Jan 5
1 Apre sa, jwif yo te gen yon fèt nan tanp lan. Jezi moute Jerizalèm.
Sometime after this there was a Jewish Festival; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Nan lavil la, bò Pòtay Mouton yo, te gen yon gwo basen dlo yo te rele nan lang ebre: Betzata. Te gen senk pòt ki te bay sou li.
There is in Jerusalem, near the sheep-gate, a bath with five colonnades round it. It is called in Hebrew “Bethesda.”
3 Devan pòt yo, te gen anpil moun ki te gen tout kalite maladi kouche la: gen sa ki te avèg, gen sa ki t'ap bwete, gen sa ki te paralize. Yo tout yo t'ap tann lè dlo a pran bouyi.
In these colonnades a large number of sick people were lying – blind, lame, and crippled.
4 Paske, tanzantan, yon zanj Bondye te desann nan basen an vin brase dlo a. Premye moun malad ki te desann nan dlo a apre zanj lan te fin brase l' la te geri, nenpòt ki maladi li te genyen.
5 Te gen yon nonm la ki te malad depi trantwitan.
One man who was there had been crippled for thirty-eight years.
6 Jezi wè l' kouche. Li vin konnen li te malad depi tout tan sa a. Li mande li: Eske ou vle geri?
Jesus saw the man lying there, and, finding that he had been in this state a long time, said to him, ‘Do you wish to be cured?’
7 Malad la reponn li: Mèt, mwen pa gen pesonn pou mete m' nan basen an lè dlo a ap bouyi. Lè mwen fè sa pou m' ale, yon lòt gen tan desann anvan mwen.
‘I have no one, Sir,’ the sick man answered, ‘to put me into the bath when there is a troubling of the water, and, while I am getting to it, someone else steps down before me.’
8 Jezi di li: Leve non. Pran nat ou, mache ou ale.
‘Stand up,’ said Jesus, ‘take up your mat, and walk.’
9 Menm lè a, nonm lan geri. Li ranmase nat li, li pran mache. Men, jou sa fèt la se te yon jou repo.
The man was cured immediately, and took up his mat and began walking.
10 Jwif yo di nonm ki te geri a: Jòdi a se jou repo. Lalwa nou an pa pèmèt pou w'ap pote nat ou jòdi a.
Now it was the Sabbath. So the religious authorities said to the man who had been cured, ‘This is the Sabbath; you must not carry your mat.’
11 Li reponn yo: Se moun ki geri m' lan wi ki di m' ranmase nat mwen, mache m' ale.
‘The man who cured me,’ he answered, ‘said to me “Take up your mat and walk.”’
12 Lè sa a, yo mande li: Kilès sa a ki di ou ranmase nat ou, mache ou ale a?
‘Who was it,’ they asked, ‘that said to you “Take up your mat and walk”?’
13 Men, nonm ki te geri a pa t' konnen ki moun li te ye, paske te sitèlman gen moun la, Jezi te gen tan pati al fè wout li.
But the man who had been restored did not know who it was; for Jesus had moved away, because there was a crowd there.
14 Pita, Jezi kontre nonm lan nan tanp lan. Li di li konsa: Koute non. Koulye a ou wè ou geri, pa fè peche, tande, pou bagay pi mal pa rive ou.
Afterwards Jesus found the man in the Temple Courts, and said to him, ‘You are cured now; do not sin again, or something worse may happen to you.’
15 Nonm lan al di jwif yo se Jezi ki te geri li.
The man went away, and told the authorities that it was Jesus who had cured him.
16 Se poutèt sa jwif yo tanmen pèsekite Jezi paske li te fè sa yon jou repo.
And that was why they began to persecute Jesus – because he did things of this kind on the Sabbath.
17 Men, Jezi reponn yo: Se tout tan Papa m' ap travay. Mwen menm tou, m'ap travay.
But Jesus replied, ‘My Father works to this very hour, and I work also.’
18 Poutèt pawòl sa a, jwif yo t'ap chache pi rèd atò pou yo te touye l'. Li pa t' sèlman fè bagay ki kont lalwa repo a, men li te di yo Bondye se papa li. Lè l' di sa, li te fè tèt li pase pou menm moun ak Bondye.
This made the authorities all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father – putting himself on an equality with God.
19 Lè sa a, Jezi reponn yo: Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Pitit Bondye a pa fè anyen pou kò li. Sa l' wè Papa a fè, se sa l' fè tou. Tou sa Papa a ap fè, Pitit la fè l' tou.
So Jesus made this further reply, ‘In truth I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself; he does only what he sees the Father doing; whatever the Father does, the Son does also.
20 Papa a renmen Pitit la, li moutre l' tou sa li menm l'ap fè. Li gen pou l' moutre l' fè bagay ki pi estwòdenè pase sa. Lè sa a, nou p'ap manke sezi.
For the Father loves his Son, and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him still greater things – so that you will be filled with wonder.
21 Papa a fè moun mouri leve, li ba yo lavi ankò. Konsa tou, Pitit la bay moun li vle lavi.
For, just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he pleases.
22 Papa a pa jije pesonn, men li bay Pitit la tout pouvwa pou jije.
The Father himself does not judge any one, but has entrusted the work of judging entirely to his Son,
23 Konsa, tout moun va gen respè pou Pitit la, menm jan yo gen respè pou Papa a. Moun ki pa respekte Pitit la, li pa gen respè pou Papa ki voye l' la non plis.
so that everyone may honour the Son, just as they honour the Father. The person who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.
24 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Yon moun ki koute pawòl mwen, ki mete konfyans nan moun ki voye m' lan, l'ap gen lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Yo p'ap kondannen li. Li deja soti nan lanmò, li antre nan lavi. (aiōnios g166)
In truth I tell you that the person who listens to my message and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of death into life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Lè a ap rive, li rive deja: moun mouri yo pral tande vwa Pitit Bondye a. Tout moun mouri ki va tande vwa sa a pral gen lavi.
In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.
26 Papa a gen pouvwa pou l' bay lavi. Konsa tou, li bay Pitit la pouvwa pou bay lavi tou.
For, just as the Father has inherent life within him, so also he has granted to the Son to have inherent life within him;
27 Li bay Pitit la otorite pou jije, paske Pitit la, se Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a.
and, because he is Son of Man, he has also given him authority to act as judge.
28 Nou pa bezwen sezi. Lè a pral rive: tout mò ki nan tonm pral tande vwa li,
Do not wonder at this; for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice,
29 yo pral leve soti vivan nan tonm yo. Moun ki fè sa ki byen pral leve pou resevwa lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Men, tout moun ki fè sa ki mal pral leve pou resevwa kondannasyon yo.
and will come out – those who have done good rising to life, and those who have lived evil lives rising for condemnation.
30 Mwen pa kapab fè anyen pou kò mwen. M'ap jije dapre sa Bondye di mwen. Jijman mwen bon paske sa m'ap chache fè a se pa sa m' vle, men sa moun ki voye m' lan vle.
I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
31 Si m' pale tèt mwen byen, moun pa ka asepte sa m'ap di a pou verite.
‘If I bear testimony to myself, my testimony is not trustworthy;
32 Men, se yon lòt k'ap pale byen sou mwen. Mwen konnen sa l'ap di sou mwen an, se verite.
it is another who bears testimony to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is trustworthy.
33 Nou te voye moun bò kot Jan. Li te di nou verite a jan l' ye a.
You have yourselves sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
34 Mwen menm poutèt pa m', mwen pa bezwen pesonn pale pou mwen. Men, mwen di nou sa pou nou kapab sove.
But the testimony which I receive is not from people; I am saying this for your salvation.
35 Jan te tankou yon lanp yo limen ki klere byen bèl. Pou yon tan, nou te byen kontan pwofite limyè li a.
He was the Lamp that was burning and shining, and you were ready to rejoice, for a time, in his light.
36 Men, pou mwen menm, mwen gen yon lòt bagay ki pale an favè m' ki pi bon toujou pase sa Jan te di sou mwen an. Se travay m'ap fè a, travay Papa m' ban m' fè a ki pale pou mwen. Sa fè wè se Papa a ki voye mwen.
But the testimony which I have is of greater weight than John’s; for the work that the Father has given me to carry out – the work that I am doing – is in itself proof that the Father has sent me as his messenger.
37 Papa ki voye m' lan, li menm tou l'ap pale an favè mwen. Nou pa janm tande vwa l', ni nou pa janm wè figi li.
The Father who has sent me has himself borne testimony to me. You have neither listened to his voice, not seen his form;
38 Nou pa kenbe pawòl li yo nan kè nou, paske nou pa kwè nan moun li voye a.
and you have not taken his message home to your hearts, because you do not believe him whom he sent as his messenger.
39 N'ap plede etidye sa ki ekri nan Liv la, paske nou mete nan tèt nou nou ka jwenn lavi ki pa janm fini an ladan li. Men, se Liv sa a menm ki pale sou mwen. (aiōnios g166)
You search the scriptures, because you think that you find in them immortal life; and, though it is those scriptures that bear testimony to me, (aiōnios g166)
40 Malgre sa, nou pa vle vin jwenn mwen pou nou ka gen lavi tout bon an.
you refuse to come to me to have life.
41 Mwen p'ap chache lwanj nan men lèzòm.
‘I do not receive honour from people,
42 Men, mwen konnen ki moun nou ye: nou pa gen renmen pou Bondye nan kè nou.
but I know this of you, that you have not the love of God in your hearts.
43 Se Papa m' ki voye mwen. Men, nou pa vle resevwa mwen. Men, kite yon lòt moun vin pou kont li, n'ap resevwa li.
I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.
44 Nou renmen resevwa lwanj yonn nan men lòt, nou pa chache lwanj ki soti nan men Bondye ki pa gen parèy la. Nan kondisyon sa a, ki jan pou nou kwè?
How can you believe in me, when you receive honour from one another and do not desire the honour which comes from the only God?
45 Pa mete nan tèt nou mwen pral akize nou devan Papa mwen. Se Moyiz ki pral akize nou, Moyiz nou di ki tout espwa nou an.
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have been resting your hopes.
46 Si nou te kwè tout bon nan Moyiz, nou ta kwè nan mwen tou, paske li ekri sou mwen tou.
For, had you believed Moses, you would have believed me, for it was of me that Moses wrote;
47 Men, nou pa kwè nan sa l' te ekri a. Ki jan pou n' ta fè kwè sa m'ap di nou an?
but, if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my teaching?’
