Johan 5
1 To pacoengah Judahnawk ih poih to oh; to naah Jesu loe Jerusalem ah caeh tahang.
After this, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Jerusalem vangpui ih tuu khongkha taengah, Hebru lok hoi Bethesda, tiah kawk ih tuili maeto oh, toah imphu kaom anghakhaih ahmuen pangato oh.
Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem, there is a pool, which is called Bethesda in Hebrew. It’s surrounded by five covered colonnades.
3 To ahmuen ah mikmaeng, khokkhaem, kangoi hoi nganna kaminawk angsong o mangh moe, kangphui tui to a zing o.
In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water,
4 Atue atue naah van kami to angzoh tathuk moe, tui to angphuisak: mi kawbaktih doeh tui angphui naah lungpung hmaloe loe a tawnh ih kawbaktih nathaih doeh hoih.
for an angel went down from time to time into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease that person had.
5 To naah saning quithumto pacoeng, tazetto kangoi kami maeto tui taengah oh.
A certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years.
6 Jesu mah to kami loe saning paroeai kasawk ah to ahmuen ah angsong boeh, tito panoek naah, anih mah to kami khaeah, Ngantui han na koeh maw? tiah a naa.
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been sick for a long time, He asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7 Nganna kami mah anih khaeah, Angraeng, tui angphui naah kai tui thungah va kami om ai: kang thawk moe, ka caeh li naah, kalah kaminawk ka hma ah lungpung o ving boeh, tiah a naa.
The sick man answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesu mah anih khaeah, Angthawk ah, nangmah ih nambaih to la ah loe, caeh laih, tiah a naa.
Jesus told him, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
9 Akra ai ah to kami to ngantui roep, angmah ih kahni to lak moe, a caeh: to na ni loe Sabbath ah oh.
Immediately, the man was made well, took up his mat, and walked. That was on the Sabbath day.
10 To naah Judahnawk mah ngantui kami khaeah, Vaihni loe Sabbath niah oh: kahni lak han daan na ai ni, tiah a naa o.
Therefore the Jews were telling him who was cured, “It’s the Sabbath, and it isn’t legal for you to carry your mat.”
11 Toe anih mah nihcae khaeah, Kai ngantuisak kami mah, kai khaeah, nangmah ih kahni to la ah loe, caeh laih, tiah ang naa, tiah pathim pae.
He answered them, “He who made me well told me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’”
12 To naah nihcae mah anih khaeah, Nangmah ih kahni to la ah loe, caeh laih, tiah thui kami loe mi aa? tiah dueng o.
Then they asked him, “Who told you to ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”
13 Jesu loe toah kangpop paroeai kaminawk salakah caeh ving boeh pongah, ngantui kami mah anih loe mi kawbaktih maw, tito panoek ai boeh.
The man who had been healed didn’t know who it was, because Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.
14 To pacoengah Jesu mah anih to tempul thungah hnuk, anih khaeah, Khenah, ngan na tui boeh: zaehaih sah let hmah lai ah, to tih ai nahaeloe kanung aep hmuen na nuiah pha tih, tiah a naa.
Later, Jesus found him in the temple and told him, “See, you have been made well! Don’t sin any more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
15 To kami loe caeh moe, anih ngantuisak kami loe Jesu ni, tiah Judahnawk khaeah thuih pae.
The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 Jesu mah Sabbath niah to baktih hmuennawk sak pongah, Judahnawk mah Jesu to pacaekthlaek moe, hum hanah pacaeng o.
For this reason, the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath.
17 Toe Jesu mah nihcae khaeah, Kam Pa loe vaihi khoek to toksak vop, to pongah kai doeh tok ka sak toeng, tiah a naa.
Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
18 Anih loe Sabbath ni to zaa ai khue na ai ah, Sithaw loe Kam Pa ni, tiah thui moe, angmah hoi angmah to Sithaw hoi kangvan ah suek pongah, Judahnawk mah anih to hum hanah pacaeng o aep.
Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 Jesu mah nihcae khaeah hae tiah lok pathim pae, Loktang to, loktang ah, Kang thuih o, Ampa mah sak ih hmuen hnu ai ah, Capa loe angmah koeh ah tidoeh sah thai ai: ampa mah sak ih hmuennawk baktih toengah ni, Capa mah doeh sak toeng.
Then Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless He sees the Father do it, for whatever He does, the Son does likewise.
20 Ampa mah Capa to palung pongah, a sak ih hmuennawk boih to anih hanah patuek: na dawnrai o hanah, hae hmuennawk pongah kalen kue anih han patuek vop tih.
The Father loves the Son, and shows Him everything that He Himself does. He will show Him even greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 Ampa mah kadueh kaminawk to pathawk moe, nihcae han hinghaih paek baktih toengah, Capa mah doeh angmah koeh ih kaminawk khaeah hinghaih to paek.
As the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whoever He wishes.
22 Ampa loe mi doeh lokcaek ai, lokcaekhaih to Capa khaeah paek boih boeh:
The Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment to the Son,
23 Ampa to saiqat o baktih toengah, Capa to kami boih mah saiqat o thai hanah to tiah paek. A Capa saiqat ai kami loe, anih patoehkung ampa doeh saiqat ai.
that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent Him.
24 Loktang to, loktang ah, Kang thuih o, Ka lok hae tahngai moe, kai patoehkung Anih to tang kami loe, dungzan hinghaih to tawnh boeh pongah, lokcaekhaih tong mak ai; duekhaih thung hoiah a poeng boeh moe, hinghaih thungah akun boeh. (aiōnios g166)
“Most assuredly, I tell you, the person who hears my words and believes in Him who sent me has everlasting life, and won’t come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Loktang to, loktang ah, Kang thuih o, Kadueh kaminawk mah Sithaw Capa ih lok to thai o tih: lok thaih kaminawk loe hing o tih, to baktih atue to angzo tih, vaihi doeh angzoh boeh.
Most assuredly, I tell you, the time is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of God’s Son, and those who hear will live.
26 Ampa loe angmah ah hinghaih to tawnh boeh, to baktih toengah Capa mah doeh angmah ah hinghaih tawnh hanah ampa mah paek boeh.
For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself,
27 Anih loe Kami Capa ah oh pongah, lokcaek thaihaih doeh anih hanah paek boeh.
and has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
28 Hae pongah dawnrai o sak hmah: taprong thung kaom kaminawk boih mah anih ih lok thaihaih atue to pha tih,
Don’t marvel at this, for the time is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice
29 kahoih hmuen sah kaminawk loe, hinghaih to toep hanah, angthawk o let ueloe, kasae hmuen sah kaminawk doeh, lokcaekhaih hnuk hanah, angthawk o let tih.
and come out — those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.
30 Kai loe kaimah koeh ah tidoeh sah thai ai: ka thaih ih baktih toengah lok ka caek: kaimah koehhaih to ka pakrong ai, kai patoehkung Pa koehhaih to ni ka pakrong, to pongah ka lokcaekhaih loe amsoem.
I can do nothing by myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.
31 Kaimah hoi kaimah hnukung ah ka oh nahaeloe, hnukung ah ka ohhaih to amsoem mak ai.
“If I testify about myself, my testimony isn’t valid.
32 Toe kai hnukung kalah maeto oh; anih mah kai hnukung ah ohhaih lok loe amsoem, tiah ka panoek.
There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony about me is valid.
33 Anih loe loktang hnukung ah oh pongah, Johan khaeah kami na patoeh o.
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 Toe kami mah thuih ih hnukung ah ohhaih to ka tapom ai: toe pahlonghaih na hnuk o thai han ih ni hae loknawk hae ka thuih.
Not that I accept human testimony, but I tell you this so that you may be saved.
35 Johan loe kangqong, aanghaih paekkung hmai-im ah oh: nangcae loe anih aanghaih thungah nawnetta thung khue anghoe han ih ni na koeh o.
John was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
36 Toe kai loe Johan pong kalen kue hnukung to ka tawnh: kai loe toksak pacoeng hanah Pa mah ang paek ih toknawk to ni ka sak, to toknawk loe Pa mah ang patoeh, tiah hnukung ah oh o.
I have a greater testimony than John’s. The works that the Father has given me to finish — the very works that I do — testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
37 Kai patoehkung, Pa loe kai hnukung ah oh. Nangcae mah loe anih ih lok to na thaih o vai ai, anih ih krang doeh na hnu o vai ai.
The Father Himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form.
38 Nangcae thungah anih ih lok om ai pongah, anih mah patoeh ih kami to na tang o ai.
You don’t have His words dwelling in you, because you don’t believe the One who He sent.
39 Nangcae dungzan hinghaih loe Cabu thungah oh, tiah na poek o pongah, Cabunawk to na khet o; to Cabunawk loe kai kawng thuikung ah ni oh o. (aiōnios g166)
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life, and these testify about me. (aiōnios g166)
40 Toe hinghaih na hnuk o hanah, kai khaeah angzoh han na koeh o ai.
Yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 Kai loe kaminawk pakoehhaih to tiah doeh ka poek ai.
“I don’t accept glory from men,
42 Toe nangcae thungah Sithaw amlunghaih om ai, tito ka panoek.
but I know you. I know that you don’t have God’s sincere love in you.
43 Kai loe kam Pa ih ahmin hoiah ni kang zoh, toe kai to nang talawk o ai: angmah ih ahmin hoiah kalah kami to angzo nahaeloe, anih to na talawk o tih.
I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t accept me, but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.
44 Sithaw khae khue hoiah angzo pakoehhaih to pakrong ai ah, kami maeto hoi maeto pakoehhaih to na koeh o pongah, kawbangmaw na tang o thai tih?
How can you believe when you accept glory from one another, and don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 Kai mah Pa hmaa ah nangcae zaehaih net tih, tiah poek o hmah: nangcae zaehaih net kami loe na oep o ih, Mosi ni.
“Don’t think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, who you have set your hope on.
46 Mosi na tang o nahaeloe, kai doeh nang tang o tih: anih loe kai kawng ni tarik.
If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.
47 Toe anih mah tarik ih loknawk to na tang o ai nahaeloe, kawbangmaw ka thuih ih loknawk to na tang o thai tih? tiah a naa.
If you don’t believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
