John 4
1 Tua ahikom Jesus in John sang in nungzui tam koi zaw a, tuiphumna pia hi, ci thu Pharisee te in zazo uh hi, ci Topa in a heak ciang in,
Now as soon as the Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard it said, "Jesus is gaining and baptizing more disciples than John"--
2 Jesus Ama vateak in tuiphumna pia ngawl hi, ahihang a nungzui te bek in pia hi,
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 Judah ngam nusia in Galilee ngam sung ah paikik uh hi.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 Taciang Jesus sia Samaria ngamsung a kantan ngawl phamaw hi.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 Sychar a kici, Samaria ngam khuapi khat, Jacob in a tapa Joseph a piak lo ngam nai na ah Jesus theng hi.
and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Tua mun ah Jacob tuikhuk om hi. Jesus sia a khualhaw na toi ahikom in, tuikhuk hui ah to hi: tua hun sia sun nai sawm le nai ni pawl a hihi.
Jacob's Well was there: and accordingly Jesus, tired out with His journey, sat down by the well to rest. It was about six o'clock in the evening.
7 Samaria numei khat tuitoai tu in hongpai a: Jesus in a kung ah, Ka dawn tu hong pia tan, ci hi.
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 Banghangziam cile a nungzui te khuapi sung ah an lei tu in pai uh hi.
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
9 Taciang in Samaria numei nu in, nang sia Judah mi na hi a, kei sia Samaria numei ka hihi, bangbang in tui dawn tu hong ngen ni ziam? ci hi. Banghangziam cile Judah te in Samaria te taw ki pawlkhawm ngei ngawl uh hi.
"How is it," replied the woman, "that a Jew like you asks me, who am a woman and a Samaritan, for water?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus in a kung ah hibang in ci hi, Pathian i letsong le nangma hong paupui sia kua ci he le te, Ama kung ah, tui dawn tu hongpia tan, ci in ngen zawsap tu ni hi; taciang Ama in nuntakna tui hongpia tu hi, ci in zo hi.
"If you had known God's free gift," replied Jesus, "and who it is that said to you, 'Give me some water,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
11 Numei nu in, Topa awng, tuitoai natu le bangma na nei bua a, tuikhuk zong thuk mama si hi: koisungpan tua nuntakna tui nei tu ni ziam?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
12 Nangma in ka pa uh Jacob sang in lianzaw ni ziam? ama in tuikhuk hong pia a, ama tatak ma, a tate le nganno te zong in dawn hi, ci hi.
Are you greater than our forefather Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself drank from it, as did also his sons and his cattle?"
13 Jesus in a kung ah, A kuamapo hi tui a dawn peuma dangtak kik tu hi:
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 Numei nu in, Topa awng, dangtak ngawl tu le hi mun ah tuitoai pai kul ngawl tu in, hi tui hong pia tan, ci hi.
"Sir," said the woman, "give me that water, that I may never be thirsty, nor continually come all the way here to draw from the well."
16 Jesus in, Pai in, na pasal sam tan a hi mun ah hongpai tan, ci hi.
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 Numei nu in, pasal ka nei bua hi, ci in zo hi. Jesus in, Pasal nei ngawl khi hi na ci sia pha hi:
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 Banghangziam cile pasal nga na nei zo hi; taciang tu in na nei sia zong na pasal hi ngawl hi: tua thu ah a mantak in na son hi, ci hi.
"for you have had five husbands, and the man you have at present is not your husband. You have spoken the truth in saying that."
19 Numei nu in, Topa awng, nangma sia kamsang ni hi, ci hong he khi hi.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Ka pa te uh in hi mual tung ah biakpia uh hi; taciang note in Jerusalem ah na biak tu uh a hihi, na ci uh hi, ci hi.
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
21 Jesus in ama tung ah, Numei awng, hong um tan, Pa sia hi mualtung ah ahizong, Jerusalem ah ahizong, na biak ngawl uh hun hong theng tu hi.
"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 Na biak uh sia bang ziam, ci na he bua uh hi: kote in bang bia khu ziam, ci ka he uh hi: banghangziam cile ngupna sia Judah mite kung pan in hongpai hi.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 Ahihang a mantak in a bia te in, Pa sia thaa le thutak taw a biak tu uh hun hong theng tu hi, tu in tua hun hong theng zo hi: banghangziam cile Pa in tabang in Ama a bia te zong hi.
But a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the true worshippers will worship the Father with true spiritual worship; for indeed the Father desires such worshippers.
24 Pathian sia Thaa a hihi: taciang a bia peuma in thaa le thutak taw a biak tu uh a hihi, ci hi.
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
25 Numei nu in a kung ah, Christ a kici Messiah sia hongpai tu a: hongpai ciang in, Ama in na theampo hong son tu hi, ci hi.
"I know," replied the woman, "that Messiah is coming--'the Christ,' as He is called. When He has come, He will tell us everything."
26 Jesus in, Na kung ah nang hong paupui sia, tua pa ka hihi, ci hi.
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 Taciang in a nungzui te hongpai uh a, numei nu taw a ki paupui sia lamdangsa mama uh ahihang: kuama in bang zong ni ziam? a hibale, banghang in numei nu taw ki paupui ni ziam? a ci bua uh hi.
Just then His disciples came, and were surprised to find Him talking with a woman. Yet not one of them asked Him, "What is your wish?" or "Why are you talking with her?"
28 Tua numei nu in a tuibeal nusia in, khuasung ah pai a, mite tung ah,
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 Ka sep theampo hong son pa sia pai vun a, en vun: hi sia in Christ hi ngawl ziam? ci hi.
"Come," she said, "and see a man who has told me everything I have ever done. Can this be the Christ, do you think?"
30 Tabang in khuasung pan pusuak uh a, Jesus kung ah hongpai hon uh hi.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Tua laitak in a nungzui te in, Syapa awng, an ne in, ci uh hi.
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 Ahihang ama in, Note i heak ngawl an neak tu ka nei hi, ci hi.
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 Tua ahikom khatpo in neak tu puak a hi tam? ci in a nungzui te khat le khat ki dong uh hi.
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Jesus in amate kung ah, Keima hong sawlpa deina bang sep tu le Ama nasep ka zaw tu sia keima an a hihi.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
35 Tu zo tha li ciang in anlak hun hong theng tu hi, ci hi ngawl nu ziam? dak vun a, lo te en vun; amate ang zo a, anlak hun zo hi, kong ci hi.
Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle.
36 Taciang anla peuma in sep thaman nga tu a, tawntung nuntakna atu in thing nga te kaikhawm tu hi: taciang thaici a poai te le anla te lungdam khawm tu uh hi. (aiōnios g166)
The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 Khat in thaici poai a, a dang khat in anla hi, a ci sia a thuman a hihi.
For it is in this that you see the real meaning of the saying, 'The sower is one person, and the reaper is another.'
38 Na sep ngawl na uh lo sung ah anla tu in kong sawl hi: midang te in seam uh a, taciang midang te sepnasa sung ah note na tum uh hi, ci hi.
I sent you to reap a harvest which is not the result of your own labours. Others have laboured, and you are getting benefit from their labours."
39 Numei nu in, ka sep theampo Ama in hong son hi, ci in son ahikom, Samaria khua sung mi tampi te in Jesus um uh hi.
Of the Samaritan population of that town a good many believed in Him because of the woman's statement when she declared, "He has told me all that I have ever done."
40 A kung ah Samaria mite hongpai ciang in, amate taw om tu in kun uh a: tua mun ah ni ni sung taam hi.
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 Jesus Ama kam vateak hang in a um mihing hong tam seseam hi;
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 Taciang numei nu kung ah, tu in nangma son bek taw hi ngawl in, koma vateak in ka zak uh hu in um khu hi, taciang Ama sia leitung ngum tu Christ a hihi, ci ka he uh hi, ci uh hi.
and they said to the woman, "We no longer believe in Him simply because of your statements; for we have now heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Saviour of the world."
43 Ni ni zawkciang in, Jesus tua mun pan in pusuak a, Galilee ah pai hi.
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 Banghangziam cile Jesus ama vateak in, kamsang sia ama ngam ah ki zakta ngawl hi, ci in tettipang hi.
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 Galilee ah hongpai ciang in, Galilee mite in Ama sang uh hi, banghangziam cile Jerusalem poai ah amate pai uh a: a sep theampo mu uh hi.
When however He reached Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed Him eagerly, having been eye-witnesses of all that He had done in Jerusalem at the Festival; for they also had been to the Festival.
46 Tua ahikom Jesus in tui pan sapittui a suasak na mun, Galilee huam Cana khua ah paikik hi. Tua khua ah ulian khat om a, a tapa Capernaum khua ah a cina hi.
So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King's court whose son was ill at Capernaum.
47 Jesus sia Judah ngam pan in pusuak a, Galilee ah om hi, ci a zak ciang in, a kung ah pai hi, Capernaum khua ah pai in, a tapa damsak tu in ngen hi: banghangziam cile a tapa thi dektak hi.
Having heard that Jesus had come from Judaea to Galilee, he came to Him and begged Him to go down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.
48 Jesus in ama kung ah, Musakna te le nalamdang te na mu bua uh le, na um bua uh hi, ci hi.
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 Tua ulian pa in, Topa awng, ka tapa a thi ma hongpai tan, ci hi.
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Jesus in ama kung ah, Va pai tan, na tapa nungta hi, ci hi. Tua pa in Jesus kammal um in pai hi.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 A pai laitak in, a naseam te in dawntua a, na tapa nungta hi, ci son hi.
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
52 Ama in a tapa bang hun laitak in damzaw ziam, ci dong hi. A naseam te in sun nai khat pawl in a cisa dam hi, ci uh hi.
So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."
53 Tua hun sia Jesus in, Na tapa nungta hi, a ci lian laitak hi, ci a pa in he hi: taciang ama vateak le a innkuan bup in um uh hi.
Then the father recollected that that was the time at which Jesus had said to him, "Your son has recovered," and he and his whole household became believers.
54 Hi thu sia Judah ngam pan in Galilee huam ah Jesus a paizawk nalamdang a vawt ni vei na a hihi.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
