¹Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

¹እንግዲህ። ኢየሱስ ከዮሐንስ ይልቅ ደቀ መዛሙርት ያደርጋል ያጠምቅማል ማለትን ፈሪሳውያን እንደ ሰሙ ጌታ ባወቀ ጊዜ፥

²(although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples),

²ይሁዳን ትቶ ወደ ገሊላ ደግሞ ሄደ፤ ዳሩ ግን ደቀ መዛሙርቱ እንጂ ኢየሱስ ራሱ አላጠመቀም።

³he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.

⁴በሰማርያም ሊያልፍ ግድ ሆነበት።

⁴He needed to pass through Samaria.

⁵ስለዚህ ያዕቆብ ለልጁ ለዮሴፍ በሰጠው ስፍራ አጠገብ ወደምትሆን ሲካር ወደምትባል የሰማርያ ከተማ መጣ፤

⁵So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.

⁶በዚያም የያዕቆብ ጕድጓድ ነበረ። ኢየሱስም መንገድ ከመሄድ ደክሞ በጕድጓድ አጠገብ እንዲህ ተቀመጠ፤ ጊዜውም ስድስት ሰዓት ያህል ነበረ።

⁶Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour noon .

⁷ከሰማርያ አንዲት ሴት ውኃ ልትቀዳ መጣች። ኢየሱስም። ውኃ አጠጪኝ አላት፤

⁷A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”

⁸ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ምግብ ሊገዙ ወደ ከተማ ሄደው ነበርና።

⁸For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

⁹ስለዚህ ሳምራዊቲቱ። አንተ የይሁዳ ሰው ስትሆን ሳምራዊት ሴት ከምሆን ከእኔ መጠጥ እንዴት ትለምናለህ? አለችው፤ አይሁድ ከሳምራውያን ጋር አይተባበሩም ነበርና።

⁹The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, “How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

¹⁰ኢየሱስ መልሶ። የእግዚአብሔርን ስጦታና። ውኃ አጠጪኝ የሚልሽ ማን መሆኑንስ ብታውቂ፥ አንቺ ትለምኚው ነበርሽ የሕይወትም ውኃ ይሰጥሽ ነበር አላት።

¹⁰Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”

¹¹ሴቲቱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ መቅጃ የለህም ጕድጓዱም ጥልቅ ነው፤ እንግዲህ የሕይወት ውኃ ከወዴት ታገኛለህ?

¹¹The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?

¹²በእውኑ አንተ ይህን ጕድጓድ ከሰጠን ከአባታችን ከያዕቆብ ትበልጣለህን? ራሱም ልጆቹም ከብቶቹም ከዚህ ጠጥተዋል አለችው።

¹²Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?”

¹³ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ከዚህ ውኃ የሚጠጣ ሁሉ እንደ ገና ይጠማል፤

¹³Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,

¹⁴እኔ ከምሰጠው ውኃ የሚጠጣ ሁሉ ግን ለዘላለም አይጠማም፥ እኔ የምሰጠው ውኃ በእርሱ ውስጥ ለዘላለም ሕይወት የሚፈልቅ የውኃ ምንጭ ይሆናል እንጂ አላት።

¹⁴ but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

¹⁵ሴቲቱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ እንዳልጠማ ውኃም ልቀዳ ወደዚህ እንዳልመጣ ይህን ውኃ ስጠኝ አለችው።

¹⁵The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”

¹⁶ኢየሱስም። ሂጂና ባልሽን ጠርተሽ ወደዚህ ነዪ አላት።

¹⁶Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”

¹⁷ሴቲቱ መልሳ። ባል የለኝም አለችው። ኢየሱስ። ባል የለኝም በማለትሽ መልካም ተናገርሽ፤

¹⁷The woman answered, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You said well, ‘I have no husband,’

¹⁸አምስት ባሎች ነበሩሽና፥ አሁን ከአንቺ ጋር ያለው ባልሽ አይደለም፤ በዚህስ እውነት ተናገርሽ አላት።

¹⁸ for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly.”

¹⁹ሴቲቱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ ነቢይ እንደ ሆንህ አያለሁ።

¹⁹The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.

²⁰አባቶቻችን በዚህ ተራራ ሰገዱ፤ እናንተም። ሰው ሊሰግድበት የሚገባው ስፍራ በኢየሩሳሌም ነው ትላላችሁ አለችው።

²⁰Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”

²¹ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላት። አንቺ ሴት፥ እመኚኝ፥ በዚህ ተራራ ወይም በኢየሩሳሌም ለአብ የማትሰግዱበት ጊዜ ይመጣል።

²¹Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.

²²እናንተስ ለማታውቁት ትሰግዳላችሁ፤ እኛ መዳን ከአይሁድ ነውና ለምናውቀው እንሰግዳለን።

²² You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.

²³ነገር ግን በእውነት የሚሰግዱ ለአብ በመንፈስና በእውነት የሚሰግዱበት ጊዜ ይመጣል አሁንም ሆኖአል፤ አብ ሊሰግዱለት እንደ እነዚህ ያሉትን ይሻልና፤

²³ But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.

²⁴እግዚአብሔር መንፈስ ነው፥ የሚሰግዱለትም በመንፈስና በእውነት ሊሰግዱለት ያስፈልጋቸዋል።

²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

²⁵ሴቲቱ። ክርስቶስ የሚባል መሲሕ እንዲመጣ አውቃለሁ፤ እርሱ ሲመጣ ሁሉን ይነግረናል አለችው።

²⁵The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes,” (he who is called Christ). “When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”

²⁶ኢየሱስ። የምናገርሽ እኔ እርሱ ነኝ አላት።

²⁶Jesus said to her, “I am he, the one who speaks to you.”

²⁷በዚያም ጊዜ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ መጡና ከሴት ጋር በመነጋገሩ ተደነቁ፤ ነገር ግን። ምን ትፈልጊያለሽ? ወይም። ስለ ምን ትናገራታለህ? ያለ ማንም አልነበረም።

²⁷At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, “What are you looking for?” or, “Why do you speak with her?”

²⁸ሴቲቱም እንስራዋን ትታ ወደ ከተማ ሄደች ለሰዎችም።

²⁸So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people,

²⁹ያደረግሁትን ሁሉ የነገረኝን ሰው ኑና እዩ፤ እንጃ እርሱ ክርስቶስ ይሆንን? አለች።

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

³⁰ከከተማ ወጥተው ወደ እርሱ ይመጡ ነበር።

³⁰They went out of the city, and were coming to him.

³¹ይህም ሲሆን ሳለ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። መምህር ሆይ፥ ብላ ብለው ለመኑት።

³¹In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.”

³²እርሱ ግን። እናንተ የማታውቁት የምበላው መብል ለእኔ አለኝ አላቸው።

³²But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you don’t know about.”

³³ስለዚህ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። የሚበላው አንዳች ሰው አምጥቶለት ይሆንን? ተባባሉ።

³³The disciples therefore said one to another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?”

³⁴ኢየሱስም እንዲህ አላቸው። የእኔስ መብል የላከኝን ፈቃድ አደርግ ዘንድ ሥራውንም እፈጽም ዘንድ ነው።

³⁴Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.

³⁵እናንተ። ገና አራት ወር ቀርቶአል መከርም ይመጣል ትሉ የለምን? እነሆ እላችኋለሁ፥ ዓይናችሁን አንሡ አዝመራውም አሁን እንደ ነጣ እርሻውን ተመልከቱ።

³⁵ Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.

³⁶የሚያጭድ ደመወዝን ይቀበላል፥ የሚዘራና የሚያጭድም አብረው ደስ እንዲላቸው ለዘላለም ሕይወት ፍሬን ይሰበስባል።

³⁶ He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to eternal life; that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

³⁷አንዱ ይዘራል አንዱም ያጭዳል የሚለው ቃል በዚህ እውነት ሆኖአልና።

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

³⁸እኔም እናንተ ያልደከማችሁበትን ታጭዱ ዘንድ ሰደድኋችሁ፤ ሌሎች ደከሙ እናንተም በድካማቸው ገባችሁ።

³⁸ I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor.”

³⁹ሴቲቱም። ያደረግሁትን ሁሉ ነገረኝ ብላ ስለ መሰከረችው ቃል ከዚያች ከተማ የሰማርያ ሰዎች ብዙ አመኑበት።

³⁹From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I did.”

⁴⁰የሰማርያ ሰዎችም ወደ እርሱ በመጡ ጊዜ በእነርሱ ዘንድ እንዲኖር ለመኑት፤ በዚያም ሁለት ቀን ያህል ኖረ።

⁴⁰So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.

⁴¹ስለ ቃሉ ከፊተኞች ይልቅ ብዙ ሰዎች አመኑ፤

⁴¹Many more believed because of his word.

⁴²ሴቲቱንም። አሁን የምናምን ስለ ቃልሽ አይደለም፥ እኛ ራሳችን ሰምተነዋልና፤ እርሱም በእውነት ክርስቶስ የዓለም መድኃኒት እንደ ሆነ እናውቃለን ይሉአት ነበር።

⁴²They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”

⁴³ከሁለቱ ቀኖችም በኋላ ከዚያ ወጥቶ ወደ ገሊላ ሄደ።

⁴³After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee.

⁴⁴ነቢይ በገዛ አገሩ እንዳይከበር ኢየሱስ ራሱ መስክሮአልና።

⁴⁴For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

⁴⁵ወደ ገሊላም በመጣ ጊዜ፥ የገሊላ ሰዎች ራሳቸው ደግሞ ለበዓል መጥተው ነበርና በበዓል በኢየሩሳሌም ያደረገውን ሁሉ ስላዩ ተቀበሉት።

⁴⁵So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.

⁴⁶ኢየሱስም ውኃውን የወይን ጠጅ ወዳደረገባት ወደ ገሊላ ቃና ዳግመኛ መጣ። በቅፍርናሆምም ልጁ የታመመበት ከንጉሥ ቤት አንድ ሹም ነበረ።

⁴⁶Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.

⁴⁷እርሱም ኢየሱስ ከይሁዳ ወደ ገሊላ እንደ መጣ ሰምቶ ልጁ ሊሞት ስላለው ወደ እርሱ ሄደ ወርዶም እንዲፈውስለት ለመነው።

⁴⁷When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him, and begged him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death.

⁴⁸ስለዚህም ኢየሱስ። ምልክትና ድንቅ ነገር ካላያችሁ ከቶ አታምኑም አለው።

⁴⁸Jesus therefore said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe.”

⁴⁹ሹሙም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ብላቴናዬ ሳይሞት ውረድ አለው።

⁴⁹The nobleman said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.”

⁵⁰ኢየሱስም። ሂድ፤ ልጅህ በሕይወት አለ አለው። ሰውዬውም ኢየሱስ የነገረውን ቃል አምኖ ሄደ።

⁵⁰Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.

⁵¹እርሱም ሲወርድ ሳለ ባሮቹ ተገናኙትና። ብላቴናህ በሕይወት አለ ብለው ነገሩት።

⁵¹As he was now going down, his servants met him and reported, saying “Your child lives!”

⁵²እርሱም በጎ የሆነበትን ሰዓት ጠየቃቸው፤ እነርሱም። ትናንት በሰባት ሰዓት ንዳዱ ለቀቀው አሉት።

⁵²So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, 1:00 P. M. the fever left him.”

⁵³አባቱም ኢየሱስ። ልጅህ በሕይወት አለ ባለው በዚያ ሰዓት እንደ ሆነ አወቀ፤ እርሱም ከቤተ ሰዎቹ ሁሉ ጋር አመነ።

⁵³So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house.

⁵⁴ይህም ደግሞ ኢየሱስ ከይሁዳ ወደ ገሊላ መጥቶ ያደረገው ሁለተኛ ምልክት ነው።

⁵⁴This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.