Yohana 4
1 Mafarisayo walisikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anabatiza na kuwapata wanafunzi wengi kuliko Yohane.
When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Yesu hakuwa anabatiza ila wanafunzi wake.)
( Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples, )
3 Basi, Yesu aliposikia hayo, alitoka Yudea akarudi Galilaya;
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
4 na katika safari hiyo ilimbidi apitie Samaria.
And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 Basi, akafika Sukari, mji mmoja wa Samaria, karibu na shamba ambalo Yakobo alikuwa amempa mwanawe, Yosefu.
Then he cometh to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that 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.
Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
7 Basi, mwanamke mmoja Msamaria akafika kuteka maji. Yesu akamwambia, “Nipatie maji ninywe.”
There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith to her, Give me to drink.
8 (Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wamekwenda mjini kununua chakula.)
( For his disciples had gone away to the city to buy 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.)
Then saith the woman of Samaria to him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the 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 answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
11 Huyo mama akasema, “Mheshimiwa, wewe huna chombo cha kutekea maji, nacho kisima ni kirefu; utapata wapi maji yaliyo hai?
The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from where then hast thou that living water?
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 the well, and drank of it himself, and his children, and his cattle?
13 Yesu akamjibu, “Kila anayekunywa maji haya ataona kiu tena.
Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
15 Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, nipe maji hayo ili nisione kiu tena; nisije tena mpaka hapa kuteka maji.”
The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, neither come here to draw.
16 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda ukamwite mumeo uje naye hapa.”
Jesus saith to her, Go, call thy husband, and come here.
17 Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mimi sina mume.” Yesu akamwambia, “Umesema kweli, kwamba huna mume.
The woman answered and said, 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 that thou hast spoken truth.
19 Huyo Mwanamke akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, naona ya kuwa wewe u nabii.
The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive that 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; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
21 Yesu akamwambia, “Niamini; wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba juu ya mlima huu, wala kule Yerusalemu.
Jesus saith to her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, 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: we know what we worship: for salvation 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 shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 Mungu ni Roho, na watu wataweza tu kumwabudu kweli kwa nguvu ya Roho wake.”
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
25 Huyo mama akamwambia, “Najua kwamba Masiha, aitwaye Kristo, anakuja. Atakapokuja atatujulisha kila kitu.”
The woman saith to him, I know that Messiah cometh, who is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
26 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ninayesema nawe, ndiye.”
Jesus saith to her, I that speak to 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 upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28 Huyo mama akauacha mtungi wake pale, akaenda mjini na kuwaambia watu,
The woman then left her waterpot, and went into the city, and saith to the men,
29 “Njoni mkamwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yote niliyotenda! Je, yawezekana kuwa yeye ndiye Kristo?”
Come, see a man, who hath told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?
30 Watu wakatoka mjini, wakamwendea Yesu.
Then they went out of the city, and came to him.
31 Wakati huohuo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wanamsihi Yesu: “Mwalimu, ule chakula.”
In the mean while his disciples urged him, saying, Master, eat.
32 Lakini Yesu akawaambia, “Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua ninyi.”
But he said to them, I have food to eat that ye know not of.
33 Wanafunzi wake wakaulizana, “Je, kuna mtu aliyemletea chakula?”
Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him any thing to eat?
34 Yesu akawaambia, “Chakula changu ni kufanya anachotaka yule aliyenituma na kuitimiza kazi yake.
Jesus saith to them, My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
35 Ninyi mwasema: Bado miezi minne tu, na wakati wa mavuno utafika! Lakini mimi nawaambieni, yatazameni mashamba; mazao yako tayari kuvunwa.
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to 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 fruit to life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 Kwa sababu hiyo msemo huu ni kweli: Mmoja hupanda na mwingine huvuna.
And in this case is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
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 bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye have entered into their labours.
39 Wasamaria wengi wa kijiji kile waliamini kwa sababu ya maneno aliyosema huyo mama: “Ameniambia mambo yote niliyofanya.”
And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, who testified, He told me all that ever I did.
40 Wasamaria walimwendea Yesu wakamwomba akae nao; naye akakaa hapo siku mbili.
So when the Samaritans had come to him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
41 Watu wengi zaidi walimwamini kwa sababu ya ujumbe wake.
And many more believed because of his own word;
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 said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
43 Baada ya siku mbili Yesu aliondoka hapo, akaenda Galilaya.
Now after two days he 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 hath no honour in his own country.
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.
Then when he had come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went 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.
So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
47 Basi, huyo ofisa aliposikia kuwa Yesu alikuwa ametoka Yudea na kufika Galilaya, alimwendea akamwomba aende kumponya mtoto wake aliyekuwa mgonjwa mahututi.
When he heard that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
48 Yesu akamwambia, “Msipoona ishara na maajabu hamtaamini!”
Then said Jesus to him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
49 Huyo ofisa akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, tafadhali twende kabla mwanangu hajafa.”
The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down before my child dieth.
50 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda tu, mwanao yu mzima.” Huyo mtu akaamini maneno ya Yesu, akaenda zake.
Jesus saith to him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him, and he departed.
51 Alipokuwa bado njiani, watumishi wake walikutana naye, wakamwambia kwamba mwanawe alikuwa mzima.
And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
52 Naye akawauliza saa mtoto alipopata nafuu; nao wakamwambia, “Jana saa saba mchana, homa ilimwacha.”
Then he enquired of them the hour when he began to get better. 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.
So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in which Jesus said to him, Thy son liveth: and he himself believed, and his whole house.
54 Hii ilikuwa ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipokuwa anatoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.
This is again the second miracle that Jesus performed, when he had come from Judaea into Galilee.
