Yohane 4

Yesu na mwanamke Msamaria

1 Mafarisayo walisikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anabatiza na kuwapata wanafunzi wengi kuliko Yohane. 2 (Lakini ukweli ni kwamba Yesu hakuwa anabatiza ila wanafunzi wake.) 3 Basi, Yesu aliposikia hayo, alitoka Yudea akarudi Galilaya; 4 na katika safari hiyo ilimbidi apitie Samaria.

5 Basi, akafika Sukari, mji mmoja wa Samaria, karibu na shamba ambalo Yakobo alikuwa amempa mwanawe, Yosefu. 6 Mahali hapo palikuwa na kisima cha Yakobo, naye Yesu, kutokana na uchovu wa safari, akaketi kando ya kisima. Ilikuwa yapata saa sita mchana.

7 Basi, mwanamke mmoja Msamaria akafika kuteka maji. Yesu akamwambia, “Nipatie maji ninywe.” 8 (Wakati huo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wamekwenda mjini kununua chakula.)

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). 10 Yesu akamjibu, “Kama tu ungalijua zawadi ya Mungu na ni nani anayekuambia: ‘Nipatie maji ninywe,’ ungalikwisha mwomba, naye angekupa maji yenye uhai.” 11 Huyo mama akasema, “Bwana, wewe huna chombo cha kutekea maji, nacho kisima ni kirefu; utapata wapi maji yenye uhai? 12 Au, labda wewe wajifanya mkuu zaidi kuliko baba yetu Yakobo? Yeye alitupa sisi kisima hiki; na yeye mwenyewe, watoto wake na mifugo wake walikunywa maji ya kisima hiki.” 13 Yesu akamjibu, “Kila anayekunywa maji haya ataona kiu tena. 14 Lakini atakayekunywa maji nitakayompa mimi, hataona kiu milele. Maji nitakayompa yatakuwa ndani yake chemchemi ya maji ya uhai na kumpatia uhai wa milele.” 15 Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana, nipe maji hayo ili nisione kiu tena; na, nisije tena mpaka hapa kuteka maji.” 16 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda ukamwite mumeo, uje naye hapa.”

17 Huyo mwanamke akamwambia, “Mimi sina mume.” Yesu akamwambia, “Umesema kweli, kwamba huna mume. 18 Maana umekuwa na waume watano, na huyo unayeishi naye sasa si mume wako. Hapo umesema kweli.” 19 Huyo Mwanamke akamwambia, “Bwana, naona ya kuwa wewe u nabii. 20 Babu zetu waliabudu juu ya mlima huu, lakini nyinyi mwasema kwamba mahali pa kumwabudia Mungu ni kule Yerusalemu.”

21 Yesu akamwambia, “Niamini; wakati unakuja ambapo hamtamwabudu Baba juu ya mlima huu, wala kule Yerusalemu. 22 Nyinyi Wasamaria mnamwabudu yule msiyemjua, lakini sisi tunamjua huyo tunayemwabudu, kwa maana wokovu unatoka kwa Wayahudi. 23 Lakini wakati waja, tena umekwisha wasili, ambapo wenye kuabudu wa kweli watamwabudu Baba katika roho na ukweli. Maana Baba anawataka watu wanaomwabudu namna hiyo. 24 Mungu ni roho, na watu wanaomwabudu lazima wamwabudu kwa Roho na ukweli.” 25 Huyo mama akamwambia, “Najua kwamba Masiha, aitwaye Kristo, anakuja. Atakapokuja atatujulisha kila kitu.” 26 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ninayeongea nawe, ndiye.”

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

28 Huyo mama akauacha mtungi wake pale, akaenda mjini na kuwaambia watu, 29 “Njoni mkamwone mtu aliyeniambia mambo yote niliyotenda! Je, yawezekana kuwa yeye ndiye Kristo?” 30 Watu wakatoka mjini, wakamwendea Yesu.

31 Wakati huohuo wanafunzi wake walikuwa wanamsihi Yesu: “Mwalimu, kula chakula.” 32 Lakini Yesu akawaambia, “Mimi ninacho chakula msichokijua nyinyi.” 33 Wanafunzi wake wakaulizana, “Je, kuna mtu aliyemletea chakula?” 34 Yesu akawaambia, “Chakula changu ni kufanya anachotaka yule aliyenituma na kuitimiza kazi yake. 35 Nyinyi mwasema: ‘Bado miezi minne tu, na wakati wa mavuno utafika!’ Lakini mimi nawaambieni, angalieni mkaone jinsi mashamba yalivyo tayari kuvunwa. 36 Mvunaji anapata mshahara wake, na anakusanya mavuno kwa ajili ya uhai wa milele; hivyo mpandaji na mvunaji watafurahi pamoja. 37 Kwa sababu hiyo msemo huu ni kweli: ‘Mmoja hupanda na mwingine huvuna.’ 38 Mimi nimewatuma mkavune mavuno ambayo hamkuyatolea jasho; wengine walifanya kazi, lakini nyinyi mnafaidika kutokana na jasho lao.”

39 Wasamaria wengi wa kijiji kile walimwamini kwa sababu ya maneno aliyosema huyo mama: “Ameniambia mambo yote niliyofanya.” 40 Wasamaria walimwendea Yesu wakamwomba akae nao; naye akakaa hapo siku mbili. 41 Watu wengi zaidi waliamini kwa sababu ya ujumbe wake. 42 Wakamwambia yule mama, “Sisi hatuamini tu kwa sababu ya maneno yako; sisi wenyewe tumesikia, na tunajua kwamba huyu ndiye kweli Mwokozi wa ulimwengu.”

Mwana wa ofisa anaponywa

43 Baada ya siku mbili Yesu aliondoka hapo, akaenda Galilaya. 44 Maana Yesu mwenyewe alisema waziwazi kwamba, “Nabii hapati heshima katika nchi yake.” 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.

46 Yesu alifika tena huko mjini Kana, mkoani Galilaya, mahali alipogeuza maji kuwa divai. Kulikuwa na ofisa mmoja aliyekuwa na mtoto mgonjwa huko Kafarnaumu. 47 Basi, huyo ofisa aliposikia kuwa Yesu alikuwa ametoka Yudea na kufika Galilaya, alimwendea akamwomba aende kumponya mtoto wake aliyekuwa mgonjwa mahututi. 48 Yesu akamwambia, “Msipoona ishara na maajabu hamtaamini!” 49 Huyo ofisa akamwambia, “Bwana, tafadhali twende kabla mwanangu hajafa.” 50 Yesu akamwambia, “Nenda tu, mwanao ataishi.” Huyo mtu akaamini maneno ya Yesu, akaenda zake. 51 Alipokuwa bado njiani, watumishi wake walikutana naye, wakamwambia kwamba mwanawe alikuwa mzima. 52 Naye akawauliza saa mtoto alipopata nafuu; nao wakamwambia, “Jana saa saba mchana, homa ilimwacha.” 53 Huyo baba akakumbuka kwamba ilikuwa ni saa ileile ambapo Yesu alimwambia: “Mwanao ataishi.” Hapo yeye akaamini pamoja na jamaa yake yote. 54 Hii ilikuwa ishara ya pili aliyoifanya Yesu alipokuwa anatoka Yudea kwenda Galilaya.

John 4

1 When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John2 (although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),3 he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.4 And he must needs pass through Samaria.5 So he cometh to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph:6 and Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.8 For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy food.9 The 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.)10 Jesus 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.11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou that living water?12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Every one that drinketh of this water shall thirst again:14 but 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.15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come all the way hither to draw.16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.17 The woman answered and said unto him, I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her, Thou saidst well, I have no husband:18 for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: this hast thou said truly.19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.22 Ye worship that which ye know not: we worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.23 But 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.24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.25 The 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.26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.27 And 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?28 So the woman left her waterpot, and went away into the city, and saith to the people,29 Come, see a man, who told me all things that ever I did: can this be the Christ?30 They went out of the city, and were coming to him.31 In the mean while the disciples prayed him, saying, Rabbi, eat.32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.33 The disciples therefore said one to another, Hath any man brought him aught to eat?34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.35 Say 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.36 He that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal; that he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.37 For herein is the saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored: others have labored, and ye are entered into their labor.39 And 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.40 So when the Samaritans came unto him, they besought him to abide with them: and he abode there two days.41 And many more believed because of his word;42 and 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.43 And after the two days he went forth from thence into Galilee.44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honor in his own country.45 So 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.46 He 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.47 When 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.48 Jesus therefore said unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will in no wise believe.49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way.51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, saying, that his son lived.52 So 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.53 So 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.54 This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judaea into Galilee.