¹Mafarisayo walisikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anabatiza na kuwapata wanafunzi wengi kuliko Yohane.

¹When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

²(Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Yesu hakuwa anabatiza ila wanafunzi wake.)

²(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),

³Basi, Yesu aliposikia hayo, alitoka Yudea akarudi Galilaya;

³he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

⁴na katika safari hiyo ilimbidi apitie Samaria.

⁴And he must needs pass through Samaria.

⁵Basi, akafika Sukari, mji mmoja wa Samaria, karibu na shamba ambalo Yakobo alikuwa amempa mwanawe, Yosefu.

⁵So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave 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.

⁶and Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

⁷Basi, mwanamke mmoja Msamaria akafika kuteka maji. Yesu akamwambia, "Nipatie maji ninywe."

⁷There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

⁸(Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wamekwenda mjini kununua chakula.)

⁸For his disciples were gone away into the city 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.)

⁹The Samaritan woman therefore saith unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, who am a Samaritan woman? (For Jews have no dealings 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 and said unto unto her, If thou knewest 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 water.

¹¹Huyo mama akasema, "Mheshimiwa, wewe huna chombo cha kutekea maji, nacho kisima ni kirefu; utapata wapi maji yaliyo hai?

¹¹The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that 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."

¹²Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

¹³Yesu akamjibu, "Kila anayekunywa maji haya ataona kiu tena.

¹³Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst 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 whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.

¹⁵Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, "Mheshimiwa, nipe maji hayo ili nisione kiu tena; nisije tena mpaka hapa kuteka maji."

¹⁵The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.

¹⁶Yesu akamwambia, "Nenda ukamwite mumeo uje naye hapa."

¹⁶Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

¹⁷Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, "Mimi sina mume." Yesu akamwambia, "Umesema kweli, kwamba huna mume.

¹⁷The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:

¹⁸Maana umekuwa na waume watano, na huyo unayeishi naye sasa si mume wako. Hapo umesema kweli."

¹⁸for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.

¹⁹Huyo Mwanamke akamwambia, "Mheshimiwa, naona ya kuwa wewe u nabii.

¹⁹The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

²⁰Babu zetu waliabudu juu ya mlima huu, lakini ninyi mwasema kwamba mahali pa kumwabudu Mungu ni kule Yerusalemu."

²⁰Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

²¹Yesu akamwambia, "Niamini; wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba juu ya mlima huu, wala kule Yerusalemu.

²¹Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.

²²Ninyi Wasamaria mnamwabudu yule msiyemjua, lakini sisi tunamjua huyo tunayemwabudu, kwa maana wokovu unatoka kwa Wayahudi.

²²Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we 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 the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the Father seek to be his worshippers.

²⁴Mungu ni Roho, na watu wataweza tu kumwabudu kweli kwa nguvu ya Roho wake."

²⁴God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

²⁵Huyo mama akamwambia, "Najua kwamba Masiha, aitwaye Kristo, anakuja. Atakapokuja atatujulisha kila kitu."

²⁵The woman saith unto him, I know that Messiah cometh (he that is called Christ): when he is come, he will declare unto us all things.

²⁶Yesu akamwambia, "Mimi ninayesema nawe, ndiye."

²⁶Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am [he].

²⁷Hapo wanafunzi wake wakarudi, wakastaajabu sana kuona anaongea na mwanamke. Lakini hakuna mtu aliyesema: "Unataka nini?" au, "Kwa nini unaongea na mwanamke?"

²⁷And upon this came his disciples; and they marvelled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why speakest thou with her?

²⁸Huyo mama akauacha mtungi wake pale, akaenda mjini na kuwaambia watu,

²⁸So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,

²⁹"Njoni mkamwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yote niliyotenda! Je, yawezekana kuwa yeye ndiye Kristo?"

²⁹Come, see a man, who told me all things that [ever] I did: can this be the Christ?

³⁰Watu wakatoka mjini, wakamwendea Yesu.

³⁰They went out of the city, and were coming to him.

³¹Wakati huohuo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wanamsihi Yesu: "Mwalimu, ule chakula."

³¹In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.

³²Lakini Yesu akawaambia, "Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua ninyi."

³²But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

³³Wanafunzi wake wakaulizana, "Je, kuna mtu aliyemletea chakula?"

³³The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him [aught] to eat?

³⁴Yesu akawaambia, "Chakula changu ni kufanya anachotaka yule aliyenituma na kuitimiza kazi yake.

³⁴Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

³⁵Ninyi mwasema: Bado miezi minne tu, na wakati wa mavuno utafika! Lakini mimi nawaambieni, yatazameni mashamba; mazao yako tayari kuvunwa.

³⁵Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh the harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white already unto harvest.

³⁶Mvunaji anapata mshahara wake, na anakusanya mavuno kwa ajili ya uzima wa milele; hivyo mpandaji na mvunaji watafurahi pamoja.

³⁶He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

³⁷Kwa sababu hiyo msemo huu ni kweli: Mmoja hupanda na mwingine huvuna.

³⁷For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

³⁸Mimi nimewatuma mkavune mavuno ambayo hamkuyatolea jasho, wengine walifanya kazi, lakini ninyi mnafaidika kutokana na jasho lao."

³⁸I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.

³⁹Wasamaria wengi wa kijiji kile waliamini kwa sababu ya maneno aliyosema huyo mama: "Ameniambia mambo yote niliyofanya."

³⁹And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all things that [ever] I did.

⁴⁰Wasamaria walimwendea Yesu wakamwomba akae nao; naye akakaa hapo siku mbili.

⁴⁰So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days.

⁴¹Watu wengi zaidi walimwamini kwa sababu ya ujumbe wake.

⁴¹And many more believed because of his word;

⁴²Wakamwambia yule mama, "Sisi hatuamini tu kwa sababu ya maneno yako; sisi wenyewe tumesikia, na tunajua kwamba huyu ndiye kweli Mwokozi wa ulimwengu."

⁴²and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.

⁴³Baada ya siku mbili Yesu aliondoka hapo, akaenda Galilaya.

⁴³And after the two days he went forth from thence into Galilee.

⁴⁴Maana Yesu mwenyewe alisema waziwazi kwamba, "Nabii hapati heshima katika nchi yake."

⁴⁴For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.

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.

⁴⁵So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

⁴⁶Yesu alifika tena huko mjini Kana, mkoani Galilaya, mahali alipogeuza maji kuwa divai. Kulikuwa na ofisa mmoja aliyekuwa na mtoto mgonjwa huko Kafarnaumu.

⁴⁶He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was 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 was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought [him] that he would come down, and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.

⁴⁸Yesu akamwambia, "Msipoona ishara na maajabu hamtaamini!"

⁴⁸Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe.

⁴⁹Huyo ofisa akamwambia, "Mheshimiwa, tafadhali twende kabla mwanangu hajafa."

⁴⁹The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

⁵⁰Yesu akamwambia, "Nenda tu, mwanao yu mzima." Huyo mtu akaamini maneno ya Yesu, akaenda zake.

⁵⁰Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way.

⁵¹Alipokuwa bado njiani, watumishi wake walikutana naye, wakamwambia kwamba mwanawe alikuwa mzima.

⁵¹And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son lived.

⁵²Naye akawauliza saa mtoto alipopata nafuu; nao wakamwambia, "Jana saa saba mchana, homa ilimwacha."

⁵²So he inquired of them the hour when he began to amend. They said therefore unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

⁵³Huyo baba akakumbuka kwamba ilikuwa ni saa ileile ambapo Yesu alimwambia: "Mwanao yu mzima." Basi, yeye akaamini pamoja na jamaa yake yote.

⁵³So the father knew that [it was] at that hour in which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

⁵⁴Hii ilikuwa ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipokuwa anatoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.

⁵⁴This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judaea into Galilee.