John 4 (NKN) · Opened

1Honi omo Muene uatantekeyele nguendi Vafaliseo vanovu nguavo Yesu alinakuuana nakumbuitika vandongisi vavengi kupulakana IuanoWhen Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(cipuevene nguavo keti Yesu uje uakele nakumbuitika vuno honi vandongisi vendi vacilingile.)(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Omo Yesu uevuile vije vivakele nakuhandeka, kaha uahumine ku Yundeya nakuhilukila ku Ngalileya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Vuno honi mu vungenzi vuendi vuakuya kuje uahitile mu Samaliya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Nankuma, mu Samaliya uahetele ku nganda ivatumbuile Sikali, muyehi na lihia lije Yakomba uahanene kuli munendi Yosefa.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Lisima lia Yakomba liakele kuje, Yesu uatumamene kuyehi na lisima omuo uahonene cikuma kuenda. Ntsimbu yapuile hhakati ka mutue.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Mpuevo ua Kasamaliya uezile nakutekula mema, kaha Yesu uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Njihaneko mema njinue.” (When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Vandongisi vendi vaile mu nganda nakulanda via kulia.)(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Mpuevo ua Kasamaliya uamukumbuluile nguendi, “Cija vatihoni yove Kayunda ulombe mema akunua kuli mpuevo ua Kasamaliya?” (Vayunda kuvekulitambosona viuma hamolika na vaka 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 uamukumbuluile nguendi, “Nga uatantekeyele vuana vuje Njambi vualinavuo hali yove, nou ali nakuhandeka kuli yove nguendi, ‘Njihaneko mema akunua,’ ngue unamulombo, kaha ngue nakuhana mema a muono.”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.”

11Mpuevo uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Muene, kuuesi na cuma cakutekuisa mema, na lisima lialovo. Kulihoni ukauana mema a muono?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Nkuma yove uuakama kupulakana kuku yetu Yakomba, uje uatuhanene lisima eli, nakunuinamo ikeye vavenia na vana vendi na vimuna vendi vaje vanuinininemo ndi?”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 uamukumbuluile nguendi, “Uoshe anua ku mema aua akevua naua mpuila,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14vuno honi voshe vakanua ku mema aje anjikavahana kuvakevu naua mpuila. Mema aje anjikamuhana akapua lisima lia livuelu vuelu muli vakevo lije likavahana mema a muono na kuvahana muono ua yaye.”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.”

15Mpuevo uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Muene, njihaneko ouo mema, linga keti njikevue naua mpuila cipue keti njikeje eje naua kuno nakutekula mema.”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 uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Ya ukasane yala liove, kaha uhiluke kuno.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mpuevo uamukumbuluile nguendi, “Kunjesi na yala.” Yesu uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Ukahandeka muacili omo ukahandeka nguove, ‘Kuuesi na yala’,“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18omuo unashomboka ku vamala vatanu, honi ou yuli nendi hano keti yaliove. Viunahandeka via vusunga!”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mpuevo uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Muene, njamono nguange u kananguizi ua Njambi.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Vakukuluila vetu valemeselele ha munkinda ou, vuno honi yeni muhandeka ngueni cihela cije vantu vanapande lika kulemeselani mu Yelusalema.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Ove mpuevo, njitsiliele, ntsimbu ilinakuija omo kumukalemesela Tate ha munkinda ou cipue mu Yelusalema.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Yeni mukalemesa uje kumutantekeya, vuno honi yetu tukalemesa uje itutantekeya, omuo kuovoka cahuma kuli Vayunda.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Vuno honi ntsimbu ilinakuija, naua inahete laja, omo vaka kulemesa va vusunga vakalemesa Tate mu Cimbembesi na mu vusunga, omuo Tate uatonda vantu ava kumulemesa.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.

24Njambi ikeye vene Cimbembesi, na voshe vaje vamulemesa vanapande kulemesa mu Cimbembesi na mu vusunga.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mpuevo uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Njatantekeya nguange Mesiya ali nakuija” (uje ivatumbula Kilistu) “Omo akeja, akatuleka viuma vioshe.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu uamukumbuluile nguendi, “Yange vene ikeye, uje ali nakuhandeka nove.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Hajevene vandongisi va Yesu vezile. Valikomokelele cikuma hakuuana Yesu ali nakuhandeka na mpuevo, vuno honi naumo uahi uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Uli nakutonda vika?” Cipue kuihula Yesu nguavo, “Vika uli nakuhandekela nendi?”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?”

28Ambahoni uje mpuevo uasezele njava yendi nakuhiluka ku nganda. Uakalekele vantu kuje nguendi,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Ijeni mukamone yala uje nanjileka viuma vioshe vinjalingile! Asa kupua Kilistu ndi?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Kaha vahumine mu nganda nakuya kuli Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Tele vandongisi vakele nakumulambelela nguavo, “Mulongisi, liako viakulia.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Vuno honi uahandekele kuli vakevo nguendi, “Njilina viakulia vije kumutantekeya.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Nankuma, vandongisi vaputukile kulihula umo na mukuavo nguavo, “Nkuma kuli umo namunehela viakulia ndi?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu uahandekele kuli vakevo nguendi, “Viakulia viange vinapu kupanga cizango cendi uje uanjitumine nakumanesa cipangi cendi.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Nkuma kumue kuhandeka ngueni, ‘Kuasala lika vingonde viuana, kaha tukateja ndi?’ Vuno honi njimileka nguange, taleseseni muacili, taleni muje vimbuto muvinahilamo linga vaviteje.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.

36Muka kuteja natambula laja fueto yendi, naua ali nakukungulula vushuka vua muono uayaye, linga muka kukuna na muka kuteja voshe vavuahelele hamolika.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Nankuma, lizi eli liapua lia vusunga ngualio, ‘Umo akuna kaha mukuavo akateja.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Njinakutumu kuteja vije kuuapangele. Vakueni vapangele, kaha yove unauanenamo vimo ha vipangi viavo.”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.”

39Vaka Samaliya vavengi vamu nganda ije vatsilielele kuli Yesu omuo uje mpuevo uahandekele nguendi, “Nanjileka viuma vioshe vinjalingile.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Nankuma, omo vaka Samaliya vezile kuli ikeye, vamulombele linga akale navo, kaha Yesu uakele kuje matangua avali.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Vavengi vatsilielele kuli ikeye omuo ya mezi endi.And many more believed because of His message.

42Vantu valekele uje mpuevo nguavo, “Keti nguavo omuo viunahandeka viatunehesa linga tutsiliele, vuno honi tualiuvuila yetu vavenia, tuatantekeya nguetu ou mua vusunga vene ikeye Muyoyesi ua vaka mavu.”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.”

43Omo Yesu uakele kuje matangua avali, kaha uahumineko uaile ku nganda ya NgalileyaAfter two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44(omuo ikeye vavenia uahandekele nguendi naumo uahi kananguizi ua Njambi ivasingimika mu lifuti liendi).Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Omo uahete mu nganda ya Ngalileya, vaka Ngalileya vamutambuile muacili, omuo vakamuene vioshe vije vialingile mu Yelusalema ku ciuano, omuo navakevo vaile ku ciuano.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.

46Ambahoni Yesu uahilukile ku Kana mu nganda ya Ngalileya, kuje uatenguluile mema kupua viniu. Kuje kuakele mukuluntu ua vaka kusuana uakele na munendi ua yala uje uakele na kuvavala mu Kapenauma.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.

47Omo uevuile ngeci Yesu nahumu ku Yundeya neja ku nganda ya Ngalileya, uaile kuli ikeye nakumulomba ngeci eje ku Kapenauma nakukanguisa munendi, uje uatondele kutsa.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.

48Kaha Yesu uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Naumo uahi hhakati keni atsiliela kuvanga mumone vitantekeyeso na vikomoueso.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Uje mukuluntu uahandekele nguendi, “Muene tuye mumo ntsimbu kanda munange atse.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu uahandekele kuli ikeye nguendi, “Ya, munove akayoya!” Uje yala uatsilielele mezi a Yesu, kaha uaile.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Omo uakele nakuya kuimbo, ualiuanene na vangamba vendi vaje vamulekele nguavo munove ali nakuyoya.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Nankuma, uavehuile ntsimbu muka munendi uayoyele, kaha vamukumbuluile nguavo, “Izau tele mutania, lisika sika lia muhumine.”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.”

53Ishe uanukile ngeci ikeyo ntsimbu ije Yesu uamulekele nguendi, “Munove akayoya.” Nankuma, ikeye hamo na ntanga yendi voshe vatsilielele muli 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.

54Eci cikeco citantekeyeso ca mucivali cije ca lingile Yesu omo uahumine ku nganda ya Yundeya kuija ku nganda ya Ngalileya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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