Juan 4
1 Cuando Jesús se dio cuenta que los fariseos habían descubierto que él estaba ganando y bautizando más discípulos que Juan,
[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 (aunque no era Jesús quien estaba bautizando, sino sus discípulos),
3 se fue de Judea y regresó a Galilea.
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 En su camino, tenía que pasar por Samaria.
[He] knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria [district].
5 Así que llegó a la ciudad de Sicar, cerca del campo que Jacob había entregado a su hijo José.
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 Allí estaba el pozo de Jacob, y Jesús, estando cansado del viaje, se sentó junto al pozo. Era medio día.
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 Una mujer samaritana vino a buscar agua. Y Jesús le dijo: “¿Podrías darme de beber, por favor?”
8 pues sus discípulos habían ido a comprar comida a la ciudad.
9 “Tú eres un judío, y yo soy una mujer samaritana. ¿Cómo puedes pedirme que te dé de beber?” respondió la mujer, pues los judíos no se asocian con los samaritanos.
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 Jesús le respondió: “Si tan solo reconocieras el don de Dios y a quien te está pidiendo ‘dame de beber,’ tú le habrías pedido a él y él te habría dado el agua de vida”.
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 “Señor, tú no tienes un cántaro, y el pozo es profundo. ¿De dónde vas a sacar el agua de vida?” respondió ella.
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 “Nuestro Padre Jacob nos dio el pozo. Él mismo bebió de él, así como sus hijos y sus animales. ¿Eres tu más grande que él?”
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 Jesús respondió: “Todo el que bebe agua de este pozo, volverá a tener sed.
Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this [well] will later become thirsty again.
15 “Señor”, respondió la mujer, “¡Por favor, dame de esa agua para que yo no tenga más sed y no tenga que venir aquí a buscar agua!”
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 “Ve y llama a tu esposo, y regresa aquí”, le dijo Jesús.
[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 “No tengo un esposo”, respondió la mujer. “Estás en lo correcto al decir que no tienes un esposo”, le dijo Jesús.
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 “Has tenido cinco esposos, y el hombre con el que estás viviendo ahora no es tu esposo. ¡Así que lo que dices es cierto!”
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 “Puedo ver que eres un profeta, señor”, respondió la mujer.
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet [because you are] able [to know people’s secrets].
20 “Dime esto: nuestros ancestros adoraron aquí en este monte, pero tú dices que en Jerusalén es donde debemos adorar”.
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 Jesús respondió: “Créeme que viene el tiempo en que ustedes no adorarán al Padre ni en este monte, ni en Jerusalén.
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 Ustedes no conocen realmente al Dios que están adorando, mientras que nosotros adoramos al Dios que conocemos, porque la salvación viene de los judíos.
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 Pero viene el tiempo—y de hecho, ya llegó—cuando los adoradores adorarán al Padre en Espíritu y en verdad, porque este es el tipo de adoradores que el Padre quiere.
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 Dios es Espíritu, así que los adoradores deben adorar en Espíritu y en verdad”.
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 La mujer dijo: “Bueno, yo sé que el Mesías vendrá”, (al que llaman Cristo). “Cuando él venga, él nos lo explicará a todos nosotros”.
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 Jesús respondió: “YO SOY—el que habla contigo”.
Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am [the Messiah]!”
27 Justo en ese momento, regresaron los discípulos. Ellos estaban sorprendidos de que él estuviera hablando con una mujer, pero ninguno de ellos le preguntó “¿qué haces?” o “¿por qué estás hablando con ella?”
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 La mujer dejó su tinaja de agua y corrió de regreso a la ciudad, diciendo a la gente:
The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there,
29 “¡Vengan y conozcan a un hombre que me dijo todo lo que he hecho! ¿Podría ser este el Mesías?”
“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 Entonces la gente se fue de la ciudad para verlo.
So [many people] left the town and started going to where Jesus was.
31 Mientras tanto, los discípulos de Jesús estaban insistiéndole: “¡Maestro, come algo, por favor!”
Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat [some of the food we brought]!”
32 Pero Jesús respondió: “La comida que yo tengo para comer es una de la que ustedes no saben”.
But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
33 “¿Le trajo comida alguien?” se preguntaban los discípulos unos a otros.
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 Jesús les explicó: “Mi comida es hacer la voluntad de Aquél que me envió y completar su obra.
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 ¿No tienen ustedes el dicho: ‘hay cuatro meses entre la siembra y la cosecha?’ ¡Abran sus ojos y miren a su alrededor! Los cultivos están maduros, listos para la siega.
[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 Al segador se le paga bien y la cosecha es para vida eterna, a fin de que tanto el sembrador como el segador puedan celebrar juntos. (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 Así que el proverbio que dice ‘uno es el que siembra y otro es el que cosecha,’ es verdadero.
As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants [seeds], but others harvest [the crops].
38 Yo los envío a ustedes a cosechar aquello que no sembraron. Otros hicieron la obra, y ustedes han segado ahora los beneficios de lo que ellos hicieron”.
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 Muchos samaritanos de aquella ciudad creyeron en él porque la mujer dijo “Él me dijo todo lo que yo he hecho”.
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 Así que cuando vinieron a verlo, le suplicaron que se quedara con ellos. Él permaneció allí por dos días,
So when those people of Samaria came to Jesus, they urged him to stay with them. So we stayed there two days.
41 y por lo que él les dijo, muchos creyeron en él.
Many more of those people believed ([in Jesus/that he was the Messiah]) because of what he said.
42 Ellos le dijeron a la mujer: “Ahora nuestra confianza en él no es por lo que tú nos dijiste sino porque nosotros mismos lo hemos oído. Estamos convencidos de que él es realmente el Salvador del mundo”.
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 Después de dos días, siguió camino a Galilea.
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 Jesús mismo había hecho el comentario de que un profeta no es respetado en su propia tierra.
45 Pero cuando llegó a Galilea, el pueblo lo recibió porque ellos también habían estado en la fiesta de la Pascua y habían visto todo lo que él había hecho en Jerusalén.
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 Él visitó nuevamente Caná de Galilea, donde había convertido el agua en vino. Cerca, en la ciudad de Capernaúm, vivía un oficial del rey cuyo hijo estaba muy enfermo.
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 Cuando él escuchó que Jesús había regresado de Judea a Galilea, fue a Jesús y le rogó que viniese y sanase a su hijo que estaba a punto de morir.
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 “A menos que vean señales y milagros, ustedes no creerán realmente en mi”, dijo Jesús.
Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform [more] miracles!”
49 “Señor, solo ven antes de que mi hijo muera”, suplicó el oficial.
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 “Ve a casa”, le dijo Jesús. “¡Tu hijo vivirá!” El hombre creyó lo que Jesús le dijo y se fue a casa.
Jesus said to him, “Then you may go [home]. Your son (will live/not die)!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left.
51 Mientras aún iba de camino, sus siervos salieron a su encuentro, y al verlo, le dijeron la noticia de que su hijo estaba vivo y recuperándose.
[The next day] while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!”
52 Él les preguntó a qué hora había comenzado a mejorar su hijo. “Ayer a la una de la tarde dejó de tener fiebre”, le dijeron.
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 Entonces el padre se dio cuenta de que esa era la hora precisa en la que Jesús le había dicho “¡Tu hijo vivirá!” Entonces él y todos en su casa creyeron en Jesús.
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 Este fue el segundo milagro que Jesús hizo después de regresar de Judea a Galilea.
That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee [district], after he had returned from Judea [district].
