John 5
1 Momo bu mavioka, kuyiza ba nyengo wu bayuda, Yesu wuyenda ku Yelusalemi.
After this there was a Festival of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Va ndambu muelo phaka yi mamemi, vaba buindi kimosi ki nlangu kiba mintanda mintanu mi makunzi. Dizina di buindi beni mu ki Ebelewo Betezata.
Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, called in Hebrew 'Bethesda.' It has five arcades.
3 Mu makunzi beni muleka bambevo bawombo: baphofo, batu babantiudikanga ayi batu baba binama bibela. [Baba vingilanga nlangu wunikuka.
In these there used to lie a great number of sick persons, and of people who were blind or lame or paralyzed.
4 Bila zithangu zinkaka mbasi yi Pfumu yiba kulukanga mu buindiayi nikunanga nlangu. Woso wuba mutu wutheti mu kukiloza mu buindi, nlangubu wunikunu, niandi wumbeluka boso buididi kimbevo kiandi.]
5 Vaba mbevo yimosi yibedila mu makumatatu ayi nana di mimvu.
And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
6 Yesu bu kammona buna kalambididi vana, ayi bu kazaba ti mutu beni wubedila kimbevo kiandi tona thama; buna wunyuvula: —Tidi beluka e?
Jesus saw him lying there, and knowing that he had been a long time in that condition, He asked him, "Do you wish to have health and strength?"
7 Mbevo yimvutuddila: —Tata, ndisi ko mutu wukutsadisa mu vika kuthibula mu buindi nlangu bu wunikunu. Bila mu thangu minu ndinkuiza buna wunkaka wuntibukanga tuamina minu.
"Sir," replied the sufferer, "I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is moved; but while I am coming some one else steps down before me."
8 Buna Yesu wunkamba: —Telama, bonga khualꞌaku ayi diata.
"Rise," said Jesus, "take up your mat and walk."
9 Vana vawu, mutu wubeluka. Wubonga khualꞌandi, wutona diata. Vayi lumbu beni kiba ki saba.
Instantly the man was restored to perfect health, and he took up his mat and began to walk.
10 Bayuda bakamba mutu wowo wubeluka ti: —Buabu kidi lumbu ki saba, mina mieti kandika mu nata khuala!
That day was a Sabbath. So the Jews said to the man who had been cured, "It is the Sabbath: you must not carry your mat."
11 Vayi mutu beni wuba vutudila: —Mutu wowo wumbelusidi, niandi wukhembingi ti “bonga khualꞌaku ayi diata!”
"He who cured me," he replied, "said to me, 'Take up your mat and walk.'"
12 Banyuvula: —Nani mutu wowo wukembingi ti: “bonga khualꞌaku ayi diata e?”
"Who is it," they asked, "that said to you, 'Take up your mat and walk'?"
13 Vayi mutu wowo wubeluka kasia zaba ko mutu wowo wumbelusa. Bila Yesu wukifielumukinina mu nkangu wu batu wuba vana.
But the man who had been cured did not know who it was; for Jesus had passed out unnoticed, there being a crowd in the place.
14 Mambu momo bu mavioka, Yesu wudengana mutu beni mu Nzo Nzambi, wunkamba: —Tala, buabu belukidi. Vayi, kadi buela vola masumu tala wedi builu malutidi biva.
Afterwards Jesus found him in the Temple and said to him, "You are now restored to health. Do not sin any more, or a worse thing may befall you."
15 Buna mutu beni wuyenda ayi wukamba Bayuda ti Yesu niandi wumbelusidingi.
The man went and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had restored him to health;
16 Mu diambu diodi Bayuda bayamisa Yesu bila wuvanga mambu momo mu lumbu ki saba.
and on this account the Jews began to persecute Jesus--because He did these things on the Sabbath.
17 Vayi yesu wuba vutudila: —Dise diama dilembo sadi nate buabu, diawu minu mamvama ndilembo sadi!
His reply to their accusation was, "My Father works unceasingly, and so do I."
18 Mu diambu di mambu momo, Bayuda baluta buela tomba kumvonda; bika sia ti mu diambu kambundulanga lumbu ki saba vayi mu diambu kankambanga diaka ti Nzambi niandi Dise diandi ayi weta kukidedikisanga banga Nzambi.
On this account then the Jews were all the more eager to put Him to death--because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also spoke of God as being in a special sense His Father, thus putting Himself on a level with God.
19 Vayi Yesu wuba vutudila: —Bukiedika ndikulukamba ti Muana kalendi vanga diambu mu niandi veka ko. Wumvanganga kaka moso mambu kamona kuidi dise diandi. Moso mambu mamvanganga Tata mawu Muana keti vanga.
"In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that the Son can do nothing of Himself--He can only do what He sees the Father doing; for whatever He does, that the Son does in like manner.
20 Bila Tata wunzolanga Muana, wunkumonisanga mambu mosomomo keti vanganga niandi veka; wela kummonisa mavanga malutiditola ayi mama muingi lulembo kasiminanga.
For the Father loves the Son and reveals to Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater deeds than these will He reveal to Him, in order that you may wonder.
21 Bila banga Tata bu keti fulukisanga bafua ayi keti kuba vananga luzingu, buawu bobo muana keti vanina luzingu kuidi woso wukatidi.
For just as the Father awakens the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wills.
22 Niandi veka Tata kasambisanga mutu ko vayi wuyekula tsambusulu yoso mu mioko mi Muana
The Father indeed does not judge any one, but He has entrusted all judgement to the Son,
23 mu diambu batu boso bakinzika Muana banga bobo beta kinzikila Tata. Woso mutu wunkambu kinzikanga Muana, buna kakinzikanga ko Dise diodi dintuma.
that all may honour the Son even as they honour the Father. The man who withholds honour from the Son withholds honour from the Father who sent Him.
24 Bukiedika ndikulukamba ti woso mutu wu wa mambu mama ayiwunwilukila mutu wowo wuthuma buna niandi beki luzingu lukalumaniayi kalendi sambusu ko, bila wukatukidi mu lufua ayi wuyizidi ku luzingu. (aiōnios g166)
"In most solemn truth I tell you that he who listens to my teaching and believes Him who sent me, has the Life of the Ages, and does not come under judgement, but has passed over out of death into Life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Bukiedika, bukiedika ndikulukamba ti thangu yeka kuiza, ayi yifueni, yoyi bafua bela wila mbembo yi Muana Nzambi ayi bobo bela kuyiwa bawu bela zinga.
"In most solemn truth I tell you that a time is coming--nay, has already come--when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will live.
26 Bila banga Tata bu kabakidi luzingu mu niandi veka, buawu bobo kavanina Muana mu baka luzingu mu niandi veka.
For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has also given to the Son to have life in Himself.
27 Sumbu kadi ti Muana Mutu, buna wumvana lulendo lu sambisila.
And He has conferred on Him authority to act as Judge, because He is the Son of Man.
28 Bikanu kueno simina mu diambu diodi; bila thangu yeka kuiza, yoyi babo bobo badi mu biziami bela wila mbembo andi;
Wonder not at this. For a time is coming when all who are in the graves will hear His voice and will come forth--
29 bela totuka. Babo bavanga mamboti bela fuluka mu diambu di tambulaluzingu vayi bobo bavanga mambu mambimbi bela fuluka mu diambu di tambula thumbudulu.
they who have done what is right to the resurrection of Life, and they whose actions have been evil to the resurrection of judgement.
30 Minu ndilendi vanga kadi diambu dimosi ko mu minu veka. Ndieti sambisa boso buididi mambu momo ndieti wa ayi tsambusuluꞌama yidi yisonga. Bila nditombanga ko luzolo luama vayi ndintombanga luzolo lu mutu wowo wuthuma.
"I can of my own self do nothing. As I am bidden, so I judge; and mine is a just judgement, because it is not my own will that guides me, but the will of Him who sent me.
31 —Enati minu veka ndikukiteliminanga kimbangi buna kimbangi kiamakisi ki kiedika ko.
"If I give testimony concerning myself, my testimony cannot be accepted.
32 Vayi vadi mutu wunkaka wukuthelimina kimbangi ayi nzebi ti kimbangi kiandi, mu diambu diama, kidi ki kiedika.
There is Another who gives testimony concerning me, and I know that the testimony is true which He offers concerning me.
33 Beno lutuma batu kuidi Yowani ayi niandi wutelimina kiedika kimbangi.
"You sent to John, and he both was and still is a witness to the truth.
34 Vayi minu, ndisi ko mfunu telomono kimbangi kuidi mutu vayithubidi bobo muingi luvuka.
But the testimony on my behalf which I accept is not from man; though I say all this in order that you may be saved.
35 Yowani wuba muinda wunlema ayi wunlezama, ayi, beno luzola monakhini mu ndambu thangu kaka mu kiezila kiandi.
He was the lamp that burned and shone, and for a time you were willing to be gladdened by his light.
36 Vayi kimbangi kidi yama kiviokidi munneni ayi kimbangi ki Yowani. Bila mavanga maphana Tata mu dukisa, mawu ndieta vanga ayi mawu meta telama kimbangi mu minu ti Tata wuthuma.
"But the testimony which I have is weightier than that of John; for the work the Father has assigned to me for me to bring it to completion--the very work which I am doing--affords testimony concerning me that the Father has sent me.
37 Tata, mutu wowo wuthuma, niandi veka wutelama kimbangi mu diambudiama. Vayi luwilu ko mbemboꞌandi andi lumueni ko zizi kiandi
And the Father who sent me, He has given testimony concerning me. None of you have ever either heard His voice or seen what He is like.
38 ayi mambu mandi masi ko mu beno, bila mutu wowo katuma benolukadi kueno kunwilukila.
Nor have you His word dwelling within you, for you refuse to believe Him whom He has sent.
39 Beno lueti fiongunina masonoko ila lueta banzila ti mu mawu lubakidi luzingu lukalumani ayi masonoko beni mawu meta telama kimbangi mu diambu diama. (aiōnios g166)
"You search the Scriptures, because you suppose that in them you will find the Life of the Ages; and it is those Scriptures that yield testimony concerning me; (aiōnios g166)
40 Ayi lumengi kueno kuiza kuidi minu muingi lutambula luzingu.
and yet you are unwilling to come to me that you may have Life.
41 Nditombanga ko nkembo wowo wumbanga kuidi batu.
"I do not accept glory from man,
42 Muaki minu ndiluzebi ti luisi ko luzolo mu Nzambi.
but I know you well, and I know that in your hearts you do not really love God.
43 Minu ndiyiza mu dizina di Dise diama ayi lumengi kuthambula. Enati mutu wunkaka wizidi mu dizina diandi veka buna niandi luntambulanga.
I have come as my Father's representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive.
44 Buevi lulenda wilukila, beno lueti tombanga nkembo mu beno yi benoayi lutombanga ko nkembo wumbanga kuidi Nzambi e?
How is it possible for you to believe, while you receive glory from one another and have no desire for the glory that comes from the only God?
45 Bikanu kueno banza ti minu ndiela kulufunda kuidi Tata vayi vadimutu wela kulufunda kuidi Tata, Moyize, mutu wowo beno lusila diana.
"Do not suppose that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, namely Moses, on whom your hope rests.
46 Bila enati lueta wilukila Moyize, nganu lueta kunguilukila; bila niandi wusonika mu diambu diama.
For if you believe Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
47 Enati lukadi wilukila mambu kasonika, buna buevi lulenda wilukila mambu momo ndintuba e?
But if you disbelieve his writings, how are you to believe my words?"
