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].
yīśuḥ svayaṁ nāmajjayat kevalaṁ tasya śiṣyā amajjayat kintu yohano'dhikaśiṣyān sa karoti majjayati ca,
phirūśina imāṁ vārttāmaśṛṇvan iti prabhuravagatya
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.
yihūdīyadeśaṁ vihāya puna rgālīlam āgat|
4 [He] knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria [district].
tataḥ śomiroṇapradeśasya madyena tena gantavye sati
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].
yākūb nijaputrāya yūṣaphe yāṁ bhūmim adadāt tatsamīpasthāyi śomiroṇapradeśasya sukhār nāmnā vikhyātasya nagarasya sannidhāvupāsthāt|
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, )
tatra yākūbaḥ prahirāsīt; tadā dvitīyayāmavelāyāṁ jātāyāṁ sa mārge śramāpannastasya praheḥ pārśve upāviśat|
etarhi kācit śomiroṇīyā yoṣit toyottolanārtham tatrāgamat
tadā śiṣyāḥ khādyadravyāṇi kretuṁ nagaram agacchan|
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]”
yīśuḥ śomiroṇīyāṁ tāṁ yoṣitam vyāhārṣīt mahyaṁ kiñcit pānīyaṁ pātuṁ dehi| kintu śomiroṇīyaiḥ sākaṁ yihūdīyalokā na vyavāharan tasmāddhetoḥ sākathayat śomiroṇīyā yoṣitadahaṁ tvaṁ yihūdīyosi kathaṁ mattaḥ pānīyaṁ pātum icchasi?
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.”
tato yīśuravadad īśvarasya yaddānaṁ tatkīdṛk pānīyaṁ pātuṁ mahyaṁ dehi ya itthaṁ tvāṁ yācate sa vā ka iti cedajñāsyathāstarhi tamayāciṣyathāḥ sa ca tubhyamamṛtaṁ toyamadāsyat|
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?
tadā sā sīmantinī bhāṣitavati, he maheccha prahirgambhīro bhavato nīrottolanapātraṁ nāstī ca tasmāt tadamṛtaṁ kīlālaṁ kutaḥ prāpsyasi?
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]?”
yosmabhyam imamandhūṁ dadau, yasya ca parijanā gomeṣādayaśca sarvve'sya praheḥ pānīyaṁ papuretādṛśo yosmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣo yākūb tasmādapi bhavān mahān kiṁ?
13 Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this [well] will later become thirsty again.
tato yīśurakathayad idaṁ pānīyaṁ saḥ pivati sa punastṛṣārtto bhaviṣyati,
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!”
tadā sā vanitākathayat he maheccha tarhi mama punaḥ pīpāsā yathā na jāyate toyottolanāya yathātrāgamanaṁ na bhavati ca tadarthaṁ mahyaṁ tattoyaṁ dehī|
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!”
tato yīśūravadadyāhi tava patimāhūya sthāne'trāgaccha|
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.
sā vāmāvadat mama patirnāsti| yīśuravadat mama patirnāstīti vākyaṁ bhadramavocaḥ|
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.”
yatastava pañca patayobhavan adhunā tu tvayā sārddhaṁ yastiṣṭhati sa tava bharttā na vākyamidaṁ satyamavādiḥ|
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet [because you are] able [to know people’s secrets].
tadā sā mahilā gaditavati he maheccha bhavān eko bhaviṣyadvādīti buddhaṁ mayā|
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]?”
asmākaṁ pitṛlokā etasmin śiloccaye'bhajanta, kintu bhavadbhirucyate yirūśālam nagare bhajanayogyaṁ sthānamāste|
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].
yīśuravocat he yoṣit mama vākye viśvasihi yadā yūyaṁ kevalaśaile'smin vā yirūśālam nagare piturbhajanaṁ na kariṣyadhve kāla etādṛśa āyāti|
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].
yūyaṁ yaṁ bhajadhve taṁ na jānītha, kintu vayaṁ yaṁ bhajāmahe taṁ jānīmahe, yato yihūdīyalokānāṁ madhyāt paritrāṇaṁ jāyate|
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.
kintu yadā satyabhaktā ātmanā satyarūpeṇa ca piturbhajanaṁ kariṣyante samaya etādṛśa āyāti, varam idānīmapi vidyate; yata etādṛśo bhatkān pitā ceṣṭate|
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.”
īśvara ātmā; tatastasya ye bhaktāstaiḥ sa ātmanā satyarūpeṇa ca bhajanīyaḥ|
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]’.)
tadā sā mahilāvādīt khrīṣṭanāmnā vikhyāto'bhiṣiktaḥ puruṣa āgamiṣyatīti jānāmi sa ca sarvvāḥ kathā asmān jñāpayiṣyati|
26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am [the Messiah]!”
tato yīśuravadat tvayā sārddhaṁ kathanaṁ karomi yo'ham ahameva sa puruṣaḥ|
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?”
etasmin samaye śiṣyā āgatya tathā striyā sārddhaṁ tasya kathopakathane mahāścaryyam amanyanta tathāpi bhavān kimicchati? yadvā kimartham etayā sārddhaṁ kathāṁ kathayati? iti kopi nāpṛcchat|
28 The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there,
tataḥ paraṁ sā nārī kalaśaṁ sthāpayitvā nagaramadhyaṁ gatvā lokebhyokathāyad
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?”
ahaṁ yadyat karmmākaravaṁ tatsarvvaṁ mahyamakathayad etādṛśaṁ mānavamekam āgatya paśyata ru kim abhiṣikto na bhavati?
30 So [many people] left the town and started going to where Jesus was.
tataste nagarād bahirāgatya tātasya samīpam āyan|
31 Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat [some of the food we brought]!”
etarhi śiṣyāḥ sādhayitvā taṁ vyāhārṣuḥ he guro bhavān kiñcid bhūktāṁ|
32 But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
tataḥ sovadad yuṣmābhiryanna jñāyate tādṛśaṁ bhakṣyaṁ mamāste|
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]”
tadā śiṣyāḥ parasparaṁ praṣṭum ārambhanta, kimasmai kopi kimapi bhakṣyamānīya dattavān?
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].
yīśuravocat matprerakasyābhimatānurūpakaraṇaṁ tasyaiva karmmasiddhikāraṇañca mama bhakṣyaṁ|
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.
māsacatuṣṭaye jāte śasyakarttanasamayo bhaviṣyatīti vākyaṁ yuṣmābhiḥ kiṁ nodyate? kintvahaṁ vadāmi, śira uttolya kṣetrāṇi prati nirīkṣya paśyata, idānīṁ karttanayogyāni śuklavarṇānyabhavan|
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)
yaśchinatti sa vetanaṁ labhate anantāyuḥsvarūpaṁ śasyaṁ sa gṛhlāti ca, tenaiva vaptā chettā ca yugapad ānandataḥ| (aiōnios g166)
37 As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants [seeds], but others harvest [the crops].
itthaṁ sati vapatyekaśchinatyanya iti vacanaṁ siddhyati|
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.”
yatra yūyaṁ na paryyaśrāmyata tādṛśaṁ śasyaṁ chettuṁ yuṣmān prairayam anye janāḥparyyaśrāmyan yūyaṁ teṣāṁ śragasya phalam alabhadhvam|
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]!”
yasmin kāle yadyat karmmākārṣaṁ tatsarvvaṁ sa mahyam akathayat tasyā vanitāyā idaṁ sākṣyavākyaṁ śrutvā tannagaranivāsino bahavaḥ śomiroṇīyalokā vyaśvasan|
40 So when those people of Samaria came to Jesus, they urged him to stay with them. So we stayed there two days.
tathā ca tasyāntike samupasthāya sveṣāṁ sannidhau katicid dināni sthātuṁ tasmin vinayam akurvvāna tasmāt sa dinadvayaṁ tatsthāne nyavaṣṭat
41 Many more of those people believed ([in Jesus/that he was the Messiah]) because of what he said.
tatastasyopadeśena bahavo'pare viśvasya
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].”
tāṁ yoṣāmavadan kevalaṁ tava vākyena pratīma iti na, kintu sa jagato'bhiṣiktastrāteti tasya kathāṁ śrutvā vayaṁ svayamevājñāsamahi|
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].
svadeśe bhaviṣyadvaktuḥ satkāro nāstīti yadyapi yīśuḥ pramāṇaṁ datvākathayat
tathāpi divasadvayāt paraṁ sa tasmāt sthānād gālīlaṁ gatavān|
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.
anantaraṁ ye gālīlī liyalokā utsave gatā utsavasamaye yirūśalam nagare tasya sarvvāḥ kriyā apaśyan te gālīlam āgataṁ tam āgṛhlan|
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.
tataḥ param yīśu ryasmin kānnānagare jalaṁ drākṣārasam ākarot tat sthānaṁ punaragāt| tasminneva samaye kasyacid rājasabhāstārasya putraḥ kapharnāhūmapurī rogagrasta āsīt|
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!”
sa yehūdīyadeśād yīśo rgālīlāgamanavārttāṁ niśamya tasya samīpaṁ gatvā prārthya vyāhṛtavān mama putrasya prāyeṇa kāla āsannaḥ bhavān āgatya taṁ svasthaṁ karotu|
48 Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform [more] miracles!”
tadā yīśurakathayad āścaryyaṁ karmma citraṁ cihnaṁ ca na dṛṣṭā yūyaṁ na pratyeṣyatha|
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!”
tataḥ sa sabhāsadavadat he maheccha mama putre na mṛte bhavānāgacchatu|
50 Jesus said to him, “Then you may go [home]. Your son (will live/not die)!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left.
yīśustamavadad gaccha tava putro'jīvīt tadā yīśunoktavākye sa viśvasya gatavān|
51 [The next day] while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!”
gamanakāle mārgamadhye dāsāstaṁ sākṣātprāpyāvadan bhavataḥ putro'jīvīt|
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.”
tataḥ kaṁ kālamārabhya rogapratīkārārambho jātā iti pṛṣṭe tairuktaṁ hyaḥ sārddhadaṇḍadvayādhikadvitīyayāme tasya jvaratyāgo'bhavat|
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].
tadā yīśustasmin kṣaṇe proktavān tava putro'jīvīt pitā tadbuddhvā saparivāro vyaśvasīt|
54 That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee [district], after he had returned from Judea [district].
yihūdīyadeśād āgatya gālīli yīśuretad dvitīyam āścaryyakarmmākarot|
