Juan 5
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Pinagaling ni Jesus ang Isang Lalaki sa Betesda
5 Pagkatapos nito, pumunta si Jesus sa Jerusalem upang dumalo sa isang pista ng mga Judio. 2 Sa isang pintuan ng lungsod ng Jerusalem, kung saan idinadaan ang mga tupa ay may paliguan na ang tawag sa wikang Hebreo ay Betesda.[a] Sa paligid nito ay may limang silungan, 3 kung saan nakahiga ang maraming may sakit – mga bulag, pilay at mga paralitiko. [4 Hinihintay nilang gumalaw ang tubig, dahil paminsan-minsan, may isang anghel ng Dios na bumababa at kinakalawkaw ang tubig. Ang unang makalusong sa tubig pagkatapos makalawkaw ng anghel ay gumagaling, kahit ano pa ang kanyang sakit.][b] 5 May isang lalaki roon na 38 taon nang may sakit. 6 Nakita ni Jesus ang lalaki na nakahiga roon at nalaman niyang matagal na itong may sakit. Kaya tinanong siya ni Jesus, “Gusto mo bang gumaling?” 7 Sumagot ang may sakit, “Gusto ko po sana, pero walang tumutulong sa aking lumusong sa tubig kapag kinakalawkaw na ito. Sa tuwing papunta pa lang ako, nauunahan na ako ng iba.” 8 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Tumayo ka, buhatin mo ang higaan mo at lumakad!” 9 Agad na gumaling ang lalaki. Binuhat niya ang higaan niya at lumakad.
Nangyari ito sa Araw ng Pamamahinga. 10 Kaya sinabi ng mga pinuno ng mga Judio sa taong pinagaling, “Hindi baʼt Araw ng Pamamahinga ngayon? Labag sa Kautusan ang pagbubuhat mo ng higaan!” 11 Pero sumagot siya, “Ang taong nagpagaling sa akin ang nag-utos na buhatin ko ito at lumakad.” 12 Tinanong nila siya, “Sino ang nag-utos sa iyong buhatin ang higaan mo at lumakad?” 13 Pero hindi nakilala ng lalaki kung sino ang nagpagaling sa kanya, dahil nawala na si Jesus sa dami ng tao.
14 Hindi nagtagal, nakita ni Jesus sa templo ang taong pinagaling niya, at sinabihan, “O, magaling ka na ngayon. Huwag ka nang magkasala pa, at baka mas masama pa ang mangyari sa iyo.” 15 Umalis ang lalaki at pumunta sa mga pinuno ng mga Judio. Sinabi niya sa kanila na si Jesus ang nagpagaling sa kanya. 16 Kaya mula noon, sinimulang usigin ng mga pinuno ng mga Judio si Jesus, dahil nagpagaling siya sa Araw ng Pamamahinga.
17 Pero sinabihan sila ni Jesus, “Patuloy na gumagawa ang aking Ama, kaya patuloy din ako sa paggawa.” 18 Dahil sa sinabing ito ni Jesus, lalong sinikap ng mga pinuno ng mga Judio na patayin siya. Sapagkat hindi lang niya nilabag ang batas tungkol sa Araw ng Pamamahinga, kundi tinawag pa niyang sariling Ama ang Dios, at sa gayoʼy ipinapantay ang sarili sa Dios.
Ang Kapangyarihan ng Anak ng Dios
19 Kaya sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Sinasabi ko sa inyo ang totoo, ako na Anak ng Dios ay walang magagawa kung sa sarili ko lang, kundi ginagawa ko lang ang nakikita ko na ginagawa ng aking Ama. Kaya kung ano ang ginagawa ng Ama ay siya ring ginagawa ko bilang Anak. 20 Minamahal ng Ama ang Anak, kaya ipinapakita niya sa Anak ang lahat ng ginagawa niya. At higit pa sa mga bagay na ito ang mga gawaing ipapakita niya sa akin na gagawin ko para mamangha kayo. 21 Kung paanong ibinabangon ng Ama ang mga patay at binibigyang-buhay ang mga ito, ganoon din naman, binibigyang-buhay ng Anak ang sinumang gusto niyang bigyan nito. 22 Hindi ang Ama ang hahatol sa mga tao kundi ako na kanyang Anak, dahil ibinigay niya sa akin ang lahat ng kapangyarihang humatol, 23 upang parangalan ng lahat ang Anak tulad ng pagpaparangal nila sa Ama. Kaya, ang hindi nagpaparangal sa Anak ay hindi rin nagpaparangal sa Ama na nagsugo sa kanya.
24 “Sinasabi ko sa inyo ang totoo, ang sumusunod sa aking mga salita at sumasampalataya sa nagsugo sa akin ay may buhay na walang hanggan. Hindi na siya hahatulan sapagkat inilipat na nga siya sa buhay mula sa kamatayan. 25 Sinasabi ko sa inyo ang totoo, darating ang panahon, at dumating na nga, na maririnig ng mga patay ang salita[c] ng Anak ng Dios, at ang makinig sa kanya ay mabubuhay. 26 May kapangyarihan ang Ama na magbigay ng buhay. Ganoon din naman, may kapangyarihan ako na kanyang Anak na magbigay ng buhay, dahil binigyan niya ako ng kapangyarihang ito. 27 Ibinigay din niya sa akin ang kapangyarihang humatol dahil ako ang Anak ng Tao. 28 Huwag kayong magtaka tungkol dito, dahil darating ang panahon na maririnig ng lahat ng patay ang aking salita, 29 at babangon sila mula sa kanilang libingan. Ang mga gumawa ng mabuti ay bibigyan ng buhay na walang hanggan, at ang mga gumawa ng masama ay parurusahan.”
Ang mga Nagpapatotoo kay Jesus
30 Sinabi pa ni Jesus, “Wala akong magagawa kung sa sarili ko lang. Humahatol nga ako, ngunit ang aking paghatol ay ayon lamang sa sinasabi ng aking Ama. Kaya makatarungan ang hatol ko dahil hindi ang sarili kong kalooban ang aking sinusunod kundi ang kalooban ng nagsugo sa akin. 31 Ngayon, kung ako lang ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa aking sarili, magduda kayo sa sinasabi ko. 32 Ngunit may isang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin, at alam kong totoo ang kanyang sinasabi. 33 Maging si Juan na tagapagbautismo ay nagpatotoo tungkol sa akin, at sinabi niya sa inyo ang katotohanan nang magsugo kayo ng ilang tao upang tanungin siya. 34 Binanggit ko ang tungkol kay Juan, hindi dahil sa kailangan ko ang patotoo ng isang tao, kundi upang sumampalataya kayo sa akin at maligtas. 35 Si Juan ay tulad ng isang ilaw na nagliliwanag, at lubos kayong nasiyahan sa liwanag niya sa inyo kahit saglit lang. 36 Ngunit may nagpapatotoo pa tungkol sa akin na higit pa kay Juan. Itoʼy walang iba kundi ang mga ipinapagawa sa akin ng Ama. Ito ang nagpapatunay na ang Ama ang nagsugo sa akin. 37 At ang Amang nagsugo sa akin ay nagpapatotoo rin tungkol sa akin. Kailanman ay hindi nʼyo narinig ang tinig niya o nakita ang anyo niya. 38 At hindi nʼyo tinanggap ang kanyang salita dahil hindi kayo sumasampalataya sa akin na kanyang sugo. 39 Sinasaliksik nʼyo ang Kasulatan sa pag-aakala na sa pamamagitan nitoʼy magkakaroon kayo ng buhay na walang hanggan. Ang Kasulatan mismo ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa akin, 40 pero ayaw ninyong lumapit sa akin upang magkaroon ng buhay na walang hanggan.
41 “Hindi ko hinahangad ang papuri ng mga tao. 42 Kilala ko talaga kayo at alam kong wala sa mga puso ninyo ang pagmamahal sa Dios. 43 Naparito ako sa pangalan[d] ng aking Ama, ngunit ayaw ninyo akong tanggapin. Pero kung may dumating sa sarili niyang pangalan ay tinatanggap ninyo siya. 44 Paano kayo sasampalataya sa akin kung ang papuri lang ng kapwa ang hangad ninyo, at hindi ang papuri ng nag-iisang Dios? 45 Huwag ninyong isipin na ako ang mag-aakusa sa inyo sa harap ng Ama. Si Moises na inaasahan ninyo ang siyang mag-aakusa sa inyo. 46 Dahil kung totoong naniniwala kayo kay Moises, maniniwala rin kayo sa akin, dahil si Moises mismo ay sumulat tungkol sa akin. 47 Ngunit kung hindi kayo naniniwala sa mga isinulat niya, paano kayo maniniwala sa mga sinasabi ko?”
John 5
Lexham English Bible
A Paralytic Is Healed
5 After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool called in Aramaic Bethzatha,[a] which has five porticoes. 3 In these were lying a large number of those who were sick, blind, lame, paralyzed.[b] 5 And a certain man was there who had been thirty-eight years in his sickness. 6 Jesus, when he[c] saw this one lying there and knew that he had been sick[d] a long time already, said to him, “Do you want to become well?” 7 The one who was sick answered him, “Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But while[e] I am coming, another goes down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk!” 9 And immediately the man became well and picked up his mat and began to walk.[f] (Now it was the Sabbath on that day.)
10 So the Jews were saying to the one who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permitted for you to pick up the mat!”[g] 11 But he answered them, “The one who made me well—that one said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’” 12 So they asked him,[h] “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your mat[i] and walk?’” 13 But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn while[j] a crowd was in the place.
Equal with God
14 After these things Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “Look, you have become well! Sin no longer, lest something worse happen to you.” 15 The man went and reported to the Jews that Jesus was the one who made him well. 16 And on account of this the Jews began to persecute[k] Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But he answered[l] them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18 So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, thus[m] making himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19 So Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing from himself except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever that one does, these things also the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself is doing. And greater works than these he will show him, so that you will be astonished. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them[n] alive, thus also the Son makes alive whomever he wishes. 22 For the Father does not judge anyone, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23 in order that all people[o] will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly I say to you that the one who hears my word and who believes the one who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
25 “Truly, truly I say to you, that an hour is coming—and now is here—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and the ones who hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself. 27 And he has granted him authority to carry out judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Do not be astonished at this, because an hour is coming in which all those in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and they will come out—those who have done good things to a resurrection of life, but those who have practiced evil things to a resurrection of judgment. 30 I am able to do nothing from myself. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
Further Testimony About the Son
31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true. 33 You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth. 34 (And I do not receive testimony from people, but I say these things in order that you may be saved.) 35 That one was the lamp which was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice for an hour in his light.
36 “But I have a testimony greater than John’s, for the works which the Father has given to me that I should complete them—the very works which I am doing—these testify about me, that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me, that one has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form. 38 And you do not have his word residing in yourselves, because the one whom that one sent, in this one you do not believe. 39 You search[p] the scriptures because you think that you have eternal life in them, and it is these that testify about me. 40 And you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
41 “I do not accept glory[q] from people, 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one! 44 How are you able to believe, if you[r] accept glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father! The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope! 46 For if you had believed Moses, you would believe me, for that one wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe that one’s writings, how will you believe my words?”
Footnotes
- John 5:2 The majority of later manuscripts read “Bethesda,” while other early manuscripts read “Bethsaida”
- John 5:3 The majority of later manuscripts add the following words: “waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel of the Lord from time to time went down in the pool and stirred up the water. So the one who went in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he suffered.”
- John 5:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“saw”) which is understood as temporal
- John 5:6 The phrase “been sick” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied from the context
- John 5:7 Literally “during which time”
- John 5:9 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to walk”)
- John 5:10 Some manuscripts have “your mat”
- John 5:12 Some manuscripts have “They asked him”
- John 5:12 In Greek the direct object (“your mat”) is not in the Greek text but the repetition is implied from the previous verse
- John 5:13 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
- John 5:16 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to persecute”)
- John 5:17 Some manuscripts have “Jesus answered”
- John 5:18 Here “thus” is supplied as a component of the participle (“making”) which is understood as result
- John 5:21 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 5:23 The word “people” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- John 5:39 Or “Search” (an imperative)
- John 5:41 Or “honor”
- John 5:44 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“accept”) which is understood as conditional
John 5
Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus Heals a Man at a Pool
5 Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special Jewish festival. 2 In Jerusalem there is a pool with five covered porches. In Aramaic it is called Bethzatha.[a] This pool is near the Sheep Gate. 3 Many sick people were lying on the porches beside the pool. Some of them were blind, some were crippled, and some were paralyzed.[b] 4 [c] 5 One of the men lying there had been sick for 38 years. 6 Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had been sick for a very long time. So he asked him, “Do you want to be well?”
7 The sick man answered, “Sir, there is no one to help me get into the water when it 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 Immediately the man was well. He picked up his mat and started walking.
The day all this happened was a Sabbath day. 10 So some 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 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 there, and Jesus had left.
14 Later, Jesus found the man at the Temple and 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 who questioned him. He told them that Jesus was the one who made him well.
16 Jesus was doing all this on the Sabbath day. So these Jews began trying to make him stop. 17 But he said to them, “My Father never stops working, and so I work too.”
18 This made them even more determined to kill him. They thought it was bad enough that he was breaking the law about the Sabbath day. And now he was saying that God is his Father, making himself equal with God!
Jesus Has God’s Authority
19 But Jesus answered, “I assure you that the Son can do nothing alone. He does only what he sees his Father doing. The Son does the same things that the Father does. 20 The Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does. This man was healed. 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. He has given the Son power to do all the judging. 23 God did this so that all people will respect the Son the same as they respect the Father. Anyone who does not respect the Son does not respect the Father. He is the one who sent the Son.
24 “I assure you, anyone who hears what I say and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life. They will not be judged guilty. They have already left death and have entered into life. 25 Believe me, an important time is coming. That time is already here. People who are dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live. 26 Life comes from the Father himself. So the Father has also allowed the Son to give life. 27 And the Father has given him the power to judge all people because he is the Son of Man.
28 “Don’t be surprised at this. A time is coming when all people who are dead and in their graves will hear his voice. 29 Then they will come out of their graves. Those who did good in this life will rise and have eternal life. But those who did evil will rise to be judged guilty.
30 “I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told. And my judgment is right, because I am not trying to please myself. I want only to please the one who sent me.
Jesus Says More to the Jewish Leaders
31 “If I tell people about myself, they cannot be sure that what I say is true. 32 But there is someone else who tells people about me, and I know that what he says about me is true.
33 “You sent men to John, and he told you what is true. 34 I don’t need anyone to tell people about me, but I remind you of what John said so that you can be saved. 35 John was like a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
36 “But I have a proof about myself that is greater than anything John said. The things I do are my proof. These are what 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. But you have never heard his voice. You have never seen what he looks like. 38 The Father’s teaching does not live in you, because you don’t believe in the one the Father sent. 39 You carefully study the Scriptures. You think that they give you eternal life. These same Scriptures tell about me! 40 But you refuse to come to me to have that life.
41 “I don’t want praise from you or any other human. 42 But I know you—I know that you have no love for God. 43 I have come from my Father and speak for him, but you don’t accept me. But when other people come speaking only for themselves, you accept them. 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 be the one to stand before the Father and accuse you. Moses is the one to accuse you. And he is the one you hoped would save you. 46 If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. 47 But you don’t believe what he wrote, so you can’t believe what I say.”
Footnotes
- John 5:2 Bethzatha Also called Bethsaida or Bethesda, a pool of water north of the Temple in Jerusalem.
- John 5:3 At the end of verse 3, some Greek copies add “and they waited for the water to move.”
- John 5:4 A few later copies add verse 4: “Sometimes an angel of the Lord came down to the pool and shook the water. After this, the first person to go into the pool was healed from any sickness he had.”
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