John 4

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

1 Da Herren nu erfarede, at Farisæerne havde hørt, at Jesus vandt flere Disciple og døbte flere end Johannes

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

2 (skønt Jesus ikke døbte selv, men hans Disciple):

3 He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

3 da forlod han Judæa og drog atter bort til Galilæa.

4 Now He had to pass through Samaria.

4 Men han måtte rejse igennem Samaria.

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 Han kommer da til en By i Samaria, som kaldes Sykar, nær ved det Stykke Land, som Jakob gav sin Søn Josef.

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

6 Og der var Jakobs Brønd. Jesus satte sig da, træt af Rejsen, ned ved Brønden; det var ved den sjette Time.

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

7 En samaritansk Kvinde kommer for at drage Vand op. Jesus siger til hende: “Giv mig noget at drikke!”

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

8 Hans Disciple vare nemlig gåede bort til Byen for at købe Mad.

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 Da siger den samaritanske Kvinde til ham: “Hvorledes kan dog du, som er en Jøde, bede mig, som er en samaritansk Kvinde, om noget at drikke?” Thi Jøder holde ikke Samkvem med Samaritanere.

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 Jesus svarede og sagde til hende: “Dersom du kendte Guds Gave, og hvem det er, som siger til dig: Giv mig noget at drikke, da bad du ham, og han gav dig levende Vand.”

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 Kvinden siger til ham: “Herre! du har jo intet at drage op med, og Brønden er dyb; hvorfra har du da det levende Vand?

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 Mon du er større end vor Fader Jakob, som har givet os Brønden, og han har selv drukket deraf og hans Børn og hans Kvæg?”

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

13 Jesus svarede og sagde til hende: “Hver den, som drikker af dette Vand, skal tørste igen.

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 Men den, som drikker af det Vand, som jeg giver ham, skal til evig Tid ikke tørste; men det Vand, som jeg giver ham, skal blive i ham en Kilde af Vand, som fremvælder til et evigt Liv.”

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 Kvinden siger til ham: “Herre! giv mig dette Vand, for at jeg ikke skal tørste og ikke komme hid for at drage op.”

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

16 Jesus siger til hende: “Gå bort, kald på din Mand, og kom hid!”

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

17 Kvinden svarede og sagde: “Jeg har ingen Mand.” Jesus siger til hende: “Med Rette sagde du: Jeg har ingen Mand.

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

18 Thi du har haft fem Mænd; og han, som du nu har, er ikke din Mand. Det har du sagt sandt.”

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

19 Kvinden siger til ham: “Herre! jeg ser, at du er en Profet.

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

20 Vore Fædre have tilbedt på dette Bjerg, og I sige, at i Jerusalem er Stedet, hvor man bør tilbede.”

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

21 Jesus siger til hende: “Tro mig, Kvinde, at den Time kommer, da det hverken skal være på dette Bjerg eller i Jerusalem, at I tilbede Faderen.

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

22 I tilbede det, I ikke kende; vi tilbede det, vi kende; thi Frelsen kommer fra Jøderne.

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 Men den Time kommer, ja, den er nu, da de sande Tilbedere skulle tilbede Faderen i Ånd og Sandhed; thi det er sådanne Tilbedere, Faderen vil have.

24 God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

24 Gud er Ånd, og de, som tilbede ham, bør tilbede i Ånd og Sandhed.”

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

25 Kvinden siger til ham: “Jeg ved, at Messias kommer (hvilket betyder Kristus); når han kommer, skal han kundgøre os alle Ting.”

26 Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

26 Jesus siger til hende: “Det er mig, jeg, som taler med dig.”

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 Og i det samme kom hans Disciple, og de undrede sig over, at han talte med en Kvinde; dog sagde ingen: “Hvad søger du?” eller: “Hvorfor taler du med hende?”

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

28 Da lod Kvinden sin Vandkrukke stå og gik bort til Byen og siger til Menneskene der:

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

29 “Kommer og ser en Mand, som har sagt mig alt det, jeg har gjort; mon han skulde være Kristus?”

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

30 De gik ud af Byen og kom gående til ham.

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

31 Imidlertid bade Disciplene ham og sagde: “Rabbi, spis!”

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

32 Men han sagde til dem: “Jeg har Mad at spise, som I ikke kende.”

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

33 Da sagde Disciplene til hverandre: “Mon nogen har bragt ham noget at spise?”

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

34 Jesus siger til dem: “Min Mad er, at jeg gør hans Villie, som udsendte mig, og fuldbyrder hans Gerning.

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 Sige I ikke: Der er endnu fire Måneder, så kommer Høsten? Se, jeg siger eder, opløfter eders Øjne og ser Markene; de ere allerede hvide til Høsten.

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 Den, som høster, får Løn og samler Frugt til et evigt Liv, så at de kunne glæde sig tilsammen, både den, som sår, og den, som høster.

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

37 Thi her er det Ord sandt: En sår, og en anden høster.

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 Jeg har udsendt eder at høste det, som I ikke have arbejdet på; andre have arbejdet, og I ere gåede ind i deres Arbejde.”

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 Men mange af Samaritanerne fra den By troede på ham på Grund af Kvindens Ord, da hun vidnede: “Han har sagt mig alt det, jeg har gjort.”

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

40 Da nu Samaritanerne kom til ham, bade de ham om at blive hos dem; og han blev der to Dage.

41 And many more believed because of His message.

41 Og mange flere troede for hans Ords Skyld.

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 Og til Kvinden sagde de: “Vi tro nu ikke længer for din Tales Skyld; thi vi have selv hørt, og vi vide, at denne er sandelig Verdens Frelser.”

43 After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

43 Men efter de to Dage gik han derfra til Galilæa.

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

44 Thi Jesus vidnede selv, at en Profet ikke bliver æret i sit eget Fædreland.

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 Da han nu kom til Galilæa, toge Galilæerne imod ham, fordi de havde set alt det, som han gjorde i Jerusalem på Højtiden; thi også de vare komne til Højtiden.

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 Han kom da atter til Kana i Galilæa, hvor han havde gjort Vandet til Vin. Og der var en kongelig Embedsmand, hvis Søn lå syg i Kapernaum.

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 Da denne hørte, at Jesus var kommen fra Judæa til Galilæa, gik han til ham og bad om, at han vilde komme ned og helbrede hans Søn; thi han var Døden nær.

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

48 Da sagde Jesus til ham: “Dersom I ikke se Tegn og Undergerninger, ville I ikke tro.”

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

49 Embedsmanden siger til ham: “Herre! kom, før mit Barn dør.”

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

50 Jesus siger til ham: “Gå bort, din Søn lever.” Og Manden troede det Ord, som Jesus sagde til ham, og gik bort.

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

51 Men allerede medens han var på Hjemvejen, mødte hans Tjenere ham og meldte, at hans Barn levede.

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 Da udspurgte han dem om den Time, i hvilken det var blevet bedre med ham; og de sagde til ham: “I Går ved den syvende time forlod Feberen ham.”

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 Da skønnede Faderen, at det var sket i den Time, da Jesus sagde til ham: “Din Søn lever;” og han troede selv og hele hans Hus.

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

54 Dette var det andet Tegn, som Jesus gjorde, da han var kommen fra Judæa til Galilæa.