Jesus Heals a Sick Man
1 Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for another Jewish festival. 2 In the city near the sheep gate was a pool with five porches, and its name in Hebrew was Bethzatha.
3-4 Many sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying close to the pool.
5 Beside the pool was a man who had been sick for 38 years. 6 When Jesus saw the man and realized that he had been crippled for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to be healed?”
7 The man answered, “Sir, I don't have anyone to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up. I try to get in, but someone else always gets there first.”
8 Jesus told him, “Pick up your mat and walk!” 9 Right then the man was healed. He picked up his mat and started walking around. The day on which this happened was a Sabbath.
10 When the Jewish leaders saw the man carrying his mat, they said to him, “This is the Sabbath! No one is allowed to carry a mat on the Sabbath.”
11 But he replied, “The man who healed me told me to pick up my mat and walk.”
12 They asked him, “Who is this man that told you to pick up your mat and walk?” 13 But he did not know who Jesus was, and Jesus had left because of the crowd.
14 Later, Jesus met the man in the temple and told him, “You are now well. But don't sin anymore or something worse might happen to you.” 15 The man left and told the leaders that Jesus was the one who had healed him. 16 They started making a lot of trouble for Jesus because he did things like this on the Sabbath.
17 But Jesus said, “My Father has never stopped working, and this is why I keep on working.” 18 Now the leaders wanted to kill Jesus for two reasons. First, he had broken the law of the Sabbath. But even worse, he had said God was his Father, which made him equal with God.
The Son's Authority
19 Jesus told the people:
I tell you for certain the Son cannot do anything on his own. He can do only what he sees the Father doing, and he does exactly what he sees the Father do. 20 The Father loves the Son and has shown him everything he does. The Father will show him even greater things, and you will be amazed. 21 Just as the Father raises the dead and gives life, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.
22 The Father doesn't judge anyone, but he has made his Son the judge of everyone. 23 The Father wants all people to honor the Son as much as they honor him. When anyone refuses to honor the Son, this is the same as refusing to honor the Father who sent him. 24 I tell you for certain that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already gone from death to life.
25 I tell you for certain the time will come, and it is already here, when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen to it will live! 26 The Father has the power to give life, and he has given that same power to the Son. 27 And he has given his Son the right to judge everyone, because he is the Son of Man.
28 Don't be surprised! The time will come when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of Man, 29 and they will come out of their graves. Everyone who has done good things will rise to life, but everyone who has done evil things will rise and be condemned.
30 I cannot do anything on my own. The Father sent me, and he is the one who told me how to judge. I judge with fairness, because I obey him, and I don't just try to please myself.
Witnesses to Jesus
31 If I speak for myself, there is no way to prove I am telling the truth. 32 But there is someone else who speaks for me, and I know what he says is true. 33 You sent messengers to John, and he told them the truth. 34 I don't depend on what people say about me, but I tell you these things so that you may be saved. 35 John was a lamp that gave a lot of light, and you were glad to enjoy his light for a while.
36 But something more important than John speaks for me. I mean the things that the Father has given me to do! All of these speak for me and prove that the Father sent me.
37 The Father who sent me also speaks for me, but you have never heard his voice or seen him face to face. 38 You have not believed his message, because you refused to have faith in the one he sent.
39 You search the Scriptures, because you think you will find eternal life in them. The Scriptures tell about me, 40 but you refuse to come to me for eternal life.
41 I don't care about human praise, 42 but I do know that none of you love God. 43 I have come with my Father's authority, and you have not welcomed me. But you will welcome people who come on their own. 44 How could you possibly believe? You like to have your friends praise you, and you don't care about praise that the only God can give!
45 Don't think that I will be the one to accuse you to the Father. You have put your hope in Moses, yet he is the very one who will accuse you. 46 Moses wrote about me, and if you had believed Moses, you would have believed me. 47 But if you don't believe what Moses wrote, how can you believe what I say?
1 Pēc tam bija jūdu svētki, un Jēzus nogāja uz Jeruzālemi.
2 Bet Jeruzālemē pie Avju vārtiem ir diķis, kuru ebrējiski sauc Betzata (Betezda), ar piecām stabu ailēm.
3 Tanīs gulēja liels pulks slimnieku: aklu, tizlu, izkaltušu, [kas gaidīja uz ūdens kustēšanu.
4 Jo savā laikā eņģelis nolaidās dīķī un ūdeni sakustināja; kuj-š tad iekāpa viņā pirmais pēc ūdens kustēšanas, tas kļuva vesels, lai kāda bija viņa slimība.]
5 Tur bija arī kāds cilvēks, kas trīsdesmit astoņus gadus bija gulējis nevesels.
6 Jēzus, redzēdams viņu guļam un zinādams, ka viņš jau ilgi atrodas tādā stāvoklī, saka viņam: „Vai tu gribi vesels kļūt?“
7 Slimais viņam atbildēja: „Kungs, man nav neviena cilvēka, kas mani ienestu dīķī, kad ūdens sāk kustēties; bet kamēr es pats noeimu, cits jau aiziet man priekšā.“
8 Jēzus viņam saka: „Celies, ņem savu gultu un staigā!“
9 Un tūdaļ tas cilvēks kļuva vesels, paņēma savu gultu un sāka staigāt. Bet tā diena bija sabats.
10 Tad jūdi sacīja tam, kas bija dziedināts: „Šodien sabats, tev nav brīv gultu nest.“
11 Bet viņš tiem atbildēja: „Kas mani darīja veselu, tas man sacīja: Ņem savu gultu un staigā.“
12 Tie jautāja viņam: „Kas tas bija, kas tev sacīja: Ņem savu gultu un staigā?“
13 Bet izdziedinātais nezināja, kas tas bijis, jo Jēzus bija nozudis pūlī, kas bija tanī vietā.
14 Pēc tam Jēzus to atrod templī un saka viņam: „Redzi, tu esi vesels kļuvis; negrēko vairs, lai tev nenotiek kas ļaunāks.“
15 Tad cilvēks nogāja pie jūdiem un viņiem sacīja, ka tas, kas viņu dziedinājis, ir Jēzus.
16 Un jūdi tāpēc sāka Jēzu vajāt, ka viņš to bija darījis sabatā.
17 Bet viņš tiem atbildēja: „Mans Tēvs aizvien vēl darbojas, tāpēc arī es darbojos.“
18 Šo vārdu dēļ jūdi vēl vairāk meklēja viņu nokaut, tāpēc ka viņš nevien sabatu neievēroja, bet arī apzīmēja Dievu par savu Tēvu, sevi pielīdzinādams Dievam.
19 Tad Jēzus turpināja: „Patiesi, patiesi, es jums saku: Dēls no sevis neko nevar darīt, ja viņš neredz Tēvu to darām. Jo, ko tas dara, to arī Dēls dara tāpat,
20 Jo Tēvs mīl Dēlu un tam rāda visu, ko pats dara; un viņš tam rādīs vēl lielākus darbus nekā šos, ka jūs brīnīsities.
21 Jo itin kā Tēvs uzmodina miroņus un dara tos dzīvus, tā ari Dēls dara dzīvus, ko viņš grib.
22 Jo Tēvs vairs nespriež tiesu ne par vienu, bet visu tiesu ir nodevis Dēlam,
23 Lai visi godātu Dēlu, tāpat kā viņi godā Tēvu. Kas Dēlu negodā, negodā Tēvu, kas viņu sūtījis.
24 Patiesi, patiesi, es jums saku: Kas manus vārdus dzird un tic tam, kas mani sūtījis, tam ir mūžīgā dzīvība, un tas nenāk tiesā, bet no nāves ir iegājis dzīvē.
25 Patiesi, patiesi, es jums saku: Nāk stunda un viņa ir jau klāt, kad mirušie dzirdēs Dieva Dēla balsi un, kas būs dzirdējuši, dzīvos.
26 Jo itin kā Tēvam ir dzīvība pašam sevī, tāpat viņš arī Dēlam ir devis, lai tam būtu dzīvība pašam sevī.
27 Un viņš tam ir devis varu turēt tiesu, tāpēc ka viņš ir Cilvēka Dēls.
28 Nebrīnieties par to! Jo nāk stunda, kad visi, kas ir kapos, dzirdēs viņa balsi,
29 Un nāks ārā: tie, kas labu darījuši, lai celtos augšām dzīvībai, bet tie, kas ļaunu darījuši, lai celtos augšām sodam.
30 Es no sevis nespēju darīt nekā. Kā es dzirdu, tā es spriežu, un mans spriedums ir taisns, jo es nemeklēju savu gribu, bet tā gribu, kas mam sūtījis.
31 Ja es viens pats liecinu par sevi, tad mana liecība nav pareiza.
32 Ir cits, kas liecina par mani, un es zinu, ka liecība, kuru viņš dod par mani, ir pareiza.
33 Jūs esat izsūtījuši pie Jāņa, un viņš patiesībai ir devis liecību.
34 Tomēr es nepieņemu liecību no cilvēka, bet to pieminu, lai jūs tiktu izglābti.
35 Viņš bija svece, kas īsu brīdi deg un spīd, bet jūs gribējāt līksmoties viņa gaismā.
36 Bet man ir lielāka liecība nekā Jāņa: Tie darbi, ko Tēvs man ir devis, lai es tos pabeidzu, šie paši darbi, ko es daru, liecina par mani. ka Tēvs mani sūtījis.
37 Un Tēvs, kas mani sūtījis, pats ir liecību devis par mani. Bet jūs viņa balsi nekad neesat dzirdējuši nedz viņa seju redzējuši,
38 Un viņa vārds nemīt jūsos, tāpēc ka jūs neticat tam, ko viņš sūtījis.
39 Jūs pētījat rakstus, jo jums šķiet, ka tajos jums ir mūžīgā dzīvība, un tie ir, kas dod liecību par mani!
40 Bet jūs negribat nākt pie manis, lai iegūtu dzīvību.
41 No cilvēkiem es godu nepieņemu.
42 Bet es jūs pazīstu, ka Dieva mīlestība nav jūsos.
43 Es esmu nācis sava Tēva vārdā, un jūs mani nepieņemat. Ja cits nāks savā paša vārdā, to jūs pieņemsit.
44 Kā jūs varat kļūt ticīgi, cits no cita godu pieņemdami, bet nemeklēdami godu, kas nāk no vienīgā Dieva?
45 Nedomājiet, ka es jūs apsūdzēšu pie Tēva. Jums ir savs apsūdzētājs, Mozus, uz ko jūs esat likuši savu cerību.
46 Jo, ja jūs ticētu Mozum, jūs ticētu ari man, jo par mani viņš ir rakstījis.
47 Bet ja jūs neticat viņa rakstiem, kā jūs ticēsit maniem vārdiem?“
