Iohannem 5
1 post haec erat dies festus Iudaeorum et ascendit Iesus Hierosolymis
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem when the Jews were having [another] celebration.
2 est autem Hierosolymis super Probatica piscina quae cognominatur hebraice Bethsaida quinque porticus habens
At one of the gates [into the city] called the Sheep Gate, there is a pool. In our language we call it Bethzatha. [Around the pool] were five open areas with roofs over them.
3 in his iacebat multitudo magna languentium caecorum claudorum aridorum expectantium aquae motum
Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed.
5 erat autem quidam homo ibi triginta et octo annos habens in infirmitate sua
One of those who was there had been paralyzed for 38 years.
6 hunc cum vidisset Iesus iacentem et cognovisset quia multum iam tempus habet dicit ei vis sanus fieri
Jesus saw him lying there and found out that the man had been like that for a long time. He said to the man, “Do you want to become well?”
7 respondit ei languidus Domine hominem non habeo ut cum turbata fuerit aqua mittat me in piscinam dum venio enim ego alius ante me descendit
The paralyzed man replied to him, “[Yes], sir, [I want to get well, but] there is no one to help me get down into the pool when the water is stirred {stirs}. While I am trying to get [to the pool], someone else always gets there before me.”
8 dicit ei Iesus surge tolle grabattum tuum et ambula
Jesus said to him, “Get up! Then pick up your mat and walk!”
9 et statim sanus factus est homo et sustulit grabattum suum et ambulabat erat autem sabbatum in illo die
The man immediately was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking! The day on which this happened was a Jewish day of rest.
10 dicebant Iudaei illi qui sanatus fuerat sabbatum est non licet tibi tollere grabattum tuum
So the Jewish [leaders] said to the man who had been healed, “Today is (the Sabbath/our rest day), and [in our Jewish] laws [it is written that people should not work on our] ([Sabbath/rest day]), so you should not be carrying your mat!”
11 respondit eis qui me fecit sanum ille mihi dixit tolle grabattum tuum et ambula
The man replied to them, “The man who healed me, he himself said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’”
12 interrogaverunt ergo eum quis est ille homo qui dixit tibi tolle grabattum tuum et ambula
They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk!’?”
13 is autem qui sanus fuerat effectus nesciebat quis esset Iesus enim declinavit turba constituta in loco
But since Jesus had disappeared in the crowd [without telling the man his name], the man did not know who it was [who had healed him].
14 postea invenit eum Iesus in templo et dixit illi ecce sanus factus es iam noli peccare ne deterius tibi aliquid contingat
Later, Jesus found the man in the Temple [courtyard]. He [told the man his name, and] said to him, “Listen! You are healed! So stop sinning! If you do not stop sinning, something will happen to you that will be worse [than the illness you had before]!”
15 abiit ille homo et nuntiavit Iudaeis quia Iesus esset qui fecit eum sanum
The man went away and told the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] that it was Jesus who had healed him.
16 propterea persequebantur Iudaei Iesum quia haec faciebat in sabbato
So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] started to harass Jesus, because Jesus was doing these things (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day).
17 Iesus autem respondit eis Pater meus usque modo operatur et ego operor
Then Jesus replied to them, “My Father has always been working every day, [including] ([the Sabbath/the day of rest]), up until now. I am doing the same thing!”
18 propterea ergo magis quaerebant eum Iudaei interficere quia non solum solvebat sabbatum sed et Patrem suum dicebat Deum aequalem se faciens Deo respondit itaque Iesus et dixit eis
The Jewish leaders [SYN] considered that he was disobeying their rules about (the Sabbath/the day of rest), and that by saying that God was his Father, he was making himself equal with God. And they considered that both these things were grounds for killing him. So they tried even harder to find a way to kill him.
19 amen amen dico vobis non potest Filius a se facere quicquam nisi quod viderit Patrem facientem quaecumque enim ille fecerit haec et Filius similiter facit
Jesus replied to them by saying, “You need to know this: I can do nothing by my own [authority]. I do only the [kind of] things that I see [my] Father doing. Whatever kinds of things my Father is doing, those are the things I am doing.
20 Pater enim diligit Filium et omnia demonstrat ei quae ipse facit et maiora his demonstrabit ei opera ut vos miremini
[My] Father loves me, and he shows me everything that he is doing. He will show me [the miracles] that [he wants me to do] that will be greater than the ones that [you have already seen me do], so that you may be amazed.
21 sicut enim Pater suscitat mortuos et vivificat sic et Filius quos vult vivificat
[For example], just like [my] Father causes people who have died to become alive again, I will give [eternal] life to everyone that I want to.
22 neque enim Pater iudicat quemquam sed iudicium omne dedit Filio
Furthermore, [my] Father is not the one who judges people [concerning their sins]. Instead, he has given to me the work of judging people,
23 ut omnes honorificent Filium sicut honorificant Patrem qui non honorificat Filium non honorificat Patrem qui misit illum
in order that all people may honor me, just like they honor [my] Father. [My] Father [considers that] anyone who does not honor me is not honoring [him], the one who sent me.
24 amen amen dico vobis quia qui verbum meum audit et credit ei qui misit me habet vitam aeternam et in iudicium non venit sed transit a morte in vitam (aiōnios g166)
Listen to this carefully: Those who hear my message and believe that [God] is the one who sent me have eternal life. [God will] not (condemn them/say that he will punish them). They are no longer separated from God. Instead, they have [eternal] life. (aiōnios g166)
25 amen amen dico vobis quia venit hora et nunc est quando mortui audient vocem Filii Dei et qui audierint vivent
Listen to this carefully: There will be a time when those who are (spiritually dead/separated from God) will hear the voice of me, (the Son of God/the man who is also God). In fact, it is that time already. Those who hear [and pay attention to my message] will have [eternal] life.
26 sicut enim Pater habet vitam in semet ipso sic dedit et Filio vitam habere in semet ipso
[My] Father has [power to] make things live. Similarly, he has given me the [power to enable] people to live [eternally].
27 et potestatem dedit ei et iudicium facere quia Filius hominis est
Because I am the one who came from heaven, he has given me the authority to judge people [concerning their sins].
28 nolite mirari hoc quia venit hora in qua omnes qui in monumentis sunt audient vocem eius
Do not be surprised about that, because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear my voice,
29 et procedent qui bona fecerunt in resurrectionem vitae qui vero mala egerunt in resurrectionem iudicii
and they will become alive again. Those who have lived good [lives] will rise [from their graves] and live forever. But those who have lived evil lives will rise, and I will (condemn them/declare that I will punish them [for their sins]).
30 non possum ego a me ipso facere quicquam sicut audio iudico et iudicium meum iustum est quia non quaero voluntatem meam sed voluntatem eius qui misit me
I do not do anything [like that] by my own authority. I judge people only according to what I hear [my Father tell me]. I will judge people fairly, because I do not want to please only myself. Instead, I want to please [my Father], who sent me.
31 si ego testimonium perhibeo de me testimonium meum non est verum
If I were the [only] one to tell people about myself, [people could rightly say that] what I say is not true.
32 alius est qui testimonium perhibet de me et scio quia verum est testimonium quod perhibet de me
But there is someone else who tells people about me. And I know that what he tells people about me is true.
33 vos misistis ad Iohannem et testimonium perhibuit veritati
As for you, when you sent messengers to John [the Baptizer to ask about me], he told the truth [about me].
34 ego autem non ab homine testimonium accipio sed haec dico ut vos salvi sitis
I do not [need that] people tell others [about me]. But instead, I am reminding [you about what John told people about me], in order that you will [believe it and] be saved {[God] will save you}.
35 ille erat lucerna ardens et lucens vos autem voluistis exultare ad horam in luce eius
[John’s message about me] (OR, [John]) [MET] was [like] a lamp that shines brightly. For a short while you were willing to be made happy [by that message] {to let [that message] make you happy}.
36 ego autem habeo testimonium maius Iohanne opera enim quae dedit mihi Pater ut perficiam ea ipsa opera quae ego facio testimonium perhibent de me quia Pater me misit
But there is something else that tells you about me. [It should prove who I am] more than what John [said about me]. The miracles [PRS] that [my] Father told me to do, the miracles that I am performing, show (OR, prove) to people that my Father sent me.
37 et qui misit me Pater ipse testimonium perhibuit de me neque vocem eius umquam audistis neque speciem eius vidistis
Furthermore, [my] Father, who sent me, tells people about me. You have never heard his voice or seen him.
38 et verbum eius non habetis in vobis manens quia quem misit ille huic vos non creditis
Furthermore, you have not believed in [me], the one he sent. So you have not [believed] his message in your inner beings.
39 scrutamini scripturas quia vos putatis in ipsis vitam aeternam habere et illae sunt quae testimonium perhibent de me (aiōnios g166)
You carefully study (OR, Study) the Scriptures, because you think that by [studying] them you will [find the way to] have eternal life. And those Scriptures tell people about me! (aiōnios g166)
40 et non vultis venire ad me ut vitam habeatis
But you refuse (to come to me/to believe my message) in order that you may have [eternal] life.
41 claritatem ab hominibus non accipio
It does not [matter to] me whether people praise me.
42 sed cognovi vos quia dilectionem Dei non habetis in vobis
But you [want people to praise you]. I know that within yourselves you do not love God.
43 ego veni in nomine Patris mei et non accipitis me si alius venerit in nomine suo illum accipietis
Although I have come to earth with my Father’s authority [MTY], you do not accept me. But if someone else comes with his own authority [MTY], you accept him!
44 quomodo potestis vos credere qui gloriam ab invicem accipitis et gloriam quae a solo est Deo non quaeritis
You accept your praising each other, but you do not try to do things that will result in God himself praising you. So (there is no way you can believe [in me]!/how can you believe [my message]?) [RHQ]
45 nolite putare quia ego accusaturus sim vos apud Patrem est qui accuset vos Moses in quo vos speratis
But do not think that I am the one who will accuse you while [my] Father is listening! No, it is Moses who will accuse you! You thought that he would [defend you].
46 si enim crederetis Mosi crederetis forsitan et mihi de me enim ille scripsit
Moses wrote about me, so if you had believed what he [wrote], you would have believed what I [said]
47 si autem illius litteris non creditis quomodo meis verbis credetis
But because you did not believe what he wrote [about me], (you will certainly not believe what I say!/how will you believe what I say?) [RHQ]”
