John 4
1 [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].
Jo-Farisai nowinjo ni joma Yesu ne oseloko obedo jopuonjre, kendo obatiso ne ngʼeny moloyo jopuonjre Johana,
kata obedo ni Yesu owuon ne ok batiso ji, to jopuonjrene ema ne timo kamano.
3 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.
Kane Ruoth owinjo wachni, noa Judea mochako odok Galili.
4 [He] knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria [district].
To nochune ni nyaka okadh e piny Samaria.
5 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].
Kuom mano, nochopo e dala moro e piny Samaria miluongo ni Sukar, mane ni machiegni gi puodho mane Jakobo omiyo Josef wuode.
6 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, )
Soko Jakobo ne ni kanyo, kendo Yesu ne koro ool gi wuoth, omiyo nobet piny e dir sokono. Ne en kar sa auchiel mar odiechiengʼ.
E sechego chi Samaria moro nobiro umbo pi, mi Yesu nowachone niya, “Yie imiya pi amodhi.”
(Mano noyudo ka jopuonjrene osedhi Sukar mondo ongʼiew chiemo.)
9 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]”
Chi Samaria-no nowachone niya, “In ja-Yahudi, an to an chi Samaria. Ere kaka ikwaya pi modho?” (Donge ingʼeyo ni jo-Yahudi ok winjre gi jo-Samaria.)
10 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.”
Yesu nodwoke niya, “Ka dine ingʼe mich Nyasaye kendo ingʼe jal makwayi pi mondo omodhi, to dikwaye pi momiyi pi mar ngima.”
11 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?
Dhakono nowachone niya, “Jaduongʼ, ionge gi gima inyalo tuomogo pi, kendo sokoni bende tut. Pi ngimano to inyalo yud kanye?
12 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]?”
Iparo ni iduongʼ moloyo Jakobo kwarwa mane omiyowa sokoni, kendo nomodho pige en owuon kaachiel gi yawuote, gi jambe kod dhoge?”
13 Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this [well] will later become thirsty again.
Yesu nodwoke niya, “Ngʼato ka ngʼato mamodho pigni riyo biro chako loye,
15 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!”
Dhakono nowachone niya, “Jaduongʼ, yie imiyae pigno mondo riyo kik chak loya, kendo kik asik ka achandora gi biro ka pile pile mondo aom pi.”
16 [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!”
Yesu nodwoke niya, “Dhi iluong chwori eka iduogi.”
17 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.
Nodwoke niya, “Aonge gi dichwo.” Yesu nowachone niya, “In kare kuom wacho ni ionge gi dichwo.
18 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.”
Adiera en ni isebedo gi chwo abich, kendo ngʼat makoro in-go sani bende ok chwori. Gima isewachono en adier.”
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet [because you are] able [to know people’s secrets].
Dhakono nowachone niya, “Jaduongʼ, nenorena ni in janabi.
20 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]?”
Kwerewa ne lemo ewi godni, to un jo-Yahudi to uwacho ka uramo ni Jerusalem ema nyaka walamie.”
21 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].
Yesu nodwoke niya, “Nyarwa, yie koda; ndalo biro ma ok unulam Wuoro ewi godni kata ei Jerusalem.
22 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].
Un jo-Samaria ulamo gima ukia, nimar warruok aa kuom jo-Yahudi.
23 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.
Kata kamano kinde biro, kendo osechopo, ma joma lemo gadier nolam Wuoro e yo ma Roho dwaro kendo gadiera, joma lamo kamano ema Wuoro dwaro.
24 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.”
Nyasaye en Roho, omiyo joma lame nyaka lame e yo ma Roho dwaro kendo gadiera.”
25 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]’.)
Dhakono nowacho niya, “Angʼeyo ni in Mesia” (miluongo ni Kristo) “mane onego bi kendo ka obiro, to enonyiswa tiend weche duto.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am [the Messiah]!”
Eka Yesu nonyise ratiro niya, “An ma awuoyo kodini An e En.”
27 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?”
E sechego jopuonjrene noduogo, kendo ne giwuoro kane giyude kowuoyo gi dhako. To onge ngʼama nopenjo niya, “Angʼo midwaro kuom dhakoni?” kata niya, “Iwuoyo kode nangʼo?”
28 The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there,
Eka dhakono noweyo dapige kanyo, kendo nowuok odok dala mi owachone ji niya,
29 “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?”
“Biuru uneye ngʼama osenyisa gik moko duto ma asetimo. Donge jalni dibed Kristo?”
30 So [many people] left the town and started going to where Jesus was.
Joma odak e dalano duto nowuok kadhi ire.
31 Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat [some of the food we brought]!”
To e sechego jopuonjrene nosiko kajiwe niya, “Rabi, chamie gimoro.”
32 But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
To nowachonegi niya, “An gi chiemo ma achamo ma ukia gimoro amora kuome.”
33 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]”
Eka jopuonjrene nowacho e kindgi giwegi niya, “Dibed ni ngʼato osekelone chiemo?”
34 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].
Yesu nowachonegi niya, “Chiemba en timo dwach Jal mane oora kendo tieko tichne.
35 [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.
Donge uwacho ni, ‘Odongʼ dweche angʼwen to ndalo keyo chopo’? Awachonu ni utingʼ wengeu malo urang puothe! Gisechiek giromo keyo.
36 [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)
Kata mana sani ngʼat ma keyo ichulo pokne, kendo ochoko olembe mochiek ne ngima mochwere, mondo omi jachwoyo, kaachiel gi jakeyo, obed mamor kanyakla. (aiōnios g166)
37 As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants [seeds], but others harvest [the crops].
Mana kaka ngero mawacho ni, ‘Ngʼato achiel chwoyo, to ngʼato machielo keyo’ en adier.
38 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.”
Ne aorou mondo uka gima ne ok utiyone. Jomoko nono osetiyo tich matek moloyo, to un useyudo konyruok kuom tichgi matek.”
39 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]!”
Jo-Samaria mangʼeny moa e dalano noyie kuom Yesu nikech neno mane dhakono otimonigi kowacho niya, “Ne onyisa gik moko duto ma asetimo.”
40 So when those people of Samaria came to Jesus, they urged him to stay with them. So we stayed there two days.
Kuom mano, ka jo-Samaria nobiro ir Yesu, negisaye mondo omed bet kodgi, mi nobet kodgi kuom ndalo ariyo.
41 Many more of those people believed ([in Jesus/that he was the Messiah]) because of what he said.
Omiyo ji mangʼeny moko bende noyie kuom Yesu nikech weche mane owachonegi.
42 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].”
Negiwachone dhakono niya, “Koro wayie, ok nikech weche mane iwacho kende; to wasewinje gi itwa wawegi, kendo wangʼeyo gadier ni jalni en Jawar mar piny.”
43 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].
Bangʼ ndalo ariyogo, nowuok modhi Galili.
(Mano noyudo ka Yesu owuon nosewacho ni janabi ok mi duongʼ e pinygi owuon.)
45 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.
Kane ochopo Galili, jo-Galili norwake. Ne giseneno gik moko duto mane osetimo Jerusalem chiengʼ Sap Pasaka, nimar gin bende ne gin kuno.
46 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.
Nochako olimo dala mar Kana, manie piny Galili, kama ne oloke pi divai. To ne nitie jatelo moro ma wuode ne tuo Kapernaum.
47 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!”
Kane ngʼatni owinjo ni Yesu osechopo Galili koa Judea, nodhi ire mosaye mondo odhi ochang wuode mane chiegni tho.
48 Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform [more] miracles!”
Yesu nowachone niya, “Angʼeyo ni ka ok uneno honni gi ranyisi, to ok ubi yie.”
49 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!”
Jatelono nowachone niya, “Jaduongʼ, yie idhi koda kapok nyathina otho.”
50 Jesus said to him, “Then you may go [home]. Your son (will live/not die)!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left.
Yesu nodwoke niya, “Dhiyo, wuodi dhi bedo mangima.” Ngʼatno norwako wach mane Yesu owachoneno, mi noa odhi.
51 [The next day] while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!”
Kane oyudo pod en e yo odok dalane, jotichne noromone gi wach ni wuode koro ngima.
52 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.”
Kane ononogi mondo ongʼe ni en sa mane mane wuode ochangoe, negiwachone niya, “Midhusi nyoro oweye kar sa abiriyo.”
53 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].
Eka wuon nongʼeyo ni mano e sa nogono mane Yesu owachone niya, “Wuodi dhi bedo mangima.” Kuom mano, en kaachiel gi joode duto ne giyie kuom Yesu.
54 That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee [district], after he had returned from Judea [district].
Mano e hono mar ariyo mane Yesu otimo, ka nodonjo Galili koa Judea.
