John 5
1 After these things, there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Emva kwesikhathi esithile uJesu waya eJerusalema emkhosini wamaJuda.
2 Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, “Bethesda”, having five porches.
EJerusalema kukhona ichibi eduze lesango leZimvu, elithiwa ngesi-Aramu yiBhethisayida, elalihonqolozelwe ngensika ezinhlanu ezibiyelweyo.
3 In these lay a great multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water;
Khonapho abantu abayizilima abanengi babandise ukuhlala khona, iziphofu, abaqhulayo, abome imihlubulo [belindele ukudungwa kwamanzi;
4 for an angel went down at certain times into the pool and stirred up the water. Whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.
ngoba kwakusithi ngezikhathi ezithile ingilosi yeNkosi yayisehlela echibini, idungadunge amanzi besekusithi umuntu oqalayo ukungena emanzini ngemva kokudungeka kwawo asiliswe loba kuwuphi umkhuhlane owawumbambile].
5 A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
Omunye owayelapho wayeyisigoga okweminyaka engamatshumi amathathu lesificaminwembili.
6 When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be made well?”
Kwathi uJesu embona elele khonapho njalo esetsheliwe ukuthi kade abanjalo okwesikhathi eside, wambuza wathi, “Uyafuna na ukusila?”
7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, another steps down before me.”
Oyisilima waphendula wathi, “Nkosi, kangilamuntu wokungisiza angingenise echibini lapho amanzi edungwa. Ngithi lapho ngizama ukungena omunye angingenele kuqala.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Arise, take up your mat, and walk.”
UJesu wasethi kuye, “Sukuma! Thatha icansi lakho uhambe.”
9 Immediately, the man was made well, and took up his mat and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath.
Khonokho nje indoda yasila; yathatha icansi layo yahamba. Lokhu kwenzakala ngelanga leSabatha,
10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat.”
amaJuda asesithi endodeni eyayisilisiwe, “KuliSabatha; umthetho uyakwalela ukuthi uthwale icansi lakho.”
11 He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your mat and walk.’”
Kodwa yaphendula yathi, “Umuntu ongisilisileyo uthe, ‘Thatha icansi lakho uhambe.’”
12 Then they asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your mat and walk’?”
Aseyibuza athi, “Ngubani yena lowo okutshele ukuthi uthathe icansi uhambe?”
13 But he who was healed didn’t know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a crowd being in the place.
Indoda leyo eyasiliswayo yayingafanisi lakufanisa ukuthi kambe ngabe wayengubani, ngoba uJesu wayesethe nyelele wangena phakathi kwabantu.
14 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you.”
Emva kwalokho uJesu wayifumana ethempelini indoda leyo wathi kuyo, “Khangela-ke ususilile njalo. Khawula ukwenza isono funa okubi ukwedlula okokuqala kukwehlele.”
15 The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
Indoda leyo yasuka yayatshela amaJuda ukuthi kwakunguJesu owayeyisilisile.
16 For this cause the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
Ngakho amaJuda amkhahlameza uJesu ngoba wayesenza izinto lezi ngeSabatha.
17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”
UJesu wathi kubo, “UBaba uhlezi esemsebenzini wakhe kuze kube namuhla, lami njalo ngiyasebenza.”
18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
Ngalesisizatho amaJuda azama kakhulu ukumbulala; wayengephuli iSabatha kuphela kodwa wayebiza uNkulunkulu ngokuthi nguYise, ezenza yena olingana loNkulunkulu.
19 Jesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
UJesu wabanika impendulo le: “Ngiqinisile ngithi iNdodana ingeke yenze lutho ngokwayo; ingenza kuphela lokho ebona uYise ekwenza, ngoba loba kuyini uYise akwenzayo leNdodana iyakwenza.
20 For the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
Ngoba uYise uyayithanda iNdodana, uyitshengisa konke akwenzayo. Yebo, lizamangala ukuthi uzayitshengisa izinto ezinkulu kulalezi.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
Njengalokhu uYise evusa abafileyo abaphe ukuphila, kanjalo iNdodana inika ukuphila kulabo ethanda ukubanika khona.
22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
Okunye njalo, uYise kahluleli muntu, kodwa usebeke konke ukwahlulela ezandleni zeNdodana,
23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.
ukuze bonke bayidumise iNdodana njengalokhu bedumisa uYise. Lowo ongayidumisiyo iNdodana kamdumisi uYise oyithumileyo.
24 “Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. (aiōnios g166)
Ngiqinisile ngithi lowo owezwayo amazwi ami amkholwe lowo ongithumileyo ulokuphila okungapheliyo njalo kazukulahlwa; usechaphile wasuka ekufeni waya ekuphileni. (aiōnios g166)
25 Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.
Ngiqinisile ngithi, isikhathi siyeza njalo sivele sesifikile lapho abafileyo bezalizwa ilizwi leNdodana kaNkulunkulu, kuthi bonke abezwayo baphile.
26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.
Njengoba uYise elokuphila kuye yena ngokwakhe, ngakho useyinikile iNdodana ukuba ibe lokuphila kuyo yona ngokwayo.
27 He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
Njalo useyiphile amandla okwahlulela ngoba iyiNdodana yoMuntu.
28 Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
Kakungalimangalisi lokhu ngoba siyeza isikhathi lapho bonke abasemathuneni abo bezalizwa ilizwi layo
29 and will come out; those who have done good, to the resurrection of life; and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.
baphume, labo abenze okuhle bazavuka baphile, lalabo abenze ububi bazavuka balahlwe.
30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
Mina ngokwami ngingeke ngenze lutho; ngahlulela njengokutshelwa kwami, futhi ukwahlulela kwami kuqondile, ngoba kangidingi kuzithabisa, kodwa ukuthabisa lowo ongithumileyo.”
31 “If I testify about myself, my witness is not valid.
“Nxa ngizifakazela mina ngokwami ubufakazi bami kabuqinisekanga.
32 It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.
Ukhona omunye ofakaza kuhle ngami njalo ngiyazi ukuthi ubufakazi bakhe ngami buqinisekile.
33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
Selike lathumela kuJohane yena walifakazela iqiniso.
34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
Kakutsho ukuthi ngamukela ubufakazi bomuntu; kodwa ngikuthinta lokhu ukuze lisindiswe.
35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
UJohane wayeyisibane esabhebhayo sanika ukukhanya, lakhetha ukuthokoza ngokukhanya kwakhe okwesikhatshana.
36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
Ngilabo ubufakazi obulesisindo esikhulu kulobukaJohane. Ngoba umsebenzi uBaba anginike wona ukuba ngiwuqedise, wona engiwenzayo uyafakaza ukuthi uBaba ungithumile.
37 The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
Njalo uBaba ongithumileyo usefakazile yena ngokwakhe ngami. Kalikaze lilizwe ilizwi lakhe kumbe libone isimo sakhe
38 You don’t have his word living in you, because you don’t believe him whom he sent.
njalo ilizwi lakhe kalihlali kini ngoba kalimkholwa lowo amthumileyo.
39 “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me. (aiōnios g166)
Liphenyisisa imibhalo liyihlola ngoba licabanga ukuthi ngayo lilakho ukuphila okungapheliyo. Yiyo le imibhalo efakaza ngami, (aiōnios g166)
40 Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
ikanti liyala ukuza kimi lizozuza ukuphila.
41 I don’t receive glory from men.
Kangilwamukeli udumo olusuka ebantwini,
42 But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves.
kodwa ngiyalazi lina. Ngiyazi ukuthi kalilalo uthando lukaNkulunkulu ezinhliziyweni zenu.
43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
Ngibuye ngebizo likaBaba kodwa kalingamukeli; kodwa nxa omunye efika ngebizo lakhe, lizamamukela.
44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?
Lingakholwa kanjani nxa lisamukela udumo elizipha lona kodwa lingenzi mizamo yokuzuza udumo oluvela kuNkulunkulu onguye yedwa na?
45 “Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
Kodwa lingacabangi ukuthi ngizalethesa icala phambi kukaBaba. Umangaleli wenu nguMosi, okukuye elibeke khona amathemba enu.
46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote about me.
Kube lamkholwa uMosi, ngabe liyangikholwa ngoba wabhala ngami.
47 But if you don’t believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
Kodwa njengoba lingakukholwa lokho akubhalayo, lizakukholwa kanjani lokho engikutshoyo na?”
