Maret 22, 2023

The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 49: 8-15

49:8 Ku kituna nyebutkeun Gusti: In a pleasing time, I have heeded you, and in the day of salvation, I have assisted you. And I have preserved you, and I have presented you as a covenant of the people, so that you would lift up the earth, and possess the scattered inheritances,
49:9 so that you would say to those who are bound, “Go forth!” and to those who are in darkness, “Be released!” They will pasture along the roads, and their pastures will be in every open place.
49:10 They will not hunger or thirst, nor will the heat of the sun beat down upon them. For the one who takes pity on them will rule them, and he will give them to drink from fountains of waters.
49:11 And I will make all my mountains into a road, and my paths will be exalted.
49:12 Lah, some will come from far away, jeung behold, others from the north and from the sea, and still others from the land of the south.
49:13 Give praise, Duh sawarga! And exult, O earth! Let the mountains give praise with jubilation! For the Lord has consoled his people, and he will take pity on his poor ones.
49:14 And Zion said: “The Lord has abandoned me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
49:15 Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.

The Holy Gospel According to John 5: 17-30

5:17 Tapi Yesus ngawaler aranjeunna, “Komo ayeuna, Bapa abdi damel, sareng abdi nuju damel."
5:18 Teras kumaha, kusabab ieu, urang Yahudi beuki narékahan pikeun maehan manéhna. Sabab teu ngan manéhna megatkeun Sabat, tapi anjeunna malah nyebutkeun yen Allah Rama-Na, ngajadikeun dirina sarua jeung Allah.
5:19 Teras Yesus ngawaler sareng nyarios ka aranjeunna: “Amin, amin, Abdi nyarios ka anjeun, Putra teu bisa ngalakukeun nanaon sorangan, tapi ngan naon anjeunna geus katempo Rama ngalakukeun. Keur naon manéhna teu, malah ieu teu Putra ngalakukeun, sarua.
5:20 Sabab Rama nyaah ka Putra, sareng anjeunna nunjukkeun anjeunna sadayana anu anjeunna laksanakeun. Sareng karya anu langkung ageung tibatan ieu anjeunna bakal nunjukkeun ka anjeunna, jadi loba nu bakal heran.
5:21 Sabab sakumaha Bapa ngahudangkeun nu maraot jeung ngahirupkeun deui, kitu ogé Putra masihan hirup ka sakur anu dikersakeun.
5:22 Pikeun Rama teu nangtoskeun saha. Tapi anjeunna geus dibikeun sagala judgment ka Putra,
5:23 supados sadayana ngahormat ka Putra, sagampil aranjeunna ngahargaan Rama. Saha waé anu henteu ngahormat ka Putra, henteu ngahormat ka Rama anu ngutus Anjeunna.
5:24 Amin, amin, Abdi nyarios ka anjeun, sing saha anu ngadenge omongan Kami, jeung percaya ka Anjeunna anu ngutus Kami, boga hirup langgeng, sarta anjeunna henteu balik kana judgment, tapi gantina anjeunna crosses tina maot kana hirup.
5:25 Amin, amin, Abdi nyarios ka anjeun, yén jamna bakal datang, jeung ayeuna, lamun maot bakal ngadéngé sora Putra Allah; jeung jalma anu ngadéngé éta bakal hirup.
5:26 Pikeun sagampil Rama boga hirup dina dirina, kitu ogé Anjeunna geus dibikeun ka Putra boga hirup dina dirina.
5:27 Sarta anjeunna geus dibikeun anjeunna wewenang pikeun ngalengkepan judgment. Sabab Anjeunna teh Putra Manusa.
5:28 Entong heran kana ieu. Pikeun jam bakal datang nu sakabeh jalma anu aya di alam kubur bakal ngadéngé sora Putra Allah.
5:29 Jeung jalma anu geus dipigawé alus bakal balik mudik ka jadian hirup. Padahal sabenerna, jalma-jalma anu ngalakukeun kajahatan bakal dihirupkeun deui tina hukuman.
5:30 Kuring teu bisa ngalakukeun nanaon sorangan. Salaku kuring ngadangu, jadi kuring ngahukum. Jeung judgment abdi adil. Pikeun kuring teu neangan kahayang sorangan, tapi kersa Anjeunna anu ngutus Kami.