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 in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is 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 great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, 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።

⁴for 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 made whole of whatever disease he had.

⁵በዚያም ከሠላሳ ስምንት ዓመት ጀምሮ የታመመ አንድ ሰው ነበረ፤

⁵A certain man was there, who had been sick for thirty-eight years.

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

⁶When Jesus 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?”

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 one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”

⁸ኢየሱስ። ተነሣና አልጋህን ተሸክመህ ሂድ አለው።

⁸Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”

⁹ወዲያውም ሰውዬው ዳነ አልጋውንም ተሸክሞ ሄደ።

⁹Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat 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 to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”

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

¹¹He answered them, “He who made me well, the same said to me, ‘Take up your mat, and walk.’ ”

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

¹²Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat, and walk’ ?”

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

¹³But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.

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

¹⁴Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”

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።

¹⁶For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, 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 is still working, so I am working, too.”

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 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.

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 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.

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

²⁰ 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.

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

²¹ For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.

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

²² For the Father judges no one, but he 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።

²³ that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

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

²⁴ “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.

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

²⁵ 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.

²⁷የሰው ልጅም ስለ ሆነ ይፈርድ ዘንድ ሥልጣን ሰጠው።

²⁶ For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave 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።

²⁷ He also 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።

²⁸ Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,

³¹እኔ ስለ እኔ ስለ ራሴ ብመሰክር ምስክሬ እውነት አይደለም፤

²⁹ and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

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

³⁰ I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

³³እናንተ ወደ ዮሐንስ ልካችኋል እርሱም ለእውነት መስክሮአል።

³¹ “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.

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

³² It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

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

³³ You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

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

³⁴ But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.

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

³⁵ He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

³⁸እርሱም የላከውን እናንተ አታምኑምና በእናንተ ዘንድ የሚኖር ቃሉ የላችሁም።

³⁶ But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, 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.

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

³⁷ The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.

⁴⁰ነገር ግን ሕይወት እንዲሆንላችሁ ወደ እኔ ልትመጡ አትወዱም።

³⁸ You don’t have his word living in you; because you don’t believe him whom he sent.

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

³⁹ “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

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

⁴⁰ Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.

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

⁴¹ I don’t receive glory from men.

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

⁴² But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.

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

⁴³ 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.

⁴⁷መጻሕፍትን ካላመናችሁ ግን ቃሌን እንዴት ታምናላችሁ?

⁴⁴ How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

⁴⁵ “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 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.

⁴⁷ But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”