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Kupolesedwa kwa cirema pathawale la Betesda
1 Panthawe imweyo Jezu adabwerera ku Jerusalema, ndipo kukhana msinda wa Ajuda. 2 Pa Jerusalema, pabodzi na pa msuwo wa mabira pana thawale lomwe muciHeberi lincemeredwa Betesda lomwe lina ntsaka zixanu mphepete mwalene. 3 Muntsakazo mukhadadzala na atenda omwe akhali azimola, bzirema na mabundukutu. Iwo akhadikhira kubvunduliwa kwa madzi.* 4 Pomwe anju wa Mbuya akhabuluka pathawale acibvundula madzi. Nyakuduwala omwe akhatoma kupita, yatabvunduliwa madziyo, akhapola matenda yentse.†
5 Pakati pa atenda wale, pakhana mwamuna mbodzi omwe akhaduwala magole makumi matatu na masere. 6 Jezu, pakuwona adagona na kudziwa kuti iye akhaduwala panthawe ikulu adamubvundza: “Un'funa kupola?”
7 Iye adatawira aciti: “Mbuya, ndiribe munthu ali yentse omwe angandithandize acindiikha muthawale pomwe madzi yabvundulidwa. Tsono ndikafuna kupita winango ambanditomera”.
8 Ndipo Jezu adati: “Lamuka, tenga mphasa yako, famba”. 9 Panthawe imweyo mwamuna ule adapola, adatenga mphasa yace, aciyamba kufamba. Bzimwebzo bzidacitika pantsiku ya malinkhuma.
10 Na tenepo Majudeyu adalewa kuna wakupolesedwa ule kuti: “Lero ni malinkhuma. Npsakuletsedwa kuti unyamule mphasa”.
11 Iye adatawira aciti: “Ule omwe wandipolesa, ndiye andiuza kuti ndinyamule mphasa ndiyende”.
12 Iwo adamubvundza aciti: “Mbani wakuuza kuti unyamule mphasa uyende?”
13 Ndipo wakupolesedwayo akhadziwa lini kuti mbani, sabwa Jezu akhadanyangalika pakati pa mthithi 14 Pambuyo pa bzimwebzi, Jezu adagumana mwamuna ule mkati mwa nyumba yamapembero aciti: “Iwepo wapolesedwa, leka kucita pomwe bzakuipa kuti bzisaye kukuwonekera bzikulu kuposa bzobzi”.
15 Mwamuna ule adayenda kukauza Majudeyu kuti ni Jezu omwe adam'polesa. 16 Na terepo Majudeyu adayamba kumufambira m'mbuyo Jezu thangwe iye akhapolesa pantsiku za malinkhuma. 17 Jesu adawauza kuti: “Baba wangu ali kuphata basa mpaka lero. Ine nin'citambo”. 18 Na mafala yamweya ndipopo akulu-akulu wa aJuda akhanyang'ana Jezu kuti amuphe sikuti akhatchola Mtemo wa malinkhuma okha nee tsono akhalewambo kuti Mulungu akhali baba wace caiye, acimbabzicitisa ninga Mulungu.
Mphambvu ya mwana wa Mulungu
19 Ndipo Jezu adawatawira adati: “Cadidi ninkuuzani kuti mwana pa yekha angacite lini cinthu ciri centse, pokha-pokha aciwona baba bzomwe an'cita. Thangwe bzentse bzomwe baba an'cita, mwana ambabzicitambo. 20 Nakuti Baba ana lufoi na mwana, ndipo ambalatiza bzentse bzomwe iye an'cita. An'dzawonesa mabasa makulu kuposa aya kuti mudzadabwisidwe nayo. 21 Na tenepo Baba ambalamusa wakufa aciwapasa moyo. Mwana wace ambapasambo moyo kuna wentse omwe iye an'funa. 22 Baba an'tonga lini munthu. Adapasa mwana mphambvu yakutonga 23 kuti wentse walemekeze Mwana ninga momwe an'lemekezera Baba. Ule omwe an'lemekeza lini Mwana, an'lemekeza lini Baba omwe adamutuma.
24 “Cadidi, cadidi ndiri kukuuzani kuti wentse omwe an'bvuma mafala yangu acikhulupirira kuna ule omwe adandituma, ana moyo wakusaya kumala ndipo an'dzapasidwa lini nyathwa, nakuti wacoka kuimpfa wayenda kumoyo. 25 Ninkuuzani kuti nthawe iri kubwera ndipo yakwana kale yakuti wakufa an'dzabva fala la Mwana wa Mulungu, ndipo omwe an'dzabva an'dzakhala na moyo. 26 Ninga Baba ana moyo mwa ekha, adacitisa kuti mwana wace akhalembo na moyo mwa ekha. 27 Adamupasa mphambvu ya utongi thangwe iye ni Mwana-wa-Munthu. 28 Lekani kudabwa na ibzi thangwe in'dzafika nthawe yakuti wentse wakufa an'dzabva fala lace 29 acidzacoka. Wentse omwe adacita bzabwino, an'dzamukira ku moyo wakusaya kumala. Wentse omwe adacita bzakuipa an'dzamukira kwakutongedwa”.
Ciratizo ca mphambvu ya Mwana wa Mulungu
30 “Ine palibe cinthu comwe nimbacita ndekha. Nimbatonga kuteweza momwe nimbabvera. Kutonga kwangu nkwa kulungama thangwe nimbacita lini cifuniro cangu, tsono ca omwe adandituma. 31 Ine ndingabzicitira umboni ndekha, umboni bwangu mbwapezi. 32 Pana mwinango omwe ambandicitira umboni, ndipo nin'dziwa kuti umboni bomwe an'cita kuna ine mbwacadidi. 33 Imwepo mudatuma wanthu kukabvundza Juwau ndipo iye adakuuzani bza cadidi. 34 Ine nin'funa lini umboni bwa wanthu tsono ndiri kulewa ibzi kuti mupulumuke. 35 Juwau akhali ninga lampalina yomwe ikhagaka icimbabvunika. Imwepo mudakomedwa panthawe ing'ono-ng'ono na ceza cace. 36 Tsono ine ndinabo umboni bukulu kuposa bwa Juwau, thangwe basa lomwe Baba adandipasa kuti ndimalize ndiro ndimbacita. Iro lindicitira umboni kuti Baba adandituma. 37 Ndipo Baba omwe adandituma, ndiye adandicitira umboni. Imwepo mukanati kubva fala lace, nee kumuwona. 38 Nee fala lace linkhala lini mwa imwe. Thangwe mukubvuma lini kuna ule omwe adatuma. 39 Ndipo mumbapfundza kwene-kwene bzakunemba thangwe mumbakumbuka kuti bzin'dzakupasani moyo wakusaya kumala. Tsono ndibzo bzimbandicitira umboni. 40 Na bzobzi imwepo mun'funa lini kutewera ine kuti mukhale na moyo. 41 Ine ndin'bvuma lini kupasidwa mbiri na wanthu. 42 Nin'kudziwani imwepo ndipo nin'dziwa bwino-bwino kuti imwepo mulibe lufoi na Mulungu. 43 Ine-pano ndidabwera mudzina la baba wangu, tsono imwepo mulibe kunditambira. Penu winango akabwera mudzina lace, imwepo mun'dzam'tambira. 44 Imwepo mungakhulupirire tani, pakuti mumbafuna kukuzidwa na andzanu, ndipo mumbanyang'ana lini ukulu bwakucokera kuna Mulungu. 45 Lekani kukumbuka kuti ine nin'dzakupasani mulandu kuna Baba. Mozeji omwe muli kudikhira ndiye an'dzakupasani mulandu. 46 Thangwe mungadabvuma bzomwe Mozeji adalewa, mungadabvumambo na ine, pakuti adanemba bza cipande ca ine. 47 Tsono penu mun'bvuma lini bzomwe iye adanemba, mun'dzabvuma tani bzomwe ndiri kulewa?”
* 5:3 Iwo akhadikhira kubvunduliwa kwa madzi: Bzakunembedwa bza manja bzakale bzizinji bziribe mafalaya. † 5:4 Bzakunembedwa bza manja bzakale bzizinji bziribe dutswa limweri.