John 4 (MGH2016)

1Amafarisayo nkayeewa wiira Yesu nowaapatta owiittucha enchi ni wabatiiza waapwaha Nayohana.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Yesu mwanene khambatinze ntu, nansho owiittucha awe phi abatiiza attu.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Paahi etu Yesu veewilhe awe mwaha wolhumachiya, nkaathama Uyudea nkaahokolhia Ugalilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Vaari awe munkwahani mmo, nkaavirelha iwani yo Usamariya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Wowo Usamariya uwo nkaaphiya Usukari, iwani yaatamenrie imata i Nayakhobo yaavanhe aya anaya, Nayusufu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Ilhushi i Nayakhobo yaari vavawo. Yeyo ikatema iyo yaari uthana variyari, ni Yesu aari noochelhe wo nkwaha, nkeettuwa vachereshere ilhushi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Nthiyana mmoka Nsamariya nkaawa urikani maashi, Yesu nkaamwiirelha, “Nkivahe maashi kiwurie.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Yeyo ikatema iyo, owiittucha awe yaari anakelhanche umawani uuthumani yolhia.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Nansho yoyo nthiyana uyo nkaamwiirelha Yesu, “Inyuva mwa Ayahudi, miyaano ki Nsamariya, nnooria chani ukivekelha mii maashi o wuria?” Olhumacha chiicho ukhalhawaya Ayahudi khayaari yaathanaka ni Asamariya.“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 nkaakhulha, ikaari nchuwelhaka izawadi ya Nlhuku inothanana awe uuvahani, ni unchuwelha mpani nowiirelhani, “ ‘Nkivahe maashi kiurie’ mwaanonvekelha ni uyo anouvahani maashi anowiiha ukumi.”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.”

11Yoyo nthiyana uyo nkeera, “Pwiiya, inyuva khanrina indowo yo urikelha maashi ni ilhushi ene inarekamme. Nnaapatteke vayi maashi ari ni ukumi?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Athumwanihu Nayakhobo ni achishaana aya ni mihuwo chaya yaawuriacha vava.” Chani etu woonaka nneepanga ukhalha olhupalhe waapwaha yayo Nayakhobo ayo?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 nkaakhulha, “Onkhaye anowuria alha maashi alha anowolhiya nttona tho,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14nansho ntu nohalha uwuria maashi anohalha aka ummaha mii, khanowolhiya nttona tho. Wo ikekhiaye, maashi anohalha aka ummaha, anowa ukhalha nrapo ninothekhuma maashi anowiiha ukumi. Ukumi wo mahuku o uhimalha.”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.”

15Yoyo nthiyana uyo nkeera, “Pwiiya, nkakivaheni yayo maashi ayo! Kihoone nttona tho, mena kihiwe tho uurikani maashi vaa.”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 nkeera, “Nrwee mweehane owannyu mwaawane vaa.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Nthiyana uyo nkaakhulha “Miyaano khakirina alhopwana,” Yesu nkeera, “Nhohimia ikekhiaye wiira khanrina alhopwana.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Ukhalhawaya mwahothelhiya ni manyaalhopwana athanu, ni ayo nnaakhalhana inyu vano ayo kahena owaninyu. Vavawo nhohimia ikekhiaye.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Nthiyana uyo nkaamwiirelha Yesu, “Pwiiya, kinoona wiira inyuva phi anamilhohi.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Manyaapwiiya ihu yanthimicha Nlhuku vachulhu ulha mwaako ulha, nansho mwaattiva Ayahudi va nnoniirelha wiira nipuro no nthimicha Nlhuku phi Uyerusalemu ulhe.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu nkaamwiirelha, “Maanyi nkirumelhelheke etu, mahuku anowa vahinowa inyu waathimicha Athithi vachulhu ulha mwaako ulha, mena Uyerusalemu.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Mwaattiva Asamariya va nnonthimicha ulhe nhinonchuwelha inyu. Nansho hii Ayahudi va ninonchuwelha ninonthimicha ihu, ukhalhawaya woopolhiya unchokholhelha wa Ayahudi.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Nansho mahuku anoowa ni ayo ahomalha uphiya, wo ikuru yo Iphumu ya Nlhuku, attu anowa waathimicha Athithi wo ikeekhene, ni waathimicha wo iphiro ye ikeekhene inothanana aya.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.

24Nlhuku phi Iphumu. Chiichammo etu, attu anonthimicha anthananiya anthimicheke wo Iphumu ya Nlhuku ni ikeekhene thoko chiri awe.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Nthiyana uyo nkaahimia, “Kihochuwelha wiira Kuristo Moopolhi noowa. Vanohalha awe uwa, nonichuwelhiha chittu chonkhaye.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu nkaakhulha, “Mii kinoolhumacha ni inyuva va, phi Yoyo.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Yeyo ikatema iyo owiittucha awe Yesu nkayaahokolhiacha, nkayaashangacha chinene umwoona aarerihaka ni nthiyana. Nansho khaawo ntu ankonhe nthiyana ulhe, “Nnothananani?” Ama unkoha Yesu, “Nnaarerihani ni alha?”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?”

28Paahi etu nthiyana uyo nkaahiya mwaapu awe, nkaarwa umawani u waahimeriani attu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Nkawaani mmwe mwaamona ntu kihimenrie mwaha kipangilhe aka wonkhaye. Chani khinooria wiira yoyo phi Kuristo Moopolhi?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Attu nkayaathamacha mmawani nkayaarwaa uumwonani Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Yeyo ikatema iyo owiittucha awe yaari ampepechaka amwirelhaka, “Owiittuchiha, nlhieke yolhia!”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Nansho Yesu nkeerelha, “Miyaano kihanaa yolhia nhinochuwelha inyu mwaattiva.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Owiittucha awe nkayaakohanacha ashineneru, “Chani hawo ntu ammwinhenre yolhia?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu nkeerelhacha, “Yolhia yaangu iri phi uvara mitheko chaya alhe akirumme ni utimiriha chinothanana aya.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Mwaattiva nneera, ‘Chihohalha mieri micheshe, nlhaalha uphiye.’ Nansho miyaano kinouhimeriani wiira, mmweheke mmamatani chinre aya, cholhia chihaaya wo ukhunguriya!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.

36Ntu o ukhungura noolhiviya mahalha awe, athokoreriaka cholhia wo nlhatu no ukumi wo mahuku o uhimalha. Chiichammo etu ntu naalha ni ntu nokhungura anowa aashangarara vamoka.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Wo yoyo nlhatu uyo etu nna nulhumo nna phi ikeekhene, ‘Mmoka phi naalha ni nkina nokhungura.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Miyaano kuurummeni wiira mwakhungure cholhia mmamatani mwahaalhimme inyu, akina phi alhimme, nansho mwaattiva nnopuha wo ntukutta naya.”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.”

39Attu enchi o Usamariya yahonrumelhelha Yesu wo malhove aahimiechesha awe yoyo nthiyana uyo wiira, “Hokihimeria mwaha wonkhaye waapanga aka.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Attu o Usamariya nkayanrwelha Yesu, nkayanlhepelha wiira akhalhe vavawo. Nkaalhokelha wowo wo mahuku melhi.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Attu enchi akina nkayaarumelhelha nttenga wa Yesu,And many more believed because of His message.

42nkayerelha athiyana alhe wiira, “Vano hii ninorumelhelha kuhiwe wo nlhatu no malhove inyu. Nansho niheewa naashinene, ni uchuwelha wiira we ikeekhene yolha ntu ulha phi Moopolhi o ilhapo.”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.”

43Avireke mahuku melhi, Yesu nkaathama wowo, nkaarwa Ugalilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Yesu aarwaa mwanene ukhalhawaya ahohimiechesha wiira, “Namilhohi khanothimichiya uwannyawe.”Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Aphiyeke Ugalilaya, attu yahompochera, ukhalhawaya ni ayo yaari Uyerusalemu uwo unlhiani Pasaka. Nkayoona chittu chonkhaye chaapanganche awe ikatema yo Pasaka iyo.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 nkaahokolhia tho Ukaana ilhapo yo Ugalilaya waathathunshe awe maashi ukhalha idivai. Wowo ahaawo nholhelhi mmoka upuwani u Naherode, aari ni mwaana mmirawo nreta iwani yo Ukapenaumu.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.

47Yoyo veewilhe awe wiira Yesu howa Ugalilaya ukhuma Uyudea, nkanrwelha ni unlhepelha wiira anttukane Ukapernaumu anlhamihe mwaana awe mmirawo aari nreta chinene.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 nkaamwirelha, “Khaawo ntu nohalha urumelhelha aahoneke ithikineha ni cho ushangiha.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Yoyo nholhelhi uyo nkaakhulha, “Thithi, shontee, nngwee mwaana aka hinakhwa.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu nkaamwirelha, “Nrweeke etu, mwaana inyu noolhama!” Yoyo ntu uyo nkaarumelhelha malhove a Yesu nkaarwa.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Vaari awe mphironi ahokolhiaka uwani, akarumiya awe nkayaawa ni unhimeria wiira, “Mwammirawo inyu nreta uyo holhama!”And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Nkaakoherera ikatema ureta vanhiilhe aya mwaana, ni ayo nkayaakhulha, “Nchana uthana, ureta phi nhiyalhe aya.”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.”

53Paahi etu athumwane mwaana ayo nkayoopuwelha wiira, yaari yelhe ikatema yaahimiye ni Yesu ilhe venre awe, “Mwaana inyu noolhama.” Vavawo etu yayo vamoka ni alhoko aya onkhaye, nkayanrumelhelha Yesu.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.

54Ilha yaari yo ushangiha yo nayelhi yaapannge awe Yesu vaari awe akhumaka Uyudea alhukamaka Ugalilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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