Yohana 4
1 Mafarisayo wakasikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anapata na kubatiza wanafunzi wengi zaidi kuliko Yohana,
Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--
2 ingawa kwa kweli si Yesu mwenyewe aliyekuwa akibatiza, ila ni wanafunzi wake.
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 Bwana alipojua mambo haya, aliondoka Uyahudi akarudi tena Galilaya.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 Wakati huo ilimlazimu apitie Samaria.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 Akafika kwenye mji mmoja wa Samaria uitwao Sikari, karibu na lile shamba ambalo Yakobo alimpa mwanawe Yosefu.
and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Huko ndiko kulikokuwa na kile kisima cha Yakobo. Naye Yesu alikuwa amechoka kwa kuwa alikuwa ametoka safarini. Akaketi karibu na hicho kisima. Ilikuwa yapata saa sita mchana.
Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.
7 Mwanamke mmoja Msamaria akaja kuteka maji, Yesu akamwambia, “Naomba maji ninywe.”
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 (Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wamekwenda mjini kununua chakula.)
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
9 Yule mwanamke Msamaria akamjibu, “Wewe ni Myahudi na mimi ni Msamaria. Yawezekanaje uniombe nikupe maji ya kunywa?” (Wayahudi walikuwa hawashirikiani kabisa na Wasamaria.)
"How is it," replied the woman, "that a Jew like you asks me, who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Yesu akajibu akamwambia, “Kama ungelijua karama ya Mungu, naye ni nani anayekuambia, Nipe maji ninywe, wewe ungelimwomba yeye, naye angelikupa maji yaliyo hai.”
"If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 Yule mwanamke akamjibu, “Bwana, wewe huna chombo cha kutekea maji na kisima hiki ni kirefu. Hayo maji ya uzima utayapata wapi?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
12 Kwani wewe ni mkuu kuliko baba yetu Yakobo ambaye alitupatia kisima hiki, ambacho yeye pamoja na watoto wake na mifugo yake walikitumia?”
Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?"
13 Yesu akamjibu, “Kila mtu anayekunywa maji ya kisima hiki ataona kiu tena.
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana, tafadhali nipe maji hayo ili nisipate kiu tena na wala nisije tena hapa kuteka maji!”
"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."
16 Yesu akamjibu, “Nenda ukamwite mumeo, uje naye hapa.”
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 Yule mwanamke akajibu, “Sina mume.” Yesu akamwambia, “Umesema kweli kuwa huna mume.
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 Kwa maana umeshakuwa na wanaume watano na mwanaume unayeishi naye sasa si mume wako! Umesema ukweli.”
"for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."
19 Yule mwanamke akasema, “Bwana, naona bila shaka wewe ni nabii.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Baba zetu waliabudu kwenye mlima huu, lakini ninyi Wayahudi mnasema ni lazima tukaabudu huko Yerusalemu.”
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
21 Yesu akamjibu, “Mwanamke, niamini, wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba katika mlima huu, wala huko Yerusalemu.
"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 Ninyi Wasamaria mnaabudu msichokijua. Sisi Wayahudi tunamwabudu Mungu tunayemjua kwa sababu wokovu unatoka kwa Wayahudi.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 Lakini saa yaja, tena ipo, ambapo wale waabuduo halisi, watamwabudu Baba katika roho na kweli. Watu wanaoabudu namna hii, ndio Baba anawatafuta.
But a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the true worshippers will worship the Father with true spiritual worship; for indeed the Father desires such worshippers.
24 Mungu ni Roho na wote wanaomwabudu imewapasa kumwabudu katika roho na kweli.”
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
25 Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Ninafahamu kwamba Masiya (aitwaye Kristo) anakuja. Yeye akija, atatueleza mambo yote.”
"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."
26 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ninayezungumza nawe, ndiye.”
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 Wakati huo wanafunzi wake wakarudi, wakashangaa sana kumwona akizungumza na mwanamke. Lakini hakuna aliyemuuliza, “Unataka nini kwake?” Au “Kwa nini unazungumza naye?”
Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, "What is your wish?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
28 Yule mwanamke akaacha mtungi wake, akarudi mjini akawaambia watu,
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 “Njooni mkamwone mtu aliyeniambia kila kitu nilichotenda! Je, yawezekana huyu ndiye Kristo?”
"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"
30 Basi wakamiminika watu kutoka mjini wakamwendea Yesu.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wakimsihi, “Rabi, kula angalau chochote.”
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 Lakini yeye akawajibu, “Mimi ninacho chakula ambacho ninyi hamkifahamu.”
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 Basi wanafunzi wakaanza kuulizana, “Kuna mtu ambaye amemletea chakula?”
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Lakini Yesu akawajibu, “Chakula changu ni kufanya mapenzi ya Mungu ambaye amenituma na kuikamilisha kazi yake.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
35 Je, ninyi hamsemi, ‘Bado miezi minne tuvune?’ Inueni macho yenu myaangalie mashamba jinsi mazao yalivyo tayari kuvunwa!
Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle.
36 Mvunaji tayari anapokea mshahara wake, naye anakusanya mazao kwa ajili ya uzima wa milele. Ili yeye apandaye na yeye avunaye wafurahi pamoja. (aiōnios g166)
The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 Hivyo kule kusema, ‘Mmoja hupanda na mwingine huvuna,’ ni kweli kabisa.
For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'
38 Niliwatuma mkavune mazao ambayo hamkupanda, wengine walifanya kazi ngumu, nanyi mmevuna faida ya taabu yao.”
I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."
39 Wasamaria wengi katika mji ule wakamwamini Yesu kwa sababu ya ushuhuda wa yule mwanamke alipowaambia kwamba, “Ameniambia kila kitu nilichotenda.”
Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."
40 Hivyo wale Wasamaria walipomjia, wakamsihi akae kwao. Naye akakaa huko siku mbili.
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 Kwa sababu ya neno lake, watu wengi wakaamini.
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 Wakamwambia yule mwanamke, “Sasa tunaamini, wala si kwa sababu ya maneno yako tu, bali kwa kuwa tumemsikia sisi wenyewe. Tumejua hakika kweli ya kwamba huyu ndiye Kristo, Mwokozi wa ulimwengu.”
and they said to the woman, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world."
43 Baada ya zile siku mbili, Yesu aliondoka kwenda Galilaya.
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 (Basi Yesu mwenyewe alikuwa amesema kwamba nabii hapati heshima katika nchi yake mwenyewe.)
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 Alipofika Galilaya, Wagalilaya walimkaribisha, kwani walikuwa wameona yale aliyoyatenda huko Yerusalemu wakati wa Sikukuu ya Pasaka. Kwa maana wao pia walikuwa wamehudhuria hiyo Sikukuu.
When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.
46 Hivyo Yesu akaja tena mpaka Kana ya Galilaya, kule alikokuwa amebadili maji kuwa divai. Huko kulikuwepo na afisa mmoja wa mfalme, ambaye mwanawe alikuwa mgonjwa huko Kapernaumu.
So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.
47 Huyo mtu aliposikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa amewasili Galilaya kutoka Uyahudi, alimwendea na kumwomba ili aje kumponya mwanawe, aliyekuwa mgonjwa karibu ya kufa.
Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.
48 Yesu akamwambia, “Ninyi watu msipoona ishara na miujiza kamwe hamtaamini.”
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 Yule afisa wa mfalme akamwambia, “Bwana, tafadhali shuka kabla mwanangu hajafa.”
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Yesu akamjibu, “Enenda zako, mwanao yu hai.” Yule afisa akaamini yale maneno Yesu aliyomwambia, akaondoka akaenda zake.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 Alipokuwa bado yuko njiani, akakutana na watumishi wake wakamwambia kwamba mwanawe yu mzima.
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
52 Akawauliza saa ambayo alianza kupata nafuu. Wakamwambia, “Jana yapata saa saba, homa ilimwacha.”
So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."
53 Ndipo baba wa huyo mtoto akakumbuka kuwa huo ndio wakati ambapo Yesu alikuwa amemwambia, “Mwanao yu hai.” Kwa hiyo yeye pamoja na wote wa nyumbani mwake wakamwamini Yesu.
Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.
54 Hii ilikuwa ishara ya pili ambayo Yesu alifanya aliporudi Galilaya kutoka Uyahudi.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
