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1 Lors donc que Jésus sut que les pharisiens avaient appris qu’il faisait plus de disciples et baptisait plus 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 (Quoique Jésus ne baptisât point, mais ses disciples),
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 Il quitta la Judée, et s’en alla de nouveau en Galilée;
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 Or il lui fallait passer par la Samarie.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 Il vint donc dans une ville de Samarie, nommée Sichar, près de l’héritage 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 Là était le puits de Jacob. Ainsi, Jésus, fatigué de la route, s’assit sur le bord du puits. Il 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 Or une femme de Samarie vint puiser de l’eau. Jésus lui dit: Donnez-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 étaient allés à la ville acheter de quoi manger.)
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
9 Cette femme samaritaine lui répondit donc: Comment toi, qui es Juif, me demandes-tu à boire, à moi, qui sais une femme samaritaine? car les Juifs n’ont point de commerce 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 lui répondit et dit: Si vous saviez le don de Dieu, et qui est celui qui vous dit: Donnez-moi à boire, peut-être lui en eussiez-vous demandé vous-même, et il vous aurait donné d’une 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 repartit: Seigneur, tu n’as pas même avec quoi puiser, et le puits est profond; d’où aurais-tu donc de l’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 ce puits, et qui en a bu, lui, ses enfants et ses troupeaux?
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 répliqua et lui dit: Quiconque boit de cette eau aura encore soif;
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 La femme lui dit: Seigneur, donne-moi de cette eau afin que je n’aie plus soif, et que je ne vienne point puiser ici.
"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 Allez, lui répondit Jésus, appelez votre mari et venez ici.
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 La femme répliqua et dit: Je n’ai point de mari. Jésus ajouta: Vous avez bien dit: Je n’ai point de mari;
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 Car vous avez eu cinq maris, et celui que vous avez maintenant n’est pas votre mari; en cela vous avez 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 vous êtes vraiment prophète.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Nos pères ont adoré sur cette montagne, et vous dites, vous, que 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, croyez-moi, vient une heure où 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 adorez, vous, ce que vous ne connaissez point; nous, nous adorons ce que nous connaissons, parce que 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 vient une heure, et elle est déjà venue, où les vrais adorateurs adoreront le Père en esprit et en vérité; car ce sont de tels adorateurs que le Père cherche.
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 ceux qui l’adorent doivent l’adorer 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 (c’est-à-dire le Christ) vient; lors donc qu’il sera venu, il nous apprendra 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 vous parle.
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 En même temps ses disciples vinrent, et ils s’étonnaient de ce qu’il parlait avec une femme; néanmoins aucun ne dit: Que lui demandez-vous? ou pourquoi parlez-vous 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 là sa cruche, s’en alla dans la ville et dit aux habitants:
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, n’est-ce 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 donc de la ville, et ils venaient à lui.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Cependant ses disciples le priaient, disant: Maître, mangez.
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 Mais il leur dit: Moi, j’ai à manger une nourriture que vous ne connaissez point.
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 Les disciples disaient alors entre eux: Quelqu’un lui a-t-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 nourriture 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-mêmes: Il y a encore quatre mois, et la moisson viendra? Mais moi, je vous dis maintenant: Levez les yeux et voyez les champs; car ils blanchissent déjà 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 Et celui qui moissonne reçoit une récompense, et recueille du fruit pour la vie éternelle, afin que celui qui sème se réjouisse aussi bien que celui qui moissonne. (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, ce qu’on dit est vrai: Autre est celui qui sème, et autre celui qui 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 Pour moi, je vous ai envoyés moissonner où vous n’avez point travaillé; d’autres ont travaillé, et vous, vous êtes entrés dans leurs travaux.
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 beaucoup de Samaritains de cette ville crurent en lui, sur la parole de la femme qui avait rendu ce 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 Lors donc que les Samaritains furent venus à lui, ils le prièrent de demeurer en ce lieu, et il y demeura 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 crurent en lui, à cause de ses discours.
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 De sorte qu’ils disaient à la femme: Maintenant ce n’est plus sur votre parole que nous croyons, nous l’avons entendu nous-mêmes, et nous savons que c’est vraiment lui qui est 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 Ainsi 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 a rendu ce témoignage qu’un prophète n’est point honoré dans sa patrie.
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 Quand il fut venu en Galilée, les Galiléens l’accueillirent, parce qu’ils avaient vu tout ce qu’il avait fait à Jérusalem pendant la fête; car ils étaient venus, eux aussi, 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 de nouveau à Cana de Galilée, où il avait changé l’eau en vin. Or il y avait un officier du roi dont le fils était malade à Capharnaüm.
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 Lorsque cet officier eut appris que Jésus venait de Judée en Galilée, il alla vers lui, et le pria de venir guérir son fils qui se mourait.
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 lui dit donc: Si vous ne voyez des miracles et des prodiges, vous ne croyez point.
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 L’officier lui dit: Seigneur, venez avant que mon fils meure.
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Jésus lui répondit: Va, ton fils vit. Cet homme crut à la parole que lui dit Jésus, 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 Or, comme il s’en retournait, ses serviteurs vinrent à sa rencontre et lui annoncèrent 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 Et il leur demandait 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 reconnut alors que c’était l’heure 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 Ce fut là le second miracle que fit encore Jésus quand il fut revenu de Judée en Galilée.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
