Jan 5
1 Apre sa, jwif yo te gen yon fèt nan tanp lan. Jezi moute Jerizalèm.
After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up 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 in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep-gate, called in the Hebrew, Bethesda.
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.
It has five colonnades. In these there used to lie a great crowd of sick people - blind, lame, paralyzed.
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.
5 Te gen yon nonm la ki te malad depi trantwitan.
And there was one man there for thirty-eight years in his infirmity.
6 Jezi wè l' kouche. Li vin konnen li te malad depi tout tan sa a. Li mande li: Eske ou vle geri?
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to get well?"
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.
"Sir," answered the sick man, "I have no man to put me into the pool whenever the water is troubled; and while I am trying to come, some one else steps down before me."
8 Jezi di li: Leve non. Pran nat ou, mache ou ale.
"Rise," said Jesus, "take up your bed and go walking away."
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 became well, and he took up his bed and started to walk. Now it was Sabbath on that day;
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.
so the Jews kept saying to the man who had been cured. "It is the Sabbath Day; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed."
11 Li reponn yo: Se moun ki geri m' lan wi ki di m' ranmase nat mwen, mache m' ale.
He replied, "The man who healed me told me to take up my bed and walk."
12 Lè sa a, yo mande li: Kilès sa a ki di ou ranmase nat ou, mache ou ale a?
"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, ‘take up your bed and go walking away’?"
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 who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had moved away, as there was a crowd in that 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.
Afterward Jesus found him in the Temple, and said to him. "Look! You have become well. Do not go on sinning, lest a worse thing befall you."
15 Nonm lan al di jwif yo se Jezi ki te geri li.
The man went to and told the Jews that it was Jesus who made him well;
16 Se poutèt sa jwif yo tanmen pèsekite Jezi paske li te fè sa yon jou repo.
and because of this the Jews began to persecute Jesus, because he had done it on the Sabbath.
17 Men, Jezi reponn yo: Se tout tan Papa m' ap travay. Mwen menm tou, m'ap travay.
But he answered them, "My Father has continued working until now, and I am working too."
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 continued to seek the more eagerly to put him to death, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was actually speaking of God as his own Father, thus making himself of God’s equal.
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.
So Jesus answered them in these words. "In solemn truth I tell that the Son cannot do anything of himself, except what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does also.
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 every thing that he himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will he show him, that you may wonder.
21 Papa a fè moun mouri leve, li ba yo lavi ankò. Konsa tou, Pitit la bay moun li vle lavi.
"For just as the Father raises the dead and makes them alive, even so the Son makes whom he will alive.
22 Papa a pa jije pesonn, men li bay Pitit la tout pouvwa pou jije.
"The Father indeed does not judge any one, but has given all judgment 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.
"in order that all may honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor Son, does not honor 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)
"I tell you solemnly that he who listens to my messages and believes Him who sent me, has eternal life. He will not come under condemnation, but has passed out of death into 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.
"Solemnly I tell you that the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear 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 also has he granted 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 he has given him authority to pronounce judgment, because he is Son of man.
28 Nou pa bezwen sezi. Lè a pral rive: tout mò ki nan tonm pral tande vwa li,
"Do not wonder at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth again;
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.
"those who have done good into a resurrection of life, and those who have practised evil to a resurrection of condemnation.
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 of my own self do nothing. As I listen, I judge, and my own judgment is just, because I am not seeking my own will, but the will of Him who sent me.
31 Si m' pale tèt mwen byen, moun pa ka asepte sa m'ap di a pou verite.
"If I bear testimony concerning myself, my testimony is not valid.
32 Men, se yon lòt k'ap pale byen sou mwen. Mwen konnen sa l'ap di sou mwen an, se verite.
"Another bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears concerning me is valid.
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 has been and is a witness to the truth.
34 Mwen menm poutèt pa m', mwen pa bezwen pesonn pale pou mwen. Men, mwen di nou sa pou nou kapab sove.
"(Though for myself I accept no witness from man; I only mention that you may be saved.)
35 Jan te tankou yon lanp yo limen ki klere byen bèl. Pou yon tan, nou te byen kontan pwofite limyè li a.
"That man was the Lamp-burning and shining - and you were willing for a time rejoice in 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 testimony greater than that of John; for the work which the Father has given me to bring to completion - the work which I am doing - bears testimony concerning 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.
"And the Father who sent me has himself borne testimony concerning me. None of you has heard his at any time or seen him,
38 Nou pa kenbe pawòl li yo nan kè nou, paske nou pa kwè nan moun li voye a.
nor had his word dwelling within you, because you do not believe him whom he sent.
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 are searching the Scriptures because you suppose that in tem you have eternal life; and though these are they that bear witness concerning me, (aiōnios g166)
40 Malgre sa, nou pa vle vin jwenn mwen pou nou ka gen lavi tout bon an.
"you will not come to me that you may have life.
41 Mwen p'ap chache lwanj nan men lèzòm.
"I am not receiving honor from men, but I know you,
42 Men, mwen konnen ki moun nou ye: nou pa gen renmen pou Bondye nan kè nou.
"that you have not the love of God in yourselves.
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 the name of my Father and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, him you will receive.
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 when you receive glory from, one another, and have no desire for the glory which comes from the only God?
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 imagine that I shall accuse you to the Father. Moses is your accuser, on whom you build your hopes.
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 about 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?
And if you do not believe his writings, how will you ever believe my words?"
