Jan 5
1 Apre sa, jwif yo te gen yon fèt nan tanp lan. Jezi moute Jerizalèm.
After these things, there was a Judean [Person from Praise] festival, and Yeshua [Salvation] went up to Jerusalem [City of peace].
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 in Jerusalem [City of peace] by the sheep gate, there is a pool with five porches, which is called in Hebrew [Immigrant], “Bethesda [House of mercy]”.
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 multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, 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 an angel went down at certain times into the pool, and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.
5 Te gen yon nonm la ki te malad depi trantwitan.
A certain man was there, who had been sick for 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?
When Yeshua [Salvation] saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made 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.
The sick man answered him, “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 Jezi di li: Leve non. Pran nat ou, mache ou ale.
Yeshua [Salvation] said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, 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.
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now it was the Sabbath ·To cease· 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 [Praisers] said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath ·To cease·! It is against Torah ·Teaching· for you to carry your mat!”
11 Li reponn yo: Se moun ki geri m' lan wi ki di m' ranmase nat mwen, mache m' ale.
He answered them, “He who made me well, the same said to me, ‘Take up your mat, and walk.’”
12 Lè sa a, yo mande li: Kilès sa a ki di ou ranmase nat ou, mache ou ale a?
Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat, 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 who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Yeshua [Salvation] had withdrawn, a crowd being 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.
Afterward Yeshua [Salvation] found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Commit sin ·miss the mark and be without share· no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
15 Nonm lan al di jwif yo se Jezi ki te geri li.
The man went away, and told the Jews [Praisers] that it was Yeshua [Salvation] who had made him well.
16 Se poutèt sa jwif yo tanmen pèsekite Jezi paske li te fè sa yon jou repo.
For this cause the Jews [Praisers] persecuted Yeshua [Salvation], and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath ·To cease·.
17 Men, Jezi reponn yo: Se tout tan Papa m' ap travay. Mwen menm tou, m'ap travay.
But Yeshua [Salvation] answered them, “'Avi [My Father] is still working, so 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 cause therefore the Jews [Praisers] sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath ·To cease·, but also called God 'Aviv ·his Father·, making himself equal with 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.
Yeshua [Salvation] therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees Abba ·Father· doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does 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 Abba ·Father· has phileo ·affectionate love, high regard· for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 Papa a fè moun mouri leve, li ba yo lavi ankò. Konsa tou, Pitit la bay moun li vle lavi.
For as Abba ·Father· raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
22 Papa a pa jije pesonn, men li bay Pitit la tout pouvwa pou jije.
For the Abba ·Father· judges no one, but he 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.
that all may honor the Son, even as they honor haAbba ·the Father·. He who does not honor the Son does not honor haAbba ·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 certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and trusts him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, 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.
Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Ben-Elohim ·Son of Elohim God·’s voice; and those who hear will live.
26 Papa a gen pouvwa pou l' bay lavi. Konsa tou, li bay Pitit la pouvwa pou bay lavi tou.
For as Abba Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
27 Li bay Pitit la otorite pou jije, paske Pitit la, se Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a.
He also gave him authority to execute judgment, 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,
Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will 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 will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
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 myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is upright; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of 'Avi ·my Father· who sent me.
31 Si m' pale tèt mwen byen, moun pa ka asepte sa m'ap di a pou verite.
“If I testify about myself, my witness 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.
It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
33 Nou te voye moun bò kot Jan. Li te di nou verite a jan l' ye a.
You have sent to John [Yah is gracious], and he has testified 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.
But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things 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.
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while 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 the testimony which I have is greater than that of John [Yah is gracious], for the works which Abba Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Abba ·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.
Abba ·Father· himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
38 Nou pa kenbe pawòl li yo nan kè nou, paske nou pa kwè nan moun li voye a.
You don’t have his word living in you; because you don’t trust 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 search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about 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 have life.
41 Mwen p'ap chache lwanj nan men lèzòm.
I don’t receive glory 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 don’t have God’s agape ·unconditional love· 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 have come in 'Avi ·my Father·’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes 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 trust, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that 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.
“Don’t think that I will accuse you to Abba Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses [Drawn out], on whom you have set your hope.
46 Si nou te kwè tout bon nan Moyiz, nou ta kwè nan mwen tou, paske li ekri sou mwen tou.
For if you trusted Moses [Drawn out], you would trust 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?
But if you don’t trust his writings, how will you trust my words?”
