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

¹After these things 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, at the sheepgate, 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 sick, blind, lame, withered, [awaiting 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።

⁴For an angel descended at a certain season in the pool and troubled the water. Whoever therefore first went in after the troubling of the water became well, whatever disease he laboured under.]

⁵በዚያም ከሠላሳ ስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ የታመመ አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤

⁵But there was a certain man there who had been suffering under his infirmity thirty and eight years.

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

⁶Jesus seeing this [man] lying [there], and knowing that he was [in that state] now a great length of time, says to him, Wouldest thou become well?

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

⁷The infirm [man] answered him, Sir, I have not a man, in order, when the water has been troubled, to cast me into the pool; but while I am coming another descends before me.

⁸ኢየሱስ። ተነሣና አልጋህን ተሸክመህ ሂድ አለው።

⁸Jesus says to him, Arise, take up thy couch and walk.

⁹ወዲያውም ሰውዬው ዳነ አልጋውንም ተሸክሞ ሄደ።

⁹And immediately the man became well, and took up his couch and walked: and on that day was sabbath.

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

¹⁰The Jews therefore said to the healed [man], It is sabbath, it is not permitted thee to take up thy couch.

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

¹¹He answered them, He that made me well, *he* said to me, Take up thy couch and walk.

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

¹²They asked him [therefore], Who is the man who said to thee, Take up thy couch and walk?

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

¹³But he that had been healed knew not who it was, for Jesus had slidden away, there being a crowd in the place.

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

¹⁴After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou art become well: sin no more, that something worse do not happen to 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 well.

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

¹⁶And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus [and sought to kill him], because he had done these things on sabbath.

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

¹⁷But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto 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 therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he had not only violated the sabbath, but also said that God was 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 to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself save whatever he sees the Father doing: for whatever things *he* does, these things also the Son does in like manner.

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

²⁰For the Father loves the Son and shews him all things which he himself does; and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may wonder.

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

²¹For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens [them], thus the Son also quickens 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 does the Father judge any one, but has given all judgment to the Son;

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

²³that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who honours not the Son, honours not the Father who has sent him.

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

²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, that he that hears my word, and believes him that has sent me, has life eternal, and does not come into judgment, but is passed out of death into life.

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

²⁵Verily, verily, I say unto you, that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that have heard shall live.

²⁷የሰው ልጅም ስለ ሆነ ይፈርድ ዘንድ ሥልጣን ሰጠው።

²⁶For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given 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 has given him authority to execute judgment [also], because he is Son of man.

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

²⁸Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

³¹እኔ ስለ እኔ ስለ ራሴ ብመሰክር ምስክሬ እውነት አይደለም፤

²⁹and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment.

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

³⁰I cannot do anything of myself; as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I do not seek my will, but the will of him that has sent me.

³³እናንተ ወደ ዮሐንስ ልካችኋል እርሱም ለእውነት መስክሮአል።

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

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

³²It is another who bears witness concerning me, and I know that the witness which he bears concerning me is true.

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

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

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

³⁴But I do not receive witness from man, but I say this that *ye* might be saved.

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

³⁵*He* was the burning and shining lamp, and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

³⁸እርሱም የላከውን እናንተ አታምኑምና በእናንተ ዘንድ የሚኖር ቃሉ የላችሁም።

³⁶But I have the witness [that is] greater than [that] of John; for the works which the Father has given me that I should complete them, the works themselves which I do, bear witness concerning me that the Father has sent me.

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

³⁷And the Father who has sent me himself has borne witness concerning me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor have seen his shape,

⁴⁰ነገር ግን ሕይወት እንዲሆንላችሁ ወደ እኔ ልትመጡ አትወዱም።

³⁸and ye have not his word abiding in you; for whom *he* hath sent, him ye do not believe.

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

³⁹Ye search the scriptures, for ye think that in them ye have life eternal, and they it is which bear witness concerning me;

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

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

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

⁴¹I do not receive 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 you.

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

⁴³I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another 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 seek not the glory which [comes] from God alone?

⁴⁵Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is [one] who accuses you, Moses, on whom ye trust;

⁴⁶for if ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me.

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