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1 Quand donc le Seigneur connut que les pharisiens avaient entendu dire: Jésus fait et baptise plus de disciples que Jean
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 (toutefois Jésus lui-même ne baptisait pas, mais ses disciples),
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 il quitta la Judée, et s’en alla encore en Galilée.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 Et il fallait qu’il traverse la Samarie.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 Il vient donc à une ville de la Samarie, nommée Sichar, près de la terre que Jacob donna à Joseph son fils.
and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Et il y avait là une fontaine de Jacob. Jésus donc, étant lassé du chemin, se tenait là assis sur la fontaine; c’était environ la sixième heure.
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 Une femme de la Samarie vient pour puiser de l’eau. Jésus lui dit: Donne-moi à boire
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 (car ses disciples s’en étaient allés à la ville pour acheter des vivres).
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
9 La femme samaritaine lui dit donc: Comment toi qui es Juif, me demandes-tu à boire à moi qui suis une femme samaritaine? (Car les Juifs n’ont point de relations avec les Samaritains.)
"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 Jésus répondit et lui dit: Si tu connaissais le don de Dieu, et qui est celui qui te dit: Donne-moi à boire, toi, tu lui aurais demandé, et il t’aurait donné de l’eau vive.
"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 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, tu n’as rien pour puiser, et le puits est profond; d’où as-tu donc cette eau vive?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
12 Es-tu plus grand que notre père Jacob qui nous a donné le puits; et lui-même en a bu, et ses fils, et son bétail?
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 Jésus répondit et lui dit: Quiconque boit de cette eau-ci aura de nouveau soif;
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, donne-moi cette eau, afin que je n’aie pas soif et que je ne vienne pas ici pour puiser.
"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 Jésus lui dit: Va, appelle ton mari, et viens ici.
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 La femme répondit et dit: Je n’ai pas de mari. Jésus lui dit: Tu as bien dit: Je n’ai pas de mari;
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 car tu as eu cinq maris, et celui que tu as maintenant n’est pas ton mari; en cela tu as dit vrai.
"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 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, je vois que tu es un prophète.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Nos pères ont adoré sur cette montagne-ci, et vous, vous dites qu’à Jérusalem est le lieu où il faut adorer.
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
21 Jésus lui dit: Femme, crois-moi: l’heure vient que vous n’adorerez le Père, ni sur cette montagne, ni à Jérusalem.
"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 Vous, vous adorez, vous ne savez quoi; nous, nous savons ce que nous adorons; car le salut vient des Juifs.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 Mais l’heure vient, et elle est maintenant, que les vrais adorateurs adoreront le Père en esprit et en vérité; car aussi le Père en cherche de tels qui l’adorent.
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 Dieu est esprit, et il faut que ceux qui l’adorent, l’adorent en esprit et en vérité.
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
25 La femme lui dit: Je sais que le Messie qui est appelé le Christ, vient; quand celui-là sera venu, il nous fera connaître toutes choses.
"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 Jésus lui dit: Je le suis, moi qui te parle.
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 Et là-dessus ses disciples vinrent; et ils s’étonnaient de ce qu’il parlait avec une femme; toutefois nul ne dit: Que lui demandes-tu? ou, de quoi parles-tu avec elle?
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 La femme donc laissa sa cruche et s’en alla à la ville, et dit aux hommes:
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 Venez, voyez un homme qui m’a dit tout ce que j’ai fait; celui-ci n’est-il point le 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 Ils sortirent de la ville, et ils venaient vers lui.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Mais pendant ce temps, les disciples le priaient, disant: Rabbi, mange.
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 Mais il leur dit: Moi, j’ai de la viande à manger que vous, vous ne connaissez pas.
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 Les disciples donc dirent entre eux: Quelqu’un lui aurait-il apporté à manger?
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Jésus leur dit: Ma viande est de faire la volonté de celui qui m’a envoyé, et d’accomplir son œuvre.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
35 Ne dites-vous pas, vous: Il y a encore quatre mois, et la moisson vient? Voici, je vous dis: Levez vos yeux et regardez les campagnes; car elles sont déjà blanches pour la moisson.
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 Celui qui moissonne reçoit un salaire et assemble du fruit en vie éternelle; afin que, et celui qui sème et celui qui moissonne, se réjouissent ensemble. (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 Car en ceci est [vérifiée] la vraie parole: L’un sème, et un autre moissonne.
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 Moi, je vous ai envoyés moissonner ce à quoi vous n’avez pas travaillé; d’autres ont travaillé, et vous, vous êtes entrés dans leur travail.
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 Or plusieurs des Samaritains de cette ville-là crurent en lui, à cause de la parole de la femme qui avait rendu témoignage: Il m’a dit tout ce que j’ai fait.
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 Quand donc les Samaritains furent venus vers lui, ils le priaient de demeurer avec eux; et il demeura là deux jours.
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 Et beaucoup plus de gens crurent à cause de sa parole;
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 et ils disaient à la femme: Ce n’est plus à cause de ton dire que nous croyons; car nous-mêmes nous [l’]avons entendu, et nous connaissons que celui-ci est véritablement le Sauveur du monde.
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 Or, après les deux jours, il partit de là, et s’en alla en Galilée;
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 car Jésus lui-même rendait témoignage qu’un prophète n’est pas honoré dans son propre pays.
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 Quand donc il fut venu en Galilée, les Galiléens le reçurent, ayant vu toutes les choses qu’il avait faites à Jérusalem pendant la fête; car eux aussi allaient à la fête.
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 Il vint donc encore à Cana de Galilée, où il avait, de l’eau, fait du vin. Et il y avait à Capernaüm un seigneur de la cour, duquel le fils était malade;
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 celui-ci, ayant entendu dire que Jésus était venu de la Judée en Galilée, s’en alla vers lui, et le pria de descendre et de guérir son fils; car il allait mourir.
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 Jésus donc lui dit: Si vous ne voyez des signes et des prodiges, vous ne croirez point.
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 Le seigneur de la cour lui dit: Seigneur, descends avant que mon enfant meure.
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Jésus lui dit: Va, ton fils vit. Et l’homme crut la parole que Jésus lui avait dite, et s’en alla.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 Et, déjà comme il descendait, ses esclaves vinrent au-devant de lui, et lui rapportèrent que son fils vivait.
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
52 Alors il s’enquit d’eux à quelle heure il s’était trouvé mieux; et ils lui dirent: Hier, à la septième heure, la fièvre l’a quitté.
So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."
53 Le père donc connut que c’était à cette heure-là à laquelle Jésus lui avait dit: Ton fils vit. Et il crut, lui et toute sa maison.
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 Jésus fit encore ce second miracle, quand il fut venu de Judée en Galilée.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
