Juan 5
1 Después de estas cosas, hubo una fiesta de los judíos, y Jesús subió a Jerusalén.
Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem when the Jews were having [another] celebration.
2 En Jerusalén, junto a la puerta de las ovejas, hay un estanque llamado en hebreo “Betesda”, que tiene cinco pórticos.
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 En ellos yacía una gran multitud de enfermos, ciegos, cojos o paralíticos, esperando que se moviera el agua;
Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed.
4 porque un ángel bajaba a ciertas horas al estanque y agitaba el agua. El que entraba primero después de agitar el agua quedaba curado de cualquier enfermedad que tuviera.
5 Estaba allí un hombre que llevaba treinta y ocho años enfermo.
One of those who was there had been paralyzed for 38 years.
6 Cuando Jesús lo vio allí tendido, y supo que llevaba mucho tiempo enfermo, le preguntó: “¿Quieres ser sano?”
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 El enfermo le respondió: “Señor, no tengo a nadie que me meta en la piscina cuando se agita el agua, pero mientras vengo, otro baja antes que yo.”
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 Jesús le dijo: “Levántate, toma tu lecho y anda”.
Jesus said to him, “Get up! Then pick up your mat and walk!”
9 Al instante, el hombre quedó sano, tomó su estera y caminó. Ese día era sábado.
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 Así que los judíos le dijeron al que fue sanado: “Es sábado. No te es lícito llevar el lecho”.
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 Él les contestó: “El que me sanó me dijo: “Toma tu lecho y camina””.
The man replied to them, “The man who healed me, he himself said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’”
12 Entonces le preguntaron: “¿Quién es el hombre que te ha dicho: “Toma tu lecho y anda”?”
They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk!’?”
13 Pero el que había sido sanado no sabía quién era, porque Jesús se había retirado, ya que había una multitud en el lugar.
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 Después, Jesús lo encontró en el templo y le dijo: “Mira, has sido sanado. No peques más, para que no te ocurra nada peor”.
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 El hombre se fue y contó a los judíos que era Jesús quien lo había curado.
The man went away and told the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] that it was Jesus who had healed him.
16 Por eso los judíos perseguían a Jesús y trataban de matarlo, porque hacía estas cosas en sábado.
So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] started to harass Jesus, because Jesus was doing these things (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day).
17 Pero Jesús les respondió: “Mi Padre sigue trabajando, así que yo también trabajo”.
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 Por eso los judíos procuraban matarlo aún más, porque no sólo quebrantaba el sábado, sino que llamaba a Dios su propio Padre, haciéndose igual a Dios.
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 Entonces Jesús les respondió: “Os aseguro que el Hijo no puede hacer nada por sí mismo, sino lo que ve hacer al Padre. Porque todo lo que él hace, también lo hace el Hijo.
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 Porque el Padre tiene afecto por el Hijo, y le muestra todas las cosas que él mismo hace. Le mostrará obras mayores que éstas, para que os maravilléis.
[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 Porque como el Padre resucita a los muertos y les da vida, así también el Hijo da vida a quien quiere.
[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 Porque el Padre no juzga a nadie, sino que ha dado todo el juicio al Hijo,
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 para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre. El que no honra al Hijo no honra al Padre que lo envió.
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 “De cierto os digo que el que oye mi palabra y cree al que me ha enviado tiene vida eterna, y no viene a juicio, sino que ha pasado de la muerte a la vida. (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 De cierto os digo que viene la hora, y ya es, en que los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios, y los que la oigan vivirán.
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 Porque como el Padre tiene vida en sí mismo, así también le dio al Hijo que tenga vida en sí mismo.
[My] Father has [power to] make things live. Similarly, he has given me the [power to enable] people to live [eternally].
27 También le dio autoridad para ejecutar juicio, porque es el Hijo del hombre.
Because I am the one who came from heaven, he has given me the authority to judge people [concerning their sins].
28 No os maravilléis de esto, porque viene la hora en que todos los que están en los sepulcros oirán su voz
Do not be surprised about that, because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear my voice,
29 y saldrán; los que han hecho el bien, a la resurrección de la vida; y los que han hecho el mal, a la resurrección del juicio.
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 Yo no puedo hacer nada por mí mismo. Según oigo, juzgo; y mi juicio es justo, porque no busco mi propia voluntad, sino la voluntad de mi Padre que me ha enviado.
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 yo testifico de mí mismo, mi testimonio no es válido.
If I were the [only] one to tell people about myself, [people could rightly say that] what I say is not true.
32 Es otro el que testifica de mí. Sé que el testimonio que da sobre mí es verdadero.
But there is someone else who tells people about me. And I know that what he tells people about me is true.
33 Vosotros habéis enviado a Juan, y él ha dado testimonio de la verdad.
As for you, when you sent messengers to John [the Baptizer to ask about me], he told the truth [about me].
34 Pero el testimonio que yo recibo no proviene de hombre. Sin embargo, digo estas cosas para que seáis salvo.
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 Él era la lámpara que ardía y brillaba, y vosotros quisisteis regocijaros por un tiempo en su luz.
[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 Pero el testimonio que yo tengo es mayor que el de Juan; porque las obras que el Padre me dio para realizar, las mismas obras que yo hago, dan testimonio de mí, de que el Padre me ha enviado.
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 El Padre mismo, que me ha enviado, ha dado testimonio de mí. Vosotros nunca habéis oído su voz, ni habéis visto su forma.
Furthermore, [my] Father, who sent me, tells people about me. You have never heard his voice or seen him.
38 No tenéis su palabra viviendo en vosotros, porque no creéis al que él ha enviado.
Furthermore, you have not believed in [me], the one he sent. So you have not [believed] his message in your inner beings.
39 “Escudriñáis las Escrituras, porque pensáis que en ellas tenéis la vida eterna; y éstas son las que dan testimonio de mí. (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 Pero no queréis venir a mí para que tengáis vida.
But you refuse (to come to me/to believe my message) in order that you may have [eternal] life.
41 Yo no recibo la gloria de los hombres.
It does not [matter to] me whether people praise me.
42 Pero yo os conozco, que no tenéis el amor de Dios en vosotros mismos.
But you [want people to praise you]. I know that within yourselves you do not love God.
43 Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y no me recibís. Si otro viene en su propio nombre, lo recibiréis.
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 ¿Cómo podéis creer, pues recibís la gloria unos de otros, y no buscáis la gloria que viene del único Dios?
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 “No penséis que os voy a acusar ante el Padre. Hay uno que os acusa, Moisés, en quien habéis puesto vuestra esperanza.
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 Porque si creyerais a Moisés, me creeríais a mí, pues él escribió sobre mí.
Moses wrote about me, so if you had believed what he [wrote], you would have believed what I [said]
47 Pero si no creéis en sus escritos, ¿cómo vais a creer en mis palabras?”
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]”
