John 5
International Children’s Bible
Jesus Heals a Man at a Pool
5 Later Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special Jewish feast. 2 In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches. In the Jewish language[a] it is called Bethzatha.[b] This pool is near the Sheep Gate. 3 Many sick people were lying on the porches beside the pool. Some were blind, some were crippled, and some were paralyzed [and they waited for the water to move. 4 Sometimes an angel of the Lord came down to the pool and stirred up the water. After the angel did this, the first person to go into the pool was healed from any sickness he had].[c] 5 There was a man lying there who had been sick for 38 years. 6 Jesus saw the man and knew that he had been sick for a very long time. So Jesus asked him, “Do you want to be well?”
7 The sick man answered, “Sir, there is no one to help me get into the pool when the water starts moving. I try to be the first one into the water. But when I try, someone else always goes in before I can.”
8 Then Jesus said, “Stand up. Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 And immediately the man was well. He picked up his mat and began to walk.
The day all this happened was a Sabbath day. 10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “Today is the Sabbath. It is against our law for you to carry your mat on the Sabbath day.”
11 But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the man who told you to pick up your mat and walk?”
13 But the man who had been healed did not know who it was. There were many people in that place, and Jesus had left.
14 Later, Jesus found the man at the Temple. Jesus said to him, “See, you are well now. But stop sinning or something worse may happen to you!”
15 Then the man left and went back to the Jews. He told them that Jesus was the one who had made him well.
16 Jesus was doing this on the Sabbath day. So the Jews began to do bad things to him. 17 But Jesus said to them, “My Father never stops working. And so I work, too.”
18 This made the Jews try harder to kill him. They said, “First Jesus was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. Then he said that God is his own Father! He is making himself equal with God!”
Jesus Has God’s Authority
19 But Jesus said, “I tell you the truth. The Son can do nothing alone. The Son does only what he sees his Father doing. The Son does whatever the Father does. 20 The Father loves the Son, and the Father shows the Son all the things he himself does. But the Father will show the Son greater things than this to do. Then you will all be amazed. 21 The Father raises the dead and gives them life. In the same way, the Son gives life to those he wants to. 22 Also, the Father judges no one. But the Father has given the Son power to do all the judging. 23 God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same way they respect the Father. He who does not respect the Son does not respect the Father. The Father is the One who sent the Son.
24 “I tell you the truth. Whoever hears what I say and believes in the One who sent me has eternal life. He will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life. 25 I tell you the truth. The time is coming and is already here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who hear will have life. 26 Life comes from the Father himself. So the Father has allowed the Son to give life. 27 And the Father has given the Son the approval to judge because he is the Son of Man. 28 Don’t be surprised at this. A time is coming when all who are dead and in their graves will hear his voice. 29 Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good will rise and have life forever. But those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.
Jesus Is God’s Son
30 “I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told, so my judgment is right. I don’t try to please myself. I try to please the One who sent me.
31 “If I tell people about myself, then they will not accept what I say about myself. 32 But there is another who tells about me. And I know that the things he says about me are true.
33 “You have sent men to John. And he has told you about the truth. 34 But I don’t need a man to tell about me. I tell you this so that you can be saved. 35 John was like a burning and shining lamp. And you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
36 “But I have a proof about myself that is greater than that of John. The things I do are my proof. These are the things my Father gave me to do. They show that the Father sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has given proof about me himself. You have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he looks like. 38 His teaching does not live in you because you don’t believe in the One that the Father sent. 39 You carefully study the Scriptures because you think that they give you eternal life. Those are the same Scriptures that tell about me! 40 But you refuse to come to me to have that life.
41 “I don’t want praise from men. 42 But I know you—I know that you don’t have God’s love in you. 43 I have come from my Father—I speak for him. But you don’t accept me. But when another person comes, speaking only for himself, you will accept him. 44 You like to have praise from each other. But you never try to get the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe? 45 Don’t think that I will stand before the Father and say that you are wrong. Moses is the one who says that you are wrong. And he is the one that you hoped would save you. 46 If you really believed Moses, you would believe me because Moses wrote about me. 47 But you don’t believe what Moses wrote. So how can you believe what I say?”
John 5
Maori Bible
5 Muri iho i enei mea he hakari ta nga Hurai; a haere ana a Ihu ki Hiruharama.
2 Na kei Hiruharama tetahi wai kaukauranga kei te tatau hipi, tona ingoa Hiperu ko Petehera; e rima ona whakamahau.
3 Na kei roto i enei e takoto ana tona tini o nga turoro, o nga matapo, o nga kopa, o nga memenge, e tatari ana ki te pokarekarenga o te wai.
4 Heke iho ai hoki tetahi anahera i te wa i rite ai ki te kaukauranga, whakapokarekare ai i te wai: a ko ia kua tae wawe i muri iho o te pokarekarenga o te wai i ora i tona mate, ahakoa he aha, he aha.
5 Na kei reira tetahi tangata, e toru tekau ma waru nga tau e mate ana.
6 No te kitenga o Ihu i a ia e takoto ana, ka matau kua roa ke te wa ona e mate ana, ka mea ki a ia, E pai ana ranei koe ki whakaorangia?
7 Ka whakahokia e taua turoro ki a ia, E te Ariki, kahore aku tangata hei tuku i ahau ki te kaukauranga, ina whakapokarekarea te wai: heoi i ahau e haere ana, ka heke iho tetahi i mua i ahau.
8 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Whakatika, tangohia ake tou moenga, haere.
9 A ora tonu ake taua tangata, a tangohia ake ana e ia tona moenga, haere ana. Ko te hapati ano taua ra.
10 Na ka mea nga Hurai ki taua tangata i whakaorangia ra, Ko te hapati tenei: e kore e tika kia mauria e koe tou moenga.
11 Ka whakahokia e ia ki a ratou, Ko te tangata i whakaorangia ai ahau, nana i mea ki ahau, Tangohia ake tou moenga, haere.
12 Na ka ui ratou ki a ia, Ko wai tena tangata i mea na ki a koe, Tangohia ake toua moenga, haere?
13 Otira kihai taua tangata i whakaorangia ra i mohio ko wai ia: i pahemo atu hoki a Ihu, he tokomaha hoki nga tangata i taua wahi.
14 Muri iho i enei mea ka kite a Ihu i a ia i roto i te temepara, ka mea ki a ia, Na, ka oti nei koe te whakaora: kati te hara kei kino rawa iho te mea e pa ki a koe.
15 Haere ana taua tangata, korero ana ki nga Hurai, na Ihu ia i whakaora.
16 Koia nga Hurai i whai ai ki te tukino i a Ihu, mona i mea i enei mea i te hapati.
17 Na ka whakahokia e Ihu ki a ratou, E mahi ana toku Matua a taea noatia tenei ra; e mahi ana ano ahau.
18 Koia nga Hurai i tino whai rawa ai kia patua ia, ehara hoki i te mea ko tana takahi anake i te hapati, engari mona i mea ko te Atua tona Matua ake, i mea he rite ia ki te Atua te nui.
19 Na ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ratou, he pono, he pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, E kore e taea e te Tama te mea tetahi mea e ia anake, engari nga mea e kite ai ia e meatia ana e te Matua: ko tana hoki e mea ai, e meatia ana hoki e a hoki e mea ai, e tama!
20 E aroha ano hoki te Matua ki te Tama, e whakakitea ana hoki ki a ia e nga mea katoa e mea ai ia: he nui atu i enei nga mahi e whakakitea e ia ki a ia, kia miharo ai koutou.
21 Ko ta te Matua hoki, he whakaara, he whakaora i nga tupapaku; ka pera ano te Tama, ka whakaora i ana e pai ai.
22 E kore hoki te Matua e whakawa i tetahi, engari kua tukua e ia nga whakawa katoa ki te Tama:
23 Kia rite ai te whakahonore a nga tangata katoa i te Tama ki ta ratou whakahonore i te Matua. Ki te kahore tetahi e whakahonore i te Tama, e whakakahore ana ia i te honore mo te Matua nana nei ia i tono mai.
24 He pono, he pono taku e mea atu nei ki a koutou, Ko te tangata e rongo ana ki taku korero, e whakapono ana hoki ki toku kaitono mai, he ora tonu tona; e kore ano ia e riro ki te whakawa, engari kua whiti i te mate ki te ora.
25 He pono, he pono taku e mea nei ki a koutou, Meake puta te wa, a tenei ano inaianei, e rongo ai nga tupapaku i te reo o ta te Atua Tama; a ko te hunga e rongo ana ka ora.
26 Ta te mea he ora to te Matua kei roto i a ia; waihoki kua homai e ia ki te Tama, kia whai ora i roto i a ia;
27 A kua homai ano ki a ia he tikanga mo te whakawa, no te mea ko ia te Tama a te tangata.
28 Kaua e miharo ki tenei: no te mea meake puta te wa, e rongo ai i tona reo nga tangata katoa i roto i nga urupa,
29 A ka puta; ko nga kaimahi i te pai ki te aranga o te ora; ko nga kaimahi i te kino ki te aranga o te whakawa.
30 E kore e ahei i ahau te mea tetahi mea e ahau anake: rite tonu taku whakawa ki taku e rongo ai: he tika hoki taku whakawa; kahore hoki ahau e rapu i taku i pai ai, engari i ta toku kaitono i pai ai.
31 Mehemea ko ahau hei whakaatu i aku aha, i aku aha, ehara taku i te whakaatu pono.
32 Tera atu ano tetahi kaiwhakaatu moku; e mohio ana ano ahau he whakaatu pono tana e whakaatu nei moku.
33 I tono tangata koutou ki a Hoani, a i whakaaturia e ia te pono.
34 Kahore ahau e manako ki ta te tangata whakaatu: engari e korerotia ana e ahau enei mea kia ora ai koutou.
35 He rama ka tera, he rama marama tonu: he wa ano i pai ai koutou kia hari ki tona marama.
36 Otiia he kaiwhakaatu ano toku, nui atu i a Hoani: ko nga mahi hoki i homai e te Matua kia whakaotia e ahau, ko aua mahi e mahia nei e ahau, hei whakaatu moku, i tonoa mai ahau e te Matua.
37 Na, ko te Matua nana nei ahau i tono mai, kua oti ahau te whakaatu e ia. Kahore ano koutou i rongo noa i tona reo, kahore ano i kite i tona ahua.
38 Kahore ano hoki i mau tana kupu i roto i a koutou; ina kahore ano koutou i whakapono ki tenei i tonoa mai nei e ia.
39 Whakatakina ai e koutou nga tikanga o nga karaipiture; e mea ana hoki koutou kei reira te ora tonu mo koutou: ko enei hei kaiwhakaatu moku.
40 Heoi kahore koutou e pai kia haere mai ki ahau, kia whiwhi ai ki te ora.
41 He kororia tangata, kahore ahau e manako atu.
42 Na kua matau ahau ki a koutou, kahore te aroha o te Atua i roto i a koutou.
43 Kua tae mai nei ahau i runga i te ingoa o toku Matua, a kahore koutou e manako mai ki ahau; ki te haere mai tetahi i runga i tona ake ingoa, ka manako koutou ki a ia.
44 Me pehea koutou ka whakapono ai, ka riro nei i a koutou te kororia e puta ana i a koutou ano, a kahore e rapu i te kororia e puta ana i te Atua kotahi?
45 Kei mea koutou e korerotia to koutou he e ahau ki te Matua: tera te kaikorero mo to koutou he, ko Mohi, ko ta koutou e tumanako nei.
46 Me i whakapono hoki koutou ki a Mohi, kua whakapono ano ki ahau: ko tana hoki i tuhituhi ai he mea moku.
47 Otira ki te kahore koutou e whakapono ki ana i tuhituhi ai, me pehea ka whakapono ai ki aku korero?
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