1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda "and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie —the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.4 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"7 "Sir," the invalid replied, "I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me."8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk."9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,10 and so the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat."11 But he replied, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.' "12 So they asked him, "Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?"13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."15 The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.17 In his defense Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working."18 For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.19 Jesus gave them this answer: "Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.24 "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.25 Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.27 And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.28 "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice29 and come out —those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.31 "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true.32 There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is true.33 "You have sent to John and he has testified to the truth.34 Not that I accept human testimony; but I mention it that you may be saved.35 John was a lamp that burned and gave light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his light.36 "I have testimony weightier than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to finish —the very works that I am doing —testify that the Father has sent me.37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified concerning me. You have never heard his voice nor seen his form,38 nor does his word dwell in you, for you do not believe the one he sent.39 You study "the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me,40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.41 "I do not accept glory from human beings,42 but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him.44 How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God "?45 "But do not think I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom your hopes are set.46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.47 But since you do not believe what he wrote, how are you going to believe what I say?"

1 وبعد هذا كان عيد لليهود فصعد يسوع الى اورشليم.2 وفي اورشليم عند باب الضان بركة يقال لها بالعبرانية بيت حسدا لها خمسة اروقة.3 في هذه كان مضطجعا جمهور كثير من مرضى وعمي وعرج وعسم يتوقعون تحريك الماء.4 لان ملاكا كان ينزل احيانا في البركة ويحرك الماء. فمن نزل اولا بعد تحريك الماء كان يبرأ من اي مرض اعتراه.5 وكان هناك انسان به مرض منذ ثمان وثلاثين سنة.6 هذا رآه يسوع مضطجعا وعلم ان له زمانا كثيرا فقال له اتريد ان تبرأ.7 اجابه المريض يا سيد ليس لي انسان يلقيني في البركة متى تحرك الماء. بل بينما انا آت ينزل قدامي آخر.8 قال له يسوع قم. احمل سريرك وامش.9 فحالا برئ الانسان وحمل سريره ومشى. وكان في ذلك اليوم سبت10 فقال اليهود للذي شفي انه سبت. لا يحلّ لك ان تحمل سريرك.11 اجابهم ان الذي ابرأني هو قال لي احمل سريرك وامش.12 فسألوه من هو الانسان الذي قال لك احمل سريرك وامش.13 اما الذي شفي فلم يكن يعلم من هو. لان يسوع اعتزل. اذ كان في الموضع جمع.14 بعد ذلك وجده يسوع في الهيكل وقال له ها انت قد برئت. فلا تخطئ ايضا لئلا يكون لك اشرّ.15 فمضى الانسان واخبر اليهود ان يسوع هو الذي ابرأه.16 ولهذا كان اليهود يطردون يسوع ويطلبون ان يقتلوه لانه عمل هذا في سبت.17 فاجابهم يسوع ابي يعمل حتى الآن وانا اعمل.18 فمن اجل هذا كان اليهود يطلبون اكثر ان يقتلوه. لانه لم ينقض السبت فقط بل قال ايضا ان الله ابوه معادلا نفسه بالله19 فاجاب يسوع وقال لهم الحق الحق اقول لكم لا يقدر الابن ان يعمل من نفسه شيئا الا ما ينظر الآب يعمل. لان مهما عمل ذاك فهذا يعمله الابن كذلك.20 لان الآب يحب الابن ويريه جميع ما هو يعمله. وسيريه اعمالا اعظم من هذه لتتعجبوا انتم.21 لانه كما ان الآب يقيم الاموات ويحيي كذلك الابن ايضا يحيي من يشاء.22 لان الآب لا يدين احدا بل قد اعطى كل الدينونة للابن.23 لكي يكرم الجميع الابن كما يكرمون الآب. من لا يكرم الابن لا يكرم الآب الذي ارسله24 الحق الحق اقول لكم ان من يسمع كلامي ويؤمن بالذي ارسلني فله حياة ابدية ولا يأتي الى دينونة بل قد انتقل من الموت الى الحياة.25 الحق الحق اقول لكم انه تأتي ساعة وهي الآن حين يسمع الاموات صوت ابن الله والسامعون يحيون.26 لانه كما ان الآب له حياة في ذاته كذلك اعطى الابن ايضا ان تكون له حياة في ذاته.27 واعطاه سلطانا ان يدين ايضا لانه ابن الانسان.28 لا تتعجبوا من هذا. فانه تأتي ساعة فيها يسمع جميع الذين في القبور صوته.29 فيخرج الذين فعلوا الصالحات الى قيامة الحياة والذين عملوا السيّآت الى قيامة الدينونة.30 انا لا اقدر ان افعل من نفسي شيئا. كما اسمع ادين ودينونتي عادلة لاني لا اطلب مشيئتي بل مشيئة الآب الذي ارسلني31 ان كنت اشهد لنفسي فشهادتي ليست حقا.32 الذي يشهد لي هو آخر وانا اعلم ان شهادته التي يشهدها لي هي حق.33 انتم ارسلتم الى يوحنا فشهد للحق.34 وانا لا اقبل شهادة من انسان. ولكني اقول هذا لتخلصوا انتم.35 كان هو السراج الموقد المنير وانتم اردتم ان تبتهجوا بنوره ساعة.36 واما انا فلي شهادة اعظم من يوحنا. لان الاعمال التي اعطاني الآب لاكمّلها هذه الاعمال بعينها التي انا اعملها هي تشهد لي ان الآب قد ارسلني.37 والآب نفسه الذي ارسلني يشهد لي. لم تسمعوا صوته قط ولا ابصرتم هيئته.38 وليست لكم كلمته ثابتة فيكم. لان الذي ارسله هو لستم انتم تؤمنون به.39 فتشوا الكتب لانكم تظنون ان لكم فيها حياة ابدية. وهي التي تشهد لي.40 ولا تريدون ان تأتوا اليّ لتكون لكم حياة41 مجدا من الناس لست اقبل.42 ولكني قد عرفتكم ان ليست لكم محبة الله في انفسكم.43 انا قد أتيت باسم ابي ولستم تقبلونني. ان أتى آخر باسم نفسه فذلك تقبلونه.44 كيف تقدرون ان تؤمنوا وانتم تقبلون مجدا بعضكم من بعض. والمجد الذي من الاله الواحد لستم تطلبونه45 لا تظنوا اني اشكوكم الى الآب. يوجد الذي يشكوكم وهو موسى الذي عليه رجاؤكم.46 لانكم لو كنتم تصدقون موسى لكنتم تصدقونني لانه هو كتب عني.47 فان كنتم لستم تصدقون كتب ذاك فكيف تصدقون كلامي