John 4 (TDX) · Opened

1Aa ie niarofoana’ i Talè te jinanji’ o Fariseoo te namory naho nandipotse mpioke maro te amy Jaona t’Iesoà,When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John

2(Toe tsy nampilipotse t’Iesoà, fa o mpiama’eo.)(although it was not Jesus who baptized, but His disciples),

3le nienga Iehodà re nibalike mb’e Galilia añe,He left Judea and returned to Galilee.

4f’ie tsi-mete tsy niranga i Samaria;Now He had to pass through Samaria.

5aa le nivotrak’ an-drova’ i Samaria atao Sikara re, marine’ ty toetse natolo’ Iakobe am’ Iosefe ana’e.So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.

6Teo ty vovo’ Iakobe. Nivozak’ amy fañavelo’ey t’Iesoà le niambesatse amy vovoñey; ie fa ho oram-paheneñe.Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.

7Nimb’eo amy zao ty rakemba nte-Samaria hitari-drano, le hoe t’Iesoà ama’e: Anjotsò rano iraho.When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”

8(fa nihitrik’ mb’an-drova añe o mpiama’eo hikalo mahakama.)(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food.)

9Aa hoe i rakemba nte-Samariay ama’e: Aa vaho akore te Ihe Jiosy, ro mipay rano amako: izaho ampela nte Samaria? (amy te tsy mifañaoñe amo nte-Samariao o Jiosio.)“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.)

10Le hoe ty natoi’ Iesoà, Naho nifohi’o ty falalàn’ Añahare naho o nanao ama’o ty hoe: Anjotsò rano, le ho nihalalia’o vaho ho nanjotsoa’e rano veloñe.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.”

11Hoe re tama’e: O Aba, tsy amam-pavintan-dRehe, laleke o vovoñeo, aia ty hahazoa’o ze o ranon-kaveloñe zao?“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?

12Ihe hao ro bey te am’ Iakobe raen-tika nanolots’ anay ty vovoñe tìañe, ie nikamae’ o ana’eo naho o hare’eo?Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock?”

13Natoi’ Iesoà ty hoe, Ze minoñe ty rano toy mbe haran-drano avao,Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.

14fe tsy ho taliñiereñe ka ty mikama i rano homeiko azey; i rano hatoloko azey, le ho vovon-drano ama’e ao higoangoañe mb’an-kaveloñe nainai’e.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.”

15Hoe i rakembay tama’e, O Aba, meo ahy i rano zay tsy haran-dranoako naho tsy hitohàko mb’etoa hitarike.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.”

16Hoe re tama’e: Akia, kanjio ty vali’o le mb’etoa.Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”

17Tinoi’ i rakembay ty hoe: Tsy amam-baly iraho. Hoe t’Iesoà tama’e: To i asa’oy te tsy amam-baly;“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.

18ie nanam-baly lime naho tsy vali’o i ama’o henaneoy. Mahity i enta’oy.In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

19Hoe i rakembay tama’e, O Aba, apotako te mpitoky irehe.“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.

20Fitalahoan-droae’ay ty vohitse toy, fa hoe ka nahareo te e Ierosaleme ao ty toem-pitalahoa’ ondatio.Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”

21Hoe t’Iesoà tama’e: O rakembao, atokiso, ho tondroke ty sa tsy hitalahoa’ areo aman-dRae, ke ami’ty vohitse toy he e Ierosaleme ao.“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.

22Tsy fohi’ areo ty iambanea’ areo fe fanta’ay ty italahoa’ay amy te boak’ amo Jiosio ty fandrombahañe.You worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.

23Fa ho tendreke ty ora, naho toe ie henaneo, te hitalaho aman-dRae an-troke naho an-katò o toe mpitalahoo; ie ro paian-dRae hitalaho ama’e.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.

24Arofo t’i Andrianañahare, le tsi-mahay tsy hitalaho añ’ arofo naho an-katò o mpitalaho ama’eo.God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”

25Hoe i rakembay tama’e: Apotako te hitotsak’ atoy t’i Mesia (i atao Norizañey); ie avy ro ho taroñe’e amantika ze he’e.The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”

26Hoe t’Iesoà tama’e: Ie izaho mirehak’ ama’o.Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

27Niloneak’ amy zao o mpiama’eo le nilatsa te ie nifanaontsy ami’ty rakemba, fe leo raike tsy nañontane aze ty hoe: Ino ty paia’o? ndra: Akore te isaontsia’o?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?”

28Nado’ i rakembay i vatavo’ey vaho nienga mb’an-drova ao nitalily am’ondatio ty hoe:Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,

29Antao hahaoniñe t’indaty nitalily amako ze fonga satako. Hera ie i Norizañey?“Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ?”

30Niakatse i rovay iereo, nimb’ama’e mb’eo.So they left the town and made their way toward Jesus.

31Nanohiñ’ aze amy zao o mpiama’eo, nanao ty hoe: O Talè, mikamà.Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”

32Fe hoe ty nanoa’e: Aman-kànen-ko haneñe tsy fohi’ areo iraho.But He told them, “I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

33Aa le nifamesoveso ty hoe o mpiama’eo: Hera teo ty nanjotso ama’e?So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”

34Hoe t’Iesoà tam’ iereo, Ty haneko, le ty manao ze satri’ i nañitrik’ Ahiy vaho ty hañeneke o fitoloña’eo.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

35Tsy fisaontsi’ areo hao ty hoe: Mbe añe ty efa-bolañe vaho ho toly ty sabo? Inao ty itaroñako: ampiandrao fihaino, le taringìto o tetekeo t’ie rifo te ho tataheñe henanekeo.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.

36Fa mitakatse ty rima’e o mpanatakeo, naho manontom-boa ho an-kaveloñe nainai’e, soa te hitrao-pirebeke ty mpitongy naho ty mpanatake.Already the reaper draws his wages and gathers a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.

37Izay ty mahatò ty tsara manao ty hoe: Mitongy ty raike vaho manatake ty ila’e.For in this case the saying ‘One sows and another reaps’ is true.

38Nahitriko hanatake ty tsy nimokora’ areo; o ila’eo ty nifanehake vaho niziliha’areo i nivozaha’ iareoy.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.”

39Aa le maro amo nte Samaria hirik’ amy rovaio ty niantok’ aze ty amy enta’ i rakembaiy nanao ty hoe: Natalili’e ahiko ze fonga sata nanoeko.Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.”

40Aa le nimb’ ama’e mb’eo o nte Samariao nihalaly ama’e ty hañialo am’iereo, vaho niambesatse ao roe andro re.So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.

41Maro ka ty niantoke ty amo tsara’eo,And many more believed because of His message.

42naho nanao ty hoe amy rakembay: Tsy i saontsi’oy avao ty mampiantok’ anay, fa nahajanjiñe ka izahay, vaho rendre’ay te toe ie i Norizañey, i Mpandrombake ty voatse toiy.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.”

43Ie heròne, le nienga mb’e Galilia añe.After two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

44(Toe fa natalili’ Iesoà te tsi-vara an-tane’e ty mpitoky.)Now He Himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own hometown.

45Aa ie nandoake e Galilia ao le nampihovae’ o nte Galiliao —ie fa niisa’ iareo o raha iaby nanoe’e e Ierosaleme añe amy sabadidakeio, toe namonje’ i sabadidakey ka iereo.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.

46Aa le niherem-b’e Kana’ i Galilia t’Iesoà, mb’amy nanoe’e rano ho divay añey. Teo ty roandriañe, te natindri’ ty rare e Kapernaome ao ty ana-dahi’e.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.

47Aa ie jinanji’e te nienga Iehodà mb’e Galilia mb’eo t’Iesoà, le niheo mb’eo le nihalalia’e ty hizotso mb’eo hañafake i ana’e fa heta’ey.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.

48Le hoe t’Iesoà tama’e: Naho tsy mahaonim-biloñe naho halatsàñe nahareo, le tsy miantok’ avao.Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”

49Fe nanoa’ i roandriañey ty hoe: O Aba, ehe mizotsoa, tsy mone hivetrake i anakoy.“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”

50Hoe t’Iesoà ama’e: Akia, veloñe i ana’oy. Natokisa’ indatiy i nitsaràe’ Iesoà ama’ey le nimpoly.“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.

51Ie nizotso mb’eo, le nifanalaka ama’e o mpitoro’eo, nitalily te veloñe i ana’ey.And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.

52Aa le nañontanea’e ty ora nitsaitsaihe’e, le hoe iereo ama’e: Omale amy ora faha-fitoy te niafak’ ama’e i firemporempoañey.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.”

53Nifohin-drae’e t’ie i ora nitsarà’ Iesoà ty hoe: Veloñe i ana’oy. Le niantoke re rekets’ o añ’anjomba’e iabio.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.

54Izay ty viloñe faha-roe nanoe’ Iesoà sikal’ amy niakara’e Iehodà mb’e Galilia añey.This was now the second sign that Jesus performed after coming from Judea into Galilee.

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