Johannes 4
1 Da Herren nu erfarede, at Farisæerne havde hørt, at Jesus vandt flere Disciple og døbte flere end Johannes
Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (skønt Jesus ikke døbte selv, men hans Disciple):
(Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),
3 da forlod han Judæa og drog atter bort til Galilæa.
he left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.
4 Men han måtte rejse igennem Samaria.
He had to pass through Samaria,
5 Han kommer da til en By i Samaria, som kaldes Sykar, nær ved det Stykke Land, som Jakob gav sin Søn Josef.
and, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Og der var Jakobs Brønd. Jesus satte sig da, træt af Rejsen, ned ved Brønden; det var ved den sjette Time.
Jacob’s Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about midday.
7 En samaritansk Kvinde kommer for at drage Vand op. Jesus siger til hende: "Giv mig noget at drikke!"
A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her – “Give me some to drink,”
8 Hans Disciple vare nemlig gåede bort til Byen for at købe Mad.
For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
9 Da siger den samaritanske Kvinde til ham: "Hvorledes kan dog du, som er en Jøde, bede mig, som er en samaritansk Kvinde, om noget at drikke?" Thi Jøder holde ikke Samkvem med Samaritanere.
“How is it,” replied the Samaritan woman, “that you who are a Jew ask for water from a Samaritan woman like me?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans).
10 Jesus svarede og sagde til hende: "Dersom du kendte Guds Gave, og hvem det er, som siger til dig: Giv mig noget at drikke, da bad du ham, og han gav dig levende Vand."
“If you knew of the gift of God,” replied Jesus, “and who it is that is saying to you ‘Give me some water,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 Kvinden siger til ham: "Herre! du har jo intet at drage op med, og Brønden er dyb; hvorfra har du da det levende Vand?
“You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep,” she said. “Where did you get that ‘living water?’
12 Mon du er større end vor Fader Jakob, som har givet os Brønden, og han har selv drukket deraf og hans Børn og hans Kvæg?"
Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!”
13 Jesus svarede og sagde til hende: "Hver den, som drikker af dette Vand, skal tørste igen.
“All who drink of this water,” replied Jesus, “will be thirsty again;
15 Kvinden siger til ham: "Herre! giv mig dette Vand, for at jeg ikke skal tørste og ikke komme hid for at drage op."
“Give me this water, Sir,” said the woman, “so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water.”
16 Jesus siger til hende: "Gå bort, kald på din Mand, og kom hid!"
“Go and call your husband,” said Jesus, “and then come back.”
17 Kvinden svarede og sagde: "Jeg har ingen Mand." Jesus siger til hende: "Med Rette sagde du: Jeg har ingen Mand.
“I have no husband,” answered the woman. “You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’” replied Jesus,
18 Thi du har haft fem Mænd; og han, som du nu har, er ikke din Mand. Det har du sagt sandt."
“For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth.”
19 Kvinden siger til ham: "Herre! jeg ser, at du er en Profet.
“I see, Sir, that you are a prophet!” exclaimed the woman.
20 Vore Fædre have tilbedt på dette Bjerg, og I sige, at i Jerusalem er Stedet, hvor man bør tilbede."
“It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 Jesus siger til hende: "Tro mig, Kvinde, at den Time kommer, da det hverken skal være på dette Bjerg eller i Jerusalem, at I tilbede Faderen.
“Believe me,” replied Jesus, “a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.
22 I tilbede det, I ikke kende; vi tilbede det, vi kende; thi Frelsen kommer fra Jøderne.
You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 Men den Time kommer, ja, den er nu, da de sande Tilbedere skulle tilbede Faderen i Ånd og Sandhed; thi det er sådanne Tilbedere, Faderen vil have.
But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.
24 Gud er Ånd, og de, som tilbede ham, bør tilbede i Ånd og Sandhed."
God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly.”
25 Kvinden siger til ham: "Jeg ved, at Messias kommer (hvilket betyder Kristus); når han kommer, skal han kundgøre os alle Ting."
“I know,” answered the woman, “that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything.”
26 Jesus siger til hende: "Det er mig, jeg, som taler med dig."
“I am he,” Jesus said to her, “I who am speaking to you.”
27 Og i det samme kom hans Disciple, og de undrede sig over, at han talte med en Kvinde; dog sagde ingen: "Hvad søger du?" eller: "Hvorfor taler du med hende?"
At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked ‘What do you want?’ or ‘Why are you talking with her?’
28 Da lod Kvinden sin Vandkrukke stå og gik bort til Byen og siger til Menneskene der:
So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people,
29 "Kommer og ser en Mand, som har sagt mig alt det, jeg har gjort; mon han skulde være Kristus?"
“Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?”
30 De gik ud af Byen og kom gående til ham.
And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.
31 Imidlertid bade Disciplene ham og sagde: "Rabbi, spis!"
Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him, “Take something to eat, Rabbi.”
32 Men han sagde til dem, jeg har Mad at spise, som I ikke kende."
“I have food to eat,” he answered, “of which you know nothing.”
33 Da sagde Disciplene til hverandre: "Mon nogen har bragt ham noget at spise?"
“Can anyone have brought him anything to eat?” the disciples said to one another.
34 Jesus siger til dem: "Min Mad er, at jeg gør hans Villie, som udsendte mig, og fuldbyrder hans Gerning.
“My food,” replied Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.
35 Sige I ikke: Der er endnu fire Måneder, så kommer Høsten? Se, jeg siger eder, opløfter eders Øjne og ser Markene; de ere allerede hvide til Høsten.
Don’t you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!
36 Den, som høster, får Løn og samler Frugt til et evigt Liv, så at de kunne glæde sig tilsammen, både den, som sår, og den, som høster. (aiōnios g166)
Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for eternal life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 Thi her er det Ord sandt: En sår, og en anden høster.
For here the proverb holds good – ‘One sows, another reaps.’
38 Jeg har udsendt eder at høste det, som I ikke have arbejdet på; andre have arbejdet, og I ere gåede ind i deres Arbejde."
I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have reaped the results of their labor.”
39 Men mange af Samaritanerne fra den By troede på ham på Grund af Kvindens Ord, da hun vidnede: "Han har sagt mig alt det, jeg har gjort."
Many from that town came to believe in Jesus – Samaritans though they were – because the woman had said, ‘He has told me everything that I have done.’
40 Da nu Samaritanerne kom til ham, bade de ham om at blive hos dem; og han blev der to Dage.
And, when these Samaritans had come to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
41 Og mange flere troede for hans Ords Skyld.
But far more came to believe in him because of what he said himself,
42 Og til Kvinden sagde de: "Vi tro nu ikke længer for din Tales Skyld; thi vi have selv hørt, og vi vide, at denne er sandelig Verdens Frelser."
and they said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world.”
43 Men efter de to Dage gik han derfra til Galilæa.
After these two days Jesus went on to Galilee;
44 Thi Jesus vidnede selv, at en Profet ikke bliver æret i sit eget Fædreland.
for he himself declared that ‘a prophet is not honored in his own country.’
45 Da han nu kom til Galilæa, toge Galilæerne imod ham, fordi de havde set alt det, som han gjorde i Jerusalem på Højtiden; thi også de vare komne til Højtiden.
When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.
46 Han kom da atter til Kana i Galilæa, hvor han havde gjort Vandet til Vin. Og der var en kongelig Embedsmand, hvis Søn lå syg i Kapernaum.
So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the king’s officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.
47 Da denne hørte, at Jesus var kommen fra Judæa til Galilæa, gik han til ham og bad om, at han vilde komme ned og helbrede hans Søn; thi han var Døden nær.
When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.
48 Da sagde Jesus til ham: "Dersom I ikke se Tegn og Undergerninger, ville I ikke tro."
Jesus answered, “Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
49 Embedsmanden siger til ham: "Herre! kom, før mit Barn dør."
“Sir,” said the officer, “come down before my child dies.” And Jesus answered, “Go, your son is living.”
50 Jesus siger til ham: "Gå bort, din Søn lever." Og Manden troede det Ord, som Jesus sagde til ham, og gik bort.
The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;
51 Men allerede medens han var på Hjemvejen, mødte hans Tjenere ham og meldte, at hans Barn levede.
and, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.
52 Da udspurgte han dem om den Time, i hvilken det var blevet bedre med ham; og de sagde til ham: "I Går ved den syvende time forlod Feberen ham."
So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. “It was yesterday, about one o’clock,” they said, “that the fever left him.”
53 Da skønnede Faderen, at det var sket i den Time, da Jesus sagde til ham: "Din Søn lever;" og han troede selv og hele hans Hus.
By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him ‘Your son is living’; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.
54 Dette var det andet Tegn, som Jesus gjorde, da han var kommen fra Judæa til Galilæa.
This was the second occasion on which Jesus gave a sign of his mission on coming from Judea to Galilee.
