John, 5

1. After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

1. After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2. Now in Jerusalem next to the Sheep Pool there is a pool called Bethesda in Hebrew, which has five porticos;

2. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Beth-za'tha, which has five porticoes.

3. and under these were crowds of sick people, blind, lame, paralysed.

3. In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed.

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5. One man there had an illness which had lasted thirty-eight years,

5. One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

6. and when Jesus saw him lying there and knew he had been in that condition for a long time, he said, 'Do you want to be well again?'

6. When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"

7. 'Sir,' replied the sick man, 'I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is disturbed; and while I am still on the way, someone else gets down there before me.'

7. The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me."

8. Jesus said, 'Get up, pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around.'

8. Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk."

9. The man was cured at once, and he picked up his mat and started to walk around. Now that day happened to be the Sabbath,

9. And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the sabbath.

10. so the Jews said to the man who had been cured, 'It is the Sabbath; you are not allowed to carry your sleeping-mat.'

10. So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet."

11. He replied, 'But the man who cured me told me, "Pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around." '

11. But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, `Take up your pallet, and walk.'"

12. They asked, 'Who is the man who said to you, "Pick up your sleeping-mat and walk around"? '

12. They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, `Take up your pallet, and walk'?"

13. The man had no idea who it was, since Jesus had disappeared, as the place was crowded.

13. Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.

14. After a while Jesus met him in the Temple and said, 'Now you are well again, do not sin any more, or something worse may happen to you.'

14. Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you."

15. The man went back and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had cured him.

15. The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

16. It was because he did things like this on the Sabbath that the Jews began to harass Jesus.

16. And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did this on the sabbath.

17. His answer to them was, 'My Father still goes on working, and I am at work, too.'

17. But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working still, and I am working."

18. But that only made the Jews even more intent on killing him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he spoke of God as his own Father and so made himself God's equal.

18. This was why the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.

19. To this Jesus replied: In all truth I tell you, by himself the Son can do nothing; he can do only what he sees the Father doing: and whatever the Father does the Son does too.

19. Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever he does, that the Son does likewise.

20. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he himself does, and he will show him even greater things than these, works that will astonish you.

20. For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself is doing; and greater works than these will he show him, that you may marvel.

21. Thus, as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son gives life to anyone he chooses;

21. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

22. for the Father judges no one; he has entrusted all judgement to the Son,

22. The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

23. so that all may honour the Son as they honour the Father. Whoever refuses honour to the Son refuses honour to the Father who sent him.

23. that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

24. In all truth I tell you, whoever listens to my words, and believes in the one who sent me, has eternal life; without being brought to judgement such a person has passed from death to life.

24. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; he does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

25. In all truth I tell you, the hour is coming -- indeed it is already here -- when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and all who hear it will live.

25. "Truly, truly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, 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;

26. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself,

27. and, because he is the Son of man, has granted him power to give judgement.

27. and has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

28. Do not be surprised at this, for the hour is coming when the dead will leave their graves at the sound of his voice:

28. Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

29. those who did good will come forth to life; and those who did evil will come forth to judgement.

29. and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment.

30. By myself I can do nothing; I can judge only as I am told to judge, and my judging is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

30. "I can do nothing on my own authority; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

31. Were I to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be true;

31. If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true;

32. but there is another witness who speaks on my behalf, and I know that his testimony is true.

32. there is another who bears witness to me, and I know that the testimony which he bears to me is true.

33. You sent messengers to John, and he gave his testimony to the truth-

33. You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

34. not that I depend on human testimony; no, it is for your salvation that I mention it.

34. Not that the testimony which I receive is from man; but I say this that you may be saved.

35. John was a lamp lit and shining and for a time you were content to enjoy the light that he gave.

35. He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

36. But my testimony is greater than John's: the deeds my Father has given me to perform, these same deeds of mine testify that the Father has sent me.

36. But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has granted me to accomplish, these very works which I am doing, bear me witness that the Father has sent me.

37. Besides, the Father who sent me bears witness to me himself. You have never heard his voice, you have never seen his shape,

37. And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness to me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen;

38. and his word finds no home in you because you do not believe in the one whom he has sent.

38. and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe him whom he has sent.

39. You pore over the scriptures, believing that in them you can find eternal life; it is these scriptures that testify to me,

39. You search the scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness to me;

40. and yet you refuse to come to me to receive life!

40. yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

41. Human glory means nothing to me.

41. I do not receive glory from men.

42. Besides, I know you too well: you have no love of God in you.

42. But I know that you have not the love of God within you.

43. I have come in the name of my Father and you refuse to accept me; if someone else should come in his own name you would accept him.

43. I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me; if another comes in his own name, him you will receive.

44. How can you believe, since you look to each other for glory and are not concerned with the glory that comes from the one God?

44. How can you believe, who receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

45. Do not imagine that I am going to accuse you before the Father: you have placed your hopes on Moses, and Moses will be the one who accuses you.

45. Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; it is Moses who accuses you, on whom you set your hope.

46. If you really believed him you would believe me too, since it was about me that he was writing;

46. If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote of me.

47. but if you will not believe what he wrote, how can you believe what I say?

47. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"