7 Noparepare, akija mwanamuka mmoja nSamariya kuteka maji. Insa akimwambira: “Nunu, nimereni maji ninywe.”
8 (Epo iri wanafunzi wake woka kaya ulu kuuza cakurya.)
9 Mwanamuka nSamariya ire akinjibu: “Umwe muwa Yahudi, omi niwa nSamariya. Munilebelaja maji a kunywa?” (Akisema javyo kamana Mayahudi na waSamariya awakipatana.)
10 Insa 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.”
11 Iye akimwambira: “Mwenye, umwe amuna ndoo, na nrimbu‑wu wica pakulu. Sambi maji akunipa mainsha‑yo, musaka kupata ndepi?
12 Ewu nrimbu‑wu katipa babu yetu Yankubu. Wákinywanga iye na wanawe pamoja na mifuwo yake. Sambi, uwe kunzaidi iye?”
13 Insa akinjibu, akamba: “Eya maji‑ya anywa onse iludira kunkola nyotwa tena.
14 Fala 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.”
15 Mwanamuka ire akimwambira: “Mwenye, nimere noyo maji‑yo ipate isinikore nyotwa tena, wala nisije epa tena kuteka maji!”
16 Insa akimwambira: “Uka ukamwite nlumako, muje onse.”
17 Mwanamuka ire akinjibu, akamba: “Omi sina nlume.” Insa akimwitikizira: “Kusowera sana kwamba: ‘Omi sina nlume’.
18 Kwa kuwa úkiwa nawo walume watanu. Na nlume waúri nawo sambi‑yo siyo nlumako. Epo kusowera kweli yako!”
19 Mwanamuka ire akimwambira Insa: “Mwenye, omi niwona kuwa uwe kuwa nabii!
20 WaSamariya wababu zetu, pawakabudu ndi nowu mwango‑wu. Fala umwe Mayahudi mukwamba kuwa mahala wanu pawajuzi kwabudu ndi Yerusalemu.”
21 Insa akimwambira: “Nunu, namini omi vyanukwambira‑vi: ukuja kufika wakati wakuwa ewu mwango‑wu wala Yerusalemu amuja kumwabudu Baba.
