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Jesus and the Woman of Samaria

Now when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples), he left Judea and departed again to Galilee. He had to pass through Samar′ia. So he came to a city of Samar′ia, called Sy′char, near the field that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there, and so Jesus, wearied as he was with his journey, sat down beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.

There came a woman of Samar′ia to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.” For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samar′ia?” For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep; where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle?” 13 Jesus said to her, “Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”

16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’; 18 for you have had five husbands, and he whom you now have is not your husband; this you said truly.” 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain; and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ); when he comes, he will show us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”

27 Just then his disciples came. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but none said, “What do you wish?” or, “Why are you talking with her?” 28 So the woman left her water jar, and went away into the city, and said to the people, 29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?” 30 They went out of the city and were coming to him.

31 Meanwhile the disciples besought him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” 33 So the disciples said to one another, “Has any one brought him food?” 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see how the fields are already white for harvest. 36 He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 37 For here the saying holds true, ‘One sows and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

39 Many Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them; and he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They said to the woman, “It is no longer because of your words that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world.”

Jesus Returns to Galilee

43 After the two days he departed to Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they too had gone to the feast.

Jesus Heals an Official’s Son

46 So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Caper′na-um there was an official whose son was ill. 47 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. 48 Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” 49 The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” 50 Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was living. 52 So he asked them the hour when he began to mend, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 The father knew that was the hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son will live”; and he himself believed, and all his household. 54 This was now the second sign that Jesus did when he had come from Judea to Galilee.

Jesus och den samaritiska kvinnan

När Jesus fick veta att fariseerna hade hört att han vann fler lärjungar och döpte fler än Johannes - men det var inte Jesus själv utan hans lärjungar som döpte - lämnade han Judeen och vände tillbaka till Galileen. Han måste då ta vägen genom Samarien och kom till en samaritisk stad som heter Sykar,[a] nära det jordstycke som Jakob hade gett åt sin son Josef. Där fanns Jakobs brunn. Eftersom Jesus var trött av vandringen, satte han sig där vid brunnen. Det var omkring sjätte timmen.

Då kom en samaritisk kvinna för att hämta vatten. Jesus sade till henne: "Ge mig att dricka." Hans lärjungar hade gått in i staden för att köpa mat. Den samaritiska kvinnan sade till honom: "Hur kan du som är jude be mig, en samaritisk kvinna, om något att dricka?" - Judarna umgås inte med samariterna.[b] - 10 Jesus svarade henne: "Om du kände till Guds gåva och vem det är som säger till dig: Ge mig att dricka, då skulle du ha bett honom, och han skulle ha gett dig levande vatten." 11 Hon sade: "Herre, inte ens en skopa har du, och brunnen är djup. Varifrån får du då det levande vattnet? 12 Inte är väl du förmer än vår fader Jakob, som gav oss brunnen och själv drack ur den, liksom hans söner och hans boskap?" 13 Jesus svarade henne: "Var och en som dricker av det här vattnet blir törstig igen. 14 Men den som dricker av det vatten jag ger honom skall aldrig någonsin törsta. Det vatten jag ger skall i honom bli en källa, som flödar fram och ger evigt liv." 15 Kvinnan sade till honom: "Herre, ge mig det vattnet, så att jag inte blir törstig och behöver gå hit och hämta vatten."

16 Han sade: "Gå och hämta din man och kom hit!" 17 Kvinnan svarade: "Jag har ingen man." Jesus sade: "Du har rätt när du säger att du inte har någon man. 18 Fem män har du haft, och den du har nu är inte din man. Det du sade är sant." 19 Kvinnan sade: "Herre, jag märker att du är en profet. 20 Våra fäder har tillbett på detta berg,[c] och ni säger att den plats där man skall tillbe finns i Jerusalem." 21 Jesus svarade: "Tro mig, kvinna, den tid kommer, då det varken är på detta berg eller i Jerusalem som ni skall tillbe Fadern. 22 Ni tillber vad ni inte känner. Vi tillber vad vi känner, eftersom frälsningen kommer från judarna. 23 Men den tid kommer, ja, den är redan här, då sanna tillbedjare skall tillbe Fadern i ande och sanning. Ty sådana tillbedjare vill Fadern ha. 24 Gud är ande, och de som tillber honom måste tillbe i ande och sanning." 25 Kvinnan sade till honom: "Jag vet att Messias skall komma, han som kallas Kristus. När han kommer, skall han förkunna allt för oss." 26 Jesus sade till henne: "Det Är Jag,[d] den som talar med dig." 27 Just då kom hans lärjungar, och de blev förvånade över att han talade med en kvinna, men ingen frågade vad han ville henne eller varför han talade med henne. 28 Kvinnan lät sin kruka stå och gick in i staden och sade till folket: 29 "Kom och se en man som har sagt mig allt vad jag har gjort. Han kanske är Messias." 30 Då gick de ut ur staden och kom till honom.

31 Under tiden bad lärjungarna honom: "Rabbi, ät." 32 Men han sade till dem: "Jag har mat att äta som ni inte känner till." 33 Lärjungarna sade till varandra: "Inte kan väl någon ha kommit med mat till honom?" 34 Jesus sade: "Min mat är att göra hans vilja som har sänt mig och att fullborda hans verk. 35 Säger ni inte att det ännu är fyra månader kvar till skörden? Men se, jag säger er: Lyft blicken och se hur fälten har vitnat till skörd. 36 Redan nu får den som skördar sin lön. Han samlar in frukt till evigt liv, så att den som sår och den som skördar kan glädja sig på samma gång. 37 Ändå är det ordet sant, att en sår och en annan skördar. 38 Jag har sänt er att skörda där ni inte har arbetat. Andra har arbetat, och ni har gått in i deras arbete."

39 Många samariter från den staden kom till tro på honom genom kvinnans ord, då hon vittnade: "Han har sagt mig allt vad jag har gjort." 40 När samariterna kom till honom, bad de att han skulle stanna kvar hos dem, och han stannade där två dagar. 41 Och många fler kom till tro på grund av hans ord, 42 och de sade till kvinnan: "Nu tror vi inte längre bara för dina ords skull. Vi har själva hört honom och vet att han verkligen är världens Frälsare."

Jesus botar en kunglig tjänares son

43 Efter dessa två dagar gick Jesus därifrån till Galileen. 44 Han hade själv vittnat om att en profet inte blir erkänd i sin hemtrakt. 45 När han nu kom till Galileen, tog galileerna emot honom, eftersom de hade sett allt som han hade gjort i Jerusalem vid högtiden. De hade själva varit där.

46 Så kom han tillbaka till Kana i Galileen, där han hade gjort vattnet till vin. En man i kunglig tjänst hade en son som låg sjuk i Kapernaum. 47 När han hörde att Jesus hade kommit från Judeen till Galileen, gick han till honom och bad att han skulle komma ner och bota hans son som låg för döden. 48 Jesus sade till honom: "Om ni inte ser tecken och under, tror ni inte." 49 Mannen sade till honom: "Herre, kom ner innan mitt barn dör!" 50 Jesus svarade: "Gå, din son lever." Då trodde mannen det ord som Jesus sade till honom och gick. 51 Och medan han ännu var på väg, möttes han av sina tjänare som sade att hans son levde. 52 Han frågade vid vilken timme han hade blivit bättre. De svarade: "I går vid sjunde timmen lämnade febern honom." 53 Då förstod fadern att det hade hänt just den timme då Jesus hade sagt till honom: "Din son lever." Och han själv och hela hans familj[e] kom till tro. 54 Detta var det andra tecknet som Jesus gjorde sedan han hade kommit från Judeen till Galileen.

Footnotes

  1. Johannes 4:5 Sykar Staden låg i dalen mellan de två bergen Ebal och Gerissim, troligen där byn Askar nu är belägen, nära det nutida Nablus.
  2. Johannes 4:9 samariterna Se not till Luk 10:33.
  3. Johannes 4:20 på detta berg Gerissim.
  4. Johannes 4:26 Är Jag Se not till 8:24.
  5. Johannes 4:53 familj I jämförelse med "familj" i modern tid står ordet ofta i NT för ett vidare begrepp, en hushållsgemenskap som förutom makar och barn kunde omfatta nära släktingar och slavar.

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

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.

Die Frau am Brunnen

1-2 Den Pharisäern war zu Ohren gekommen, dass Jesus noch mehr Nachfolger gewann und taufte als Johannes – obwohl er nicht einmal selbst taufte, sondern nur seine Jünger. Als Jesus das erfuhr, verließ er Judäa und kehrte nach Galiläa zurück. Sein Weg führte ihn auch durch Samarien, unter anderem nach Sychar. Dieser Ort liegt in der Nähe des Feldes, das Jakob seinem Sohn Josef geschenkt hatte.[a] Dort befand sich der Jakobsbrunnen. Müde von der Wanderung setzte sich Jesus an den Brunnen. Es war um die Mittagszeit.

Da kam eine Samariterin aus der nahe gelegenen Stadt zum Brunnen, um Wasser zu holen. Jesus bat sie: »Gib mir etwas zu trinken!« Denn seine Jünger waren in die Stadt gegangen, um etwas zu essen einzukaufen.

Die Frau war überrascht, denn normalerweise wollten die Juden nichts mit den Samaritern zu tun haben. Sie sagte: »Du bist doch ein Jude! Wieso bittest du mich um Wasser? Schließlich bin ich eine samaritische Frau!«

10 Jesus antwortete ihr: »Wenn du wüsstest, was Gott dir geben will und wer dich hier um Wasser bittet, würdest du mich um das Wasser bitten, das du wirklich zum Leben brauchst[b]. Und ich würde es dir geben.«

11 »Aber Herr«, meinte da die Frau, »du hast doch gar nichts, womit du Wasser schöpfen kannst, und der Brunnen ist tief! Wo willst du denn das Wasser für mich hernehmen? 12 Kannst du etwa mehr als Jakob, unser Stammvater, der diesen Brunnen gegraben hat? Er selbst, seine Söhne und sein Vieh haben schon daraus getrunken.«

13 Jesus erwiderte: »Wer dieses Wasser trinkt, wird bald wieder durstig sein. 14 Wer aber von dem Wasser trinkt, das ich ihm gebe, der wird nie wieder Durst bekommen. Dieses Wasser wird in ihm zu einer nie versiegenden Quelle, die ewiges Leben schenkt[c]

15 »Dann gib mir von diesem Wasser, Herr«, bat die Frau, »damit ich nie mehr durstig bin und nicht immer wieder herkommen und Wasser holen muss!« 16 Jesus entgegnete: »Geh und ruf deinen Mann. Dann kommt beide hierher!« 17 »Ich bin nicht verheiratet«, wandte die Frau ein. »Das stimmt«, erwiderte Jesus, »verheiratet bist du nicht. 18 Fünf Männer hast du gehabt, und der, mit dem du jetzt zusammenlebst, ist nicht dein Mann. Da hast du die Wahrheit gesagt.«

19 Erstaunt sagte die Frau: »Ich sehe, Herr, du bist ein Prophet! 20 Kannst du mir dann eine Frage beantworten? Unsere Vorfahren haben Gott auf diesem Berg dort[d] angebetet. Warum also behauptet ihr Juden, man könne Gott nur in Jerusalem anbeten?«

21 Jesus antwortete: »Glaub mir, die Zeit kommt, in der ihr Gott, den Vater, weder auf diesem Berg noch in Jerusalem anbeten werdet. 22 Ihr wisst ja nicht einmal, wer der ist, den ihr anbetet. Wir aber wissen, zu wem wir beten. Denn das Heil der Welt kommt von den Juden. 23 Doch es kommt die Zeit – ja, sie ist schon da –, in der die Menschen den Vater überall anbeten werden, weil sie von seinem Geist und seiner Wahrheit erfüllt sind. Von solchen Menschen will der Vater angebetet werden. 24 Denn Gott ist Geist. Und wer Gott anbeten will, muss von seinem Geist erfüllt sein und in seiner Wahrheit leben.[e]«

25 Die Frau entgegnete: »Ja, ich weiß, dass einmal der Messias kommen soll, der von Gott versprochene Retter.« – Auf Griechisch nennt man ihn auch den Christus. – »Wenn dieser kommt, wird er uns das alles erklären.« 26 Da sagte Jesus: »Du sprichst mit ihm. Ich bin es.«

27 Als seine Jünger aus der Stadt zurückkamen, wunderten sie sich, dass er mit einer Frau redete.[f] Aber keiner fragte ihn: »Was willst du von ihr? Warum sprichst du mit ihr?« 28 Da ließ die Frau ihren Wasserkrug stehen, lief in die Stadt und rief allen Leuten zu: 29 »Kommt mit! Ich habe einen Mann getroffen, der alles von mir weiß! Vielleicht ist er der Messias!« 30 Neugierig liefen die Leute aus der Stadt zu Jesus.

31 Inzwischen hatten ihm seine Jünger zugeredet: »Rabbi, iss doch etwas!« 32 Aber er sagte zu ihnen: »Ich habe eine Speise, von der ihr nichts wisst.« 33 »Hat ihm wohl jemand etwas zu essen gebracht?«, fragten sich die Jünger untereinander.

34 Aber Jesus erklärte ihnen: »Ich lebe davon, dass ich Gottes Willen erfülle und sein Werk zu Ende führe. Dazu hat er mich in diese Welt gesandt. 35 Habt ihr nicht selbst gesagt: ›Es dauert noch vier Monate, dann beginnt die Ernte‹?[g] Ich dagegen sage euch: Macht doch eure Augen auf und seht euch die Felder an! Das Getreide ist schon reif für die Ernte. 36 Wer sie einbringt, bekommt schon jetzt seinen Lohn und sammelt Frucht für das ewige Leben. Beide sollen sich über die Ernte freuen: wer gesät hat und wer die Ernte einbringt. 37 Hier trifft das Sprichwort zu: ›Einer sät, der andere erntet.‹ 38 Ich habe euch auf ein Feld geschickt, das ihr nicht bestellt habt, damit ihr dort ernten sollt. Andere haben sich vor euch abgemüht, und ihr erntet die Früchte ihrer Arbeit.«

39 Viele Leute aus Sychar glaubten allein deshalb an Jesus, weil die Frau überall erzählt hatte: »Dieser Mann weiß alles, was ich getan habe.« 40 Als sie nun zu Jesus kamen, baten sie ihn, länger bei ihnen zu bleiben, und er blieb noch zwei Tage. 41 So konnten ihn alle hören, und daraufhin glaubten noch viel mehr Menschen an ihn. 42 Sie sagten zu der Frau: »Jetzt glauben wir nicht nur deshalb an Jesus, weil du uns von ihm erzählt hast. Wir haben ihn jetzt selbst gehört und wissen: Er ist wirklich der Retter der Welt!«

Jesus heilt ein schwer krankes Kind

43 Jesus blieb zwei Tage in Sychar, dann zog er weiter nach Galiläa. 44 Er selbst hatte zwar einmal gesagt, dass ein Prophet in seiner Heimat nichts gilt. 45 Als er aber dort ankam, nahmen ihn die Galiläer freundlich auf. Sie waren nämlich während des Passahfestes in Jerusalem gewesen und hatten alles miterlebt, was er dort getan hatte.

46 Auf seinem Weg durch Galiläa kam Jesus auch wieder nach Kana, wo er Wasser in Wein verwandelt hatte. In Kapernaum lebte damals ein königlicher Beamter, dessen Sohn sehr krank war. 47 Als dieser Mann hörte, dass Jesus aus Judäa nach Galiläa zurückgekehrt war, ging er zu ihm und flehte: »Komm schnell in mein Haus und heile meinen Sohn; er liegt im Sterben!«

48 »Wenn ihr nicht Zeichen und Wunder zu sehen bekommt, glaubt ihr nie«, sagte Jesus zu ihm. 49 Der Beamte bat ihn: »Herr, komm bitte mit, bevor mein Kind stirbt!« 50 »Du kannst beruhigt nach Hause gehen«, erwiderte Jesus, »dein Sohn ist gesund!« Der Mann vertraute auf das, was Jesus ihm gesagt hatte, und ging nach Hause.

51 Noch während er unterwegs war, kamen ihm einige seiner Diener entgegen. »Dein Kind ist gesund!«, riefen sie. 52 Der Vater erkundigte sich: »Seit wann geht es ihm besser?« Sie antworteten: »Gestern Mittag gegen ein Uhr hatte er plötzlich kein Fieber mehr.« 53 Da wurde dem Vater klar, dass Jesus genau in dieser Stunde gesagt hatte: »Dein Sohn ist gesund!« Seitdem glaubte dieser Mann mit allen, die in seinem Haus lebten, an Jesus.

54 Dies war das zweite Wunder, das Jesus in Galiläa vollbrachte, nachdem er aus Judäa zurückgekehrt war.

Footnotes

  1. 4,5 Vgl. 1. Mose 33,19; 48,22.
  2. 4,10 Wörtlich: würdest du mich um lebendiges Wasser bitten. – Damit ist zunächst frisches Quellwasser gemeint, in einem weiteren Sinn aber der Heilige Geist, der wahres Leben schenkt. Vgl. Kapitel 7,39.
  3. 4,14 Oder: zu einer Quelle, die bis ins ewige Leben hinein fließt.
  4. 4,20 Gemeint ist der Berg Garizim. Vgl. Josua 8,30‒35 mit 5. Mose 11,26‒30 und 27,11‒13.
  5. 4,24 Wörtlich: Und die ihn anbeten, müssen im Geist und in der Wahrheit anbeten.
  6. 4,27 Es war nicht üblich, dass sich ein Rabbi mit einer Frau unterhielt.
  7. 4,35 Oder: Ihr habt ein Sprichwort, in dem es heißt: Zwischen Saat und Ernte liegen vier Monate.