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Ne campa naltilo itoca Betesda, Jesús oquipajtij se tlacatl yejhuan sepohuiya

Ijcuac in tlajtlamach yonochiu, Jesús oyaj ne Jerusalén campa on hebreos quichijticatcaj se ilhuitl para Dios. Ipan on hueyican, nisiu itech on tlatzacuilyotl itoca de las Ovejas, oncatca se campa naltilo yejhuan ica tlajtojli hebreo itoca Betesda. Ne campa naltilo quipiaya macuijli tlatzacuiltenco. Niman ompa ipan on tlatzacuiltenco tejtemiyaj miyequej cocoxquej yejhuan coxomej, ciegos niman on yejhuan sepohuiyaj. Yejhuamej quichixticatcaj ma nolini on atl, pampa san ajsiya on tiempo ijcuac se ilhuicactequitquetl temohuaya ne ijtic campa naltilo niman quinelohuaya on atl. Quemaj on yejhuan achtopa calaquiya ne ijtic on atl pajtiya masqui san catlejhua cualolistli quipiaya. Ompa nemiya se tlacatl yejhuan ye quipiaya sempoajli huan majtlactli huan chichueyi xipan ica cualohuaya. Ijcuac Jesús oquitac ompa onoc, niman oquitac ica ye huejcahui cualo, oquitlajtoltij:

―¿Ticnequi tipajtis?

On cocoxqui oquijlij:

―Señor, xnicpia aquin nechcalactis ijtic on atl ijcuac nolinia. Ijcuac nicnequi nicalaquis, ocse achtopa calaqui.

Jesús oquijlij:

―Xmotelquetza. Xcajcocui mopetl niman xhuiya.

Nimantzin on tlacatl opajtic, ocontilan ipetl niman onejnen.

Pero yejhua in onochiu ipan on tonajli ijcuac nosehuiaj on hebreos. 10 Yejhua ica intlayecancahuan on hebreos oquijlijquej on yejhuan opajtic:

―Aman in tonajli para titosehuiaj. Itlanahuatil Moisés xmitzcahuilia para ticmomamaltis mopetl.

11 On tlacatl oquimijlij:

―On yejhuan onechpajtij onechijlij: “Xcajcocui mopetl niman xhuiya.”

12 Quemaj oquitlajtoltijquej:

―¿Aquinon omitzijlij: “Xcajcocui mopetl niman xhuiya”?

13 Pero on tlacatl xquimatiya aquinon oquipajtij, pampa Jesús onejcuanij itech on miyec tlacatl yejhuan ompa nemiya.

14 Más saquin Jesús oquinextij ne ipan on hueyi tiopan, niman oquijlij:

―Xcaqui, aman yotipajtic. Ma ca ocsejpa titlajtlacos para ma ca mopan nochihuas itlaj yejhuan más temojtij.

15 Quemaj on tlacatl oyaj niman oquinmachiltijtetzito itlayecancahuan on hebreos ica on yejhuan oquipajtij yejhua Jesús. 16 Yejhua ica, tej, on tlayecanquej tlamach ica oquipajsolojquej Jesús niman quimictisnequiyaj, pampa on tlen oquichiu ipan on tonajli ijcuac nosehuiaj on hebreos. 17 Pero Jesús oquimijlij:

―NoTajtzin hasta aman tequiti, niman nejhua no nitequiti.

18 Yejhua ica on itlayecancahuan on hebreos más quinequiyaj quimictisquej, pampa xsan xquitlacaitaya on nesehuiltonajli, yej no oquijtoj ica Dios yejhua iTaj, niman ijcon, tej, onoteneu ica yejhua nemi sa no ijqui quen Dios.

Iconeu Dios quipia tequihuayotl

19 Quemaj Jesús oquimijlij:

―Ica tlen melahuac nemechijlia ica nejhua yejhuan niiConeu Dios xhueli nicchihua itlaj noselti, yej san nihueli nicchihua on tlen niquita quichihua noTaj. On tlen noTaj quichihua no nicchihua. 20 Tej, noTaj nechtlajsojtla niman nechititia nochi tlen yejhua quichihua. Yejhua nechititis tlajtlamach yejhuan más huejhueyi xquen yejhua in para nicchihuas. Ijcon tej, nemejhuamej mechmojcatlachaltis. 21 Ijcon quen noTaj quinyolitis on mimiquej niman quinmacas nemilistli, nejhua yejhuan niiConeu no ijqui nicmacas nemilistli on yejhuan nicnequis nicmacas. 22 Niman noTaj xquiyolcuitia nion quitlajtlacolmaca yacaj tlacatl, yej nejhua onechmacac nochi on tequihuajyotl para niteyolcuitis niman nitetlajtlacolmacas, 23 para nochimej ma nechtlacaitacan quen quitlacaitaj noTaj. Yejhuan xnechtlacaitaj, no xquitlacaitaj noTaj yejhuan onechajtitlan.

24 'Ica tlen melahuac nemechijlia: Yejhuan cuajli caqui on tlen niquijtohua niman quineltoca on yejhuan onechajtitlan quipia nemilistli para nochipa. Niman xquitlajtlacolmacasquej, yej ialma yonomanahuij itech miquilistli, niman aman quipia nemilistli para nochipa. 25 Ica tlen melahuac nemechijlia ye huajlau on tonajli niman sa no aman yoyejcoc ijcuac on mimiquej caquisquej notlajtol nejhua yejhuan niiConeu Dios, niman on yejhuan quitlacamatisquej nemisquej. 26 Ijcon quen noTajtzin quitemaca nemilistli para nochipa, no ijqui nejhua yejhuan niiConeu nictemaca nemilistli para nochipa. 27 Niman yonechmacac itlanahuatil para niteyolcuitis niman nitetlajtlacolmacas pampa oninochiu Tlacatl. 28 Ma ca yejhua ica in xmojcatlachacan, pampa yejcos on tonajli ijcuac nochimej on mimiquej caquisquej notlajtol 29 niman quisasquej ipan intlalcon. On yejhuan oquichijquej on tlen cuajli, yolisquej niman noquetztehuasquej ipan intlalcon para quipiasquej yencuic nemilistli yejhuan para nochipa. Pero on yejhuan oquichijquej on tlen xcuajli, yolisquej niman noquetztehuasquej para quintlajtlacolmacasquej.

Quesqui teixpantiliquej quiteititiaj ica Jesús quipia tequihuajyotl

30 'Nejhua xhueli itlaj nicchihua itechcopa notequiyo. Nejhua niteyolcuitia niman nitetlajtlacolmaca quen Dios nechijlia. Yejhua ica niteyolcuitia niman nitetlajtlacolmaca quen quitocarohua pampa xnicchihua tlen nejhua nicnequi, yej tlen quinequi noTajtzin yejhua onechajtitlan. 31 Tla sa no nejhua noca ninoteixpantilia nenhuelisquiaj nenquijtosquiaj ica on tlen niquijtohua xmelahuac. 32 Pero nemi ocse yejhuan noca quiteixpantilia, niman nejhua nicmati ica on tlen noca quijtohua melahuac. 33 Onenquintitlanquej sequimej itech Juan, niman on tlen yejhua noca oquijtoj melahuac. 34 Pero on tlen Juan noca oquijtoj xnechpolohua, yej san nemechelnamictia on tlen yejhua noca oquijtoj para huelis nennechneltocasquej niman nenmaquisasquej. 35 Juan quen itlaj tlahuijli catca yejhuan tlicuiya niman cuajli tlahuilohuaya. Itlahuil omechititij on cuajli ojtli para ipan nemohuicasquej. Niman quesqui tonaltin onenquitlalijquej nemoyojlo ican paquilistli para nenyasquej ipan on cuajli ojtli. 36 Pero nejhua nicpia noteixpantilijcau yejhuan más hueyi quijtosnequi xquen yejhua on tlen oquijtoj Juan. On tlen noTajtzin onechmacac para ma nicchihua quiteixpantilia ica melahuac noTajtzin onechajtitlan niman no in tlajtlamach nicchihua. Yejhuamej quiteititia ica melahuac noTajtzin onechajtitlan. 37 Niman noTajtzin yejhuan onechajtitlan no noca teixpantilia. Nemejhuamej xqueman onencacquej ijcuac tlajtlajtohua, xqueman onenquitaquej quen tlajtlacha. 38 Nion itlajtol xhueli calaqui ipan nemoyojlo, pampa xnennechneltocaj nejhua yejhuan onechajtitlan. 39 Nemejhuamej sanoyej nenquimomachtiaj on Yectlajcuilojli, pampa nenquinemiliaj ica nenquinextisquej nemilistli yejhuan para nochipa ijcuac yejhua nenquimomachtiaj. Yejhua ica mechtocarohua nenquimatisquej ica on Yectlajcuilojli yejhua mechtenquixtilia noca nejhua. 40 Pero nemejhuamej xnenquinequij notech nenhuajlasquej para nenquipiasquej yejhua on nemilistli.

41 'Nejhua xnictejtemohua para on tlacamej ma nechtlacaitacan. 42 Pero nemechixmati niman nicmatzticaj ica xnenquitlajsojtla Dios. 43 Nejhua onihuajlaj nemotech ican itocatzin noTajtzin, niman nemejhuamej xnennechseliaj. Pero tla huajlas ocse yejhuan tlajtlajtos ica sa no itlamachilis, on quemaj nenquiselisquej. 44 ¿Quen ijqui, tej, huelis nentlaneltocasquej tla sa no nemejhuamej nenquimoseliliaj on tlacaitalistli niman xnenquitejtemohuaj on tetlacamatilistli yejhuan san yejhua Dios quitemaca? 45 Ma ca xnemilican ica nejhua nemechteixpanhuis itech noTajtzin. Yej mechteixpanhuis Moisés yejhuan itech yonenquitlalijquej nemotlamachalis. 46 Tla nemejhuamej melahuac nenquineltocasquiaj on tlen oquijtoj Moisés, no nennechneltocasquiaj, pampa yejhua otlajcuiloj noca nejhua. 47 Pero xnenquineltocaj on tlen yejhua oquijcuiloj. Yejhua ica, ¿quen ijqui, tej, huelis nenquineltocasquej on tlen nejhua nemechijlia?

The Healing at the Pool

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate(A) a pool, which in Aramaic(B) is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”

“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”

Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.”(C) At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,(D) 10 and so the Jewish leaders(E) said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”(F)

11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’

12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?”

13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.

14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning(G) or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders(H) that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The Authority of the Son

16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father(I) is always at his work(J) to this very day, and I too am working.” 18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him;(K) not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.(L)

19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;(M) he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son(N) and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these,(O) so that you will be amazed. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,(P) even so the Son gives life(Q) to whom he is pleased to give it. 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,(R) 23 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.(S)

24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me(T) has eternal life(U) and will not be judged(V) but has crossed over from death to life.(W) 25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come(X) when the dead will hear(Y) the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life(Z) in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to judge(AA) because he is the Son of Man.

28 “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming(AB) when all who are in their graves will hear his voice 29 and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.(AC) 30 By myself I can do nothing;(AD) I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,(AE) for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.(AF)

Testimonies About Jesus

31 “If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.(AG) 32 There is another who testifies in my favor,(AH) and I know that his testimony about me is true.

33 “You have sent to John and he has testified(AI) to the truth. 34 Not that I accept human testimony;(AJ) but I mention it that you may be saved.(AK) 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light,(AL) and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.

36 “I have testimony weightier than that of John.(AM) For the works that the Father has given me to finish—the very works that I am doing(AN)—testify that the Father has sent me.(AO) 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me.(AP) You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,(AQ) 38 nor does his word dwell in you,(AR) for you do not believe(AS) the one he sent.(AT) 39 You study[c] the Scriptures(AU) diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life.(AV) These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,(AW) 40 yet you refuse to come to me(AX) to have life.

41 “I do not accept glory from human beings,(AY) 42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God[d]?(AZ)

45 “But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,(BA) on whom your hopes are set.(BB) 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.(BC) 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?”(BD)

Footnotes

  1. John 5:2 Some manuscripts Bethzatha; other manuscripts Bethsaida
  2. John 5:4 Some manuscripts include here, wholly or in part, paralyzed—and they waited for the moving of the waters. From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had.
  3. John 5:39 Or 39 Study
  4. John 5:44 Some early manuscripts the Only One

After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole.

16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.

17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.

18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

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

26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;

27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,

29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

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

32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.

38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.

39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

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

41 I receive not honour from men.

42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.

44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.

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

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