John 4 (NAV) · Opened

1وَلَمَّا عَرَفَ الرَّبُّ أَنَّ الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ سَمِعُوا أَنَّهُ يَتَّخِذُ تَلامِيذَ وَيُعَمِّدُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ يُوحَنَّا،When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2مَعَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ نَفْسَهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يُعَمِّدُ بَلْ تَلامِيذُهُ،(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3تَرَكَ مِنْطَقَةَ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ وَرَجَعَ إِلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الْجَلِيلِ.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4وَكَانَ لابُدَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَمُرَّ بِمِنْطَقَةِ السَّامِرَةِ،Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5فَوَصَلَ إِلَى بَلْدَةٍ فِيهَا، تُدْعَى سُوخَارَ، قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَ الأَرْضِ الَّتِي وَهَبَهَا يَعْقُوبُ لابْنِهِ يُوسُفَ،So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6حَيْثُ بِئْرُ يَعْقُوبَ. وَلَمَّا كَانَ يَسُوعُ قَدْ تَعِبَ مِنَ السَّفَرِ، جَلَسَ عَلَى حَافَةِ الْبِئْرِ، وَكَانَتِ السَّاعَةُ حَوَالَيْ السَّادِسَةِ.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7وَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ سَامِرِيَّةٌ إِلَى الْبِئْرِ لِتَأْخُذَ مَاءً، فَقَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «اسْقِينِي!»When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8فَإِنَّ تَلامِيذَهُ كَانُوا قَدْ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى الْبَلْدَةِ لِيَشْتَرُوا طَعَاماً.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ السَّامِرِيَّةُ: «أَنْتَ يَهُودِيٌّ وَأَنَا سَامِرِيَّةٌ، فَكَيْفَ تَطْلُبُ مِنِّي أَنْ أَسْقِيَكَ؟» فَإِنَّ الْيَهُودَ لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَتَعَامَلُونَ مَعَ أَهْلِ السَّامِرَةِ.“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.)

10فَأَجَابَهَا يَسُوعُ: «لَوْ كُنْتِ تَعْرِفِينَ عَطِيَّةَ اللهِ، وَمَنْ هُوَ الَّذِي يَقُولُ لَكِ: اسْقِينِي، لَطَلَبْتِ أَنْتِ مِنْهُ فَأَعْطَاكِ مَاءً حَيًّا!»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.”

11فَقَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: «وَلكِنْ يَا سَيِّدُ، لَيْسَ مَعَكَ دَلْوٌ، وَالْبِئْرُ عَمِيقَةٌ. فَمِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ الْمَاءُ الْحَيُّ؟“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12هَلْ أَنْتَ أَعْظَمُ مِنْ أَبِينَا يَعْقُوبَ الَّذِي أَوْرَثَنَا هذِهِ الْبِئْرَ، وَقَدْ شَرِبَ مِنْهَا هُوَ وَبَنُوهُ وَمَوَاشِيهِ؟»Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13فَقَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «كُلُّ مَنْ يَشْرَبُ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَاءِ يَعُودُ فَيَعْطَشُ.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14وَلكِنَّ 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».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.”

15فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَعْطِنِي هَذَا الْمَاءَ فَلا أَعْطَشَ وَلا أَعُودَ إِلَى هُنَا لِآخُذَ مَاءً».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.”

16فَقَالَ لَهَا: «اذْهَبِي وَادْعِي زَوْجَكِ، وَارْجِعِي إِلَى هُنَا».Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17فَأَجَابَتْ: «لَيْسَ لِي زَوْجٌ!» فَقَالَ: «صَدَقْتِ إِذْ قُلْتِ: لَيْسَ لِي زَوْجٌ“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18فَقَدْ كَانَ لَكِ خَمْسَةُ أَزْوَاجٍ، وَالَّذِي تَعِيشِينَ مَعَهُ الآنَ لَيْسَ زَوْجَكِ. هذا قُلْتِهِ بِالصِّدْقِ!»In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، أَرَى أَنَّكَ نَبِيٌّ.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20آبَاؤُنَا عَبَدُوا اللهَ فِي هَذَا الْجَبَلِ، وَأَنْتُمُ الْيَهُودَ تُصِرُّونَ عَلَى أَنَّ أُورُشَلِيمَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْمَرْكَزَ الْوَحِيدَ لِلْعِبَادَةِ».Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21فَأَجَابَهَا يَسُوعُ: «صَدِّقِينِي يَا امْرَأَةُ، سَتَأْتِي السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي فِيهَا تَعْبُدُونَ الآبَ لَا فِي هَذَا الْجَبَلِ وَلا فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22أَنْتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ مَا تَجْهَلُونَ، وَنَحْنُ نَعْبُدُ مَا نَعْلَمُ، لأَنَّ الْخَلاصَ هُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْيَهُودِ.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23فَسَتَأْتِي سَاعَةٌ، بَلْ هِيَ الآنَ، حِينَ يَعْبُدُ الْعَابِدُونَ الصَّادِقُونَ الآبَ بِالرُّوحِ وَبِالْحَقِّ. لأَنَّ الآبَ يَبْتَغِي مِثْلَ هؤُلاءِ الْعَابِدِينَ.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.

24اللهُ رُوحٌ، فَلِذلِكَ لابُدَّ لِعَابِدِيهِ مِنْ أَنْ يَعْبُدُوهُ بِالرُّوحِ وَبِالْحَقِّ».God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25فَقَالَتْ لَهُ الْمَرْأَةُ: «إِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ الْمَسِيَّا، الَّذِي يُدْعَى الْمَسِيحَ، سَيَأْتِي، وَمَتَى جَاءَ فَهُوَ يُعْلِنُ لَنَا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ».The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26فَأَجَابَهَا: «إِنِّي أَنَا هُوَ الَّذِي يُكَلِّمُكِ!»Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27وَعِنْدَ ذلِكَ وَصَلَ التَّلامِيذُ، وَدُهِشُوا لَمَّا رَأَوْهُ يُحَادِثُ امْرَأَةً. وَمَعَ ذلِكَ لَمْ يَقُلْ لَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ: «مَاذَا تُرِيدُ مِنْهَا؟» أَوْ «لِمَاذَا تُحَادِثُهَا؟»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?”

28فَتَرَكَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ جَرَّتَهَا وَعَادَتْ إِلَى الْبَلْدَةِ، وَأَخَذَتْ تَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ:Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29«تَعَالَوْا انْظُرُوا إِنْسَاناً كَشَفَ لِي كُلَّ مَا فَعَلْتُ! فَلَعَلَّهُ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ؟»“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30فَخَرَجَ أَهْلُ سُوخَارَ وَأَقْبَلُوا إِلَيْهِ.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31وَفِي أَثْنَاءِ ذلِكَ كَانَ التَّلامِيذُ يَقُولُونَ لَهُ بِإِلْحَاحٍ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، كُلْ»Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32فَأَجَابَهُمْ: «عِنْدِي طَعَامٌ آكُلُهُ لَا تَعْرِفُونَهُ أَنْتُمْ».But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33فَأَخَذَ التَّلامِيذُ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ: «هَلْ جَاءَهُ أَحَدٌ بِمَا يَأْكُلُهُ؟»So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «طَعَامِي هُوَ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ مَشِيئَةَ الَّذِي أَرْسَلَنِي وَأَنْ أُنْجِزَ عَمَلَهُ.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35أَمَا تَقُولُونَ: بَعْدَ أَرْبَعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ يَأْتِي الْحَصَادُ! وَلكِنِّي أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: انْظُرُوا مَلِيًّا إِلَى الْحُقُولِ، فَهِيَ قَدْ نَضَجَتْ وَحَانَ حَصَادُهَا.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.

36وَالْحَاصِدُ يَأْخُذُ أُجْرَتَهُ، وَيَجْمَعُ الثَّمَرَ لِلْحَيَاةِ الأَبَدِيَّةِ، فَيَفْرَحُ الزَّارِعُ وَالْحَاصِدُ مَعاً،Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37حَتَّى يَصْدُقَ الْقَوْلُ: وَاحِدٌ يَزْرَعُ، وَآخَرُ يَحْصُدُ.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38إِنِّي أَرْسَلْتُكُمْ لِتَحْصُدُوا مَا لَمْ تَتْعَبُوا فِيهِ، فَغَيْرُكُمْ تَعِبُوا، وَأَنْتُمْ تَجْنُونَ ثَمَرَ أَتْعَابِهِمْ».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.”

39فَآمَنَ بِهِ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ السَّامِرِيِّينَ أَهْلِ تِلْكَ الْبَلْدَةِ بِسَبَبِ كَلامِ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَشْهَدُ قَائِلَةً: «كَشَفَ لِي كُلَّ مَا فَعَلْتُ».Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40وَعِنْدَمَا قَابَلُوهُ عِنْدَ الْبِئْرِ دَعَوْهُ أَنْ يُقِيمَ عِنْدَهُمْ، فَأَقَامَ هُنَالِكَ يَوْمَيْنِ،So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41وَتَكَاثَرَ جِدّاً عَدَدُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا بِهِ بِسَبَبِ كَلامِهِ،And many more believed because of His message.

42وَقَالُوا لِلْمَرْأَةِ: «إِنَّنَا لَا نُؤْمِنُ بَعْدَ الآنَ بِسَبَبِ كَلامِكِ، بَلْ نُؤْمِنُ لأَنَّنَا سَمِعْنَاهُ بِأَنْفُسِنَا، وَعَرَفْنَا أَنَّهُ مُخَلِّصُ الْعَالَمِ حَقّاً!»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.”

43وَبَعْدَ قَضَاءِ الْيَوْمَيْنِ فِي سُوخَارَ، غَادَرَهَا يَسُوعُ وَسَافَرَ إِلَى مِنْطَقَةِ الْجَلِيلِ،After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44وَهُوَ نَفْسُهُ كَانَ قَدْ شَهِدَ قَائِلاً: «لا كَرَامَةَ لِنَبِيٍّ فِي وَطَنِهِ!»Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45فَلَمَّا وَصَلَ إِلَى الْجَلِيلِ رَحَّبَ بِهِ أَهْلُهَا، وَكَانُوا قَد رَأَوْا كُلَّ مَا فَعَلَهُ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ عِيدِ الْفِصْحِ، إِذْ ذَهَبُوا هُمْ أَيْضاً إِلَى الْعِيدِ.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.

46وَوَصَلَ يَسُوعُ إِلَى قَانَا بِالْجَلِيلِ، حَيْثُ كَانَ قَدْ حَوَّلَ الْمَاءَ إِلَى خَمْرٍ. وَكَانَ فِي كَفْرَنَاحُومَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ حَاشِيَةِ الْمَلِكِ، لَهُ ابْنٌ مَرِيضٌ.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.

47فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ تَرَكَ الْيَهُودِيَّةَ وَجَاءَ إِلَى الْجَلِيلِ، ذَهَبَ إِلَيْهِ وَطَلَبَ مِنْهُ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ مَعَهُ إِلَى كَفْرَنَاحُومَ لِيَشْفِيَ ابْنَهُ الْمُشْرِفَ عَلَى الْمَوْتِ.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.

48فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ: «لا تُؤْمِنُونَ إِلّا إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الآيَاتِ وَالْعَجَائِبَ!»Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49فَتَوَسَّلَ إِلَيْهِ الرَّجُلُ وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، انْزِلْ مَعِي قَبْلَ أَنْ يَمُوتَ ابْنِي!»“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50أَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «اذْهَبْ! إِنَّ ابْنَكَ حَيٌّ!» فَآمَنَ الرَّجُلُ بِكَلِمَةِ يَسُوعَ الَّتِي قَالَهَا لَهُ، وَانْصَرَفَ.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَ نَازِلاً فِي الطَّرِيقِ لاقَاهُ بَعْضُ عَبِيدِهِ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِأَنَّ ابْنَهُ حَيٌّ،And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52فَسَأَلَهُمْ فِي أَيَّةِ سَاعَةٍ تَعَافَى، أَجَابُوهُ: «فِي السَّاعَةِ السَّابِعَةِ مَسَاءَ الْبَارِحَةِ، وَلَّتْ عَنْهُ الْحُمَّى».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.”

53فَعَلِمَ الأَبُ أَنَّهَا السَّاعَةُ الَّتِي قَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ فِيهَا: «إِنَّ ابْنَكَ حَيٌّ». فَآمَنَ هُوَ وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِهِ جَمِيعاً.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.

54هذِهِ الْمُعْجِزَةُ هِيَ الآيَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ الَّتِي أَجْرَاهَا يَسُوعُ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِهِ مِنَ الْيَهُودِيَّةِ إِلَى الْجَلِيلِ.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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