John 4 (LTH) · Opened

1Eparicayo owinyo gïnï nï Yecu onwongo tye ka lökö jö na pol më bedo ëlübkörë ëka baticagï na löö Jon,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2adyer Yecu kikome ba obatica ngat mörö, ëntö ëlübkörë ënë obatica jïï.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Ï karë na Yecu ongeo köp ni, ën öya ökö kï ï lobo Yudea ëka ödök cen ï lobo më Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Ën myero owok ï lobo më Camaria.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Cë ën obino ï taun mörö më Camaria na nyïngë Cukar, na cwök kï ngöm na yam Jakob onwongo ömïö wode Yocepu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Kulo ka Jakob onwongo tye kunön, kite na Yecu onwongo owotho odhero ködë, ën obedo ï nget kulo. Caa onwongo dong cwök römö abicël më kiceng.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Ï karë na dhakö më Camaria obino më twömö pii, Yecu okobo nïnë nï, “Mïa pii mörö amodhi.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8(Ëlübkörë onwongo öcïdhö gïnï ï taun më wïlö cem.)(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Dhakö më Camaria okobo nïnë nï, “In ibedo Ayuda ëka an abedo dhakö më Camaria. Pïngö in ïkwaö pii kï botha më amodha?” (Pïën Eyuda ba rïbërë gïnï kï jö Camaria.)“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.)

10Yecu ögamö nïnë nï, “Ka onwongo ingeo mïc n'Obanga mïö ëka ngat na tye ka kwaöni pii më amodha, kono in ïkwaö ën cë ën onwongo twërö mïöni pii na mïö kwö.”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.”

11Dhakö ögamö nï, “Adwong, in ipe kï gin mörö më twömö pii ëka kulo thon thuth. In ïtwërö nwongo pii na mïö kwö ni kï kwene?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12In idit ïlöö kwaröwa Jakob n'ömïöwa kulo ni? Ën kikome omodho pii ni kanya acël k'ëthïnö mërë ëka kï leeni mërë.”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Yecu ögamö nï, “Jö kïbëc na bino modho pii ni örïö bino nekogï dökï,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14ëntö ngat mörö na bino modho pii na an abino mïö örïö ba bino neko dökï. Adyer, pii na an amïö bothe bino bedo wang pii na yenyo ï ïë naka ï kwö na ba thum.”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.”

15Dhakö okobo nïnë nï, “Adwong, mïa pii ni ëk örïö kür oneka ëka kür amëdara më bino kany më twömö pii.”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.”

16Yecu okobo nïnë nï, “Apë ïcïdh icwod cwori ëka idwogi cen kany.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Dhakö ögamö nï, “An ape k'ëcwö.” Cë Yecu okobo nïnë nï, “In ikobo atïr nï cwori ope.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Köp atïr ënë nï, in onwongo itye kï cwö abic, ëka ëcwö na in itye ködë kobedini ba obedo cwori. Gin na in ikobo nïna tye atïr.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Dhakö okobo nï, “Adwong, an anënö nï in ibedo adwarpïny.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Kwerewa wörö Obanga ï wi kidi ni, ëntö un Eyuda ikobo unu nï kabedo na jïï myero öwör Obanga ïë tye ï Jerucalem.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Cë Yecu okobo both dhakö nï, “Yee ï koma, dhakö, karë tye ka bino na jïï ba bino wörö Obanga Apap ï wi kidi ni onyo ï Jerucalem.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Un jö Camaria ïwörö unu gin na ba ingeo unu; wan ëwörö gin na wan engeo, pïën larë obino kï both Eyuda.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Ëntö karë tye ka bino ëka othuno dong ökö na jö na wörö Obanga bino wörö Apap ï cwiny ëka ï adyer, pïën gïn obedo koth jö n'Apap rangö.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.

24Obanga obedo tipo, ëka jö na wörö ën myero öwör gïnï ën ï cwiny ëka adyer.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Dhakö okobo nï, “Adwong, an angeo nï Meciya” (n'ecwodo nï Kiricito) “tye ka bino. Ka obino, ën bino kobo jami kïbëc bothwa.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Cë Yecu okobo both dhakö nï, “An ënön na tye ka twak kodi.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Ï caa nön cücüth ëlübkör Yecu odwogo ëka obedo gïnï kï ur më nwongo Yecu tye ka twak kï dhakö. Ëntö ngat mörö ba openyo nï, “Ngö na in ïmïtö?” onyo “Pïngö itye ka twak ködë?”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?”

28Cë dhakö öwëkö agulu pii mërë, ëka ödök cen ï taun cë okobo both jïï nï,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Bin, ïnën unu ëcwö n'okobo nïna jami kïbëc na yam an atïmö. Dhanö ni twërö bedo Meciya?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Jïï öya kï ï taun ëka öcïdhö gïnï both Yecu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Ï caa nön, ëlübkörë öbakö dhögï bothe nakun kobo gïnï nï, “Apwony, cam gin mörö.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Ëntö ën okobo bothgï nï, “An atye kï cem më acama na un ba ingeo gin mörö ïë.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Cë ëlübkörë ötwak ï kin-gï kën-gï nï, “Ngat mörö ba okelo nïnë cem?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yecu okobo nï, “Cemna obedo më tio gin na ngat n'oora mïtö ëka më cobo tic mërë.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Un ba ikobo nï, ‘Odong dwethe angwën ëka dong ëkaö kac’? An akobo niwu nï yab unu wangwu ëka ïnën unu pwothi! Cem dong öcëk ökö ëka örömö dong kac.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.

36Ngat na kaö nwongo öcara, ëka cökö kodhi më kwö na ba thum, ëk ngat na cwö kodhi ëka ngat na kaö obed gïnï kï yom cwiny kanya acël.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Pïën carolok kobo adyer nï, ‘Ngat acël cwö ëka ngat nökënë kaö.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38An aorowu më kaö gin na un ba itio pïrë. Jö nökënë ënë otio tic na tëk rwök, ëka un ïkaö adwogi më ticgï.”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.”

39Jö Camaria na pol kï ï taun nön oye gïnï ï kom Yecu pï köp na dhakö okobo nï, “Ën okobo nïna jami kïbëc na an abedo tïmö.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Ï karë na jö Camaria obino bothe, gïn ökwaö Yecu më bedo bothgï ëka ën obedo nïnö arïö.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Jö na pol oye gïnï ï kom Yecu pï köp mërë na gïn owinyo.And many more believed because of His message.

42Gïn okobo both dhakö nï, “Wan dong ba eye pï köp na in ikobo nïwa këkën; ëntö wan ewinyo kï ithwa, ëka wan engeo adyer nï dhanö ni obedo Alar më lobo.”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.”

43Kinge nïnö arïö ën öya öcïdhö yo Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44(Yecu kikome onwongo okobo cön nï adwarpïny ba ëwörö kï ï lobo mërë.)Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Ï karë na Yecu othuno ï Galilaya, jö më Galilaya öjölö ën. Gïn onwongo önënö jami kïbëc na ën obedo tïmö ï Jerucalem ï karama më Poth, pïën gïn thon onwongo tye kunön.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.

46Cë ën dökï odwogo yo Kana ï Galilaya, kanya ën onwongo ölökö pii ödökö köngö ölök. Adit mörö onwongo tye ï Kaperanaum na wode two.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.

47Ï karë na ën owinyo nï Yecu öya ökö kï ï Yudea, obino ï Galilaya, ën öcïdhö yo both Yecu ëka ökwaö ën më cïdhö cangö wode, n'onwongo dong cwök thöö.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.

48Yecu okobo nïnë nï, “Ka un ba ïnënö anyuth më tango ëka gin më aura, un ba ibino yee.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Adit okobo nïnë nï, “Adwong, bin n'athïn-na bara öthöö.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yecu ögamö nï, “In ïtwërö cïdhö. Wodi bino kwö.” Adit oye ï köp ka Yecu cë ödök yo pacö.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Na ën onwongo pod tye ï wanga yoo, atic mërë oromo ködë k'emuth nï wode tye na kwö.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Ën openyogï caa na kom athïn öcakö bedo na bër. Gïn okobo nï, “Two lyetho öya kï ï kome woro caa abïrö.”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.”

53Cë apap k'athïn önïang nï man ënë caa na Yecu onwongo okobo nï, “Wodi bino kwö.” Cë ën kï jö më ödë kïbëc oye gïnï ï kom Yecu.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.

54Man anyuth më tango më arïö na Yecu ötïmö, ï karë na ën öya kï Yudea ëka obino ï Galilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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