يسوع يشفي كسيحًا
1 وجاءَ عِيدٌ لليَهودِ، فصَعِدَ يَسوعُ إلى أُورُشليمَ. 2 وفي أُورُشليمَ، قُربَ بابِ الغنَمِ، بِركَةٌ لها خَمسةُ أروِقَةٍ، يُسمّونَها بالعِبريّةِ بَيتَ زاتا. 3 وكانَ في الأروِقَةِ جَماعةٌ مِنَ المَرضى، بَينَ عُميانٍ وعُرجانٍ ومَفلوجينَ، [يَنتَظِرونَ تَحريكَ الماءِ، 4 لأنّ ملاكَ الربّ كانَ يَنزِلُ أحيانًا في البِركَةِ ويُحرّكُ الماءَ. فكانَ الذي يَسبِقُ إلى النّزولِ بَعدَ تَحريكِ الماءِ يُشفى مِنْ أيّ مَرضٍ أصابَهُ].
5 وكانَ هُناكَ رَجُلٌ مَريضٌ مِنْ ثمانٍ وثلاثينَ سنَةً. 6 فلمّا رآهُ يَسوعُ مُستَلقيًا، عرَفَ أنّ لَه مُدّةً طَويلةً على هذِهِ الحالِ، فقالَ لَه: «أتُريدُ أنْ تُشفى؟» 7 فأجابَه المريضُ: «ما لي أحَدٌ، يا سيّدي، يُنزِلُني في البِركَةِ عِندَما يتحَرّكُ الماءُ. وكُلمّا حاوَلتُ الوُصولَ إلَيها سبَقَني غَيري». 8 فقالَ لَه يَسوعُ: «قُمْ واَحمِلْ فِراشَكَ واَمشِ». 9 فتَعافى الرّجُلُ في الحالِ، وحمَلَ فِراشَهُ ومَشى.
وكانَ ذلِكَ يومَ السّبتِ. 10 فقالَ اليَهودُ للذي تَعافَى: «هذا يومُ السّبتِ، فلا يَحلّ لكَ أنْ تَحمِلَ فِراشَكَ». 11 فأجابَهُم: «الذي شَفاني قالَ لي: إحْمِل فِراشَكَ واَمشِ». 12 فسألوهُ: «مَنْ هوَ الذي قالَ لكَ إحمِلْ فِراشَكَ واَمشِ؟» 13 وكانَ الرّجُلُ لا يَعرِفُ مَنْ هوَ، لأنّ يَسوعَ اَبتعَدَ عَن الجمعِ المُحتَشِدِ هُناكَ.
14 ولَقِـيَهُ يَسوعُ بَعدَ ذلِكَ في الهَيكَلِ، فقالَ لَه: «أنتَ الآنَ تَعافَيتَ، فلا تَعُدْ إلى الخَطيئَةِ، لِئَلاّ تُصابَ بِأَسوأَ».
15 فذهَبَ الرّجُلُ إلى اليَهودِ وأخبرَهُم بأنّ يَسوعَ هوَ الذي شَفاهُ. 16 فأخَذَ اليَهودُ يَضطَهِدونَ يَسوعَ، لأنّهُ كانَ يَفعلُ ذلِكَ يومَ السّبتِ. 17 فقالَ لهُم يَسوعُ: «أبـي يَعمَلُ في كُلّ حينٍ، وأنا أعمَلُ مِثلَهُ». 18 فاَزدادَ سَعيُ اليَهودِ إلى قَتْلِهِ، لأنّهُ معَ مُخالَفَتِهِ الشّريعةَ في السّبتِ، قالَ إنّ اللهَ أبوهُ، فَساوى نَفسَهُ بِاللهِ.
سلطة الإبن
19 فقالَ لهُم يَسوعُ:
«الحقّ الحقّ أقولُ لكُم:
لا يَقدِرُ الابنُ أنْ يَعمَلَ شَيئًا مِنْ عِندِهِ،
بل يَعمَلُ ما رأى الآبَ يَعمَلُهُ.
فما يَعمَلُهُ الآبُ يَعمَلُ مِثلَهُ الابنُ.
20 فالآبُ يُحبّ الابنَ ويُريهِ كُلّ ما يَعمَلُ،
وسَيُريهِ ما هوَ أعظمُ، فتَتَعجّبونَ
21 فكما يُقيمُ الآبُ الموتى ويُحْيـيهم،
كذلِكَ الابنُ يُحيِـي مَنْ يَشاءُ.
22 والآبُ لا يَدينُ بِنَفسِهِ أحدًا
لأنّهُ جعَلَ الدّينونَةَ كُلّها لِلابنِ،
23 حتى يُمجّدَ جميعُ النّاسِ الابنَ، كما يُمَجّدونَ الآبَ.
مَنْ لا يُمَجّدُ الابنَ، لا يُمَجّدُ الآبَ الذي أرسَلَهُ.
24 الحقّ الحقّ أقولُ لكُم:
مَنْ يَسمَع لي ويُؤمِن بِمَنْ أرسَلَني
فلَهُ الحياةُ الأبديّةُ، ولا يَحضرُ الدينونَةَ،
لأنّهُ اَنتَقَلَ مِنَ الموتِ إلى الحياةِ.
25 الحقّ الحقّ أقولُ لكُم:
سَتَجِـيءُ ساعةٌ، بل جاءَتِ الآنَ،
يسمَعُ فيها الأمواتُ صَوتَ اَبنِ اللهِ،
وكُلّ مَنْ يُصغي إلَيهِ يَحيا.
26 فكما أنّ الآبَ هوَ في ذاتِهِ مَصدَرُ الحياةِ،
فكذلِكَ أعطى الابنَ أنْ يكونَ في ذاتِهِ مَصدَرَ الحياةِ
27 وأعطاهُ أنْ يَدينَ أيضًا
لأنّهُ اَبنُ الإنسانِ. 28 لا تتعجّبوا من هذا.
ستَجيءُ ساعةٌ يَسمَعُ فيها صوتَهُ
جميعُ الذينَ في القُبورِ،
29 فيَخرُجُ مِنها الذينَ عَمِلوا الصّالحاتِ ويَقومونَ إلى الحياةِ،
والذينَ عَمِلوا السّيئاتِ يَقومونَ إلى الدّينونَةِ.
30 أنا لا أقدِرُ أنْ أعمَلَ شيئًا مِنْ عِندي.
فكما أسمَعُ مِنَ الآبِ أحكُمُ، وحُكمي عادِلٌ
لأنّي لا أطلُبُ مَشيئَتي، بل مشيئَةَ الذي أرسَلَني.
31 لَو كُنتُ أشهَدُ لِنَفسي، لكانَت شَهادَتي باطِلَةً.
32 ولكنّ غَيري يَشهَدُ لي،
وأنا أعرِفُ أنّ شَهادتَهُ صَحيحَةٌ.
33 أرسَلْتُم رُسُلاً إلى يوحنّا،
فشَهِدَ يوحنّا لِلحقّ.
34 لا أعتمِدُ على شهادَةِ إنسانٍ،
ولكنّي أقولُ هذا لِخلاصِكُم.
35 كانَ يوحنّا سِراجًا مُنيرًا ساطِعًا،
فَرَضيتُم أنْ تَبتَهِجوا فَتْرَةً بِنُورِهِ. 36 لي شهادَةٌ أعظمُ مِنْ شهادَةِ يوحنّا:
لي أعمالي التي أعطاني الآبُ أنْ أعمَلَها،
وهذِهِ الأعمالُ التي أعمَلُها
هيَ نَفْسُها تَشهَدُ لي بأنّ الآبَ أرسَلَني.
37 والآبُ الذي أرسَلَني هوَ يَشهَدُ لي.
ما سَمِعْتُم صَوتَهُ مِنْ قَبلُ، ولا رأيتُم وجهَهُ،
38 وكلامُهُ لا يَثبُتُ فيكُم،
لأنّكُم لا تُؤمِنونَ بالذي أرسَلَهُ.
39 تَفحَصونَ الكُتُبَ المُقدّسَةَ،
حاسبـينَ أنّ لكُم فيها الحياةَ الأبديّةَ،
هيَ تَشهَدُ لي،
40 ولكنّكُم لا تُريدونَ أنْ تَجيئوا إليّ لِتكونَ لكُمُ الحياةُ.
41 أنا لا أطلُبُ مَجدًا مِنْ عِندِ النّاسِ،
42 لأنّي عَرَفْتُكُم فعَرَفْتُ أنّ محبّةَ اللهِ
لا محلّ لها في قُلوبِكُم.
43 جِئْتُ باَسمِ أبـي، فما قَبِلْتُموني.
ولَو جاءَكُم غَيري بِاَسمِ نَفسِهِ لَقَبِلتُموهُ.
44 وكيفَ تُؤمِنونَ ما دُمتُم تَطلُبونَ المَجدَ بَعضُكُم مِنْ بَعضٍ،
والمَجدُ الذي هوَ مِنَ اللهِ الواحدِ لا تَطلُبونَهُ؟
45 لا تَظُنّوا أنّي أشكوكُم إلى الآبِ،
فلكُم مَنْ يَشكوكُم:
موسى الذي وضَعْتُم فيهِ رجاءَكُم.
46 ولَو كُنتُم تُصدّقونَ موسى لَصَدّقتُموني،
لأنّهُ كَتَبَ فأخبَرَ عَنّي.
47 وإذا كُنتم لا تُصدّقونَ ما كتَبَهُ،
فكيفَ تُصدّقونَ كلامي؟»
Jesus Heals a Sick Man
1 Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for another Jewish festival. 2 In the city near the sheep gate was a pool with five porches, and its name in Hebrew was Bethzatha.
3-4 Many sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying close to the pool.
5 Beside the pool was a man who had been sick for 38 years. 6 When Jesus saw the man and realized that he had been crippled for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be healed?”
7 The man answered, “Sir, I don't have anyone to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up. I try to get in, but someone else always gets there first.”
8 Jesus told him, “Pick up your mat and walk!” 9 Right then the man was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking around. The day on which this happened was a Sabbath.
10 When the Jewish leaders saw the man carrying his mat, they said to him, “This is the Sabbath! No one is allowed to carry a mat on the Sabbath.”
11 But he replied, “The man who healed me told me to pick up my mat and walk.”
12 They asked him, “Who is this man that told you to pick up your mat and walk?” 13 But he did not know who Jesus was, and Jesus had left because of the crowd.
14 Later, Jesus met the man in the temple and told him, “You are now well. But don't sin anymore or something worse might happen to you.” 15 The man left and told the leaders that Jesus was the one who had healed him. 16 They started making a lot of trouble for Jesus because he did things like this on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus said, “My Father has never stopped working, and this is why I keep on working.” 18 Now the leaders wanted to kill Jesus for two reasons. First, he had broken the law of the Sabbath. But even worse, he had said God was his Father, which made him equal with God.
The Son's Authority
19 Jesus told the people:
I tell you for certain the Son cannot do anything on his own. He can do only what he sees the Father doing, and he does exactly what he sees the Father do. 20 The Father loves the Son and has shown him everything he does. The Father will show him even greater things, and you will be amazed. 21 Just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.
22 The Father doesn't judge anyone, but he has made his Son the judge of everyone. 23 The Father wants all people to honor the Son as much as they honor him. When anyone refuses to honor the Son, this is the same as refusing to honor the Father who sent him. 24 I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.
25 I tell you for certain the time will come, and it is already here, when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen to it will live! 26 The Father has the power to give life, and he has given that same power to the Son. 27 And he has given his Son the right to judge everyone, because he is the Son of Man.
28 Don't be surprised! The time will come when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of Man, 29 and they will come out of their graves. Everyone who has done good things will rise to life, but everyone who has done evil things will rise and be condemned.
30 I cannot do anything on my own. The Father sent me, and he is the one who told me how to judge. I judge with fairness, because I obey him, and I don't just try to please myself.
Witnesses to Jesus
31 If I speak for myself, there is no way to prove I am telling the truth. 32 But there is someone else who speaks for me, and I know what he says is true. 33 You sent messengers to John, and he told them the truth. 34 I don't depend on what people say about me, but I tell you these things so that you may be saved. 35 John was a lamp that gave a lot of light, and you were glad to enjoy his light for a while.
36 But something more important than John speaks for me. I mean the things that the Father has given me to do! All of these speak for me and prove that the Father sent me.
37 The Father who sent me also speaks for me, but you have never heard his voice or seen him face to face. 38 You have not believed his message, because you refused to have faith in the one he sent.
39 You search the Scriptures, because you think you will find eternal life in them. The Scriptures tell about me, 40 but you refuse to come to me for eternal life.
41 I don't care about human praise, 42 but I do know that none of you love God. 43 I have come with my Father's authority, and you have not welcomed me. But you will welcome people who come on their own. 44 How could you possibly believe? You like to have your friends praise you, and you don't care about praise that the only God can give!
45 Don't think that I will be the one to accuse you to the Father. You have put your hope in Moses, yet he is the very one who will accuse you. 46 Moses wrote about me, and if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me. 47 But if you don't believe what Moses wrote, how can you believe what I say?