1 Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (although Jesus himself didn’t baptize, but his disciples), 3 he left Judea and departed into Galilee. 4 He needed to pass through Samaria. 5 So he came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.*4:6 noon

7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink." 8 For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.

9 The 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.)

10 Jesus 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."

11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. So where do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his children and his livestock?"

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

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

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

17 The woman answered, "I have no husband."

Jesus said to her, "You said well, ‘I have no husband,’ 18 for you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband. This you have said truly."

19 The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."

21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

25 The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming, he who is called Christ.*4:25 "Messiah" (Hebrew) and "Christ" (Greek) both mean "Anointed One". When he has come, he will declare to us all things."

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

27 Just then, 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?" 28 So the woman left her water pot, went away into the city, and said to the people, 29 "Come, see a man who told me everything that I have done. Can this be the Christ?" 30 They went out of the city, and were coming to him.

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

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

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

34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. 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. 36 He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. 37 For in this the saying is true, ‘One sows, and another reaps.’ 38 I sent you to reap that for which you haven’t labored. Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

39 From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, "He told me everything that I have done." 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days. 41 Many more believed because of his word. 42 They 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."

43 After the two days he went out from there and went into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. 45 So 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. 46 Jesus 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. 47 When 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. 48 Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."

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

50 Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way. 51 As he was going down, his servants met him and reported, saying "Your child lives!" 52 So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour,*4:52 1:00 p.m. the fever left him." 53 So 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. 54 This is again the second sign that Jesus did, having come out of Judea into Galilee.

1 Jeesus sai teada, et variserideni on jõudnud kuuldus, nagu oleks ta kogunud ja ristinud rohkem jüngreid kui Johannes. 2 Kuid tegelikult Jeesus ise ei ristinud, vaid tema jüngrid. 3 Ta lahkus Juudamaalt ja suundus uuesti tagasi Galileasse.

4 Selleks pidi ta minema läbi Samaaria. 5 Nii jõudis ta Samaaria linnani nimega Sühhar, selle maavalduse lähedale, mille Jaakob oli kinkinud oma pojale Joosepile. 6 Sealsamas asub ka Jaakobi kaev, mille kõrvale Jeesus istuski teekäigust väsinuna. Oli kuues tund*4:6 Kuues tund on keskpäev..

7 Peagi tuli üks samaaria naine vett võtma. „Anna mulle juua!" palus Jeesus teda. 8 Sest Jeesuse jüngrid olid läinud linna toitu hankima.

9 „Kuidas sina, juut, palud vett minult, Samaaria naiselt?" imestas naine. (Sest juutidel ei tohtinud samaarlastega midagi tegemist olla.)

10 Jeesus vastas talle: „Kui sa ainult teaksid, mida Jumalal on anda ja kes see on, kes küsib sinult juua, siis sa oleksid teda palunud ja ta oleks sulle elavat vett andnud."

11 „Isand, sul ei ole ju ämbrit, millega vett ammutada," ütles naine, „ja see kaev on sügav. Kust sa siis saad seda elavat vett? 12 Või oled sa suurem kui meie isa Jaakob, kes andis meile kaevu, jõi sellest ise ning jõid ka tema pojad ja kariloomad?"

13 „Igaüks, kes joob seda vett," vastas Jeesus talle, „tunneb varsti jälle janu. 14 Aga kes joob vett, mida mina annan, ei tunne enam iialgi janu. Minu antud vesi muutub tema sees veeallikaks, millest voolab vett igaveseks eluks."

15 „Isand, anna mulle seda vett," ütles naine, „et ma ei peaks janu tundma ega käima siit vett toomas!"

16 „Mine kutsu oma mees ja tule tagasi!" käskis Jeesus.

17 „Mul pole meest," vastas naine. „Sa ütlesid õigesti, et sul pole meest," ütles Jeesus. 18 „Sest viis meest on sul olnud ja see, kes sul praegu on, ei ole sinu mees. See on tõsi!"

19 „Isand, ma näen, et sa oled prohvet," ütles naine. 20 „Meie esiisad ülistasid Jumalat sellel mäel*4:20 Mõeldud on Gerizimi mäge, mis on Jaakobi kaevu juurest näha. Selle lähedale Sekemisse püstitas Aabraham oma esimese altari tõotatud maal., aga teie, juudid, ütlete, et Jeruusalemm on koht, kus peab Jumalat ülistama."

21 „Usu mind, naine," ütles Jeesus. „Tuleb aeg, mil te ei kummarda Isa enam sellel mäel ega Jeruusalemmas. 22 Teie, samaarlased, kummardate seda, keda te ei tunne. Meie teame, keda me kummardame, sest pääste tuleb juutidelt. 23 Tuleb aeg, ja see on juba tulnud, mil tõelised ülistajad teenivad Isa vaimus ja tões. Just sääraseid ülistajaid otsib Isa. 24 Jumal on Vaim ja kes teda ülistab, peab seda tegema vaimus ja tões."

25 Naine ütles: „Ma tean, et tuleb Messias" (keda kutsutakse Kristuseks). „Kui tema tuleb, siis ta seletab meile kõik."

26 „Mina, kes ma sinuga räägin, olengi see," ütles Jeesus talle.

27 Just siis jõudsid jüngrid tagasi ja olid üllatunud, nähes Jeesust naisterahvaga rääkimas. Siiski ei küsinud ükski neist: „Mis tal vaja on?" või „Miks sa temaga räägid?"

28 Ent naine jättis oma veekannu kaevu juurde, tõttas linna ja rääkis kõigile:

29 „Tulge vaatama meest, kes ütles mulle kõik, mis ma iial olen teinud! Kas ehk tema ongi Messias?"

30 Seepeale tulid teisedki selle linna elanikud Jeesuse juurde.

31 Samal ajal käisid jüngrid Jeesusele peale, öeldes: „Rabi, söö midagi!"

32 Tema aga ütles neile: „Mul on toitu, millest teie midagi ei tea."

33 Siis arutasid jüngrid isekeskis: „Kas keegi on talle süüa toonud?"

34 Jeesus ütles neile: „Minu toit on see, et ma täidan selle tahtmist, kes mind on läkitanud, ja viin lõpule tema töö. 35 Kas teil ei ole ütlust „Veel on neli kuud, ja alles siis tuleb lõikus"? Aga mina ütlen teile, avage oma silmad ja vaadake põlde! Need on lõikuseks küpsed! 36 Juba praegu saab lõikaja palka ja kogub vilja igavesse ellu, et külvaja ja lõikaja võiksid rõõmustada üheskoos. 37 Ega ilmaasjata öelda, et üks külvab, aga teine lõikab. 38 Mina saadan teid lõikama sealt, kus teie ei ole vaeva näinud. Teised on näinud vaeva, teie lõikate nende töö vilja."

39 Aga paljud samaarlased sellest linnast hakkasid uskuma Jeesusesse temaga rääkinud naise tunnistuse pärast: „Ta ütles mulle kõik, mis ma iial olen teinud!" 40 Kui samaarlased nüüd Jeesuse juurde tulid, käisid nad talle peale, et ta jääks nende linna. Ja Jeesus jäigi sinna kaheks päevaks, 41 ning veel paljud hakkasid uskuma, kui nad tema sõnu kuulsid.

42 Naisele, kes oli rääkinud neile Jeesusest, ütlesid nad: „Nüüd me usume mitte enam sinu jutu pärast, vaid me oleme teda ise kuulnud ja teame, et tema on tõepoolest maailma Päästja."

43 Kahe päeva pärast läks Jeesus edasi Galileasse. 44 Ta oli varem ise öelnud, et ühtki prohvetit ei tunnustata tema kodumaal. 45 Kui ta nüüd Galileasse tuli, tervitasid inimesed teda rõõmuga, sest nad olid käinud paasapühade ajal Jeruusalemmas ja näinud kõike, mida Jeesus oli teinud.

46 Jeesus läks uuesti Kaanasse Galileamaal, kus ta oli muutnud vee veiniks. Samal ajal oli seal keegi kuninga ametnik, kelle poeg oli Kapernaumas haige. 47 Kuuldes, et Jeesus on tulnud Juudamaalt Galileasse, läks ta tema juurde ja palus, et Jeesus tuleks Kapernauma ja teeks terveks tema poja, kes oli suremas.

48 Jeesus ütles: „Ükski teist ei usu muidu, kui ta ei näe tunnustähti ja imesid!"

49 Ametnik aga palus: „Issand, tule enne, kui mu laps sureb!"

50 „Mine koju, su poeg jääb ellu," vastas Jeesus talle.

Mees uskus tema sõna ja läks koju. 51 Juba tee peal tulid sulased talle vastu ning teatasid, et ta poeg elab. 52 Siis ta uuris nende käest, millal poiss oli paranema hakanud. „Eile seitsmendal tunnil kadus tal äkki palavik," vastasid nad.

53 Nüüd meenus poisi isale, et just sel ajal oli Jeesus talle öelnud: „Sinu poeg jääb ellu!" Nii sai usklikuks see ametnik ja kogu ta pere.

54 See oli Jeesuse teine tunnustäht, mille ta andis pärast Juudamaalt Galileasse tulekut.