Yohana 4
1 Basi Yesu alipofahamu kuwa Mafarisayo wamesikia kuwa Yesu alikuwa anafuasa na kuwabatiza zaidi ya Yohana,
Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (ingawa Yesu mwenyewe alikuwa habatizi ila wanafunzi wake),
(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),
3 alitoka Judea na akaenda Galilaya.
he left Judea and went back again to Galilee.
4 Hivyo ilikuwa muhimu kupitia Samaria.
But it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
5 Na akafika kwenye mji wa Samaria, unaoitwa Sikari, karibu na eneo ambalo Yakobo alimpa mwanae Yusufu.
So he came to a town of Samaria, called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given 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.
The well of Jacob was there. Jesus was tired from his journey and sat by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 Mwanamke Msamaria alikuja kuteka maji, na Yesu akamwambia, “Nipe maji ninywe.”
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give me some water to drink.”
8 Kwa sababu wanafunzi wake walikuwa wameenda zao mjini kununua chakula.
For his disciples had gone away into the town to buy food.
9 Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Inakuaje wewe Myahudi, kuniomba mimi mwanamke Msamaria, kitu cha kunywa?” Kwa sababu Wayahudi hawachangamani na Wasamaria.
Then the Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, are asking me, being a Samaritan woman, for something to drink?” For Jews have no dealings 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 you had known the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 Mwanamke akajibu, “Bwana hauna ndoo ya kuchotea, na kisima ni kirefu. Utayapata wapi Maji ya Uzima?
The woman said to him, “Sir, you do not have a bucket and the well is deep. Where then do you have 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?”
You are not greater, are you, than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his cattle?”
13 Yesu akajibu, “Yeyote anywae maji haya atapata kiu tena,
Jesus replied and said to her, “Everyone who drinks from this water will be thirsty again,
15 Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana, nayaomba maji hayo ili nisipate kiu, na nisihangaike kuja hapa kuchota maji.”
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I may not become thirsty and not have to come here to draw water.”
16 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda kamwite mumeo, kisha urudi.”
Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back here.”
17 Mwanamke akamwambia, “Sina mume.” Yesu akajibu, “Umesema vyema, 'Sina mume;'
The woman answered and said to him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus replied, “You are right in saying, 'I have no husband,'
18 kwa maana umekuwa na wanaume watano, na mmoja ambaye unaye sasa sio mume wako. Katika hili umesema kweli!”
for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
19 Mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana naona yakuwa wewe ni nabii.
The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you 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, but you say that Jerusalem is the place where people have to worship.”
21 Yesu akamjibu, “Mwanamke, niamini, wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba katika mlima huu au Yerusalemu.
Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, that an hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 Ninyi watu mwaabudu kile msichokijua, lakini sisi twaabudu tunachokijua, kwa sababu wokovu watoka kwa Wayahudi.”
You worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, for 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.
However, the hour is coming, and is now here, when true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to be his worshipers.
24 Mungu ni Roho, na wale wanaomwabudu wanapaswa kumwabudu kwa roho na kweli.”
God is Spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 Mwanamke akamwambia, “Ninajua kuwa Masihi anakuja, (aitwaye Kristo). Huyo atakapokuja atatwambia yote.”
The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming (the one called Christ). When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi unayesema nami ndiye.”
Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one speaking to you.”
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?”
At that moment his disciples returned. Now they were wondering why he was speaking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you want?” or “Why are you speaking with her?”
28 Hivyo mwanamke akauacha mtungi wake na akaenda mjini na akawambia watu,
So the woman left her water pot, went back to the town, and said to the people,
29 “Njooni mwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yangu yote niliyoyatenda, je yawezekana akawa ndiye Kristo?”
“Come, see a man who told me everything that I have ever done. This could not be the Christ, could it?”
30 Wakatoka mjini wakaja kwake.
They left the town and came to him.
31 Wakati wa mchana wanafunzi wake walimsihi wakisema, “Rabi kula chakula.”
In the meantime, the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”
32 lakini yeye aliwambia, “Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua ninyi.”
But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”
33 Wanafunzi wakaambizana, hakuna aliyemletea kitu chochotekula,”Je walileta?”
So the disciples said to each other, “No one has brought him anything to eat, have they?”
34 Yesu akawambia, “Chakula changu ni kufanya mapenzi yake yeye aliyenituma na kutimiza kazi yake.
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.
35 Je, hamsemi, 'Bado miezi mitano na mavuno yatakuwa tayari?' Ninawambieni tazameni mashamba yalivyo tayari kwa mavuno!
Do you not say, 'There are four more months and then the harvest comes'? I am saying to you, look up and see the fields, for they are already ripe 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)
He who is harvesting receives wages and gathers fruit for everlasting life, so that he who sows and he who harvests may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 Kwa kuwa msemo huu ni wa kweli, 'Mmoja apanda na mwingine avuna.'
For in this the saying, 'One sows, and another harvests,' is true.
38 Niliwatuma kuvuna ambacho hamkukihangaikia, Wengine wamefanya kazi na ninyi mmeingia katika furaha ya kazi yao.”
I sent you to harvest what you have not worked for. Others have worked, and you 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.”
Many of the Samaritans in that city believed in him because of the report of the woman who was testifying, “He told me everything that I have done.”
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 stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
41 Na wengi zaidi wakamwamini kwa sababu ya neno lake.
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.”
They said to the woman, “We no longer believe because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is indeed the savior of the world.”
43 Baada ya siku hizo mbili, akaondoka na kuelekea Galilaya.
After those two days, he departed from there for Galilee.
44 Kwa sababu yeye mwenyewe alikuwa ametangaza kuwa nabii hana heshima katika nchi yake mwenyewe.
For Jesus himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country.
45 Alipokuja kutoka Galilaya, Wagalilaya walimkaribisha. Walikuwa wameona mambo yote aliyoyafanya Yerusalemu kwenye sikukuu, kwa sababu na wao pia walikuwa wamehudhuria kwenye sikukuu.
When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all the things that he had done in Jerusalem at the festival, for they had also gone to the festival.
46 Alikuja tena Kana ya Galilaya huko alikoyabadilisha maji kuwa divai. Palikuwa na ofisa ambaye mwana wake alikuwa ni mgonjwa huko Kapernaumu.
Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. There was a certain royal official whose son in Capernaum was ill.
47 Aliposikia kuwa Yesu alitoka Judea na kwenda Galilaya, alienda kwa Yesu na kumsihi atelemke amponye mwanawe, ambaye alikuwa karibu kufa.
When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to Jesus and asked him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
48 Ndipo Yesu akamwambia, “Ninyi msipoona ishara na maajabu hamwezi kuamini.
Jesus then said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
49 Kiongozi akasema, “Bwana shuka chini kabla mwanangu hajafa.”
The official said 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 said to him, “Go. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went away.
51 Alipokuwa akishuka, watumishi wake walimpokea na kumwambia mwana wake alikuwa mzima.
While he was going down, his servants met him, saying that his son was living.
52 Hivyo akawauliza ni muda gani alipata nafuu. Wakajibu, “Jana muda wa saa saba homa ilipomwacha.”
So he asked them the hour when he began to improve. They replied 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.
Then the father realized that it was at that hour that Jesus had said to him, “Your son lives.” So he himself and his whole household believed.
54 Hii ilikuwa ni ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipotoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.
This was the second sign that Jesus did when he came out of Judea to Galilee.
