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