Jan 5
1 Apre sa, jwif yo te gen yon fèt nan tanp lan. Jezi moute Jerizalèm.
Afterward there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went to Jerusalem.
2 Nan lavil la, bò Pòtay Mouton yo, te gen yon gwo basen dlo yo te rele nan lang ebre: Betzata. Te gen senk pòt ki te bay sou li.
Now there is at Jerusalem, nigh the sheep gate, a bath, called, in Hebrew, Bethesda, which has five covered walks.
3 Devan pòt yo, te gen anpil moun ki te gen tout kalite maladi kouche la: gen sa ki te avèg, gen sa ki t'ap bwete, gen sa ki te paralize. Yo tout yo t'ap tann lè dlo a pran bouyi.
In these lay a great number of sick, blind, lame, and palsied people, waiting for the moving of the water,
4 Paske, tanzantan, yon zanj Bondye te desann nan basen an vin brase dlo a. Premye moun malad ki te desann nan dlo a apre zanj lan te fin brase l' la te geri, nenpòt ki maladi li te genyen.
(for a messenger at times descended into the bath, and agitated the water; and the first that stepped in, after the agitation of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had.)
5 Te gen yon nonm la ki te malad depi trantwitan.
Now, there was one there, who had been diseased thirty-eight years.
6 Jezi wè l' kouche. Li vin konnen li te malad depi tout tan sa a. Li mande li: Eske ou vle geri?
Jesus, who saw him lying, and knew that he had been long ill, said to him, Do you desire to be healed?
7 Malad la reponn li: Mèt, mwen pa gen pesonn pou mete m' nan basen an lè dlo a ap bouyi. Lè mwen fè sa pou m' ale, yon lòt gen tan desann anvan mwen.
The diseased man answered, Sir, I have no person to put me into the bath, when the water is agitated; but while I am going, another gets down before me.
8 Jezi di li: Leve non. Pran nat ou, mache ou ale.
Jesus said to him, Arise, take up your couch and walk.
9 Menm lè a, nonm lan geri. Li ranmase nat li, li pran mache. Men, jou sa fèt la se te yon jou repo.
Instantly the man was healed, and took up his couch and walked.
10 Jwif yo di nonm ki te geri a: Jòdi a se jou repo. Lalwa nou an pa pèmèt pou w'ap pote nat ou jòdi a.
Now, that day was the Sabbath. The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured, This is the Sabbath. It is now lawful for you to carry the couch.
11 Li reponn yo: Se moun ki geri m' lan wi ki di m' ranmase nat mwen, mache m' ale.
He answered, He who healed me, said to me, Take up your couch and walk.
12 Lè sa a, yo mande li: Kilès sa a ki di ou ranmase nat ou, mache ou ale a?
They asked him then, Who is the man that said to you, Take up your couch and walk?
13 Men, nonm ki te geri a pa t' konnen ki moun li te ye, paske te sitèlman gen moun la, Jezi te gen tan pati al fè wout li.
But he that had been healed, knew who it was; for Jesus had slipped away, there being a crowd in the place.
14 Pita, Jezi kontre nonm lan nan tanp lan. Li di li konsa: Koute non. Koulye a ou wè ou geri, pa fè peche, tande, pou bagay pi mal pa rive ou.
Jesus, afterward, finding him in the temple, said to him, Behold, you are cured; sin no more, lest something worse befall you.
15 Nonm lan al di jwif yo se Jezi ki te geri li.
The man went, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 Se poutèt sa jwif yo tanmen pèsekite Jezi paske li te fè sa yon jou repo.
Therefore, the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done this on the Sabbath.
17 Men, Jezi reponn yo: Se tout tan Papa m' ap travay. Mwen menm tou, m'ap travay.
But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now; I also work.
18 Poutèt pawòl sa a, jwif yo t'ap chache pi rèd atò pou yo te touye l'. Li pa t' sèlman fè bagay ki kont lalwa repo a, men li te di yo Bondye se papa li. Lè l' di sa, li te fè tèt li pase pou menm moun ak Bondye.
For this reason the Jews were the more intent to kill him; because he had not only broken the Sabbath, but, by calling God his real Father, had equaled himself to God.
19 Lè sa a, Jezi reponn yo: Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Pitit Bondye a pa fè anyen pou kò li. Sa l' wè Papa a fè, se sa l' fè tou. Tou sa Papa a ap fè, Pitit la fè l' tou.
Then Jesus addressed them, saying, Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but as he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, such does the Son, likewise.
20 Papa a renmen Pitit la, li moutre l' tou sa li menm l'ap fè. Li gen pou l' moutre l' fè bagay ki pi estwòdenè pase sa. Lè sa a, nou p'ap manke sezi.
For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself does: nay, and will show him greater works than these, which will astonish you.
21 Papa a fè moun mouri leve, li ba yo lavi ankò. Konsa tou, Pitit la bay moun li vle lavi.
For as the Father raises and quickens the dead, the Son also quickens whom he will:
22 Papa a pa jije pesonn, men li bay Pitit la tout pouvwa pou jije.
for the Father judges no person, having committed the power of judging entirely to the Son,
23 Konsa, tout moun va gen respè pou Pitit la, menm jan yo gen respè pou Papa a. Moun ki pa respekte Pitit la, li pa gen respè pou Papa ki voye l' la non plis.
that all might honor the Son; as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father, who sent him.
24 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Yon moun ki koute pawòl mwen, ki mete konfyans nan moun ki voye m' lan, l'ap gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Yo p'ap kondannen li. Li deja soti nan lanmò, li antre nan lavi. (aiōnios g166)
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears my doctrine, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; and shall not suffer condemnation, having passed from death to life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Lè a ap rive, li rive deja: moun mouri yo pral tande vwa Pitit Bondye a. Tout moun mouri ki va tande vwa sa a pral gen lavi.
Most assuredly, I say to you, the time comes; or, rather, is come, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and hearing, they shall live.
26 Papa a gen pouvwa pou l' bay lavi. Konsa tou, li bay Pitit la pouvwa pou bay lavi tou.
For, as the Father has life in himself, so has he given to the Son, to have life in himself;
27 Li bay Pitit la otorite pou jije, paske Pitit la, se Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a.
and has given him even the judicial authority, because he is a Son of Man.
28 Nou pa bezwen sezi. Lè a pral rive: tout mò ki nan tonm pral tande vwa li,
Wonder not at this: for the time comes when all that are in their graves shall hear his voice,
29 yo pral leve soti vivan nan tonm yo. Moun ki fè sa ki byen pral leve pou resevwa lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Men, tout moun ki fè sa ki mal pral leve pou resevwa kondannasyon yo.
and shall come forth. They who have done good, shall arise to enjoy life; they who have done evil, shall arise to suffer punishment.
30 Mwen pa kapab fè anyen pou kò mwen. M'ap jije dapre sa Bondye di mwen. Jijman mwen bon paske sa m'ap chache fè a se pa sa m' vle, men sa moun ki voye m' lan vle.
I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not to please myself, but to please him who sent me.
31 Si m' pale tèt mwen byen, moun pa ka asepte sa m'ap di a pou verite.
If I alone testify concerning myself, my testimony is not to be regarded:
32 Men, se yon lòt k'ap pale byen sou mwen. Mwen konnen sa l'ap di sou mwen an, se verite.
there is another who testifies concerning me; and I know that his testimony of me ought to be regarded.
33 Nou te voye moun bò kot Jan. Li te di nou verite a jan l' ye a.
You, yourselves, sent to John, and he bore testimony of the truth.
34 Mwen menm poutèt pa m', mwen pa bezwen pesonn pale pou mwen. Men, mwen di nou sa pou nou kapab sove.
As for me, I need no human testimony; I can only urge this for your salvation.
35 Jan te tankou yon lanp yo limen ki klere byen bèl. Pou yon tan, nou te byen kontan pwofite limyè li a.
He was the blazing and shining lamp; and for awhile, you were glad to enjoy his light.
36 Men, pou mwen menm, mwen gen yon lòt bagay ki pale an favè m' ki pi bon toujou pase sa Jan te di sou mwen an. Se travay m'ap fè a, travay Papa m' ban m' fè a ki pale pou mwen. Sa fè wè se Papa a ki voye mwen.
But I have greater testimony than John's: for the works which the Father has empowered me to perform, the works themselves, which I do, testify for me, that the Father has sent me.
37 Papa ki voye m' lan, li menm tou l'ap pale an favè mwen. Nou pa janm tande vwa l', ni nou pa janm wè figi li.
Nay, the Father, who sent me, has himself attested me. Did you never hear his voice, or see his form?
38 Nou pa kenbe pawòl li yo nan kè nou, paske nou pa kwè nan moun li voye a.
Or, have you forgotten his declaration, that you believe not him whom he has sent forth?
39 N'ap plede etidye sa ki ekri nan Liv la, paske nou mete nan tèt nou nou ka jwenn lavi ki pa janm fini an ladan li. Men, se Liv sa a menm ki pale sou mwen. (aiōnios g166)
You search the scriptures because you think to obtain by them eternal life. Now these, also, are witnesses for me; (aiōnios g166)
40 Malgre sa, nou pa vle vin jwenn mwen pou nou ka gen lavi tout bon an.
yet you will not come to me, that you may obtain life.
41 Mwen p'ap chache lwanj nan men lèzòm.
I desire not honor from men;
42 Men, mwen konnen ki moun nou ye: nou pa gen renmen pou Bondye nan kè nou.
but I know you, that you are strangers to the love of God.
43 Se Papa m' ki voye mwen. Men, nou pa vle resevwa mwen. Men, kite yon lòt moun vin pou kont li, n'ap resevwa li.
I am come in my Father's name, and you did not receive me; if another come, in his own name, you will receive him.
44 Nou renmen resevwa lwanj yonn nan men lòt, nou pa chache lwanj ki soti nan men Bondye ki pa gen parèy la. Nan kondisyon sa a, ki jan pou nou kwè?
How can you believe, while you court honor one from another, regardless of the honor which comes from God alone?
45 Pa mete nan tèt nou mwen pral akize nou devan Papa mwen. Se Moyiz ki pral akize nou, Moyiz nou di ki tout espwa nou an.
Do not think that I am he who will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you confide.
46 Si nou te kwè tout bon nan Moyiz, nou ta kwè nan mwen tou, paske li ekri sou mwen tou.
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me: for he wrote concerning me.
47 Men, nou pa kwè nan sa l' te ekri a. Ki jan pou n' ta fè kwè sa m'ap di nou an?
But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words?
