Wana azalaki kozonga, basali na ye bayaki kokutana na ye mpe bayebisaki ye : — Mwana na yo ya mobali abiki na bokono na ye.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Atunaki bango soki ezalaki na ngonga nini mwana abikaki. Bazongisaki : — Fievele etikaki ye lobi oyo eleki, na ngonga ya liboso sima na midi.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.”

53Tata asosolaki ete ezalaki kaka na ngonga oyo Yesu alobaki na ye : « Mwana na yo ya mobali azali na bomoi. » Bongo ye elongo na bato nyonso ya ndako na ye bandimaki.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.

54Oyo nde ezalaki likamwisi ya mibale oyo Yesu asalaki sima na Ye kozonga na Galile longwa na Yuda.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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