¹ከዚህ በኋላ የአይሁድ በዓል ነበረ፥ ኢየሱስም ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጣ።

¹After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

²በኢየሩሳሌምም በበጎች በር አጠገብ በዕብራይስጥ ቤተ ሳይዳ የምትባል አንዲት መጠመቂያ ነበረች፤ አምስትም መመላለሻ ነበረባት።

²Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep [gate] a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.

³በእነዚህ ውስጥ የውኃውን መንቀሳቀስ እየጠበቁ በሽተኞችና ዕውሮች አንካሶችም ሰውነታቸውም የሰለለ ብዙ ሕዝብ ይተኙ ነበር።

³In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered, [waiting for the moving of the water.]

⁴አንዳንድ ጊዜ የጌታ መልአክ ወደ መጠመቂያይቱ ወርዶ ውኃውን ያናውጥ ነበርና፤ እንግዲህ ከውኃው መናወጥ በኋላ በመጀመሪያ የገባ ከማናቸው ካለበት ደዌ ጤናማ ይሆን ነበር።

⁴[for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the waters stepped in was made whole, with whatsoever disease he was holden.]

⁵በዚያም ከሠላሳ ስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ የታመመ አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤

⁵And a certain man was there, who had been thirty and eight years in his infirmity.

⁶ኢየሱስ ይህን ሰው ተኝቶ ባየ ጊዜ፥ እስከ አሁን ብዙ ዘመን እንዲሁ እንደ ነበረ አውቆ። ልትድን ትወዳለህን? አለው።

⁶When Jesus saw him lying, and knew that he had been now a long time [in that case], he saith unto him, Wouldest thou be made whole?

⁷ድውዩም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ውኃው በተናወጠ ጊዜ በመጠመቂያይቱ ውስጥ የሚያኖረኝ ሰው የለኝም ነገር ግን እኔ ስመጣ ሳለሁ ሌላው ቀድሞኝ ይወርዳል ብሎ መለሰለት።

⁷The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

⁸ኢየሱስ። ተነሣና አልጋህን ተሸክመህ ሂድ አለው።

⁸Jesus saith unto him, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk.

⁹ወዲያውም ሰውዬው ዳነ አልጋውንም ተሸክሞ ሄደ።

⁹And straightway the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was the sabbath on that day.

¹⁰ያም ቀን ሰንበት ነበረ። ስለዚህ አይሁድ የተፈወሰውን ሰው። ሰንበት ነው አልጋህንም ልትሸከም አልተፈቀደልህም አሉት።

¹⁰So the Jews said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath, and it is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed.

¹¹እርሱ ግን። ያዳነኝ ያ ሰው። አልጋህን ተሸክመህ ሂድ አለኝ ብሎ መለሰላቸው።

¹¹But he answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

¹²እነርሱም። አልጋህን ተሸክመህ ሂድ ያለህ ሰው ማን ነው? ብለው ጠየቁት።

¹²They asked him, Who is the man that said unto thee, Take up [thy bed], and walk?

¹³ዳሩ ግን በዚያ ስፍራ ሕዝብ ሰለ ነበሩ ኢየሱስ ፈቀቅ ብሎ ነበርና የተፈወሰው ሰው ማን እንደ ሆነ አላወቀም።

¹³But he that was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in the place.

¹⁴ከዚህ በኋላ ኢየሱስ በመቅደስ አገኘውና። እነሆ፥ ድነሃል፤ ከዚህ የሚብስ እንዳይደርስብህ ወደ ፊት ኃጢአት አትሥራ አለው።

¹⁴Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing befall thee.

¹⁵ሰውዬው ሄዶ ያዳነው ኢየሱስ እንደ ሆነ ለአይሁድ ነገረ።

¹⁵The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole.

¹⁶ስለዚህም በሰንበት ይህን ስላደረገ አይሁድ ኢየሱስን ያሳድዱት ነበር ሊገድሉትም ይፈልጉ ነበር።

¹⁶And for this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath.

¹⁷ኢየሱስ ግን። አባቴ እስከ ዛሬ ይሠራል እኔም ደግሞ እሠራለሁ ብሎ መለሰላቸው።

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

¹⁸እንግዲህ ሰንበትን ስለ ሻረ ብቻ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን ደግሞ ራሱን ከእግዚአብሔር ጋር አስተካክሎ። እግዚአብሔር አባቴ ነው ስላለ፥ ስለዚህ አይሁድ ሊገድሉት አብዝተው ይፈልጉት ነበር።

¹⁸For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

¹⁹ስለዚህ ኢየሱስ መለሰ እንዲህም አላቸው። እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ አብ ሲያደርግ ያየውን ነው እንጂ ወልድ ከራሱ ሊያደርግ ምንም አይችልም፤ ያ የሚያደርገውን ሁሉ ወልድ ደግሞ ይህን እንዲሁ ያደርጋልና።

¹⁹Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doeth, these the Son also doeth in like manner.

²⁰አብ ወልድን ይወዳልና፥ የሚያደርገውንም ሁሉ ያሳየዋል፤ እናንተም ትደነቁ ዘንድ ከዚህ የሚበልጥ ሥራ ያሳየዋል።

²⁰For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.

²¹አብ ሙታንን እንደሚያነሣ ሕይወትም እንደሚሰጣቸው፥ እንዲሁ ወልድ ደግሞ ለሚወዳቸው ሕይወትን ይሰጣቸዋል።

²¹For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

²²ሰዎች ሁሉ አብን እንደሚያከብሩት ወልድን ያከብሩት ዘንድ፥ ፍርድን ሁሉ ለወልድ ሰጠው እንጂ አብ በአንድ ሰው ስንኳ አይፈርድም። ወልድን የማያከብር የላከውን አብን አያከብርም።

²²For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;

²⁴እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ቃሌን የሚሰማ የላከኝንም የሚያምን የዘላለም ሕይወት አለው፥ ከሞትም ወደ ሕይወት ተሻገረ እንጂ ወደ ፍርድ አይመጣም።

²³that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.

²⁵እውነት እውነት እላችኋለሁ፥ ሙታን የእግዚአብሔርን ልጅ ድምፅ የሚሰሙበት ሰዓት ይመጣል እርሱም አሁን ነው፤ የሚሰሙትም በሕይወት ይኖራሉ።

²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into judgment, but hath passed out of death into life.

²⁶አብ በራሱ ሕይወት እንዳለው እንዲሁ ደግሞ ለወልድ በራሱ ሕይወት እንዲኖረው ሰጥቶታልና።

²⁵Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

²⁷የሰው ልጅም ስለ ሆነ ይፈርድ ዘንድ ሥልጣን ሰጠው።

²⁶For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:

²⁸በመቃብር ያሉቱ ሁሉ ድምፁን የሚሰሙበት ሰዓት ይመጣል፤ መልካምም ያደረጉ ለሕይወት ትንሣኤ ክፉም ያደረጉ ለፍርድ ትንሣኤ ይወጣሉና በዚህ አታድንቁ።

²⁷and he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.

³⁰እኔ ከራሴ አንዳች ላደርግ አይቻለኝም፤ እንደ ሰማሁ እፈርዳለሁ ፍርዴም ቅን ነው፥ የላከኝን ፈቃድ እንጂ ፈቃዴን አልሻምና።

²⁸Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

³¹እኔ ስለ እኔ ስለ ራሴ ብመሰክር ምስክሬ እውነት አይደለም፤

²⁹and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment.

³²ስለ እኔ የሚመሰክር ሌላ ነው፥ እርሱም ስለ እኔ የሚመሰክረው ምስክር እውነት እንደ ሆነ አውቃለሁ።

³⁰I can of myself do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is righteous; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

³³እናንተ ወደ ዮሐንስ ልካችኋል እርሱም ለእውነት መስክሮአል።

³¹If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

³⁴እኔ ግን ከሰው ምስክር አልቀበልም፥ እናንተ እንድትድኑ ይህን እላለሁ እንጂ።

³²It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

³⁵እርሱ የሚነድና የሚያበራ መብራት ነበረ፥ እናንተም ጥቂት ዘመን በብርሃኑ ደስ ሊላችሁ ወደዳችሁ።

³³Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.

³⁶እኔ ግን ከዮሐንስ ምስክር የሚበልጥ ምስክር አለኝ፤ አብ ልፈጽመው የሰጠኝ ሥራ፥ ይህ የማደርገው ሥራ፥ አብ እንደ ላከኝ ስለ እኔ ይመሰክራልና።

³⁴But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.

³⁷የላከኝ አብም እርሱ ስለ እኔ መስክሮአል። ድምፁን ከቶ አልሰማችሁም፥ መልኩንም አላያችሁም፤

³⁵He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.

³⁸እርሱም የላከውን እናንተ አታምኑምና በእናንተ ዘንድ የሚኖር ቃሉ የላችሁም።

³⁶But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

³⁹እናንተ በመጻሕፍት የዘላለም ሕይወት እንዳላችሁ ይመስላችኋልና እነርሱን ትመረምራላችሁ፤ እነርሱም ስለ እኔ የሚመሰክሩ ናቸው፤

³⁷And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

⁴⁰ነገር ግን ሕይወት እንዲሆንላችሁ ወደ እኔ ልትመጡ አትወዱም።

³⁸And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

⁴¹ከሰው ክብርን አልቀበልም፤ ዳሩ ግን የእግዚአብሔር ፍቅር በራሳችሁ እንደ ሌላችሁ አውቃችኋለሁ።

³⁹Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

⁴³እኔ በአባቴ ስም መጥቻለሁ አልተቀበላችሁኝምም፤ ሌላው በራሱ ስም ቢመጣ እርሱን ትቀበሉታላችሁ።

⁴⁰and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

⁴⁴እናንተ እርስ በርሳችሁ ክብር የምትቀባበሉ ከአንዱም ከእግዚአብሔር ያለውን ክብር የማትፈልጉ፥ እንዴት ልታምኑ ትችላላችሁ?

⁴¹I receive not glory from men.

⁴⁵እኔ በአብ ዘንድ የምከሳችሁ አይምሰላችሁ፤ የሚከሳችሁ አለ፤ እርሱም ተስፋ የምታደርጉት ሙሴ ነው።

⁴²But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.

⁴⁶ሙሴንስ ብታምኑት እኔን ባመናችሁ ነበር፤ እርሱ ስለ እኔ ጽፎአልና።

⁴³I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

⁴⁷መጻሕፍትን ካላመናችሁ ግን ቃሌን እንዴት ታምናላችሁ?

⁴⁴How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that [cometh] from the only God ye seek not?

⁴⁵Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, [even] Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.

⁴⁶For if ye believed Moses, ye would believe me; for he wrote of me.

⁴⁷But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?