John 4
Lexham English Bible
The Samaritan Woman at Jacob’s Well
4 Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee. 4 And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.
5 Now he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the piece of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 And Jacob’s well was there, so Jesus, because he had become tired from the journey, simply sat down at the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me water[a] to drink.” 8 (For his disciples had gone away into the town so that they could buy food.) 9 So the Samaritan woman said to him, “How do you, being a Jew, ask from me water[b] to drink, since I[c] am a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered and said to her, “If you had known the gift of God and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me water[d] to drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” 11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have no bucket and the well is deep! From where then do you get this living water? 12 You are not greater than our father Jacob, are you,[e] who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?”
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again. 14 But whoever drinks of this water which I will give to him will never be thirsty for eternity, but the water which I will give to him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” 15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw water!”[f] 16 He said to her, “Go, call your husband and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said to him, “I do not have a husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have said rightly, ‘I do not have a husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you have now is not your husband; this you have said truthfully!”
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I see that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people[g] say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, that an 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, because salvation is from the Jews. 23 But an hour is coming—and now is here[h]—when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for indeed the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and the ones who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.” 25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (the one called Christ); “whenever that one comes, he will proclaim all things to us.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one speaking to you, am he.[i]
The Disciples and the Harvest
27 And at this point[j] his disciples came, and they were astonished that he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, “What do you seek?” or “Why are you speaking with her?” 28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into the town and said to the people,[k] 29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I have ever done! Perhaps this one is the Christ?” 30 They went out from the town and were coming to him.
31 In the meanwhile the disciples were asking him, saying, “Rabbi, eat something!”[l] 32 But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” 33 So the disciples began to say[m] to one another, “No one brought him anything[n] to eat, did they?”[o] 34 Jesus said to them, “My food is that I do the will of the one who sent me and complete his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months and the harvest comes’? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.[p] 36 The one who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit for eternal life, in order that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together. 37 For in this instance[q] the saying is true, ‘It is one who sows and another who reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have worked, and you have entered into their work.”
The Samaritans and the Savior of the World
39 Now from that town many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me everything that I have done.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking[r] him to stay with them. And he stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of his word, 42 And they were saying to the woman, “No longer because of what you said[s] do we believe, for we ourselves have heard, and we know that this one is truly the Savior of the world!”
Return to Galilee
43 And after the two days he departed from there into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland. 45 So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, because they[t] had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the feast (for they themselves had also come to the feast).
A Royal Official’s Son Is Healed
46 Now he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was at Capernaum a certain royal official whose son was sick. 47 This man, when he[u] heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, went to him and asked that he come down and heal his son, for he was about to die. 48 So Jesus said to him, “Unless you people[v] see signs and wonders, you will never believe!” 49 The royal 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 he departed.
51 Now as[w] he was going down, his slaves met him, saying that his child was alive. 52 So he inquired from them the hour at which he had gotten better. Then they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” 53 So the father knew that it was that[x] same hour at which Jesus said to him, “Your son will live,” and he himself believed, and his whole household. 54 Now this is again a second sign Jesus performed when he[y] came from Judea into Galilee.
Footnotes
- John 4:7 Here “water” is supplied in the translation as the understood direct object of the verb “give”
- John 4:9 Here “water” is supplied in the translation as the understood direct object of the verb “ask”
- John 4:9 Here “since” is supplied as a component of the participle (“am”) which is understood as causal
- John 4:10 Here “water” is supplied in the translation as the understood direct object of the verb “give”
- John 4:12 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated by the supplied phrase “are you” in the translation
- John 4:15 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 4:20 Here “people” is supplied in the translation because the Greek pronoun is plural
- John 4:23 The word “here” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- John 4:26 *Here the predicate nominative is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 4:27 The word “point” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- John 4:28 Assuming the term is used here in a generic sense to refer to persons of either gender, it should be translated “people”; if instead the term here refers only to the town leaders or elders who met at the town gate, then “men” would be appropriate
- John 4:31 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 4:33 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 4:33 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 4:33 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated by the supplied phrase “did they” in the translation
- John 4:35 Some interpreters and Bible translations place the word “already” at the beginning of the next verse: “Already the one who reaps receives wages …”
- John 4:37 The word “point” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- John 4:40 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began asking”)
- John 4:42 Literally “your speaking”
- John 4:45 Here “because” is supplied as a component of the participle (“had seen”) which is understood as causal
- John 4:47 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- John 4:48 Here “people” is supplied in the translation because the Greek verb (“see”) is plural
- John 4:51 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was going down”)
- John 4:53 Some manuscripts have “that it was at that same hour”
- John 4:54 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
Juan 4
Ang Salita ng Diyos
Nakipag-usap si Jesus sa Babaeng Taga-Samaria
4 Nalaman ng Panginoon na narinig ng mga Fariseo ang ginagawa ni Jesus. Narinig nila na siya ay nagkaroon ng higit na maraming alagad kaysa kay Juan at binawtismuhan niya sila.
2 Bagamat, hindi si Jesus ang siyang nagbabawtismo, kundi ang kaniyang mga alagad. 3 Dahil dito, umalis siya sa Judea at pumunta muli sa Galilea.
4 Kinakailangang dumaan siya sa Samaria. 5 Pumunta nga siya sa Sicar na isang lungsod ng Samaria. Ito ay malapit sa lupaing ibinigay ni Jacob sa kaniyang anak na si Jose. 6 Naroroon ang bukal ni Jacob. Dahilnapagod si Jesus sa paglalakbay kaya umupo siya sa tabi ng balon. Noon ay mag-iikaanim na ang oras ng araw.
7 Dumating ang isang babaeng taga-Samaria upang sumalok ng tubig. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Bigyan mo ako ng maiinom. 8 Ang kaniyang mga alagad ay pumunta na sa lungsod upang bumili ng pagkain.
9 Sinabi sa kaniya ng babaeng taga-Samaria: Bakit ka humihingi sa akin ng maiinom? Ikaw ay isang Judio samantalang ako ay isang babaeng taga-Samaria sapagkat ang mga Judio ay hindi nakikipag-ugnayan sa mga taga-Samaria.
10 Sumagot si Jesus at sinabi sa kaniya: Kung alam mo ang kaloob ng Diyos at kung sino siya na nagsasabi sa iyo: Bigyan mo ako ng maiinom, ay hihingi ka sa kaniya. At ibibigay niya sa iyo ang tubig na buhay.
11 Sinabi ng babae sa kaniya: Ginoo, wala kang panalok at malalim ang balon. Saan magmumula ang iyong tubig na buhay? 12 Mas dakila ka ba sa aming amang si Jacob? Siya ang nagbigay sa amin ng balon. Siya ay uminom dito, gayundin ang kaniyang mga anak at ang kaniyang mga hayop.
13 Sumagot si Jesus at sinabi sa kaniya: Ang bawat isang uminom ng tubig na ito ay muling mauuhaw. 14 Ang sinumang uminom ng tubig na ibibigay ko ay hindi na mauuhaw magpakailanman. Ang tubig na aking ibibigay sa kaniya ay magiging balon ng tubig na mapapasa kaniya. Ito ay bubukal sa buhay na walang hanggan.
15 Sinabi ng babae sa kaniya: Ginoo, bigyan mo ako ng tubig na ito upang hindi na ako mauhaw ni pumunta rito upang sumalok.
16 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Humayo ka, tawagin mo ang iyong asawa at pumarito kayo.
17 Sumagot ang babae at sinabi: Wala akong asawa.
Sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Mabuti ang sinabi mong wala kang asawa.
18 Ito ay sapagkat nagkaroon ka na ng limang asawa at ang kinakasama mo ngayon ay hindi mo asawa. Totoo ang iyong sinabi.
19 Sinabi ng babae sa kaniya: Ginoo, sa pakiwari ko ikaw ay isang propeta. 20 Sa bundok na ito sumamba ang aming mga ninuno. Sinasabi ninyo na ang pook na dapat sumamba ay sa Jerusalem.
21 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Ginang, maniwala ka sa akin. Darating ang oras na sasambahin ninyo ang Ama hindi sa bundok na ito, ni sa Jerusalem. 22 Hindi ninyo nakikilala ang sinasamba ninyo. Kilala namin ang aming sinasamba sapagkat ang kaligtasan ay sa mga Judio. 23 Darating ang oras at ngayon na nga, na ang mga tunay na mananamba ay sasamba sa Ama, sa espiritu at sa katotohanan sapagkat hinahanap ng Ama ang mga gayong sumasamba sa kaniya. 24 Ang Diyos ay Espiritu. Sila na sumasamba sa kaniya ay dapat sumamba sa espiritu at sa katotohanan.
25 Sinabi ng babae sa kaniya: Alam ko na ang Mesiyas na tinatawag na Cristo ay darating. Sa kaniyang pagdating ay sasabihin niya sa amin ang lahat ng mga bagay.
26 Sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus: Ako iyon, ako na nagsasalita sa iyo.
Ang mga Alagad ay Muling Sumama kay Jesus
27 Nang sandaling iyon ay dumating ang kaniyang mga alagad. Sila ay namangha na siya ay nakikipag-usap sa isang babae. Gayunman walang isa mang nagtanong: Ano ang iyong hinahanap o bakit ka nakikipag-usap sa kaniya?
28 Iniwan nga ng babae ang kaniyang banga at pumunta sa lungsod. Sinabi niya sa mga lalaki: 29 Halikayo, tingnan ninyo ang isang lalaki na nagsabi sa akin ng lahat ng mga bagay na aking ginawa. Hindi kaya ito na ang Mesiyas? 30 Lumabas nga sila sa lungsod at pumunta kay Jesus.
31 Samantala, ipinakikiusap sa kaniya ng mga alagad na nagsasabi: Guro, kumain ka.
32 Sinabi niya sa kanila: Mayroon akong kakaining pagkain na hindi ninyo alam.
33 Sinabi ng mga alagad sa isa’t isa: May nagdala ba sa kaniya ng makakain?
34 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila: Ang aking pagkain ay ang gawin ang kalooban ng nagsugo sa akin at tapusin ang kaniyang gawain. 35 Hindi ba sinasabi ninyo: Apat na buwan pa bago dumating ang tag-ani? Narito, sinasabi ko sa inyo: Itaas ninyo ang inyong paningin at tingnan ang mga bukid. Ito ay hinog na para anihin. 36 Ang nag-aani ay tumatanggap ng upa. Siya ay nag-iipon ng bunga patungo sa buhay na walang hanggan. Ito ay upang ang naghahasik at ang nag-aani ay kapwa magkasamang magalak. 37 Sa gayong paraan, totoo ang kasabihan: Iba ang naghahasik at iba ang nag-aani. 38 Sinugo ko kayo upang mag-ani ng hindi ninyo pinagpaguran. Ibang tao ang nagpagod at kayo ang nakinabang sa kanilang pinagpaguran.
Maraming Taga-Samaria ang Sumampalataya
39 Marami sa mga taga-Samaria sa lungsod na iyon ang sumampalataya kay Jesus dahil sa salita ng babaeng nagpatotoo: Sinabi niya sa akin ang lahat ng mga bagay na aking ginawa.
40 Kaya nga, nang pumunta kay Jesus ang mga lalaking taga-Samaria ay hiniling nilang siya ay manatili na kasama nila. At siya ay nanatili roon ng dalawang araw. 41 Marami pa ang mga nagsisampalataya dahil sa kaniyang salita.
42 Sinabi nila sa babae: Sumasampalataya kami ngayon hindi na dahil sa sinabi mo. Kami ang nakarinig at aming nalaman na ito na nga ang Mesiyas. Alam namin na totoong siya ang Tagapagligtas ng sanlibutan.
Pinagaling ni Jesus ang Anak ng Pinuno
43 Pagkaraan ng dalawang araw na iyon, umalis siya roon at pumunta sa Galilea.
44 Ito ay sapagkat si Jesus ang siyang nagpatotoo: Ang isang propeta ay walang karangalan sa sarili niyang bayan. 45 Kaya nang siya ay dumating sa Galilea, tinanggap siya ng mga taga-Galilea na pumunta rin sa kapistahan. Ito ay sapagkat nakita nila ang lahat ng mga bagay na ginawa niya sa Jerusalem sa panahon ng kapistahan.
46 Pumunta ngang muli si Jesus sa Cana na nasa Galilea. Ito ang pook na kung saan ginawa niyang alak ang tubig. Naroroon ang isang opisyal ng hari na ang kaniyang anak na lalaki, na nasa Capernaum, ay maysakit. 47 Narinig ng opisyal ng hari na si Jesus ay dumating sa Galilea mula sa Judea. Pagkarinig niya, pumunta siya kay Jesus at hiniling na siya ay lumusong at pagalingin ang kaniyang anak na lalaki sapagkat ang kaniyang anak ay mamamatay na.
48 Sinabi nga sa kaniya ni Jesus: Malibang makakita kayo ng mga tanda at mga kamangha-manghang gawa, kailanman ay hindi kayo sasampalataya.
49 Sinabi sa kaniya ng opisyal ng hari: Ginoo, lumusong ka bago mamatay ang aking maliit na anak.
50 Sinabi sa kaniya ni Jesus: Yumaon ka, buhay ang anak mong lalaki.
Sinampalatayanan ng lalaki ang salitang sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya at siya ay umalis.
51 Nang siya ay lumulusong na, sinalubong siya ng kaniyang mga alipin. Kanilang iniulat na buhay ang kaniyang anak. 52 Tinanong niya sila kung anong oras bumuti ang kaniyang anak. Kanilang sinabi sa kaniya: Kahapon nang ikapitong oras ng araw nawala ang kaniyang lagnat.
53 Nalaman nga ng ama na sa ganoong oras sinabi ni Jesus sa kaniya: Ang iyong anak na lalaki ay buhay. Siya ay sumampalataya pati na ang kaniyang buong sambahayan.
54 Ito ang ikalawang tanda na ginawa ni Jesus sa kaniyang pagdating sa Galilea mula sa Judea.
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