John 4 (UTR) · Opened

1Emi iFarasi fwo gbɛɛ iYesu nghao le tu ama okyɛdɔn dile kyɔ ma iBatisima ngha iJɔn,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2yama li iYesu abɔn le kyɔ iBatisima ba, kpaa li engwafɔɔn le kyɔ.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3IYesu wa ye nghanɛ man, o dzata ayɛsɛ mgbi iJudia yidɔ lu iGalalia.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4I wogyɔ ngwi o ka nyɛ ongwi iSamaria.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Nɛ o wa to igeli mgbi iSamaria oka ngwi a li kwun di iSika, kwɛkwɛ yi ongwɛ imbe ngwi iJeko kye nu iJose ongwan nani.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Ibuga mgbi iJeko dzɛ imbe nani, dafi indɛ mgbi agaba kwu iYesu nɛ, o sisɛ mi ewo ibuga ngwi onɔ dɔ idzidzɛ udɛ sini.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Onɔ ngwi ongyaa iSamaria ba owa kweni nɛ, iYesu byun gbɛɛ, <<O ka nu ani eni owawa wɛ?>>When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8(Engwafɔ mgban lu ifu igeli oka gya ungwogye.)(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Ongyaa iSamaria na nyan gbɛɛ, <<Abu li inggisɛ iJuda, ani li ongyaa iBatlomi. Kyɔsinɛse ngwi abu le bɔ ani eni owawa?>> (Bana emi iJuda li kwokyi yi emi iBatlomi ba.)“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.)

10IYesu gbɛɛ, <<Ni abu ki ye umba mgbi Imgbasho ndzɛ mi ikye mgbi abu bɛyi inggisɛ nle bɔ abu eni owawa nɛ yɔ, abu kika bɔ ta, o kika nu abu eni mgbi oshishe.>>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.”

11Ongyaa na gbɛɛ, <<Ongyukwo, abu dzɛ yi odi okweni ba, ibu nɛ kɛ ma abu ka tu eni mgbi oshishe nɛ mi ole?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Abu shewo ngha otseyi iJeko nkye ibuga nɛ nu eyi di weni mi ele abuon, ngwi ɛngbɛ mgban kpaa wa bɛyi ifyungwɔ mgban naa?>>Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13IYesu nyan gbɛɛ, <<Ali inggisɛ nweni nɛ yɔ ekweni ka yɛ kwun,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14kpaa ali inggisɛ nweni ngwi Ani kye nun yɔ ekweni ka kwun wuba. Mi otsitsi, eni ngwi Ani kye nun na ka yaan uteeni di kale fɛ nghataa kaka oshishe gyegwu.>>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.”

15Ongyaa na nyan gbɛɛ, <<Ongyukwo, nu ani eni nani adzi ni ekweni ka kwin wuba, nin di nya yi eni owa kwɔɔkwɔ.>>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.”

16IYesu nyan gbɛɛ, <<Ka kwu obabu ela no ba.>>Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17O gbɛɛ, <<Ani dzɛ yi ongyulɔ ba.>> IYesu gbɛɛ, <<O gbɔ ayin dafi abu gbɛɛ abu dzɛ yi ongyulɔ ba nani.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Otsitsi, abu teyi sulu engyulɔ nghi eda, ongwu abu dzɛyan onɛnɛ nɛ kpaa li obabu ba. Odzɛ ngwi abu kwa gbɔ nɛ li otsitsi.>>In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Ongyaa na gbɛɛ, <<Ongyukwo, dzɛ ani dafi abu li oyegbɔ mani.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Emi otseyi teyi li sunu Imgbasho mi unggwɔ nɛni, nghaduu ema emi iJuda yɔ li gbɛɛ li mi iJerosalin kyɛmɛ ngwi eyi ka sunu Imgbasho.>>Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21IYesu ghatɔ gbɛɛ, <<Ongyaa, nu ani oyɛyɛ, onɔ kyɛma ngwi ema ka wa sunu Otsɛ Imgbasho mi unggwɔ nɛ hona mi iJerosalin kpaa wuba.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Ema emi iBatlomi le sunu ungwɔ ngwi ema yon ba; eyi emi iJuda yɔ, eyi le sunu ungwɔ ngwi eyi yon, bana owatɔ-watɔ kyɛ mbi emi iJuda.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Lubana onɔ kyɛma di li onɔ ma aani, ngwi ali inggisɛ osunu mi otsitsi ka sunu Otsɔn Imgbasho mi onodzi bɛyi otsitsi kyɛmɛ, lubana li itɔ ama osunu ngwu Otsɔ Imgbasho le pita ma aali.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.

24Imgbasho li Onodzi, ama osunun nu ma sunun mi onodzi bɛyi otsitsi kyɛmɛ.>>God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Ongyaa na gbɛɛ, <<Ani ye Onagbɛ (ongwu a kwun di iKrestu ma) kyɛma. Onɔ ngwi o wa ba yɔ, o ka nu eyi osa mi alungwɔ duu.>>The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Man iYesu ghatɔ gbɛɛ, <<Li ani ma jo le gbɔdzɛ yi abu aani.>>Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Mi onɔ na mata engwafɔ mgban yɛ man i kwulu ma ewo dafi iYesu le gbɔdzɛ yi ongyaa mani. Nghaduu inggisɛ onyi byita gbɛɛ, <<Li ekyɛ ngwi abu mina naadi kyɔnɛ ngwi abu le kponya yi ongyaa baa?>>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?”

28Ta ongyaa na dzata ishe eni mgban, yɛ lu igeli ka nya ali inggisɛ duu gbɛɛ,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29<<Ba na, wa di inggisɛ ngwu nya ani alungwɔ ngwi ani plɛ kyɔ tsatsa nɛni. Li iKrestu ma dɛn hoo?>>“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30A tasɛ mi ogalu kpatsɛ ofɛ le lu mbon.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Duuse nu ma ba yɔ, engwafɔɔn tɛkyɛ yan gbɛɛ, <<Otsetse, gye ungwogye.>>Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Nghaduu iYesu nya ma gbɛɛ, <<Ani sulu ungwogye ongwi ema ye ba mani.>>But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Nɛman engwafɔɔn tole gbɔ yi ewoma gbɛɛ, <<Naadi inggisɛ oka kye ungwogye wa nun?>>So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34IYesu gbɛɛ, <<Ungwogye mgbi ani, li okyɔ itukwu mgbi Ongwu ndɔ ani esɔ di ngyɛlu idɔ mgban ngwi o wo ani mani.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Ema li gbɛɛ, <I sisi ofyia enɛ duuse onɔ oshɛ etɔ ka gyɔ baa>? Nin nya ema, kwulu inɛ di okwɔ na! A myɛ gyɔ oshɛ-shɛ.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.

36Onɛnɛ kpaa a le kpa inggisɛ oshɛ etɔ mi idɔ mgban, o dile shɛ etɔ mgbi oshishe ogyegwu na onɛnɛni, ikye ni inggisɛ ofwe etɔ bɛyi inggisɛ oshɛ etɔ wa dzɛ yi atsa yi ewoma.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Nghanɛ elodzɛ ngbɛɛ, <Inggisɛ oka fwe-fwe etɔ oka di shɛ-shɛ na li otsitsi.>For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38N dɔ ema esɔ le ka shɛ etɔ ngwi li ema kya ba. Angbeka teyi kyɔlu idɔ nsunɔ mani ta ema tu mgbede mi idɔ mgbi ama.>>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.”

39Emi iSamaria kwuba mi igeli na nu iYesu oyɛyɛ mi ikye obwɛndɛ mgbi ongyaa nani, ngwi o gbɛɛ, <<O nya ani alungwɔ ngwi ani teyi kyɔ tsatsadu.>>Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Nghanɛ ngwi emi iSamaria ba mbon nɛ, a tɛkyɛ nun gbɛɛ no dzɛ yi ama, man o si lela yi ama egbe efa.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Elodzɛ mgban ogbɔɔgbɔ nu inggisɛ kwuba yɛɛ ama onoyɛyɛ.And many more believed because of His message.

42A nya ongyaa na gbɛɛ, <<Eyi noyɛyɛ mi elodzɛ ngwi abu nya eyi na ta ba, onɛnɛ eyi fwo mi adɔ ibeyi, eyi di ye gbɛɛ ongyulɔ nɛ otsitsi-otsitsi o li Onagbɛ mgbi ɛsɛ nɛni.>>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.”

43Ngwi egbe efa na nyɛ nɛta iYesu lu iGalalia.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44(Bana ongwu abuon teyi gbɛɛ oyegbɔ sulu mmwɛ mi ɛsɛ udan ba.)Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Ngwi o kaka iGalalia nɛman emi iGalalia kyɔn onɔ. A di ungwɔ ama ngwi o kyɔ mi iJerosalin tsatsa mi oga owɛ owatɔ-watɔ mgbi emi Israi nani, ikyekyɛ ama kpaa kɛ ele.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.

46O diyɛ kɛ igeli iKana mi ayɛsɛ mgbi iGalalia imbe ngwi o kyata eni yɛɛ eneekwɔ nani. Ongbodzi inggisɛ idɔ mgbi utɔ oka ongwan la ootse mi ɛsɛ iKapenahun.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.

47Ngwi inggisɛ nɛ fwo gbɛɛ iYesu dzata iJudia luba iGalalia nɛ, o si kɛ mbon ka tɛkyɛ nun gbɛɛ no ba wa bwe ongwan ongwu ndotse kaka ikwongye nani.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.

48Nɛ iYesu nyan gbɛɛ, <<Se ni ema di ambɛ yi ungwɔ okwulewo bayɔ ema ka noyɛyɛ ba.>>Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Ongbodzi inggisɛ idɔ mgbi utɔ na gbɛɛ, <<Ongyukwo, ba vla duuse ni ongwani wa kwulu.>>“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50IYesu gbɛɛ, <<O ka yagba lu, unka ka kyɔ ongwabu ba.>> Inggisɛ na gbela yi odzɛ ngwi iYesu gbɔ nɛ taman o si lu.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Ngwi o kale kɛ ofɛ mani engbidɔ mgban wa nyan gbɛɛ ewo gbosa lo ongwan.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52O byi ma onɔ ngwi ewo gbosa lon mani, a gbɛɛ, <<Li obyi onyi mi onɔ ngwi awo dzanta.>>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.”

53Man otsɔn difwi dafi li onɔ na yɛyɛ ngwi iYesu gbɛɛ, <<Ongwabu ka dzɛ oshishe.>> Nɛta ongwu yi etɔ mgban duu noyɛyɛ.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.

54Li ambɛ okwulewo ongwu fan ngwi iYesu kyɔ mi onɔ ngwi o dzata iJudia luba iGalalia aani.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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