OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 4:34

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / pastforfuture

λέγει

˓is˒_saying

Here John uses the present tense in past narration in order to call attention to a development in the story.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐμὸν βρῶμά ἐστιν ἵνα ποιήσω τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με, καὶ τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τὸ ἔργον

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγει αὐτοῖς Ὁ Ἰησοῦς Ἐμόν βρῶμα ἐστίν ἵνα ποιήσω τό θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντος μέ καί τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τό ἔργον)

Here Jesus uses food to refer to obeying God’s will. If it would be helpful for your readers, you could express this with a simile. Alternate translation: [Like food satisfies a hungry person, doing the will of the one who sent me and completing his work satisfies me]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τοῦ πέμψαντός με

˱of˲_the_‹one› (Some words not found in SR-GNT: λέγει αὐτοῖς Ὁ Ἰησοῦς Ἐμόν βρῶμα ἐστίν ἵνα ποιήσω τό θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντος μέ καί τελειώσω αὐτοῦ τό ἔργον)

Here, the one who sent me refers to God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: [of God, the one who sent me]