John 4 (YOM) · Opened

1Yesu bu kazaba ti Bafalisi bawa ti wukitula ayi wubotika minlonguki miwombo vioka Yowani,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2muaki niandi veka Yesu kasia botika mutu ko vayi minlongukimiandi kaka miba botikanga batu ;(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3buna wukatuka mu Yuda, wuvutuka ku Ngalili.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Kafueti kaka viokila va Samali.Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Buna wutula va divula dimosi di Samali bantedilanga Sikali, difikimini ayi nsitu wu Yakobi wowo kavana muanꞌandi Zozefi.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Kuna kuba dibulu di nlangu di Yakobi. Yiba nduka-nduka midi, Yesu wuvuanda mu nkuefu wu dibulu bila phokongo yi nzietolo yiba yandi.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Zimbukila nketo wumosi wu muisi Samali wuyiza ku teka nlangu, Yesu wunkamba : —Wuphana nlangu wunua !When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8Minlonguki miandi miyenda ku divula ku sumba bidia.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Vayi nketo beni wunkamba : —Buna buevi ngeyo widi Nyuda wufueti kundombila nlangu wu nua minu nketo wu muisi Samali e ? Bila Bayuda ayi basi Samali baba wizananga ko.“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 wumvutudila : —Enati zebi dikaba di Nzambi ayi mutu wulombidi nlangu wu nua ; nganu ngeyo wunlombidi nlangu wu nua ayi niandi wuveni nlangu wu 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.”

11Nketo wumvutudila : —A Tata, wusi ko kadi kima kitekila nlangu, ayi dibulu thipula didi. Buna kuevi wulenda bakila nlangu beni wu luzingu e ?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Nkuluꞌeto Yakobi wutuvana dibulu diadi, niandi veka wunua nlangu wu dibulu diadi va kimosi ayi bana bandi ayi bibulu biandi. Buna wumbanzila ti ngeyo lutidi nkulu eto Yakobi mu buneni e ?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 wumvutudila : —Woso kuandi mutu wela nua nlangu wawu wela buela mona phuila ;Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14vayi woso mutu wela nua nlangu wowo ndiela kumvana kalendi buela mona phuila ko. Bila nlangu wowondiela kumvana wela kituka mu niandi nto yinkumba nate mu luzingu lukalumani.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.”

15Buna nketo beni wunkamba : —A Tata, wuphana nlangu beni muingi ndibika buela monanga phuilaayi muingi ndibika buela kuiza tekanga nlangu vava !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 wunkamba : —Yenda tedi bakala diaku mbila, buna wiza yandi vava.Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Nketo wumvutudila : —Ndisi wukuela ko. Yesu wunkamba : —Buiedika kuandi tubidi ti wisi wukuela ko.“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Bila babakala batanu baba yaku. Diodi didi yaku buabu kasiꞌandibakala diaku ko. Mambu momo tubidi madi makiedika.In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Nketo wumvutudila : —A tata, mbueni ti widi mbikudi.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Bakulu beto basambila va mongo wawu vayi beno lueta tuba ti ku Yelusalemi kaka kuawu bafueti sambidilanga.Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Yesu wumvutudila : —Nketo, wunguilukila ; thangu yeka kuiza yoyi luela sambidila Tata bika va mongo wawu ayi bika ku Yelusalemi.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Beno lunsambilanga ma lukambulu zaba. Vayi beto tuzebi ma tuetasambila, bila phulusu yitotukila kuidi Bayuda.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Vayi thangu yeka nduka kuiza, ayi yifueni yoyo minsambidi mikiedika miela sambilanga Tata mu Pheve ayi mu kiedika, bila Tatawuntombanga bobo bankunsambidilanga mu phila yoyo.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 niandi Pheve, buna bufueni bobo bakunsambila bafueti kunsambidila mu Pheve ayi mu kiedika.God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Nketo wunkamba : —Nzebi ti Mesiya mutu beta tedila Klisto wela kuiza, bu kela kuiza. Buna kela kuiza buna wela kutu sudikisa mambu moso.The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Yesu wumvutudila : —Minu wawu wunyoluka yaku.Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Muna thangu yina, minlonguki miandi mivutuka, misimina bu miyiza kumbata wulembo solula ayi nketo wu muisi Samali. Muaki kadi mutu wumosi kasia kunyuvula ko ti : “mbi wulembo nyuvulanga e ?” Bila “mbi wulembo soludilanga yandi e ?”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?”

28Vana vawu nketo wutumbu bika mvunguꞌandi, wuvutuka nsualu ku divula ayi wukamba batu :Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29—Yizanu, lutala mutu wukhembi mambu moso momo ndivanga. Niandi ko Klisto e ?“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Diawu batu batotuka mu divula ayi bayenda ku kaba.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Mu thangu yina, minlonguki miandi mintatimisa bu minkamba : —Labi, dia !Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Vayi Yesu wuba vutudila : —Minu bidia bidi yama biobi beno lukambulu zaba.But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Minlonguki miyuvasana bawu na bawu : —Buna mutu wunnatiningi bidia e ?So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Yesu wuba kamba : —Vanga luzolo lu mutu wuthuma ayi manisa kisalu kiandi biawu bidia biama.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Beno lutubanga ko ti : zingonda ziya zisiedi buna thangu yi tota bidia mu zitsola yifueni e ? Vayi tala minu ndikulukamba ti : luvumbula meso meno, lutala zitsola, makundi mameni yela.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.

36Mvedi wu makundi wuntambulanga mfutu andi ayi wunkupikanga mu diambudi luzingu lukalumani muingi nkuni ayi mvedi bamona khini va kimosi.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Bila vava vamonikini tsundu yi nongo yayi : “Wunkaka niandi wunkunanga ; wunkaka niandi wumvelanga”.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Ndilutuma luenda vedi makundi mu tsola yi lukambu kueno sala, batu bankaka bawu basala vayi beno luvela makundi ma kisalu kiawu.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.”

39Mu divula dina, basi Samali bawombo bawilukila Yesu mu diambu di kimbangi kitelama nketo wuna bu katuba ti : “wukhembingi mambu moso momo ndivanga.”Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Thangu basi Samali bayiza vaba Yesu, banleba kateka kala yawu. Bilumbu biodi kavuandila yawu.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Buna batu bawombo bankaka bawilukila mu diambu di mambu mandiAnd many more believed because of His message.

42ayi bakamba nketo beni ti : —Buabu beto tuwilukidi, bika sia ti mu diambu di mambu maku wutukembingivayi mu diambu di beto veka tunwilu. Tuzebi bukiedika kuandi ti niandi Mvulusi wu nza.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.”

43Bilumbu biodi biobi bu bivioka, Yesu wubotuka kuna, wuyenda ku Ngalili.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Bila niandi veka Yesu wutelama kimbangi, bu kakamba ti : Mbikudi kasi nzitusu mu yandi tsi ko.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Bu katula ku Ngalili, basi Ngalili banyakula bu bamona bikumu biobi kavanga ku Yelusalemi mu thangu nyengo bila bawu mamvawu baba kuendanga ku nyengo.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.

46Wuvutukila ku Kana, mu tsi Ngalili, kuna kakitudila nlangu vinu. Vayi kuba Pfumu yimosi yi leta, muisi Kafalinawumi, wuba ayi muanꞌandi wubakala wuba kimbevoSo 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.

47Bu kawa ti Yesu wubotukidi mu tsi Yuda ; buabu widi mu tsi Ngalili, buna wuyiza kunleba mu diambu kiza belusa muanꞌandi wubakala wuba nduka mu fua.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 wunkamba : —Enati lukadi mona bidimbu ayi bikumu buna lulendi wilukila ko e ?Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Pfumu beni wunleba : —Pfumu, tuenda nsualu tuamina muanꞌama kafua !“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Yesu wumvutudila : —Yenda kuaku, muanꞌaku wulembo zingi ! Mutu wuwilukila mambu mankamba Yesu, ayi, wuyenda kuandi.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Buna wukidi mu nzila, bisadi biandi biyiza kundengana, binkamba ti : “muanꞌaku wulembo zingi.”And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Wuba yuvula kani thangu mbi muanꞌandi kamonina mbote. Bamvutudila : —Zinzangala zimeni kibedi zono va thangu yitheti ku manima midi.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.”

53Dise dizaba ti yawu yina thangu Yesu kankambila ti : “Muanꞌaku wulembo zingi” Buna mutu beni va kimosi ayi batu boso baba mvuandanga ku nzoꞌandi bawilukila.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.

54Kioki kumu kimmuadi kivanga Yesu bu kaba mu tsi Yuda mu kuenda ku Ngalili.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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