John 5

1 Some time later there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

1 這事以後，到了猶太人的一個節期，耶穌就上耶路撒冷去。

2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool with five covered colonnades, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda.

2 在耶路撒冷，靠近羊門有一個池子，希伯來話叫作畢士大，旁邊有五個廊子；

3 On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

3 裏面躺着瞎眼的、瘸腿的、血氣枯乾的許多病人。

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5 One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

5 在那裏有一個人，病了三十八年。

6 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?”

6 耶穌看見他躺着，知道他病了許久，就問他說：「你要痊癒嗎？」

7 “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.”

7 病人回答說：「先生，水動的時候，沒有人把我放在池子裏；我正去的時候，就有別人比我先下去。」

8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”

8 耶穌對他說：「起來，拿你的褥子走吧！」

9 Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day,

9 那人立刻痊癒，就拿起褥子來走了。

10 so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”

10 那天是安息日，所以猶太人對那醫好的人說：「今天是安息日，你拿褥子是不可的。」

11 But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”

11 他卻回答說：「那使我痊癒的，對我說：『拿你的褥子走吧。』」

12 “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.

12 他們問他說：「對你說『拿褥子走』的是甚麼人？」

13 But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while the crowd was there.

13 那醫好的人不知道是誰；因為那裏的人多，耶穌已經躲開了。

14 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.”

14 後來耶穌在殿裏遇見他，對他說：「你已經痊癒了，不要再犯罪，恐怕你遭遇的更加利害。」

15 And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

15 那人就去告訴猶太人，使他痊癒的是耶穌。

16 Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews began to persecute Him.

16 所以猶太人逼迫耶穌，因為他在安息日做了這事。

17 But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”

17 耶穌就對他們說：「我父做事直到如今，我也做事。」

18 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.

18 所以猶太人越發想要殺他；因他不但犯了安息日，並且稱上帝為他的父，將自己和上帝當作平等。

19 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.

19 耶穌對他們說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，子憑着自己不能做甚麼，惟有看見父所做的，子才能做；父所做的事，子也照樣做。

20 The Father loves the Son and shows Him all He does. And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these.

20 父愛子，將自己所做的一切事指給他看，還要將比這更大的事指給他看，叫你們希奇。

21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

21 父怎樣叫死人起來，使他們活着，子也照樣隨自己的意思使人活着。

22 Furthermore, the Father judges no one, but has assigned all judgment to the Son,

22 父不審判甚麼人，乃將審判的事全交與子，

23 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.

23 叫人都尊敬子如同尊敬父一樣。不尊敬子的，就是不尊敬差子來的父。

24 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.

24 我實實在在地告訴你們，那聽我話、又信差我來者的，就有永生；不至於定罪，是已經出死入生了。

25 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.

25 我實實在在地告訴你們，時候將到，現在就是了，死人要聽見上帝兒子的聲音，聽見的人就要活了。

26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.

26 因為父怎樣在自己有生命，就賜給他兒子也照樣在自己有生命，

27 And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

27 並且因為他是人子，就賜給他行審判的權柄。

28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice

28 你們不要把這事看作希奇。時候要到，凡在墳墓裏的，都要聽見他的聲音，就出來：

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

29 行善的，復活得生；作惡的，復活定罪。

30 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.

30 「我憑着自己不能做甚麼，我怎麼聽見就怎麼審判。我的審判也是公平的；因為我不求自己的意思，只求那差我來者的意思。」

31 If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

31 「我若為自己作見證，我的見證就不真。

32 There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

32 另有一位給我作見證，我也知道他給我作的見證是真的。

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

33 你們曾差人到約翰那裏，他為真理作過見證。

34 Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.

34 其實，我所受的見證不是從人來的；然而，我說這些話，為要叫你們得救。

35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you were willing for a season to bask in his light.

35 約翰是點着的明燈，你們情願暫時喜歡他的光。

36 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.

36 但我有比約翰更大的見證；因為父交給我要我成就的事，就是我所做的事，這便見證我是父所差來的。

37 And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

37 差我來的父也為我作過見證。你們從來沒有聽見他的聲音，也沒有看見他的形像。

38 nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.

38 你們並沒有他的道存在心裏；因為他所差來的，你們不信。

39 You pore over the Scriptures because you presume that by them you possess eternal life. These are the very words that testify about Me,

39 你們查考聖經 ，因你們以為內中有永生；給我作見證的就是這經。

40 yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.

40 然而，你們不肯到我這裏來得生命。

41 I do not accept glory from men,

41 「我不受從人來的榮耀。

42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.

42 但我知道，你們心裏沒有上帝的愛。

43 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.

43 我奉我父的名來，你們並不接待我；若有別人奉自己的名來，你們倒要接待他。

44 How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

44 你們互相受榮耀，卻不求從獨一之上帝來的榮耀，怎能信我呢？

45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.

45 不要想我在父面前要告你們；有一位告你們的，就是你們所仰賴的摩西。

46 If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.

46 你們如果信摩西，也必信我，因為他書上有指着我寫的話。

47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”

47 你們若不信他的書，怎能信我的話呢？」