John 4
1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptising more disciples than John
Basi Yesu alipofahamu kuwa Mafarisayo wamesikia kuwa Yesu alikuwa anafuasa na kuwabatiza zaidi ya Yohana,
2 (although Jesus himself didn’t baptise, but his disciples),
(ingawa Yesu mwenyewe alikuwa habatizi ila wanafunzi wake),
3 he left Judea and departed into Galilee.
alitoka Judea na akaenda Galilaya.
4 He needed to pass through Samaria.
Hivyo ilikuwa muhimu kupitia Samaria.
5 So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Na akafika kwenye mji wa Samaria, unaoitwa Sikari, karibu na eneo ambalo Yakobo alimpa mwanae Yusufu.
6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Na kisima cha Yakobo kilikuwa hapo. Yesu alikuwa amechoka kwa ajili ya safari na akakaa karibu na kisima. Ilikuwa muda wa mchana.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
Mwanamke Msamaria alikuja kuteka maji, na Yesu akamwambia, “Nipe maji ninywe.”
8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
Kwa sababu wanafunzi wake walikuwa wameenda zao mjini kununua chakula.
9 The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Inakuaje wewe Myahudi, kuniomba mimi mwanamke Msamaria, kitu cha kunywa?” Kwa sababu Wayahudi hawachangamani na Wasamaria.
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
Yesu akamjibu, “Kama ungelijua karama ya Mungu, na yule anayekuambia 'Nipe maji, ' ungelimwomba, na angelikupa maji ya uzima.”
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water?
Mwanamke akajibu, “Bwana hauna ndoo ya kuchotea, na kisima ni kirefu. Utayapata wapi Maji ya Uzima?
12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?”
Je wewe ni mkuu, kuliko baba yetu Yakobo, ambaye alitupa kisima hiki, na yeye mwenyewe na watoto wake pamoja na mifugo yake wakanywa maji ya kisima hiki?”
13 Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
Yesu akajibu, “Yeyote anywae maji haya atapata kiu tena,
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”
Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana, nayaomba maji hayo ili nisipate kiu, na nisihangaike kuja hapa kuchota maji.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda kamwite mumeo, kisha urudi.”
17 The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’
Mwanamke akamwambia, “Sina mume.” Yesu akajibu, “Umesema vyema, 'Sina mume;'
18 for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”
kwa maana umekuwa na wanaume watano, na mmoja ambaye unaye sasa sio mume wako. Katika hili umesema kweli!”
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
Mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana naona yakuwa wewe ni nabii.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
Baba zetu waliabudu katika mlima huu. Lakini ninyi mwasema ya kuwa Yerusalemu ndiyo sehemu ambayo watu wanapaswa kuabudu.”
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
Yesu akamjibu, “Mwanamke, niamini, wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba katika mlima huu au Yerusalemu.
22 You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
Ninyi watu mwaabudu kile msichokijua, lakini sisi twaabudu tunachokijua, kwa sababu wokovu watoka kwa Wayahudi.”
23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.
Hatahivyo, wakati unakuja, na sasa upo hapa, wakati waabuduo kweli watamwabudu Baba katika roho na kweli, kwa sababu Baba anawatafuta watu wa namna hiyo kuwa watu wake wanao mwabudu.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
Mungu ni Roho, na wale wanaomwabudu wanapaswa kumwabudu kwa roho na kweli.”
25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”
Mwanamke akamwambia, “Ninajua kuwa Masihi anakuja, (aitwaye Kristo). Huyo atakapokuja atatwambia yote.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”
Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi unayesema nami ndiye.”
27 Just then, his disciples came. They marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”
Wakati huo huo wanafunzi wake wakarudi. Nao walishangaa kwa nini alikuwa akizungumza na mwanamke, lakini hakuna aliyethubutu kumuuliza, “Unataka nini?” au “Kwa nini unazungumza naye?”
28 So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people,
Hivyo mwanamke akauacha mtungi wake na akaenda mjini na akawambia watu,
29 “Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done. Can this be the Christ?”
“Njooni mwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yangu yote niliyoyatenda, je yawezekana akawa ndiye Kristo?”
30 They went out of the city, and were coming to him.
Wakatoka mjini wakaja kwake.
31 In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
Wakati wa mchana wanafunzi wake walimsihi wakisema, “Rabi kula chakula.”
32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”
lakini yeye aliwambia, “Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua ninyi.”
33 The disciples therefore said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”
Wanafunzi wakaambizana, hakuna aliyemletea kitu chochotekula,”Je walileta?”
34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Yesu akawambia, “Chakula changu ni kufanya mapenzi yake yeye aliyenituma na kutimiza kazi yake.
35 Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest’? Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
Je, hamsemi, 'Bado miezi mitano na mavuno yatakuwa tayari?' Ninawambieni tazameni mashamba yalivyo tayari kwa mavuno!
36 He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
Yeye avunaye hupokea mishahara na kukusanya matunda kwa ajili ya uzima wa milele, ili kwamba yeye apandaye naye avunaye wafurahi pamoja. (aiōnios g166)
37 For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’
Kwa kuwa msemo huu ni wa kweli, 'Mmoja apanda na mwingine avuna.'
38 I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t laboured. Others have laboured, and you have entered into their labour.”
Niliwatuma kuvuna ambacho hamkukihangaikia, Wengine wamefanya kazi na ninyi mmeingia katika furaha ya kazi yao.”
39 From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.”
Wasamaria wengi katika mji ule walimwani kwa sababu ya taarifa ya yule mwanamke aliyekuwa akishuhudia, “Aliyeniambia mambo yote niliyoyafanya.”
40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
Hivyo Wasamaria walipokuja walimsihi akae pamoja nao na akakaa kwao kwa siku mbili.
41 Many more believed because of his word.
Na wengi zaidi wakamwamini kwa sababu ya neno lake.
42 They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.”
Wakamwambia yule mwanamke, “Tunaamini sio tu kwa maneno yako, kwa sababu sisi wenyewe tumesikia, na sasa twafahamu kuwa hakika yeye ni mwokozi wa ulimwengu.”
43 After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.
Baada ya siku hizo mbili, akaondoka na kuelekea Galilaya.
44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his own country.
Kwa sababu yeye mwenyewe alikuwa ametangaza kuwa nabii hana heshima katika nchi yake mwenyewe.
45 So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
Alipokuja kutoka Galilaya, Wagalilaya walimkaribisha. Walikuwa wameona mambo yote aliyoyafanya Yerusalemu kwenye sikukuu, kwa sababu na wao pia walikuwa wamehudhuria kwenye sikukuu.
46 Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
Alikuja tena Kana ya Galilaya huko alikoyabadilisha maji kuwa divai. Palikuwa na ofisa ambaye mwana wake alikuwa ni mgonjwa huko Kapernaumu.
47 When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.
Aliposikia kuwa Yesu alitoka Judea na kwenda Galilaya, alienda kwa Yesu na kumsihi atelemke amponye mwanawe, ambaye alikuwa karibu kufa.
48 Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”
Ndipo Yesu akamwambia, “Ninyi msipoona ishara na maajabu hamwezi kuamini.
49 The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”
Kiongozi akasema, “Bwana shuka chini kabla mwanangu hajafa.”
50 Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda mwanao ni mzima.” Yule mtu akaamini neno alilolisema Yesu na akaenda zake.
51 As he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”
Alipokuwa akishuka, watumishi wake walimpokea na kumwambia mwana wake alikuwa mzima.
52 So he enquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
Hivyo akawauliza ni muda gani alipata nafuu. Wakajibu, “Jana muda wa saa saba homa ilipomwacha.”
53 So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house.
Ndipo baba yake akatambua kuwa ni muda ule ule Yesu aliosema, “Mwana wako ni mzima.” Hivyo yeye na familia yake wakaamini.
54 This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.
Hii ilikuwa ni ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipotoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.
