Yohane 4:6-17

⁶Baho tsakukala na chisima cha Yakobu, kwaapfila Yesu tsakepfa kwa ghumwanza ghwake, apfo kakala hasi habehi ne chisima. Tsaikala nemisi.

⁷Ipinga yumwe Msamariya tsakatsa kudegha ghamatsi, Yesu kamlongela, “Ungaye ghamatsi nuwe.”

⁸Iwanang'ina wake tsawaghenda mkaye kughula ichijo.

⁹Ipinga ayo kamwidika, “Ghweghwe kwa Myahudi, nene na Msamariya. Ule kwonomba ghamatsi?” Tsakalonga apfi kwaapfila Wayahudi na Wasamariya ng'awajagha hamwe bae.

¹⁰Yesu kamwidika, “Ung'amanyile ichinu chayolapfa Imulungu na nani iyokulomba ghamatsi gho ukunwa, ung'amlombile, naye ang'akwing'ile ghamatsi ighoghala ughima.”

¹¹Ipinga ayo kalonga, “Imtwatsa, kwahela chinu cha kudeghela ghamatsi, ne chisima chighendesa. Lelo utsoghapata kwani ghamatsi ghe ughima?

¹²Apfi ghweghwe kwa mbala kubita aba wetu Yakobu iyatwing'ile chisima chino, yeye mwenyegho ne iwanaghe ne iwanyama wake tsawanwa ghamatsi ghe chisima chino?”

¹³Yesu kamwidika, “Imunu wowose iyakunwa ghamatsi ghano, katsakona ng'ilu keli,

¹⁴lekeni imunu wowose iyakunwa ghamatsi ghanimwing'a nene, ng'atsakona ng'ilu keli. Ghamatsi ghanimwing'a nene ghatsakuwa mbwibwi iilapfa ghamatsi gha ughima mghati mwake na ghatsomwing'a ughima wa ghamatsuwa ghose.”

¹⁵Ipinga ayo kamlongela, “Mtwatsa ngaya ghamatsi agho ndeke kwona ng'ilu keli, kuya ndeke kutsa hano keli kudegha ghamatsi.”

¹⁶Yesu kamlongela, “Ghenda ukamkeme mmale wako, utse naye.”

¹⁷Ipinga ayo kamwidika, “Nahela mmale.” Yesu kamlongela, “Kolonga ghoya haulonga kwahela mmale.