John 4 (SBK) · Opened

1O Yesu na wamanya aje aMafalisayo bhomwezye aje amemile na bhozye ashile oYohana,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(japokuwa oYesu yoyo ali sahwonzya ila awanafunzi bhakwe),(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3afumile hu Yudea na bhale hu Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Esho hwali muhimu ashilile hu Samaria.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Na afishile hunsi ye Samalia, yehwetwagasi Sikari, karibu no sehemu ela o Yakobo yapiye mwanawakwe oYusufu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Eshi sima sha Yakobo shali epo. O Yesu ali alitile alengane ne safari na akhala karibu ne shi sima. Gwali muda wa gwa pasanya.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Oshe oSamalia ahenzele atape menze, no Yesu abhozye, “Mpele amenze emwele.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Afuatanaje abhanafunzi bhakwe abhafunzi bhali bhabhalile hujini akale esholye.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Ola oshe abhozya, “Shibha bhole awe wo Myahudi, kuniomba mimi mwanamke Msamaria, andabhe amenze ga mwele?” Afuatanaje Ayahudi sebhasangana na Samaria.“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.)

10O Yesu wayanga, “Ogamenye ashipawa sha Ngolobhe, nola wahubhozya aje, 'Mpele menze, 'handawalabhile, handapiye amenze ge womi.”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.”

11Oshe ayanga, “'Gosi sagoli nidebe lya tapile, na eshisima shitali. Obhawapate hwi Amenze ge womi?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Aje awe oli gosi, ashile odaada wetu oYakobo, ola watipiye eshi sima eshi, na yeye mwenyewe na watoto wake pamoja na mifugo yake wakanywa maji ya kisima hiki?”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13O Yesu wayanga, “Wawonti amwelile amenze obhapate eshomelwa nantele,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14ila omwene wenzahupele amenze ega sagaibha neshomelwa nantele. Baadaye menze gembahupele ganzabhe chemichemi yebubujiha wila wila.”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.”

15Ola oshe wabhozya, “Ogosi, engalabha amenze ego nkengaje olole eshomelwa, na enganje alabhe ahenze epa atape menze.”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.”

16O Yesu wabhozya, “bhala kwizye olume waho, nantele uyenzaje.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Oshe wabhozya wage, “Sendi nolume.” O Yesu wayanga, “Aje oyajile sawa, 'Aje sendi nolume;'“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18afuatanaje oli nalumo wa sanu, mo wope wolinawo esalaze se lume waho. Hweli oyanjile lyoli!”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Oshe wabhozya, “Ogosi aje elole ajewe oli kuwa.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Yise bhetu bhaputile pigamba amwe mwiga aje Yerusalemu ndiyo sehemu ambayo awantu bhahwanzia waapute.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21O Yesu ajile, “Weshe, niteshele, ensiku zihwenza nasemwaihuputa Daada huigamba eli au hu Yelusalemu.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Amwe mubhantu muputa hasemuhamanye, afuatanaje ofyilwe ufuma hwa Yaudi.”You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Hata sheshi, ensiku zihwenza, neshi zihweli epa, nabhaihuputa Daada hu shiroho ne lyoli, afuatanaje oDaada abhanza abhantu bhabhali esho aje abhantu bhakwe bhabhahuputa.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.

24Ongolobhe weshi Roho, bhabhahuta bhahwanziwa bhaputaje hushiroho ne lyoli, afuatanaje odaada abhanza abhantu ebho bhabhahupata.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Oshe ola abhozya, “Emenye aje Yesu ohwenza, (wohwetwa Kilisiti). Ono nayenza aitibhozya gonti.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26O Yesu abhozya, “Ane woyanga nane nene.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Insiku ezyo abhanafunzi bhakwe bhawela. Bhope bhaswigaga yenu ali ayanga noshe, ila nomo walenjele ahubhozye, “Ohwanza yenu?” au “Yenu ayanga nawo?”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?”

28Esho oshe ola ayileha ensonta yakwe abhalile husokoni abhabhozye abhantu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Enzaji mwenye omuntu wambozezye enongwa zyane zyonti zyebhomba, aje egawezehana aje agabhayo Kilisiti?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Bhafumile hu sokoni bhenza hwamwene.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Pasanya abhanafunzi bhakwe bhalambile wajile, “Mwalimu alya eshalye.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32ila omwene abhabhozezye, “Ane endi nashalye shasemushimenye amwe.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Abhanafunzi bhabhozanya, nomo waleteye ahantu hahonti alye,” Aje bhaletile?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34O Yesu abhabhozya, “Eshalye shane hubhombe ensongwo zyakwe omwene wantumile nakamilisye embombo yakwe.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Aje, semuyanga, 'Bado mezi gasanu emvuna ebhabhe tayari?” Embabho enyaji amagonda shagali tayari hu mvuna!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.

36Omwene wavuna aposhela na wonganye amatunda gewomi we wila wila, ili aje omwane watota na wope wavuna bhasongwe pandwemo.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Afuatanaje enjango ene ye lyoli, 'Omomo atotile awamwabho ayawila.'For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Nabhatumile avune hasemwambeleye, Wamo bhabhombile embombo namwe mwinjiehulishimo lwe mbombo yabho.”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.”

39Asamaria abhinji munsi ela bhamwetesheye afwatane ne taarifa ele yashe wayangaga enongwa zyonti zyanabhombile.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Shesho Asamaria bhahenzele bhahenzebhalambile aje akhale pamo na bhahale ahakhala hwa bhene ensiku kuni na mbili.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Abhinji bhonti bhamweteshela alengane ni izu lyakwe.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bhabhozya ola oshe, “Tihweteshela sio aje hunongwa zyaho, afuatanaje ate tete tomvwezye, na esauti tihwelewa aje lyoli ono fyozi we nsi.”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.”

43Baada ye nsiku ezyo zibhele, asogoye na bhale hu Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Afuatanaje omwane yoyo atangazezye aje okuwaa saline heshima munsi yakwe yoyo.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Nahenzele afume hu Galilaya, Bhahu Galilaya bhakaribisizye bhali bhalolile embombo zyonti zyabhombile hu Yelusalemu hwahwali eshikulukulu, afwataneje abhene bhahuruliye hushi kulu kulu.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.

46Ahenzele nante hu Kana ye Galilaya ohwo hwaguzenye amenze abhe divai. Pali no afisa ambaye omwana wakwe ali winu ohwo hu Kaperanaumu.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.

47Na homvezye aje oYesu afumile hu Yudea na abhalile hu Galilaya, abhalile hwa Yesu na hulambe aishe aponye omwana wakwe, wakati ali karibu afwe.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.

48O Yesu nkabhozya, “Amwe nkasemloli ehalama na mahajabu semuwezizye ahweteshele.Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Olongozi ahayanga, “Gosi iha pansi omwana wane sali seele nafwe.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50O Yesu ahabhozya, “Bhalaga omwana waho mwomi.” Ola omuntu aheteshela izu lyayanjile oYesu wabhala wahwisogolela.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Lwali ahwiha, abhomba mbombo bhakwe bhaposheye na hubhozye omwana waho ali mwomi.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Esho wabhabhozya muda nshi ou nafuu. Bhajibu, “Igamo umuda gwesa saba ehoma ehamalishe.”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.”

53Eshi ogosi bhakwe ahamanya aje umuda gwagula oYesu gwayanjile, “Mwana waho mwomi.” Esho omwene ne familia yakwe bhaheteshela.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.

54Ene yali halama yabhele yabhombile oYesu afumile hu Yudea abhale hu Galilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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