John 4

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

1 وَلَمَّا عَرَفَ الرَّبُّ أَنَّ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ سَمِعُوا أَنَّهُ يَتَّخِذُ تَلامِيذَ وَيُعَمِّدُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ يُوحَنَّا،

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

2 مَعَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ نَفْسَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُعَمِّدُ بَلْ تَلامِيذُهُ،

3 He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

3 تَرَكَ مِنْطَقَةَ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَرَجَعَ إِلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الْجَلِيلِ.

4 Now He had to pass through Samaria.

4 وَكَانَ لابُدَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بِمِنْطَقَةِ السَّامِرَةِ،

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 فَوَصَلَ إِلَى بَلْدَةٍ فِيهَا، تُدْعَى سُوخَارَ، قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا يَعْقُوبُ لابْنِهِ يُوسُفَ،

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

6 حَيْثُ بِئْرُ يَعْقُوبَ. وَلَمَّا كَانَ يَسُوعُ قَدْ تَعِبَ مِنَ السَّفَرِ، جَلَسَ عَلَى حَافَةِ الْبِئْرِ، وَكَانَتِ السَّاعَةُ حَوَالَيْ السَّادِسَةِ.

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

7 وَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ سَامِرِيَّةٌ إِلَى الْبِئْرِ لِتَأْخُذَ مَاءً، فَقَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «اسْقِينِي!»

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

8 فَإِنَّ تَلامِيذَهُ كَانُوا قَدْ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى الْبَلْدَةِ لِيَشْتَرُوا طَعَاماً.

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 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ السَّامِرِيَّةُ: «أَنْتَ يَهُودِيٌّ وَأَنَا سَامِرِيَّةٌ، فَكَيْفَ تَطْلُبُ مِنِّي أَنْ أَسْقِيَكَ؟» فَإِنَّ الْيَهُودَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَتَعَامَلُونَ مَعَ أَهْلِ السَّامِرَةِ.

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 فَأَجَابَهَا يَسُوعُ: «لَوْ كُنْتِ تَعْرِفِينَ عَطِيَّةَ اللهِ، وَمَنْ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقُولُ لَكِ: اسْقِينِي، لَطَلَبْتِ أَنْتِ مِنْهُ فَأَعْطَاكِ مَاءً حَيًّا!»

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 فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «وَلكِنْ يَا سَيِّدُ، لَيْسَ مَعَكَ دَلْوٌ، وَالْبِئْرُ عَمِيقَةٌ. فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ الْمَاءُ الْحَيُّ؟

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 هَلْ أَنْتَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَبِينَا يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِي أَوْرَثَنَا هذِهِ الْبِئْرَ، وَقَدْ شَرِبَ مِنْهَا هُوَ وَبَنُوهُ وَمَوَاشِيهِ؟»

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

13 فَقَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «كُلُّ مَنْ يَشْرَبُ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَاءِ يَعُودُ فَيَعْطَشُ.

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 وَلكِنَّ الَّذِي يَشْرَبُ مِنَ الْمَاءِ الَّذِي أُعْطِيهِ أَنَا، لَنْ يَعْطَشَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَبَداً، بَلْ إِنَّ مَا أُعْطِيهِ مِنْ مَاءٍ يُصْبِحُ فِي دَاخِلِهِ نَبْعاً يَفِيضُ فَيُعْطِي حَيَاةً أَبَدِيَّةً».

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 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَعْطِنِي هَذَا الْمَاءَ فَلا أَعْطَشَ وَلا أَعُودَ إِلَى هُنَا لِآخُذَ مَاءً».

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

16 فَقَالَ لَهَا: «اذْهَبِي وَادْعِي زَوْجَكِ، وَارْجِعِي إِلَى هُنَا».

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

17 فَأَجَابَتْ: «لَيْسَ لِي زَوْجٌ!» فَقَالَ: «صَدَقْتِ إِذْ قُلْتِ: لَيْسَ لِي زَوْجٌ

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

18 فَقَدْ كَانَ لَكِ خَمْسَةُ أَزْوَاجٍ، وَالَّذِي تَعِيشِينَ مَعَهُ الآنَ لَيْسَ زَوْجَكِ. هذا قُلْتِهِ بِالصِّدْقِ!»

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

19 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَرَى أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ.

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

20 آبَاؤُنَا عَبَدُوا اللهَ فِي هَذَا الْجَبَلِ، وَأَنْتُمُ الْيَهُودَ تُصِرُّونَ عَلَى أَنَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْمَرْكَزَ الْوَحِيدَ لِلْعِبَادَةِ».

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

21 فَأَجَابَهَا يَسُوعُ: «صَدِّقِينِي يَا امْرَأَةُ، سَتَأْتِي السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي فِيهَا تَعْبُدُونَ الآبَ لَا فِي هَذَا الْجَبَلِ وَلا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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

22 أَنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَجْهَلُونَ، وَنَحْنُ نَعْبُدُ مَا نَعْلَمُ، لأَنَّ الْخَلاصَ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْيَهُودِ.

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 فَسَتَأْتِي سَاعَةٌ، بَلْ هِيَ الآنَ، حِينَ يَعْبُدُ الْعَابِدُونَ الصَّادِقُونَ الآبَ بِالرُّوحِ وَبِالْحَقِّ. لأَنَّ الآبَ يَبْتَغِي مِثْلَ هؤُلاءِ الْعَابِدِينَ.

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

24 اللهُ رُوحٌ، فَلِذلِكَ لابُدَّ لِعَابِدِيهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهُ بِالرُّوحِ وَبِالْحَقِّ».

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

25 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْمَسِيَّا، الَّذِي يُدْعَى الْمَسِيحَ، سَيَأْتِي، وَمَتَى جَاءَ فَهُوَ يُعْلِنُ لَنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ».

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

26 فَأَجَابَهَا: «إِنِّي أَنَا هُوَ الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُكِ!»

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 وَعِنْدَ ذلِكَ وَصَلَ التَّلامِيذُ، وَدُهِشُوا لَمَّا رَأَوْهُ يُحَادِثُ امْرَأَةً. وَمَعَ ذلِكَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ: «مَاذَا تُرِيدُ مِنْهَا؟» أَوْ «لِمَاذَا تُحَادِثُهَا؟»

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

28 فَتَرَكَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ جَرَّتَهَا وَعَادَتْ إِلَى الْبَلْدَةِ، وَأَخَذَتْ تَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ:

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

29 «تَعَالَوْا انْظُرُوا إِنْسَاناً كَشَفَ لِي كُلَّ مَا فَعَلْتُ! فَلَعَلَّهُ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ؟»

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

30 فَخَرَجَ أَهْلُ سُوخَارَ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ.

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

31 وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ ذلِكَ كَانَ التَّلامِيذُ يَقُولُونَ لَهُ بِإِلْحَاحٍ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، كُلْ»

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

32 فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «عِنْدِي طَعَامٌ آكُلُهُ لَا تَعْرِفُونَهُ أَنْتُمْ».

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

33 فَأَخَذَ التَّلامِيذُ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «هَلْ جَاءَهُ أَحَدٌ بِمَا يَأْكُلُهُ؟»

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

34 فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «طَعَامِي هُوَ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ مَشِيئَةَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي وَأَنْ أُنْجِزَ عَمَلَهُ.

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 أَمَا تَقُولُونَ: بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ يَأْتِي الْحَصَادُ! وَلكِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: انْظُرُوا مَلِيًّا إِلَى الْحُقُولِ، فَهِيَ قَدْ نَضَجَتْ وَحَانَ حَصَادُهَا.

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 وَالْحَاصِدُ يَأْخُذُ أُجْرَتَهُ، وَيَجْمَعُ الثَّمَرَ لِلْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ، فَيَفْرَحُ الزَّارِعُ وَالْحَاصِدُ مَعاً،

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

37 حَتَّى يَصْدُقَ الْقَوْلُ: وَاحِدٌ يَزْرَعُ، وَآخَرُ يَحْصُدُ.

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 إِنِّي أَرْسَلْتُكُمْ لِتَحْصُدُوا مَا لَمْ تَتْعَبُوا فِيهِ، فَغَيْرُكُمْ تَعِبُوا، وَأَنْتُمْ تَجْنُونَ ثَمَرَ أَتْعَابِهِمْ».

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 فَآمَنَ بِهِ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ السَّامِرِيِّينَ أَهْلِ تِلْكَ الْبَلْدَةِ بِسَبَبِ كَلامِ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَشْهَدُ قَائِلَةً: «كَشَفَ لِي كُلَّ مَا فَعَلْتُ».

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

40 وَعِنْدَمَا قَابَلُوهُ عِنْدَ الْبِئْرِ دَعَوْهُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عِنْدَهُمْ، فَأَقَامَ هُنَالِكَ يَوْمَيْنِ،

41 And many more believed because of His message.

41 وَتَكَاثَرَ جِدّاً عَدَدُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ بِسَبَبِ كَلامِهِ،

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 وَقَالُوا لِلْمَرْأَةِ: «إِنَّنَا لَا نُؤْمِنُ بَعْدَ الآنَ بِسَبَبِ كَلامِكِ، بَلْ نُؤْمِنُ لأَنَّنَا سَمِعْنَاهُ بِأَنْفُسِنَا، وَعَرَفْنَا أَنَّهُ مُخَلِّصُ الْعَالَمِ حَقّاً!»

43 After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

43 وَبَعْدَ قَضَاءِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ فِي سُوخَارَ، غَادَرَهَا يَسُوعُ وَسَافَرَ إِلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الْجَلِيلِ،

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

44 وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ كَانَ قَدْ شَهِدَ قَائِلاً: «لا كَرَامَةَ لِنَبِيٍّ فِي وَطَنِهِ!»

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 فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى الْجَلِيلِ رَحَّبَ بِهِ أَهْلُهَا، وَكَانُوا قَد رَأَوْا كُلَّ مَا فَعَلَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ عِيدِ الْفِصْحِ، إِذْ ذَهَبُوا هُمْ أَيْضاً إِلَى الْعِيدِ.

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 وَوَصَلَ يَسُوعُ إِلَى قَانَا بِالْجَلِيلِ، حَيْثُ كَانَ قَدْ حَوَّلَ الْمَاءَ إِلَى خَمْرٍ. وَكَانَ فِي كَفْرَنَاحُومَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ حَاشِيَةِ الْمَلِكِ، لَهُ ابْنٌ مَرِيضٌ.

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 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ تَرَكَ الْيَهُودِيَّةَ وَجَاءَ إِلَى الْجَلِيلِ، ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ مَعَهُ إِلَى كَفْرَنَاحُومَ لِيَشْفِيَ ابْنَهُ الْمُشْرِفَ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ.

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

48 فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ: «لا تُؤْمِنُونَ إِلّا إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الآيَاتِ وَالْعَجَائِبَ!»

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

49 فَتَوَسَّلَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، انْزِلْ مَعِي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ ابْنِي!»

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

50 أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «اذْهَبْ! إِنَّ ابْنَكَ حَيٌّ!» فَآمَنَ الرَّجُلُ بِكَلِمَةِ يَسُوعَ الَّتِي قَالَهَا لَهُ، وَانْصَرَفَ.

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

51 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ نَازِلاً فِي الطَّرِيقِ لاقَاهُ بَعْضُ عَبِيدِهِ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِأَنَّ ابْنَهُ حَيٌّ،

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 فَسَأَلَهُمْ فِي أَيَّةِ سَاعَةٍ تَعَافَى، أَجَابُوهُ: «فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّابِعَةِ مَسَاءَ الْبَارِحَةِ، وَلَّتْ عَنْهُ الْحُمَّى».

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 فَعَلِمَ الأَبُ أَنَّهَا السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي قَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ فِيهَا: «إِنَّ ابْنَكَ حَيٌّ». فَآمَنَ هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ جَمِيعاً.

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

54 هذِهِ الْمُعْجِزَةُ هِيَ الآيَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ الَّتِي أَجْرَاهَا يَسُوعُ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِ مِنَ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ إِلَى الْجَلِيلِ.