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1Mafalisayo nawahulika kota, Yesu kangikala yowapata na kuwabatiza walanguswa wenji kusinda Yohani.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Heye Yesu nayali hambe yabatize wanhu, walanguswa ndo wali wobatiza wanhu.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Yesu vyoyahuliche ago gowaliwolonga wanhu, koka Yudeya nakahiluka Galilaya.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Loyali yoluta mnzila naimgana yakolele Samaliya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Lelo loyafichile Sukali, muji umwe wa Samaliya, habehi na mgunda wa Yakubu nayampele mwanage Yusufu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Honhu aho hali na ideho lya Yakubu. Yesu vyoyali yatochile kujenda, kekalisa hanyi hafungo ha ideho. Yali iluta saa sita nemisi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Baho koya mdala wa Samaliya kudeha malenga. Yesu nakamlonjela, “Umhe malenga nyinwe.”When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Mhela awo walanguswa wa heye nawaluta kuli muji kugula ndiya.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Yula mdala Msamalia nakalonga, “Hegwe kwa Myahudi na heni nda Msamaliya, iwa ndaze kwangundanda malenga ga kunwa?” Kwa vila Wayahudi na Wasamaliya hawahangaga vinhu.“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.)

10Yesu nakamwidichila, “Hegwe na uvizele choyokupa Nguluwi, na munhu wachi yalingukulanda malenga, na wahamlandile heye malenga galingigala ukomu nayahakupele.”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.”

11Mdala yula kamuuza, “Mkulu, hegwe kwahela chinhu cha kudehela malenga, na ideho liluta hasi lukami, kogapata kohi malenga ga ukomu?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Hambi hegwe kwa mkulu kusinda mhaza wa hetwe Yakubu yatupele ideho lino, heye kanwa malenga gano na wanage na misenga jake?”Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Yesu nakedichila, “Wanhu weng'ha walingunwa malenga aga, woza ngona ng'halu kahi,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14ila munhu yonwa malenga ga heni hokona ng'halu ne hado. Malenga gowa nzasa imwigalila malenga ga ukomu. Kahi gompa ukomu wa mazuwa gose ne kuduma.”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.”

15Ayula mdala nakamlonjela Yesu, “Mkulu, umhe heni ago malenga ndeche kuyona ng'halu iyage na ndoleka kuya ahano kudeha malenga.”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.”

16Yesu nakamlonjela ayula mdala, “Ulute kamcheme mlume wa hegwe uye naye ahano.”Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Ayula mdala nakamwidichila, “Ndahela mlume.” Yesu nakedichila, “Nakukomya vyoulonjile kwahela mlume.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Nakuholigwa na walume wahano, na mlume ulingikala naye sambi hawele mlume wa hegwe. Goulonga kukomya.”In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Yula mdala nakamlonjela, “Mkulu, ndangukona hegwe kwa mloli wa Nguluwi.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Wasekulu wa hetwe wali wotambichiza Nguluwi kuli chidunda chino, ila hemwe Wayahudi mwangulonga Yelusalemu ndo honhu ha kutambichiza Nguluwi.”Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu nakamlonjela yula mdala, “Mdala ukunde gondilonga, mhela wanguya wanhu howomtambichiza Nguluwi kuli chidunda chino ama kula Yelusalemu.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Hemwe Wasamaliya hamzelele yalikohi wa kumtambichiza, ila hetwe Wayahudi tumzela yalikohi wa kumtambichiza, kwa vila ulohozi wolawa kwa Wayahudi.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Ila mhela wanguya nawabaha ufika, walingutambichiza wokomya, womtambichiza Mhaza wolongozwa kwa Muhe Yelile na kukomya.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.

24Nguluwi ndo Muhe. Ahyo wanhu walingumtambichiza, wamtambichize kwa kulongozwa kwa Muhe na kukomya.”God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mdala nakamlonjela Yesu hino, “Ndivizela kota Masiha yochemigwa Kilistu Mlohozi kokuya. Hoyokuya, kotulonjela hetwe mbuli zeng'ha.”The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu nakamwidichila, “Heni ndo nene ndilingulonga na hegwe!”Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Baho du, walanguswa nawahiluka, wabubuwala vyowamfichile Yesu yolonga na mdala. Ila kwali kuduhu ne yumwe yamuuzile ayula mdala kota, “Kwangugana choni?” Nakumuuza Yesu, “Ndaze kwangulonga na ayu mdala?”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?”

28Hamba ayula mdala nakaleka chiya cha malenga, kahiluka kuluga kuwalonjela wanhu,Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29Muye mlole, munhu yandonjele heni geng'ha gong'holile, kowa yawele Kilistu Mlohozi?“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Baho wanhu nawoka kuli muji nawaluta koyali Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Mhela wuwo walanguswa wali womdedeza Yesu, “Mlangusa, ulye chilyo.”Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Ila heye nakawedichila, “Ndina chilyo cha kulya cho hamchizelele hebu.”But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Walanguswa nawaluka kiwuza hewo waliyeka, “Hambi kwali na munhu yamigalile chilyo?”So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu nakawalonjela, “Chilyo cha heni chowa kudita vyoyaganile heye yanhumile na kukola mbuli zoyalajize.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Vyomzowele kulonga, ‘Jinghali myezi jine hela mhela wa mbena.’ Ila ndangukulonjelani mlole goya kuli migunda, vilyo vikangala goya kubenigwa.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.

36Ayula yokola mijito ya mbena, kowa yopegwa sendi, na kukungajiza chilyo kuli ukomu wa mazuwa gose ne kuduma, yumwe yonyala na yumwe yobena, weng'ha wowa wosechelela hamwe.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Kwa vila ulonzi awu ukomya, yumwe konyala na yumwe kobena.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Ndiwalajiza hemwe mkabene kuli migunda johamkolile mijito, wanji wochitunya hala na hemwe mohola hela.”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.”

39Wasamaliya kuli muji ula nawamkunda Yesu kota ayula mdala vyoyawalonjele, “Kandonjela geng'ha gonditile.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Wasamaliya vyowoyile kwa Yesu, nawamdedeza yekale na hewo. Yesu kekala na hewo mazuwa meli.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Wanhu wenji ng'hatu nawakunda kwa mbuli ya usenga wa Yesu.And many more believed because of His message.

42Wamlonjela ayula mdala, “Hetwe hambe tukunde hela kwa mbuli ya ulonzi wa hegwe, ila hetwe twetwe tumhulika na tuvizela kota ayu ndo Mlohozi wa isi yeng'ha.”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.”

43Lowekale mazuwa meli, Yesu koka aho kaluta Galilaya.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Kwa vila Yesu nakatawiza, “Mloli hatogolagwa hebu kuli isi ya heye.”Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Lelo vyowafichile Galilaya, wanhu ahala wambochela, kwa vila nawo nawaluta kuli mnvina ya Pasaka, nawagona geng'ha gowaditile ako Yelusalemu kuli mnvina ila.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.

46Yesu nakafika kahi ako Kana iwele Galilaya, konayagalule malenga gawa divai. Kwali na mkulu wa wamizi mloma, nayali na mwana mtamwa ako Kapanaumu.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.

47Lelo mkulu ayo wa isi loyahuliche Yesu koya yolawila Yudeya mbaka Galilaya, kaluta kumlanda yamlohole mwanage msongolo yawele mtamwa lajilaji.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.

48Yesu nakamlonjela, “Kuduhu munhu ne yumwe, yokunda mbaka yavyone vinduzanduza na ulajilo.”Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Ayula mkulu wa undewa wa isi nakamlonjela Yesu, “Mkulu, dedede, tulute himahima mwanangu hanabagama.”“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu nakamlonjela, “Ulute kaye komfika mwanago yawele mkomu.” Ayula munhu nakakunda goyalonjile Yesu, koka kaluta kaye.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Vyoyali yoluta mnzila kuza kaye, kating'hana na vitumagwa wa heye, nawamlonjela, mwanago mkomu.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Heye nakawauza, wali mhela wachi? Nawamlonjela, “Yali ifichile saa saba nemisi, utamwa lowaluche kumlechela.”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.”

53Baho ayula mkulu nakakumbuchila nayali ndo mihela jijila Yesu vyoyamlonjele kota, “Mwanago kowa mkomu.” Baho ivyazi lyake nawakunda goyalonjile Yesu.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.

54Achi chali chinduzanduza cha keli Yesu yalajile vyoyalawile Yudeya kuluta Galilaya.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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