Yohana 5
1 Baada ya hapo kulikuwa na sikukuu ya Wayahudi, na Yesu alipanda kwenda Yerusalemu.
After these things, there was a Jewish festival, and Yeshua went up to Jerusalem.
2 Na kule Yerusalemu palikuwa na birika kwenye mlango wa kondoo, lililokuwa likiitwa kwa lugha ya Kiebrania Bethzatha, nalo lina matao matano.
Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.
3 Idadi kubwa ya wagonjwa ilikuwemo, vipofu, viwete, au waliopooza walikuwa wamelala katika matao hayo. (Zingatia: Maneno ya mstari wa 3 hayaonekani katika nakala nzuri za kale. “Wakisubiri maji kutibuliwa.”) Kwa hakikia wakati fulani malaika alishuka ndani ya Bwana na kuyatibua maji.
In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralysed, waiting for the moving of the water;
4 Kwahiyo, yule ambaye alikuwa wa kwanza kuingia ndani ya baada ya maji kutibuliwa alifanywa mzima kutokana na chochote kilichokuwa kimemshika kwa wakati huo.
for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.
5 Na mtu mmoja aliyekuwa ameugua kwa muda wa miaka thelathini na minane alikuwa ndani ya matao.
A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
6 Yesu alipomwona amelala ndani ya matao na baada ya kutambua kuwa amelala pale kwa muda mrefu Yesu alimwambia, “Je unataka kuwa mzima?”
When Yeshua saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
7 Yule mgonjwa akamjibu, “Bwana sina mtu, wa kuniweka katika birika wakati maji yanapotibuliwa. Wakati ninapojaribu kuingia mtu mwingine hunitangulia.”
The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”
8 Yesu akamwambia, “Inuka na uchukue godoro lako na uende.”
Yeshua said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
9 Mara yule mtu akaponywa, akachukua kintanda chake na akaenda. Na siku hiyo ilikuwa siku ya Sabato.
Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath.
10 Hivyo Wayahudi wakamwambia yule mtu aliyeponywa, “Leo ni siku ya Sabato, na hauruhusiwi kubeba godoro lako.”
So the Judeans said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”
11 Akajibu, yeye aliyeniponya ndiye aliyeniambia, “Chukua godoro lako na uende.”
He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’”
12 Wakauliza, “Ni nani aliyekuambia 'Chukua godoro lako na uende?'''
Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”
13 Ingawa, yule aliyeponywa hakumjua, kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa ameondoka kwa siri. Kwa kuwa kulikuwa na watu wengi katika sehemu hiyo.
But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Yeshua had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
14 Baada ya hapo Yesu alimkuta yule mtu hekaluni na akamwambia, “Tazama, umepona! “Usitende dhambi tena usije ukapatwa na jambo baya zaidi.”
Afterward Yeshua found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
15 Yule mtu akaenda na kuwataarifu Wayahudi kuwa Yesu ndiye aliyemponya.
The man went away, and told the Judeans that it was Yeshua who had made him well.
16 Hivyo, kwa sababu ya mambo hayo Wayahudi walimtesa Yesu, kwa sababu alifanya mambo haya siku ya Sabato.
For this cause the Judeans persecuted Yeshua and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
17 Yesu akawambia, “Baba yangu anafanya kazi hata sasa nami nafanya kazi.”
But Yeshua answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
18 Kwa sababu hiyo Wayahudi walizidi kumtafuta ili wamuue sio tu kwa sababu ya kuivunja Sabato, bali kwa kumwita Mungu Baba yake, akijifanya kuwa sawa na Mungu.
For this cause therefore the Judeans sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
19 Yesu akawajibu, “Amini, amini, Mwana hawezi kufanya kitu chochote isipokuwa kile ambacho amemwona Baba yake anakifanya, kwa kuwa chochote Baba akifanyacho ndicho na Mwana atakachofanya.
Yeshua therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
20 Kwa kuwa Baba ampenda Mwana, na amwonyesha kila kitu anachokifanya na atamwonyesha mambo makubwa kuliko haya ili kwamba mzidi kushangaa.”
For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
21 Kwa kuwa kama vile ambavyo Baba awafufuavyo wafu na kuwapa uzima, halikadhalika Mwana pia humpa yeyote ampendaye.
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
22 Kwa kuwa Baba hamhukumu yeyote, bali amempa Mwana hukumu yote
For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgement to the Son,
23 ili kwamba wote wamuheshimu Mwana kama vile Mwana anavyomuheshimu Baba. Yeye asiyemuheshimu Mwana hamuheshimu Baba aliyemtuma.
that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who doesn’t honour the Son doesn’t honour the Father who sent him.
24 Amini, amini, yeye asikiaye neno langu na kumwamini yeye aliyenituma anao uzima wa milele na hatahukumiwa. Badala yake, amepita kutoka mautini na kuingia uzimani. (aiōnios g166)
“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgement, but has passed out of death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Amini, amini, nawambia wakati unakuja na sasa upo ambao wafu watasikia sauti ya Mwana wa Mungu, na wote watakao sikia wataishi.
Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.
26 Kwa kuwa kama vile Baba alivyo na uzima ndani yake mwenyewe,
For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
27 kadhalika amempa Mwana kuwa na uzima ndani yake, na Baba amempa Mwana mamlaka ili kwamba ahukumu kwa kuwa ni Mwana wa Adamu.
He also gave him authority to execute judgement, because he is a son of man.
28 Msishangazwe na hili, kwa kuwa wakati unakuja ambao wafu wote waliomo makaburini wataisikia sauti yake
Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
29 nao watatoka nje: kwa waliotenda mema kwa ufufuo wa uzima, na walio tenda mabaya kwa ufufuo wa hukumu.
and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgement.
30 Siwezi kufanya kitu chochote kutoka kwangu mwenyewe. Kama nisikiavyo, ndivyo ninavyo hukumu na hukumu yangu ni ya haki kwa kuwa sitafuti mapenzi yangu, bali mapenzi yake aliyenituma.
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgement is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
31 Kama nikijishuhudia mwenyewe, ushuhuda wangu usingelikuwa wa kweli.
“If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
32 Kuna mwingine anayeshuhudia kuhusu mimi na ninajua kwa hakika ushuhuda anaonishuhudia ni wa kweli.
It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
33 Mmetuma kwa Yohana naye ameishuhudia kweli.
You have sent to Yochanan, and he has testified to the truth.
34 Hatahivyo, ushuhuda ninaoupokea hautoki kwa mwanadamu. Ninayasema haya ili kwamba mweze kuokolewa.
But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
35 Yohana alikuwa ni taa iliyokuwa ikiwaka na kung'ara, na mlikuwa tayari kuifurahia kwa muda kitambo nuru yake.
He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
36 Ushuhuda nilionao ni mkuu kuliko ule wa Yohana, kwa kazi ambazo Baba amenipa kuzikamilisha, hizo kazi nizifanyazo zashuhudia kuwa Baba amenituma.
But the testimony which I have is greater than that of Yochanan; for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
37 Baba aliyenituma yeye mwenyewe ameshuhudia kuhusu mimi. Hamjawahi kusikia sauti yake wala kuona umbo lake wakati wowote.
The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
38 Hamna neno lake likikaa ndani yenu kwa kuwa hamumwamini yeye aliyetumwa.
You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.
39 Mnayachunguza maandiko mkidhani ndani yake mna uzima wa milele, na hayo maandiko yanashuhudia habari zangu na (aiōnios g166)
“You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. (aiōnios g166)
40 hamtaki kuja kwangu ili mpate uzima wa milele.
Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
41 Sipokei sifa kutoka kwa watu,
I don’t receive glory from men.
42 lakini ninajua kuwa hamna upendo wa Mungu ndani yenu ninyi wenyewe.
But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.
43 Nimekuja kwa jina la Baba yangu, hamukuweza kunipokea. Kama mwingine akija kwa jina lake mngempokea.
I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
44 Je mnawezaje kuamini ninyi ambao mnapokea sifa kutoka kwa kila mmoja wenu lakini hamtafuti sifa itokayo kwa Mungu wa pekee?
How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
45 Msidhani mimi nitawashitaki mbele za Baba. Anayewashitaki ninyi ni Musa, ambaye ninyi mmeweka matumaini yenu kwake.
“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
46 Kama mngekuwa mnamwamini Musa, mngeniamini mimi kwa sababu aliandika kuhusu habari zangu.
For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
47 Kama hamuamini maandiko yake, mtawezaje kuamini maneno yangu?
But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
