Johannes 5
Het Boek
De genezing bij de vijver Betzata
5 Jezus ging enige tijd later terug naar Jeruzalem om een van de Joodse feesten bij te wonen. 2 Bij de Schaapspoort in Jeruzalem was de vijver Betzata met vijf zuilengalerijen. 3 In die zuilengalerijen lagen talloze zieke mensen, zoals blinden, lammen en kreupelen, te wachten tot het water in beweging zou komen. 4 Want van tijd tot tijd raakte een engel uit de hemel het water aan. Wie dan het eerst in het water stapte werd genezen, wat voor ziekte hij ook had. 5 Er lag ook een man die al achtendertig jaar ziek was. 6 Jezus zag hem daar liggen en wist dat hij al heel lang ziek was. Hij vroeg: ‘Wilt u gezond worden?’ 7 De zieke man antwoordde Hem: ‘Ja, Here, maar ik heb niemand die mij het bad inhelpt als het water in beweging komt. En als ik het alleen probeer, ben ik altijd te laat.’ 8 Jezus zei tegen hem: ‘Sta op! Pak uw matras en loop!’ 9 De man werd direct gezond. Hij pakte zijn matras op en liep!
Nu was het die dag sabbat. 10 Daarom zeiden de Joden tegen de man die net genezen was: ‘Het is sabbat! Dan mag u die matras niet dragen.’ 11 Hij antwoordde: ‘De man die mij genezen heeft, zei dat ik mijn matras moest oppakken en lopen.’ 12 ‘Wie was dat?’ vroegen zij. 13 De man wist het niet, omdat Jezus ongemerkt was weggegaan toen de mensen van alle kanten kwamen aanlopen.
14 Later ontmoette Jezus hem in de tempel en zei tegen hem: ‘Nu u gezond bent geworden, wil Ik u dit nog zeggen: zondig niet meer, want anders zal u iets ergers overkomen.’ 15 De man verliet de tempel en vertelde de Joden dat het Jezus was die hem had genezen. 16 Omdat Jezus dat op de sabbat had gedaan, wilden de Joden Hem straffen. 17 Maar Jezus verdedigde Zich met de woorden: ‘Mijn Vader werkt voortdurend en Ik dus ook.’ 18 Omdat Hij dat gezegd had, wilden zij Hem doden. Hij had niet alleen iets gedaan wat volgens hen op de sabbat niet mocht, Hij had nu ook nog God zijn eigen Vader genoemd. Daarmee beweerde Hij dus aan God gelijk te zijn.
19 ‘Het is waar wat Ik zeg,’ zei Jezus. ‘De Zoon kan niets uit Zichzelf. Hij doet alleen wat zijn Vader Hem voordoet. In feite doet de Zoon hetzelfde als zijn Vader. 20 De Vader houdt van de Zoon en laat Hem steeds zien wat Hij doet. De Vader zal Hem nog grotere dingen laten doen. U zult uw ogen nauwelijks kunnen geloven. 21 Zoals de Vader de doden levend maakt, zo zal ook de Zoon levend maken wie Hij wil. 22 De Vader spreekt geen oordeel uit, maar heeft zijn Zoon opgedragen in zijn plaats recht te spreken. 23 Daarom moet iedereen even veel eer geven aan de Zoon als aan de Vader. Wie de Zoon niet eert, eert ook de Vader niet die Hem gestuurd heeft.
24 Het is zoals Ik zeg: wie naar mijn woorden luistert en gelooft in Hem die Mij gestuurd heeft, heeft eeuwig leven. Over zo iemand wordt geen oordeel uitgesproken, maar die is overgeplaatst uit de dood in het leven. 25 Geloof Mij: er komt een tijd dat de doden de stem van de Zoon van God zullen horen. Die tijd is er nu al. Wie naar de Zoon van God luisteren, zullen leven. 26 De Vader heeft leven in Zichzelf. Hij heeft deze macht ook aan zijn Zoon gegeven, zodat Hij ook leven in Zichzelf heeft. 27 Ook gaf Hij Hem de macht om recht te spreken over de mensen omdat Hij de Mensenzoon geworden is.
28 Verbaas u niet hierover. Eens zullen alle doden zijn stem horen. 29 Dan zullen zij uit hun graf opstaan en wie het goede hebben gedaan, zullen leven. Maar wie het slechte hebben gedaan, zullen veroordeeld worden.
30 Ik kan niets uit Mijzelf doen. Ik oordeel zoals God het Mij zegt. Mijn oordeel is eerlijk en rechtvaardig. Het gaat Mij niet om wat Ik wil maar om wat God wil, want Hij heeft Mij gestuurd.
31 Als Ik iets over Mijzelf zeg, is dat niet geloofwaardig. 32 Maar er is een Ander die over Mij getuigt dat Ik de waarheid spreek en Ik weet dat Hij gelijk heeft. 33 U heeft mensen naar Johannes de Doper gestuurd om te horen wat hij zei. En hij heeft niets dan de waarheid gesproken. 34 Nu heb Ik het getuigenis van een mens niet nodig. Ik herinner u er alleen maar aan, omdat Ik wil dat u gered wordt en zult leven. 35 Johannes was een helder schijnende lamp en u hebt een korte tijd van dat licht genoten. 36 Maar Ik heb een getuigenis dat meer waarde heeft dan dat van Johannes. Denk eens aan de wonderen die de Vader Mij laat doen. Die zijn het bewijs dat Hij Mij gestuurd heeft. 37 Daarmee is Hij mijn getuige, hoewel u Hem nog nooit hebt gezien of gehoord. 38 Wat de Vader zegt, bereikt u niet werkelijk. Want u gelooft Mij niet, hoewel Ik door Hem gestuurd ben. 39 U leest in de boeken van Mozes en de profeten omdat u denkt daarin eeuwig leven te vinden. Al die boeken getuigen over Mij. 40 En toch wilt u niet bij Mij komen om eeuwig leven te vinden.
41 Eer van mensen vind Ik niet belangrijk, 42 omdat Ik weet hoe u bent: u hebt de liefde van God niet in u. 43 Ik ben gekomen om mijn Vader te vertegenwoordigen en u ontvangt Mij niet. Maar wie uit zichzelf komt, zult u wel ontvangen. 44 U vindt het zo belangrijk wat de mensen van u zeggen dat u vergeet dat het erom gaat wat God van u denkt. Daarom kunt u niet in Mij geloven. 45 Denk maar niet dat Ik u bij de Vader zal aanklagen. Dat doet Mozes, op wie u uw hoop gevestigd hebt. 46 Maar u hebt hem niet echt geloofd. Anders zou u Mij ook geloven. Mozes heeft immers geschreven dat Ik zou komen? 47 Als u niet gelooft wat hij heeft geschreven, hoe zult u dan geloven wat Ik zeg?’
John 5
New International Version
The Healing at the Pool
5 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(A) a pool, which in Aramaic(B) is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(C) 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.
The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(D) 10 and so the Jewish leaders(E) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(F)
11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’ ”
12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”
13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning(G) or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(H) that it was Jesus who had made him well.
The Authority of the Son
16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father(I) is always at his work(J) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(K) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(L)
19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(M) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son(N) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(O) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(P) even so the Son gives life(Q) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(R) 23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.(S)
24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(T) has eternal life(U) and will not be judged(V) but has crossed over from death to life.(W) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(X) when the dead will hear(Y) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(Z) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(AA) because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(AB) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(AC) 30 By myself I can do nothing;(AD) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(AE) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(AF)
Testimonies About Jesus
31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(AG) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(AH) and I know that his testimony about me is true.
33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(AI) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(AJ) but I mention it that you may be saved.(AK) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(AL) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.
36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(AM) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(AN)—testify that the Father has sent me.(AO) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(AP) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(AQ) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(AR) for you do not believe(AS) the one he sent.(AT) 39 You study[c] the Scriptures(AU) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(AV) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(AW) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(AX) to have life.
41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(AY) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[d]?(AZ)
45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(BA) on whom your hopes are set.(BB) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(BC) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(BD)
Footnotes
- John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
- John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.
- John 5:39 Or 39 Study
- John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One
Juan 5
Ang Pulong Sa Dios
Giayo ni Jesus ang Tawo sa Betesda
5 Human niadto, miadto si Jesus sa Jerusalem aron sa pagtambong sa usa ka pista sa mga Judio. 2 Didto sa paril sa Jerusalem may usa ka pultahan nga agianan sa mga karnero. Duol niini may linaw nga kaligoanan nga sa Hebreo nga pinulongan gitawag ug Betesda.[a] Sa palibot niini may lima ka silonganan 3 diin nanghigda ang daghang mga masakiton—mga buta, mga bakol, ug mga paralitiko. 4 [Nagahulat sila nga molihok ang tubig. Kay may mga higayon nga may anghel sa Dios nga mokanaog didto aron tandogon ang tubig. Ang makauna ug tuslob sa tubig human kini matandog sa anghel mamaayo bisan unsa pa ang iyang sakit.][b] 5 May usa ka tawo didto nga 38 na ka tuig nga nagsakit. 6 Nakita siya ni Jesus nga nagahigda didto, ug nahibalo si Jesus nga ang iyang sakit ingon na niadto kadugay. Busa miingon si Jesus kaniya, “Gusto mo ba nga mamaayo?” 7 Mitubag ang masakiton, “Unta, sir, apan walay tawo nga modala kanako didto sa tubig kon tandogon na sa anghel. Samtang nagpadulong pa lang ako sa tubig maunhan na ako kanunay sa uban.” 8 Miingon si Jesus kaniya, “Bangon, dad-a ang imong banig ug lakaw.” 9 Diha-diha dayon naayo ang tawo sa iyang sakit, ug gidala niya ang iyang banig ug milakaw.
Nahitabo kini sa Adlaw nga Igpapahulay. 10 Busa miingon ang mga tigdumala sa mga Judio ngadto sa tawo nga giayo, “Hoy, dili ba Adlaw nga Igpapahulay karon, ug sumala sa atong kasugoan dili mahimong magtrabaho bisan sa pagdala sa imong banig?” 11 Miingon ang tawo nga giayo. “Ang tawo nga nagaayo kanako mao ang nagsugo nga dad-on ko ang akong banig ug molakaw.” 12 Busa gipangutana nila siya kon kinsa ang tawo nga nagsugo kaniya sa paglakaw ug pagdala sa iyang banig. 13 Apan wala siya makaila kon kinsa ang nagaayo kaniya, kay nawala man dayon si Jesus tungod sa kadaghan sa mga tawo.
14 Didto sa templo nakita pag-usab ni Jesus ang tawo nga iyang giayo ug miingon si Jesus kaniya, “O, maayo ka na karon. Ayaw na pagpakasala, kay basin ug mas daotan pa unya ang mahitabo kanimo.” 15 Milakaw dayon ang tawo ug miadto sa mga tigdumala sa mga Judio. Gisultihan niya sila nga si Jesus mao ang nagaayo kaniya. 16 Busa sukad niadto, ang kadagkoan sa mga Judio nagsugod na sa paglutos kang Jesus, tungod kay nang-ayo siya sa Adlaw nga Igpapahulay.
17 Apan may katarungan si Jesus. Miingon siya kanila, “Nagapadayon ang akong Amahan sa iyang buluhaton, busa nagapadayon usab ako.” 18 Tungod niining gisulti ni Jesus misamot ang tinguha sa kadagkoan sa mga Judio nga patyon siya, tungod kay dili lang nga gilapas niya ang kasugoan mahitungod sa Adlaw nga Igpapahulay, kondili miingon pa siya nga ang Dios mao gayod ang iyang Amahan, nga nagkahulogan nga gipakasama niya ang iyang kaugalingon sa Dios.
Ang Gahom sa Anak sa Dios
19 Busa miingon si Jesus kanila, “Sa pagkatinuod, sultihan ko kamo nga ako nga Anak sa Dios wala gayoy mahimo kon ako lang, kondili kon unsa ang akong nakita nga gibuhat sa akong Amahan mao usab kana ang akong buhaton. Busa kon unsa ang gibuhat sa akong Amahan, mao usab kana ang akong buhaton isip Anak. 20 Pinangga sa Amahan ang iyang Anak, busa gipakita niya kanako nga iyang Anak ang tanan nga iyang gibuhat. Ug labaw pa gayod niini ang ipakita niya kanako nga akong himuon aron matingala kamong tanan. 21 Kon ang Amahan magbanhaw sa mga patay ug maghatag kanila ug kinabuhi, ako nga iyang Anak maghatag usab ug kinabuhi kang bisan kinsa nga akong buot hatagan. 22 Ang Amahan dili mohukom sa mga tawo; kondili ako nga iyang Anak mao ang gihatagan sa katungod sa paghukom, 23 aron ang tanan mopasidungog sa Anak sama sa ilang pagpasidungog sa Amahan. Busa ang wala nagapasidungog kanako wala usab nagapasidungog sa Amahan nga nagpadala kanako.
24 “Sa pagkatinuod, sultihan ko kamo nga ang tawo nga nagatuman sa akong mga pulong ug nagatuo sa nagpadala kanako may kinabuhi nga walay kataposan. Dili na siya silotan tungod kay nakalatas na siya sa kamatayon ngadto sa kinabuhi. 25 Sa pagkatinuod, sultihan ko kamo nga moabot ang panahon, ug miabot na gani, nga ang mga patay[c] makadungog sa pulong[d] sa Anak sa Dios, ug ang magpatalinghog sa iyang pulong mabuhi. 26 Ingon nga ang Amahan may gahom sa paghatag ug kinabuhi, ako nga iyang Anak makahatag usab niana nga kinabuhi, kay gihatagan niya ako ug gahom sa paghatag niana sa mga tawo. 27 Gihatagan usab niya ako ug gahom sa paghukom tungod kay ako mao ang Anak sa Tawo. 28 Ayaw kamo katingala niini, kay moabot ang panahon nga ang tanang mga patay makadungog sa akong tingog, 29 ug manggawas sila sa ilang lubnganan. Ang mga maayo ug binuhatan banhawon ug hatagan ug kinabuhi nga walay kataposan, ug ang mga daotan ug binuhatan banhawon usab apan silotan.”
Ang mga Nagpamatuod bahin kang Jesus
30 Midugang si Jesus sa pag-ingon, “Wala gayod akoy mahimo kon ako lang. Tinuod nga nagahukom ako, apan ang akong paghukom sumala sa gisulti sa akong Amahan kanako. Busa ang akong paghukom matarong tungod kay wala ako nagahimo sa akong kaugalingong kabubut-on, kondili ang kabubut-on sa nagpadala kanako. 31 Kon ako lang ang mosulti mahitungod sa akong kaugalingon makaduda kamo sa akong gisulti. 32 Apan adunay usa nga nagapamatuod mahitungod kanako, ug nasayod ako nga ang iyang gisulti kasaligan. 33 Si Juan nga tigbautismo nagpamatuod usab mahitungod kanako. Dili ba aduna man kamoy gisugo didto kang Juan aron sa pagpangutana kaniya? Ug nagsulti siya sa kamatuoran. 34 Hinuon wala ako magkinahanglan sa pagpamatuod sa tawo mahitungod kanako. Gihisgotan ko lang si Juan aron nga motuo kamo kanako ug maluwas. 35 Si Juan sama sa suga nga misiga ug midan-ag; ug nalipay kamo sa iyang pagdan-ag bisan sa hamubong panahon lang. 36 Apan may nagapamatuod pa gayod mahitungod kanako nga labaw pa kang Juan. Kini walay lain kondili ang mga buluhaton nga gibuhat ko nga ginapabuhat sa Amahan kanako. Nagapamatuod kini nga ang Amahan mao ang nagpadala kanako. 37 Ug ang Amahan nga nagpadala kanako mao mismo ang nagpamatuod mahitungod kanako. Apan wala gayod ninyo siya makita o madungog nga nagasulti, 38 ug wala usab ninyo dawata ang iyang pulong, tungod kay wala kamo motuo kanako nga iyang gipadala. 39 Ginatun-an ninyo pag-ayo ang Kasulatan kay nagahuna-huna kamo nga sa ingon niini nga pamaagi maangkon ninyo ang kinabuhi nga walay kataposan. Ang Kasulatan mao ang nagapamatuod mahitungod kanako. 40 Apan midumili gihapon kamo sa pagduol kanako aron unta maangkon ninyo ang kinabuhi.
41 “Wala ko kinahanglana ang pagdayeg sa mga tawo. 42 Nakaila ako kaninyo ug nahibalo ako nga sulod sa inyong kasingkasing wala kamoy paghigugma sa Dios. 43 Mianhi ako nga may gahom gikan sa Amahan, apan wala kamo modawat kanako. Apan kon adunay moanhi sa iyang kaugalingon nga gahom, siya hinuon ang inyong dawaton. 44 Unsaon man ninyo pagtuo kanako kon ang pagdayeg lang sa inyong isigka-tawo ang mahinungdanon kaninyo ug wala ninyo tinguhaa ang pagdayeg nga gikan sa matuod nga Dios? 45 Ayaw ninyo huna-hunaa nga ako ang mosumbong kaninyo sa Amahan. Si Moises mismo nga inyong gilaoman mao ang mosumbong kaninyo. 46 Kon tinuod nga mituo kamo kang Moises, motuo unta usab kamo kanako, tungod kay si Moises mismo nagsulat mahitungod kanako. 47 Apan tungod kay wala kamo motuo sa iyang mga sinulat, dili usab kamo motuo sa akong gisulti kaninyo.”
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