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].
DE manera que como Jesus entendió que los Fariséos habian oido que Jesus hacia y bautizaba mas discípulos que Juan,
(Aunque Jesus no bautizaba, sino sus discípulos, )
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.
Dejó á Judéa, y fuése otra vez á Galiléa.
4 [He] knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria [district].
Y era menester que pasase por 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].
Vino pues á una ciudad de Samaria que se llama Sichar, junto á la heredad que Jacob dió á José su hijo.
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, )
Y estaba allí la fuente de Jacob. Pues Jesus, cansado del camino, así se sentó á la fuente. Era como la hora de sexta.
Vino una mujer de Samaria á sacar agua: [y] Jesus le dice: Dame de beber.
(Porque sus discípulos habian ido á la ciudad á comprar de comer.)
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]”
Y la mujer Samaritana le dice: ¿Cómo tú, siendo Judío, me demandas á mí de beber, que soy mujer Samaritana? porque los Judíos no se tratan con los Samaritanos.
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.”
Respondió Jesus, y díjole: Si conocieses el don de Dios, y quién es el que te dice: Dáme de beber, tú pedirias de él, y él te daria agua viva.
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?
La mujer le dice: Señor, no tienes con qué sacar[la, ] y el pozo es hondo: ¿de dónde, pues, tienes agua viva?
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]?”
¿Eres tú mayor que nuestro padre Jacob, que nos dió este pozo; del cual él bebió, y sus hijos, y sus ganados?
13 Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this [well] will later become thirsty again.
Respondió Jesus, y díjola: Cualquiera que bebiere de esta agua, volverá á tener sed:
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!”
La mujer le dice: Señor, dáme esta agua, para que [yo] no tenga sed, ni venga aca á sacar[la.]
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!”
Jesus le dice: Vé, llama á tu marido, y ven acá.
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.
Respondió la mujer y dijo: No tengo marido. Dícele Jesus: Bien has dicho: No tengo marido:
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.”
Porque cinco maridos has tenido; y el que ahora tienes, no es tu marido: esto has dicho con verdad.
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet [because you are] able [to know people’s secrets].
Dícele la mujer: Señor, paréceme que tú eres profeta.
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]?”
Nuestros padres adoraron en este monte; y vosotros decís, que en Jerusalem es el lugar donde es necesario adorar.
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].
Dícele Jesus: Mujer, créeme, que la hora viene, cuando ni en este monte, ni en Jerusalem, adoraréis al Padre.
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].
Vosotros adorais lo que no sabeis: nosotros adoramos lo que sabemos; porque la salud viene de los Judíos.
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.
Mas la hora viene, y ahora es, cuando los verdaderos adoradores adorarán al Padre en espíritu y en verdad; porque tambien el Padre tales adoradores busca que le adoren.
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.”
Dios es Espíritu; y los que le adoran, en espíritu y en verdad es necesario que adoren.
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]’.)
Dícele la mujer: [Yo] sé que el Mesías ha de venir, el cual se dice el Cristo: cuando él viniere, nos declarará todas las cosas.
26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am [the Messiah]!”
Dícele Jesus: Yo soy, que hablo contigo.
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?”
Y en esto vinieron sus discípulos, y maravilláronse de que hablaba con [aquella] mujer; mas ninguno [le] dijo: ¿Qué preguntas? ó ¿Qué hablas con ella?
28 The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there,
Entónces la mujer dejó su cántaro, y fué á la ciudad, y dijo á aquellos hombres:
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?”
Venid, ved un hombre que me ha dicho todo lo que he hecho: ¿si quizás es este el Cristo?
30 So [many people] left the town and started going to where Jesus was.
Entónces salieron de la ciudad, y vinieron á él.
31 Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat [some of the food we brought]!”
Entretanto los discípulos le rogaban, diciendo: Rabí, come.
32 But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
Y él les dijo: Yo tengo una comida que comer, que vosotros no sabeis.
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]”
Entónces los discípulos decian el uno al otro: ¿Si le habrá traido alguien de comer?
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].
Díceles Jesus: Mi comida es, que yo haga la voluntad del que me envió, y que acabe su obra.
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.
¿No decís vosotros, Aun hay cuatro meses hasta que llegue la siega? Hé aquí yo os digo: Alzad vuestros ojos, y mirad las regiones, porque ya están blancas para la siega.
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)
Y el que siega, recibe salario, y allega fruto para vida eterna: para que el que siembra tambien goce, y el que siega. (aiōnios g166)
37 As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants [seeds], but others harvest [the crops].
Porque en esto es el dicho verdadero: Que uno es el que siembra y otro es el que siega.
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.”
Yo os he enviado á segar lo que vosotros no labrásteis: otros labraron, y vosotros habeis entrado en sus labores.
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]!”
Y muchos de los Samaritanos de aquella ciudad creyeron en él por la palabra de la mujer que daba testimonio [diciendo: ] Que me dijo todo lo que he hecho.
40 So when those people of Samaria came to Jesus, they urged him to stay with them. So we stayed there two days.
Viniendo pues los Samaritanos á él, rogáronle que se quedase allí: y se quedó allí dos dias.
41 Many more of those people believed ([in Jesus/that he was the Messiah]) because of what he said.
Y creyeron muchos más por la palabra de él;
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].”
Y decian á la mujer: Ya no creemos por tu dicho; porque nosotros mismos hemos oido, y sabemos que verdaderamente este es el Salvador del mundo, el Cristo.
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].
Y dos dias despues, salió de allí, y fuése á Galiléa.
Porque el mismo Jesus dió testimonio, que el profeta en su tierra no tiene honra.
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.
Y como vino á Galiléa, los Galiléos le recibieron, vistas todas las cosas que habia hecho en Jerusalem en el dia de la fiesta: porque tambien ellos habian ido á la fiesta.
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.
Vino, pues, Jesus otra vez á Caná de Galiléa, donde habia hecho el vino del agua: y habia en Capernaum uno del rey, cuyo hijo estaba enfermo.
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!”
Este, como oyó que Jesus venia de Judéa á Galiléa, fué á él, y rogábale que descendiese, y sanase su hijo; porque se comenzaba á morir.
48 Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform [more] miracles!”
Entónces Jesus le dijo: Si no viereis señales y milagros, no creeréis.
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!”
El del rey le dijo: Señor, desciende ántes que mi hijo muera.
50 Jesus said to him, “Then you may go [home]. Your son (will live/not die)!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left.
Dícele Jesus: Vé, tu hijo vive. Y el hombre creyó á la palabra que Jesus le dijo, y se fué.
51 [The next day] while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!”
Y cuando ya él descendia, los siervos le salieron á recibir, y le dieron nuevas diciendo: Tu hijo vive.
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.”
Entónces él les preguntó á qué hora comenzó á estar mejor. Y dijéronle: Ayer á las siete le dejó la fiebre.
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].
El padre entónces entendió, que aquella hora era cuando Jesus le dijo: Tu hijo vive: y creyó él y toda su casa.
54 That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee [district], after he had returned from Judea [district].
Esta segunda señal volvió Jesus á hacer cuando vino de Judéa á Galiléa,
