John 4

Chapter 4.

4 ¹ So wen Jesus sabi say di Pharisee dem don hear say im dey make and baptize plenty disciple pass John ² (although na Jesus imsef no dey baptize, but na im disciple dem) ³ im comot for Judea and go back to Galilee. ⁴ And e must pass through Samaria. ⁵ So im reach one town for Samaria wey dem dey call Sychar, wey near di piece of land wey Jacob give im pikin Joseph. ⁶ Jacob well dey dia. Jesus, wey tire from di journey, sidon for di well—around afternoon-time. ^a a v6 If you count from wen sun rise, di sixth hour na around afternoon-time.

⁷ One woman of Samaria come draw water. Jesus tell am, "Give me water make I drink."

⁸ (Because im disciple dem don enter di town go buy food.)

⁹ Di Samaria woman tell am, "You be Jew; why you dey ask me, wey be Samaria woman, for water?" (Jew dem no dey mix wit Samaria people.)

¹⁰ Jesus answer am, "If you know our Papa gift, and who be di one wey dey ask you, ‘Give me water make I drink,’ you for don ask am, and im for don give you living water."

¹¹ Di woman tell am, "Oga, you no get anytin to draw wit, and di well deep. So wia you wan take get dis living water?" ¹² Abi you big pass our papa Jacob, wey give us di well, wey imsef sef drink from am, wit im pikin dem and im animal dem?

¹³ Jesus tell am, "Everybody wey drink dis water go thirsty again, ¹⁴ but anybody wey drink di water wey I go give am no go ever thirsty again; dat water go turn insai am one spring of water wey dey burst up to life wey no dey end."

¹⁵ Di woman tell am, "Oga, give me dis water, so dat I no go thirsty or come here again to draw water."

¹⁶ Jesus tell am, "Go, call your husband, and come back here."

¹⁷ Di woman answer, "I no get husband." Jesus tell am, "You talk true say you no get husband."

¹⁸ Because you don get five husband, and di man wey you get now no be your husband. You don talk di truth.

¹⁹ Di woman tell am, "Oga, I see say you be prophet. ²⁰ Our papa dem worship for dis mountain, but una dey talk say na Jerusalem be di place wey people must worship.

²¹ Jesus tell am, "Woman, believe me: one hour dey come wen una no go worship di Papa for dis mountain, or for Jerusalem." ²² Una dey worship wetin una no know; we dey worship wetin we know—salvation come from di Jew dem. ²³ But time dey come, and e don reach now sef, wen di true worshipper dem go worship di Papa for spirit and truth—because na dis kind worshipper di Papa dey find. ²⁴ Di Papa na spirit, and dem wey dey worship am must worship for spirit and truth." ^b b v24 For dis whole passage Jesus dey teach about worship of di Papa; di One wey im nature na spirit na di same Papa wey dey find true worshipper dem.

²⁵ Di woman tell am, "I sabi say Messiah—di one wey dem dey call Christ—dey come. Wen im come, im go tell us everytin."

²⁶ Jesus tell am, "Na me be am — di one wey dey talk to you."

²⁷ Dat same time im disciple dem come back, and dem surprise say im dey talk wit woman. But nobody talk, "Wetin you want?" or, "Why you dey talk wit am?" ²⁸ So di woman leave im water pot and go back to di town, and tell di people, ²⁹ "Come, come see one man wey tell me everytin wey I don ever do. Abi dis one fit be di Christ?" ³⁰ Dem comot from di town and dey come meet am.

³¹ Meanwhile im disciple dem dey beg am, "Rabbi, chop somtin."

³² But im tell dem, "I get food wey I dey chop wey una no sabi anytin about am."

³³ So di disciple dem dey ask each oda, "Abi person don bring somtin give am chop?"

³⁴ Jesus tell dem, "My food na to do di will of di One wey send me and to finish im work." ³⁵ Abi una no dey talk say, ‘Four month remain, den harvest go come’? Look, I dey tell una: raise una eye, see di farm dem—dem don white for harvest. ³⁶ Di one wey dey harvest don dey collect im pay, dey gada fruit for life wey no dey end, so dat di one wey plant and di one wey harvest go fit rejoice together. ³⁷ Because for here di talk dey true: ‘One person dey plant and anoda person dey harvest.’ ³⁸ I send una go reap wetin una no work for. Oda people work, and una don enter into dia labor."

Samaria Believe

³⁹ Plenty Samaria people from dat town believe for am because of di woman testimony: "Im tell me everytin wey I don ever do." ⁴⁰ Wen di Samaria people come meet am, dem beg am make im stay wit dem; im stay two days. ⁴¹ And plenty more people believe because of im word. ⁴² Dem tell di woman, "Na no be say we still dey believe because of your word — we don hear am wit our own ear, and we sabi say dis man na true-true di Savior of di world."

Back to Galilee

⁴³ Afta di two days im comot from dia go Galilee. ⁴⁴ (Because Jesus imsef bin don testify say prophet no dey get honor for im own hometown.) ⁴⁵ Wen im reach Galilee, di Galilee people welcome am, because dem don see everytin wey im do for Jerusalem for di feast—dem too bin go di feast. ⁴⁶ Im go again to Cana for Galilee, wia im bin turn water to wine. One royal officer pikin dey sick for Capernaum. ⁴⁷ Wen im hear say Jesus don come from Judea to Galilee, im go meet am and beg am make im come down come heal im pikin, wey don near to die.

⁴⁸ So Jesus tell am, "If una no see sign and wonda, una no go ever believe."

⁴⁹ Di royal officer tell am, "Oga, come down before my pikin die."

⁵⁰ Jesus tell am, "Go; your pikin go live." Di man believe wetin Jesus tell am and comot.

⁵¹ As im dey go down, im servant dem meet am and tell am say im boy dey alive. ⁵² So im ask dem di hour wey im start to get beta, and dem tell am, "Na yesterday for di seventh hour, di fever leave am."

⁵³ So di papa sabi say na dat same hour wey Jesus tell am, "Your pikin go live." Im and im whole house believe.

⁵⁴ Dis one na di second sign wey Jesus do wen im come from Judea to Galilee.