John 4
1 [At that time, many people were asking] Jesus to baptize them. He did not baptize people; it was [we] his disciples who were doing the baptizing. But when some of the Pharisee [religious group] heard [people say that] Jesus was making more disciples than John [the Baptizer] and was baptizing them, [they became very jealous].
Joon liphante loong nang ih Jisu ih juutem ehan japtem rum arah Pharisi loong ih japchaat rumta. (
Amimiidi bah, Jisu heteewah ih wasiit taan uh tatem rumta; heliphante loong ih luulu juutem rumta.)
3 When the Lord [Jesus] heard about that, [so that the Pharisees would not cause trouble for him], he left Judea [district], and went again [with us disciples] to Galilee district.
Eno Jisu ih erah baatmui rumta ah japchaat ano Judia nawa doksoon ano Galili ni ngaak wangta;
4 [He] knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria [district].
heh wang ih adoh Samaria lam ih wangte jaatjaat angta.
5 So we arrived at a town named Sychar in Samaria [district]. That was near the plot of ground that [our ancestor] Jacob had given to his son Joseph [long ago].
Heh Samaria ni Sikar samnuh adi wang taha, erah hah ah Jaakob ih heh sah Josep suh kota phek dowa ih haloh tah angta.
6 The well that [used to] belong to Jacob was on that plot of ground. Jesus was tired from walking. So while [we] disciples went into the town to buy some food, he sat down alongside the well. It was about noontime. A woman who [lived there] in Samaria came to get some water [from the well]. Jesus said to her, “Will you give me [from the well] some water [to drink]?” The [woman knew that] Jews did not like ([to touch things that belong to] Samaritans/[to] come near Samaritans), (OR, Jews did not like to associate with Samaritans, )
Jaakob naatbeng ah erah di angta, eno enaang ih ano Jisu lam ni erah re adi naangtongta. Erah tokdi rangnithung angta.
Samariate minuh nusiit ju khoot wang kohaano, Jisu ih baatta, [Ngah suh ju ah jok thuk weehang.] (
Heliphante loong ah erah pootdi samnuh ni phaksat jamriik karumta.)
9 so the woman said to him, “You are a Jew, and I am from Samaria. Furthermore, I am a woman. So ([I am surprised] that you are asking me for a drink [of water]!/how is it that you are asking me for a drink [of water]?) [RHQ]”
Minuh rah ih ngaak liita, [An Jehudi nok hah, ngah ah Samaria nok hah —eno an ih nga jiin nawa joong mamah mi sujok hang?] (Jehudi loong ah ih Samariate ih maak ha huuikhaak ah tami room maakka)
10 Jesus replied to her, “If you [(sg)] knew what God [wanted to] give you, and if you knew who I am, the one who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me, and I would have given you water that gives life.”
Jisu ih liita, “Rangte ih tiimjaat koha erah ah jat ubah nyia an jiin nawa joong sukjokte warah jattu bah, an ih suk ih thengtu, eno heh ih an suh roidong ju ah kottheng taho.]
11 She [thought he was talking about] ordinary [water. So she] said to him, “Sir, you do not have a bucket [or a rope with which to get water from the well], and the well is deep. So [since you cannot get water from this well], where can you get that life-giving water?
Minuh ah ih liita, [Chuupha,” [an jiinni joongpi theng uh amuh, eno naatbeng ah uh echoong dook. An ih erah roidong ju ah manawa ma choh uh?
12 Our ancestor Jacob left us this well. He drank water from it, and there was [enough good water] so that his sons and his flocks [of sheep] and goats drank from it also. [Do you claim that] you are greater than Jacob, [and because of that you can give us life-giving water]?”
Arah naatbeng ah sengte sengwah Jaakob ih kohe rah; helui hemaan, heh sah loong nyia heteewah ih arah jok dowa. Jaakob nang ih elong ngeh nakmok thun uh, emah nih mokthun hu?]
13 Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this [well] will later become thirsty again.
Jisu ih erah nuh asuh liita, [O ih arah ju ah jok ah heh joongle ih we le e ah,
15 The woman [did not understand that Jesus was speaking figuratively about something that would sustain her spiritually. So she] said to him, “Sir, give me that kind of water so that I will not get thirsty again, and so that I will not have to keep returning here to get water!”
[Chuupha[ minuh rah ih liita, [erah joong ah ngasuh kohang! Enooba ngah joongle ih mabah uh takah leekang, arah doh joong khoot uh takah raarang ang ah.]
16 [Jesus knew that she did not understand, but he wanted to show her by his God-given knowledge of her personal life that because he was the Messiah he could supply her spiritual need. So] he said to her, “Woman, go and call your husband, and bring him here!”
Jisu ih baatta, [An miwah poonkah uh,” eno [ngaakwang ho.]
17 She replied, “I do not have a husband!” Jesus said to her, “You said that you do not have a husband, and that is true.
[Nga miwah tajeeka,” erah nuh rah ih ngaak baatta. Jisu ih ngaak liita, [An miwah amuh liihu ah an punjeng elu.
18 It is also true that you have had five husbands [one by one]. And the man you are living with now is not your husband! What you have said is very true.”
Amadi tuk ih wabangnga suh nooklu, eno amadi o damdi tonglu erah uh amiisak di an miwah tah angka. An ih amiitiit ah ju baat halang.]
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet [because you are] able [to know people’s secrets].
[Chuupha ngah ih jat ih hala, an khowah,” minuh ah ih ngaak liita.
20 But [let me ask you a different question]: Our ancestors worshipped God here on [Gerizim Mountain], but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where we must worship [God. So who is right]?”
Sengwih sengte Samaria nok hah loong ah ih arah kong adi Rangte kah soomtu rumta, enoothong Jehudi sen loong ah ih seng subah Jerusalem hah nah soomtu theng ngeh liihan.]
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me [when I say that] there will be a time when it will not [matter whether] you worship [God our] Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem [or somewhere else].
Jisu ih erah nuh asuh baatta, [An ih nga jeng ah hanpi hang, saapoot jaasiit thok eha mina loong ah ih Jerusalem nah adoleh arah kong adoh Hewah rang lasoom thang ih tong rum arah ah.
22 You [people from Samaria] do not know the one you are worshipping. But we [(exc) Jews] know whom we worship, because it is from [us] Jews that [God has sent the one who] will save people [from the guilt of their sins].
Samriate sen loong ah ih o rangsoom han amiimi tajatkan; enoothong seng Jehudi nok hah ih bah jat ehi o rangsoom hi erah ah, tiimnge liidi khopiiroidong ah Jehudi nawa ra hala.
23 However, there will be a time when those who genuinely worship God will worship him as [God’s] Spirit [directs] and according to [God’s] truth. In fact, that time is now. Those are the kind of worshipers my Father seeks.
Enoothong saapoot thok eha amadi jen thok e hala, tiimtok doh mina loong ah ih Rangte Chiiala chaan nawa ih Hewah ah amiisak di mamah ah erah likhiik ih phoongpha adoh, heh ih mamah ih thunha erah tenthun jun ih phoongpha ah.
24 God is a spiritual being. So it is necessary that those who worship him must worship him as his Spirit [directs] and [according to God’s] truth.”
Rangte ah Chiiala, eno mina loong ah ih Chiiala jun ebah heh mamah ah erah likhiik ih somtu rum ah.”
25 The woman said to him, “I know that the Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will tell us everything [we need to know].” (‘Messiah’ and ‘Christ’ [both mean ‘God’s promised king]’.)
Minuh ah ih Jisu suh baatta, [Ngah ih jat ehang Kristo ah erak eha, eno Heh raaha doh, jirep ah baat ehe.]
26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am [the Messiah]!”
Jisu ih ngaak baatta, [Erah liihu ah ngah hanih, amadi an damdi o waan hala warah ah.]
27 Just then [we] disciples returned [from town]. [Since it was contrary to our custom for Jewish religious teachers to converse with a woman they did not know], we were surprised that he was talking to a woman. However, none of us asked her, “What do you want?” and none of us asked him, “Why are you talking with her?”
Erah pootdi Jisu liphante loong ah ngaakwang e rum taha, eno minuh damdi roongwaan ah japtup rum ano rapne ih paatja rumta. Enoothong neng loong dowa o ih uh minuh asuh tali rumta, [an ih tiimjih jamhu ngeh ih uh tali rumta?] Adoleh Jisu suh uh tacheng rumta, [an arah nuh ah damdi tiimnge roongwaan lu ngeh ah?]
28 The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there,
Eno minuh rah ih heh joong khoot tek ah thinhaat ano samnuh ni ngaak wangta, eno erah dowa miloong asuh baatwan rumta,
29 “Come and see a man who [was able to] tell me all about my past life [HYP], [even though I never met him before] Could this man be the Messiah?”
[Nga roidong di jirep reeraang tang erah dok baat halang mih ah sok ra thaak han. Heh Kristo ah ma angja oh?]
30 So [many people] left the town and started going to where Jesus was.
Erah thoidi erah samnuh dowa dokkhoom rum ano Jisu jiinni karumta.
31 Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat [some of the food we brought]!”
Erah saapoot adi hehliphante loong ah ih Jisu lasih joh rumta, [Nyootte, tiim ah tiim phaksah uh!]
32 But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
Enoothong Jisu ih ngaakbaat rumta, [Nga jiinni phaksat theng eje eno sen ih erah tiit ah tajatkan.]
33 So we started saying to each other, “(Surely no one has brought him any food [when we] were not [here]!/Has anyone brought him any food [when we] were not [here]?) [RHQ]”
Erah thoidi heliphante loong ah neng jaachi ni phang chengmui rumta, [Heh suh o ih bah uh phaksat pi tam ih kaat rum taha?]
34 Jesus said to us, “Doing what [my Father] who sent me wants [me to do] and finishing the work he [gave me to do] is ([what sustains me/like] my food) [MET].
Jisu ih li rumta, [nga phaksat ah langla nga daapkaatte warah ih mootkaat baat halang ah thoon pakna reeraang theng nyia boichaat theng.]
35 [At this time of the year] you are saying (OR, your ancestors used to say), ‘There are four months left before we harvest [the crops].’ But I say to you, look carefully [at the non-Jewish people around here. God says, ‘They are ready to accept my message] [MET], [like crops in] fields that are ready for people to harvest.
Sen tiitthaak ni eje, ‘Chamkhan suh la baji tongla.’ Enoothong ngah ih baat rumhala, phek ah rapniine ih sok an; chamloong ah amadi khan esuh jen men ela!
36 [If you help them to accept my message], I will reward you [MET], [as an owner of a field] pays those who harvest the crops. Because of your work, people will gain eternal life.’ [I have been telling people God’s message. That is like] [MET] a man who plants seeds. [You will help people to accept my message. That will be like] [MET] harvesting crops. [When that happens], both you and I will rejoice. (aiōnios g166)
O mina ih chamkhanha erah suh kot eha nyia lathoonka roidong cham ah lomkhan thuk ha; erah thoidoh o ih wenha nyia o ih khanha nengnyi eroom ih tenroon ang ah. (aiōnios g166)
37 As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants [seeds], but others harvest [the crops].
Tiitthaak ah amiisak, ‘Wasiit ih wen eha, wasiit ah ih khan eha.’
38 I am sending you [to enable people to accept my message, but you will not be the first ones who tell them God’s message]. Others [previously] worked hard [to tell people God’s message], and now you will be harvesting the results of their work.”
Sen loong marah phek adi tamoh katan erah dowa khan kaat thuk rumhala; erah di wahoh mokata, eno neng mokata dowa sen ih dakchoh an.]
39 Many of the Samaria [district] people who [lived] in that town believed that Jesus [was the Messiah] because they heard what that woman said [about Jesus], “That man [was able to] tell me all about my past life [HYP]!”
Erah samthung adi songtongte Samariate hantek ih minuh ah ih baatrum kano Jisu ah hanpi ih rumta, [Ngah reeraang tang jirep ah dokbaat tahang.]
40 So when those people of Samaria came to Jesus, they urged him to stay with them. So we stayed there two days.
Eno Samariate loong ah Jisu taang ni wangrum haano, neng damdoh roongtong suh heh lasih jorumta, eno erah ni Jisu ah saanyi tongthiinta.
41 Many more of those people believed ([in Jesus/that he was the Messiah]) because of what he said.
Heh tiitkhaap ah chaat rum ano hantek ih we boot hanpi rumta,
42 They told the woman, “We believe in Jesus [now], but not [just] because of what you told us. Now we have heard him ourselves. And now we know that this man truly is the one who [can] save [people] [MTY] [from the guilt of their sins].”
eno minuh asuh li rumta, [Seng ih hanpi ehi, an jeng chaat raang ih tahanpiike, enoothong seng teeteewah ih heh jeng ah chaat enooba hanpi hi, seng ih jat ehi amiisak heh ah mongrep puipangte.]
43 Jesus had said [previously] that people did not honor prophets [like himself when they tried to teach people] in their own home area. So, two days later, Jesus and [we] disciples left that area and went to [his own area in] Galilee [district, because he knew that people there would not think very highly of him, and as a result the Jewish leaders would not be jealous].
Erah ni saanyi tongthiin ano Jisu Galili ni dokkhoom wangta.
Jisu heh teeteewah ih baatta, [Khowah loong ah nengdeek nengkaan ni tachoom joka.]
45 However, when we arrived in Galilee [district, many] of the people there welcomed him, because they had been in Jerusalem during the [Passover] celebration and had seen all the things he did there.
Jisu Galili ni thok adi, erah dowa miloong ah ih jengse banra rumta, tiimnge liidi Khopi Kuwaang adi neng loong ah Jerusalem ni karumta adoh kuwaang adi jaatrep reeraangta loong ah neng ih japtup ih rumta.
46 Jesus went again to Cana in Galilee [district]. That was where he [previously] turned water into wine. There was one of the king’s officials who lived in Capernaum, whose son was very sick.
Eno Jisu ah Galili hah Kaana samthung adi ngaakwangta, maradi heh ih joong ah kham eh lek hoonthukta hah adi ah. Erah ni apit ni mootte saahaap wasiit angta eno heh sah ah langkoleh Keparnam ni khoisat angta.
47 When that man heard [others say] that Jesus had returned to Galilee [district] from Judea [district], he went to Jesus [in Cana] and pleaded with him, “Please come down [to Capernaum] and heal my son, who is about to die!”
Judia nawa Galili ni Jisu kaat ah japchaat ano erah warah Jisu jiinni wangta, eno heh sah khoisat deesiit Keparnam nah kaat weetheng ngeh ih baat wanta, erah sah ah tek nanah ih satta.
48 Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform [more] miracles!”
Jisu ih heh suh baatta, “Sen ih paatjaajih latup kanbah o ih uh tahanpi kan”
49 But the official said to him, “Sir, ([I] believe [in you/I believe that you came from God]). [So please] come down [to my home] before my son dies!”
“Chuupha,” saahaap ih ngaak baatta, “Nga sah maangti kaadoh wakra weeho.”
50 Jesus said to him, “Then you may go [home]. Your son (will live/not die)!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left.
Jisu ih heh suh baatta, [Kah uh, an sah ething ang ah!] Erah warah ih Jisu jengkhaap ah hanpi ano kata.
51 [The next day] while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!”
Heh nok ni ngaak kah adi heh laksuh loong ah lamni chomui rum ano baat rumta, [An sah bah ese joh, thingtong e ah!]
52 He asked them, “At what time did my son start to become well?” They said to him, “His fever ceased yesterday [afternoon] at one o’clock.”
Heh ih cheng rumta tiim saapoot di heh sah ah deeta, eno ngaakbaat rumta. [Miinnyah rangnithung lidi saapak esiit di heh khoisat ah deeta.]
53 Then the boy’s father realized that this was the time Jesus told him, “Your son will (live/not die).” So he and all the people in his house believed [that Jesus was the Messiah].
Eno hewah ah ih erah saapoot adi Jesu ih [An sah ah ething[ ngeh ih baatta rah dokthunta. Erah thoidi neng jaatang changtom ih hanpi rumta.
54 That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee [district], after he had returned from Judea [district].
Judia nawa Galili ni kaat lidi Jisu ih epaatjaajih reeraang ah taknyi noisokta.
