Yohana 4
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
Berean Standard Bible
1Mafarisayo walisikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anabatiza na kuwapata wanafunzi wengi kuliko Yohane.
1When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
2(Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Yesu hakuwa anabatiza ila wanafunzi wake.)
2(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),
3Basi, Yesu aliposikia hayo, alitoka Yudea akarudi Galilaya;
3He left Judea and returned to Galilee.
4na katika safari hiyo ilimbidi apitie Samaria.
4Now He had to pass through Samaria.
5Basi, akafika Sukari, mji mmoja wa Samaria, karibu na shamba ambalo Yakobo alikuwa amempa mwanawe, Yosefu.
5So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6Mahali hapo palikuwa na kisima cha Yakobo, naye Yesu, kutokana na uchovu wa safari, akaketi kando ya kisima. Ilikuwa yapata saa sita mchana.
6Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7Basi, mwanamke mmoja Msamaria akafika kuteka maji. Yesu akamwambia, “Nipatie maji ninywe.”
7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
8(Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wamekwenda mjini kununua chakula.)
8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)
9Lakini huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Wewe ni Myahudi; mimi ni mwanamke Msamaria! Unawezaje kuniomba maji?” (Wayahudi hawakuwa na ushirikiano na Wasamaria katika matumizi ya vitu.)
9“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
10Yesu akamjibu, “Kama tu ungalijua zawadi ya Mungu na ni nani anayekwambia: Nipatie maji ninywe, ungalikwisha mwomba, naye angekupa maji yaliyo hai.”
10Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
11Huyo mama akasema, “Mheshimiwa, wewe huna chombo cha kutekea maji, nacho kisima ni kirefu; utapata wapi maji yaliyo hai?
11“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
12Au, 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.”
12Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”
13Yesu akamjibu, “Kila anayekunywa maji haya ataona kiu tena.
13Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
14Lakini atakayekunywa maji nitakayompa mimi, hataona kiu milele. Maji nitakayompa yatakuwa ndani yake chemchemi ya maji ya uzima na kumpatia uzima wa milele.”
14But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
15Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, nipe maji hayo ili nisione kiu tena; nisije tena mpaka hapa kuteka maji.”
15The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
16Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda ukamwite mumeo uje naye hapa.”
16Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
17Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mimi sina mume.” Yesu akamwambia, “Umesema kweli, kwamba huna mume.
17“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
18Maana umekuwa na waume watano, na huyo unayeishi naye sasa si mume wako. Hapo umesema kweli.”
18In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
19Huyo Mwanamke akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, naona ya kuwa wewe u nabii.
19“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
20Babu zetu waliabudu juu ya mlima huu, lakini ninyi mwasema kwamba mahali pa kumwabudu Mungu ni kule Yerusalemu.”
20Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
21Yesu akamwambia, “Niamini; wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba juu ya mlima huu, wala kule Yerusalemu.
21“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22Ninyi Wasamaria mnamwabudu yule msiyemjua, lakini sisi tunamjua huyo tunayemwabudu, kwa maana wokovu unatoka kwa Wayahudi.
22You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23Lakini wakati unakuja, tena umekwisha fika, ambapo wanaoabudu kweli, watamwabudu Baba kwa nguvu ya Roho; watu wanaomwabudu hivyo ndio Baba anaotaka.
23But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.
24Mungu ni Roho, na watu wataweza tu kumwabudu kweli kwa nguvu ya Roho wake.”
24God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”
25Huyo mama akamwambia, “Najua kwamba Masiha, aitwaye Kristo, anakuja. Atakapokuja atatujulisha kila kitu.”
25The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
26Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ninayesema nawe, ndiye.”
26Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
27Hapo wanafunzi wake wakarudi, wakastaajabu sana kuona anaongea na mwanamke. Lakini hakuna mtu aliyesema: “Unataka nini?” au, “Kwa nini unaongea na mwanamke?”
27Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
28Huyo mama akauacha mtungi wake pale, akaenda mjini na kuwaambia watu,
28Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
29“Njoni mkamwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yote niliyotenda! Je, yawezekana kuwa yeye ndiye Kristo?”
29“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”
30Watu wakatoka mjini, wakamwendea Yesu.
30So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.
31Wakati huohuo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wanamsihi Yesu: “Mwalimu, ule chakula.”
31Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
32Lakini Yesu akawaambia, “Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua ninyi.”
32But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”
33Wanafunzi wake wakaulizana, “Je, kuna mtu aliyemletea chakula?”
33So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
34Yesu akawaambia, “Chakula changu ni kufanya anachotaka yule aliyenituma na kuitimiza kazi yake.
34Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
35Ninyi mwasema: Bado miezi minne tu, na wakati wa mavuno utafika! Lakini mimi nawaambieni, yatazameni mashamba; mazao yako tayari kuvunwa.
35Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
36Mvunaji anapata mshahara wake, na anakusanya mavuno kwa ajili ya uzima wa milele; hivyo mpandaji na mvunaji watafurahi pamoja.
36Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.
37Kwa sababu hiyo msemo huu ni kweli: Mmoja hupanda na mwingine huvuna.
37For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.
38Mimi nimewatuma mkavune mavuno ambayo hamkuyatolea jasho, wengine walifanya kazi, lakini ninyi mnafaidika kutokana na jasho lao.”
38I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
39Wasamaria wengi wa kijiji kile waliamini kwa sababu ya maneno aliyosema huyo mama: “Ameniambia mambo yote niliyofanya.”
39Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”
40Wasamaria walimwendea Yesu wakamwomba akae nao; naye akakaa hapo siku mbili.
40So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
41Watu wengi zaidi walimwamini kwa sababu ya ujumbe wake.
41And many more believed because of His message.
42Wakamwambia yule mama, “Sisi hatuamini tu kwa sababu ya maneno yako; sisi wenyewe tumesikia, na tunajua kwamba huyu ndiye kweli Mwokozi wa ulimwengu.”
42They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
43Baada ya siku mbili Yesu aliondoka hapo, akaenda Galilaya.
43After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.
44Maana Yesu mwenyewe alisema waziwazi kwamba, “Nabii hapati heshima katika nchi yake.”
44Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.
45Basi, alipofika Galilaya, Wagalilaya wengi walimkaribisha. Maana nao pia walikuwa kwenye sikukuu ya Pasaka, wakayaona mambo yote Yesu aliyotenda huko Yerusalemu wakati wa sikukuu hiyo.
45Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
46Yesu alifika tena huko mjini Kana, mkoani Galilaya, mahali alipogeuza maji kuwa divai. Kulikuwa na ofisa mmoja aliyekuwa na mtoto mgonjwa huko Kafarnaumu.
46So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
47Basi, huyo ofisa aliposikia kuwa Yesu alikuwa ametoka Yudea na kufika Galilaya, alimwendea akamwomba aende kumponya mtoto wake aliyekuwa mgonjwa mahututi.
47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.
48Yesu akamwambia, “Msipoona ishara na maajabu hamtaamini!”
48Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
49Huyo ofisa akamwambia, “Mheshimiwa, tafadhali twende kabla mwanangu hajafa.”
49“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
50Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda tu, mwanao yu mzima.” Huyo mtu akaamini maneno ya Yesu, akaenda zake.
50“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
51Alipokuwa bado njiani, watumishi wake walikutana naye, wakamwambia kwamba mwanawe alikuwa mzima.
51And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
52Naye akawauliza saa mtoto alipopata nafuu; nao wakamwambia, “Jana saa saba mchana, homa ilimwacha.”
52So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
53Huyo baba akakumbuka kwamba ilikuwa ni saa ileile ambapo Yesu alimwambia: “Mwanao yu mzima.” Basi, yeye akaamini pamoja na jamaa yake yote.
53Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
54Hii ilikuwa ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipokuwa anatoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.
54This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.
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