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1Afalisayo bhakiyihwa kukita Yesu kakibhegha kangumokola na kuabatisa ahundwa atangalo kupitingana Yohane.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Peni Yesu mwene kakibatisa ng'obhe, ngati ahundwa bhake ndo bhakibatisa.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Yesu pakayihwite nhalo aghu, kakibhuka ku Yudea na kakibhuya kangi mbaka ku Galilaya,He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4mu mwanja aghwo yikinnogha kapitile pakati ya Samalia.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Hino, kakihika kukitami kimu kya Samalia kiikemiteghwe Sikali, ugheghela na nng'unda ghula ghwene Yakobu kakinpegha mwana ywake Yosefu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Pahala apo pakibhegha na kilibha kya Yakobu, kubhukana na kutotokela na mwanja, Yesu kakitama pambwegha ya kilibha. Yikibhegha handa saa lya luchubha lwa londondohi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Hino, nndala yumu Nsamalia kakihika kuteka machi, na Yesu kakinng'ombela, “Ghumbeghe machi nyweghe.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Peneapo ahundwa bha Yesu bhakighenda ku mbwani kuhemela hilyo.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Hino, yula nndala kakinnyanga, “Ghwenga ghu Nnyahudi na nenga nu nndala Nsamalia, ghunghotola bhuli ghunyupe machi?” Akaayahudi bhakibhegha bhangulihanga ng'obhe na Akaasamalia na kutenda kyohele papamu.“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 kakinnyanga yula nndala, “Handa ghungamanyite kilibhi kyene Chapanga kanguhotola kughupegha, na ywoki ywakakughombela ghumbeghe machi nyweghe, ghwenga ghungannyupite kaghupeghe machi ghaabheghite na ubhumi.”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.”

11Yula nndala kakinkonya, “Bambo, ghwenga ghubhegha ng'obhe na nteko ghwa kutekela machi, na kilibha aki kitandamahu. Agha machi ghaabheghite na ubhumi ghwaghapiha kwoki?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Bhuli, ghwenga ghu unkulu kupitingana tate ywetu Yakobu ywene, ywakatupeghite kilibha aki. Kyene ywombe papamu na bhana bhake na anyama bhake bhakikitumila?”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 kakinnyanga, “Mundu ywokele ywakanywegha machi agha katabona nyota kangi.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Peni ywohele ywakaywegha machi gha nonda kunpegha nenga, kaabhona ng'obhe nyota manjubha ghoha. Machi gha nonda kunpegha ghaabhegha nkati mwaki na luhemuku lwa machi palupopoheka ubhumi ghwangapela ghwa manjubha ghoha.”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.”

15Yula nndala kakinng'ombela Yesu, “Bambo, chonde ghumbeghe machi agho ngotoke kubhegha na nyota kangi, hangi ngotoke kuhika kangi apa 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 kakinng'ombela, “Ghughende ghukankeme nngwana ywako, ghuhike naywo apa.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Yula n'dala kakiyanga, “Nenga nanga nngwana.” Yesu kakinng'ombela, “Ghulongela hoto kukita ghwanga nngwana.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Mana ghubhegha kala na angwana nhano, na nngwana yughubheghite naywo hinu chepa nngwana ywako. Apa ghulongela hoto.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Yula nndala kakilongela, “Bambo, nungubhona kukita ghwenga ghu mbuye.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Akaatate bhetu Asamalia bhakitundamila pakitumbi aki, peni mwenga Makaayahudi mungulongela yingunoghwa tukatundamile akwo Yelusalemu.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu kakinnyanga, “Nndala, ghunyubhalile, linjubha lyahika lyena maantundamila ng'obhe Tate pa kitumbi aki, ebu akwo Yelusalemu.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Mwenga Makaasamalia mungutundamila kyanga kukimanya, peni twenga Twakaayahudi tungutundamila kitukimanya, kiyaha ulopohi ghunguhuma kwa Akaayahudi.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Peni lisaa linguhika na libhegha kala, lyene bhandu bhanakutundamila kya uhoto bhatantundamila Tate mu nhuki na hoto, kiyaha Tate kanguapalaha bhandu bhaantundama kya habhu.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 ndo nhuki, na bhoha bhanakuntundamila yibhanogha bhantundamile kwa nhuki na hoto.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Yula nndala kakinng'ombela Yesu, “Ningumanya kukita Kilisto Nkombohi pakapala kuhika, katatufwambulila milando hyoha.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu kakinng'ombela yula nndala, “Nenga yunuyobhela na ghwenga, ndo Kilisto.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Kamu ahundwa bha Yesu bhakibhuya, bhakikangacha paammonite pakayobhela na nndala. Peni kahone mundu ywakankonyite Yesu, “Ghungupala niki kwa ywombe?” Ebu “Yibheghaki ghunguyobhela na nndala ayu?”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?”

28Yula nndala kakikileka kila kijoba kyake pala, kakibhuya kumbwani, na kualubhulila bhandu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Tughende mukanmone mundu ywakanubhulilite milando hyoha yiindendite. Pangi mani ndo Masihi Kilisto Nkombohi?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Hino bhandu bhakikwemuka kuhuma kumbwani na bhakinng'endela Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Peniapo ahundwa bhake Yesu bhakibhegha bhangunpembeleha, “Nhunda ghulyeghe huti hilyo!”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Peni Yesu kakiayanga, “Nenga megha na hilyo hyanga kuhimanya mwenga.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Hino ahundwa bhake bhakiyanda kukonyekehana, “Bhuli, kabhegha mundu ywakannyeghelite hilyo?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Peni Yesu kakiayanga, “Hilyo hyangu ndo kutenda ghakapala ywakanaghihite.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Mwenga mungulongela, ‘Yihighala mwehi ncheche kwaabhegha na mabeno’ Peni nenga nunguaghombela, nnyinule meho ghenu muyilolekehe mighunda, mapambiko ghabhegha kala kubenwa!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 yunakubena kapokela kala lifungu lyake naywo kangukungangana mbunje yakya ubhumi ghwa manjubha ghoha kyanga uhiko, ngati ywombe yunakukweta na ywombe yunakubena bhaayelelwa papamu.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Habhu kula kulongela, ‘Yumu kangupanda, na yungi kangubena yibhegha hoto.’For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Nikialaghila mukabene mabeno mu mighunda manga kuyitendela mahengo, bhangi bhakitenda mahengo manonopo, peni mwenga mukibena motelo mu mapungwo ghabhe.”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.”

39Akaasamalia ayoloho kuhuma ku kitami kila bhakinhyubhalila Yesu kubhukana na ghala ghakalongelite yula nndala ywakaaghombilite kukita, “Kang'ombela milando hyoha yiniyitendite.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Hino, bhala Akaasamalia paanhikilite Yesu, bhakinpembeleleha katami kwa bhombe. Naywo Yesu kakitama akwo manjubha mabhili.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Na kubhukana na malagho ghake, bhandu bhakinhyubhalila.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bhala bhandu bhakinng'ombela yula nndala, “Hinu tunguhyubhalila, chepa kiyaha ghwenga ghukitughombela malagho ghako, ngati kiyaha tunnyihwa twabheni twenga, na tungumanya hoto kukita ayu ndo Kilisto Nkombohi ghwa nnima.”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.”

43Mbole ya manjubha ghala mabhili, Yesu kakibhuka na kughenda ku Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Kiyaha Yesu mwene kakilongela kukita mbuye kahokamilaghwa ng'obhe pannimama ghwake mwene.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Yesu pakahikite ku Galilaya, Akaagalilaya atangalo bhakinkingama kiyaha bhakibhona ghala ghakatendite akwo ku Yelusalemu mu kikubhukubhu ya Pasaka. Mana bhombe bhubho bhakibhegha mu kikubhukubhu akyo.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.

46Habhu Yesu kakihika kangi mbaka ku kitami kya Kana ya Galilaya, pala pakaghalambulite machi ghabheghe difwai. Akwo kukibhegha mundu yumu kilongohi, ywene mwana ywake kakibhegha ntamwa akwo ku 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.

47Aywo hofisa pakayihwite kukita Yesu kakihika ku Galilaya kuhumila ku Yudea, kakinng'endela Yesu na kunnyupa ngati kaghende kunnamiha mwana ywake, ywakabheghite tepatepa paulili.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 kakinng'ombela yula kilongohi, “Mwenga bhandu kyanga kubhona naho na mihabho mahyubhalila ng'obhe.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Yula hofisa ghwa ghubhutwa kakinng'ombela Yesu, “Chonde Bambo, tughende ukaya kwangu yikali na mwana ghwangu kuuleka ulili.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu kakinng'ombela yula kilongohi, “Ghughende ukaya kwako, mwana ywako kangukeka!” Yula kilongohi kakihyubhalila ghala malagho ghakaghombelitwe na Yesu, kakibhuka na kakighenda ukaya kwake.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Pakabheghite kakali kunjila kakibhonana na andumindumi bhake na bhakinng'ombela kukita, “Mwana ywako yughunng'endela kalama!”And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Kakiakonya bhala andumitumi bhake lisaa kyakapatite upughwo mwana ywake, nabho bhakinnyanga, “Yikibha licho pamuhi lichubha lwa londondohi, utamwa ghukinneka.”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.”

53Ndo tate ywa yula mwana kakikulungwa kukita likibhegha ndo lisaa lilalila lyeni Yesu pakankambukilite, “Mwana ywako kalama.” Hino, ywombe na bhandu bhoha bha lubhagha lwake bhakinhyubhalila Yesu ndo Kilisto Nkombohi.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.

54Ayi ndo yikibhegha naho ya ubhili yeni Yesu yakatenditi pakabhuyite Galilaya kuhumila ku Yudea.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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