John 4
1 Jesus el etu lah mwet Pharisee elos lohng tuh pus mwet el baptaisela, oayapa pus mwet tuma lutlut lal lukel 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 (Pwayeiya uh, Jesus sifacna el tiana baptaisela kutena mwet. Mwet tumal lutlut mukena pa baptaisi mwet.)
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 Ouinge ke Jesus el lohng ma fwack inge, el fahsr liki acn Judea ac som nu Galilee.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 Ke el folok nu Galilee, el enenu in fahsr sasla acn Samaria.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 Na el sun sie siti srisrik in Samaria pangpang Sychar, ma apkuran nu ke ipin acn se ma Jacob el tuh sang lal Joseph, wen natul.
and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Lufin kof lal Jacob oan we, ac Jesus el pituki siska ke sripen el totola ke fahsr lal. Pacl se inge apkuran nu ke infulwen len.
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 Sie mutan Samaria el tuku in ut kof, ac Jesus el fahk nu sel, “Ase nimuk kutu kof an.”
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 (Mwet tumal lutlut elos som tari in moul mongo in siti uh.)
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
9 Mutan sac fahk, “Kom sie mwet Jew, a nga mwet Samaria se — na fuka tuh kom ku in ngusr kof sik kom in nim?” (Mwet Jew tia ku in orekmakin ahlu ma mwet Samaria orekmakin.)
"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 el fahk, “Kom tia etu ke mwe sang ma God El akoo in sot nu sum, ac kom tia pac etu lah su siyuk mwe nim sum. Kom funu etu, kom lukun siyuk sik ac nga sot nu sum kof in moul.”
"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 Ac mutan sac fahk, “Leum se, wangin mwe ut kof lom, ac lufin kof se inge loal. Kom ac eis kof in moul an fuka?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
12 Jacob, papa matu tumasr, pa pukanak lufin kof se inge ac likiya nu sesr. El, ac wen natul, ac un kosro natul nukewa elos nim kof kac. Ya kom pangon kom yohk lukel Jacob?”
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 el topuk, “Kutena mwet su nim kof se inge fah sifilpa malu,
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 Ac mutan sac fahk, “Leum se, use nimuk kutu kof sacn! Na nga fah tia sifilpa malu, ac nga fah tia enenu in tuku nu inse inge in ut kof.”
"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 Jesus el fahk nu sel, “Fahla solama mukul tomom an, na komtal foloko nu yuruk.”
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 Ac mutan sac fahk, “Wangin mukul tumuk.” Jesus el fahk, “Pwaye fahk lom an lah wangin mukul tomom.
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 Kom tuh payuk sin mukul limekosr, ac mukul se kom muta yoro inge tia ma tomom. Kom kaskas pwaye nu sik.”
"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 Na mutan sac fahk, “Nga akilen tuh kom mwet palu se.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Mwet matu tumuk meet ah elos tuh alu nu sin God fineol soko inge, a kowos mwet Jew fahk mu Jerusalem mukena pa acn se ma fal mwet uh in alu nu sin God we.”
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
21 Jesus el fahk nu sel, “Mutan, lulalfongiyu, mweyen pacl se ac tuku ke mwet fah tia alu nu sin Papa fineol soko inge ku in Jerusalem.
"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 Kowos mwet Samaria tia arulana etu lah su kowos alu nu se, tusruktu kut mwet Jew etu lah su kut alu nu se, mweyen molela lun God nu sin mwet uh ac tuku ke mwet Jew.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 Tusruktu pacl se ac tuku, aok tuku tari, ke mwet alu pwaye elos ac kolyuk ke ngun in alu nu sin Papa fal nu ke ma pwaye. Pa inge elos su Papa El suk in alu nu sel.
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 El Ngun, ac ku lun Ngun lal mukena pa oru mwet uh in alu nu sel ke pwaye.”
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
25 Mutan sac fahk nu sel, “Nga etu lah Messiah el ac tuku — el su kut pangon ‘Christ.’ Ac ke el ac tuku el fah aketeya ma nukewa nu sesr.”
"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 Ac Jesus el fahk, “Nga pa el, nga su kaskas nu sum.”
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 In pacl sac mwet tumal lutlut lun Jesus elos foloko, ac elos arulana lut in liye lah el kaskas nu sin mutan se. Tusruktu wangin sie selos fahk nu sin mutan sac, “Mea kom lungse?” ku siyuk sin Jesus, “Efu kom ku sramsram nu sin mutan sac?”
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 Na mutan sac filiya sufa in kof lal ac folokla nu in siti uh, ac fahk nu sin mwet we,
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 “Fahsru liye mwet se su fahkma nu sik ma nukewa nga oru meet ah. Ya acnu tia el pa 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 Ouinge elos som liki siti uh ac tuku nu yurin Jesus.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 In pacl sac, mwet lutlut elos kwafe sin Jesus, “Mwet Luti, eiswin kutu mwe mongo uh!”
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 A el topuk ac fahk nu selos, “Oasr mwe mongo nak ma kowos tia etu kac.”
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 Ouinge mwet tumal lutlut elos mutawauk in asiyuki inmasrlolos sifacna, “Ya oasr mwet use mwe mongo nu yorol?”
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Jesus el fahk nu selos, “Mwe mongo nak pa in akos ma lungse lun El su supweyume, ac in aksafye orekma El ase nu sik in oru.
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
35 Oasr soakas se lowos ma fahk mu, ‘Malem akosr lula na pacl in kosrani.’ Tusruktu nga fahk nu suwos, ngetla liye imae akwoya. Fahko kac matula inge, ac akola nu ke kosrani!
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 Mwet se su kosrani el eis molin kosrani lal ke el eisani fahko nu ke moul ma pahtpat. Ke ma inge, el su yukwiya ac el su sifani fah tukeni engan. (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 Tuh soakas sac pwaye ma fahk mu, ‘Sie mwet yukwiya, ac sie pacna mwet fah kosrani.’
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 Nga supwekowosla in eisani fahko in sie ima ma kowos tia orekma kac. Kutena mwet tuh orekma kac, a kowos eis woiyen orekma lalos.”
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 Mwet puspis sin mwet Samaria in siti sac lulalfongi ke Jesus ke sripen mutan sac fahk, “El fahkma nu sik ma nukewa su nga tuh oru meet ah.”
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 Ouinge ke mwet Samaria elos tuku nu yurin Jesus, elos kwafe sel elan muta yorolos, na el muta we len luo.
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 Mwet puspis wi pac lulalfongi ke sripen fahkak lal,
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 ac elos fahk nu sin mutan sac, “Inge kut lulalfongi, tia ke sripen ma kom fahk, a ke sripen kut sifacna lohngol, ac kut etu lah pwaye, el pa Mwet Lango lun faclu.”
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 Tukun Jesus el muta we ke len luo, el mukuiyak ac som nu Galilee.
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 El tuh sifacna fahk, “Sie mwet palu el tia akfulatyeyuk in facl sel sifacna.”
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 Ke el sun acn Galilee, mwet in acn sac paingul mweyen elos wi som nu ke Kufwen Alukela se ma orek Jerusalem, ac elos tuh liye ma nukewa ma el oru ke pacl in kufwa sac.
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 Toko Jesus el folokla nu Cana in Galilee, acn se ma el tuh ekulla kof nu ke wain we. Oasr sie mwet fulat lun government tuh muta we su wen se natul mas in acn 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 Ke el lohng lah Jesus el tuku liki acn Judea nu Galilee, el som nu yorol ac siyuk sel elan som nu Capernaum ac akkeyala wen se natul, su apkuran in misa.
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 el fahk nu sel, “Kowos fin tia liye orekma usrnguk ku mwenmen, kowos fah tia lulalfong.”
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 Na mwet sac fahk, “Leum, fahsru wiyu meet liki tulik se nutik ah misa.”
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Jesus el fahk nu sel, “Fahsrot, wen nutum el ac moul na!” Mwet sac lulalfongi kas lun Jesus ac el som.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 Ke el srakna fahsr inkanek uh, mwet kulansap lal ah sonol ac fahk nu sel, “Wen nutum el kwela!”
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
52 El siyuk selos lah ac pacl su wen se natul ah kwela, ac elos topuk, “Fol lal ah wanginla lukel ke ao se ma tafun len tok ekea.”
So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."
53 Na papa sac esamak lah ac ao sac pacna pa Jesus el fahkang nu sel mu, “Wen nutum el ac moul na.” Ouinge el, ac sou lal nukewa lulalfongila.
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 Pa inge mwenmen se akluo ma Jesus el oru tukun el foloko liki acn Judea nu Galilee.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
