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1Erhi Yezu amanya oku Abafarizeyi bayumvîrhe oku akola agwêrhe baganda banji kulusha Yowane n’oku adwîrhe abatiza bantu banji kumulusha,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2n’obwo arhali Yezu yêne wakâg’ibatiza, ci baganda bâge,(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3arhenga e Yudeya, acîshubirira e Galileya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Kwàli kukwânîne atwikanye omu Samâriya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Anacihika omu cishagala ciguma c’e Samâriya, ciderhwa Sikara, hôfi h’ishwa Yakôbo ahâga omugala Yozefu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Ho iriba lya Yakôbo libà aho. Yezu ali amârhama n’enjira; anacitamala oku cikunguzo c’iriba. Zàli nka nsâ ndarhu.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Mukazi muguma w’Omusamâriya ayish’idôma. Yezu anacimubwîra, erhi: «Mpà nâni mîshi nnywe».When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Abaganda bâge bâli bajir’igula ebiryo omu lugo.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Olya mukazi w’Omusamâriya amubwîra, erhi: «Kurhi we Muyahudi wankampûna amîshi, nie Musamâriya?» Bulya Abayahudi n’Abasamâriya barhabonanagakwo.“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.)

10Yezu amushuza, erhi: «Ocimanyaga enshôkano ya Nnâmahanga okanamanya ndi okubwîzire, erhi: “Mpà nâni nnywe”, wakabire we muhûna, naye anakakuhîre amîshi g’obuzîne».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.”

11Olya mukazi amubwîra, erhi: «Yâgirwa, ci orhagwêrhi eci wankadômeramwo, n’iriba lirî lirî. Ngahi wankacibona amîshi g’obuzîne?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12K’olushirage larha Yakôbo warhuhâga eri iriba, anyweramwo bo n’abâna n’ebintu byâge?»Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Yezu amushubiza, erhi: «Ngasi yêshi onywakwo aga mîshi ashub’iyumva enyôrha;Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Ci owanywe oku mîshi namuhà, arhakayumva nyôrha ciru n’eliguma; bulya amîshi namuhà gamuhindukamwo iriba lyakahululamwo amîshi g’obuzîne bw’ensiku n’amango».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.”

15Nyamukazi, erhi: «Waliha, mpà nâni kwo ago mîshi, lyo irhondo ntaciyumva nyôrha, lyo ntanakaciyish’idôma bano».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.”

16Yezu amubwîra, erhi: «Kanya, ohamagale balo, ogal’igaluka».Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Olya mukazi amushuza, erhi: «Ntajira mulume». Yezu amushubiza, erhi: «Nêci, kwo binali, orhajira mulume.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Bulya wamaja omu mwa balume barhanu, n’oyu oli omu mwâge arhali balo. Nêci, orhanywesiri».In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Nyamukazi, erhi: «Yâgirwa, namâbona oku oli mulêbi.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Balarha bakâg’iharâmya kw’eyi ntondo, ninyu mpu Yeruzalemu ho hantu h’okuharâmya».Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yezu amubwîra, erhi: «We mukazi, nyêmêra, amango gahisire, arhananciri kuli eyi ntondo erhi e Yeruzalemu mwacikaharâmya Larha.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Mw’oyo munakaharâmya eci murhishi, rhwêhe rhuharâmya eci rhuyishi; bulya obucire omu Buyahudi burhenga.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Câba amango gayiruka -ganakola go gano- abaharâmya okunali bakola bakâharâmya Larha omu murhima gwâbo n’okunali; bulya abo bo Larha alonza mpu bamuharâmye.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.

24Nyamuzinda abà mûka, n’abamuharâmya kukwânîne bamuharâmye omu murhima n’okunali».God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Olya mukazi anacimubwîra, erhi: «Nyîshi oku Masiha, olya baderha Kristu, ayisha. Amango ayisha, ye warhuyigîriza byoshi».The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yezu amushuza, erhi: «Nie ono ndwîrhe nakudesa».Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Ho n’aho abaganda bâge bayisha, basômerwa erhi babona adwîrhe aganîza omukazi. Ci ntâye washagîre mpu amudôsa, erhi: «Ci wamudôsa», erhi: «Carhuma wamuganîza?»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?”

28Nyamukazi anacisiga akabindi kâge, alibirhira eka, aj’ibwîra abantu, erhi:Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29«Yishi mubone omulume wamambwîra ebi najizire byoshi. K’arhankabà ye Kristu?»“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Banacirhenga omu lugo, bajà emunda àli.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Ago mango abaganda bâge bakâg’imuyinginga banamubwîra, mpu: «Waliha Mwigiriza, ebiryo bino».Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Naye abashuza, erhi: «Ngwêrhe ebiryo murhishi».But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Abaganda bâge bakadôsanya, mpu: «Nkaba hali owamudwîrhîre eby’alya?»So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yezu ababwîra, erhi: «Ebiryo byâni kuli kujira obulonza bw’owantumaga n’okuyûkiriza omukolo gwâge.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35“Ka murhaderha, mpu”: “Hasigire myêzi ini emyâka eyêre?” “Nâni mmubwîzire”: “Yinamuli amasù, mubone oku amashwa gakola gayâkirize n’emyâka”.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.

36“Omusârûzi akola ahâbwa oluhembo lwâge; akola adwîrhe alunda emburho oku buzîne bw’ensiku n’amango, na ntyo owarhwêraga naye akola asîma bo n’omusârûzi”.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37“Nêci aka kanwa kanali k’okuli: orhwêra ali wago, n’osârûla ali wago”.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38“Nammurhumire okuj’isârûla ebi murhalibukiraga; bandi balibusire ninyu mwalya emyâka y’amalibuko gâbo”».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.”

39Basamâriya banji b’eco cishagala bamuyêmêra erhi kalya kanwa k’olya mukazi karhuma, erhi: «Anambwîzire ebi najizire byoshi».Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Erhi Abasamâriya bamuhikaho, bamuyinginga mpu acumbike. Ajirayo nsiku ibiri zône.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Bandi banji bamuyêmêra erhi nyigîrizo zirhuma.And many more believed because of His message.

42Bakâbwîra olya mukazi, mpu: «Arhaciri binwa byâwe birhumire rhuyêmêra; nîrhu rhwêne rhwamuyumvîrhe, rhunakola rhumanyire bwinjà oku kwo binali, oyu ye Muciza w’igulu».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.”

43Erhi zirya nsiku ibiri zigera, anacilîkûla, ajà e Galileya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Yezu yêne àli erhi adesire mpu ntà mulêbi okengwa omu cihugo câbo.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Erhi ahika e Galileya, abanya-Galileya bamuyankirira, bulya bâli erhi babwîne ebi ajiraga e Yeruzalemu byoshi oku lusiku lukulu; bulya nabo bâli oku lusiku lukulu.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.

46Ashub’ijà e Kana y’e Galileya, erya ahindulaga amîshi okubà divayi. Yali murhambo muguma walwazagya omugala e Kafarnaumu.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.

47Oyo mulume erhi ayumva oku Yezu ahika e Galileya kurhenga e Yudeya, amuguma omu cirali, anamushenga mpu ayandagalîre emwâge, aj’ifumya omugala wali hôfi h’okufà.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.

48Yezu amubwîra, erhi: «Ka mukabà murhabwîni ebisômerîne n’ebirhangâzo murhâyêmêre?»Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Naye nyamurhwâli, erhi: «Muhânyi, yandagala embere omwâna anfîre».“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yezu amubwîra, erhi: «Gendaga, mugala wâwe ali mutaraga». Nyamulume anaciyêmêra ako kanwa ka Yezu, alîkûla.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Oku aciri omu njira y’okuyandagalira emwâge, abambali bayisha, bamubwîra mpu omugala afumire.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Abadôsa ensà yonêne arhondêraga okuyumva amagala. Bamushuza, mpu: «Nnjo aha nsâ nda ishushira lyamurhengagamwo».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.”

53Îshe abona oku yo na nsâ Yezu amubwîraga, erhi: «Mugala wâwe ali mutaraga». Anaciyêmêra ye n’ab’omu mwâge boshi.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.

54Eco co cisômerîne ca kabiri Yezu àjizire erhi ashubira e Galileya kurhenga e Yudeya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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