John 5
1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem when the Jews were having [another] celebration.
DESPUES de estas cosas, era un dia de fiesta de los Judíos, y subió Jesus á Jerusalem.
2 At one of the gates [into the city] called the Sheep Gate, there is a pool. In our language we call it Bethzatha. [Around the pool] were five open areas with roofs over them.
Y hay en Jerusalem á [la puerta] del ganado un estanque, que en Hebráico es llamado Beth-esda, el cual tiene cinco portales.
3 Many people were lying there. They were people who were blind, lame, or paralyzed.
En estos yacia multitud de enfermos, ciegos, cojos, secos, que estaban esperando el movimiento del agua.
Porque un ángel descendia á cierto tiempo al estanque, y revolvia el agua: y el que primero descendia en el estanque despues del movimiento del agua, era sano de cualquiera enfermedad que tuviese.
5 One of those who was there had been paralyzed for 38 years.
Y estaba allí un hombre que habia treinta y ocho años que estaba enfermo.
6 Jesus saw him lying there and found out that the man had been like that for a long time. He said to the man, “Do you want to become well?”
Como Jesus vió á este echado, y entendió que ya habia mucho tiempo, dícele; ¿Quieres ser sano?
7 The paralyzed man replied to him, “[Yes], sir, [I want to get well, but] there is no one to help me get down into the pool when the water is stirred {stirs}. While I am trying to get [to the pool], someone else always gets there before me.”
Señor, le respondió el enfermo, no tengo hombre que me meta en el estanque, cuando el agua fuere revuelta porque entretanto que yo vengo, otro ántes de mí ha descendido.
8 Jesus said to him, “Get up! Then pick up your mat and walk!”
Dícele Jesus: Levántate, toma tu lecho, y anda.
9 The man immediately was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking! The day on which this happened was a Jewish day of rest.
Y luego aquel hombre fué sano, y tomó su lecho, é íbase; y era Sábado aquel dia.
10 So the Jewish [leaders] said to the man who had been healed, “Today is (the Sabbath/our rest day), and [in our Jewish] laws [it is written that people should not work on our] ([Sabbath/rest day]), so you should not be carrying your mat!”
Entónces los Judíos decian á aquel que habia sido sanado: Sábado es: no te es lícito llevar tu lecho.
11 The man replied to them, “The man who healed me, he himself said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk!’”
Respondióles: El que me sanó, él mismo me dijo: Toma tu lecho, y anda.
12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick it up and walk!’?”
Preguntáronle entónces: ¿Quién es el que te dijo: Toma tu lecho, y anda,
13 But since Jesus had disappeared in the crowd [without telling the man his name], the man did not know who it was [who had healed him].
Y el que habia sido sanado, no sabia quién fuese; porque Jesus se habia apartado de la gente que estaba en aquel lugar.
14 Later, Jesus found the man in the Temple [courtyard]. He [told the man his name, and] said to him, “Listen! You are healed! So stop sinning! If you do not stop sinning, something will happen to you that will be worse [than the illness you had before]!”
Despues le halló Jesus en el templo, y díjole: Hé aquí has sido sanado; no peques más, porque no te venga alguna cosa peor.
15 The man went away and told the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] that it was Jesus who had healed him.
El se fué [entónces, ] y dió aviso á los Judíos, que Jesus era el que le habia sanado.
16 So the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] started to harass Jesus, because Jesus was doing these things (on the Sabbath/on the Jewish rest day).
Y por esta causa los Judíos perseguian á Jesus, y procuraban matarle, porque hacia estas cosas en Sábado.
17 Then Jesus replied to them, “My Father has always been working every day, [including] ([the Sabbath/the day of rest]), up until now. I am doing the same thing!”
Y Jesus les respondió: Mi Padre hasta ahora obra, y yo obro.
18 The Jewish leaders [SYN] considered that he was disobeying their rules about (the Sabbath/the day of rest), and that by saying that God was his Father, he was making himself equal with God. And they considered that both these things were grounds for killing him. So they tried even harder to find a way to kill him.
Entónces, por tanto, mas procuraban los Judíos matarle, porque no solo quebrantaba el Sábado, sino que tambien á su Padre llamaba Dios, haciéndose igual á Dios.
19 Jesus replied to them by saying, “You need to know this: I can do nothing by my own [authority]. I do only the [kind of] things that I see [my] Father doing. Whatever kinds of things my Father is doing, those are the things I am doing.
Respondió entónces Jesus, y díjoles: De cierto, de cierto os digo: No puede el Hijo hacer algo de sí mismo, sino lo que viere hacer al Padre; porque todo lo que él hace, esto tambien hace el Hijo juntamente.
20 [My] Father loves me, and he shows me everything that he is doing. He will show me [the miracles] that [he wants me to do] that will be greater than the ones that [you have already seen me do], so that you may be amazed.
Porque el Padre ama al Hijo, y le muestra todas las cosas que él hace: y mayores obras que estas le mostrará, de suerte que vosotros os maravilleis.
21 [For example], just like [my] Father causes people who have died to become alive again, I will give [eternal] life to everyone that I want to.
Porque como el Padre levanta los muertos, y [les] da vida, así tambien el Hijo á los que quiere da vida.
22 Furthermore, [my] Father is not the one who judges people [concerning their sins]. Instead, he has given to me the work of judging people,
Porque el Padre á nadie juzga, mas todo el juicio dió al Hijo,
23 in order that all people may honor me, just like they honor [my] Father. [My] Father [considers that] anyone who does not honor me is not honoring [him], the one who sent me.
Para que todos honren al Hijo como honran al Padre; el que no honra al Hijo, no honra al Padre que le envió.
24 Listen to this carefully: Those who hear my message and believe that [God] is the one who sent me have eternal life. [God will] not (condemn them/say that he will punish them). They are no longer separated from God. Instead, they have [eternal] life. (aiōnios g166)
De cierto, de cierto os digo: El que oye mi palabra, y cree al que me ha enviado, tiene vida eterna, y no vendrá á condenacion, mas pasó de muerte á vida. (aiōnios g166)
25 Listen to this carefully: There will be a time when those who are (spiritually dead/separated from God) will hear the voice of me, (the Son of God/the man who is also God). In fact, it is that time already. Those who hear [and pay attention to my message] will have [eternal] life.
De cierto, de cierto os digo: Vendrá hora, y ahora es, cuando los muertos oirán la voz del Hijo de Dios; y los que oyeren, vivirán.
26 [My] Father has [power to] make things live. Similarly, he has given me the [power to enable] people to live [eternally].
Porque como el Padre tiene vida en sí mismo, así dió tambien al Hijo que tuviese vida en sí mismo.
27 Because I am the one who came from heaven, he has given me the authority to judge people [concerning their sins].
Y tambien le dió poder de hacer juicio, en cuanto es el Hijo del hombre.
28 Do not be surprised about that, because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear my voice,
No os maravilleis de esto: porque vendrá hora, cuando todos los que están en los sepulcros oirán su voz;
29 and they will become alive again. Those who have lived good [lives] will rise [from their graves] and live forever. But those who have lived evil lives will rise, and I will (condemn them/declare that I will punish them [for their sins]).
Y los que hicieron bien, saldrán á resurreccion de vida: mas los que hicieron mal, á resurreccion de condenacion.
30 I do not do anything [like that] by my own authority. I judge people only according to what I hear [my Father tell me]. I will judge people fairly, because I do not want to please only myself. Instead, I want to please [my Father], who sent me.
No puedo yo de mí mismo hacer algo: como oigo, juzgo, y mi juicio es justo; porque no busco mi voluntad, mas la voluntad del que me envió, del Padre.
31 If I were the [only] one to tell people about myself, [people could rightly say that] what I say is not true.
Si yo doy testimonio de mí mismo mi testimonio no es verdadero.
32 But there is someone else who tells people about me. And I know that what he tells people about me is true.
Otro es el que da testimonio de mí; y sé que el testimonio que da de mí, es verdadero.
33 As for you, when you sent messengers to John [the Baptizer to ask about me], he told the truth [about me].
Vosotros enviásteis á Juan, y [él] dió testimonio á la verdad.
34 I do not [need that] people tell others [about me]. But instead, I am reminding [you about what John told people about me], in order that you will [believe it and] be saved {[God] will save you}.
Empero yo no tomo el testimonio de hombre; mas digo esto, para que vosotros seais salvos:
35 [John’s message about me] (OR, [John]) [MET] was [like] a lamp that shines brightly. For a short while you were willing to be made happy [by that message] {to let [that message] make you happy}.
El era antorcha que ardia, y alumbraba; y vosotros quisisteis recrearos por un poco á su luz.
36 But there is something else that tells you about me. [It should prove who I am] more than what John [said about me]. The miracles [PRS] that [my] Father told me to do, the miracles that I am performing, show (OR, prove) to people that my Father sent me.
Mas yo tengo mayor testimonio que [el] de Juan; porque las obras que el Padre me dió que cumpliese, [es á saber, ] las mismas obras que yo hago, dan testimonio de mí que el Padre me haya enviado.
37 Furthermore, [my] Father, who sent me, tells people about me. You have never heard his voice or seen him.
Y el que me envió, el Padre, él ha dado testimonio de mí. Ni nunca habeis oido su voz, ni habeis visto su parecer;
38 Furthermore, you have not believed in [me], the one he sent. So you have not [believed] his message in your inner beings.
Ni teneis su palabra permanente en vosotros: porque al que él envió, á este vosotros no creeis.
39 You carefully study (OR, Study) the Scriptures, because you think that by [studying] them you will [find the way to] have eternal life. And those Scriptures tell people about me! (aiōnios g166)
Escudriñad las escrituras; porque á vosotros os parece que en ellas teneis la vida eterna, y ellas son las que dan testimonio de mí. (aiōnios g166)
40 But you refuse (to come to me/to believe my message) in order that you may have [eternal] life.
Y no quereis venir á mí, para que tengais vida.
41 It does not [matter to] me whether people praise me.
Gloria de los hombres no recibo.
42 But you [want people to praise you]. I know that within yourselves you do not love God.
Mas yo os conozco, que no teneis amor de Dios en vosotros.
43 Although I have come to earth with my Father’s authority [MTY], you do not accept me. But if someone else comes with his own authority [MTY], you accept him!
Yo he venido en nombre de mi Padre, y no me recibís: si otro viniere en su propio nombre, á aquel recibiréis.
44 You accept your praising each other, but you do not try to do things that will result in God himself praising you. So (there is no way you can believe [in me]!/how can you believe [my message]?) [RHQ]
¿Cómo podeis vosotros creer, pues tomais la gloria los unos de los otros, y no buscais la gloria que de solo Dios viene?
45 But do not think that I am the one who will accuse you while [my] Father is listening! No, it is Moses who will accuse you! You thought that he would [defend you].
No penseis que yo os tengo de acusar delante del Padre: hay quien os acusa: Moisés, en quien vosotros esperais.
46 Moses wrote about me, so if you had believed what he [wrote], you would have believed what I [said]
Porque si vosotros creyeseis á Moisés, creeriais á mí; porque de mí escribió él.
47 But because you did not believe what he wrote [about me], (you will certainly not believe what I say!/how will you believe what I say?) [RHQ]”
Y si á sus escritos no creeis, ¿cómo creeréis á mis palabras?
