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1Yesu ha kázaya ni Bafwadisi báyuka mu kuzonzila ni yandi kákala kitula yi kubotika balonguki kuluta Yowani,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2-kinga ka yandi meni ku Yesu wakala botika, kaasi balonguki bandi. -(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Yesu wákatuka ku kinzunga Yuteya amana wénda hika ku kinzunga Ngadidi.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Kinga wáfwana kuhitila mu kinzunga kya Samadiya.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Yesu wátula muna mbanza yimosi ya Samadiya, yina bakala tela ni Sikadi; yina yenina bela-bela yi kilanga kina káhana Yakobi kwena mwana wandi Yozefu.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Hahana hákala yi tho ya mamba ya Yakobi. Bwosu kákala mu kitambu, Yesu wálembwa, amana wásikuka hana kabeta ka tho ya mamba. Yakala kitesu kya tangwa dya tsinzi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Mukhetu mosi wa ku Samadiya wisa teka mamba. Yesu wumuzimbwadini: «Pheka mamba yinwa.»When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8-Kikuma balonguki bandi benda sumba bima bya kudya mu mbanza. -(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Mukhetu wa ku Samadiya wumuzimbwadini: «Abweti ni ngeyi wenina Muyuta, wufwani mu kulomba mamba ma kunwa, kwena meni yenina mukhetu wa ku Samadiya?» -Kikuma Bayuta bisiku zola kukhundakana kwena bisi Samadiya.-“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 wumuvutwadini: «Wadi wázayaka kabu dya Nzambi, amana keti nani kenina wuna wubati kulomba mamba ma kunwa, wadi ngeyi wukhanima mulomba, amana yandi kakhani kuheka mamba ma luzingu.»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.”

11Mukhetu wumuvutwadini: «A Pfumu, weku keti kilekwa kya kutekila, dibulu phi dya kaleyi. Abweti watékilama mamba meni mana ma luzingu?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Ngeyi wubanzi ni mbuta wenina, kuluta khaka wetu Yakobi, wuna wátuheka dibulu dya mamba dyadi; yandi meni phi wánwama yi bana bandi yi bibulu byandi?»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 wámuvutwala: «Mutu wosu wanwa mamba mama, kihwinya kyamúkwata hika;Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14kaasi wuna wanwa mamba mana yimúheka meni, kihwinya kyalendaku mukwata hika: mamba mana yimúheka, mamúkitukila tho ya mamba mana makwata lubuka kikuma kya luzingu lwa mvula yi mvula.»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.”

15Mukhetu wumuzimbwadini: «A Pfumu, pheka mamba meni mamana, ndangu khwataku hika kihwinya amana khalaku hika yi mupfunu wa kwisa teka mamba kwaku.»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.”

16-Yesu wumuzimbwadini: «Ndawenda, mutela yakala dyaku amana awisa vutuka kwaku.»Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Mukhetu wávutula: «Yeku yi yakala.» Yesu wumuzimbwadini: «Mboti wuzonzini, ha wuzimbudini ni weku yi yakala;“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18mukuma wákala yi bayakala batanu, amana yandi wubati zinga yandi buthwena, keku yakala dyaku. Kyedika wuzonzini.» -In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Mukhetu wumuzimbwadini: «A Pfumu, mboni ni ngeyi, mbikudi wenina.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Bakhaka betu báfukamina Nzambi ha mongu wawu, kaasi benu Bayuta lwisi zimbula ni kizika kilungini mu kufukamina Nzambi, ku Yelusalemi kyenina.»Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu wumuzimbwadini: «Khwikila, mukhetu, ni tangwa dyakwísa, dina dyakála ni Tata bamúfukaminaku hika ha mongu wawu keti ku Yelusalemi.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Benu lwisi fukamina Nzambi wuna luzayiku; betu Bayuta thwisi fukamina wuna tuzayini, mukuma luhulusu, kwena Bayuta lwátuka.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Kaasi tangwa dyakwísa, dilungidi kedi, ndangu bafukamini ba kyedika bamúfukamina Tata mu kitembu yi mu kyedika; mukuma wawuna mutindu wa bafukamini bana kisi sanda Tata.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.

24Nzambi kenina Kitembu, bulungi ni bana bisi mufukamina, bamufukamina mu kitembu yi mu kyedika.»God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Mukhetu wa musamadiya wumuzimbwadini: «Nzayi ni Masiya wuna bisi tela Kidisitu, kabati kwisa. Tangwa kakwísa, yandi watúsamwana moosu.»The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu wumuvutwadini: «Meni yandu yibati kuzonzisa.»Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Muna tangwa meni dina, balonguki bandi bakala yituka mu kumona ni kabati yambila yi mukhetu mosi. Kaasi keti mosi wa bawu, wáfwana ni káhyula: «Biki wubati sanda?» kondilo «Kikuma kya biki wubati yambidila yi mukhetu?»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?”

28Amana mukhetu wásisa kalondu kandi, wenda mu mbanza amana wuzimbudini kwena batu:Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29«Alwisa tala! Mutu mosi wenina kuna, kánzimbwadini mambu moosu mana yíhanga. Yandi kafwaniku ni kakala Masiya?»“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Batu bálubuka mu mbanza amana bisa kwena Yesu.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Muna tangwa meni dina, balonguki bakala muzimbwala: «Ah Mulongi, dya!».Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Kaasi yandi wubavutwadini: «Meni yenina yi bima bya kudya, bina lukondi zaya benu.»But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Balonguki bakala dihyula bawu yi bawu: «Henina yi mutu wumunatini kima kya kudya?»So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu wubazimbwadini: «Madya mama menina mu kuhanga luzolu lwa wuna wáthuma yi mu kumanisa kisalu kyandi.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Benu lwisiku zonza bwabu: "Ngonda ya zisadi mu kukatula mbongu?" Kaasi meni yiluzimbwadini: vumbulenu mesu amana talenu bilanga, bibundu bibengi amana tangwa dya kuhelabya difwani!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.

36Wuna wisi katula mbongu, lufutu kisi tambula; amana kisi hela bibundu kikuma kya luzingu lwa mvula yi mvula; ndangu ni wuna wisi kuna yi wuna wisi hela, babodi basephila hakimosi.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Mukuma, kingana kina kya kyedika kyisi zimbula: "Mutu mosi wisi kuna amana mukwawu wendi hela."For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Meni yílutuma mu kuhela mbongu muna lwakonda monina phasi; batu bahika bámona phasi amana benu lubati zingila muna bisalu bya bawu.»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.”

39Bisi Samadiya balawu ba mbanza meni yina bákwikila mwena Yesu, kikuma kya kimbangi kina kya mukhetu: «Kánzimbwala moosu mana yíhanga.»Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Buna bátula bela-bela yi yandi, bisi Samadiya bámulomba ni kazakala ndambu yi bawu; bilumbu byodi kánanga kwakuna.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Batu balawu-lawu hika bákwikila kikuma kya ndinga yandi;And many more believed because of His message.

42amana bázimbula kwena mukhetu: «Heku ni kikuma kya mambu mana wutuzimbwadikini tukwikididi; mukuma tumuyukini betu-betu yi matu metu, tukwikidi phi ni yandi kenina kyedika muhuludi wa tsi.»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.”

43Kunima dya bilumbu byodi meni bina, Yesu wákatuka hahana, wenda ku Ngadidi.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Mukuma yandi meni Yesu kata kimbangi: «Mbikudi kisiku lumina ku tsi yandi.»Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Tangwa kisa ku Ngadidi, bisi Ngadidi bámuyamba mboti-mboti, kikuma bámona moosu mana kásala kuna Yelusalemi, muna tangwa dya mukinzi, mukuma bawu meni kuna benda kuna mukinzi meni wuna.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 wávutuka hika ku mbanza ya Kana dya Ngadidi, kuna kábalula mamba mu vinu. Pfumu mosi wa ku nganda ya kyamvu wavwa mwana wandi wa yakala wákala wabela kuna Kafadinawumi.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.

47Buna káyuka ni Yesu wutudini mu Ngadidi ha kátuka ku kinzunga kya Yuteya, wenda kwena yandi amana wámulomba ni kakulumuka ndangu kamukodisa mwana wandi wuna wákala mu kulakana, kuna Kafadinawumi.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 wumuzimbwadini: «Benu, lwalendaku kwikila yukani khaku lumona bidimbu bya biphadi yi bithondu!»Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Pfumu wa ku nganda wumuzimbwadini: «A Pfumu, kulumuka ku nzu, thwénda, buna khaku kedi kafwa mwana wama.»“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu wumuzimbwadini: «Awenda kwaku, mwana waku moya kenina.» Mutu wuna wákwikila muna ndinga yina kámuzimbwala Yesu amana wenda.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Buna kakala kulumuka, basadi bandi bisa mulanda ndangu bamuzimbwala: «Mwana waku moya kenina.»And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Hanga wubahyudini keti khi tangwa, mwana wandi kádiyuka; bawu bamuvutwadini: «Mukolu, muna tangwa dya theti dya masikidika, yimumanisikini mbawu ya mu lutu.»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.”

53Tata wázaya kwandi ni muna tangwa meni dina, mwamuna kamuzimbwadikini Yesu: «Mwana waku moya kenina.» Amana wákituka mukwikidi yandi yi nzu yandi yosu.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.

54Kina kyákala kidimbu kya kiphadi kya zodi káhanga Yesu, ha kátuka ku kinzunga kya Yuteya mu kukwisa ku Ngadidi.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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