John 4 (MGV) · Opened

1Afalisayu bajowana Yesu jupata banafunzi bingi nukubatisa kupeta Yohana.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Lakini Yesu wee ngasejabatisi mundu ila banafunzi baki ndi bababiya bakabatisa bandu.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Ndienu Yesu pajajowa haga jaboka ku Yudea nukukelubuki ku Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Ejwabiya mwiindela kujenda ku Galilaya kwapalika jupetila ku Samalia.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Jahika ku Sikali musi gumu gogubii ku Samalia, pambipi nilituhi laka Yakobo leampeki mwana waki, joakema Josepu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Papuje sakabii kiliba saka Yakobu, Yesu jaatama pulutengu jikiliba, ndaba jabii jusokiki nukujenda. Papuje sabiya kiegali saa sita liyoba mutu.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Ndienu jahika mbomba jumu Nsamalia kuteka masi na Yesu ampwagila, “Nagumbeke masi ngunywi.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Kipindi se sela banafunzi baki bapiti ku musi kulomba kilebi.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Lakini mmbomba Nsamalia ampwagila Yesu, “Kubii bole weapa u Yaudi kunoba ne masi kipindi ne nu Msamalia?” Ndaba Ayaudi ngaseajongana na Asamalia.“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 ampwagila, “Ana wakamanyiki hindu yejupia Sapanga, kabee na ukummanyiki jojuguloba masi ga kunywa hoju, weapa ndi ukundoba, najombi jukugupekia masi gagaleta womi.”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.”

11Mmbomba jola ampwagila, “Bambu, weapa ngasegubi na sindu sukuteke masi ni kiliba se seno kilasu ngamaa. Henu gwipata kwaa, masi ga womi?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Wele ulibona gu nkolongu kupeta atati bitu Ayakobo? Jombi jutupekia twepani kiliba senze, mweni na bana baki ni mipugu jaki bakunywa masi jikiliba senze?”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 ampwagila. “Kila mundu jojukunywa masi ganga ngajilijowane nywita kabee,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14lakini jokapi jojikunywa masi ganampekia nepani ngajunkamwi nywita masoba goha. Masi ganumpekia gibiya nkati jaki ngati kiliba sa masi ga womi gajapekia womi wa masoba goha.”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.”

15Mmbomba jola ampwagila, “Bambo, gumbekia masi haga ili niibona nywita kabee, nihika kabee pamba kuteka masi.”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 ampwagila, “Jenda kunkema nndomi waku, guhika naku pamba.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mmbomba jola ampwagila, “Nepani ngase mii na mwanalome.” Yesu ampwagila, “Gupwajiki sakaka ngasegubii na mwanalome.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Ndaba wabii nakanalomi anhwano, na mwanalomi jogutama naku sajenu nga wako. Henu gupwajiki sakaka.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mmbomba jola japwaga, “Bambo, nee mona weapa umlota waka Sapanga.”“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20“Aka hoku bitu bundumbaliya Sapanga kukitombi senze, lakini mwa Ayaudi mwee mpwaga ku Yelusalemu ndi pandu papalika kungungamali Sapanga.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu ampwagila, “Amabo, guhobalya senumpwagi, gihika masoba ngamwalumbali Atati kukitombi ase, wala ku Yelusalemu.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Mwasamalia mwanganya munzinamii sapanga jwanga kummanya, lakini twepani tumanyiki jotunzinamii, ndaba ukombosi guhuma kwa Ayahude.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Lakini sihika kipindi, kabee tayali kihiki, kipindi se hesi bandu balumbali sakaka balumbaliya Atati sukulongoswa kwa Loho jaka Sapanga na sakaka. Ndaba Atati apala bandu babundumbali kwii ndela heji.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.

24Sapanga ndi Loho, nabombi babunzinamii kupalika kunzinamii kwa Loho jaka Sapanga na sakaka.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mbomba jola ampwagila, “Numanyiki Masia jobukema Kilisitu Nkombosi, jutenda kuhika, nikipindi sejihika jutupwajila kila sindu.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu ampwagila, “Nepani nenonge nawe, ndi Masiya.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Muda agolagola banafunzi baka Yesu batenda kuhika, nabombi basangii kumbona jakalongila numbomba. Lakini nga jumu kati ja banafunzi bala joandalukiya mmbomba jola, “Gupala kike?” Wala nga jumu joandalukiya Yesu, “Ndabaja kii gulonge nu mmbomba ajojo?”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?”

28Ndienu mmbomba jola juguleka nndundu waki wa masi, jajenda ku musi, kalandi bandu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Uhikaniya mumbona mundu jojumpwaji majambu goka gahengiki. Boo kuwesikana jonzo ndi wa Kilisituje?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Ndipala bandu bapita mmusi gola nukunzende Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Kipindi se sela banafunzi baki bundoba Yesu bakapwaga, “Mbola, kulaa kilebi!”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Lakini jaapwagila, “Nepani mii ni kilebi sangakukimanya mwanganya.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Ndipala banafunzi batumbuliya kulaluana, “Boo jubii mundu joandeti kilebe?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu jaapwagila, “Kilebi sangu nenga ndi kuhenga sejupala jola jojundumiki nukujomo lihengu laki.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Mmbanganya uyobali kupwaga, ‘Jihigali miehi nsese pee kuhika masoba gukuhusa.’ Lakini nenupwagi, nndingaliya mwagabona matuhi egabii tayali kuhusa!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.

36Jojuhusa jukuba jujopiki nsalaha najombi jukusanya ilebi kwa ajili ja womi wa masoba goha, ndi jojupanda na jojuhusa bitoguliya pamu.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Kwa ndaba heji malobi ganga ga sakaka, ‘Mundu jumu jutenda kupanda na jongi jutenda kuhusa apwaga sakaka.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Nepani nutumiki mwanganya kutuhi kuhusa ilebi yeyuye mwanganya ngasemwapandike, bangi bahengiki lihengu lukupanda lakini mwanganya uhusa ilebi yeapandiki bangi.”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.”

39Asamalia bingi ba musi gola buhobali Yesu ndaba ja malobi gajapwaga mmbomba jola, “Jambwajila majambu goka ganabii nagahengiki.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Ndipala Asamalia pabuhikila Yesu, bundoba jutama nabu pamu, najombi jatama kola masoba mabele.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Bandu bingi ngamaa buhobali Yesu ndaba ja malobi gaka mmbomba jola.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bandu be haba bumpwajila mmbomba jola, “Henu tuhobali ila nga ndaba ja malobi gaku pena, ndaba twepani twabeti kabee tumanyiki sakaka jonzo ndi Nkombosi jupundema poti.”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.”

43Pagapeta masoba mabeli, Yesu jaboka kola jajenda ku Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Ndaba mweni Yesu japwaga bila kuhiya, “Mlota ngasejujetakeka mmusi waki mwene.”Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Ndienu pajwahika ku Galilaya benei bunzopiki, ndaba bagabweni majambu goha gajahenga Yesu ku Yelusalemu kwa tipati ja Pasaka.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.

46Ndienu Yesu jakelubuka kabee ku musi uku Kana gogubii ku Galilaya, pandu pajang'alumbua masi kuba divai. Kola jwabii kilongosi jwakabii na mwana nngonzu musi uku Kapelinaumu.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.

47Kilongosi jola ejwajowana Yesu juhikiki ku Galilaya kuhuma ku Yudea, anzendila Yesu ahingamakiya jujenda akundamisa mwana waki jojabii lahilahi.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 ampwagila, “Ana ngasembweni nginyuli na ndonduke ngauhobalele Sapanga.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Kilongosi jola ampwagila, “Bambo, nuguloba guhika kwangu kabula mwanawango ngasejuwile.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu ampwagila, “Jenda pena mwana waku julamike!” Mundu jola jaamua kuhobale lilobi laka Yesu lejwapwaga najombi jaamua kubuja.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Pajwabii mwindela jaketangana na atumisi baki bumpwajila, “Mwanawaku we mwomi!”And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Jombi jalalukiya saa kike mwana wa pajatumbuliya kuba sapi, nabombi bumpwagila, “Jombi jalama saa saba lioba mutu.”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.”

53Ndienu atati bala bakombuka muda ngati agolagola Yesu pabumpwajila, “Mwana waku julamike.” Ndipala jombi na akakosi baki buhobaliya 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.

54Heji ndi nginyuli jukusangasa ja pili jejahenga Yesu pajabiya juhuma ku Yudea jujenda ku Galilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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