Joni 5
1 Nikwakamana aya kwakaba pobwe lya maJuda, alakwe Jesu wakayinka kuJelusalema.
After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Elyo muJelusalema afwifwi amulyango wambelele kwakali kalambw, kitwa kuti muchi Alamayiki Betesida, kwakayakidwe nganda ilamanda alimusanu.
Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, and it has five roofed porches.
3 Ibantu bingi bakali kuchiswa, boofu, bateendi, abalebukide bakalikulinda mpawawo.
A large number of people who were sick, blind, lame, or paralyzed were lying there.
4 Nkambo mungelo wakali kuseluka akukopa manzi mulizimwi zyindi elyo kufumbwa walikunjila imanzi nkachikopegwa wakali kupona kuzwa kubulwazi fumbwa mbwali kuchiswa.
5 Awo kwakali umwi mwalumi wakali kuchiswa kwaminyaka ilimakkumi otatwe amusanu ayitatu. Awo Jesu nakamubona nkalede
A certain man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years.
6 mpawaw, nkali waziba kuti waliwawo kwachindi chilamfu. Wakati kulinguwe, “ulayanda na kuponesegwa?”
When Jesus saw him lying there, and after he realized that he had been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healthy?”
7 Mulwazi wakati, “Mwami, nsikwe muntu wakundinjizya mudambwa awo manzi na kopanisigwa, awo nenti njile, umwi anga wandindila kunjila.”
The sick man replied, “Sir, I do not have anyone to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. When I come, another steps down before me.”
8 Jesu wakamwambila kuti, “Nyampuka, bweza buulo bwako, uyende.”
Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.”
9 Mpawawo oyu mwalumi wakapona, mpawawo wakabweza buulo bwakwe elyo wakenda. Yino obo buzuba bwakali kutegwaSabata.
Immediately the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was a Sabbath.
10 Aboobo bamaJuda bakamwambila kuti oyu mwalumi wakaponesegwa, “Sunu niSabata tozumizigwi pe kubweza buulo bwako.”
So the Jews said to him who was healed, “It is the Sabbath and you are not permitted to carry your mat.”
11 Wakati, “Oyo wandiponia wati kulindime, 'bweza buulo bwako wende.”'
He replied, “He who made me healthy said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'”
12 Bakamubuzya kuti, 'ngwani mwalumi oyu mwalumi wakubuzya kuti, bweza buulo bwako uyende'?”
They asked him, “Who is the man that said to you, 'Pick it up and walk'?”
13 Nekuliboob, iwakasilikwa takamwizi pe kuti ngwani nkambo Jesu wakazwebeleka wanjila mubantu, mukuti kwakali bantu bingi abusena oobu.
However, the one who was healed did not know who it was because Jesus had gone away secretly, for there was a crowd in the place.
14 Kuzwawo, Jesu wakamujana mutempele wamwambila kuti “boona, wapona! Utakabisyi limbi, kuchitila kuti zibi kwinda awa zitakakuchitikili.”
Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you have become healthy! Do not sin anymore, so that something worse will not happen to you.”
15 Imwalumi oyu wakazwa waya kuyobuzya maJuda kuti nguJesu wamuponia.
The man went away and reported to the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him healthy.
16 Ino nkambo kazezi zintu maJuda bakapenzegwa Jesu, mukuti wakachita zintu ezi muzuba litegwa Sabata.
Now because of these things the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did these things on the Sabbath.
17 Jesu wakati kulimbabo, “Taata ulokubeleka ayin, aboobo ambebo, ndookubeleka.”
Jesus replied to them, “My Father is working even now, and I, too, am working.”
18 Nkambo kazez, maJuda bakayindilila kuyanda kumujaya mukuti takatyola Sabata biyo pe, pesi akuti lubo wakita Leza nkati nguwisi mwini, kulyelanisya aLeza.
Because of this, the Jews sought even more to kill him because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.
19 Jesu wakabasandula, “Nchobeni, imwana takonzyi kuchita chintu mwini, ado biyo zyabona Taata nkachita, nkambo kufumbwa Taata nchalokuchita, Imwana uchita munzila njiyo.
Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, the Son can do nothing of himself, except only what he sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father is doing, the Son does these things also.
20 Nkambo Taata ulamuyanda Mwana aboobo ulamutondezya zyonse nzyachita mwini, akumutondezya zintu zipati kwinda ezi kuti mugambe.
For the Father loves the Son and he shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater things than these so that you will be amazed.
21 Mbubo Taata mbabusya bafwide akubapa buumi, aboobo alakwe Mwana ulapa buumi kuli kufumbwa ngwasal.
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.
22 Nkaambo Taata takwe ngwabeteka, pesi wakapa lubeta loonse kuMwami.
For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son
23 Kuchitila kuti bantu boonse bakalemye Mwana mbuli mbobalemya Taata. Oyo utalemyi Mwana talemyi Taata wakamutuma.
so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 Nchobeni, nchobeni, Oyo umvwa ijwi lyangu akumusyoma wakandituma ulabuumi butamani mpawo tayopegwa mulandu, pesi winda kuzwa kulufu kuya kubuumi. (aiōnios g166)
Truly, truly, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but he has passed from death to life. (aiōnios g166)
25 Nchobeni, nchobeni, ndamwambila chindi chiyobuza, ayino nchenchichechino, awo bafwide mpobayomvwa ijwi lyamwana Leza, abaabo bamvwa bayo pona.
Truly, truly, I tell you the time is coming, and is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
26 Nkaambo mbuli Taata mbala buumi mulinguwe mbubo mbapede Mwana kuti abe abuumi muli nguw,
For just as the Father has life in himself, so he has also given to the Son so that he has life in himself,
27 Mpawo Taata wakapa mwana bwendelezi bwakubeteka nkambo mwana wa muntu.
and the Father has given the Son authority to carry out judgment because he is the Son of Man.
28 Mutagambi aatala azez, nkaambo kulichindi chiyobuza mulinchicho woonse muntu ulimuchumbwe mpayo limvwa ijwi lyakwe
Do not be amazed at this, for there is a time coming in which everyone who is in the tombs will hear his voice
29 Mpawo bayozwa aboobo bakachita kabotu kububuke bwamwami aabobo bakachita bubi kububuke bwalubeta.
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.
30 Nsikonzyi kuchita chintu lwangu. Mbuli mbomvwa ndabeteka, mpawo kubeteka kwangu kuliluleme nkaambo nsiyobuyandula luyando lwangu pesi luyando lyayoyo wakanditum.
I can do nothing from myself. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous because I am not seeking my own will but the will of him who sent me.
31 Ikuti ndalipeda bukamboni lwangu ndemwin, bukamboni bwangu tabunosinizyi pe.
If I should testify about myself, my testimony would not be true.
32 Kuli umwi upeda bukamboni atala andime mpawo ndizizi kuti bukamboni mbwapa atala anduwe bulisinizizye.
There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that he gives about me is true.
33 Mwakatuma bantu kuli joni mpawo wakapa bukamboni businizizye.
You have sent to John, and he has testified the truth.
34 Pesi bukamboni mbotambula tabuzwi kumuntu. Ngwamba zintu ezi kuti mukonzye kufutulwa.
But the testimony that I receive is not from man. I say these things that you might be saved.
35 Joni wakali lampi lyakali kuyaka akumunik, mpawo mwakanda kukondwa mumumuni wakwe kwakindi.
John was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you were willing to rejoice in his light for a while.
36 Pesi ibukamboni mbondabo mbupati kwinda bwa Jon, nkaambo imilimu eyo
Yet the testimony that I have is greater than that of John, for the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me that the Father has sent me.
37 Taata njandipa kuti njimanisizy, njiyo milimo njechit, indipede bukamboni kuli Taata wakandituma. Taata wakandituma lwakwe mwini wakandipeda bukambon.
The Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You have neither heard his voice nor seen his form at any time.
38 Tamuna kumumvwida jwi nanka kumubona chimo chakwe naba achili chind. Tamukwe ijwi likkalilide pe mulindinyw, nkaambo tamulikusyoma pe muliyooyo ngwakatum.
You do not have his word remaining in you, for you are not believing in the one whom he has sent.
39 Mulayandula magwalo nkaambo muyeye kuti muli ngawo mulibuumi butaman, mpawo ngayaya magwalo apeda bukamboni aatala andime. (aiōnios g166)
You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life, and these same scriptures testify about me, (aiōnios g166)
40 Inywe tamukwe chiyandisyo chakuza kulindime kuti mukonzye kuba abuumi.
and you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.
41 Nsitambuli mulema buzwa kumuntu,
I do not receive praise from men,
42 , pesi ndilizi kuti tamukwe luyando lwa Leza pe mulindinywe.
but I know that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.
43 Ndasika muzina lya Taat, inywe inywe tamunditambuli pe. Ikuti umwi wasika muzina lyakw, mulakonzya kumutambul.
I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another should come in his own name, you would receive him.
44 Mbobuli mbomunga mulasyom, inywe nomutambula bulemu kuzwa kulibamwi banu pesi tamuyanduli bulemu buzwa kuli Leza alike?
How can you believe, you who accept praise from one another but are not seeking the praise that comes from the only God?
45 Mutayeyi kuti lwangu ndemwini njomupa mulanda kunembo lya Taata. Uyomupa mulanda ngu Musa, mulinguwe mumwakabikide bulangizi.
Do not think that I myself will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have put your hope.
46 Ikuti mwakamusyoma Mus, mwayinondisyoma ambeb, nkambo wakalemba atala ambebo.
If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.
47 Ikuti kamutasyomi malembe akw, mbobuli mbomuyosyoma majwi angu?”
If you do not believe his writings, how are you going to believe my words?”
