Yohana 4
1 Mafarisayo walisikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anabatiza na kuwapata wanafunzi wengi kuliko Yohane.
Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--
2 (Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Yesu hakuwa anabatiza ila wanafunzi wake.)
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 Basi, Yesu aliposikia hayo, alitoka Yudea akarudi Galilaya;
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 na katika safari hiyo ilimbidi apitie Samaria.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 Basi, akafika Sukari, mji mmoja wa Samaria, karibu na shamba ambalo Yakobo alikuwa amempa mwanawe, Yosefu.
and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land 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.
Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.
7 Basi, mwanamke mmoja Msamaria akafika kuteka maji. Yesu akamwambia, “Nipatie maji ninywe.”
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 (Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wamekwenda mjini kununua chakula.)
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
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.)
"How is it," replied the woman, "that a Jew like you asks me, who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?" (For Jews have no dealings 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.”
"If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 Huyo mama akasema, “Mheshimiwa, wewe huna chombo cha kutekea maji, nacho kisima ni kirefu; utapata wapi maji yaliyo hai?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
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.”
Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?"
13 Yesu akamjibu, “Kila anayekunywa maji haya ataona kiu tena.
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, nipe maji hayo ili nisione kiu tena; nisije tena mpaka hapa kuteka maji.”
"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."
16 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda ukamwite mumeo uje naye hapa.”
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mimi sina mume.” Yesu akamwambia, “Umesema kweli, kwamba huna mume.
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 Maana umekuwa na waume watano, na huyo unayeishi naye sasa si mume wako. Hapo umesema kweli.”
"for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."
19 Huyo Mwanamke akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, naona ya kuwa wewe u nabii.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Babu zetu waliabudu juu ya mlima huu, lakini ninyi mwasema kwamba mahali pa kumwabudu Mungu ni kule Yerusalemu.”
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
21 Yesu akamwambia, “Niamini; wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba juu ya mlima huu, wala kule Yerusalemu.
"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 Ninyi Wasamaria mnamwabudu yule msiyemjua, lakini sisi tunamjua huyo tunayemwabudu, kwa maana wokovu unatoka kwa Wayahudi.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes 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 a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the true worshippers will worship the Father with true spiritual worship; for indeed the Father desires such worshippers.
24 Mungu ni Roho, na watu wataweza tu kumwabudu kweli kwa nguvu ya Roho wake.”
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
25 Huyo mama akamwambia, “Najua kwamba Masiha, aitwaye Kristo, anakuja. Atakapokuja atatujulisha kila kitu.”
"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."
26 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ninayesema nawe, ndiye.”
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 Hapo wanafunzi wake wakarudi, wakastaajabu sana kuona anaongea na mwanamke. Lakini hakuna mtu aliyesema: “Unataka nini?” au, “Kwa nini unaongea na mwanamke?”
Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, "What is your wish?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
28 Huyo mama akauacha mtungi wake pale, akaenda mjini na kuwaambia watu,
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 “Njoni mkamwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yote niliyotenda! Je, yawezekana kuwa yeye ndiye Kristo?”
"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"
30 Watu wakatoka mjini, wakamwendea Yesu.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Wakati huohuo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wanamsihi Yesu: “Mwalimu, ule chakula.”
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 Lakini Yesu akawaambia, “Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua ninyi.”
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 Wanafunzi wake wakaulizana, “Je, kuna mtu aliyemletea chakula?”
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Yesu akawaambia, “Chakula changu ni kufanya anachotaka yule aliyenituma na kuitimiza kazi yake.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully 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 you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle.
36 Mvunaji anapata mshahara wake, na anakusanya mavuno kwa ajili ya uzima wa milele; hivyo mpandaji na mvunaji watafurahi pamoja. (aiōnios g166)
The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 Kwa sababu hiyo msemo huu ni kweli: Mmoja hupanda na mwingine huvuna.
For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'
38 Mimi nimewatuma mkavune mavuno ambayo hamkuyatolea jasho, wengine walifanya kazi, lakini ninyi mnafaidika kutokana na jasho lao.”
I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."
39 Wasamaria wengi wa kijiji kile waliamini kwa sababu ya maneno aliyosema huyo mama: “Ameniambia mambo yote niliyofanya.”
Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."
40 Wasamaria walimwendea Yesu wakamwomba akae nao; naye akakaa hapo siku mbili.
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 Watu wengi zaidi walimwamini kwa sababu ya ujumbe wake.
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
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, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world."
43 Baada ya siku mbili Yesu aliondoka hapo, akaenda Galilaya.
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 Maana Yesu mwenyewe alisema waziwazi kwamba, “Nabii hapati heshima katika nchi yake.”
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has 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.
When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.
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 He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.
47 Basi, huyo ofisa aliposikia kuwa Yesu alikuwa ametoka Yudea na kufika Galilaya, alimwendea akamwomba aende kumponya mtoto wake aliyekuwa mgonjwa mahututi.
Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.
48 Yesu akamwambia, “Msipoona ishara na maajabu hamtaamini!”
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 Huyo ofisa akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, tafadhali twende kabla mwanangu hajafa.”
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda tu, mwanao yu mzima.” Huyo mtu akaamini maneno ya Yesu, akaenda zake.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 Alipokuwa bado njiani, watumishi wake walikutana naye, wakamwambia kwamba mwanawe alikuwa mzima.
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
52 Naye akawauliza saa mtoto alipopata nafuu; nao wakamwambia, “Jana saa saba mchana, homa ilimwacha.”
So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "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.
Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.
54 Hii ilikuwa ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipokuwa anatoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
