John 5

5 ¹After all dis, feast of di Jews come dey, and Jesus go up go Jerusalem. ²For Jerusalem, near di Sheep Gate, get one pool wey get five porch wey dem cover, wey dem dey call Bethesda for Aramaic language. ^a a v2 Bethesda mean 'house of mercy' — na name wey fit di place well-well, wey Jesus do healing. ³Plenty sick people dey lie down for inside dia — blind people, lame people, and people wey dia body don paralyze. ^b b v3 Di manuscript dem wey old pass no get verse 4 for here; copy dem wey come later add am: "Because angel dey come down for certain time enter di pool go stir di water; anybody wey first step inside after dem don stir am dey heal from any sickness wey e get." ⁵One man dey dia wey don sick reach thirty-eight years.

⁶As Jesus see am dey lie down dia, and E know sey e don tey wey di man dey dia, E ask am, "You wan make dem heal you?"

⁷Di sick man answer Am, "Oga, I no get person wey go put me inside di pool wen di water stir — as I dey go, another person go don enter first."

⁸Jesus tell am, "Stand up, carry your mat, and waka."

⁹Sharp-sharp di man body become correct, e carry im mat, and e waka. Na Sabbath day be dat day.

¹⁰So di Jews tell di man wey dem heal, "Na Sabbath — dem no gree make you carry your mat."

¹¹E answer dem, "Di man wey heal me tell me, 'Carry your mat and waka.'"

¹²Dem ask am, "Who be di man wey tell you, 'Carry am and waka'?"

¹³But di man wey dem heal no sabi who E be, because Jesus don comot enter inside di crowd wey dey dia.

¹⁴Later Jesus find am for di temple and tell am, "Dem don heal you now. Stop to dey sin, if not, something wey worse fit happen to you."

¹⁵Di man comot go tell di Jews sey na Jesus be di one wey make am well.

Dem Turn Against Am

¹⁶Na so di Jews start to dey persecute Jesus, because E dey do dis things for Sabbath day.

¹⁷But Jesus answer dem, "My Papa dey work reach now, and Me sef dey work."

¹⁸So di Jews come dey find am well-well to kill am: no be only sey E break di Sabbath, but E still call our Papa im own Papa, wey make Imsef equal to Am. ^c c v18 Di Jewish leaders hear Jesus im word correct: wen E call our Papa im own Papa, E dey claim sey E equal with our Papa. Di rest of dis chapter na Jesus dey defend and dey explain dat claim.

¹⁹So Jesus tell dem, "Truly, truly, I dey tell una: di Pikin no fit do anything by Imsef, na only wetin E see di Papa dey do. Whatever di Papa dey do, di Pikin dey do di same.

²⁰"Because di Papa love di Pikin and E dey show am everything wey E dey do; E go show am work wey big pass dis ones, so dat una go wonder. ²¹Because as di Papa dey raise dead people and dey give life, so di Pikin sef dey give life to anybody wey E want. ²²Because di Papa no dey judge anybody, but E don hand over all di judgment give di Pikin, ²³so dat everybody go honour di Pikin as dem dey honour di Papa; anybody wey no honour di Pikin no honour di Papa wey send Am.

²⁴Truly, truly, I dey tell una: anybody wey hear my word and believe di One wey send Me get life wey no dey end and e no go face judgment — e don pass from death enter life. ²⁵Truly, truly, I dey tell una, one hour dey come, and e don even reach now, wen di dead people go hear di voice of di Pikin of our Papa, and di ones wey hear go live. ²⁶Because as di Papa get life for Imsef, so E give di Pikin to get life for Imsef too. ²⁷And E don give Am power to carry out judgment, because E be di Pikin of Man. ²⁸Make dis no surprise una — one hour dey come wen everybody wey dey inside grave go hear im voice, ²⁹and dem go comot — di ones wey do good, to resurrection of life; di ones wey do evil, to resurrection of judgment. ³⁰By Mysef I no fit do anything. As I dey hear, na so I dey judge; my judgment dey correct, because no be my own will I dey find, na di will of di One wey send Me.

Witness Dem for the Pikin

³¹"If I testify concerning Mysef, my testimony no valid. ³²Another one dey wey dey testify concerning Me, and I know sey im testimony concerning Me na true. ³³Una send messenger dem go meet John, and e don testify to di truth. ³⁴No be sey I dey accept testimony from human being, but I dey talk dis things so dat una fit be saved. ³⁵John na lamp wey dey burn and dey shine, and una gree rejoice small time for im light. ³⁶But I get testimony wey big pass John own: di work wey my Papa give Me to finish — di very work wey I dey do — dey testify sey my Papa send Me. ³⁷And my Papa wey send Me don Imsef testify concerning Me. Una never hear im voice or see im form, ³⁸and una no get im word dey stay inside una, because una no believe di One wey E send.

³⁹Una dey search di Scriptures, dey think sey na inside dem life wey no dey end dey — but na dem sef dey testify concerning Me, ⁴⁰yet una refuse to come to Me so dat una fit get life. ⁴¹I no dey accept glory from people, ⁴²but I know una — sey una no get di love of our Papa inside una. ⁴³I don come for my Papa name, and una no dey receive Me; if another person come for im own name, una go receive am. ⁴⁴How una fit believe, wen una dey accept glory from una one another and una no dey find di glory wey come from di only God?

⁴⁵Make una no think sey I go accuse una before my Papa. Na Moses, di one wey una don put una hope for, dey accuse una. ⁴⁶Because if una believe Moses, una for believe Me, because na concerning Me e write. ⁴⁷But if una no believe wetin e write, how una go believe my words?"