Strengthening in Faith

¹After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ²Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. ³In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. ⁴For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. ⁵Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. ⁶When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, "Do you want to be made well?" ⁷The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me." ⁸Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your bed and walk." ⁹And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. ¹⁰The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed." ¹¹He answered them, "He who made me well said to me, "Take up your bed and walk."' ¹²Then they asked him, "Who is the Man who said to you, "Take up your bed and walk'?" ¹³But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. ¹⁴Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you." ¹⁵The man departed and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. ¹⁶For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him, because He had done these things on the Sabbath. ¹⁷But Jesus answered them, "My Father has been working until now, and I have been working." ¹⁸Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

^١ وَبَعْدَ هَذَا كَانَ عِيدٌ لِلْيَهُودِ، فَصَعِدَ يَسُوعُ إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ. ^٢وَفِي أُورُشَلِيمَ عِنْدَ بَابِ ٱلضَّأْنِ بِرْكَةٌ يُقَالُ لَهَا بِٱلْعِبْرَانِيَّةِ «بَيْتُ حِسْدَا» لَهَا خَمْسَةُ أَرْوِقَةٍ. ^٣فِي هَذِهِ كَانَ مُضْطَجِعًا جُمْهُورٌ كَثِيرٌ مِنْ مَرْضَى وَعُمْيٍ وَعُرْجٍ وَعُسْمٍ، يَتَوَقَّعُونَ تَحْرِيكَ ٱلْمَاءِ. ^٤لِأَنَّ مَلَاكًا كَانَ يَنْزِلُ أَحْيَانًا فِي ٱلْبِرْكَةِ وَيُحَرِّكُ ٱلْمَاءَ. فَمَنْ نَزَلَ أَوَّلًا بَعْدَ تَحْرِيكِ ٱلْمَاءِ كَانَ يَبْرَأُ مِنْ أَيِّ مَرَضٍ ٱعْتَرَاهُ. ^٥وَكَانَ هُنَاكَ إِنْسَانٌ بِهِ مَرَضٌ مُنْذُ ثَمَانٍ وَثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً. ^٦هَذَا رَآهُ يَسُوعُ مُضْطَجِعًا، وَعَلِمَ أَنَّ لَهُ زَمَانًا كَثِيرًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ: «أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَبْرَأَ؟». ^٧أَجَابَهُ ٱلْمَرِيضُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، لَيْسَ لِي إِنْسَانٌ يُلْقِينِي فِي ٱلْبِرْكَةِ مَتَى تَحَرَّكَ ٱلْمَاءُ. بَلْ بَيْنَمَا أَنَا آتٍ، يَنْزِلُ قُدَّامِي آخَرُ». ^٨قَالَ لَهُ يَسُوعُ: «قُمِ. ٱحْمِلْ سَرِيرَكَ وَٱمْشِ». ^٩فَحَالًا بَرِئَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَحَمَلَ سَرِيرَهُ وَمَشَى. وَكَانَ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ سَبْتٌ. ^١٠فَقَالَ ٱلْيَهُودُ لِلَّذِي شُفِيَ: «إِنَّهُ سَبْتٌ! لَا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَحْمِلَ سَرِيرَكَ». ^١١أَجَابَهُمْ: «إِنَّ ٱلَّذِي أَبْرَأَنِي هُوَ قَالَ لِي: ٱحْمِلْ سَرِيرَكَ وَٱمْشِ». ^١٢فَسَأَلُوهُ: «مَنْ هُوَ ٱلْإِنْسَانُ ٱلَّذِي قَالَ لَكَ: ٱحْمِلْ سَرِيرَكَ وَٱمْشِ؟». ^١٣أَمَّا ٱلَّذِي شُفِيَ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْلَمُ مَنْ هُوَ، لِأَنَّ يَسُوعَ ٱعْتَزَلَ، إِذْ كَانَ فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ جَمْعٌ. ^١٤بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ وَجَدَهُ يَسُوعُ فِي ٱلْهَيْكَلِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَا أَنْتَ قَدْ بَرِئْتَ، فَلَا تُخْطِئْ أَيْضًا، لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لَكَ أَشَرُّ». ^١٥فَمَضَى ٱلْإِنْسَانُ وَأَخْبَرَ ٱلْيَهُودَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِي أَبْرَأَهُ. ^١٦ وَلِهَذَا كَانَ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَطْرُدُونَ يَسُوعَ، وَيَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ، لِأَنَّهُ عَمِلَ هَذَا فِي سَبْتٍ. ^١٧فَأَجَابَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «أَبِي يَعْمَلُ حَتَّى ٱلْآنَ وَأَنَا أَعْمَلُ». ^١٨فَمِنْ أَجْلِ هَذَا كَانَ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَطْلُبُونَ أَكْثَرَ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوهُ، لِأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَنْقُضِ ٱلسَّبْتَ فَقَطْ، بَلْ قَالَ أَيْضًا إِنَّ ٱللهَ أَبُوهُ، مُعَادِلًا نَفْسَهُ بِٱللهِ.