John 5 (LYN) · Opened

1Aba kuna kubwa eyo, sebeli ku tendahala omukiti no Majuda mi Jesu sebeli okambamena ku Jelusalema.Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2Cwale mu Jelusalema abeebi ni Mwelo no Mikoko, kame kuli akasa kaisanwa nji Betizata mu Sihebelu, no myelo itanu.Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

3Mu myelo eyo kame kuna kulangana aeti no kupula, eibofu, eihole no makondo, nasi lun̄an̄ali.On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

4Kakuli abanjili elingeloi kame lina ku shetumukelanga mu kasa, mi kame lina kushelaulanga ameyi. Cwale omunu no weli woyo oingena mu meyi aba amana okushelauliwa, kame ana ku tuseha, simba otoma oweti ubine nji ubine.Not in the BSB

5Omulume mumweya kame ana kwikalanga omo, ona kutoma oweti emyaka makumi aatu ni mutanu ni twaatu (38).One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

6Cwale Jesu aba ana kumumona ni kulimuka nji kame ana kulanganamo enako no kuleba, sebeli omwibanguta nji, “Kame osinga oku balisiwa?”When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

7Omweeti sebeli omu tambula nji, “Mbumu, sikwite omunu no ku ni beeka mu kasa ameyi aba amana okushelauka, aba nisinga nji niingenemo omukwange wa nisiya kale oku shetumukamo oweli.”“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

8Jesu sebeli wamba kwa yonyene nji, “Imana, oshimbe oulangano wowe, mi weende.”Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

9Ababo omulume sebeli obala, ni ku shimba oulangano waye, mi sebeli weenda. Cwale eliywaa elyo neli elino Pumulo.Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

10Cwale aendisi no Majuda sebeli ambela woyo mulume ona ku balisiwa nji, “Lino ni lya Pumulo, ka kupumenenwe nji oshimbe oulangano wowe.”so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

11Kono sebeli waatambula nji, “Omunu woyo onani balisa na nambele nji, ‘Oshimbe oulangano wowe mi weende.’ ”But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

12Cwale sebeli amwibanguta nji, “Anyine omunu woyo ona kwambele nji oshimbe oulangano wowe mi weende?”“Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.

13Kono omunu woyo ona ku balisiwa kasi kulimuka nji anyine, kakuli Jesu kame ana kwikiseta mu kupula no aanu ana kwikala omo mu sibaka.But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.

14Kutunda abo, Jesu sebeli omu wana mu Ndoo ya Nyambe ni kwamba kwa yonyene nji, “Omone, nu bala kono olese okutenda esibi kame, mwendi esi sicilisa oku bitelela mba si kwiyele.”Afterward, Jesus found the man at the temple and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Stop sinning, or something worse may happen to you.”

15Omulume woyo sebeli ota nu kambela aendisi no Majuda nji neli Jesu ona mubalisa.And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

16Cwale esi sokame eso aendisi no Majuda ana kuyandiseta Jesu, kakuli na kutenda eyo eli no Pumulo.Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

17Kono Jesu sebeli waatambuta nji, “Sitange kame asebeza enako yonje, mi ni mene kame ni sebeza.”But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

18Elibaka elyo aendisi no Majuda ana kusinga oku mwibaela okubita ba weli, kakuli kasi kumatuka feela omulawo no Pumulo, kono kame yonyene ni kwisana Nyambe nji Sitaye mane nuukubeeka ba siyemo simweya ni Nyambe.Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

19Cwale Jesu sebeli waambela nji, “Niti luli kameni myambela nji, Omwana katwese okutenda esinu yonyene, konji ana kumona Sitaye yo sitenda. Kakuli eyo atenda yonje, ni yonyene Mwana kame aitenda ngeeso.So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

20Kakuli Sitaye kame asinga Omwana, mane kame amu monisa eyo atenda yonje, mi mba mumonisa emisebezi no kuneneba okubita eyi nji mu komoke.The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.

21Kakuli kanyi Sitange aba aingula asikufa ni kwa yoyisa, ni Mwana yongeeso kame aaba awo asinga.For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

22Sitange kaatula omunu, kono kame anabi Omwana etikatulo tonje,Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

23nji onje awo akuteke Omwana kanyi omo akutekela Sitange. Woyo no kwakuteka Omwana ka kuteke ni Sitange ona mu tumu.”so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

24“Niti luli kame ni myambela nji, woyo oyupa eliywi lyange ni ku pumena kwa woyo onani tumu, kame ali ni mooyo no kwaabwa. Ka tamba okwatuliwa, kono nabiti mu lifu okwingena mu mooyo.Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

25Niti luli kame ni myambela nji, enako kame iiya, mane yaiya kale, abo aafu kame sa yupe eliywi lya Mwana Nyambe, mi awo aliyupa mba yoyo.Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

26Kakuli kanyi Sitange aba ali ni mooyo mwa yonyene, ni Mwana ngeeso kame ana mubi okwikala ni mooyo mwa yonyene.For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

27Mi na mubi ni maata no kwatula, kakuli yokame Omwana no Munu.And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

28Mulese ku komoka ba taba eyo, kakuli enako kame iiya, abo aali mu mayumbelo onje mba yupu eliywi lyaye,Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

29mi awo ana tende eino kuwaba aingukele omooyo, mi awo ana tende eino kwiiba aingukele ekatulo.”and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

30“Sitwese okutenda esinu mu maata ange, kanyi aba niyupa, kame na tula, mi ekatulo yange ya kuluka, kakuli sitende esisi singwa kwa mene, kono esisi singwa kwa yonyene onani tumu.”I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

31“Nji kame ni kupaka menyene, oupaki wange kasa wa niti.If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

32Kwaali omunjili woyo opaka eyange, mi kame niyii nji oupaki owo ani paka nawo niwa niti.There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

33Kame muna tumu aanu kwa Jowani, mi na paka eniti.You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

34Kasa nji oupaki nina tambula kame onatundu ku munu, kono kame naamba feela eyo nji mu kayoyisiwe.Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

35Yonyene neli olumonyi lu tumbuka, ni lambi eyi imonyeka, mi anyi namu singi oku wabelelwa enako icana mu liseli lyaye.John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

36Kono oupaki nili nawo ni wa kuneneba okubitelela wa Jowani, kakuli emisebezi ana nibi Sitange oku manenena, yokame emisebezi eyi nitenda, eini paka nji Sitange nani tumu.But I have testimony more substantial than that of John. For the works that the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works I am doing—testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

37Cwale Sitange ona nitumu, ni yonyene kame ana paka eyange. Eliywi lyaye ka musili yupa simba okumona omo aikalele,And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

38mi eliywi lyaye kali siikala mwaanyi, kakuli woyo ona tumiwa kwa yonyene kamu mupumene.nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

39Kame musaisisa aman̄olo, kakuli kame mu yambuta nji mba mu wanamo omooyo no kwaabwa. Aman̄olo awo okame apaka eyange!You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

40Kono kame mukana okwiiya kwa mene nji mwikale ni mooyo no kwaabwa.yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

41“Sitambula okububekwa oko kutunda kwaanu.I do not accept glory from men,

42Kono kame ni yii nji kakwisa elilato lya Nyambe mwaanyi.but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

43Mene kame nineyi mu litina lya Sitange, mi ka mu sini tambula, nji mundina aiye mu litina lyaye feela, yonyene mbamu mu tambula.I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.

44Ngasibine sa mu pumene woyo otambula emilumbeko itunda kwaanu, mi ka musaele emilumbeko itunda feela kwa Nyambe?How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

45Mu lese oku yambuta nji kame sani mikandimeke kwa sitange, neli Mushe woyo ona kumikandimeka, ba yonyene bamuna kubeeka esepo yenu.Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

46Nji kame mu na kupumena Mushe, ni mene mba muni pumene, kakuli yonyene na n̄olo eyange.If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

47Kono nji kamwa sipumena eyo ana kun̄ola, ngasibine sa mu pumene amaywi ange?”But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

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