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1Yiisu bu ásoolo ti ba-Faridzyẽ bágyughu ti nde ábvulukabagha ya okaboghoro binduono ku oluru Dzã,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(Ngu okala ti Yiisu ndeme ka ákaboghoro o, lo binduono bi nde bíikaboghoro),(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3nde ámara ku etsulu e nsie kii Yude ya ábvughuru ku Ngalile.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Mu obo, nde áli faana obululuru mu nsie yi a Samari.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Me obo nde áyato ŋa Sisyare, bvulu limõ li lili mu etsulu e nsie kii Samari, ŋa bele a nseghe yi ógwi Dzakobe kundaa mwana a nde Dzodzefe.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Oŋo óli a dzunu li madza li Dzakobe. Yiisu bu akolo mu dzwe, ákarabwa nsini ŋa mukogho a dzunu li madza. Áli oli ku bele a tala lili embehe.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Mukaha mutsyini wu a musi Samari áyatyeghe madza. Yiisu ályele kundaa nde ti: «Gwa me madza mama oŋma.»When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Binduono bi nde bígyene ku bvulu mu oyiswumu bi-odza.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Lo mukaha wu a musi Samari ályele nde ti: «Bunu-abo we wu li mu-Dzwife kughu oluomo madza mama oŋma kundaa me wu ndi musi Samari?» Mu kuulu, ba-Dzwife bákabihi okala emõ ya basi Samari.“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.)

10Yiisu ábvuhulu kundaa nde ti: «Kala ti we áli soolo ekaba e Nzaami, ya nande li mbwuru wu aalyele kundaa we ndiri: “Gwa me madza mama oŋma”, me we nkini kaaluomo nde mo, ya nde kaagwa we madza mama bumweẽ.»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.”

11Mukaha ályele ti: «Mfumu, we ka li a elogho o ki ogwolo madza, ya dzunu li madza lili lila. Kunu we aabagha madza mamo mama bumweẽ?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Bunu! We bvulu taara a bihi, mukwuru a bihi Dzakobe? Me nde áasihi bihi dzunu li madza li, ya ndeme si áŋmi madza ma lo, bumõ si kundaa baana ya bibuolo bi nde.»Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Yiisu ábvuhulu kundaa nde ti: «Nswe munde wu aaŋma madza ma sa afiribagha nyoro.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Lo munde wu akala aaŋma madza ma akala aangwa me nde, nde ka afiribagha nyoro o. Ya madza ma akala aangwa me nde sa makala mu nde mukele wu aakapaha madza mama laama lili mibvu ya mibvu.»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.”

15Mukaha ályele kundaa nde ti: «Mfumu, gwa me madza mamo mpaala me nyaã ofiribagha nyoro, ya me nyaã ofirikayatyeghe madza ŋa.»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.”

16Yiisu ályele kundaa nde ti: «Gye, yita mulumu a we mbili ya yabvughuru ŋa.»Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mukaha ábvuhulu nde ti: «Me ka ndi a mulumu o.» Yiisu ályele kundaa nde ndiri: «We li a bwuu bu lyele ti: “Me ka ndi a mulumu o”.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Mu kuulu we aali a babaghala bataana ya munde wu li ya we mu matala ma ka li mulumu a we o. Mu obo we lyele ngaŋma.»In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mukaha ályele kundaa nde ti: «Mfumu, me mono ti we, we li mubighili.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Bataara ba bihi bákasamana ku yulu a munguo wu, ya be liikalyele ti ebini ki efaana mu okasamana eli ku Yerusaleme.»Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yiisu ályele kundaa nde ti: «Mukaha, sa kana mu ma aandyele me, matala mali mu ogya maala be akala ka liisamana Taara ku yulu a munguo wu o, ngu okala ku Yerusaleme.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Be, basi Samari liikasamana wu ligwene osoolo. Bihi, ba-Dzwife liikasamana wu lisoolo bihi, mu kuulu obvwughu ógyi mu ba-Dzwife.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Lo matala mali mu ogya, ya mu bu mo mamaato, maala ba baakasamana baba ngaŋma sa basamana Taara mu mufulu ya mu engaŋma. Baara ba baakasamana obo, me ba ookasagha Taara.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.

24Nzaami li Mufulu, mu obo, ba baakasamana nde bafaana okasamana mu mufulu ya mu engaŋma.»God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mukaha ályele kundaa nde ti: «Me nsoolo ti Mesi sa agya, munde wu baakata ti Kriste. Ŋa akala aagya nde, nde sa alyele bihi mandagha mwohono.»The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yiisu ályele kundaa nde ti: «Me ndi Mesi, me wu li mu okabili ya we.»Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Mu matala mamo binduono bi nde bíyato ya bye bíkiŋimi mu omono Yiisu mu okabili ya mukaha. Lo mbwuru si mumõ ka áfwulu nde o ti: «Emakye we li mu okasagha?» Bwunu we «Nsa ndagha we li mu okabili ya nde?»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?”

28Oŋo mukaha ábulusihi yughu li nde, ágyene ku bvulu ya ályele kundaa baara ti:Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29«Ligya limono mbwuru wu aalyele me mandagha mwohono ma aansi me. Nde ka li Kriste o?»“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Bo bápala mu bvulu ya bágyi kundaa nde.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Mu matala mamo, binduono bíkabuono nde ya bíkalyele ti: «Muluo, dza!»Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Lo nde ályele bo ti: «Me sa ndza bi-odza biili be ka ligyahaba bye o.»But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Mu obo, binduono bíbwi ofuhunu bye-a-bye ti: «Bunu, mbwuru aayabiri nde bi-odza?»So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yiisu ályele kundaa bo ti: «Bi-odza bi me, ngu osa waa li munde wu aagweghe me ya omana esala e nde.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Bunu, be beme ka liikalyele o ti: “Bangoono bana basyili ya matala mama otolo bimburu sa magya”? Lo me bu ndyele be ti: Liseene mihi ya litala manseghe: bimburu biigyele ya biifaana mu otolo!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.

36Mbwuru wu aakatolo bimburu maabagha mufuru a nde, ya li mu okakwu bimburu mu laama lili mibvu ya mibvu, mpaala munde wu aakunu ya munde wu aatolo bakala emõ mu esee.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Mu kuulu nkumu yi aakalyele ti: “Mumõ wu aakunu, wu muke wu aatolo” yili yi a ngaŋma.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Me aangweghe be mu oyitolo bimburu biili be ka liimono mpara mu osala bye o. Bakimi báasala bye, ya be liigyi mu otolo bimburu bi esala e bo.»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.”

39Basi Samari balagha baba bvulu lilo bási kana mu Yiisu mu nkooro a bumpughulu bu mukaha wu áalyele ti: «Nde aalyele me mandagha mwohono ma aansi me.»Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Ya basi Samari bu bayato ŋa áli nde, bo báluomo nde mu okala ya bo. Ya nde áluhu bitsughu byele ya bo.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Baara balagha báfirisa kana mu nkooro mandagha ma ákalyele ndeme.And many more believed because of His message.

42Ya bo bályele kundaa mukaha ti: «Ka oli yini a mu nkooro a mi aalyele we bihi, bihi liisi kana o, mu kuulu bihi liigyughu nde bihi bameme ya bihi lisoolo ti, ngaŋma wu me Mubvwuhu a nsie.»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.”

43Ŋa mbihi a bitsughu byele bibye, Yiisu ámara ŋa bvulu lilo, ya ágyene ku Ngalile.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Mu kuulu ndeme áli ályele ti ka baakagwa mubighili budziri mu nsie a ndeme o.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Lo nde bu ayato ku Ngalile, basi Ngalile bábwana a nde bubwe, mu kuulu boho si báli ku Yerusaleme ku kyiri kii Paake, ya bomo si áli bámono mandagha ma ágyighili nde.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.

46Mu obo, Yiisu áfiriyabvughuru ku Kaana mu etsulu e nsie kii Ngalile ku ákirili nde madza bviini. Óli ya mfumu a bambumbulu ba mukogho mumõ wu áali a mwana wu baghala wu mubyele ku Kaperenawume.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.

47Nde bu agyughu ti Yiisu aafi ku etsulu e nsie kii Yude mu ogye ku etsulu e nsie kii Ngalile, nde áyimono Yiisu ya ábuono nde akumunu mpaala adzuhu mwana a nde wu baghala wu áakadzwana ya lipfu.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.

48Mu obo Yiisu ályele kundaa nde ti: «Kala ti be ka limono bilyimi bibi okiŋimi ya bimaã o, si okala a bunu be ka lisa kana o!»Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Mfumu a bambumbulu ályele kundaa nde ti: «Mfumu, kumunu nsomo mwana a me akpa!»“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yiisu ályele kundaa nde ti: «Gye, mwana a we li mweẽ.» Baghala munde ási kana mu ndagha yi ólyele nde Yiisu ya ágyene.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Nde áli nkini mu okakumunu ŋa óyabwana a nde basala ba nde ba bályele kundaa nde ti: «Mwana a we wu baghala li mweẽ!»And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Nde áfwulu bo ti: «Mu nsa matala mwana aamono bubwe?» Bo bábvuhulu ti: «Matsighi, tala limõ ŋa mbihi a embehe, mukaama aafi nde.»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.”

53Oŋo taara a mwana ábaghala ti me mu tala lyini lilo Yiisu ályele kundaa nde ti: «Mwana a we wu baghala li mweẽ!» Obaana oŋo, nde ya baara ba nzo a nde bwohono bási kana.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.

54Ekye éli elyimi kii okiŋimi kii byele ki ósi Yiisu ku Ngalile, mu matala ma áfi nde ku Yude.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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