John 4

1 When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

1–3 耶稣得知法利赛人听见祂比约翰收徒施洗的人数还多，便离开犹太，返回加利利。其实不是耶稣亲自施洗，而是祂的门徒施洗。

2 (although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3 He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4 Now He had to pass through Samaria.

4 祂回加利利的路上必须经过撒玛利亚。

5 So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

5 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。

6 Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

6 雅各井就在那个地方。耶稣走路疲乏，便坐在井旁休息。那时大约是正午。

7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

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，耶稣对她说：“请给我一点水喝。”

8 (His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9 “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)

9 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 Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”

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 “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

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 Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

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，难道你比他更大吗？”

13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

13 耶稣说：“人喝了这井里的水，还会再渴，

14 But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”

14 但是喝了我所赐的水，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 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”

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

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

16 耶稣说：“去叫你的丈夫来。”

17 “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

17 妇人说：“我没有丈夫。”耶稣说：“你说的对，你没有丈夫，

18 In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

18 因为你有过五个丈夫了，现在和你在一起的也不是你丈夫。你说的是实话。”

19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

19 妇人说：“先生，我看你一定是先知。

20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

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 “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

21 耶稣回答说：“妇人，你要信我。时候快到了，你们将不在这山上或耶路撒冷敬拜父。

22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

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 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.

23 时候快到了，现在就是，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 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

24 上帝是灵，所以必须用心灵、按真理敬拜祂。”

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

25 妇人说：“我知道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 Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

26 耶稣说：“我这位跟你说话的就是。”

27 Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”

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 Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

28 那妇人撇下水罐，回到城里，对人们说：

29 “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

29 “你们快来看啊！有一个人把我做过的事都说了出来。莫非祂就是基督？”

30 So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

30 众人听了就到城外去见耶稣。

31 Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

31 其间，门徒对耶稣说：“老师，请吃点东西吧。”

32 But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

32 耶稣说：“我有食物吃，是你们不知道的。”

33 So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

33 门徒彼此议论说：“难道有人给祂吃的了？”

34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

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 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.

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 Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

36 收割的人可以得到报酬并为永生收获果实，叫撒种的和收割的一同快乐。

37 For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

37 俗语说得好，‘那人撒种，这人收割。’

38 I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”

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 Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

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：“祂把我做过的事都说了出来。”

40 So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

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 And many more believed because of His message.

41 因为耶稣传的道，信的人更多了。

42 They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”

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，知道祂真是世人的救主。”

43 After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

43 两天后，耶稣动身前往加利利。

44 Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

44 祂以前说过：“先知在本乡不受人尊敬。”

45 Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.

45 然而，祂回到加利利却受到当地人欢迎，因为他们上耶路撒冷过节时，看见了祂的一切作为。

46 So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

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 When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die.

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 Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

48 耶稣对他说：“你们不看见神迹奇事，总不相信。”

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

49 大臣说：“先生，趁我的孩子还没死，求你赶快去！”

50 “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

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 And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

51 途中遇见奴仆来报信，说他儿子好了，

52 So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”

52 他就问什么时候好的。仆人说：“昨天下午一点钟烧就退了。”

53 Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.

53 他知道正是那时候耶稣对他说：“你的儿子好了。”他和全家都信了。

54 This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

54 这是耶稣从犹太回到加利利后行的第二个神迹。