John 4 (SBS) · Opened

1Linu aho Jesu heziva kuti Mafarisi vava zuwi kuti avali kupanga ni kukoloveza valutiwa vangi kuhita JohaniWhen Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(nangati kuti Jesu iye mwine kena avali kukoloveza, kono ivali valutiwa vakwate),(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3chazwa mwa Judeya ni kuvola hape kwa Galileya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Kono ivali iswanero kwali ku hita mwa Samariya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Cwale cha keza mwi toropo ya Samariya, i sumpwa Sychari, hembali ni chivaka chevu icho Jakovo ava here kumwane Josefa.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Chisima cha Jakovo puchivena aho. Jesu avali kukatere kuzwa ku musipiri wakwe ni kwiza ha chisima. Chi ivali kuchutire kwinako ye chitengu zana.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Mukulwakazi wa Musamariya ava kezi kuku teka menzi, mi Jesu cha wamba kwali, “Nihe ku menzi ni nywe.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Kakuti valutwana vakwe vavali kuyendente mukati ke toropo kuku wula zilyo.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Yaho mukulwakazi wa Musamariya chata kwali, “Kuwoleka vule kuti iwe, kuva Mujunda, ukumbira ime, kuva mukulwakazi wa Musamariya, kuchimwi cho kunywa?” Kakuli Majunda kavana cho kupanga ni Masamariya.“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.)

10Jesu che tava ni kumuta, “Kambe we ziva impo ya Ireeza, mi jeni uzu yo wamba kwako, 'Unihe cho kunwa; ni wa wola kumu kumbira, mi na wola kukuha, menzi a hala.”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.”

11Mukulwakazi chata kwali, “Mukwame, kawina chitekiso imi isima litungite. Ena kuhi cwale kowina menzi a hala?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Kena umu kando, iwe, kuhita ishetu Jakovo, uzo ava tuhi chisima ni kunya mwateni iye mwine, nivane vulyo ni ñombe zavo?Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Jesu che tava ni kumu ta, “Yense yo nwa kwaya menzi mwa fwe inyota hape,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14kono yense yo nwa kumenzi awo ite ni muhe kate na fwe inyota hape. Nihakuli, menzi ete ni muhe muave chisima chamezi mwali, kuvuvira ku vuhalo vusa mani.”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.”

15Mukulwakazi chati kwali, “Mukwame, unihe aya menzi iri kuli nisiye ni kufwanga inyonta mi nisiye niku kezanga kunu kuku teka menzi.”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.”

16Jesu chata kwali, “Yende, kasupe mwihyenu, mi ukavole kunu.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mukulwakazi chetava ni kumuti, “Kanina mukwame.”Jesu chetava, “Wina hande mukuwamba,”Kanina mwihyetu;“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18kakuti uva vire ni vakwame vakuma ha minwe ye yanza, mi nozu yo wina naye hanu kanji mwihyenu. Chiwa wamba che niti.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mukulwakazi cha wamba kwali, “Mukwame, Ni vona kuti umu porofita.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Veshetu vavali kulaperera heli irundu, kono inwe muwamba kuti Jerusalema je chivaka uko vantu vaswanera ku laperela.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Jesu chata kwali, “Uni zumine, mwanakazi, kuti i hola i kezite aho kamulapere Tayo kamba heli rundu kamba mwa Jerusalema.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Inwe mulapera icho chimusezi. I swe tulapera chi twizi, kakuti ipuluso i zwirira kuMajuda.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Niha kuva vulyo, I hola ikezite, imi ina hanu, aho valaperi ve niti kava lapere Tayo muluhuho ni mwi niti, kakuli Tayo u kwete kulola vantu vaswana vulyo kuva valaperi vakwe.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.

24Ireeza luhuho, mi vantu vamulapera vaswanera kumu lapera muluhuho ni mwi niti.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mukulwakazi chati kwali, “Ni izi kuti Mesiya ukezite (uzo usupiwa Keresite). A ho hasana kakeze, keze a tutoloke zintu zonse kwetu.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Jesu chamuta, “Jeme uzu, yo kwete kuwamba kwako.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Heyo inako valutwana vakwe chivaka vola. Hanu vavali ku komoketwe chinzi havali kuwamba ni mwanakazi, kono kakwina ava wambi, “Usaka nzi?”kamba “Chinzi hau wamba naye?”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?”

28Cwale mukulwakazi chasiya i hemere lyakwe, ni kuvola mwi toropo, ni kuwamba kuvantu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Mwize, muvone mukwame wani wambira zintu zonse ziniva pangi. Uzu uswanera kuva iye Keresite, iwola kuva?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Chiva siya itoporopo ni kukeza kwali.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Mwinako zana, varutwana vavali kumukumbira, nivati, “Rabbi, Lye.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Kono cha wamba kuvali, “Nina zilyo zo kulya inzo zimusezi chazo.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Cwale varutwana chiva wambolisana kuvali vene, “Kakwina zumwi wa muletera zokulya, vamu letera?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Jesu cha wamba kuvali, “Zilyo zangu ku panga itato yakwe uzo yava kani tumi ni kumana musevezi wa kwe.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Kamu wambi kuti, 'Kwina myezi imwi yone mi ikutulo jese ikeze'? Ni wamba kwenu, mulole kwi wulu ni kuvone mawa, kakuli chi alitukiseze kusizwa!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.

36Uzo yo kwete kusiza u tambula i tuwero ni kukunganya misero yo vuhalo vusa mani, iri kuti uzo yo vyala nozo yo sinza va sangwe hamwina.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Mowu muwambiro, 'Yenke ubyala, mi zumwi usinza; vuniti.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Ni va mitumi kuku sinza inzo zisina muva severezi. Vamwi vava sevezi, mi muvengiri mumi sevezi yavo.”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.”

39Vungi bwa Masamariya mowuna muleneñi chiva zumina kwali vakeñi che vaka lyue ñusa lyo mukulwakazi lya paka, “Wani wambira zintu zonse izo zini vapangi.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Cwale Masamariya hava keza kwali, chiva muvuza kwikala navo, mi ave kali kwateni mazuva overe.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Mi vungi vomwi vuva zumini chevaka lya manzwi akwe.And many more believed because of His message.

42Chiva wamba ku mwanakazi, “Katusizumini chevaka lyezo ziwawamba, kakuti iswe tuvene chitwa muzuwa, mi twizi kuti uzu luli chovuniti jo muhazi we kanda.”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.”

43Hakumana awo mazuva o vere, Chazwa kwatenio ni kuya kwa Ngalileya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Kakuli Jesu iye mwina ava wambi kuti muporofita mwi kanda yakwe kakutekiwa.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Hacha keza mwa Galileya, Mangalileya chi vamu tambula. Vava voni zintu zonse zava pangi mwa Jerusalema ha mukiti, kakuti navo vavali kuyendete kwateni.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.

46Hanu chakeza hape mwa Kana mwa Ngalileya, umo mwava sanduli menzi i waine. Kuvena zumwi induna ili uzo mwane we chiswisu mwa Capenaume yavali kulwala.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.

47Aho heza kuzuwa kuti Jesu ava kezi kukazwa kwa Judeya kwiza kwa Galileya, Cha yenda kwa Jesu ni kuka mukumbira kuti akeze ni kuhoza mwane we chiswisu, ya chavali kwina hafuhi ni kutokwala.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.

48Jesu cwale cha wamba kwali, “Mbwita chi mwavona isupo ni makazo, kate muzumine.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Induna chati kwali, “Mukwame, wize kunu mwanangu naseni kufwa.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Jesu chawamba kwali, “Yende. Mwanako we chiswisu uhala.”Mukwame ava zumini manzwi awo Jesu ava wambi kwali, mi chayenda kuzwa hateni.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Havali kushetumuka, muhikana wakwe chamu katana, nawamba kuti mwanakwe we chiswisu avali kuhala.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Cwale chava vunza inako hatangira kuli zuwa hande. Chiva mwitava, Inzona mwinako ya musihali i fivere chiya musiya.”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.”

53Cwale vensi chiva lemuha kuti ivali jiyona inako ina Jesu yava wambi kwali, “Mwanako we chiswisu uhala.”Cwale iye mwine niver zuvo yakwe yonse chiva zumina.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.

54Iyi ivali ivali je makazo yo vuveri yava pangi Jesu hakazwa kwa Judeya kuya kwa Ngalileya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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