Johannes 5 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

Flere mirakler i Jerusalem

1 Senere tog Jesus igen til Jerusalem for at deltage i en af jødernes højtider. 2 Inde i byen, i nærheden af Fåreporten, var der en dam, som var omgivet af fem søjlegange. Den hed Betesda på hebraisk. 3 Dér lå der en mængde syge, blinde, lamme og forkrøblede mennesker. De lå og ventede på, at vandet skulle komme i bevægelse.* 4 En Herrens engel kom nemlig nu og da ned og satte vandet i bevægelse, og den, som derefter først steg ned i det, blev helbredt, lige meget hvad han fejlede. 5 En af dem, der lå ved dammen, havde været lam i 38 år. 6 Da Jesus så ham og var klar over, at han havde været syg længe, spurgte han: „Vil du være rask?” 7 Den syge mand svarede: „Mester, jeg har ingen til at hjælpe mig ned i dammen, når vandet kommer i bevægelse. Når jeg prøver at slæbe mig derhen, er der altid en anden, der kommer først.” 8 Jesus sagde til ham: „Rejs dig op, rul din sovemåtte sammen og gå på dine ben!”

Den første konfrontation med de jødiske ledere

9 Straks blev manden helbredt. Han rullede måtten sammen og begyndte at gå omkring. Men da det var sabbat den dag, 10 irettesatte de jødiske ledere manden, der var blevet rask. „Du må ikke bære din sovemåtte! Det er jo sabbat.” 11 „Jamen, den mand, der helbredte mig, sagde, at jeg skulle tage min måtte og gå!” 12 „Hvem var det, der sagde det?” spurgte de. 13 Det vidste manden ikke, og Jesus var forsvundet i folkemængden. 14 Senere fandt Jesus ham på tempelpladsen. „Nu er du rask,” sagde han, „lev ikke mere i synd, så du ikke bliver ramt af noget endnu værre.” 15 Så gik manden hen til de jødiske ledere og fortalte dem, at det var Jesus, der havde helbredt ham. 16 Derfor anklagede de Jesus for at overtræde loven ved at arbejde på hviledagen. 17 Men Jesus svarede: „Min Far arbejder i dag, så det gør jeg også.” 18 Den udtalelse gjorde de jødiske ledere endnu mere opsatte på at slå ham ihjel, fordi han ikke blot overtrådte sabbatslovene, men også kaldte Gud for sin Far og dermed gjorde sig til ét med Gud.

Sønnens fuldmagt til at give evigt liv eller dømme de onde

19 Jesus fortsatte: „Det siger jeg jer: Sønnen kan intet gøre af sig selv. Han gør kun det, han ser sin Far gøre. Hvad Faderen gør, det gør Sønnen også. 20 For Faderen elsker Sønnen og viser ham alt, hvad han selv gør. Og han vil vise ham endnu større undere end den mands helbredelse, og I vil komme til at undre jer. 21 Ligesom Faderen opvækker mennesker fra de døde og giver dem nyt liv, sådan giver også Sønnen nyt liv til hvem, han vil. 22 Faderen vil ikke selv dømme nogen, men han har overgivet al domsafsigelse til Sønnen, 23 for at alle skal ære Sønnen, ligesom de ærer Faderen. Hvis de ikke ærer Sønnen, som Faderen har sendt, ærer de heller ikke Faderen. 24 Det siger jeg jer: De, der tager imod mit budskab og tror på Gud, som sendte mig, de har det evige liv og bliver ikke stillet for domstolen. De er allerede blevet overflyttet fra døden til livet. 25 Det siger jeg jer: Den tid kommer—ja, den er her allerede—da de døde skal høre Guds Søns røst og leve. 26 Faderen bærer kilden til livet i sig, og han har givet mig den samme magt til at give liv. 27 Faderen har også givet mig magt til at dømme, fordi jeg er Menneskesønnen.* 28 I skal ikke undre jer over, at de døde engang skal høre Guds Søns røst og stå op fra deres grave. De, der har gjort det gode, vil få det evige liv, mens de, der har gjort det onde, vil få deres dom. 30 Jeg kan ikke gøre noget af mig selv, men jeg lytter til min Far, og på det grundlag dømmer jeg. Derfor er min dom retfærdig. Det er jo ikke min egen vilje, jeg vil fremme, men hans vilje, som sendte mig.

Forskellige vidneudsagn om Jesus som Guds Søn

31 Hvis jeg anbefaler mig selv, er min anbefaling ikke gyldig. 32 Men nu er der en anden, som har fortalt jer om mig, og det er Johannes. I har selv forhørt jer hos ham, og jeg kan forsikre jer for, at det, han har sagt om mig, er sandt. 34 Jeg er ikke afhængig af menneskers vidneudsagn, men jeg har sagt det her i håb om, at I vil tro på, hvad jeg siger, og få del i det evige liv. 35 Johannes var for en tid som lyset fra en lampe, og I var glade for at høre, hvad han havde at sige, 36 men jeg henviser til et vidnesbyrd, der er større end hans, nemlig de undere, jeg har gjort. Det er min Far, der giver mig magt til at udføre dem, og de viser, at Faderen har sendt mig. 37 Også Faderen selv har vidnet om mig, men I har aldrig set eller hørt ham. 38 Og fordi I nægter at tro på den, han har sendt, har hans ord ikke slået rod i jer. 39 Skriften fortæller også om mig. I studerer Skriften, fordi I tror, at I finder det evige liv dér. Og selv om Skriften fortæller om mig, 40 er I alligevel ikke villige til at komme til mig for at få livet. 41 Jeg er ikke ude efter menneskers anerkendelse. 42 Jeg ved, hvordan I er, og at I ikke har kærligheden til Gud i jer. 43 Jeg er kommet, fordi min Far har sendt mig, men I vil ikke høre efter, hvad jeg siger. Men folk, der ikke er sendt af ham, og som kun anbefaler sig selv, dem lytter I gerne til. 44 I søger efter anerkendelse fra hinanden, men den anerkendelse, som kommer fra den eneste sande Gud, den er I ikke interesseret i. Hvordan skulle I da kunne tro på mig? 45 I skal ikke tro, det er mig, der vil anklage jer over for Faderen. Nej, det bliver Moses, ham som I har sat jeres lid til. 46 Hvis I virkelig troede Moses, ville I også tro på mig, for det er om mig, han har skrevet. 47 Men hvis I ikke tror på hans skrifter, hvordan skulle I så kunne tro på mig?”

English Standard Version

The Healing at the Pool on the Sabbath

1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic* called Bethesda,* which has five roofed colonnades. 3 In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed.* 5 One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” 7 The sick man answered him, “Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me.” 8 Jesus said to him, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.” 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews* said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.” 11 But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’” 12 They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” 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 Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”

Jesus Is Equal with God

18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

The Authority of the Son

19 So 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 the Father* does, that the Son does likewise. 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, so that you may marvel. 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, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever 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 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, 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. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

Witnesses to Jesus

30 “I can do nothing on my own. 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 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true. 33 You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, 38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent. 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. 41 I do not receive glory from people. 42 But I know that you do not have the love of God within you. 43 I have come in my Father’s name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”

Johannes 5 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk English Standard Version