Yohana 5
1 Baada ya haya, kulikuwa na Sikukuu ya Wayahudi, naye Yesu akapanda kwenda Yerusalemu.
Afterward there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went to Jerusalem.
2 Huko Yerusalemu, karibu na mlango uitwao Mlango wa Kondoo, palikuwa na bwawa moja lililoitwa kwa Kiebrania Bethzatha, ambalo lilikuwa limezungukwa na kumbi tano.
Now there is at Jerusalem, nigh the sheep gate, a bath, called, in Hebrew, Bethesda, which has five covered walks.
3 Hapa palikuwa na idadi kubwa ya wasiojiweza, yaani, vipofu, viwete, na waliopooza [wakingojea maji yatibuliwe.
In these lay a great number of sick, blind, lame, and palsied people, waiting for the moving of the water,
4 Kwa maana malaika alikuwa akishuka wakati fulani, akayatibua maji. Yule aliyekuwa wa kwanza kuingia ndani baada ya maji kutibuliwa alipona ugonjwa wowote aliokuwa nao].
(for a messenger at times descended into the bath, and agitated the water; and the first that stepped in, after the agitation of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had.)
5 Mtu mmoja alikuwako huko ambaye alikuwa ameugua kwa miaka thelathini na minane.
Now, there was one there, who had been diseased thirty-eight years.
6 Yesu alipomwona akiwa amelala hapo, naye akijua kuwa amekuwa hapo kwa muda mrefu, akamwambia, “Je, wataka kuponywa?”
Jesus, who saw him lying, and knew that he had been long ill, said to him, Do you desire to be healed?
7 Yule mgonjwa akamjibu, “Bwana, mimi sina mtu wa kuniingiza bwawani maji yanapotibuliwa. Nami ninapotaka kutumbukia bwawani, mtu mwingine huingia kabla yangu.”
The diseased man answered, Sir, I have no person to put me into the bath, when the water is agitated; but while I am going, another gets down before me.
8 Yesu akamwambia, “Inuka! Chukua mkeka wako na uende.”
Jesus said to him, Arise, take up your couch and walk.
9 Mara yule mtu akapona, akachukua mkeka wake, akaanza kutembea. Basi siku hiyo ilikuwa siku ya Sabato.
Instantly the man was healed, and took up his couch and walked.
10 Kwa hiyo Wayahudi wakamwambia yule mtu aliyeponywa, “Leo ni Sabato, si halali wewe kubeba mkeka wako.”
Now, that day was the Sabbath. The Jews, therefore, said to him that was cured, This is the Sabbath. It is now lawful for you to carry the couch.
11 Yeye akawajibu, “Yule mtu aliyeniponya aliniambia, ‘Chukua mkeka wako na uende.’”
He answered, He who healed me, said to me, Take up your couch and walk.
12 Wakamuuliza, “Ni mtu gani huyo aliyekuambia uchukue mkeka wako uende?”
They asked him then, Who is the man that said to you, Take up your couch and walk?
13 Basi yule mtu aliyeponywa hakufahamu ni nani aliyemponya, kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa amejiondoa katika ule umati wa watu uliokuwa hapo.
But he that had been healed, knew who it was; for Jesus had slipped away, there being a crowd in the place.
14 Baadaye Yesu akamkuta yule mtu aliyemponya ndani ya Hekalu na kumwambia, “Tazama umeponywa, usitende dhambi tena. La sivyo, lisije likakupata jambo baya zaidi.”
Jesus, afterward, finding him in the temple, said to him, Behold, you are cured; sin no more, lest something worse befall you.
15 Yule mtu akaenda, akawaambia wale Wayahudi kuwa ni Yesu aliyemponya.
The man went, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 Kwa hiyo Wayahudi wakaanza kumsumbua Yesu, kwa sababu alikuwa anafanya mambo kama hayo siku ya Sabato.
Therefore, the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done this on the Sabbath.
17 Yesu akawajibu, “Baba yangu anafanya kazi yake daima hata siku hii ya leo, nami pia ninafanya kazi.”
But Jesus answered them, My Father works until now; I also work.
18 Maneno haya yaliwaudhi sana viongozi wa Wayahudi. Wakajaribu kila njia wapate jinsi ya kumuua, kwani si kwamba alivunja Sabato tu, bali alikuwa akimwita Mungu Baba yake, hivyo kujifanya sawa na Mungu.
For this reason the Jews were the more intent to kill him; because he had not only broken the Sabbath, but, by calling God his real Father, had equaled himself to God.
19 Yesu akawaambia, “Amin, amin nawaambia, Mwana hawezi kufanya jambo lolote peke yake, yeye aweza tu kufanya lile analomwona Baba yake akifanya, kwa maana lolote afanyalo Baba, Mwana pia hufanya vivyo hivyo.
Then Jesus addressed them, saying, Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but as he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, such does the Son, likewise.
20 Baba ampenda Mwana na kumwonyesha yale ambayo yeye Baba mwenyewe anayafanya, naye atamwonyesha kazi kuu kuliko hizi ili mpate kushangaa.
For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself does: nay, and will show him greater works than these, which will astonish you.
21 Hakika kama vile Baba awafufuavyo wafu na kuwapa uzima, vivyo hivyo Mwana huwapa uzima wale anaopenda.
For as the Father raises and quickens the dead, the Son also quickens whom he will:
22 Wala Baba hamhukumu mtu yeyote, lakini hukumu yote amempa Mwana,
for the Father judges no person, having committed the power of judging entirely to the Son,
23 ili wote wamheshimu Mwana kama vile wanavyomheshimu Baba. Yeyote asiyemheshimu Mwana, hamheshimu Baba aliyemtuma.
that all might honor the Son; as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father, who sent him.
24 “Amin, amin nawaambia, yeyote anayesikia maneno yangu na kumwamini yeye aliyenituma, anao uzima wa milele, naye hatahukumiwa, bali amepita kutoka mautini, na kuingia uzimani. (aiōnios g166)
Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears my doctrine, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; and shall not suffer condemnation, having passed from death to life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Amin, amin nawaambia, saa yaja, nayo saa ipo, wafu watakapoisikia sauti ya Mwana wa Mungu, nao watakaoisikia watakuwa hai.
Most assuredly, I say to you, the time comes; or, rather, is come, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and hearing, they shall live.
26 Kama vile Baba alivyo na uzima ndani yake, vivyo hivyo amempa Mwana kuwa na uzima ndani yake.
For, as the Father has life in himself, so has he given to the Son, to have life in himself;
27 Naye amempa Mwanawe mamlaka ya kuhukumu kwa kuwa yeye ni Mwana wa Adamu.
and has given him even the judicial authority, because he is a Son of Man.
28 “Msishangae kusikia haya, kwa maana saa inakuja ambapo wale walio makaburini wataisikia sauti yake.
Wonder not at this: for the time comes when all that are in their graves shall hear his voice,
29 Nao watatoka nje, wale waliotenda mema watafufuka wapate uzima na wale waliotenda maovu, watafufuka wahukumiwe.
and shall come forth. They who have done good, shall arise to enjoy life; they who have done evil, shall arise to suffer punishment.
30 “Mimi siwezi kufanya jambo lolote peke yangu. Ninavyosikia ndivyo ninavyohukumu, nayo hukumu yangu ni ya haki kwa kuwa sitafuti kufanya mapenzi yangu mwenyewe, bali mapenzi yake yeye aliyenituma.
I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not to please myself, but to please him who sent me.
31 “Kama ningejishuhudia mimi mwenyewe, ushuhuda wangu si kweli.
If I alone testify concerning myself, my testimony is not to be regarded:
32 Lakini yuko mwingine anishuhudiaye na ninajua kwamba ushuhuda wake ni wa kweli.
there is another who testifies concerning me; and I know that his testimony of me ought to be regarded.
33 “Mlituma wajumbe kwa Yohana, naye akashuhudia juu ya kweli.
You, yourselves, sent to John, and he bore testimony of the truth.
34 Si kwamba naukubali ushuhuda wa mwanadamu, la, bali ninalitaja hili kusudi ninyi mpate kuokolewa.
As for me, I need no human testimony; I can only urge this for your salvation.
35 Yohana alikuwa taa iliyowaka na kutoa nuru, nanyi kwa muda mlichagua kuifurahia nuru yake.
He was the blazing and shining lamp; and for awhile, you were glad to enjoy his light.
36 “Lakini ninao ushuhuda mkuu zaidi kuliko wa Yohana. Kazi zile nizifanyazo, zinashuhudia juu yangu, zile ambazo Baba amenituma nizikamilishe, naam, ishara hizi ninazofanya, zinashuhudia kuwa Baba ndiye alinituma.
But I have greater testimony than John's: for the works which the Father has empowered me to perform, the works themselves, which I do, testify for me, that the Father has sent me.
37 Naye Baba mwenyewe ameshuhudia juu yangu. Hamjapata kamwe kuisikia sauti yake wala kuona umbo lake,
Nay, the Father, who sent me, has himself attested me. Did you never hear his voice, or see his form?
38 wala hamna neno lake ndani yenu, kwa sababu hamkumwamini yeye aliyetumwa naye.
Or, have you forgotten his declaration, that you believe not him whom he has sent forth?
39 Ninyi mnachunguza Maandiko mkidhani ya kuwa ndani yake mna uzima wa milele, maandiko haya ndiyo yanayonishuhudia Mimi. (aiōnios g166)
You search the scriptures because you think to obtain by them eternal life. Now these, also, are witnesses for me; (aiōnios g166)
40 Lakini mnakataa kuja kwangu ili mpate uzima.
yet you will not come to me, that you may obtain life.
41 “Mimi sitafuti kutukuzwa na wanadamu.
I desire not honor from men;
42 Lakini ninajua kwamba hamna upendo wa Mungu mioyoni mwenu.
but I know you, that you are strangers to the love of God.
43 Mimi nimekuja kwa jina la Baba yangu, nanyi hamnipokei, lakini mtu mwingine akija kwa jina lake mwenyewe, mtampokea.
I am come in my Father's name, and you did not receive me; if another come, in his own name, you will receive him.
44 Ninyi mwawezaje kuamini ikiwa mnapeana utukufu ninyi kwa ninyi, lakini hamna bidii kupata utukufu utokao kwa Mungu?
How can you believe, while you court honor one from another, regardless of the honor which comes from God alone?
45 “Lakini msidhani kuwa mimi nitawashtaki mbele za Baba, mshtaki wenu ni Mose, ambaye mmemwekea tumaini lenu.
Do not think that I am he who will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you confide.
46 Kama mngelimwamini Mose, mngeliniamini na mimi kwa maana aliandika habari zangu.
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me: for he wrote concerning me.
47 Lakini ikiwa hamwamini aliyoandika Mose, mtaaminije ninayoyasema?”
But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words?
