John 4 (MPA) · Opened

1Mafalisayo bhakajowini kubha Yesu abhapata bhabhulwa bhamaheli kupeta Yohana, na kubhabatiza bhandu.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Nambu nga Yesu mweni joakabhi abatiza bhandu, nambu bhabhulwa bhaki,(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Bhela Yesu paakajowini mambu ghanihagha akabhokiki ku inchi ja Yudea, na akakelawiki kabheti mbaka ku Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Pamwanja ghonihoghu ikampaliki kupeta ku muchi wa Samalia.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Bhela akahikiki ku muchi wa ku Samalia, ghoulowakeka Sikali, pambipi na ngonda ghola Yakobo ghoakumpeki Yusufu mwana waki.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Na panihapa pakabhi na chilibha chaka Yakobo. Bhela Yesu, kwa ndandi akatondiki na mwanja waki, akatami pambipi na pachilibha pala. Kukabhi ngati saa sita ja muhi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Bhela akahikiki mbomba Msamalia kuteka machi. Yesu akumpwaghile, “Mbekya machi ngunywaje.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Kwa ndandi chikahi hechi bhabhulwa bhaka Yesu bhakapiti kumbwani kuheme chilebhe.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Bhela mbomba Msamalia jola akumpwaghi Yesu, “Bho, kubhi bholi wehapa wa Myahude kupala machi kwangu nepani, koni nepani nu mbomba Msamalia?” Maghambu Bhayahude ngachebhajongana na Bhasamalia hata pachokope.“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 akamuyangiki, na kumpwaghila, “Ngati ukamanyiki chindu chela Chapanga cheapala kukupekeha, najombi nde nane joakupwaghila, ‘Mbekya machi ngunywaje,’ ukabya unjopiki jombi, najombi akabya akupekihi machi ghaghabhi ghomi.”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.”

11Mbomba jola akumpwaghile, “Bambo, ngacheubhi na chindu cha kutekela machi, na chilibha nde chilachu. Bho, ughapatiki kwaku machi ghanihagha ghaghabhi ghomi?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Bho, wehapa ubhi unkolongwa kupeta tati witu Yakobo, joakatupeki chilibha chenu, najombi akanywili machi ghaki, na bhana bhaki, na hinyama yaki?”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 akamuyangiki, na kumpwaghila, “Kila joakunywa machi aghagha anaabhona nywita kabhete.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Nambu mundu jokapi joanakunywa machi ghala ghaananumpekya nepani ngaibhoni inywita mileli. Nambu machi ghala ghaananupekya anaghabya chemichemi ja machi mkati jaki, ghakajitikaje womi wa mileli.”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.”

15Mbomba jola akapwaghike, “Bambo, umbekya machi ghanihagha, nganibhona inywita kabhete, wala nganihika kabhete pambane kuteka machi.”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 akumpwaghile, “Jendaje ukundoha ndomi waku, na uhika naku pambane.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mbomba jola akamuyangiki, na kupwagha, “Ngachemili na ndomi wangu.” Yesu akumpwaghile, “Uyangiki wichu, ngacheubhi na ndomi waku.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Kwa ndandi ubhi na akanalomi nhwanu, na mwanalomi joubhi naku sajenu nga ndomi wako, panihapa upwaghiki chakaka.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mbomba jola akumpwaghile, “Bambo, mona kubha wehepa wa mlota waka Chapanga.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Akahoko bhitu bhakabhi bhajojabhela pa chitombi achechi, nanamu mpwagha kubha ku Yelusalemu nde pandu pa chakaka pa kunjojabhela Chapanga.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu akumpwaghile, “Mbomba, unhobhalyaje chembwagha, machobha ghahika ambapu ngamwanjojabheli Atati pa chitombi achechi, 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.

22Mwenga Bhasamalia mkijojabhela changa kuchimanya, nambu tepani tujojabhela chetukimanya, maghambu ukengaleku uhuma kwa Bhayahude.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Nambu chikahi chihika, na chombi chihikike, ambapu bhajojabhela bha chakaka anabhunjojabya Atati mu Roho Mhuhu na mu chakaka. Kwa ndandi Atati abhalonda bhandu ngati bhanihaba bhunjojabyaje.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.

24Chapanga nde Roho, na bhombi bhabhunjojabhe jombi ibhapalika kunjojabhela mu Roho Mhuhu na mu chakaka.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mbomba jola akumpwaghile, “Manyi kubha anahika Masihi, joalowakeka Kristo, najombi paanahikaje, jombi anaatuhyekulyaje mambu ghokapi.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu akamuyangike, “Nepani nenongela na wehapa, nde Masihi.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Panihapa bhakahikiki bhabhulwa bhaki, bhakakangichi ndandi Yesu akabhi alongela na mbomba, nambu njeta hata jumu joakapwaghike, “Bho, ulonda kike?” Au, kundalukila, “Bho, mbona ulongela na mbomba?”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?”

28Bhela mbomba jola akachilekiki chihulu chaki, na kujenda kumbwane, na kubhapwaghi bhandu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Muhikaje, mumbona mundu joambwaghi mambu ghokapi ghanhengike. Bho, iwezekana le kubha hajoju nde Kristo?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Bhela bhandu bhakahumiki kumbwani, na bhakunjendili Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Kunyuma kola bhabhulwa bhakabhi bhundobha, bhakapwaghaje, “Mbola, ukula chilebhe!”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Yesu akabhapwaghile, “Nepani mi na chilebhe changa kuchimanya mwehapa.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Bhela bhabhulwa bhaka Yesu bhakapwaghanile, “Bho, kubhi na mundu joandeti chilebhe?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu akabhapwaghile, “Chilebhi changu nde achechi, naghatendaje mapalu ghaki jola joandumike, na kujomola lihengu laki.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Bho, mwehapa ngachempwagha, ‘Jikona myehi nchechi, nde paghihika mahunu?’ Lingalyaje, nepani numpwaghila, nkwehaje mihu ghinu mujilingalya mighonda, kubha chilebhi mungonda chijomwi kukoma, na chibhi tayali kwa mahunu.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.

36Na jombi joahuna ajopalela malepu ghaki, na kubhongana mahunu kwa ndandi ja womi wa mileli, nahuli jola joapanda na jola joahuna bhapata kuhekalela papamu.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Kwa ndandi panihapa lilobhi leniheli likubha chakaka kubha, ‘Jumu apanda, na jongi kuhuna.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Nenga nakuntumiki mughahuna ghala ghanga kughahangajakila, bhangi bhakahengiki lihengu lelinonwipe, nanamu mpatiki nyonjeka kubhokana na lihengu labhu lelinonwipe.”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.”

39Na ku muchi wa Bhasamalia ghola bhandu bhamaheli bhakunhobhali Yesu kwa ndandi ja kulandila kwaka mbomba jola, joakalandili kubha, “Akambwaghi mambu ghokapi ghanakahengike.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Bhela Bhasamalia bhala pabhakunjendi Yesu, bhakundobhiki atama kwabhu, najombi akatami konikola machobha ghabhele.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Bhandu bhamaheli nakanopi bhakahobhalili kwa ndandi ja malobhi ghaka Yesu.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bhakumpwaghi mbomba jola, “Henu tuhobhalela, wala nga kwa ndandi ja malobhi ghaku pela, maghambu tepani tujowini tabhete, na tumanyi kubha chakaka hajoju nde Kristo, Mkengalela wa ndema.”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.”

43Bhela paghapetiki machobha ghabheli hagha Yesu akabhokiki konihoku, na kujenda ku Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Kwa ndandi Yesu mweni akapwaghiki, “Mlota waka Chapanga ngacheapata utopelu mu inchi jaki mwene.”Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Bhela paakahikiki ku Galilaya, Bhagalilaya bhakunjopalili, kwa ndandi bhanganya habha na bhombi bhakapiti ku uwangalalu wa Pasaka, na bhakaghaweni mambu ghokapi Yesu ghaakahengiki ku Yelusalemu kola chikahi cha uwangalalu hoghu.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.

46Bhela akahikiki kabheti ku Kana ja Galilaya, panihapa paakaghatendiki machi kubha divai. Panihapa pakabhi na ofisa jumu joakabhi na mwana waki mtamwa ku Kapelenaumu hoku.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.

47Jombi paakajowini kubha Yesu ahikiki kuhuma ku Yudea mbaka ku Galilaya, akunjendili, akundobhiki ahelalaje na ajendaje kundamiha mwana waki joakabhi mtamwa, kwa ndandi akabhi pambipi kupotela.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.

48Bhela Yesu akumpwaghile, “Nanga kubhona nginyulila na ngangachu, ngamwihobhaleli ng'o.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Ofisa jola akumpwaghile, “Bambo, chondi uhelalaje mangani mwana wangu ngacheapotile.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu akumpwaghile, “Ujendaje, mwana waku alamike.” Mundu jola akalihobhali lilobhi lela leakalongi Yesu, najombi akapiti.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Na paakabhi ahelela, bhatumika bhaki bhakunjopalile, bhakapwaghaje, “Mwana waku alamike!”And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Bhela akabhalalukili lisaa paakatumbwi kubha wichu, na bhombi bhakumpwaghili, “Lichu, saa saba ja muhi, chitamu chakundekike.”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.”

53Bhela tati waki akamanyiki kubha lisaa lelalela leakumpwaghi Yesu, “Mwana waku alamike.” Jombi na bhokapi bha munyumba jaki bhakunhobhali 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.

54Jeniheji nde nginyulila ja kabheli jeakahengiki Yesu, paakabhi ahuma ku Yudea kujenda ku Galilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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