John 5

5 ¹ After dis one, di Jews get one feast, and Jesus go up to Jerusalem. ² For Jerusalem, near di Sheep Gate, one pool dey wey get five porch wey get roof, wey dem dey call Bethesda for Aramaic language. ^a a v2 Bethesda mean ‘house of mercy’ — name wey fit di place wey Jesus do healing. ³ Plenty sick pipol dey lie down for inside dis porch dem — blind pipol, lame pipol, and pipol wey dia body no fit move. ^{4 b} b v4 Dis verse no dey inside di earliest manuscript dem; copy wey dem write later add am: “For sometime sometime, one angel dey come down inside di pool come shake di water; and di first person wey enter after di water shake go well from whatever sickness wey e get.” ⁵ One man dey dia wey don sick reach thirty-eight years.

⁶ As Jesus see am wey e lie down dia, and e know say e don tey wey e dey dia, Jesus ask am, “You wan make you well?”

⁷ Di sick man answer am, “Oga, I no get person wey go put me inside di pool wen di water shake — bifor I go reach, anoda person don enter first.”

⁸ Jesus tok give am, “Stand up, carry your mat, and waka.”

⁹ Sharp sharp, di man well, e carry im mat, and e waka. Dat day na Sabbath.

¹⁰ So di Jews tok give di man wey dem heal, “Na Sabbath—dem no gree make you carry your mat.”

¹¹ E answer dem, “Di man wey heal me tok give me, ‘Carry your mat and waka.’”

¹² Dem ask am, “Who be di man wey tok give you, ‘Carry am and waka’?”

¹³ But di man wey dem heal no know who e be, bikos Jesus don comot enter inside di crowd wey dey dia.

¹⁴ Later, Jesus see am for di temple come tok, “You don well now. Stop to dey do sin, if not sometin wey bad pass fit happen to you.”

¹⁵ Di man comot go tok give di Jews say na Jesus make am well.

Dem Turn Against Am

¹⁶ So di Jews start to dey persecute Jesus, bikos e dey do dis kind tin for Sabbath day.

¹⁷ But Jesus answer dem, “My Papa dey work rish now, and me sef I dey work.”

¹⁸ So di Jews come dey find road pass to kill am: no be only say e break Sabbath, but e call our Papa im own Papa, dey make imsef equal to am. ^c c v18 Di Jewish leaders hear wetin Jesus tok well: wen e call our Papa im own Papa, e dey tok say e equal to our Papa. Di rest of dis chapter na Jesus dey defend and explain dat tin wey e tok.

¹⁹ So Jesus tok give dem, “Tru tru, I dey tok give una: the Pikin no fit do anytin by imsef, na only wetin e see di Papa dey do. Whatever di Papa do, the Pikin dey do di same tin. ²⁰ Bikos di Papa love the Pikin, and e dey show am everytin wey e dey do; e go show am work wey big pass dis one dem, so dat una go wonder. ²¹ Bikos as di Papa dey raise dead pipol come give dem life, na so the Pikin sef dey give life to anybody wey e want. ²² Bikos di Papa no dey judge anybody, but e don hand all judgment give the Pikin, ²³ so dat everybody go honor the Pikin di same way wey dem dey honor di Papa; anybody wey no honor the Pikin no dey honor di Papa wey send am.

²⁴ Tru tru, I dey tok give una: anybody wey hear my word come biliv di one wey send me get life wey no dey end and e no go face judgment — e don pass from death enter life. ²⁵ Tru tru, I dey tok give una, one time dey come, and e don rish now, wen dead pipol go hear di voice of the Pikin of our Papa, and dem wey hear go live. ²⁶ Bikos as di Papa get life for insai imsef, na so e give the Pikin power to get life for insai imsef too. ²⁷ And e don give am authority to do judgment, bikos e be the Pikin of Man. ²⁸ Make dis one no shock una—one time dey come wen everybody wey dey inside grave go hear im voice. ²⁹ and dem go comot—dem wey do good tin, go rise to life; dem wey do bad tin, go rise to judgment. ³⁰ By mysef I no fit do anytin. As I dey hear, na so I dey judge; my judgment dey fair, bikos no be my own wish I dey find but di wish of di One wey send me.

Witness to the Pikin

³¹ If na me dey tok about mysef, my testimony no valid. ³² Anoda person dey wey dey tok about me, and I know say di testimony wey e dey tok about me na true. ³³ Una send messenger dem go meet John, and e don tok di truth. ³⁴ No be say I dey accept testimony wey come from man, but I dey tok dis tin dem so dat dem go fit save una. ³⁵ John na lamp wey dey burn and dey shine, and una gree make una happy small time for im light. ³⁶ But I get testimony wey big pass John own: di work wey my Papa give me make I finish — di same work wey I dey do — dey tok say na my Papa send me. ³⁷ And my Papa wey send me, imsef don tok about me. Una neva hear im voice or see how e take be, ³⁸ and una no get im word wey dey stay inside una, bikos una no biliv di one wey e send.

³⁹ Una dey search di Scriptures, dey tink say na inside dem life wey no dey end dey — but na dem sef dey tok about me, ⁴⁰ but una refuse to come meet me so dat una fit get life. ⁴¹ I no dey accept glory from pipol, ⁴² but I know una — say una no get di love of our Papa inside una. ⁴³ I come for my Papa name, and una no receive me; if anoda person come for im own name, una go receive am. ⁴⁴ How una go take biliv, wen una dey accept glory from each oda but una no dey find di glory wey come from di only God?

⁴⁵ Make una no tink say I go accuse una for front of my Papa. Na Moses, di one wey una put una hope for am, dey accuse una. ⁴⁶ Bikos if una bin biliv Moses, una for don biliv me, bikos na about me e write. ⁴⁷ But if una no biliv wetin e write, how una go take biliv my word dem?