¹Rehefa afaka izany, dia nisy andro firavoravoan'ny Jiosy, ary Jesosy niakatra tany Jerosalema.

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

²Ary misy farihy any Jerosalema, eo akaikin'ny vavahadin'ondry, izay atao amin'ny teny Hebreo hoe Betesda, misy fialofana dimy.

²and there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-[gate] a pool that is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches,

³Tao no nandrian'ny marary maro, ny jamba, ny mandringa, ny mati-ila. [Gr. efa maina, na malazo. Ampio hoe: [miandry ny fihetsehan'ny rano]

³in these were lying a great multitude of the ailing, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water,

⁴[Fa nisy anjely nidina tany amin'ny farihy indraindray ka nampihetsika ny rano; koa izay iray niroboka aloha, rehefa nihetsika ny rano, dia sitrana na inona na inona no aretina nanjo azy]

⁴for a messenger at a set time was going down in the pool, and was troubling the water, the first then having gone in after the troubling of the water, became whole of whatever sickness he was held.

⁵Ary nisy lehilahy anankiray teo, izay efa narary valo amby telo-polo taona.

⁵and there was a certain man there being in ailment thirty and eight years,

⁶Raha nahita azy mandry Jesosy ka nahalala fa efa toy izany ela izy, dia hoy Izy taminy: Te-ho sitrana va ianao?

⁶him Jesus having seen lying, and having known that he is already a long time, he saith to him, `Dost thou wish to become whole?`

⁷Ilay marary namaly Azy hoe: Tompoko, raha hetsehina ny rano, dia tsy mba misy olona handroboka ahy eto amin'ny farihy; nefa raha mandeha aho, dia misy olon-kafa misosoka eo alohako.

⁷The ailing man answered him, `Sir, I have no man, that, when the water may be troubled, he may put me into the pool, and while I am coming, another doth go down before me.`

⁸Hoy Jesosy taminy: Mitsangana, ento ny fandrianao, ka mandehana.

⁸Jesus saith to him, `Rise, take up thy couch, and be walking;`

⁹Ary niaraka tamin'izay dia sitrana ralehilahy ka nitondra ny fandriany, dia lasa nandeha. Ary Sabata izay andro izay.

⁹and immediately the man became whole, and he took up his couch, and was walking, and it was a sabbath on that day,

¹⁰Dia hoy ny Jiosy tamin'ilay efa sitrana: Sabata ny andro, ka tsy mety raha mitondra ny fandrianao ianao.

¹⁰the Jews then said to him that hath been healed, `It is a sabbath; it is not lawful to thee to take up the couch.`

¹¹Fa ralehilahy namaly azy hoe: Ilay nahasitrana ahy no nanao tamiko hoe: Ento ny fandrianao, ka mandehana.

¹¹He answered them, `He who made me whole — that one said to me, Take up thy couch, and be walking;`

¹²Ary ireo nanontany azy hoe: Iza moa izany Lehilahy izany Izay nanao taminao hoe: Ento ny fandrianao, ka mandehana?

¹²they questioned him, then, `Who is the man who is saying to thee, Take up thy couch and be walking?`

¹³Fa ilay sitrana tsy nahalala Ary; fa niala teo Jesosy, satria nisy vahoaka betsaka teo.

¹³But he that was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus did move away, a multitude being in the place.

¹⁴Rehefa afaka izany, dia hitan'i Jesosy teo an-kianjan'ny tempoly ralehilahy, ka hoy Izy taminy: Indro, efa sitrana ianao; aza manota intsony, fandrao hanjo anao izay ratsy noho ny teo.

¹⁴After these things, Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said to him, `Lo, thou hast become whole; sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.`

¹⁵Dia lasa ralehilahy ka nanambara tamin'ny Jiosy fa Jesosy no nahasitrana azy.

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

¹⁶Ary noho izany ny Jiosy dia nanenjika an'i Jesosy, satria nanao izany zavatra izany tamin'ny Sabata Izy.

¹⁶and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.

¹⁷Fa Jesosy namaly azy hoe: Ny Raiko miasa mandraka ankehitriny, ary Izaho koa miasa.

¹⁷And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;`

¹⁸Nefa vao mainka nitady hamono Azy ny Jiosy, tsy noho ny namahany ny amin'ny Sabata ihany, fa noho ny nilazany koa fa Andriamanitra no Rainy, ka nanao ny tenany ho mitovy amin'Andriamanitra Izy.

¹⁸because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

¹⁹Ary Jesosy namaly ka nanao taminy hoe: Lazaiko aminareo marina dia marina tokoa: Ny Zanaka tsy mahazo manao na inona na inona ho Azy, afa-tsy izay hitany ataon'ny Ray; fa na inona na inona no ataon'ny Ray dia toy izany koa no ataon'ny Zanaka.

¹⁹Jesus therefore responded and said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, The Son is not able to do anything of himself, if he may not see the Father doing anything; for whatever things He may do, these also the Son in like manner doth;

²⁰Fa ny Ray tia ny Zanaka ka maneho Azy ny zavatra rehetra izay ataon'ny tenany; ary asa lehibe noho ireny no hasehony Azy, mba ho gaga ianareo.

²⁰for the Father doth love the Son, and doth shew to him all things that He himself doth; and greater works than these He will shew him, that ye may wonder.

²¹Fa toy ny Ray manangana sy mamelona ny maty, dia tahaka izany koa no ameloman'ny Zanaka izay tiany.

²¹`For, as the Father doth raise the dead, and doth make alive, so also the Son doth make alive whom he willeth;

²²Fa ny Ray aza tsy mitsara olona, fa ny fitsarana rehetra dia nomeny ny Zanaka,

²²for neither doth the Father judge any one, but all the judgment He hath given to the Son,

²³mba hanajan'ny olona rehetra ny Zanaka, tahaka ny fanajany ny Ray. Izay tsy manaja ny Zanaka dia tsy manaja ny Ray, Izay naniraka Azy.

²³that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

²⁴Lazaiko aminareo marina dia marina tokoa: Izay mandre ny teniko ka mino Izay naniraka Ahy no manana fiainana mandrakizay, ka tsy hohelohina; fa tafafindra niala tamin'ny fahafatesana ho amin'ny fiainana izy. [Gr. hotsaraina]

²⁴`Verily, verily, I say to you — He who is hearing my word, and is believing Him who sent me, hath life age-during, and to judgment he doth not come, but hath passed out of the death to the life.

²⁵Lazaiko aminareo marina dia marina tokoa: Avy ny andro ary tonga ankehitriny, izay handrenesan'ny maty ny feon'ny Zanak'Andriamanitra; ary izay mandre dia ho velona. [Gr. ora]

²⁵`Verily, verily, I say to you — There cometh an hour, and it now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those having heard shall live;

²⁶Fa tahaka ny Ray manana fiainana ho Azy, dia tahaka izany koa ny Zanaka nomeny hanana fiainana ho Azy;

²⁶for, as the Father hath life in himself, so He gave also to the Son to have life in himself,

²⁷ary nomeny fahefana hitsara Izy, satria Zanak'olona.

²⁷and authority He gave him also to do judgment, because he is Son of Man.

²⁸Aza gaga amin'izany; fa avy ny andro izay handrenesan'ny olona rehetra any am-pasana ny feony; [Gr. ora]

²⁸`Wonder not at this, because there doth come an hour in which all those in the tombs shall hear his voice,

²⁹dia hivoaka izy: izay nanao tsara dia ho any amin'ny fitsanganana ho fiainana fa izay nanao ratsy kosa dia ho any amin'fitsanganana ho fahamelohana. [Gr. ho fitsarana]

²⁹and they shall come forth; those who did the good things to a rising again of life, and those who practised the evil things to a rising again of judgment.

³⁰Raha Izaho ihany, dia tsy mahay manao na inona na inona; araka izay reko no itsarako; ary marina ny fitsarako; fa tsy mitady ny sitrapoko Aho, fa ny sitrapon'izay naniraka Ahy.

³⁰`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

³¹Raha Izaho no manambara ny tenako, dia tsy marina ny fanambarako.

³¹`If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;

³²Misy Anankiray Izay manambara Ahy. ary fantatro fa marina ny fanambarana izay anambarany Ahy.

³²another there is who is testifying concerning me, and I have known that the testimony that he doth testify concerning me is true;

³³Hianareo naniraka tany amin'i Jaona, ary nanambara ny marina izy.

³³ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.

³⁴Fa Izaho tsy mandray ny fanambarana avy amin'olona; fa milaza izany zavatra izany Aho mba ho voavonjy ianareo.

³⁴`But I do not receive testimony from man, but these things I say that ye may be saved;

³⁵Izy dia jiro nirehitra ka nazava; ary nahafinaritra anareo ny nifalianareo vetivety tamin'faharavany.

³⁵he was the burning and shining lamp, and ye did will to be glad, for an hour, in his light.

³⁶Fa Izaho kosa manana fanambarana lehibe noho Jaona; fa ny asa nomen'ny Ahy hovitaiko, dia izany asa ataoko izany no manambara Ahy fa nirahin'ny Ray.

³⁶`But I have the testimony greater than John`s, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

³⁷Ary ny Ray Izay naniraka Ahy, Izy no nanambara Ahy. Tsy mba renareo ny feony, na hitanareo akory aza ny endriny,

³⁷`And the Father who sent me Himself hath testified concerning me; ye have neither heard His voice at any time, nor His appearance have ye seen;

³⁸ary ny teniny tsy mba mitoetra ao anatinareo, satria tsy mino Izay nirahiny ianareo.

³⁸and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe.

³⁹Dinihinareo ny Soratra Masina, ataonareo fa ao aminy no anananareo fiainana mandrakizay, ary ireny no manambara Ahy. [Na: Diniho]

³⁹`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

⁴⁰Kanefa tsy mety manatona Ahy ianareo hanananareo fiainana.

⁴⁰and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

⁴¹Tsy mandray laza avy amin'olona

⁴¹glory from man I do not receive,

⁴²Fa fantatro ianareo, fa tsy misy fitiavana an'Andriamanitra ao am-ponareo.

⁴²but I have known you, that the love of God ye have not in yourselves.

⁴³Izaho dia avy amin'ny anaran'ny Raiko, nefa tsy raisinareo; raha misy hafa avy amin'ny anaran'ny tenany, dia horaisinareo ihany izy.

⁴³`I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive;

⁴⁴Hataonareo izay mifampitady laza ahoana no fino, nefa ny laza avy amin'ny Andriamanitra Tokana kosa dia tsy tadiavinareo?

⁴⁴how are ye able — ye — to believe, glory from one another receiving, and the glory that [is] from God alone ye seek not?

⁴⁵Aza ataonareo fa Izaho no hiampanga anareo amin'ny Ray; misy ny mpiampanga anareo, dia Mosesy izay itokianareo.

⁴⁵`Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses — in whom ye have hoped;

⁴⁶Fa raha mba nino an'i Mosesy ianareo, dia hino Ahy, satria nanoratra nilaza Ahy izy.Fa raha tsy mino izay nosoratany ianareo, hataonareo ahoana no fino ny teniko?

⁴⁶for if ye were believing Moses, ye would have been believing me, for he wrote concerning me;

⁴⁷Fa raha tsy mino izay nosoratany ianareo, hataonareo ahoana no fino ny teniko?

⁴⁷but if his writings ye believe not, how shall ye believe my sayings?`