Ioanes 4
1 KAUN lao kotin mangi, me Parisär akan rongadar, me Iesus kin wiada tounpadak kan o paptais toto sang Ioanes,
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 Ari, pwe sota me pein Iesus kotin paptais, sapwilim a tounpadak kan ta,
though Jesus Himself did not baptize them, but His disciples did--
3 Ap kotila sang Iudäa, kotin purelang Kaliläa.
He left Judaea and returned to Galilee.
4 A a kotin weid nan wein Samaria.
His road lay through Samaria,
5 I ap kotilang kanim en Samaria eu, me adaneki Sikar, koren iong sap, me Iakop ki ong na ol Iosep.
and so He came to Sychar, a town in Samaria near the piece of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Iei wasa en Iakop a parer eu mia. Iesus ari ngirekila a sapasapal, ap kaipokedi pon parer o, ari mepukat wiauier impan auer kawonu.
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 A li en Samaria amen ap kodon idip pil ia. Iesus kotin masani ong i: Kido lim ai kis pil en!
Presently there came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus asked her to give Him some water;
8 Pwe sapwilim a tounpadak kan ko ong nan kanim, pan netiada sak arail.
for His disciples were gone to the town to buy provisions.
9 Li en Samaria ap indang i: Iaduen, komui kisan men Sus, ap poeki pil re i? Pwe ngai li en Samaria amen, pwe Sus akan sota kin waroki ong men Samaria.
"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 Iesus kotin sapeng masani ong i: Ma koe asa duen kisakis sang ren Kot o is i, me indang uk: Kido lim ai kis pil en, koe pan poeki re a, a ap pan ki ong uk pil memaur.
"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 Li o indang i: Maing, sota sapwilim omui men idip pil, a parer me lol, a ia wasa, kom pan idip sang ia pil memaur?
"Sir," she said, "you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; so where can you get the living water from?
12 De komui lapa sang sam at Iakop, me kotiki ong kit er parer en, o pein nima sang, o na kan, o na man akan?
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 Iesus kotin sapeng masani ong i: Karos, me nima sang pil wet, pan pur ong men nim pilada.
"Every one," replied Jesus, "who drinks any of this water will be thirsty again;
15 Li o ap indai ong i: Maing, kom kotiki ong ia kisan pil o, pwe i en solar men nim pil, o solar kodo o idipa sang met!
"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 Iesus kotin masani ong i: Kowei ukedo om paud!
"Go and call your husband," said Jesus; "and come back."
17 Li o sapeng indada: Sota ai paud. Iesus kotin masani ong i: Melel om lokaia: Sota ai paud.
"I have no husband," she replied. "You rightly say that you have no husband," said Jesus;
18 Pwe om paud me limen mas kokodo, a kaidik om paud, me koe paudeki met; iei melel, me koe indada.
"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 Li o indang i: Maing, i ap asaer, me saukop amen komui.
"Sir," replied the woman, "I see that you are a Prophet.
20 Sam at akan kaukaudok pon nana wet, a komail kin inda dene Ierusalem eta wasa me aramas en kaudok ia.
Our forefathers worshipped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem."
21 Iesus kotin masani ong i: Li, kamelele ia, a korendor ansaun omail pan solar kaukaudok ong Sam pon nana wet, pil sota Ierusalem.
"Believe me," said Jesus, "the time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 Komail kin sasa, me komail kin kaukaudok ong. A kit asa, me se kaukaudok ong, pwe kamaur pwarado sang ren men Sus akan.
You worship One of whom you know nothing. We worship One whom we know; for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 A ansau korendor, ari a leler, me toun kaudok melel akan pan kaudok ong Sam ni Ngen o melel, pwe iei ta song en toun kaudok kan, me Sam pil kotin kupura.
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 Ngen eu Kot, a me kaudok ong i, ren kaudokki Ngen o melel.
God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must bring Him true spiritual worship."
25 Li indai ong i: I asa, me Mesias pan kotido, me maraneki Kristus. I lao kotido, a pan katiti ong kit meakaros.
"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 Iesus kotin masani ong i: Ngai i, me lokelokaia ong uk.
"I am He," said Jesus--"I who am now talking to you."
27 A sapwilim a tounpadak kan ap purodo, puriamui a masan ong li amen. Ari so, sota me indada: Da me re kotin kainoma, de da me re kotin mamasani ong i?
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 Li o ap pwilikidi potel en pil o, ap koieilang kanim o kasoi ong aramas akan:
The woman however, leaving her pitcher, went away to the town, and called the people.
29 Kodo, kilang aramas amen, me kasale ong ia karos, me i wiadar, ma i kaidin Kristus?
"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 Rap koieila sang nan kanim o potodo re a.
They left the town and set out to go to Him.
31 Ni ansau ota sapwilim a tounpadak kan poeki re a, potoan ong: Rapi, re kotin konot!
Meanwhile the disciples were urging Jesus. "Rabbi," they said, "eat something."
32 A kotin masani ong irail: Kan ai kisin manga mia, me komail sasa.
"I have food to eat," He replied, "of which you do not know."
33 Tounpadak kan ap kasokasoi nan pung arail: Muein amen wa dong i sak.
So the disciples began questioning one another. "Can it be," they said, "that some one has brought Him something to eat?"
34 Iesus kotin masani ong irail: Wiawia kupur en me kadar ia do, o kapwaiada sapwilim a dodok, iei kan ai,
"My food," said Jesus, "is to be obedient to Him who sent me, and fully to accomplish His work.
35 Komail sota kin indada: Saunipong paieu mi mon rak? Kilan, I indai ong komail, sarada, kilang matuel o pwe a malar.
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 Me dolung kin pwaipwai o nanak ong maur soutuk, pwe ira karos, me kamorok o me dolung en peren pena. (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 Pwe ni mepukat kasoi o pwaidar: Amen me kin kamokamorok, a amen me kin dolung.
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 kadar komail wei, en dolung pena, me komail so doke, Akai me dodoker, a komail me id aneki arail rak.
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 Men Samaria toto kisan kanim o posonla i pweki kasoi en li o, me kadede: A kotin kasale ong ia karos, me i wiadar.
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 Men Samaria kan lao pokon dong i, rap poeki re a, en kotikot re’rail. I ari kotikot ia pong ria pong.
When however the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him on all sides to stay with them; and He stayed there two days.
41 A me toto me posonlar pweki a masan,
Then a far larger number of people believed because of His own words,
42 Ap indang li o: Se poson kila kaidin om kasoi, pwe se pein rongadar o weweki, me i melel Saunkamaur pan sappa.
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 Murin ran riau Iesus kotila sang wasa o, kotilang Kaliläa.
After the two days He departed, and went into Galilee;
44 Pwe pein Iesus kotin kadedeki, me saukop amen sota kin mau nan udan sap we.
though Jesus Himself declared that a Prophet has no honour in his own country.
45 A lao kotilang Kaliläa, men Kaliläa me kasamo i, pwe re iang kilanger me a kotin wiadar Ierusalem ni kamadip o, pwe re toun iang kamadip.
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 Iesus ari kotin pure dong Kana nan Kaliläa, wasa a kotin kapikila pil wain. A monsap amen mia, me na ol somau nan Kapernaum.
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 A lao rongadar, me Iesus koti dong Kaliläa sang Iudäa, ap poto dong re a, poeki i en kotidi, kakelada na ol, pwe a koren iong mela.
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 Iesus ap kotin masani ong i: Ma komail so kilang kilel o manaman akan komail sota pan poson.
"Unless you and others see miracles and marvels," said Jesus, "nothing will induce you to believe."
49 Monsap potoan ong i: Maing kotidi mon nai seri mela!
"Sir," pleaded the officer, "come down before my child dies."
50 Iesus kotin masani ong i: U kowei, noum ol memaur. Ari aramas o poson masan o, me Iesus kotin masani ong i ap koieila.
"You may return home," replied Jesus; "your son has recovered." He believed the words of Jesus, and started back home;
51 A ni a kodila, a ladu kan me tu ong i, kasoi ong i, me na putak mauredar.
and he was already on his way down when his servants met him and told him that his son was alive and well.
52 I ap kalelapok re’rail: Ansau da me a pikikidi maur? Irail indang i: Aio ni auer kaisu karakar ko sanger.
So he inquired of them at what hour he had shown improvement. "Yesterday, about seven o'clock," they replied, "the fever left him."
53 Sam o ap asadar, me i ansau, me Iesus kotin masani ong i: Noum ol memaur. I ari o na kan me posonla i.
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 Iet kilel kariau, me Iesus kotin wiadar ni a koti dong Kaliläa sang Iudäa.
This is the second miracle that Jesus performed, after coming from Judaea into Galilee.
