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?”
1 Pēc tam bija jūdu svētki, un Jēzus nogāja uz Jeruzālemi. 2 Bet Jeruzālemē pie Avju vārtiem ir dīķis, kuru ebrejiski 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; kurš tad iekāpa viņā pirmais pēc ūdens sakustēšanās, 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 tiek sakustināts; 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 ne vien sabatu neievēroja, bet arī Dievu sauca 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 arī 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 dzīvībā. 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 Mani ir 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 ir sūtījis. 37 Un Tēvs, kas Mani ir 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 arī Man, jo par Mani viņš ir rakstījis. 47 Bet, ja jūs neticat viņa rakstiem, kā jūs ticēsit Maniem vārdiem?"
