¹ Ngesikhatsi Jesu ati kutsi emaFarisi sebavile kutsi bekenta futsi abhabhatisa bafundzi labanyenti kuna Johane ² (noma Jesu lucobo lwakhe abengabhabhatisi, kepha bafundzi bakhe bebabhabhatisa), ³ wayishiya iJudiya wabuyela emuva futsi eGalile. ⁴ Kepha bekumcoka kuye kutsi ahambe ngase Samariya. ⁵ Ngako wefika edolobheni lase Samariya lelibitwa ngekutsi iSikhari, dvutane nelucetu lwendzawo lena Jakobhe wayinika indvodzana yakhe Josefa. ⁶ Umtfombo waJakobhe bewukhona. Jesu besekakhatsele kuloluhambo lwakhe wahlala ngakulomtfombo. Bekucishe kube lihora lesitfupha. ⁷ Umfati wemuSamariya weta kutowukha emanti, Jesu watsi kuye, ''Nginike emanti ngitonatsa.'' ⁸ Ngoba bafundzi bami basaye edolobheni kuyotsenga kudla. ⁹ Lomfati wemuSamariya watsi kuye, ''Kanjani kutsi wena , kuba ngumuJuda nibuta mine ngingumfati wemuSamariya, lutfo lekunatsa?'' Ngoba emaJuda ete kusebentsisana nemaSamariya. ¹⁰ Jesu waphendvula watsi kuye, ''Kube bowusati sipho saNkulunkulu, nekutsi ngubani lolosho loku kuwe, 'Nginike sinatfo,' ngabe ucele kuye, futsi ngabe ukunike emanti ekuphila.'' ¹¹ Lomfati watsi kuye, ''Mnumzane, ute libhakede futsi lomtfombo uyashona. Akuphi lamanti akho ekuphila? ¹² Awusimkhulu yini, umkhulu, kunababe wetfu Jakobhe, lowasinika umtfombo futsi sanatsa kuwo lucobo lwakhe, njengoba emadvodzana akhe nemfuyo yakhe?'' ¹³ Jesu waphendvula watsi kuye, ''Wonkhe lonatsa kulamanti lawa utophindze ome futsi, ¹⁴ kepha loyo lonatsa kulamanti lengitomnika wona ngeke aphindze ome. Esikhundleni, lamanti lengiyomnika wona ayawuba ngumtfombo wemanti kuye, agubhuta emphilweni yaphakadze.'' ¹⁵ Lomfati watsi kuye, ''mnumzane nginikete lamanti kute ngingano woma nekutsi ngingeti emtjojeni kutokha emanti.'' ¹⁶ Jesunwatsi kuye,'' hamba uyobita umuyeni wakho, ute naye lana.'' ¹⁷ Lomfati wamuphendvula watsi kuye .'' ngite umuyeni.'' Jesu wamuphendvula watsi, ucinisile uma utsi awunaye umuyeni,'' ¹⁸ Ngoba uke waba nebayeni labasihlanu, nyalo lonaye manje akasiye wakho. loku lokushilo kuliciniso. ¹⁹ Lomfati watsi kuye, ''mnumzane ngiyabona kutsi ungumphrofethi. ²⁰ Bobabe betfu bebakhonteli etintsabeni, kepha nitsi i-Jerusalem yindzawo lapho bantfu kumele bakhonte.'' ²¹ Jesu watsi kulomfati, ''Ngikholwe mfati kutsi liyeta lihora uma uyodvumisa Babe noma ngabe kulentsaba hhay eJerusalema. ²² Udvumisa longakwati. Sidvumisa lesikwatiko, ngoba insindziso isuka kumaJuda.