John 4 (NMM) · Opened

1Isa alipata habari kuwa Mafarisayo walisikia kwamba yeye alikuwa akipata wanafunzi kuliko Yahya na kuwabatiza,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2ingawa kwa kweli si Isa mwenyewe aliyekuwa akibatiza, ila ni wanafunzi wake.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Bwana Isa alipojua mambo haya, aliondoka Yudea akarudi tena Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Wakati huo ilimlazimu apitie Samaria.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Akafika kwenye mji mmoja wa Samaria uitwao Sikari, karibu na lile shamba ambalo Yakobo alimpa mwanawe Yusufu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Kisima cha Yakobo kilikuwa huko. Naye Isa alikuwa amechoka kwa kuwa alikuwa ametoka safarini. Akaketi karibu na hicho kisima. Ilikuwa yapata saa sita mchana.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Mwanamke mmoja Msamaria alipokuja kuteka maji, Isa akamwambia, “Naomba maji ninywe.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8(Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wameenda mjini kununua chakula.)(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Yule mwanamke Msamaria akamjibu, “Wewe ni Myahudi na mimi ni Msamaria. Yawezekanaje uniombe maji ya kunywa?” (Wayahudi walikuwa hawashirikiani kabisa na Wasamaria.)“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.)

10Isa akamjibu, “Kama ungeijua karama ya Mungu, na ni nani anakuomba maji ya kunywa, ungemwomba yeye, naye angekupa maji ya uzima.”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.”

11Yule mwanamke akamjibu, “Bwana, wewe huna chombo cha kutekea maji na kisima hiki ni kirefu. Hayo maji ya uzima utayapata wapi?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Kwani wewe ni mkuu kuliko baba yetu Yakobo ambaye alitupatia kisima hiki, ambacho yeye pamoja na watoto wake na mifugo yake walikitumia?”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Isa akamjibu, “Kila mtu anayekunywa maji ya kisima hiki ataona kiu tena.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Lakini yeyote anywaye maji nitakayompa hataona kiu kamwe. Maji nitakayompa yatakuwa ndani yake chemchemi ya maji, yakibubujika uzima wa milele.”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.”

15Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana, tafadhali nipe maji hayo ili nisipate kiu tena, wala nisije tena hapa kuteka maji!”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.”

16Isa akamjibu, “Nenda ukamwite mumeo, uje naye hapa.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Yule mwanamke akajibu, “Sina mume.” Isa akamwambia, “Umesema kweli kuwa huna mume.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Kwa maana umeshakuwa na wanaume watano, na mwanaume unayeishi naye sasa si mume wako! Umesema ukweli.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Yule mwanamke akasema, “Bwana, naona bila shaka wewe ni nabii.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Baba zetu waliabudu kwenye mlima huu, lakini ninyi Wayahudi mnasema ni lazima tukaabudu huko Yerusalemu.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Isa akamjibu, “Mwanamke, niamini: wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba katika mlima huu, wala huko Yerusalemu.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Ninyi Wasamaria mnaabudu msichokijua. Sisi Wayahudi tunamwabudu Mungu tunayemjua kwa sababu wokovu unatoka kwa Wayahudi.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Lakini saa yaja, tena ipo, ambapo wale waabuduo halisi watamwabudu Baba katika roho na kweli. Kwa maana Baba anawatafuta watu wanaomwabudu kwa namna hii.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.

24Mungu ni Roho, na wote wanaomwabudu imewapasa kumwabudu katika roho na kweli.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Ninafahamu kwamba Al-Masihi” (yaani Aliyetiwa mafuta) “anakuja. Yeye akija, atatueleza mambo yote.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Isa akamwambia, “Mimi ninayezungumza nawe, ndiye.”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Wakati huo wanafunzi wake wakarudi, wakashangaa sana kumwona akizungumza na mwanamke. Lakini hakuna aliyemuuliza, “Unataka nini kwake?” Au, “Kwa nini unazungumza 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?”

28Yule mwanamke akaacha mtungi wake, akarudi mjini, akawaambia watu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29“Njooni mkamwone mtu aliyeniambia kila kitu nilichotenda! Je, yawezekana huyu ndiye Al-Masihi?”“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Basi wakamiminika watu kutoka mjini, wakamwendea Isa.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wakimsihi, “Mwalimu, kula.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Lakini yeye akawajibu, “Mimi ninacho chakula ambacho ninyi hamkifahamu.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Basi wanafunzi wakaanza kuulizana, “Kuna mtu ambaye amemletea chakula?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Lakini Isa akawajibu, “Chakula changu ni kufanya mapenzi ya Mungu ambaye amenituma na kuikamilisha kazi yake.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Je, ninyi hamsemi, ‘Bado miezi minne tuvune’? Inueni macho yenu myaangalie mashamba jinsi mazao yalivyo tayari kuvunwa!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.

36Mvunaji tayari anapokea mshahara wake, naye anakusanya mazao kwa ajili ya uzima wa milele, ili yeye apandaye na yeye avunaye wafurahi pamoja.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Hivyo ule msemo, ‘Mmoja hupanda na mwingine huvuna,’ ni kweli kabisa.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Niliwatuma mkavune mazao ambayo hamkupanda. Wengine walifanya kazi ngumu, nanyi mmevuna faida ya taabu yao.”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.”

39Wasamaria wengi katika mji ule wakamwamini Isa kwa sababu ya ushuhuda wa yule mwanamke alipowaambia kwamba, “Ameniambia kila kitu nilichotenda.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Hivyo wale Wasamaria walipomjia, wakamsihi akae kwao. Naye akakaa huko siku mbili.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Kwa sababu ya neno lake, watu wengi wakaamini.And many more believed because of His message.

42Wakamwambia yule mwanamke, “Sasa tunaamini, wala si kwa sababu ya maneno yako tu, bali kwa kuwa tumemsikia sisi wenyewe. Tumejua hakika kwamba huyu ndiye Al-Masihi, Mwokozi wa ulimwengu.”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 ya zile siku mbili, Isa aliondoka kwenda Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44(Basi Isa mwenyewe alikuwa amesema kwamba nabii hapati heshima katika nchi yake mwenyewe.)Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Alipofika Galilaya, Wagalilaya walimkaribisha, kwani walikuwa wameona yale aliyoyatenda huko Yerusalemu wakati wa Sikukuu ya Pasaka. Kwa maana wao pia walikuwa wamehudhuria hiyo Sikukuu.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.

46Hivyo Isa akafika tena Kana ya Galilaya, kule alikuwa amebadili maji kuwa divai. Kulikuwa na afisa mmoja wa mfalme, ambaye mwanawe alikuwa mgonjwa huko Kapernaumu.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.

47Huyo mtu aliposikia kwamba Isa alikuwa amewasili Galilaya kutoka Yudea, alimwendea na kumsihi aende akamponye mwanawe, aliyekuwa mgonjwa karibu ya kufa.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.

48Isa akamwambia, “Ninyi watu msipoona ishara na miujiza kamwe hamtaamini.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Yule afisa wa mfalme akamwambia, “Bwana, tafadhali shuka kabla mwanangu hajafa.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Isa akamjibu, “Nenda zako, mwanao yu hai.” Yule afisa akaamini yale maneno Isa aliyomwambia, akaenda zake.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Alipokuwa bado yuko njiani, akakutana na watumishi wake, wakamwambia kwamba mwanawe yu mzima.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Akawauliza saa ambayo alianza kupata nafuu. Wakamwambia, “Jana saa saba, ndipo homa iliisha.”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.”

53Ndipo baba wa huyo mtoto akakumbuka kuwa huo ndio wakati Isa alikuwa amemwambia, “Mwanao yu hai.” Kwa hiyo yeye na wote wa nyumbani mwake wakamwamini Isa.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.

54Hii ilikuwa ishara ya pili ambayo Isa alifanya aliporudi Galilaya kutoka Yudea.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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