The Healing at the Pool
1 After this, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a religious festival. 2 Near the Sheep Gate in Jerusalem there is a pool with five porches; in Hebrew it is called Bethzatha. 3 A large crowd of sick people were lying on the porches—the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed. 5 A man was there who had been sick for thirty-eight years. 6 Jesus saw him lying there, and he knew that the man had been sick for such a long time; so he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 The sick man answered, “Sir, I don't have anyone here to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up; while I am trying to get in, somebody else gets there first.”
8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.” 9 Immediately the man got well; he picked up his mat and started walking.
The day this happened was a Sabbath, 10 so the Jewish authorities told the man who had been healed, “This is a Sabbath, and it is against our Law for you to carry your mat.”
11 He answered, “The man who made me well told me to pick up my mat and walk.”
12 They asked him, “Who is the man who told you to do this?”
13 But the man who had been healed did not know who Jesus was, for there was a crowd in that place, and Jesus had slipped away.
14 Afterward, Jesus found him in the Temple and said, “Listen, you are well now; so stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”
15 Then the man left and told the Jewish authorities that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 So they began to persecute Jesus, because he had done this healing on a Sabbath. 17 Jesus answered them, “My Father is always working, and I too must work.”
18 This saying made the Jewish authorities all the more determined to kill him; not only had he broken the Sabbath law, but he had said that God was his own Father and in this way had made himself equal with God.
The Authority of the Son
19 So Jesus answered them, “I tell you the truth: the Son can do nothing on his own; he does only what he sees his Father doing. What the Father does, the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. He will show him even greater things to do than this, and you will all be amazed. 21 Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, in the same way the Son gives life to those he wants to. 22 Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge, 23 so that all will honor the Son in the same way as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
24 “I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life. 25 I am telling you the truth: the time is coming—the time has already come—when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear it will come to life. 26 Just as the Father is himself the source of life, in the same way he has made his Son to be the source of life. 27 And he has given the Son the right to judge, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice 29 and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.
Witnesses to Jesus
30 “I can do nothing on my own authority; I judge only as God tells me, so my judgment is right, because I am not trying to do what I want, but only what he who sent me wants.
31 “If I testify on my own behalf, what I say is not to be accepted as real proof. 32 But there is someone else who testifies on my behalf, and I know that what he says about me is true. 33 John is the one to whom you sent your messengers, and he spoke on behalf of the truth. 34 It is not that I must have a human witness; I say this only in order that you may be saved. 35 John was like a lamp, burning and shining, and you were willing for a while to enjoy his light. 36 But I have a witness on my behalf which is even greater than the witness that John gave: what I do, that is, the deeds my Father gave me to do, these speak on my behalf and show that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father, who sent me, also testifies on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his face, 38 and you do not keep his message in your hearts, for you do not believe in the one whom he sent. 39 You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me! 40 Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.
41 “I am not looking for human praise. 42 But I know what kind of people you are, and I know that you have no love for God in your hearts. 43 I have come with my Father's authority, but you have not received me; when, however, someone comes with his own authority, you will receive him. 44 You like to receive praise from one another, but you do not try to win praise from the one who alone is God; how, then, can you believe me? 45 Do not think, however, that I am the one who will accuse you to my Father. Moses, in whom you have put your hope, is the very one who will accuse you. 46 If you had really believed Moses, you would have believed me, because he wrote about me. 47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?”
Dziedināšana pie Bētzatas dīķa
1 Pēc tam bija jūdu svētki, un Jēzus nogāja uz Jeruzālemi. 2 Jeruzālemē pie Avju vārtiem ir peldvieta, kuru ebrejiski sauc Bētzata, ar piecām kolonādēm. 3 Tajās gulēja daudz neveselu, aklu, tizlu, izkaltušu. 5 Tur bija kāds vīrs, kurš bija nevesels jau trīsdesmit astoņus gadus. 6 Jēzus, redzēdams viņu gulošu un zinādams, ka tādā stāvoklī viņš jau ir ilgu laiku, tam jautāja: “Vai tu gribi kļūt vesels?” 7 Slimais viņam atbildēja: “Kungs, man nav cilvēka, kurš mani ienestu ūdenī, kad tas tiek sakustināts, bet, kamēr es tur nokļūstu pats, cits nokāpj pirms manis.” 8 Jēzus viņam sacīja: “Celies, ņem savu gultu un staigā!” 9 Un tūdaļ šis cilvēks kļuva vesels un ņēma savu gultu un staigāja; bet todien bija sabats. 10 Tad jūdi sacīja izdziedinātajam: “Ir sabats, tu nedrīksti nest savu gultu!” 11 Bet viņš tiem atbildēja: “Kas mani darīja veselu, man teica: ņem savu gultu un staigā!” 12 Tie viņam jautāja: “Kurš ir tas cilvēks, kas tev teica: ņem un staigā?” 13 Bet izdziedinātais nezināja, kurš tas ir, jo Jēzus nozuda ļaužu pūlī, kas tajā vietā bija. 14 Pēc tam Jēzus to atrada templī un viņam sacīja: “Redzi, tu esi kļuvis vesels, negrēko vairs, lai tev nenotiek kas ļaunāks.” 15 Tad šis cilvēks aizgāja un sacīja jūdiem, ka Jēzus ir tas, kas viņu darījis veselu. 16 Un jūdi sāka Jēzu vajāt, tādēļ ka viņš to bija darījis sabatā. 17 Bet viņš tos uzrunāja: “Mans Tēvs vēl aizvien strādā, un arī es strādāju.” 18 Nu vēl vairāk jūdi meklēja viņu nonāvēt, tādēļ ka viņš ne tikvien neievēroja sabatu, bet arī sauca Dievu par savu Tēvu, sevi pielīdzinādams Dievam.
Cilvēka Dēlam dotā vara
19 Tad Jēzus atbildēja un tiem teica: “Patiesi, patiesi es jums saku: Dēls nevar pats no sevis darīt neko, ja vien tas neredz Tēvu darām, jo vienīgi to, ko dara Tēvs, tāpat dara arī Dēls. 20 Jo Tēvs mīl Dēlu un rāda viņam visu, ko pats dara, un rādīs lielākus darbus par šiem, tā ka jūs brīnīsieties. 21 Tāpat kā Tēvs mirušos uzmodina un dara dzīvus, arī Dēls atdzīvina, kurus grib. 22 Tēvs netiesā nevienu, bet visu tiesu ir nodevis Dēlam, 23 lai visi godātu Dēlu, tāpat kā tie godā Tēvu. Kas Dēlu negodā, tie negodā Tēvu, kas viņu sūtījis. 24 Patiesi, patiesi es jums saku: kas manus vārdus dzird un tic viņam, kas mani ir sūtījis, tam ir mūžīgā dzīvība un tas nenāk tiesā, bet no nāves ir pārgājis dzīvībā. 25 Patiesi, patiesi es jums saku: nāk stunda, un tā ir jau tagad, kad mirušie dzirdēs Dieva Dēla balsi, un tie, kas būs dzirdējuši, dzīvos. 26 Tāpat kā Tēvam ir dzīvība sevī pašā, viņš devis arī Dēlam, lai tam būtu dzīvība sevī pašā. 27 Viņš tam devis varu arī tiesāt, tādēļ ka tas ir Cilvēka Dēls. 28 Nebrīnieties par to, jo nāk stunda, kurā visi, kas ir kapos, dzirdēs viņa balsi 29 un izies ārā: tie, kas darījuši labu, – celsies augšām dzīvībai, bet tie, kas darījuši ļaunu, – notiesāšanai. 30 Es nespēju no sevis darīt neko. Kā es dzirdu, tā tiesāju, un mana tiesa ir taisna, jo es nemeklēju savu gribu, bet tā gribu, kas mani ir sūtījis.
Liecības par Jēzu
31 Ja es liecinu par sevi pats, tad mana liecība nav patiesa, 32 ir cits, kas liecina par mani, un es zinu, ka viņa liecība, ko viņš par mani dod, ir patiesa. 33 Jūs sūtījāt pārstāvjus pie Jāņa, un viņš ir apliecinājis patiesību. 34 Ne no cilvēka es pieņemu liecību, bet to saku, lai jūs tiktu izglābti. 35 Viņš bija lukturis, kas deg un apgaismo, bet jūs gribējāt tikai brīdi palīksmoties tā gaismā. 36 Man ir lielāka liecība nekā Jāņa liecība, jo tie darbi, kurus Tēvs man ir devis, lai tos izdaru līdz galam, – šie paši darbi, ko es daru, – liecina par mani, ka mani ir sūtījis Tēvs. 37 Un Tēvs, kas mani sūtījis, ir pats liecinājis par mani. Bet jūs viņa balsi nekad neesat dzirdējuši, nedz viņa vaigu redzējuši, 38 un jums nav viņa vārda, kas jūsos paliek, jo jūs neticat tam, ko viņš ir sūtījis. 39 Jūs pētāt Rakstus, jo jūs domājat tur gūt mūžīgo dzīvību, un tie ir, kas liecina par mani! 40 Bet jūs negribat nākt pie manis, lai jums būtu dzīvība. 41 Es nepieņemu godu no cilvēkiem, 42 bet jūs es pazīstu – jūsos nav Dieva mīlestības. 43 Es esmu nācis sava Tēva vārdā, bet jūs mani nepieņemat. Ja cits nāks savā vārdā, to jūs pieņemsiet. 44 Kā jūs varat ticēt, godu viens no otra pieņemdami, bet to godu, kas ir no vienīgā Dieva, to jūs nemeklējat? 45 Nedomājiet, ka es jūs apsūdzēšu pie Tēva. Ir kāds, kas jūs apsūdz, – Mozus, uz kuru jūs cerat. 46 Ja jūs ticētu Mozum, jūs ticētu arī man, jo par mani viņš ir rakstījis. 47 Bet, ja jūs neticat viņa rakstiem, kā jūs ticēsiet maniem vārdiem?”
