Yokaana 5
1 Oluvannyuma Yesu n’addayo e Yerusaalemi abeewo ku emu ku mbaga z’Abayudaaya.
Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Munda mu Yerusaalemi, okumpi n’Omulyango gw’Endiga waliwo ekidiba ekiyitibwa Besusayida, mu Lwebbulaniya, ekyazimbibwako ebigango bitaano okukyetooloola.
There is in Jerusalem, near the sheep-gate, a bath with five colonnades around it. It is called in Hebrew ‘Bethesda.’
3 Mu bigango ebyo mwagalamirangamu abalwadde bangi nnyo: abalema, abazibe b’amaaso, n’abakoozimbye.
In these colonnades a large number of sick people were lying – blind, lame, and crippled.
4 Kubanga bwe waayitangawo ekiseera malayika wa Mukama n’ajja n’atabula amazzi ago, era omuntu eyasookanga okukka mu kidiba ng’amazzi gaakatabulwa, ng’awonyezebwa.
5 Waaliwo omusajja eyali yaakalwalira emyaka amakumi asatu mu munaana.
One man who was there had been crippled for thirty-eight years.
6 Yesu bwe yamulaba n’amanya nga bw’amaze ebbanga eddene nga mulwadde, n’amubuuza nti, “Oyagala okuwonyezebwa?”
Jesus saw the man lying there, and, finding that he had been in this state a long time, said to him, “Do you wish to be cured?”
7 Omusajja omulwadde n’amuddamu nti, “Ssebo sirina muntu ayinza kunnyamba okunsuula mu kidiba ng’amazzi gaakatabulwa. Buli lwe ngezaako okukkamu we ntukirayo ng’omulala yansoose dda.”
“I have no one, Sir,” the sick man answered, “to put me into the bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, someone else steps down before me.”
8 Yesu n’amugamba nti, “Situka ozingeko omukeeka gwo otambule.”
“Stand up,” said Jesus, “take up your mat, and walk.”
9 Amangwago omusajja n’awonyezebwa. N’azingako omukeeka gwe ne yeetambulira. Olunaku olwo lwali lwa Ssabbiiti.
The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began walking.
10 Abayudaaya kyebaava bagamba omusajja awonyezebbwa nti, “Toteekwa kwetikka mukeeka gwo ku Ssabbiiti, oba omenye etteeka lya Ssabbiiti.”
Now it was the Sabbath. So the religious authorities said to the man who had been cured, “This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat.”
11 Ye n’addamu nti, “Omuntu amponyezza y’aŋŋambye nti, ‘Situlawo omukeeka gwo otambule.’”
“The man who cured me,” he answered, “said to me ‘Take up your mat and walk.’”
12 Ne bamubuuza nti, “Omuntu oyo ye ani eyakugambye okusitula omukeeka gwo otambule?”
“Who was it,” they asked, “that said to you ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”
13 Kyokka omusajja eyawonyezebwa yali tamumanyi, kubanga Yesu yali abulidde mu bantu abangi abaali mu kifo ekyo.
But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.
14 Oluvannyuma lw’ebyo Yesu n’amulaba mu Yeekaalu, n’amugamba nti, “Kaakano oli mulamu, naye toddangamu okwonoona, akabi akasingawo kaleme okukutuukako.”
Afterward Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him, “You are cured now; do not sin again, or something worse may happen to you.”
15 Omuntu oyo n’agenda n’ategeeza Abayudaaya nti Yesu ye yamuwonya.
The man went away, and told the authorities that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 Okuva olwo Abayudaaya ne batandika okuyigganya Yesu, kubanga yakolanga ebintu ebifaanana ng’ekyo ku Ssabbiiti.
And that was why they began to persecute Jesus – because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
17 Yesu n’abaddamu nti, “Kitange bulijjo akola, nange nteekwa okukola.”
But Jesus replied, “My Father works to this very hour, and I work also.”
18 Abayudaaya kyebaava beeyongera okusala amagezi okumutta, kubanga teyakoma ku kya kumenya mateeka ga Ssabbiiti kyokka, naye yeeyita Omwana wa Katonda, ne yeefuula eyenkanaankana ne Katonda.
This made the authorities all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father – putting himself on an equality with God.
19 Awo Yesu n’abagamba nti, “Ddala ddala mbagamba nti, Omwana taliiko ky’akola ku bubwe, wabula ekyo ky’alaba Kitaawe ng’akola. Kubanga ye by’akola n’Omwana by’akola.
So Jesus made this further reply, “In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.
20 Kubanga Kitaawe w’Omwana ayagala Omwana we era amulaga ky’akola, era Omwana ajja kukola ebyamagero bingi ebyewuunyisa okusinga na bino.
For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things – so that you will be filled with wonder.
21 Kubanga nga Kitaawe w’Omwana bw’azuukiza abafu, bw’atyo n’Omwana awa obulamu abo baayagala.
For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he pleases.
22 Era Kitaawe w’Omwana talina n’omu gw’asalira musango, naye obuyinza obw’okusala emisango gyonna yabuwa Omwana we,
The Father himself does not judge any one, but has entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,
23 abantu bonna balyoke bassengamu Omwana ekitiibwa nga bwe bassa mu Kitaawe ekitiibwa. Atassaamu Mwana kitiibwa, ne Kitaawe eyamutuma tamussaamu kitiibwa.
so that everyone may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The person who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.
24 “Ddala ddala mbagamba nti, Awulira ebigambo byange, n’akkiriza eyantuma, aba n’obulamu obutaggwaawo, era talisingibwa musango, kubanga aliba avudde mu kuzikirira ng’atuuse mu bulamu. (aiōnios g166)
In truth I tell you that the person who listens to my message and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Ddala ddala mbagamba nti, Ekiseera kijja, era kituuse, abafu lwe baliwulira eddoboozi ly’Omwana wa Katonda, era n’abaliwulira baliba balamu.
In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.
26 Kubanga nga Kitaawe w’Omwana bw’alina obulamu mu ye, bw’atyo bwe yawa Omwana okuba n’obulamu mu ye,
For, just as the Father has inherent life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent life within him;
27 era yamuwa obuyinza okusalira abantu emisango, kubanga ye Mwana w’Omuntu.
and, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.
28 “Ekyo tekibeewuunyisa, kubanga ekiseera kijja abafu abali mu ntaana lwe baliwulira eddoboozi lye
Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,
29 ne bavaamu kubanga be baakola ebintu ebirungi, era balifuna obulamu obutaggwaawo, naye abo abaakolanga ebibi balizuukira ne babonerezebwa.
and will come out – those who have done good rising to life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.
30 Kyokka Nze siyinza kukola kintu kyonna ku bwange. Kitange nga bw’aŋŋamba bwe nkola, era n’omusango gwe nsala gwa nsonga kubanga sinoonya bye njagala nze, wabula eyantuma by’ayagala.
I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
31 Singa nneeyogerako nzekka, bye nneyogerako tebiba bya mazima.
“If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;
32 Waliwo ategeeza gwe ndi, era mmanyi nga bya njogerako bya mazima.
it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.
33 “Mmwe mwatuma ababaka eri Yokaana, era ayogedde eby’amazima.
You have yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 Ebigambo ebinkakasa tebiva mu muntu, naye ebyo mbyogera mulyoke mulokolebwe.
But the testimony which I receive is not from people; I am saying this for your salvation.
35 Oyo ye yali ettaala eyayaka okubaleetera ekitangaala, ne musalawo mubeere mu kitangaala ekyo akaseera katono.
He was the Lamp that was burning and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.
36 “Naye nnina ebinkakasa okukira ebyo ebya Yokaana, bye byamagero bye nkola, Kitange bye yampa, era bikakasa nti Kitange ye yantuma
But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John’s; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out – the work that I am doing – is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his messenger.
37 ne Kitange yennyini eyantuma akakasa ebinkwatako. Temuwuliranga ku ddoboozi lye wadde okulaba ekifaananyi kye.
The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice nor seen his form,
38 N’ekigambo kye tekiri mu mmwe, kubanga temukkiriza oyo gwe yatuma.
and you have not taken his message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his messenger.
39 Munoonya mu Byawandiikibwa kubanga mulowooza nti muyinza okubifuniramu obulamu obutaggwaawo. Kyokka Ebyawandiikibwa ebyo bye binjulira. (aiōnios g166)
You search the scriptures, because you think that you find in them immortal life; and, though it is those scriptures that bear testimony to me, (aiōnios g166)
40 Naye temwagala kujja gye ndi mulyoke mufune obulamu obutaggwaawo.
you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 “Sinoonya kusiimibwa bantu.
“I do not receive honor from people,
42 Naye mmwe mbamanyi temuliimu kwagala kwa Katonda.
but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.
43 Nzize mu linnya lya Kitange ne mutannyaniriza. Omulala bw’anajja ku bubwe oyo mujja kumwaniriza.
I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
44 Kale muyinza mutya okukkiriza nga munoonya kusiimibwa bantu bannammwe, so nga temunoonya kusiimibwa Katonda oyo Omu yekka?
How can you believe in me, when you receive honor from one another and do not desire the honor which comes from the only God?
45 “Naye temulowooza nti ndibawawaabira eri Kitange. Abawawaabira ye Musa, mmwe gwe mulinamu essuubi.
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.
46 Singa Musa mumukkiriza, nange mwandinzikirizza, kubanga yampandiikako.
For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;
47 Kale obanga temukkiriza bye yawandiika, munakkiriza mutya ebigambo byange?”
but, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?”
