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1Ba-Falisye kuwaka ti Yesu vwandaka lutila Yowane na kuzwa mpe kubotika bantu.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(Na kutala mbote, Yesu vwandaka botika ve, kasi ni bilandi ya yandi.)(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Ntangu Yesu kuwaka mambu yayi yina bantu vwandaka tuba, yandi bikaka Zude, mpe vutukaka na Ngalili.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Samu na kukuma na Ngalili, yandi fwanaka lutila na Samaliya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Yandi kumaka na mbanza Sisale na Samaliya, pene-pene na bilanga yina Yakobi pesaka na mwana ya yandi Yosefi.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Ni kuna vwandaka dibulu ya maza ya Yakobi. Yesu vwandaka me lemba samu na nzyetolo, mpe vwandaka pema pene-pene ya dibulu. Ya lendaka vwanda ngunga ya midi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Kento mosi ya Samaliya kwizaka samu na kuteka maza, mpe Yesu tubilaka yandi: «Pesa munu maza ya kunwa.»When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8(Bilandi ya yandi vwandaka me kwenda na mbanza samu na kusumba madya.)(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Kasi kento ya Samaliya vutulaka: «Nge kele Zwife, mpe mu kele mu-Samaliya. Wapi mutindu nge ke na kulomba munu maza?» (Ba-Zwife vwandaka ve na kintwadi na bantu ya Samaliya.)“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 tubaka: «Kana nge zabaka dikabu ya Nzambi, mpe nani kele muntu yina ke na kulomba nge maza ya kunwa, ni nge zolaka lomba yandi yawu, mpe yandi zolaka pesa nge maza yina ke pesaka luzingu.»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.”

11Kento zonzaka: «Mfumu, nge kele ata na kantini samu na kuteka maza, mpe dibulu yayi kele yinda. Na yina, wapi mutindu nge ke kuzwa maza yango yina ke pesaka luzingu?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Nkooko ya beto Yakobi pesaka beto dibulu yayi, mpe yandi mosi, na bana ya yandi, mpe bibulu ya yandi kunwaka maza yayi. Nge zola kutuba ti nge me lutila yandi mfunu?»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 vutulaka: «Konso muntu yina ke kunwa maza yayi ke kuzwa dyaka nsatu ya maza.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Kasi muntu yina ke kunwa maza yina mu ke pesa ke kuzwa dyaka ve nsatu ya maza. Maza yina mu ke pesa ke kuma na yandi mukelo yina ke pesa luzingu 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.”

15Na yina, kento tubaka: «Mfumu, pesa munu maza yango, samu ti mu vwanda dyaka ve na nsatu ya kunwa maza, mpe mu kwiza dyaka ve kuteka maza awa.»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 tubilaka yandi: «Kwenda bokila bakala ya nge, mpe beno kwiza awa.»Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Kento vutulaka: «Mu kele ve na bakala.» Yesu tubaka dyaka: «Nge me zonza butsyelika na kutuba ti nge kele ve na bakala,“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18samu ti nge kwelaka bambala tanu, mpe bakala yina ke na nge ntangu yayi kele ve bakala ya nge. Na yina, nge me tubila munu butsyelika.»In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Kento tubaka: «Mfumu, mu ke na kutala ti nge kele mumbikudi.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Bankooko ya beto vwandaka sambila Nzambi na mongo yayi. Kasi beno ba-Zwife, beno ke tubaka ti kisika ya kusambila Nzambi kele na Yelusalemi.»Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu zabisaka yandi: «Kwikila munu. Bilumbu ke kwiza ntangu bantu ke sambila dyaka ve Tata ata na mongo yayi, to na Yelusalemi.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Beno bantu ya Samaliya, beno zaba ve nani beno ke sambilaka. Kasi beto ba-Zwife, beto zaba nani beto ke sambilaka, samu ti mpulusu ke katukaka na ba-Zwife.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Kasi ngunga me kuma pene-pene, mpe yawu me kuma yimeni, ntangu misambidi ya tsyelika ke sambila Nzambi na kimpeve mpe na butsyelika. Ni misambidi ya mutindu yina Tata ke sosaka.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.

24Nzambi kele Mpeve, mpe ya me fwana ti bayina ke na kusambila yandi, sambila yandi na kimpeve mpe na butsyelika.»God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Kento tubilaka dyaka Yesu: «Mu zaba ti Masiya, muntu yina ba ke bokilaka Klisto ke kwiza, mpe ti ntangu yandi ke kwiza, yandi ke zabisa beto mambu nyonso.»The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu vutulaka: «Ni munu, muntu yina ke na kuzonza na nge.»Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Na ntangu yina, bilandi kumaka na kisika yina vwandaka Yesu na kento yina. Bawu yitukaka mingi na kutala ti Yesu vwandaka zonza na kento. Kasi, ata kilandi yufulaka: «Wapi mambu nge ke na kuyufula yandi?» To «Samu na yinki nge ke na kuzonzisa kento yayi?»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?”

28Kento bikaka diyuki ya yandi kuna. Yandi vutukaka na mbanza, mpe tubaka na bantu:Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29«Beno kwiza kutala muntu yina me zabisa munu mambu nyonso yina mu salaka. Yandi lenda kuvwanda Masiya?»“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Na yina, bantu basikaka na mbanza samu na kukwiza na kisika yina Yesu vwandaka.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Na ntangu yina, bilandi vwandaka kwamisa Yesu: «Mulongisi, kudya!»Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Kasi Yesu zabisaka bawu: «Mu kele na madya yina beno zaba ve.»But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Na yina, bilandi vwandaka yufula bawu na bawu: «Ya lenda kuvwanda na muntu yina me natina yandi madya?»So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Kasi Yesu zabisaka bawu: «Madya ya munu, ni kusala luzolo ya Nzambi yina fidisaka munu, mpe kumanisa mbote kisalu ya yandi.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Beno ke tubaka: Bangonda yiya fwana kuluta ntete na kukuma na ntangu ya kuyonzika bambuma. Kasi mu ke na kutubila beno: Beno zibula meso, mpe beno tala bilanga. Bambuma me yela mpe ntangu ya kubuka me kuma.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.

36Muntu yina me buka yawu me kuzwa yimeni difuta ya yandi, mpe yandi me yonzika bambuma samu na luzingu ya mankululu. Na yina, kikuni na kiyonziki ke na kuyangalala kintwadi.»Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Kingana yayi kele ya tsyelika: «“Muntu ya nkaka ke kunaka, mpe muntu ya nkaka ke yonzikaka.”For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Mutindu mosi, mu fidisaka beno samu na kuyonzika na bilanga yina bantu ya nkaka salaka. Bantu ya nkaka salaka, kasi beno me kuzwa ndandu na kisalu ya bawu.»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.”

39Bantu mingi ya mbanza yina kwikilaka Yesu samu na kimbangi yina kento salaka: «Yandi me zabisa munu mambu nyonso yina mu salaka.»Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Ntangu bantu ya Samaliya kwizaka na sika ya Yesu, bawu lombaka yandi na kuvwanda kintwadi na bawu, mpe yandi lutisaka bilumbu zole kuna.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Bantu lutilaka dyaka mingi na kukwikila Yesu samu na mambu yina yandi vwandaka zonza.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bawu tubaka na kento yina: «Beto ke na kukwikila yandi, kaka ve samu na mambu yina nge me zabisa beto, kasi beto mosi me kuwa mambu yina yandi me zonza, mpe beto me zaba ti ya tsyelika, yandi kele Muvuukisi ya bantu.»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.”

43Na manima ya bilumbu zole yina, Yesu bikaka mbanza yina, mpe kwendaka na Ngalili,After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44samu ti yandi mosi vwandaka me zonza: «Ba ke zitisaka ve mumbikudi na mbanza ya yandi.»Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Ntangu yandi kumaka na Ngalili, bantu yambaka yandi mbote, samu ti bawu mpe vwandaka na Yelusalemi na mukembo ya Paki. Bawu vwandaka me tala bimangu nyonso yina yandi vwandaka me sala 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.

46Na manima, yandi vutukaka na mbanza Kaana na Ngalili, kisika yandi kitulaka maza na vinu. Kalaka ya luyalu vwandaka kuna. Mwana ya yandi ya bakala vwandaka na kimbevo kuna na mbanza Kapenawume.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.

47Ntangu yandi kuwaka ti Yesu bikaka Zude samu na kukwiza na Ngalili, yandi kwendaka na sika ya Yesu, mpe lombaka yandi na kwiza kubelusa mwana ya yandi yina vwandaka pene-pene na lufwa.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 zabisaka yandi: «Kana beno tala ve bidimbu mpe mambu ya ngitukulu, beno lenda kukwikila ve.»Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Kasi kalaka ya luyalu vwandaka tatamana, mpe tubaka: «Mfumu, kwiza na yinzo ya munu ntete mwana ya munu kufwa.»“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu zabisaka yandi: «Vutuka na yinzo. Mwana ya nge kele moyo.» Bakala yina kwikilaka na mambu yina Yesu zabisaka yandi, mpe vutukaka na yinzo ya yandi.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Na nzila, ntangu yandi vwandaka vutuka na yinzo, bisadi ya yandi kwizaka bwabana yandi, mpe tubaka: «Mwana ya nge kele moyo.»And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Yandi yufulaka bawu: «Na wapi ngunga mwana belukaka?» Bisadi vutulaka: «Dibawu manisaka yandi mazono na ngunga ya ntete ya manima ya 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.”

53Na yina, tata ya mwana bambukaka moyo ti ni na ngunga yina Yesu zabisaka yandi: «Mwana ya nge kele moyo.» Katuka ntangu yina, yandi mpe dikanda ya yandi nyonso kwikilaka.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.

54Yayi ni kidimbu ya zole yina Yesu salaka na Ngalili, ntangu yandi katukaka na Zude.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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