Ioan 4
1 Când a aflat Domnul că fariseii au auzit că Isus face și botează mai mulți ucenici decât Ioan
[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].
2 (deși nu Isus însuși boteza, ci ucenicii lui),
3 a părăsit Iudeea și s-a dus în Galileea.
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.
4 Trebuia să treacă prin Samaria.
[He] knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria [district].
5 Și a ajuns la o cetate din Samaria, numită Sihar, lângă parcela de pământ pe care Iacov o dăduse fiului său Iosif.
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].
6 Acolo se afla fântâna lui Iacov. Isus, deci, fiind obosit de drum, s-a așezat lângă fântână. Era pe la ceasul al șaselea.
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, )
7 O femeie din Samaria a venit să scoată apă. Isus i-a zis: “Dă-mi să beau”.
8 Căci ucenicii Săi plecaseră în cetate să cumpere mâncare.
9 Atunci femeia samariteancă i-a zis: “Cum se face că Tu, care ești iudeu, ceri de la mine, o samariteancă, să beau ceva?” (Căci iudeii nu au de-a face cu samaritenii).
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]”
10 Isus i-a răspuns: “Dacă ai fi cunoscut darul lui Dumnezeu și cine este Cel ce-ți zice: “Dă-Mi să beau”, L-ai fi rugat și El ți-ar fi dat apă vie.”
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.”
11 Femeia i-a zis: “Domnule, nu ai cu ce să scoți apă, și fântâna este adâncă. Atunci de unde iei apa aceea vie?
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?
12 Ești tu mai mare decât tatăl nostru Iacov, care ne-a dat fântâna și a băut el însuși din ea, la fel ca și copiii și vitele lui?”
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]?”
13 Isus i-a răspuns: “Oricine va bea din apa aceasta va înseta iarăși;
Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this [well] will later become thirsty again.
15 Femeia I-a zis: “Dă-mi, Doamne, apa aceasta, ca să nu-mi fie sete și să nu vin până aici ca să beau.”
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!”
16 Isus i-a zis: “Du-te, cheamă pe bărbatul tău și vino aici.”
[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!”
17 Femeia a răspuns: “Nu am bărbat.” Isus i-a zis: “Bine ai zis: “Nu am bărbat”,
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.
18 căci ai avut cinci soți; și cel pe care-l ai acum nu este bărbatul tău. Aceasta ai spus-o cu adevărat”.
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.”
19 Femeia i-a zis: “Domnule, văd că ești prooroc.
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet [because you are] able [to know people’s secrets].
20 Părinții noștri s-au închinat în muntele acesta, iar voi, iudeii, spuneți că în Ierusalim este locul unde trebuie să se închine oamenii.”
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]?”
21 Isus i-a zis: “Femeie, crede-mă, vine ceasul când nici în muntele acesta, nici în Ierusalim nu vă veți închina Tatălui.
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].
22 Voi vă închinați la ceea ce nu cunoașteți. Noi ne închinăm la ceea ce cunoaștem, căci mântuirea vine de la iudei.
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].
23 Dar vine ceasul, și acum este, când adevărații închinători se vor închina Tatălui în duh și în adevăr, pentru că Tatăl caută astfel de închinători pentru a fi închinătorii Lui.
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.
24 Dumnezeu este duh, iar cei care i se închină trebuie să se închine în duh și în adevăr.”
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.”
25 Femeia I-a zis: “Știu că vine Mesia, Cel ce se numește Hristos. Când va veni, ne va spune toate lucrurile.”
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]’.)
26 Isus i-a zis: “Eu sunt Cel ce vorbește cu tine.”
Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am [the Messiah]!”
27 În clipa aceea au venit ucenicii Lui. Ei s-au mirat că vorbea cu o femeie; dar nimeni nu i-a întrebat: “Ce cauți?” sau “De ce vorbești cu ea?”.
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?”
28 Femeia a lăsat vasul cu apă, s-a dus în cetate și a spus oamenilor:
The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there,
29 “Veniți să vedeți un om care mi-a spus tot ce am făcut. Poate fi acesta Hristosul?”
“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?”
30 Ei au ieșit din cetate și veneau la el.
So [many people] left the town and started going to where Jesus was.
31 Între timp, ucenicii îl îndemnau, zicând: “Rabi, mănâncă.”
Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat [some of the food we brought]!”
32 Dar El le-a zis: “Am de mâncat o mâncare de care voi nu știți.”
But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
33 Și ucenicii ziceau unul către altul: “I-a adus cineva ceva de mâncare?”
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]”
34 Isus le-a zis: “Hrana Mea este să fac voia Celui ce M-a trimis și să împlinesc lucrarea Lui.
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].
35 Nu spuneți voi: “Mai sunt încă patru luni până la seceriș?”? Iată, vă spun: ridicați-vă ochii și priviți câmpurile, că ele sunt deja albe pentru seceriș.
[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.
36 Cel care seceră primește plata și culege roade pentru viața veșnică, pentru ca atât cel care seamănă, cât și cel care seceră să se bucure împreună. (aiōnios g166)
[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)
37 Căci în aceasta este adevărată zicala: “Unul seamănă, iar altul culege”.
As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants [seeds], but others harvest [the crops].
38 Eu v-am trimis să secerați ceea ce nu ați muncit. Alții au muncit, iar tu ai intrat în munca lor.”
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.”
39 Mulți samariteni din cetatea aceea au crezut în El, din pricina cuvântului femeii care mărturisea: “El mi-a spus tot ce am făcut.”
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]!”
40 Când au venit la el, samaritenii l-au rugat să rămână cu ei. El a rămas acolo două zile.
So when those people of Samaria came to Jesus, they urged him to stay with them. So we stayed there two days.
41 Mulți alții au crezut datorită cuvântului lui.
Many more of those people believed ([in Jesus/that he was the Messiah]) because of what he said.
42 Ei i-au spus femeii: “Acum credem, nu din cauza vorbelor tale, ci pentru că am auzit cu ochii noștri și știm că acesta este cu adevărat Hristosul, Mântuitorul lumii.”
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].”
43 După cele două zile, a ieșit de acolo și s-a dus în Galileea.
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].
44 Căci Isus însuși a mărturisit că un profet nu are onoare în țara sa.
45 Când a ajuns în Galileea, galileenii L-au primit, după ce au văzut tot ce făcuse la Ierusalim la sărbătoare, căci și ei mergeau la sărbătoare.
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.
46 Isus a venit deci din nou la Cana Galileii, unde a transformat apa în vin. Era un nobil al cărui fiu era bolnav la Capernaum.
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.
47 Când a auzit că Isus a ieșit din Iudeea în Galileea, s-a dus la el și l-a rugat să se coboare și să-i vindece fiul, căci era la un pas de moarte.
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!”
48 Isus i-a zis: “Dacă nu vei vedea semne și minuni, nu vei crede nicidecum”.
Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform [more] miracles!”
49 Și nobilul i-a zis: “Domnule, coboară-te, până nu moare copilul meu.”
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!”
50 Isus i-a zis: “Du-te și mergi. Fiul tău trăiește”. Omul a crezut cuvântul pe care i-l spusese Isus și a plecat.
Jesus said to him, “Then you may go [home]. Your son (will live/not die)!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left.
51 Pe când cobora, l-au întâlnit slujitorii lui și i-au raportat: “Fiul tău trăiește!”
[The next day] while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!”
52 Și i-a întrebat pe ei la ce oră a început să se facă bine. Ei i-au spus deci: “Ieri, în ceasul al șaptelea, febra l-a lăsat.”
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.”
53 Astfel, tatăl a știut că a fost în ceasul acela în care Isus i-a spus: “Fiul tău trăiește.” El a crezut, ca și toată casa lui.
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].
54 Acesta este iarăși al doilea semn pe care l-a făcut Isus, după ce a ieșit din Iudeea în Galileea.
That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee [district], after he had returned from Judea [district].
