Juan 4
1 Como, pues, el Señor entendió que los Fariseos habían oído que Jesús hacía discípulos, y bautizaba más 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 Jesús no bautizaba, sino sus discípulos, )
3 Dejó a Judea, y se fue otra vez 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 Y era menester que pasase por Samaria.
[He] knew that God wanted him to travel through Samaria [district].
5 Vino pues a una ciudad de Samaria que se llama Sicar, junto a la heredad que Jacob dio a José su hijo.
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 Y estaba allí el pozo de Jacob. Jesús, pues, cansado del camino, se sentó así sobre el pozo. Era como la hora de sexta.
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 Viene una mujer de Samaria a sacar agua; y Jesús le dice: Dáme de beber.
8 (Porque sus discípulos habían ido a la ciudad a comprar de comer.)
9 Y la mujer Samaritana le dice: ¿Cómo tú, siendo Judío, me demandas a mí de beber, que soy mujer Samaritana? Porque los Judíos no se tratan 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 Respondió Jesús, y le dijo: Si conocieses el don de Dios, y quien es el que te dice: Dáme de beber: tú pedirías de él, y él te daría agua viva.
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 La mujer le dice: Señor, no tienes con que sacarla, y el pozo es hondo: ¿de dónde, pues, tienes el agua viva?
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 ¿Eres tú mayor que nuestro padre Jacob, que nos dio este pozo, del cual él bebió, y sus hijos, y sus ganados?
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 Respondió Jesús, y le dijo: Cualquiera que bebiere de esta agua, volverá a tener sed;
Jesus replied to her, “Everyone who drinks water from this [well] will later become thirsty again.
15 La mujer le dice: Señor, dáme esta agua, para que yo no tenga sed, ni venga acá a sacar la.
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 Jesús le dice: Vé, llama a tu marido, y ven acá.
[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 Respondió la mujer, y le dijo: No tengo marido. Dícele Jesús: Bien has dicho: No tengo marido;
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 Porque cinco maridos has tenido; y el que ahora tienes, no es tu marido: esto has dicho con verdad.
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 Dícele la mujer: Señor, paréceme que tú eres profeta.
The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive you must be a prophet [because you are] able [to know people’s secrets].
20 Nuestros padres adoraron en este monte, y vosotros decís, que en Jerusalem es el lugar donde es menester 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 Dícele Jesús: Mujer, créeme, que la hora viene, cuando ni en este monte, ni en Jerusalem adoraréis al Padre.
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 Vosotros adoráis lo que no sabéis: nosotros adoramos lo que sabemos; porque la salvación de los Judíos es.
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 Mas la hora viene, y ahora es, cuando los verdaderos adoradores adorarán al Padre en espíritu y en verdad; porque también el Padre tales busca que le adoren.
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, y los que le adoran, en espíritu y en verdad es menester que le adoren.
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 Dícele la mujer: Yo sé que el Mesías ha de venir, el cual es llamado, el Cristo: cuando él viniere, nos declarará todas las cosas.
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 Dícele Jesús: Yo soy, que hablo contigo.
Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am [the Messiah]!”
27 Y en esto vinieron sus discípulos, y se maravillaron de que hablaba con la mujer; mas ninguno le dijo: ¿Qué preguntas, o, qué hablas 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 Entonces la mujer dejó su cántaro, y fue a la ciudad, y dijo a los hombres:
The woman left her water jar there and went into the town. She said to the people there,
29 Veníd, ved un hombre que me ha dicho todo cuanto he hecho: ¿si es quizá el Cristo?
“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 salieron de la ciudad, y vinieron a él.
So [many people] left the town and started going to where Jesus was.
31 Entre tanto los discípulos le rogaban, diciendo: Rabbi, come.
Meanwhile, we disciples were urging him, “Teacher, eat [some of the food we brought]!”
32 Y él les dijo: Yo tengo una comida que comer, que vosotros no sabéis.
But he said to us, “I have food to eat that you do not know anything about!”
33 Entonces los discípulos decían el uno al otro: ¿Le ha traído alguien de comer?
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 Díceles Jesús: Mi comida es, que yo haga la voluntad del que me envió, y que acabe 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 decís vosotros, que aun hay cuatro meses hasta la siega? He aquí, yo os digo: Alzád vuestros ojos, y mirád las regiones; porque ya están blancas 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 Y el que siega recibe salario, y allega fruto para vida eterna; para que el que siembra también goce, y el que siega. (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 Porque en esto es el dicho verdadero: Que uno es el que siembra, y otro es el que siega.
As a result, this saying will become true: One person plants [seeds], but others harvest [the crops].
38 Yo os he enviado a segar lo que vosotros no labrasteis: otros labraron, y vosotros habéis entrado en sus labores.
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 Y muchos de los Samaritanos de aquella ciudad creyeron en él por la palabra de la mujer, que daba testimonio, diciendo: Me dijo todo cuanto 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 Mas viniendo los Samaritanos a él, le rogaron que se quedase allí; y se quedó allí 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 creyeron muchos más por la palabra de él.
Many more of those people believed ([in Jesus/that he was the Messiah]) because of what he said.
42 Y decían a la mujer: Ya no creemos por tu dicho; porque nosotros mismos le hemos oído; y sabemos, que verdaderamente éste es el Cristo, 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 Y dos días después salió de allí, y se fue 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 Porque el mismo Jesús dio testimonio: Que el profeta en su tierra no tiene honra.
45 Y como vino a Galilea, los Galileos le recibieron, vistas todas las cosas que había hecho en Jerusalem en la fiesta; porque también ellos habían ido a la fiesta.
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 Vino pues Jesús otra vez a Cana de Galilea, donde había hecho el vino del agua. Y había un cierto cortesano, cuyo hijo estaba enfermo en Capernaum.
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 Este, como oyó que Jesús venía de Judea a Galilea, fue a él, y le rogaba que descendiese, y sanase su hijo; porque se comenzaba a 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 Entonces Jesús le dijo: Si no viereis señales y maravillas, no creeréis.
Jesus said to him, “You people will believe my message only if you see me perform [more] miracles!”
49 El cortesano le dijo: Señor, desciende antes que mi hijo muera.
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 Dícele Jesús: Vé, tu hijo vive. Creyó el hombre a la palabra que Jesús le dijo, y se fue.
Jesus said to him, “Then you may go [home]. Your son (will live/not die)!” The man believed what Jesus said, and left.
51 Y como él iba ya descendiendo, sus criados le salieron a recibir, y le dieron nuevas, diciendo: Tu hijo vive.
[The next day] while he was on the way home, his servants met him. They told him, “Your child is going to live!”
52 Entonces él les preguntó a qué hora comenzó a estar mejor; y le dijeron: Ayer a la sétima hora le dejó la fiebre.
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 El padre entonces entendió, que aquella hora era cuando Jesús le dijo: Tu hijo vive; y creyó él, y toda su casa.
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 segundo milagro volvió Jesús a hacer cuando vino de Judea a Galilea.
That was the second miracle that Jesus performed in Galilee [district], after he had returned from Judea [district].
