Yahaya 4:7-14

⁷Noparepare, akija mwanamuka mmoja nSamariya kuteka maji. Insa akimwambira: “Nunu, nimereni maji ninywe.”

⁸(Epo iri wanafunzi wake woka kaya ulu kuuza cakurya.)

⁹Mwanamuka nSamariya ire akinjibu: “Umwe muwa Yahudi, omi niwa nSamariya. Munilebelaja maji a kunywa?” (Akisema javyo kamana Mayahudi na waSamariya awakipatana.)

¹⁰Insa akinjibu, akimwambira javi: “Kamba ukijiwa uwezo wa Mwenyezimungu, na ari kukulebela maji a kunywa‑yo, uwe ndi ukisaka kunlebela, na iye nanga kakupa maji a mainsha ako.”

¹¹Iye akimwambira: “Mwenye, umwe amuna ndoo, na nrimbu‑wu wica pakulu. Sambi maji akunipa mainsha‑yo, musaka kupata ndepi?

¹²Ewu nrimbu‑wu katipa babu yetu Yankubu. Wákinywanga iye na wanawe pamoja na mifuwo yake. Sambi, uwe kunzaidi iye?”

¹³Insa akinjibu, akamba: “Eya maji‑ya anywa onse iludira kunkola nyotwa tena.

¹⁴Fala munu akinywa maji animpa omi, ainludira futi kunkola nyotwa kwa milele. Kwasa javyo, maji animpa omi, kwake iye antadukira kuwa nviriro wakububuka mainsha a milele.”