John 5

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

1 Baada ya haya, kulikuwa na Sikukuu ya Wayahudi, naye Yesu akapanda kwenda Yerusalemu.

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

2 Huko Yerusalemu, karibu na mlango uitwao Mlango wa Kondoo, palikuwa na bwawa moja lililoitwa kwa Kiebrania Bethzatha, ambalo lilikuwa limezungukwa na kumbi tano.

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

3 Hapa palikuwa na idadi kubwa ya wasiojiweza, yaani, vipofu, viwete, na waliopooza [wakingojea maji yatibuliwe.

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4 Kwa maana malaika alikuwa akishuka wakati fulani, akayatibua maji. Yule aliyekuwa wa kwanza kuingia ndani baada ya maji kutibuliwa alipona ugonjwa wowote aliokuwa nao].

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

5 Mtu mmoja alikuwako huko ambaye alikuwa ameugua kwa miaka thelathini na minane.

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 Yesu alipomwona akiwa amelala hapo, naye akijua kuwa amekuwa hapo kwa muda mrefu, akamwambia, “Je, wataka kuponywa?”

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 Yule mgonjwa akamjibu, “Bwana, mimi sina mtu wa kuniingiza bwawani maji yanapotibuliwa. Nami ninapotaka kutumbukia bwawani, mtu mwingine huingia kabla yangu.”

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

8 Yesu akamwambia, “Inuka! Chukua mkeka wako na uende.”

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 Mara yule mtu akapona, akachukua mkeka wake, akaanza kutembea. Basi siku hiyo ilikuwa siku ya Sabato.

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 Kwa hiyo Wayahudi wakamwambia yule mtu aliyeponywa, “Leo ni Sabato, si halali wewe kubeba mkeka wako.”

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

11 Yeye akawajibu, “Yule mtu aliyeniponya aliniambia, ‘Chukua mkeka wako na uende.’”

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

12 Wakamuuliza, “Ni mtu gani huyo aliyekuambia uchukue mkeka wako uende?”

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

13 Basi yule mtu aliyeponywa hakufahamu ni nani aliyemponya, kwa sababu Yesu alikuwa amejiondoa katika ule umati wa watu uliokuwa hapo.

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 Baadaye Yesu akamkuta yule mtu aliyemponya ndani ya Hekalu na kumwambia, “Tazama umeponywa, usitende dhambi tena. La sivyo, lisije likakupata jambo baya zaidi.”

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

15 Yule mtu akaenda, akawaambia wale Wayahudi kuwa ni Yesu aliyemponya.

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

16 Kwa hiyo Wayahudi wakaanza kumsumbua Yesu, kwa sababu alikuwa anafanya mambo kama hayo siku ya Sabato.

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

17 Yesu akawajibu, “Baba yangu anafanya kazi yake daima hata siku hii ya leo, nami pia ninafanya kazi.”

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 Maneno haya yaliwaudhi sana viongozi wa Wayahudi. Wakajaribu kila njia wapate jinsi ya kumuua, kwani si kwamba alivunja Sabato tu, bali alikuwa akimwita Mungu Baba yake, hivyo kujifanya sawa na Mungu.

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 Yesu akawaambia, “Amin, amin nawaambia, Mwana hawezi kufanya jambo lolote peke yake, yeye aweza tu kufanya lile analomwona Baba yake akifanya, kwa maana lolote afanyalo Baba, Mwana pia hufanya vivyo hivyo.

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 Baba ampenda Mwana na kumwonyesha yale ambayo yeye Baba mwenyewe anayafanya, naye atamwonyesha kazi kuu kuliko hizi ili mpate kushangaa.

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

21 Hakika kama vile Baba awafufuavyo wafu na kuwapa uzima, vivyo hivyo Mwana huwapa uzima wale anaopenda.

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

22 Wala Baba hamhukumu mtu yeyote, lakini hukumu yote amempa Mwana,

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 ili wote wamheshimu Mwana kama vile wanavyomheshimu Baba. Yeyote asiyemheshimu Mwana, hamheshimu Baba aliyemtuma.

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 “Amin, amin nawaambia, yeyote anayesikia maneno yangu na kumwamini yeye aliyenituma, anao uzima wa milele, naye hatahukumiwa, bali amepita kutoka mautini, na kuingia uzimani.

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 Amin, amin nawaambia, saa yaja, nayo saa ipo, wafu watakapoisikia sauti ya Mwana wa Mungu, nao watakaoisikia watakuwa hai.

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

26 Kama vile Baba alivyo na uzima ndani yake, vivyo hivyo amempa Mwana kuwa na uzima ndani yake.

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

27 Naye amempa Mwanawe mamlaka ya kuhukumu kwa kuwa yeye ni Mwana wa Adamu.

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

28 “Msishangae kusikia haya, kwa maana saa inakuja ambapo wale walio makaburini wataisikia sauti yake.

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 Nao watatoka nje, wale waliotenda mema watafufuka wapate uzima na wale waliotenda maovu, watafufuka wahukumiwe.

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 “Mimi siwezi kufanya jambo lolote peke yangu. Ninavyosikia ndivyo ninavyohukumu, nayo hukumu yangu ni ya haki kwa kuwa sitafuti kufanya mapenzi yangu mwenyewe, bali mapenzi yake yeye aliyenituma.

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

31 “Kama ningejishuhudia mimi mwenyewe, ushuhuda wangu si kweli.

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

32 Lakini yuko mwingine anishuhudiaye na ninajua kwamba ushuhuda wake ni wa kweli.

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

33 “Mlituma wajumbe kwa Yohana, naye akashuhudia juu ya kweli.

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

34 Si kwamba naukubali ushuhuda wa mwanadamu, la, bali ninalitaja hili kusudi ninyi mpate kuokolewa.

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

35 Yohana alikuwa taa iliyowaka na kutoa nuru, nanyi kwa muda mlichagua kuifurahia nuru yake.

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 “Lakini ninao ushuhuda mkuu zaidi kuliko wa Yohana. Kazi zile nizifanyazo, zinashuhudia juu yangu, zile ambazo Baba amenituma nizikamilishe, naam, ishara hizi ninazofanya, zinashuhudia kuwa Baba ndiye alinituma.

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

37 Naye Baba mwenyewe ameshuhudia juu yangu. Hamjapata kamwe kuisikia sauti yake wala kuona umbo lake,

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

38 wala hamna neno lake ndani yenu, kwa sababu hamkumwamini yeye aliyetumwa naye.

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 Ninyi mnachunguza Maandiko mkidhani ya kuwa ndani yake mna uzima wa milele, maandiko haya ndiyo yanayonishuhudia Mimi.

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

40 Lakini mnakataa kuja kwangu ili mpate uzima.

41 I do not accept glory from men,

41 “Mimi sitafuti kutukuzwa na wanadamu.

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

42 Lakini ninajua kwamba hamna upendo wa Mungu mioyoni mwenu.

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 Mimi nimekuja kwa jina la Baba yangu, nanyi hamnipokei, lakini mtu mwingine akija kwa jina lake mwenyewe, mtampokea.

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 Ninyi mwawezaje kuamini ikiwa mnapeana utukufu ninyi kwa ninyi, lakini hamna bidii kupata utukufu utokao kwa Mungu?

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

45 “Lakini msidhani kuwa mimi nitawashtaki mbele za Baba, mshtaki wenu ni Mose, ambaye mmemwekea tumaini lenu.

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

46 Kama mngelimwamini Mose, mngeliniamini na mimi kwa maana aliandika habari zangu.

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

47 Lakini ikiwa hamwamini aliyoandika Mose, mtaaminije ninayoyasema?”