Yohana 4
1 Basi Yesu alipofahamu kuwa Mafarisayo wamesikia kuwa Yesu alikuwa anafuasa na kuwabatiza zaidi ya Yohana,
Therefore when the Lord knew, the pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (ingawa Yesu mwenyewe alikuwa habatizi ila wanafunzi wake),
(though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but his disciples, )
3 alitoka Judea na akaenda Galilaya.
He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
4 Hivyo ilikuwa muhimu kupitia Samaria.
And as He must pass through the country of Samaria, He came to a Samaritan city called Sichar,
5 Na akafika kwenye mji wa Samaria, unaoitwa Sikari, karibu na eneo ambalo Yakobo alimpa mwanae Yusufu.
near the piece of ground which 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. Now Jesus was tired with his journey, and sat down at the well: and it was about the sixth hour of the day,
7 Mwanamke Msamaria alikuja kuteka maji, na Yesu akamwambia, “Nipe maji ninywe.”
when a woman of Samaria coming to draw water, Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.
8 Kwa sababu wanafunzi wake walikuwa wameenda zao mjini kununua chakula.
(For his disciples were gone away to the city to buy food.)
9 Yule mwanamke akamwambia, “Inakuaje wewe Myahudi, kuniomba mimi mwanamke Msamaria, kitu cha kunywa?” Kwa sababu Wayahudi hawachangamani na Wasamaria.
But the Samaritan saith unto Him, How is it that thou who art a Jew askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan? for the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the Samaritans.
10 Yesu akamjibu, “Kama ungelijua karama ya Mungu, na yule anayekuambia 'Nipe maji, ' ungelimwomba, na angelikupa maji ya uzima.”
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith unto thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldst have asked of 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 saith unto Him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast 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?”
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Yesu akajibu, “Yeyote anywae maji haya atapata kiu tena,
Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh 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 saith unto Him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw.
16 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda kamwite mumeo, kisha urudi.”
Jesus saith unto her, Go call thine husband, and come hither.
17 Mwanamke akamwambia, “Sina mume.” Yesu akajibu, “Umesema vyema, 'Sina mume;'
The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou hast said right, 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 hast had five husbands; and he, whom thou now hast, is not thy husband: this thou hast said true.
19 Mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana naona yakuwa wewe ni nabii.
The woman saith unto Him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Baba zetu waliabudu katika mlima huu. Lakini ninyi mwasema ya kuwa Yerusalemu ndiyo sehemu ambayo watu wanapaswa kuabudu.”
Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Yesu akamjibu, “Mwanamke, niamini, wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba katika mlima huu au Yerusalemu.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the time is coming, when ye shall 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.”
Ye worship ye know not what; but 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.
But the time is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for the Father requireth such worshippers of Him.
24 Mungu ni Roho, na wale wanaomwabudu wanapaswa kumwabudu kwa roho na kweli.”
God is a spirit, and they that worship Him, must worship in spirit and truth.
25 Mwanamke akamwambia, “Ninajua kuwa Masihi anakuja, (aitwaye Kristo). Huyo atakapokuja atatwambia yote.”
Then saith the woman unto Him, I know that the Messiah, that is to say the Christ, is coming; and when He comes, He will tell us all things.
26 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi unayesema nami ndiye.”
Jesus saith unto her, I, who am talking to thee, am He.
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 came his disciples and wondered that He talked with the woman: (though none of them said, What dost thou seek? or, Why dost thou talk with her?)
28 Hivyo mwanamke akauacha mtungi wake na akaenda mjini na akawambia watu,
therefore the woman left her water-pot, and went away into the city,
29 “Njooni mwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yangu yote niliyoyatenda, je yawezekana akawa ndiye Kristo?”
and saith to the people, Come, see a man who hath told me all that ever I did; is not this the Christ?
30 Wakatoka mjini wakaja kwake.
They therefore went out of the city, and came to Him.
31 Wakati wa mchana wanafunzi wake walimsihi wakisema, “Rabi kula chakula.”
In the mean time his disciples addressed Him, saying, Master, eat.
32 lakini yeye aliwambia, “Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua ninyi.”
But He said unto them, I have food to eat, which ye know not of.
33 Wanafunzi wakaambizana, hakuna aliyemletea kitu chochotekula,”Je walileta?”
Therefore the disciples said one to another, Hath any one brought Him aught to eat?
34 Yesu akawambia, “Chakula changu ni kufanya mapenzi yake yeye aliyenituma na kutimiza kazi yake.
Jesus saith unto them, My food is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35 Je, hamsemi, 'Bado miezi mitano na mavuno yatakuwa tayari?' Ninawambieni tazameni mashamba yalivyo tayari kwa mavuno!
Do not ye say, it is yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, lift up your eyes, and see the fields, 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 that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth the fruit together unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together; (aiōnios g166)
37 Kwa kuwa msemo huu ni wa kweli, 'Mmoja apanda na mwingine avuna.'
for herein the saying is verified, that one soweth, and another reapeth,
38 Niliwatuma kuvuna ambacho hamkukihangaikia, Wengine wamefanya kazi na ninyi mmeingia katika furaha ya kazi yao.”
in as much as I have sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured: others have laboured, and ye are entered into their labors.
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 of that city believed on Him, because of what the woman said, testifying, He told me all that ever I did.
40 Hivyo Wasamaria walipokuja walimsihi akae pamoja nao na akakaa kwao kwa siku mbili.
Therefore when the Samaritans came to Him, they desired Him to stay with them: and He staid there two days.
41 Na wengi zaidi wakamwamini kwa sababu ya neno lake.
And many more believed on account of his own discourse:
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 said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of what thou hast spoken; for we ourselves have heard Him, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
43 Baada ya siku hizo mbili, akaondoka na kuelekea Galilaya.
And after two days he departed thence, and went into Cana of Galilee.
44 Kwa sababu yeye mwenyewe alikuwa ametangaza kuwa nabii hana heshima katika nchi yake mwenyewe.
For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet hath 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.
And when He was come into Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all 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.
Therefore Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where He had made the water wine.
47 Aliposikia kuwa Yesu alitoka Judea na kwenda Galilaya, alienda kwa Yesu na kumsihi atelemke amponye mwanawe, ambaye alikuwa karibu kufa.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum: who, when he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, went to Him, and intreated Him, that he would come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.
48 Ndipo Yesu akamwambia, “Ninyi msipoona ishara na maajabu hamwezi kuamini.
Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders ye will not believe.
49 Kiongozi akasema, “Bwana shuka chini kabla mwanangu hajafa.”
The nobleman saith unto Him, Lord, come down before my child die.
50 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda mwanao ni mzima.” Yule mtu akaamini neno alilolisema Yesu na akaenda zake.
Jesus saith unto him, Go, thy son is well. And the man believed what Jesus said unto him, and went his way.
51 Alipokuwa akishuka, watumishi wake walimpokea na kumwambia mwana wake alikuwa mzima.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him and told him, saying, Thy son is well.
52 Hivyo akawauliza ni muda gani alipata nafuu. Wakajibu, “Jana muda wa saa saba homa ilipomwacha.”
He inquired therefore of them the hour in which he grew better: and they said unto 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 in that same hour, in which Jesus said to him, Thy son is well. And he and his whole family believed.
54 Hii ilikuwa ni ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipotoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.
This is the second miracle that Jesus wrought, upon coming out of Judea into Galilee.
