John 4
1 When therefore the Lord knew, that the Pharisees had heard—Jesus, more disciples, is making and immersing, than John, —
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 although indeed, Jesus himself, was not immersing, but his disciples,
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 he left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 Now he must needs pass through Samaria.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 He cometh, therefore, unto a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground which Jacob gave unto Joseph his son.
and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob’s fountain was there. Jesus, therefore, having become toil-worn with the journey, was sitting thus, upon the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
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 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her—Give me to drink!
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 for, his disciples, had gone away into the city, that, food, they might buy.
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
9 The Samaritan woman, therefore, saith unto him—How dost, thou, being, a Jew, ask to drink, of me, who am, a Samaritan woman? [for, Jews, have no dealings with Samaritans.]
"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 answered, and said unto her—If thou hadst known the free gift of God, and who it is that is saying unto thee, Give me to drink, thou, wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
"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 She saith unto him—Sir! not even a bucket, hast thou, —and, the well, is, deep: —Whence, then, hast thou the living water?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
12 Art, thou, greater than, our father Jacob, who gave us the well, —and, himself, out of it drank, and his sons, and his flocks?
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 answered, and said unto her—Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst, again;
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 The woman saith unto him—Sir! give me this water, that I thirst not, neither be coming hither to draw.
"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 He saith unto her—Go, call thy husband, and come hither!
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 The woman answered, and said [unto him]—I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her—Well, saidst thou, A husband, I have not;
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 for, five husbands, thou hast had, —and, now, he whom thou hast, is not thy, husband: This true thing, hast thou spoken.
"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 The woman saith unto him—Sir! I perceive that, a prophet, art, thou: —
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Our fathers, in this mountain, worshipped; and, ye, say, that, in Jerusalem, is the place, where, to worship, it behoveth.
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
21 Jesus saith unto her—Believe me, woman! There cometh an hour, when, neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 Ye, worship, that which ye know not; We, worship, that which we know; because, salvation, is, of the Jews.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 But there cometh an hour, and, now, is, —when, the real worshippers, shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for, even the Father, is seeking, such as these, as his worshippers.
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 God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
25 The woman saith unto him—I know that, Messiah, cometh, who is called Christ, —Whensoever, he, shall come, he will tell us, everything.
"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 saith unto her—I, that speak unto thee, am he.
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 And, hereupon, came his disciples, and they began to marvel, that, with a woman, he was talking. No one, however, said—What seekest thou? or—Why talkest thou with her?
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 The woman, therefore, left her water-vessel, and went away into the city, and saith unto the men—
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 Come! see a man, that told me all things that ever I did: Can, this, be, the Christ?
"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 They came forth out of the city, and were coming unto him.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 In the meantime, the disciples were requesting him, saying—Rabbi! eat.
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 But, he, said unto them—I, have, food, to eat, of which, ye, know not.
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 The disciples, therefore, began to say, one to another—Hath anyone brought him, to eat?
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Jesus saith unto them—My food, is, that I should do the will of him that sent me, and complete, his work.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
35 Are, ye, not saying—Yet, a fourmonth, it is, and, the harvest, cometh? Lo! I say unto you—Lift up your eyes, and gaze at the fields, —that, white, are they unto, harvest. Already,
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 he that reapeth, receiveth, a reward, and gathereth fruit unto life age-abiding; that, he that soweth, together may rejoice, with him that reapeth. (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 For, herein, doth the saying, hold good, —One, is the sower, and, another, is the reaper.
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 I, sent you forth, to be reaping that whereon, ye, have not toiled: Others, have toiled, and, ye, into their toil, have entered.
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 And, out of that city, many, believed on him—of the Samaritans, —by reason of the word of the woman in bearing witness—He told me all things that ever I did.
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 When, therefore, the Samaritans came unto him, they went on to request him to abide with them; and he abode there two days.
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 And, many more, believed by reason of his discourse;
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 and, unto the woman, began to say—No longer, by reason of thy talk, do we believe; for, we ourselves, have heard, and know that, This One, is, in truth, the Saviour of the world.
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 But, after the two days, he went forth from thence, into Galilee.
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 For, Jesus himself, bare witness, that, a prophet, in his own fatherland, hath not, honour.
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 So, when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed him, having seen, all things, whatsoever he had done in Jerusalem during the feast; for, they also, went unto the feast.
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 So he came again into Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water, wine. And there was a certain courtier, whose son was sick, in Capernaum.
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 The same, hearing that Jesus had come out of Judaea into Galilee, came away unto him, and began requesting him, that he would come down and heal his son; for he was on the point of dying.
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 therefore said unto him—Except, signs and wonders, ye see, in nowise will ye believe.
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 The courtier saith unto him—Sir! come down, ere my child die!
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Jesus saith unto him—Be going thy way: thy son, liveth! And the man believed in the word which Jesus spake to him, and at once went his way.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 And, when he was even now going down, his servants, met him, saying, that, his boy, was living.
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
52 So he enquired the hour, from them, when he began, to amend. They said, therefore, unto him—Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.
So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."
53 So the father took note that it was, in that hour, wherein Jesus said unto him—Thy son, liveth! and he believed, he, and all his house.
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 Now, this again, as, a second sign, Jesus did, after coming out of Judaea into Galilee.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
