John 4
1 When therefore the Lord knew, that the Pharisees had heard—Jesus, more disciples, is making and immersing, than John, —
Now, when the Master heard that the Pharisees had been told that he was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 although indeed, Jesus himself, was not immersing, but his disciples,
(Though it was not Jesus himself, but his disciples, who baptized),
3 he left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
he left Judea, and set out again for Galilee.
4 Now he must needs pass through Samaria.
He had to pass through Samaria,
5 He cometh, therefore, unto a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground which Jacob gave unto Joseph his son.
and, on his way, he came to a Samaritan town called Shechem, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob’s fountain was there. Jesus, therefore, having become toil-worn with the journey, was sitting thus, upon the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.
Jacob’s Spring was there, and Jesus, being tired after his journey, sat down beside the spring, just as he was. It was then about midday.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus saith unto her—Give me to drink!
A woman of Samaria came to draw water; and Jesus said to her – “Give me some to drink,”
8 for, his disciples, had gone away into the city, that, food, they might buy.
For his disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
9 The Samaritan woman, therefore, saith unto him—How dost, thou, being, a Jew, ask to drink, of me, who am, a Samaritan woman? [for, Jews, have no dealings with Samaritans.]
“How is it,” replied the Samaritan woman, “that you who are a Jew ask for water from a Samaritan woman like me?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans).
10 Jesus answered, and said unto her—If thou hadst known the free gift of God, and who it is that is saying unto thee, Give me to drink, thou, wouldst have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.
“If you knew of the gift of God,” replied Jesus, “and who it is that is saying to you ‘Give me some water,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 She saith unto him—Sir! not even a bucket, hast thou, —and, the well, is, deep: —Whence, then, hast thou the living water?
“You have no bucket, Sir, and the well is deep,” she said. “Where did you get that ‘living water?’
12 Art, thou, greater than, our father Jacob, who gave us the well, —and, himself, out of it drank, and his sons, and his flocks?
Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!”
13 Jesus answered, and said unto her—Whosoever drinketh of this water, will thirst, again;
“All who drink of this water,” replied Jesus, “will be thirsty again;
15 The woman saith unto him—Sir! give me this water, that I thirst not, neither be coming hither to draw.
“Give me this water, Sir,” said the woman, “so that I may not be thirsty, nor have to come all the way here to draw water.”
16 He saith unto her—Go, call thy husband, and come hither!
“Go and call your husband,” said Jesus, “and then come back.”
17 The woman answered, and said [unto him]—I have no husband. Jesus saith unto her—Well, saidst thou, A husband, I have not;
“I have no husband,” answered the woman. “You are right in saying ‘I have no husband,’” replied Jesus,
18 for, five husbands, thou hast had, —and, now, he whom thou hast, is not thy, husband: This true thing, hast thou spoken.
“For you have had five husbands, and the man with whom you are now living is not your husband; in saying that, you have spoken the truth.”
19 The woman saith unto him—Sir! I perceive that, a prophet, art, thou: —
“I see, Sir, that you are a prophet!” exclaimed the woman.
20 Our fathers, in this mountain, worshipped; and, ye, say, that, in Jerusalem, is the place, where, to worship, it behoveth.
“It was on this mountain that our ancestors worshiped; and yet you Jews say that the proper place for worship is in Jerusalem.”
21 Jesus saith unto her—Believe me, woman! There cometh an hour, when, neither in this mountain, nor yet in Jerusalem, shall ye worship the Father.
“Believe me,” replied Jesus, “a time is coming when it will be neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem that you will worship the Father.
22 Ye, worship, that which ye know not; We, worship, that which we know; because, salvation, is, of the Jews.
You Samaritans do not know what you worship; we know what we worship, for salvation comes from the Jews.
23 But there cometh an hour, and, now, is, —when, the real worshippers, shall worship the Father in spirit and truth; for, even the Father, is seeking, such as these, as his worshippers.
But a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father spiritually and truly; for such are the worshipers that the Father desires.
24 God is, spirit; and, they that worship him, in spirit and truth, must needs worship.
God is Spirit; and those who worship him must worship spiritually and truly.”
25 The woman saith unto him—I know that, Messiah, cometh, who is called Christ, —Whensoever, he, shall come, he will tell us, everything.
“I know,” answered the woman, “that the Messiah, who is called the Christ, is coming; when once he has come, he will tell us everything.”
26 Jesus saith unto her—I, that speak unto thee, am he.
“I am he,” Jesus said to her, “I who am speaking to you.”
27 And, hereupon, came his disciples, and they began to marvel, that, with a woman, he was talking. No one, however, said—What seekest thou? or—Why talkest thou with her?
At this moment his disciples came up, and were surprised to find him talking with a woman; but none of them asked ‘What do you want?’ or ‘Why are you talking with her?’
28 The woman, therefore, left her water-vessel, and went away into the city, and saith unto the men—
So the woman, leaving her pitcher, went back to the town, and said to the people,
29 Come! see a man, that told me all things that ever I did: Can, this, be, the Christ?
“Come and see someone who has told me everything that I have done. Can he be the Christ?”
30 They came forth out of the city, and were coming unto him.
And the people left the town and went to see Jesus.
31 In the meantime, the disciples were requesting him, saying—Rabbi! eat.
Meanwhile the disciples kept saying to him, “Take something to eat, Rabbi.”
32 But, he, said unto them—I, have, food, to eat, of which, ye, know not.
“I have food to eat,” he answered, “of which you know nothing.”
33 The disciples, therefore, began to say, one to another—Hath anyone brought him, to eat?
“Can anyone have brought him anything to eat?” the disciples said to one another.
34 Jesus saith unto them—My food, is, that I should do the will of him that sent me, and complete, his work.
“My food,” replied Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.
35 Are, ye, not saying—Yet, a fourmonth, it is, and, the harvest, cometh? Lo! I say unto you—Lift up your eyes, and gaze at the fields, —that, white, are they unto, harvest. Already,
Don’t you say that it still wants four months to harvest? Why, look up, and see how white the fields are for harvest!
36 he that reapeth, receiveth, a reward, and gathereth fruit unto life age-abiding; that, he that soweth, together may rejoice, with him that reapeth. (aiōnios g166)
Already the reaper is receiving wages and gathering in sheaves for eternal life, so that sower and reaper rejoice together. (aiōnios g166)
37 For, herein, doth the saying, hold good, —One, is the sower, and, another, is the reaper.
For here the proverb holds good – ‘One sows, another reaps.’
38 I, sent you forth, to be reaping that whereon, ye, have not toiled: Others, have toiled, and, ye, into their toil, have entered.
I have sent you to reap that on which you have spent no labor; others have labored, and you have reaped the results of their labor.”
39 And, out of that city, many, believed on him—of the Samaritans, —by reason of the word of the woman in bearing witness—He told me all things that ever I did.
Many from that town came to believe in Jesus – Samaritans though they were – because the woman had said, ‘He has told me everything that I have done.’
40 When, therefore, the Samaritans came unto him, they went on to request him to abide with them; and he abode there two days.
And, when these Samaritans had come to Jesus, they begged him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days.
41 And, many more, believed by reason of his discourse;
But far more came to believe in him because of what he said himself,
42 and, unto the woman, began to say—No longer, by reason of thy talk, do we believe; for, we ourselves, have heard, and know that, This One, is, in truth, the Saviour of the world.
and they said to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you say that we believe in him, for we have heard him ourselves and know that he really is the Savior of the world.”
43 But, after the two days, he went forth from thence, into Galilee.
After these two days Jesus went on to Galilee;
44 For, Jesus himself, bare witness, that, a prophet, in his own fatherland, hath not, honour.
for he himself declared that ‘a prophet is not honored in his own country.’
45 So, when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans welcomed him, having seen, all things, whatsoever he had done in Jerusalem during the feast; for, they also, went unto the feast.
When he entered Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, for they had seen all that he did at Jerusalem during the Festival, at which they also had been present.
46 So he came again into Cana of Galilee, where he had made the water, wine. And there was a certain courtier, whose son was sick, in Capernaum.
So Jesus came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. Now there was one of the king’s officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.
47 The same, hearing that Jesus had come out of Judaea into Galilee, came away unto him, and began requesting him, that he would come down and heal his son; for he was on the point of dying.
When this man heard that Jesus had returned from Judea to Galilee, he went to him, and begged him to come down and cure his son; for he was at the point of death.
48 Jesus therefore said unto him—Except, signs and wonders, ye see, in nowise will ye believe.
Jesus answered, “Unless you all see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
49 The courtier saith unto him—Sir! come down, ere my child die!
“Sir,” said the officer, “come down before my child dies.” And Jesus answered, “Go, your son is living.”
50 Jesus saith unto him—Be going thy way: thy son, liveth! And the man believed in the word which Jesus spake to him, and at once went his way.
The man believed what Jesus said to him, and went;
51 And, when he was even now going down, his servants, met him, saying, that, his boy, was living.
and, while he was on his way down, his servants met him, and told him that his child was living.
52 So he enquired the hour, from them, when he began, to amend. They said, therefore, unto him—Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.
So he asked them at what time the boy began to get better. “It was yesterday, about one o’clock,” they said, “that the fever left him.”
53 So the father took note that it was, in that hour, wherein Jesus said unto him—Thy son, liveth! and he believed, he, and all his house.
By this the father knew that it was at the very time when Jesus had said to him ‘Your son is living’; and he himself, with all his household, believed in Jesus.
54 Now, this again, as, a second sign, Jesus did, after coming out of Judaea into Galilee.
This was the second occasion on which Jesus gave a sign of his mission on coming from Judea to Galilee.
