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John 5
Good News Translation
John 5
Good News Translation
The Healing at the Pool
5 After this, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a religious festival. 2 Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool[a] with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha.[b] 3 A large crowd of sick people were lying on the porches—the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed. 4 [c] 5 A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 The sick man answered, “Sir, I don't have anyone here to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am trying to get in, somebody else gets there first.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” 9 Immediately the man got well; he picked up his mat and started walking.
The day this happened was a Sabbath, 10 (A)so the Jewish authorities told the man who had been healed, “This is a Sabbath, and it is against our Law for you to carry your mat.”
11 He answered, “The man who made me well told me to pick up my mat and walk.”
12 They asked him, “Who is the man who told you to do this?”
13 But the man who had been healed did not know who Jesus was, for there was a crowd in that place, and Jesus had slipped away.
14 Afterward, Jesus found him in the Temple and said, “Listen, you are well now; so stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”
15 Then the man left and told the Jewish authorities that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 So they began to persecute Jesus, because he had done this healing on a Sabbath. 17 Jesus answered them, “My Father is always working, and I too must work.”
18 (B)This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19 So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the truth: the Son can do nothing on his own; he does only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. He will show him even greater things to do than this, and you will all be amazed. 21 Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, in the same way the Son gives life to those he wants to. 22 Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge, 23 so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 “I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life. 25 I am telling you the truth: the time is coming—the time has already come—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will come to life. 26 Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life. 27 And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice 29 (C)and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.
Witnesses to Jesus
30 “I can do nothing on my own authority; I judge only as God tells me, so my judgment is right, because I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.
31 “If I testify on my own behalf, what I say is not to be accepted as real proof. 32 But there is someone else who testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true. 33 (D)John is the one to whom you sent your messengers, and he spoke on behalf of the truth. 34 It is not that I must have a human witness; I say this only in order that you may be saved. 35 (E)John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light. 36 But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me. 37 (F)And the Father, who sent me, also testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his face, 38 and you do not keep his message in your hearts, for you do not believe in the one whom he sent. 39 (G)You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me! 40 Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.
41 “I am not looking for human praise. 42 But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts. 43 I have come with my Father's authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him. 44 You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me? 45 Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you. 46 If you had really believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me. 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?”
Footnotes
- John 5:2 Near the Sheep Gate … a pool; or Near the Sheep Pool … a place.
- John 5:2 Bethzatha; some manuscripts have Bethesda.
- John 5:4 Some manuscripts add verses 3b-4: They were waiting for the water to move, because every now and then an angel of the Lord went down into the pool and stirred up the water. The first sick person to go into the pool after the water was stirred up was healed from whatever disease he had.
Jan 5
Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil
Jan 5
Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil
Jezi geri yon nonm toupre yon pisin
5 Apre sa, Jezi t ale Jerizalèm pou yon fèt espesyal Jwif yo te genyen. 2 Jerizalèm te genyen yon pisin toupre Pòtay Mouton yo. Li te gen senk galeri. Yo te rele pisin sa a Bètesda,[a] nan lang ebre. 3 Anpil moun malad te kouche anba galeri yo, bò kote pisin nan. Kèk nan yo te avèg, kèk lòt te bwate, lòt ankò te paralize.[b] 4 [c] 5 Youn nan moun ki te kouche la te malad depi trantuitan. 6 Jezi wè li kouche la epi li konnen l malad depi byen lontan. Li di li: “Èske ou vle geri?”
7 Malad la reponn: “Mesye, m pa gen pèsonn pou ede m antre nan dlo a lè l ap fè mouvman. Chak fwa m eseye, yon lòt moun toujou pase devan m.”
8 Alò Jezi di l: “Leve kanpe, pran kabann ou, epi mache.” 9 Menm lè a, nonm nan geri. Li pran kabann li epi li te kòmanse mache.
Men bagay sa a te rive yon jou saba. 10 Se poutèt sa kèk Jwif te di nonm ki te geri a: “Jodi a se saba. Pote kabann ou nan jou repo a, se yon bagay ki kont Lalwa nou an.”
11 Men nonm nan reponn: “Moun ki geri m nan di: Pran kabann ou epi mache.”
12 Yo mande li: “Ki moun sa ki di w pran kabann ou epi mache a?”
13 Men nonm ki te geri a pa te konnen kilès moun ki te geri l la te ye. Te plen moun la, epi Jezi te gentan ale.
14 Pita, Jezi jwenn nonm nan nan tanp lan, epi li di li: “Ou wè, ou geri. Sispann peche, sinon yon pi move bagay riske rive w!”
15 Alò nonm nan pati retounen jwenn Jwif yo ki t ap poze li kesyon yo. Li di yo se Jezi ki te geri li.
16 Jezi te fè tout bagay sa yo nan jou repo a. Se poutèt sa Jwif yo t ap chache wè kijan yo ta simen boulvès pou bay Jezi pwoblèm. 17 Men li di yo: “Papa m pa janm sispann travay, se kon sa mwen menm tou m ap travay.”
18 Sa fè Jwif yo t ap chache pi plis pou touye l. Yo te di “Premyèman, nonm sa a pa obsève Lalwa sou jou repo a. Epi Li di Bondye se Papa l. Li fè pwòp tèt pa l egal ak Bondye.”
Jezi genyen otorite Bondye
19 Men jezi reponn yo: “Se vre! Amèn! Men m ap di tou: Pitit la pa kapab fè anyen poukont li. Li fè sa l wè Papa l ap fè sèlman. 20 Papa a renmen Pitit la, Li montre Li tout sa l ap fè. Epi Papa a gen pou montre Pitit la bagay ki pi gwo toujou. Alò nou va sezi. 21 Menm jan Papa a resisite moun mouri, epi li ba yo lavi, se kon sa Pitit la bay moun li vle lavi tou.
22 Konsa tou, Papa a pa jije pèsonn. Li bay Pitit la pouvwa pou li fè tout jijman. 23 Bondye fè sa kon sa pou fè tout moun gen respè pou Pitit la, menm jan yo gen respè pou Papa a. Nenpòt moun ki pa gen respè pou Pitit la pa gen respè pou Papa a. Se li menm ki voye Pitit la.
24 Sa m sot di nou la a, se vre. Ban m di nou yon lòt bagay ankò, nenpòt moun ki tande sa mwen di epi ki kwè nan moun ki voye m nan, li genyen lavi etènèl. Moun sa a p ap tonbe anba jijman ankò. Li fini ak lanmò, se viv l ap viv kounye a. 25 Sa m ap di nou la a, se vre, nou ta dwe kwè sa. Epi kite m di nou yon lòt bagay, gen yon jou enpòtan k ap vini. Jou sa a gentan la. Moun ki mouri va tande vwa Pitit Bondye a. Epi moun ki tande se yo ki va gen lavi. 26 Menm jan lavi se nan Papa a li soti, kon sa tou, Papa a bay Pitit la pouvwa pou l bay lavi. 27 Epi Papa a bay Pitit la otorite pou l jije tout moun, paske li se Pitit Lòm nan.
28 Pa sezi. Gen yon jou k ap vini kote tout moun ki mouri pral tande vwa Pitit la. 29 Alò yo va leve soti nan tonm yo. Sa ki te fè byen nan lavi sa a, yo va resisite epi yo va genyen lavi etènèl. Men sa ki t ap fè sa ki mal yo, yo va resisite pou yo jije epi pou yo jwenn kondanasyon yo.
30 Mwen pa kapab fè anyen poukont mwen. Mwen jije dapre jan Papa a di mwen. Epi jijman mwen an jis, paske mwen p ap chache fè pwòp tèt mwen plezi. M ap chache fè moun ki voye m nan plezi sèlman.
Jezi di lidè Jwif yo pi plis bagay toujou
31 Si m ap temwanye pou mwen menm sèlman, alò nou kapab panse sa m ap di de mwen menm yo pa verite a. 32 Men, gen yon lòt moun ki di menm bagay yo de mwen, epi mwen konnen temwanyaj li se verite a.
33 Nou te voye moun kote Janbatis, epi li menm tou te di nou verite a li te wè sou mwen. 34 Poutan, mwen pa vrèman bezwen yon lòt moun pou dakò avè m pou m bay prèv kilès mwen ye, men mwen fè nou sonje sa Janbatis te di nou, pou nou kapab rive sove. 35 Janbatis te tankou yon lanp ki limen epi k ap klere moun, epi nou te byen kontan rejwi nou nan limyè li pou yon ti tan.
36 Men mwen gen yon temwanyaj pou mwen ki pi gran pase tout sa Janbatis te di. Bagay m ap fè yo se temwanyaj mwen. Se sa Papa m te ban m fè. Yo temwanye Papa a te voye m vrèman vre. 37 Papa a, Li menm ki te voye mwen, te bay prèv pou mwen. Men nou pa janm tande vwa li. Nou pa janm wè ak kisa li sanble. 38 Ansèyman Papa a pa rete nan nou, paske nou pa kwè nan moun Papa a voye a. 39 Nou etidye Bib la paske nou kwè n ap jwenn yon fason pou nou viv pou tout tan nan yo. Men, menm pawòl sa yo pale de mwen. 40 Men, nou derefize vini jwenn mwen pou m ta ban nou lavi etènèl.
41 Mwen pa bezwen moun fè lwanj pou mwen. 42 Mwen konnen nou. Mwen konnen nou pa renmen Bondye. 43 Mwen vini soti bò kote Papa m epi mwen pale nan non li. Malgre tout sa, nou pa aksepte m. Epi lè lòt moun vini pale pou pwòp tèt yo, nou aksepte yo san pwoblèm. 44 Nou renmen resevwa lwanj youn lòt. Men, nou pa janm eseye jwenn lwanj ki soti nan Bondye. Alò, kijan pou nou fè kwè? 45 Pa mete nan tèt nou se mwen ki pral kanpe devan Papa Bondye pou m akize nou. Se Moyiz k ap akize nou. Epi se li nou te panse ki t ap sove nou. 46 Si nou te kwè nan Moyiz vrèman, nou t ap kwè nan mwen, paske li ekri pou pale de mwen. 47 Men, nou pa kwè sa li te ekri. Konsa, nou pa kapab kwè sa m ap di.”
Footnotes
- 5:2 Bètesda Yo rele l Bètsayida oubyen Betesda, yon pisin dlo sou kote nò tanp Jerizalèm nan.
- 5:3 Kèk kopi nan lang Grèk ajoute, apre vèsè 3 a: “Epi yo t ap tann mouvman dlo a.”
- 5:4 Kèk kopi nan lang Grèk ajoute vèsè 4 la: “Detanzantan yon anj Bondye te desann dan pisin nan pou fè dlo a fè mouvman. Apre sa premye moun ki te desann nan pisin nan te geri, kèlkeswa maladi l te genyen.”
John 5
New International Version
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
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