Jaona 5
1 Nandimbe izay ty sabadidak’ o Jiosio le nionjoñe mb’e Ierosaleme mb’eo t’Iesoà.
Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Teo ty antara marine’ ty lalambein’ Añondry e Ierosaleme ao atao Beit-zatà ami’ty saontsy Hebreo; aman-alokaloke lime.
There is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep-gate, a Bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew ‘Bethesda.’
3 Maro ty matindry nandre ao, ty fey, ty kombo, ty kepeke nandiñe ty fihetse’ i ranoy.
In these colonnades a large number of afflicted people were lying — blind, lame, and crippled.
4 Ie an-tsa’e le mizotso mb’amy antaray ty anjeli’ i Talè mitrobo i ranoy; ie troboe’e i ranoy le ze valoha’e milipotse an-drano ao ty ampijangañeñe amy ze hasilofa’e.
5 Teo ty lahilahy nikepeke telo-polo taoñe valo’ amby.
One man who was there had been afflicted for thirty-eight years.
6 Ie nivazoho’ Iesoà te nidefoke eo, naho niarofoana’e te haehae ty do’e, le nanoa’e ty hoe: Te ho jangam-b’iheo?
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 Hoe ty natoi’ i kepekey: O Aba, izaho tsy ama’ ondaty hampijoroboñe ahy amo antarao ie ampihalingaliñeñe o ranoo; fa naho mb’eo iraho, le eo ty mizotso aolo.
“I have no one, Sir,” the afflicted man answered, “to put me into the Bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, some one else steps down before me.”
8 Hoe t’Iesoà tama’e: Miongaha, rambeso o tihi’oo le mañaveloa.
“Stand up,” said Jesus, “take up your mat, and walk about.”
9 Nijangañe amy zao indatiy le rinambe’e i tihi’ey vaho nitrantràñe mb’eo. Toe Sabotse ty andro.
The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began to walk about.
10 Aa le hoe ty asa’ o Tehodao amy jinangañey: Sabata ‘nio; faly ty anikeleha’o tihy.
Now it was the Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured: “This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat.”
11 Tinoi’e ty hoe: I nampijangañe ahiy ty nanao amako ty hoe: Miongaha, rambeso o tihi’oo le akia.
“The man who cured me,” he answered, “said to me ‘Take up your mat and walk about.’”
12 Le hoe ty ontane’ iareo: Ia t’indaty nanao ama’o ty hoe: Rambeso o tihi’oo, le akia, zao?
“Who was it,” they asked, “that said to you ‘Take up your mat and walk about’?”
13 F’ie tsy napota’ i nafahañey, fa nivik’ añe t’Iesoà, le lahialeñe ty an-toetse ao.
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 Ie añe, nivazoho’ Iesoà añ’anjomban’ Añahare ao re le nanoa’e ty hoe: Hehe, t’ie jangañe, ko mandilatse ka, tsy mone hanjo ty lombolombo’ i teoy.
Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him: “You are cured now; do not sin again, for fear that something worse may befall you.”
15 Niavotse indatiy nitalily amo Tehodao te Iesoà ro nampijangañe aze.
The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 Aa le nampisoañe’ o Tehodao t’Iesoà, nikilily hañè doza ama’e, amy t’ie nanoe’e amy Sabotsey.
And that was why the Jews began to persecute Jesus — because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
17 Fe hoe ty natoi’ Iesoà: Mifanehake sikal’ amy zao t’i Raeko vaho mitoloñe ka iraho.
But Jesus replied: “My Father works to this very hour, and I work also.”
18 Aa le sandrake te nipaia’ o Tehodao ty hañoho-doza ama’e; tsy t’ie nandilatse amy Sabataiy avao, fa t’ie nanao i Andrianañahare ho Rae’e, hifanahafa’e aman’ Añahare.
This made the Jews 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 Le hoe ty natoi’ Iesoà: Eka! to t’itaroñako te, tsy mete manao inoñ’ inoñe am-bata’e i Anakey, naho tsy ty oni’e anoen-dRae’e; amy te ze trea’e anoen-dRae’e, izay ro anoe’ i Anakey.
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 Kokoan-dRae t’i Anake le kila atoro’e aze ze anoe’e vaho ho toroa’e fitoloñañe ra’elahy te amy retoañe hilatsà’ areo.
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 Fa hambañe ami’ty ampitroaran-dRae o vilasio naho mameloñe iareo, ty ameloma’ i Anakey ze no’e.
For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them Life, so also the Son gives Life to whom he pleases.
22 Toe tsy eo ty zakae’ i Rae, fa hene natolo’e amy Anakey ze fizakañe
The Father himself does not judge any man, but has ‘entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,’
23 soa te songa hiasy i Anakey, hambañ’ amy iasia’ iareo an-dRaey. Ze tsy miasy i ana’ey, tsy miasy an-dRae nañirak’aze.
So that all men may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. He who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.
24 Eka! To ty itaroñako te, ze mijanjiñe o volakoo naho matoky i nañirak’ Ahiy ro aman-kaveloñe nainai’e, vaho tsy mimoak’ an-jaka ao; f’ie nienga i havilasiy mb’an-kaveloñe mb’eo. (aiōnios g166)
In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Itaroñako an-katò te, ho avy ty ora, toe fa ie henaneo, te ho janjiñe’ o vilasio ty fiarañanaña’ i Anan’ Añaharey, le ho veloñe o mahajanjiñe azeo.
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 Fa hambañe ami’te aman-kaveloñe am-pañova’e t’i Rae, ty nanolora’e amy Anakey ty hanañe haveloñe am-bata’e;
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 mbore tinolo’e lily hizaka, amy te ie i Ana’ ondatiy.
and, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.
28 Ko idaba’ areo, fa ho tondroke ty ora ho janjiñe’ ze fonga an-donak’ ao i fiarañanaña’ey
Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,
29 vaho hiongake boak’ao: ze nanao soa ho amy fivañonam-beloñey; le ze nanao raty ho amy fitroaram-pizakañey.
and will come out — those who have done good rising to Life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.
30 Toe tsy mahatafetetse iraho te izaho avao. Ie mitsanoñe ro mizaka, le to o zakakoo amy te tsy ty lahako ro paiako fa ty satrin-dRae nañirak’ ahy.
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 Aa naho mitalily vatan-draho, tsy ho tò i taliliy.
If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;
32 Ao ty mitalily ahy, le apotako te to i taroñe talilie’e ahiy.
it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.
33 Fa nañitrik’ amy Jaona nahareo, le nitaroña’e ty hiti’e.
You have yourselves sent to John, and he as testified to the Truth.
34 Tsy rambeseko ze talilie’ ondaty ahy, fe ivolañako o raha zao hahazoa’ areo rombake.
But the testimony which I receive is not from man; I am saying this for your Salvation.
35 Jiro nirehetse naho nireandrean-dre vaho nisatrie’ areo ty hirebeke hey amy hazavà’ey.
He was the ‘Lamp that was burning’ and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.
36 Amam-balolombeloñe ambone’ i Jaona iraho, fa o fitoloñañe nafanton-dRae amako ho henefañeo vaho i fitoloñañe fanoeko ro mitalily ahy te nirahen-dRae.
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 I Rae nañirak’ Ahy, fa nitaroñe ahy. Mbe lia’ areo tsy nahajanjiñe ty fiarañanaña’e ndra nahaisake i vinta’ey,
The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;
38 vaho tsy mimoneñe ama’ areo ao o tsara’eo amy te tsy atokisa’ areo i nahitri’ey.
and you have not taken his Message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his Messenger.
39 Hotsohotsò o Sokitse Masiñeo; fa atokisa’ areo te ama’e ao ty hanaña’ areo haveloñe nainai’e; eka, ie i mitalily ahikoy, (aiōnios g166)
You search the Scriptures, because you think that you find in them Immortal Life; and, though it is those very Scriptures that bear testimony to me, (aiōnios g166)
40 fe mifoneñe tsy homb’ amako nahareo hahazo haveloñe.
you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 Tsy rambeko ty fiasia’ ondatio,
I do not receive honour from men,
42 le apotako nahareo, te tsy an-tro’ areo ao ty fikokoan’ Añahare.
but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.
43 Nimb’ atoa iraho ami’ty tahinan-dRaeko, fe tsy rinambe’ areo; naho eo ty miheo mb’ama’ areo ami’ty añara’e, le ampihovae’ areo.
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 Aia ty hahafatokisa’ areo, te mifampiasy avao fa tsy mipay ty engeñe boak’ aman’ Añahare tokañe?
How can you believe in me, when you receive honour from one another and do not desire the honour which comes from the only God?
45 Ko atao’ areo te izaho ty hanisý anahareo añatrefan-dRae; toe eo ty haneseke anahareo: i Mosè fitama’ areo.
Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.
46 Aa naho niantofa’ areo t’i Mosè le ho natokisa’ areo iraho amy te izaho i nanokira’ey.
For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;
47 Aa naho tsy miantoke o soki’eo nahareo, aia ty hatokisa’ areo o volakoo?
but, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?”
