John 4 (CTH) · Opened

1Jisuh ni Jawhan hlak tami moikapap a hnukkâbang lah a coung sak tie Farasinaw ni a thai awh e hah Jisuh ni a panue.When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2Atangcalah Jisuh ma roeroe ni apihai baptisma poe hoeh, a hnukkâbangnaw ni doeh a poe.(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3Hatdawkvah, Judah ram lahoi Galilee lah let bout a ban.He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4Samaria ram a rakan teh,Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5Jakop ni a capa Joseph a poe e tâpit teng Samaria khopui Sikhar vah a pha.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Hote hmuen koe Jakop e tuikhu a tai e ao. Jisuh teh a tawn dawkvah hote tuikhu teng vah a tahung. Hote atueng nah kanî boung a thun.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Hawvah Samaria napui teh tui do hanlah a tho. Jisuh ni hote napui koevah, tui nei hane na poe haw atipouh.When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8A hnukkâbangnaw teh rawca ran han khothung a cei awh.(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Hote napui ni hai nang teh Judah tami nahoehmaw. Bangkong Samaria napui kai koe tui nei hane na hei vaw atipouh. Bangkongtetpawiteh Judahnaw teh Samarianaw hoi cungtalah ouk awm awh hoeh.“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.)

10Jisuh nihai, Cathut e a pahrennae hoi nang koe tui ka hete heh apipatet e ne tie na panuek pawiteh ahni koe na hei han ei te atipouh. Ahni ni hai hringnae tui teh na poe han, atipouh.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.”

11Hote napui ni Bawipa nang koe do nahane awm hoeh bo. Hete tuikhu haiyah hroung a dung dawkvah, hringnae tui na e maw ka hmu han vaw.“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Nang teh kaimae mintoe Jakop hlak na cue maw. Jakop ni hete tuikhu heh kaimouh na poe awh teh, ama hoi a canaw pueng ni a do awh hloilah saring ka khoumnaw pueng ni hai hete tui hah a pânei awh atipouh.Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Jisuh ni, hete tui ka net e pueng teh tui bout a kahran han rah.Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14Kai ni ka poe hane tui ka net e tami teh, nâtuek hai tui bout kahran mahoeh toe. Hothloilah Kai ni ka poe hane tui teh, a yungyoe ditouh ka phuek e tuikahring lah ao han telah bout atipouh.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.”

15Napui ni, Bawipa, kai hai tui bout kahran hoe nahan hoi hie hmuen koe tuido hanlah bout ka tho hoeh nahanelah hote tui na poe haw atipouh.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.”

16Jisuh ni cet nateh na vâ kaw nateh, hi bout tho ei atipouh.Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Napui nihai, kai ka vâ ka tawn hoeh atipouh, Jisuh ni ka vâ ka tawn hoeh na tie teh atang doeh,“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18Hatei, na vâ panga touh na tawn toe. Atu na okhai e hai na vâ katang nahoeh bokheiyah, atipouh.In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Napui nihai, Bawipa, nang teh profet lah na o tie ka panue.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Kaimae mintoenaw teh hete mon dawk Cathut a bawk awh. Hatei, nangmouh Judahnaw ni teh Jerusalem kho dawk dueng doeh Cathut ka bawk awh ouk na ti awh, atipouh.Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Jisuh ni, napui nang, ka lawk yuem haw. Hete mon koe cet laipalah, Jerusalem kho hai cet laipalah Cathut bawk nahane atueng a pha han toe.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Rungngangnae teh Judahnaw koehoi a tâco dawkvah, kaimouh teh kamamouh ni ka panue awh e hah ka bawk awh. Nangmouh teh namamouh ni na panue awh hoeh e hah na bawk awh.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Ka bawk katangnaw ni Pa hah muitha hoi lawkkatang hoi bawknae a tue atu a pha toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh hottelah bawk hanelah doeh Pa ni a ngainae ao.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.

24Cathut teh Muitha lah ao dawkvah, ka bawk e pueng ni teh muitha hoi lawkkatang hoi a bawk awh han atipouh.God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Napui ni hai Khrih tie Messiah a tho han tie ka panue. Ama a tho hnin toteh bangpueng kaimouh koe a pâpho han, atipouh.The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Jisuh ni, ahni teh kai doeh, atu nang hoi lawk kâpan e teh Messiah doeh atipouh.Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Hatnavah a hnukkâbangnaw a tho awh teh hote napui hoi a kâpan e hah a hmu awh navah a kângairu awh. Hatei, bangmaw a ngai, hote napui hoi bangkongmaw lawk a kâpan roi tie hah apinihai pacei hoeh.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?”

28Hote napui ni tuium a ceitakhai teh kho thung lah a cei.Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29Kaie ka to ka sak e naw pheng ka panuek e tami heh khenhaw! ahni teh Messiah tie Khrih paka han doeh, telah taminaw hah a dei pouh.“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Kho thung e taminaw teh, Jisuh koe a tho awh.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Hatnae tueng dawk a hnukkâbangnaw ni Rabbi bu cat ei, atipouh awh.Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Hatei, nangmouh ni na panue hoeh e cakawi kai koe ao, atipouh.But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33A hnukkâbangnaw ni, tami buetbuet touh ni rawca a la poe toung ma aw ti teh a kâ pacei awh.So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Jisuh ni, kai na kapatounkung e a ngainae tawk e hoi ahnie thaw cum e doeh kaie rawca lah ao.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Nangmouh ni canga nahan thapa yung pali touh a ngai rah na ti awh nahoehmaw. Kai ni ka dei e teh lawnaw hah khenhaw. Canga hane coungkacoelah koung a hmin toe.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.

36Cang ka a kung ni kutphu a hmu teh yungyoe hring nahanelah capai dawk a pâkhueng awh. Hatdawkvah cati ka patue e hoi cang ka a e teh reirei a konawm awh han.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Tami buet touh ni a patue, buet touh ni a a telah dei e heh hitueng vah a kuep.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Nangmouh ni thaw na tawkhoehnae lawhmuen koevah canga hanlah na kâ patoun awh, ayâ ni a tawk tangcoung e nangmouh ni youn na pang awh, atipouh.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.”

39Samaria napui ni vah, kaie ka tawksak e pueng ahni ni be a pâpho tie a dei dawkvah kho thung kaawm e Samaria taminaw ni Jisuh hah a yuem awh.Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Hatdawkvah Samarianaw ni hai Jisuh koe a cei awh teh ahnimouh koe hnin o hanelah a haw awh. Hawvah hnin hni touh a roe.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Ama e lawk khei a thai awh dawkvah taminaw pueng ni a tang awh.And many more believed because of His message.

42Hote napui koevah, nang ni na dei dawk dueng yuem e tho hoeh. Ama e a lawk khei ka thai awh dawkvah, hete tami teh talaivan rungngangkung Bawi Messiah tie atuvah ka panue awh toe atipouh awh.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.”

43Hnin hni touh aloum hoi haw hoi a tâco teh, Nazareth kho a roun teh Galilee ram lah a cei.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44Bangkongtetpawiteh, profet teh ama khovah barinae awmhoeh telah Jisuh ma ni ati.Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Galilee lah a pha navah ahnimouh ni Bawipa teh a dawn awh, bangkongtetpawiteh ahnimouh hai pawi koe a cei awh van teh, Jerusalem kho pawi koevah Jisuh ni a sak e hnonaw pueng hah a hmu awh.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.

46Tui he misurtui lah a coung saknae Galilee ram kanâ khovah bout a pha. Hatnavah Kapernuam kho e kalaw bawi buet touh e a capa teh a pataw.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.

47Jisuh hah Judah ram hoi Galilee ram lah a pha tie hote kalaw bawi ni a thai navah, Jisuh koe a cei teh, meimei kadout e a ca damnae a hmu thai nahanelah a kaw.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.

48Jisuh ni nangmouh ni mithmu kângairunae na hmawt awh hoehpawiteh na yuem a mahoeh atipouh.Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Bawipa, ka capa a due hoehnahlan uren tho ei, telah kalaw bawi ni atipouh.“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Jisuh ni cet leih, na capa teh yo a dam toe atipouh nah, kalaw bawi ni hai a yuem teh a cei.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51A cei lahun nah a vaicanaw ni a dawn awh teh, na capa yo a dam toe atipouh awh.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Nâtuek maw damnae a hmu titeh a pacei navah paduem tangmin suimilam sari nah atipouh awh.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.”

53Hote tueng teh Jisuh ni na capa a dam toe tinae tueng doeh tie a na pa ni a panue dawkvah, ama hoi imthungkhu abuemlah ni a yuem awh.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.

54Hete mitnout teh Jisuh ni Judah hoi Galilee lah a cei hnukkhu avai hni nah e a sak e doeh.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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