Johani 5
1 Shure kwezvinhu izvi kwakava nemutambo weVaJudha; Jesu ndokukwira kuJerusarema.
Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Zvino paJerusarema pedo nesuwo regwai pane dziva rinonzi Bhetisaidha nechiHebheru, rine maberere mashanu.
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.
3 Mukati mawo makange murere chaunga chikuru chevarwere, chemapofu, chezvirema, chevakawonyana, vakamirira kubvongodzwa kwemvura.
On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
4 Nokuti mutumwa waiburukira pane imwe nguva mudziva iro, achibvongodza mvura; koti anotanga kupinda shure kwekubvongodzwa kwemvura, waiporeswa, pachirwere chipi zvacho chaainge akabatwa nacho.
5 Zvino kwaivapo umwe munhu waiva nemakore makumi matatu nemasere ane chifo.
One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
6 Jesu wakati amuona arere, achiziva kuti ikozvino wakange ava nenguva refu, akati kwaari: Unoda kuporeswa here?
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 Murwere akamupindura akati: Ishe, handina munhu anondikanda mudziva, kana mvura ichibvongodzwa; asi kana ini ndichiuya, umwe anoburukira mberi kwangu.
“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
8 Jesu akati kwaari: Simuka, simudza nhovo yako, ufambe.
Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
9 Zvino pakarepo munhu uyu akaporeswa, ndokusimudza nhovo yake akafamba. Zvino raiva sabata nemusi iwoyo.
Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,
10 Naizvozvo VaJudha vakati kune wakaporeswa: Isabata; hazvisi pamutemo kuti utakure nhovo.
so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
11 Akavapindura akati: Uyo wandiporesa, ndiye wati kwandiri: Simudza nhovo yako ufambe.
But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
12 Saka vakamubvunza vachiti: Ndiani munhu uyo wati kwauri: Simudza nhovo yako ufambe?
“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
13 Zvino wakange aporeswa wakange asingazivi kuti ndiani; nokuti Jesu wakange asvova, zvakwaiva nechaunga panzvimbo iyo.
But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.
14 Shure kwezvinhu izvi Jesu akamuwana mutembere, akati kwaari: Tarira waporeswa; usatadzazve, zvimwe chimwe chakanyanya kuipa chingaitika kwauri.
Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”
15 Munhu akabva, akaudza VaJudha kuti ndiJesu wakamuporesa.
And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
16 Zvino nekuda kweizvozvo VaJudha vakashusha Jesu, ndokutsvaka kumuuraya, nokuti wakaita zvinhu izvi nesabata.
Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.
17 Asi Jesu wakavapindura akati: Baba vangu vanoshanda kusvikira ikozvino, neni ndinoshanda.
But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
18 Naizvozvo nekuda kweizvi VaJudha vakanyanya kutsvaka kumuuraya, nokuti wakange asingadariki sabata chete, asi wakatiwo Mwari ndiBaba vake vomene, achizvienzanisa naMwari.
Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 Zvino Jesu akapindura akati kwavari: Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Mwanakomana haagoni kuita pachake, kunze kwezvaanoona Baba vachichiita; nokuti chero icho chavanoita, ndizvowo saizvozvo Mwanakomanawo zvaanoita.
So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
20 Nokuti Baba vanoda Mwanakomana, uye vanomuratidza zvinhu zvese zvavanoita ivo; vachamuratidzawo mabasa makuru anopfuura awa, kuti imwi mushamisike.
The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.
21 Nokuti Baba sezvavanomutsa vakafa vachivararamisa, saizvozvo Mwanakomana anoraramisawo vaanoda.
For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
22 Nokuti naBaba havatongi munhu, asi vakapa Mwanakomana kutonga kwese;
Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,
23 kuti vese vakudze Mwanakomana sezvavanokudza Baba. Asingakudzi Mwanakomana, haakudzi Baba vakamutuma.
so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
24 Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Anonzwa shoko rangu, nekutenda kune wakandituma, ane upenyu husingaperi; uye haasviki mukupiwa mhosva, asi wapfuura kubva murufu akaenda muupenyu. (aiōnios g166)
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Zvirokwazvo, zvirokwazvo, ndinoti kwamuri: Awa rinouya, nazvino ravapo, apo vakafa vachanzwa inzwi reMwanakomana waMwari, uye vanonzwa vachararama.
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26 Nokuti Baba sezvavane upenyu mavari pachavo, saizvozvo vakapa kuMwanakomanawo kuti ave neupenyu maari pachake;
For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
27 uye vakamupa simba rekutongawo, nokuti Mwanakomana wemunhu.
And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
28 Musashamisika nezvizvi; nokuti awa rinouya, apo vese vari mumakuva vachanzwa inzwi rake,
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
29 zvino vachabuda, avo vakaita zvakanaka, mukumuka kweupenyu; neavo vakaita zvakaipa, mukumuka kwekupiwa mhosva.
and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
30 Ini handigoni kuita chinhu pachangu; sekunzwa kwangu, ndinotonga; uye kutonga kwangu kwakarurama, nokuti handitsvaki chido changu, asi chido chaBaba vakandituma.
I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
31 Kana ini ndichipupura nezvangu, uchapupu hwangu hahusi hwechokwadi.
If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
32 Aripo umwe anopupura nezvangu; uye ndinoziva kuti uchapupu hwaanopupura nezvangu ndehwechokwadi.
There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.
33 Imwi makatumira kuna Johwani, uye akapupurira chokwadi.
You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 Asi ini handigamuchiri uchapupu hunobva kumunhu, asi ndinoreva zvinhu izvi kuti imwi muponeswe.
Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
35 Iye wakange ari mwenje unopfuta neunovhenekera, nemwi makange muchishuva kufara kwazvo kwechinguvana muchiedza chake.
John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.
36 Asi ini ndine uchapupu ukuru kune hwaJohwani; nokuti mabasa Baba avakandipa kuti ndimapedze, mabasa pachawo ini andinoita, anopupura nezvangu kuti Baba vakandituma.
But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.
37 NaBaba vakandituma, ivo vakapupura nezvangu. Hamuna chero nguva kunzwa inzwi rake, kana kuona chimiro chake.
And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,
38 Uye hamuna shoko rake rinogara mamuri, nokuti iye waakatuma, uyu imwi hamuna kumutenda.
nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
39 Nzverai magwaro, nokuti imwi munofunga kuti mune upenyu husingaperi maari, uye ndiwo anopupura nezvangu. (aiōnios g166)
You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me, (aiōnios g166)
40 Asi hamudi kuuya kwandiri, kuti muve neupenyu.
yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
41 Handigamuchiri rukudzo kuvanhu;
I do not accept glory from men,
42 asi ndinokuzivai imwi, kuti hamuna rudo rwaMwari mamuri.
but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
43 Ini ndauya muzita raBaba vangu, asi hamuna kundigamuchira; kana umwe akauya muzita rake pachake, muchamugamuchira iye.
I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
44 Munogona kutenda sei imwi munogamuchira rukudzo umwe kune umwe, asi musingatsvaki rukudzo rwunobva kuna Mwari ega?
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 Musafunga kuti ini ndichakupai mhosva kuna Baba; ariko anokupai mhosva, ndiye Mozisi wamunovimba naye imwi.
Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
46 Nokuti dai maitenda Mozisi, maitenda ini; nokuti iye wakanyora nezvangu.
If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
47 Asi kana musingatendi magwaro ake, muchatenda sei mashoko angu?
But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
