1 Da Herren forstod at ryktet hadde nådd fariseerne om at Jesus gjorde flere disipler enn Johannes og døpte dem

Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

2 (selv om det var disiplene hans som døpte, ikke Jesus selv),

(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

3 forlot han Judea og dro igjen til Galilea.

He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.

4 Han måtte ta veien gjennom Samaria.

And it was necessary for him to go through Samaria.

5 Da kom han til en by i Samaria som het Sykar, nær det stedet som Jakob hadde gitt til sin sønn Josef.

So he came to a town of Samaria which was named Sychar, near to the bit of land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph:

6 Der var Jakobs brønn. Jesus, som var sliten etter reisen, satt ved brønnen. Det var omkring den sjette time.

Now Jacob's fountain was there. Jesus, being tired after his journey, was resting by the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

7 En kvinne fra Samaria kom for å hente vann, og Jesus sa til henne: Gi meg litt å drikke.

A woman of Samaria came to get water, and Jesus said to her, Give me some water.

8 For disiplene hans hadde gått til byen for å kjøpe mat.

For his disciples had gone to the town to get food.

9 Kvinnen fra Samaria sa til ham: Hvordan kan du, en jøde, be meg, en samaritansk kvinne, om vann? For jødene har ikke omgang med samaritanene.

The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

10 Jesus svarte henne: Hvis du kjente Guds gave og visste hvem det er som sier til deg: Gi meg vann, ville du ha bedt ham, og han ville ha gitt deg levende vann.

In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

11 Kvinnen sa til ham: Herre, du har ingen bøtte, og brønnen er dyp. Hvor får du da det levende vannet fra?

The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?

12 Er du større enn vår far Jakob, som ga oss brønnen og selv drakk av den, samt hans sønner og hans buskap?

Are you greater than our father Jacob who gave us the fountain and took the water of it himself, with his children and his cattle?

13 Jesus svarte henne: Hver den som drikker av dette vannet, vil tørste igjen.

Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

14 Men den som drikker av det vannet jeg gir ham, skal aldri mer tørste. Det vannet jeg gir, skal bli i ham en kilde til evig liv.

But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.

15 Kvinnen sa til ham: Herre, gi meg dette vannet, så jeg ikke blir tørst og slipper å hente vann herfra.

The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

16 Jesus sa til henne: Gå, hent mannen din og kom hit.

Jesus said to her, Go, get your husband and come back here with him.

17 Kvinnen svarte: Jeg har ingen mann. Jesus sa til henne: Du har rett når du sier at du ikke har noen mann.

In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:

18 For du har hatt fem menn, og den du nå har, er ikke din mann. Det har du talt sant om.

You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

19 Kvinnen sa til ham: Herre, jeg ser at du er en profet.

The woman said to him, Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

20 Våre fedre tilbad på dette fjellet, men dere sier at vi skal tilbe i Jerusalem.

Our fathers gave worship on this mountain, but you Jews say that the right place for worship is in Jerusalem.

21 Jesus sa til henne: Tro meg, kvinne, det kommer en tid da verken dette fjellet eller Jerusalem vil være stedet dere tilber Faderen.

Jesus said to her, Woman, take my word for this; the time is coming when you will not give worship to the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

22 Dere tilber det dere ikke kjenner; vi tilber det vi kjenner, for frelsen kommer fra jødene.

You give worship, but without knowledge of what you are worshipping: we give worship to what we have knowledge of: for salvation comes from the Jews.

23 Men timen kommer – ja, den er nå – da de sanne tilberne skal tilbe Faderen i ånd og sannhet. For slike tilberne vil Faderen ha.

But the time is coming, and is even now here, when the true worshippers will give worship to the Father in the true way of the spirit, for these are the worshippers desired by the Father.

24 Gud er ånd, og de som tilber ham, må tilbe i ånd og sannhet.

God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

25 Kvinnen sa til ham: Jeg vet at Messias kommer, han som kalles Kristus. Når han kommer, skal han la oss få vite alt.

The woman said to him, I am certain that the Messiah, who is named Christ, is coming; when he comes he will make all things clear to us.

26 Jesus sa til henne: Det er jeg, jeg som taler med deg.

Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.

27 Da kom disiplene hans og ble forundret over at han snakket med en kvinne, men ingen spurte ham hva han ønsket eller hvorfor han snakket med henne.

At that point the disciples came back, and they were surprised to see him talking to a woman; but not one of them said to him, What is your purpose? or, Why are you talking to her?

28 Kvinnen lot vannkrukken sin stå og gikk inn til byen og sa til folket:

Then the woman put down her water-pot and went into the town, and said to the people,

29 Kom og se en mann som har fortalt meg alt jeg har gjort! Kan han være Messias?

Come and see a man who has been talking to me of everything I ever did! Is it possible that this is the Christ?

30 Da gikk de ut av byen og kom til ham.

So they went out of the town and came to him.

31 I mellomtiden ba disiplene Jesus: Rabbi, spis noe.

While this was taking place, the disciples were saying to Jesus, Master, take some food.

32 Men han sa til dem: Jeg har mat å spise som dere ikke kjenner til.

But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

33 Disiplene sa til hverandre: Har noen gitt ham mat?

So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

34 Jesus sa til dem: Min mat er å gjøre hans vilje som har sendt meg, og fullføre hans verk.

Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

35 Sier dere ikke at det er fire måneder til høsten? Men jeg sier dere: Løft øynene og se på markene; de er hvite til høst.

You would say, Four months from now is the time of the grain-cutting. Take a look, I say to you, at the fields; they are even now white for cutting.

36 Den som høster, får sin lønn og samler frukt til evig liv, så den som sår og den som høster, kan glede seg sammen.

He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.

37 For her er ordet sant: Én sår, og en annen høster.

In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.

38 Jeg har sendt dere for å høste det dere ikke har arbeidet med. Andre har arbeidet, og dere har fått del i deres arbeid.

I sent you to get in grain which you had no hand in planting: other men did that work, and you take the reward.

39 Mange av samaritanene fra byen trodde på ham på grunn av kvinnens vitnesbyrd: Han har fortalt meg alt jeg har gjort.

Now a number of the people of that town had faith in him because of the woman's witness: He has been talking to me of everything I ever did.

40 Da samaritanene kom til ham, ba de ham bli hos dem, og han ble der to dager.

So when the people came to him they made request to him to be among them for a time, and he was there two days.

41 Mange flere kom til tro på grunn av hans ord.

And a great number more of them came to have faith in him because of what he himself said.

42 De sa til kvinnen: Vi tror ikke lenger bare på grunn av det du har sagt, for vi har hørt ham selv, og vi vet at han virkelig er verdens frelser.

And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.

43 Etter de to dagene dro han derfra til Galilea.

And after the two days he went on from there into Galilee.

44 For Jesus hadde selv vitnet: En profet er ikke anerkjent i sitt eget land.

For Jesus himself said that a prophet has no honour in the country of his birth.

45 Da han kom til Galilea, tok galileerne imot ham, for de hadde sett alt han hadde gjort i Jerusalem under høytiden; de hadde selv vært der.

So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.

46 Så kom han igjen til Kana i Galilea, der han hadde gjort vann til vin. En mann av høy stand var syk i Kapernaum.

So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

47 Da han fikk høre at Jesus var kommet fra Judea til Galilea, gikk han til ham og ba ham komme ned og helbrede sønnen hans, som var nær døden.

When it came to his ears that Jesus had come from Judaea into Galilee, he went to him and made a request that he would come down to his son, who was near to death, and make him well.

48 Jesus sa til ham: Om ikke dere ser tegn og under, vil dere ikke tro.

Then Jesus said to him, You will not have faith if you do not see signs and wonders.

49 Mannen sa: Herre, kom ned før gutten min dør.

The man said, Sir, come down before my boy is dead.

50 Jesus sa: Gå hjem, sønnen din lever. Mannen trodde på det Jesus sa, og han dro av sted.

And Jesus said, Go in peace; your son is living. The man had faith in the word which Jesus said to him and went away.

51 Mens han var på vei hjem, møtte tjenerne hans ham og sa: Sønnen din lever.

And while he was going down, his servants came to him and said, Your boy is living.

52 Han spurte dem da om når han hadde begynt å bli bedre, og de sa: I går ved den syvende time forlot feberen ham.

So he put a question to them as to the hour when he became better; and they said to him, The disease went from him yesterday at the seventh hour.

53 Faren forstod da at det var på den samme timen Jesus hadde sagt til ham: Sønnen din lever. Og han og hele familien trodde.

It was clear then to the father that this was the very time at which Jesus said to him, Your son is living. And he had faith in Jesus, he and all his family.

54 Dette var det andre tegnet som Jesus gjorde etter at han hadde kommet fra Judea til Galilea.

Now this is the second sign which Jesus did after he had come out of Judaea into Galilee.