John 4 (REG) · Opened

1Mbe Yesu aliga amenyele ati Abhafarisayo bhonguwe ati Yesu aliga neigisha no kubhatija kukila Yohana,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(Nawe Yesu omwene aliga atakubhatija nawe abheigisibhwa bhaye)(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Asokele Judea na nagenda Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Kutyo yaliga bhusibhuai okolabha Samaria.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Nakinga ku musi gwa Samaria, gunu ogutogwa, Sikari, ayei na libhala linu Yakobo ayanile omwana waye Yusufu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Ne chinywo cha Yakobo chaliga ao. Yesu aliga ayigilwe kwo kubha aliga no ligendo na neanja kuchinyo gwaliga mwanya gwa mumwisi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Omugasi omusamalia naja okutaya amanji na Yesu na mwibwila ati,”Naneko amanji ninywe.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Kwo kubha abeigisibwa bhae bhajie jebwe mu musi okugula ebhilo(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Oyo omugasi namubwila ati,”Ejibhakutiki awe Omuyaudi okusabwa anye omugasi Msamaria, echinu cho kunywa?” Kwo kubha Abhayaudi bhatakusasikana na Abhasamalia.“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 namusubya ati,”Alabha umenyele echiyanwa cha Nyamuanga, na unu kakwibwila ati 'Nana amanji, 'wakamusabwilwe akakuyaye amanji go bhuanga.”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.”

11Omugasi nasubya ati, “Lata bhugenyi utali na indobho yokuataila amanji ne chinyo ni chilela. Ugabhona aki amanji go bhuanga?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Mbe awe ni mkulu, okukila Lata weswe Yakobo, unu achiyanile echinyo chinu, no mwene na bhana bhaye amwi na myandu jaye nibanywa amanji ge chinyo chinu?”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 nasubya, “wonawana oyo kanywa amanji ganu kabhona obhulilo lindi,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Nawe unu kunywa amanji agondimuyana atalibhona obhulilo lindi. Kwo kubha amanji ganu ndimuyana alibha ngafukula nolwo kajanende.”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.”

15Omugasi uliya namubwila ati, “Lata bhugenyi enisabwa amanji ago koleleki nitabhona obhulilo, nanitanyaka okuja anu okutaya amanji.”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 na mubwila ati, “Genda umubhilikile omulume wao, mbe usubhe.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Omugasi namubwila ati, “Nitali na mulume.” Yesu nasubya ati, “Waika kisi, 'Nitali na mulume;'“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Kwo kubha weyishe abhalume bhatanu, oumwi unu ulinage olyanu atali mulume wao ku linu waika echimali!”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Omugasi namubwila ati, “Lata bhugenyi anilola ati awe uli mulagi.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Bhasaja bheswe bhalamyaga kuchima chinu. Nawe emwe omwaika ati Yerusalemu niyo eyo abhanu bheile okulamya.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu namusubya ati, “Omugasi, nyikilisha, omwanya oguja gunu bhatalilamisha Lata kuchima chinu Cha Yerusalemu.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Emwe abhanu omulamya chinu mtakumenya, nawe eswe echilamya chinu echimenya, kokubha omwilulo ogusoka mu Bhayaudi.”You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Nolwo kutyo, omwanya oguja, naoli gulio anu omwanya abhanu bhalilamya echimali, bhalilamya Lata mu mwoyo ne chimali, kwokubha Lata kabhayenja abhanu koleleki abahu bhaye abho abhamulamya.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.

24Nyaamunga ni mwoyo na bhaliya abho abhamulamya bheile okumulamya mu mwoyo gwe chimali.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Omugasi namubwila ati, “Enimenya kubha Masiya kaja, (katogwa Kristo). Oyo alibhaja alichibwila jone.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu namubwila ati, “Anye oyo owaika nage niwe.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Omwanya ogwo ogwo abheisigibwa bhaye nibhasubha. Nabho nibhatang'alang'ala ni kulwaki aliga naloma no mugasi, nawe atalio unu alegejele okubhusya, “Oyenjaki?” amwi “Ni kulwaki owaika nage?”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?”

28Kutyo omugasi nasiga isua yaye nagenda mu musi na bhabwila abhanu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Muje mulole omunu unu ambwila emisango Jani jone jinu nakolele, mbe atakwitasha akabha Kristo?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Nibhasoka mu music nibhaja kumwene.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Omwanya gwa mu musi abheigisibwa bhaye nibhamumbeleja nibhaika ati, “Lata nulye ebhilyo.Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32“Nawe omwene na bhabwila ati, “Anye ninacho echokulya chinu mutakumenya emwe.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Abheigisibhwa nibhaikana atalio unu amuletela chinu chonachona cho kulya, “Mbe bhaletele?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu nabhabwila ati, “Ebhilyo byani Ni kukola obwenji bhaye omwene unu atumile no kumalisha omulimu gwaye.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Mbe, mutakwaika, gasigayeyo mesi gatano naligesa libhe lyeile?' Enibhabwila ati mulole amasambu kutyo geile kwo kugeswa!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.

36Oyo kagesa kalamila emiyelo no kukumanya amatwasho kulwo bhuanga bwa kajanende, koleleki kubha unu kabhibha unu kagegesa abhakondelelwa amwi.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Kwo kubha omisango gunu ni gwe chimali, Oumwi kabhibha no undi nagesa.'For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Nabhatumile okugesa chinu mutanyakiliye, Abhandi bhakolele emilimu nemwe mwengila mwikondelelwa lye milimu jebwe.”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.”

39Abhasamaliya bhafu mu musi guliya nibhamwikilisha kwo kubha bhabhamenyesha eja uliya omugasi oyo aliga nabhambala, “Oyo namubwila ati emisango jona ejonakolele.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Kutyo Abhasamalia bhejile bhaja nibhamumbeleja eyanje amwi nabho kwebwe kwa siku ebhili.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Na bhafu muno nibhamwikilisha kwo kubha emisango jaye.And many more believed because of His message.

42Nibhamubwila uliya omugasi, “Echikilisha atali kwe misango jao, kwo kubha eswe bhenyele chonguwe, na woli echimenya kubha omwene ni mukisha we chalo.”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.”

43Jejile jisiku jinu ebwili, nasoka nagenda Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Kwo kubha omwene aliga aikile kubha mulagi atana chibhalo kusi yae omwene.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Ejile aja okusoka Galilaya, Abhagalilaya nibhamubwila nibhamukuma. Bhaliga bhalolele emisango jona ejonakolele akolele Yerusalemu ku malya, kwo kubha abhene ona bhaliga bhejile ku malya.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.

46Ejile lindi Kana ya Galilaya eyo againduye amanji kubha divai. Aligaalio musibha unu omwana waye aliga mulwaye ewo Kaprnaumu.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.

47Ejile ongwa ati Yesu asokele Judea na genda Galilaya, nageda ku Yesu namulembeleja atebhele amwiulishe omwana waye, unu aliga ayei okufwa.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.

48Niwo Yesu namubwila ati, “Emwe mukalema okulola ebhibhalikisho need bhilugulo mutakutula okwilisha.Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Omutangasha naika ati,” Lata bhugenyi utebhele emwalo kuchali omwana wani okufwa.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu namubwila ati,” Genda omwana wao ni muanga.” Uliya omunu nikilisha omusango ogwo aikile Yesu na genda jaye.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Anu aliga achatebhela, abhakosi bhae nibhamulamila nibhamubwila ati omwana waye aliga muanga.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Kutyo nibhamubwila ni mwanyaki amaolelamo. Nibhasubya ati, “Ligolo omwanya uti saa ya katanu na kabhili libhili ndi musokako.”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.”

53Niwo esemwene wae namenya kutyo ni mwanya ogwo ogwo Yesu amubwiliye ati.” omwana wao ni muanga.” kutyo omwene na bhamumusi gwae nibhekilisha.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.

54Chinu chaliga chibhalikisho cha kabhili echoakolele Yesu kusoka Yudea okugenda Galilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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