井边谈道

1-3 耶稣得知法利赛人听见祂收门徒、为人施洗比约翰还多,便离开犹太回加利利。其实不是耶稣亲自施洗,而是祂的门徒施洗。 祂回加利利的路上必须经过撒玛利亚。 于是,祂来到撒玛利亚的一座城,名叫叙加,靠近雅各留给他儿子约瑟的那块地。 雅各井就在那个地方。耶稣走路疲乏,坐在井旁休息。那时是中午时分, 7-8 门徒都进城买食物去了。有一个撒玛利亚的妇人来打水,耶稣说:“请你给我一点水吧。”

撒玛利亚妇人说:“你是个犹太人,怎么向我这撒玛利亚妇人要水喝?”原来犹太人和撒玛利亚人互不往来。

10 耶稣回答说:“要是你知道上帝的恩赐,又知道向你要水喝的是谁,你早就求祂了,祂也早就把活水给你了。”

11 妇人说:“先生,你没有打水的器具,井又深,你从哪里得到活水呢? 12 我们的祖先雅各把这口井留给我们,他自己和他的儿女、牲畜都喝这井里的水,难道你比他更伟大吗?”

13 耶稣说:“人喝了这井里的水,还会再渴, 14 但是喝了我所赐的活水,永远不会再渴。我所赐的水要在他里面成为生命的泉源,涌流不息,直到永生。”

15 妇人说:“先生,请你把这种水赐给我,我就不会再渴了,也用不着来打水了。”

16 耶稣说:“去叫你的丈夫来。”

17 妇人说:“我没有丈夫。”耶稣说:“你说的对,你没有丈夫, 18 因为你已经有过五个丈夫了,现在和你同居的也不是你的丈夫。你说的是实话。”

19 妇人说:“先生,你一定是先知。 20 我们的祖先一向都是在这山上敬拜上帝,你们却说耶路撒冷才是敬拜的地方。”

21 耶稣回答说:“妇人,你当信我。时候快到了,你们将不在这山上,也不在耶路撒冷敬拜父。 22 你们不知道你们敬拜的是谁,我们知道我们敬拜的是谁,因为救恩是从犹太人出来的。 23 时候快到了,其实就是现在,真正敬拜父的,要用心灵按真理敬拜祂,因为父寻找的正是这样敬拜祂的人。 24 上帝是灵,所以必须用心灵按真理敬拜祂。”

25 妇人说:“据我所知,那被称为基督的弥赛亚要来。祂来了,会把一切都告诉我们。”

26 耶稣说:“我这跟你说话的人就是祂。”

27 这时,门徒回来了,看见耶稣和一个妇人谈话,感到惊奇,可是没有人问:“你想要什么?”或问:“你为什么和她说话?”

28 那妇人撇下水罐,回到城里,对人们说: 29 “你们快来看啊!有一个人把我过去的事全部说了出来。莫非祂就是基督?” 30 众人听了就到城外去看耶稣。

撒种与收割

31 其间,门徒对耶稣说:“老师,请吃点东西吧。”

32 耶稣说:“我有食物吃,是你们不知道的。”

33 门徒彼此议论说:“难道有人给祂吃的了?”

34 耶稣说:“我的食物就是遵行差我来者的旨意,完成祂的工作。 35 你们不是说还有四个月才到收割的时候吗?举目向田观看吧,庄稼已经熟了,可以收割了。 36 收割的人不但可以得到报酬,而且可以为永生收获果实,叫撒种的和收割的一同快乐。 37 俗语说得好,‘那人撒种,这人收割。’ 38 我派你们去收割那些你们没有劳作的庄稼,别人劳苦,你们享受他们劳苦的成果。”

39 那城里有许多撒玛利亚人信了耶稣,因为那妇人做见证说:“祂将我以前做的一切事情都说了出来。” 40 撒玛利亚人来见耶稣,恳求祂留下来,祂就在那里住了两天。 41 因为耶稣传的道,信的人更多了。 42 他们对那妇人说:“现在我们信,不再是因为你的话,而是我们亲耳听见了,知道祂真的是救世主。”

耶稣治好大臣的儿子

43 两天后,耶稣动身前往加利利。 44 祂以前说过:“先知在他本乡不受人尊敬。” 45 然而,祂回到加利利却受到当地的人欢迎,因为他们上耶路撒冷过节时,看见了祂所做的一切。

46 祂又到了加利利的迦拿,就是祂从前把水变成酒的地方。有一个大臣的儿子在迦百农患了病。 47 大臣听说耶稣从犹太来到加利利,立刻赶来见祂,求祂去医治他病危的儿子。

48 耶稣对他说:“你们不看见神迹奇事,总不相信。”

49 大臣说:“先生,趁我的孩子还没死,求你赶快去!”

50 耶稣说:“回去吧,你的儿子好了。”他相信耶稣的话,就回去了。

51 他途中遇见奴仆来报信说他儿子好了, 52 就问什么时候好的。仆人说:“昨天下午一点钟,烧就退了。”

53 他想起正是那时候耶稣对他说:“你的儿子好了!”他和全家都信了。

54 这是耶稣从犹太回到加利利后所行的第二个神迹。

When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.

And he must needs go through Samaria.

Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?

28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men,

29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat.

32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.

33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?

34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.

37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.

38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.

39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.

40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.

41 And many more believed because of his own word;

42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.

45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.

46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.

49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.

51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.

52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.

53 So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

54 This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

Si Jesus at ang Babaing Taga-Samaria

Nang malaman ni Jesus na narinig ng mga Fariseo na siya ay nakahihikayat ng mas maraming alagad at nagbabautismo ng mas marami kaysa kay Juan— bagama't hindi naman si Jesus ang nagbabautismo kundi ang kanyang mga alagad,— umalis siya ng Judea at nagtungo muli sa Galilea. Kailangan niyang dumaan sa Samaria, (A)kaya nakarating siya sa Sicar, isang bayan ng Samaria, malapit sa bukirin na ibinigay ni Jacob sa anak niyang si Jose. Naroon ang balon ni Jacob, kaya't nang mapagod si Jesus mula sa kanyang paglalakbay, umupo siya sa tabi niyon. Magtatanghaling tapat[a] na noon nang may isang Samaritanang dumating upang sumalok ng tubig. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Pahingi nga ng inumin.” (Ang kanyang mga alagad ay nakaalis na noon patungong bayan upang bumili ng pagkain.) (B)Sinabi ng Samaritana sa kanya, “Ikaw ay isang Judio, bakit ka humihingi ng tubig sa akin na isang Samaritana?” (Dahil ang mga Judio ay hindi nakikitungo sa mga Samaritano.) 10 Sumagot si Jesus sa kanya, “Kung alam mo lamang ang kaloob ng Diyos at kung sino itong nagsasabi sa iyo, ‘Pahingi ng inumin,’ ikaw pa ang hihingi sa kanya, at bibigyan ka niya ng tubig ng buhay.” 11 Sinabi ng babae sa kanya, “Ginoo, wala kang pansalok ng tubig, at malalim ang balon; saan ka kukuha ng tubig ng buhay? 12 Mas dakila ka pa ba kaysa ama naming si Jacob na nagbigay ng balon sa amin, at siya mismo'y uminom mula rito, pati na rin ang kanyang mga anak at mga hayop?” 13 Sumagot si Jesus sa kanya, “Ang sinumang uminom sa tubig na ito'y muling mauuhaw, 14 subalit, ang iinom ng tubig na ibibigay ko ay hindi na kailanman mauuhaw. Ang tubig na ibibigay ko ay magiging bukal ng tubig sa kanya patungo sa buhay na walang hanggan.” 15 Sinabi ng babae sa kanya, “Ginoo, bigyan mo ako ng tubig na ito nang hindi na ako mauhaw at hindi na rin pumarito para mag-igib.” 16 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Humayo ka at tawagin mo ang iyong asawa at bumalik ka rito.” 17 Sumagot ang babae, “Wala akong asawa.” Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Tama ka sa iyong sinabing wala kang asawa, 18 dahil nagkaroon ka na ng limang asawa, at ang kinakasama mo ngayon ay hindi mo asawa. Totoo nga ang sinabi mo.” 19 Sinabi ng babae sa kanya, “Ginoo, sa tingin ko'y isa kang propeta. 20 Sumamba sa bundok na ito ang aming mga ninuno; ngunit kayong mga Judio'y nagsasabing sa Jerusalem dapat sumamba.” 21 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Ginang, maniwala ka sa akin, na darating ang oras na sasambahin ninyo ang Ama hindi sa bundok na ito, ni sa Jerusalem. 22 Sinasamba ninyo ang hindi ninyo nakikilala; kilala namin ang aming sinasamba, sapagkat ang kaligtasan ay mula sa mga Judio. 23 Ngunit ang oras ay dumarating, at ngayon na nga, kung saan ang mga tunay na sumasamba ay sasamba sa Ama sa espiritu at katotohanan, sapagkat ganito ang hinahanap ng Ama na sasamba sa kanya. 24 Ang Diyos ay espiritu, at ang mga sumasamba sa kanya ay dapat sumamba sa espiritu at katotohanan.” 25 Sinabi ng babae sa kanya, “Alam kong darating ang Mesiyas, siya na tinatawag na Cristo; sa pagdating niya, ipaliliwanag niya sa amin ang lahat ng bagay.” 26 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Ako mismong nagsasalita sa iyo ang tinutukoy mo.” 27 Dumating ang kanyang mga alagad at nagtaka sila dahil nakikipag-usap siya sa isang babae, ngunit wala ni isa mang nagtanong sa babae, “Anong gusto mo?” o kay Jesus, “Bakit kayo nakikipag-usap sa kanya?” 28 Pagkatapos ay iniwan ng babae ang kanyang sisidlan ng tubig at umalis papuntang lungsod, at sinabi niya sa mga tao, 29 “Halikayo, tingnan ninyo ang taong nagsabi sa akin ng lahat ng ginawa ko. Siya na nga kaya ang Cristo?” 30 Kaya't sila'y lumabas ng lungsod at nagpunta kay Jesus. 31 Samantala, pinilit siya ng mga alagad niya at sinabi, “Rabbi, kumain po kayo.” 32 Ngunit sinabi niya sa kanila, “Mayroon akong pagkaing hindi ninyo alam.” 33 Kaya't sinabi ng mga alagad sa isa't isa, “Wala namang nagdala sa kanya ng pagkain, hindi ba?” 34 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Ang pagkain ko'y gawin ang kalooban niya na nagsugo sa akin, at tuparin ang kanyang gawain. 35 Hindi ba sinasabi ninyo, ‘Apat na buwan na lang at anihan na?’ Sinasabi ko sa inyo, imulat ninyo ang inyong mga mata at tingnan ninyo ang mga bukirin at handa na ang mga iyon para anihin. 36 Ang umaani ay tumatanggap ng kabayaran, at nagtitipon ng bunga tungo sa buhay na walang hanggan. Sa gayon, ang nagtatanim at ang umaani ay magkasalong magagalak. 37 Dahil dito, totoo nga ang kasabihan, ‘Iba ang nagtatanim, at iba naman ang nag-aani.’ 38 Isinugo ko kayo upang anihin ang hindi ninyo pinagpaguran. Iba ang nagpagod, at kayo'y umaani sa kanilang pinagpaguran.” 39 Maraming taga-Samaria mula sa lungsod na iyon ang sumampalataya kay Jesus dahil sa patotoong ito ng babae: “Sinabi niya ang lahat ng ginawa ko.” 40 Kaya noong pumunta sa kanya ang mga taga-Samaria, hiniling nila kay Jesus na manatili sa kanila. Dalawang araw siyang nanatili roon. 41 At marami pa ang sumampalataya dahil sa salita ni Jesus. 42 Sinabi nila sa babae, “Hindi na dahil sa mga salita mo kung bakit kami sumasampalataya, sapagkat kami mismo ang nakarinig sa kanya. Nalalaman naming siya nga ang Tagapagligtas ng sanlibutan.”

Pinagaling ni Jesus ang Anak ng Mayamang Pinuno

43 Pagkalipas ng dalawang araw, pumunta si Jesus sa Galilea, 44 (C)sapagkat siya mismo ang nagpatotoo na ang isang propeta ay walang karangalan sa sarili niyang bayan. 45 (D)Kaya nang dumating siya sa Galilea, tinangkilik siya ng mga tagaroon, dahil nakita nila ang lahat ng kanyang ginawa sa Jerusalem noong kapistahan, sapagkat sila man ay naroroon din. 46 (E)Muli siyang nagpunta sa Cana ng Galilea. (Doon niya ginawang alak ang tubig.) Sa Capernaum, may isang mayamang pinunong may anak na lalaki na nagkasakit. 47 Nang mabalitaan nito na si Jesus ay dumating sa Galilea mula sa Judea, nagpunta ito sa kanya. Hiniling ng pinuno kay Jesus na puntahan ang kanyang anak na lalaki upang pagalingin, sapagkat malapit na iyong mamatay. 48 Kaya sinabi sa kanya ni Jesus, “Kung hindi pa kayo makakita ng mga himala at mga kababalaghan, hinding-hindi kayo maniniwala.” 49 Sinabi ng pinuno sa kanya, “Ginoo, pumunta na po kayo bago mamatay ang anak ko.” 50 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Humayo ka na, mabubuhay ang anak mo.” Naniwala ang lalaki sa sinabi ni Jesus at siya'y umalis na. 51 Habang siya'y naglalakad, sinalubong siya ng kanyang mga lingkod at ibinalita sa kanya na magaling na ang anak niya. 52 Tinanong niya sila kung anong oras ito gumaling, at ang sabi nila, “Ala-una[b] po kahapon nang mawalan siya ng lagnat.” 53 Naalala ng ama na iyon ang oras nang sabihin sa kanya ni Jesus na mabubuhay ang kanyang anak. At siya'y sumampalataya, pati na rin ang buo niyang sambahayan. 54 Ito ang pangalawang himalang ginawa ni Jesus. Nangyari ito nang siya'y dumating sa Galilea mula sa Judea.

Footnotes

  1. Juan 4:6 Sa Griyego, ikaanim na oras.
  2. Juan 4:52 Ala-una po kahapon: Sa Griyego, ikapitong oras.

Jesus Talks With a Samaritan Woman

Now Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John(A) although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples. So he left Judea(B) and went back once more to Galilee.

Now he had to go through Samaria.(C) So he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground Jacob had given to his son Joseph.(D) Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired as he was from the journey, sat down by the well. It was about noon.

When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?”(E) (His disciples had gone into the town(F) to buy food.)

The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan(G) woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.[a])

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”(H)

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well(I) and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?”

13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst.(J) Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water(K) welling up to eternal life.”(L)

15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water so that I won’t get thirsty(M) and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

16 He told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17 “I have no husband,” she replied.

Jesus said to her, “You are right when you say you have no husband. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. What you have just said is quite true.”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet.(N) 20 Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain,(O) but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”(P)

21 “Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming(Q) when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.(R) 22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know;(S) we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.(T) 23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(U) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(V) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. 24 God is spirit,(W) and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”

25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ)(X) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”

26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”(Y)

The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

27 Just then his disciples returned(Z) and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, “What do you want?” or “Why are you talking with her?”

28 Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did.(AA) Could this be the Messiah?”(AB) 30 They came out of the town and made their way toward him.

31 Meanwhile his disciples urged him, “Rabbi,(AC) eat something.”

32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat(AD) that you know nothing about.”

33 Then his disciples said to each other, “Could someone have brought him food?”

34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will(AE) of him who sent me and to finish his work.(AF) 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still four months until harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.(AG) 36 Even now the one who reaps draws a wage and harvests(AH) a crop for eternal life,(AI) so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’(AJ) is true. 38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.”

Many Samaritans Believe

39 Many of the Samaritans from that town(AK) believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”(AL) 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41 And because of his words many more became believers.

42 They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”(AM)

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

43 After the two days(AN) he left for Galilee. 44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)(AO) 45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival,(AP) for they also had been there.

46 Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine.(AQ) And there was a certain royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. 47 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,(AR) he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

48 “Unless you people see signs and wonders,”(AS) Jesus told him, “you will never believe.”

49 The royal official said, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

50 “Go,” Jesus replied, “your son will live.”

The man took Jesus at his word and departed. 51 While he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was living. 52 When he inquired as to the time when his son got better, they said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the afternoon, the fever left him.”

53 Then the father realized that this was the exact time at which Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live.” So he and his whole household(AT) believed.

54 This was the second sign(AU) Jesus performed after coming from Judea to Galilee.

Footnotes

  1. John 4:9 Or do not use dishes Samaritans have used