Yohana 4
1 Mafarisayo walisikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anabatiza na kuwapata wanafunzi wengi kuliko Yohane.
And Jesus knew, that the Pharisees had heard; that he made many disciples, and baptized more than John.
2 (Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Yesu hakuwa anabatiza ila wanafunzi wake.)
Yet Jesus himself did not baptize but his disciples.
3 Basi, Yesu aliposikia hayo, alitoka Yudea akarudi Galilaya;
And he left Judaea, and went again into Galilee.
4 na katika safari hiyo ilimbidi apitie Samaria.
And in going, he had occasion to pass through the midst of the Samaritans.
5 Basi, akafika Sukari, mji mmoja wa Samaria, karibu na shamba ambalo Yakobo alikuwa amempa mwanawe, Yosefu.
And he came to a city of the Samaritans called Sychar, near the field which Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Mahali hapo palikuwa na kisima cha Yakobo, naye Yesu, kutokana na uchovu wa safari, akaketi kando ya kisima. Ilikuwa yapata saa sita mchana.
And Jacob's well of water was there. And Jesus was weary with the toil of travelling, and seated himself by the well: and it was at the sixth hour.
7 Basi, mwanamke mmoja Msamaria akafika kuteka maji. Yesu akamwambia, “Nipatie maji ninywe.”
And a woman from Samaria came to draw water. And Jesus said to her: Give me water to drink.
8 (Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wamekwenda mjini kununua chakula.)
And his disciples had gone to the city, to buy themselves food.
9 Lakini huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Wewe ni Myahudi; mimi ni mwanamke Msamaria! Unawezaje kuniomba maji?” (Wayahudi hawakuwa na ushirikiano na Wasamaria katika matumizi ya vitu.)
The Samaritan woman said to him: How dost thou, a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews have no familiarity with Samaritans.
10 Yesu akamjibu, “Kama tu ungalijua zawadi ya Mungu na ni nani anayekwambia: Nipatie maji ninywe, ungalikwisha mwomba, naye angekupa maji yaliyo hai.”
Jesus replied and said to her: If thou hadst known the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living waters.
11 Huyo mama akasema, “Mheshimiwa, wewe huna chombo cha kutekea maji, nacho kisima ni kirefu; utapata wapi maji yaliyo hai?
The woman said to him: My lord, thou hast no bucket, and the well is deep.; how hast thou living waters?
12 Au, labda wewe wajifanya mkuu kuliko babu yetu Yakobo? Yeye alitupa sisi kisima hiki; na yeye mwenyewe, watoto wake na mifugo yake walikunywa maji ya kisima hiki.”
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and drank from it himself, and his children, and his flocks?
13 Yesu akamjibu, “Kila anayekunywa maji haya ataona kiu tena.
Jesus replied and said to her: Whoever shall drink of these waters, will thirst again;
15 Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, nipe maji hayo ili nisione kiu tena; nisije tena mpaka hapa kuteka maji.”
The woman said to him: My lord, give me of these waters, that I may not thirst again, and may not come to draw from here.
16 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda ukamwite mumeo uje naye hapa.”
Jesus said to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mimi sina mume.” Yesu akamwambia, “Umesema kweli, kwamba huna mume.
She said to him: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast well said, I have no husband;
18 Maana umekuwa na waume watano, na huyo unayeishi naye sasa si mume wako. Hapo umesema kweli.”
for thou hast had five husbands, and he whom thou now hast, is not thy husband. In this thou didst speak truly.
19 Huyo Mwanamke akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, naona ya kuwa wewe u nabii.
The woman said to him: My lord, I perceive thou art a prophet.
20 Babu zetu waliabudu juu ya mlima huu, lakini ninyi mwasema kwamba mahali pa kumwabudu Mungu ni kule Yerusalemu.”
Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; but ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where it is proper to worship.
21 Yesu akamwambia, “Niamini; wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba juu ya mlima huu, wala kule Yerusalemu.
Jesus said to her: Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, ye will worship the Father.
22 Ninyi Wasamaria mnamwabudu yule msiyemjua, lakini sisi tunamjua huyo tunayemwabudu, kwa maana wokovu unatoka kwa Wayahudi.
Ye worship, ye know not what; but we worship what we know; for life is from the Jews.
23 Lakini wakati unakuja, tena umekwisha fika, ambapo wanaoabudu kweli, watamwabudu Baba kwa nguvu ya Roho; watu wanaomwabudu hivyo ndio Baba anaotaka.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father requireth that worshippers be such.
24 Mungu ni Roho, na watu wataweza tu kumwabudu kweli kwa nguvu ya Roho wake.”
For God is a Spirit; and they that worship him, should worship in spirit and in truth.
25 Huyo mama akamwambia, “Najua kwamba Masiha, aitwaye Kristo, anakuja. Atakapokuja atatujulisha kila kitu.”
The woman said to him: I know that Messiah will come; and when he cometh, he will teach us every thing.
26 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ninayesema nawe, ndiye.”
Jesus said to her: I, who talk with thee, am he.
27 Hapo wanafunzi wake wakarudi, wakastaajabu sana kuona anaongea na mwanamke. Lakini hakuna mtu aliyesema: “Unataka nini?” au, “Kwa nini unaongea na mwanamke?”
And while he was speaking, his disciples came. And they wondered that he would converse with the woman; yet no one said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28 Huyo mama akauacha mtungi wake pale, akaenda mjini na kuwaambia watu,
And the woman left her water-pot, and went to the city, and said to the people:
29 “Njoni mkamwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yote niliyotenda! Je, yawezekana kuwa yeye ndiye Kristo?”
Come, see a man that told me every thing I ever did: is not this the Messiah?
30 Watu wakatoka mjini, wakamwendea Yesu.
And the people went out of the city, and came to him.
31 Wakati huohuo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wanamsihi Yesu: “Mwalimu, ule chakula.”
In the mean time, his disciples entreated him, and said to him: Our Rabbi, eat.
32 Lakini Yesu akawaambia, “Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua ninyi.”
But he said to them: I have food to eat, of which ye are ignorant.
33 Wanafunzi wake wakaulizana, “Je, kuna mtu aliyemletea chakula?”
The disciples said among themselves: Hath any one brought him something to eat?
34 Yesu akawaambia, “Chakula changu ni kufanya anachotaka yule aliyenituma na kuitimiza kazi yake.
Jesus said to them: My food is to do the pleasure of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.
35 Ninyi mwasema: Bado miezi minne tu, na wakati wa mavuno utafika! Lakini mimi nawaambieni, yatazameni mashamba; mazao yako tayari kuvunwa.
Do ye not say, that after four months cometh the harvest? Behold, I say to you, and lift up your eyes, and look upon the grounds, that they are white, and have already come to the harvest.
36 Mvunaji anapata mshahara wake, na anakusanya mavuno kwa ajili ya uzima wa milele; hivyo mpandaji na mvunaji watafurahi pamoja. (aiōnios g166)
And he that reapeth, receiveth wages, and gathereth fruits unto life eternal; and the sower and the reaper equally rejoice. (aiōnios g166)
37 Kwa sababu hiyo msemo huu ni kweli: Mmoja hupanda na mwingine huvuna.
For in this, is the proverb true, that one is the sower, and another the reaper.
38 Mimi nimewatuma mkavune mavuno ambayo hamkuyatolea jasho, wengine walifanya kazi, lakini ninyi mnafaidika kutokana na jasho lao.”
I sent you to reap that, on which ye labored not: for others toiled, and ye entered into their labor.
39 Wasamaria wengi wa kijiji kile waliamini kwa sababu ya maneno aliyosema huyo mama: “Ameniambia mambo yote niliyofanya.”
And many Samaritans of that city believed on him, because of the discourse of the woman, who testified, He told me all that I ever did.
40 Wasamaria walimwendea Yesu wakamwomba akae nao; naye akakaa hapo siku mbili.
And when these Samaritans came to him, they requested him to tarry with them; and he remained with them two days.
41 Watu wengi zaidi walimwamini kwa sababu ya ujumbe wake.
And many believed on him, because of his discourse.
42 Wakamwambia yule mama, “Sisi hatuamini tu kwa sababu ya maneno yako; sisi wenyewe tumesikia, na tunajua kwamba huyu ndiye kweli Mwokozi wa ulimwengu.”
And they said to the woman: Henceforth we believe in him, not on account of thy word; for we have heard him ourselves, and we know that he truly is the Messiah, the Life-Giver of the world.
43 Baada ya siku mbili Yesu aliondoka hapo, akaenda Galilaya.
And after two days Jesus departed from there and went into Galilee.
44 Maana Yesu mwenyewe alisema waziwazi kwamba, “Nabii hapati heshima katika nchi yake.”
For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet is not honored in his own city.
45 Basi, alipofika Galilaya, Wagalilaya wengi walimkaribisha. Maana nao pia walikuwa kwenye sikukuu ya Pasaka, wakayaona mambo yote Yesu aliyotenda huko Yerusalemu wakati wa sikukuu hiyo.
And when he came to Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the signs which he wrought in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast.
46 Yesu alifika tena huko mjini Kana, mkoani Galilaya, mahali alipogeuza maji kuwa divai. Kulikuwa na ofisa mmoja aliyekuwa na mtoto mgonjwa huko Kafarnaumu.
And Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was at Capernaum a king's servant, whose son was sick.
47 Basi, huyo ofisa aliposikia kuwa Yesu alikuwa ametoka Yudea na kufika Galilaya, alimwendea akamwomba aende kumponya mtoto wake aliyekuwa mgonjwa mahututi.
He heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee; and he went to him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son; for he was near dying.
48 Yesu akamwambia, “Msipoona ishara na maajabu hamtaamini!”
Jesus said to him: Unless ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
49 Huyo ofisa akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, tafadhali twende kabla mwanangu hajafa.”
The king's servant said to him: My lord, come down, before the child dieth.
50 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda tu, mwanao yu mzima.” Huyo mtu akaamini maneno ya Yesu, akaenda zake.
Jesus said to him: Go, thy son liveth. And the man believed the word which Jesus spake to him, and went away.
51 Alipokuwa bado njiani, watumishi wake walikutana naye, wakamwambia kwamba mwanawe alikuwa mzima.
And as he was going down, his servants met him, and informed him and said to him: Thy son liveth.
52 Naye akawauliza saa mtoto alipopata nafuu; nao wakamwambia, “Jana saa saba mchana, homa ilimwacha.”
And he asked them, at what time he recovered. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour the fever left him.
53 Huyo baba akakumbuka kwamba ilikuwa ni saa ileile ambapo Yesu alimwambia: “Mwanao yu mzima.” Basi, yeye akaamini pamoja na jamaa yake yote.
And his father knew, that it was at the hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth. And he believed, and all his house.
54 Hii ilikuwa ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipokuwa anatoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.
This again was the second sign that Jesus wrought, when he came from Judaea to Galilee.
