The Death of Lazarus
1-2 A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. This was the same Mary who later poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped his feet with her hair. 3 The sisters sent a message to the Lord and told him that his good friend Lazarus was sick.
4 When Jesus heard this, he said, “His sickness won't end in death. It will bring glory to God and his Son.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and brother. 6 But he stayed where he was for two more days. 7 Then he said to his disciples, “Now we will go back to Judea.”
8 “Teacher,” they said, “the people there want to stone you to death! Why do you want to go back?”
9 Jesus answered, “Aren't there twelve hours in each day? If you walk during the day, you will have light from the sun, and you won't stumble. 10 But if you walk during the night, you will stumble, because you don't have any light.” 11 Then he told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, and I am going there to wake him up.”
12 They replied, “Lord, if he is asleep, he will get better.” 13 Jesus really meant that Lazarus was dead, but they thought he was talking only about sleep.
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead! 15 I am glad I wasn't there, because now you will have a chance to put your faith in me. Let's go to him.”
16 Thomas, whose nickname was “Twin,” said to the other disciples, “Come on. Let's go, so we can die with him.”
Jesus Brings Lazarus to Life
17 When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was less than three kilometers from Jerusalem, 19 and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 Yet even now I know that God will do anything you ask.”
23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will live again!”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will be raised to life on the last day, when all the dead are raised.”
25 Jesus then said, “I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. 26 And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never really die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord!” she replied. “I believe you are the Christ, the Son of God. You are the one we hoped would come into the world.”
28 After Martha said this, she went and privately said to her sister Mary, “The Teacher is here, and he wants to see you.” 29 As soon as Mary heard this, she got up and went out to Jesus. 30 He was still outside the village where Martha had gone to meet him. 31 Many people had come to comfort Mary, and when they saw her quickly leave the house, they thought she was going out to the tomb to cry. So they followed her.
32 Mary went to where Jesus was. Then as soon as she saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw that Mary and the people with her were crying, he was terribly upset 34 and asked, “Where have you put his body?”
They replied, “Lord, come and you will see.”
35 Jesus started crying, 36 and the people said, “See how much he loved Lazarus.”
37 Some of them said, “He gives sight to the blind. Why couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Jesus was still terribly upset. So he went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone rolled against the entrance. 39 Then he told the people to roll the stone away. But Martha said, “Lord, you know that Lazarus has been dead four days, and there will be a bad smell.”
40 Jesus replied, “Didn't I tell you that if you had faith, you would see the glory of God?”
41 After the stone had been rolled aside, Jesus looked up toward heaven and prayed, “Father, I thank you for answering my prayer. 42 I know that you always answer my prayers. But I said this, so the people here would believe you sent me.”
43 When Jesus had finished praying, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The man who had been dead came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of burial cloth, and a cloth covered his face.
Jesus then told the people, “Untie him and let him go.”
The Plot To Kill Jesus
(Matthew 26.1-5Mark 14.1Mark 2Luke 22.1Luke 2)45 Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw the things Jesus did, and they put their faith in him. 46 Others went to the Pharisees and told what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, “What should we do? This man is working a lot of miracles. 48 If we don't stop him now, everyone will put their faith in him. Then the Romans will come and destroy our temple and our nation.”
49 One of the council members was Caiaphas, who was also high priest that year. He spoke up and said, “You people don't have any sense at all! 50 Don't you know it is better for one person to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed?” 51 Caiaphas did not say this on his own. As high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation. 52 Yet Jesus would not die just for the Jewish nation. He would die to bring together all of God's scattered people. 53 From that day on, the council started making plans to put Jesus to death.
54 Because of this plot against him, Jesus stopped going around in public. He went to the town of Ephraim, which was near the desert, and he stayed there with his disciples.
55 It was almost time for Passover. Many of the Jewish people who lived out in the country had come to Jerusalem to get themselves ready for the festival. 56 They looked around for Jesus. Then when they were in the temple, they asked each other, “You don't think he will come here for Passover, do you?”
57 The chief priests and the Pharisees told the people to let them know if any of them saw Jesus. This is how they hoped to arrest him.
إحياء لعازار
1 ومَرِضَ رَجُلٌ اَسمُهُ لِعازَرُ مِنْ بَيت عَنيا، مِنْ قَريةِ مَريَمَ وأختِها مَرتا. 2 ومَريَمُ هذِهِ هيَ التي سكَبَتِ الطّيبَ على قَدَمَيِ الرّبّ يَسوعَ ومَسَحَتْهُما بِشَعْرِها. وكانَ لِعازَرُ المريضُ أخاها. 3 فأرسَلَتِ الأُختانِ إلى يَسوعَ تَقولانِ: «يا سيّدُ، الذي تُحبّهُ مَريضٌ». 4 فلمّا سمِعَ يَسوعُ قالَ: «ما هذا المرَضُ لِلموتِ، بل لِمَجدِ اللهِ. فَبِهِ سيتَمَجّدُ اَبنُ اللهِ».
5 وكانَ يَسوعُ يُحبّ مَرتا وأُختَها ولِعازَرَ، 6 لكنّهُ بَقِـيَ في مكانِهِ يومَينِ، بَعدَما عرَفَ أنّ لِعازَرَ مَريضٌ. 7 ثُمّ قالَ لِلتلاميذِ: «تعالَوا نَرجـعُ إلى اليَهوديّةِ».
8 فأجابَهُ التلاميذُ: «يا مُعَلّمُ، أتَرجِـعُ إلى هُناكَ، ومِنْ وَقتٍ قَريبٍ أرادَ اليَهودُ أنْ يَرجُموكَ؟» 9 فقالَ يَسوعُ: «أما النّهارُ اَثنَتا عَشْرَةَ ساعَةً؟ فمَنْ سارَ في النّهارِ لا يَعثُرُ، لأنّهُ يرى نُورَ هذا العالَمِ. 10 ومَنْ سارَ في الليلِ يَعثُرُ، لأنّ لا نُورَ فيهِ».
11 ثُمّ قالَ لهُم: «حَبـيبُنا لِعازرُ نائِمٌ، وأنا ذاهِبٌ لأوقِظَهُ». 12 فقالَ لَه التلاميذ: «إذا كانَ نائمًا يا سيّدُ، فسَيُشفَى». 13 وكانَ يَسوعُ يَعني نَومةَ الموتِ، فَظنّوا أنّهُ يَعني راحَةَ النّومِ. 14 فقالَ لهُم يَسوعُ بكُلّ صَراحةٍ: «لعازرُ ماتَ. 15 ويَسُرّني، لأجلِكُم حتى تُؤمِنوا، أنّي ما كُنتُ هُناكَ. قُوموا نذهَبُ إلَيهِ!» 16 فقالَ تُوما المُلقّبُ بالتوأَمِ لإخوانِهِ التلاميذِ: «تعالَوا نَذهَبُ نَحنُ أيضًا ونَموتُ معَهُ!»
17 فلمّا وصَلَ يَسوعُ وجَدَ أنّ لِعازَرَ في القَبرِ مِنْ أربعةِ أيّامٍ. 18 وبَيتُ عنيا تَبعُدُ عَنْ أُورُشليمَ نحوَ ميلَينِ. 19 وكانَ كثيرٌ مِنَ اليَهودِ جاؤُوا إلى مرتا ومَريَمَ يُعزّونَهُما عَنْ أخيهِما. 20 فلمّا سَمِعَت مرتا بِمَجيءِ يَسوعَ خرَجَت لاَستقبالِهِ، وبَقِـيَت مَريَمُ في البَيتِ. 21 فقالَت مرتا ليَسوعَ: «لَو كُنتَ هُنا، يا سيّدُ، ما ماتَ أخي! 22 ولكنّي ما زِلتُ أعرِفُ أنّ اللهَ يُعطيكَ كُلّ ما تَطلُبُ مِنهُ». 23 فقالَ لها يَسوعُ: «سيقومُ أخوكِ». 24 فأجابَت: «أعرفُ أنّهُ سيقومُ في القِـيامةِ، في اليوم الآخِرِ». 25 فقالَ لها يَسوعُ: «أنا هوَ القيامةُ والحياةُ. مَنْ آمنَ بـي يَحيا وإنْ ماتَ. 26 وكُلّ مَن يحيا مُؤمنًا بـي لا يَموتُ أبدًا. أتُؤمِنينَ بهذا؟» 27 أجابَت: «نعم، يا سيّدُ. أنا أُؤمِنُ كُلّ الإيمانِ بأنّكَ أنتَ المَسيحُ اَبنُ اللهِ الآتي إلى العالَمِ».
28 ورجَعَتْ مَرتا، بَعدَما قالَت هذا الكلامَ، إلى أُختِها مَريَمَ تَدعوها، فقالَت لها هَمْسًا: «المُعَلّمُ هُنا، وهوَ يَطلُبُكِ». 29 فقامَت مَريَمُ حينَ سَمِعَت هذا الخَبرَ وأسرَعَت إلى يَسوعَ. 30 وما كانَ يَسوعُ وصَلَ إلى القَريةِ، بل كانَ حَيثُ اَستَقبَلَتْهُ مَرتا. 31 فلمّا رأى اليَهودُ الذينَ كانوا في البَيتِ معَ مَريَمَ يُعزّونَها أنّها قامَت وخرَجَت مُسرِعَةً، لَحِقُوا بها وهُم يَحسَبونَ أنّها ذاهِبَةٌ إلى القَبرِ لِتَبكيَ.
32 ووصَلَت مَريَمُ إلى المكانِ الذي فيهِ يَسوعُ، فما أنْ رأتْهُ حتى وقَعَت على قَدَمَيهِ وقالَت لَه: «لَو كُنتَ هُنا، يا سيّدُ، ما ماتَ أخي!» 33 فلمّا رآها يَسوعُ تَبكي ويَبكي مَعَها اليَهودُ الذينَ رافَقوها، تَوَجّعَت نَفسُهُ واَضطرَبَ، 34 وقالَ: «أينَ دَفَنتُموهُ؟» قالوا: «تعالَ، يا سيّدُ، واَنظُرْ». 35 وبكى يَسوعُ، 36 فقالَ اليَهودُ: «اَنظُروا، كَم كانَ يُحبّه!» 37 لكِنّ بَعضَهُم قالوا: «هذا الذي فتَحَ عَينَي الأعمَى، أما كانَ يَقدِرُ أنْ يَرُدّ الموتَ عَنْ لِعازَرَ؟»
38 وتَوجّعَت نَفسُ يَسوعَ ثانيَةً وجاءَ إلى القَبرِ. وكانَ القَبرُ مَغارةً وعلى مَدخَلِها حجَرٌ، 39 فقالَ يَسوعُ: «أزيحوا الحجَرَ!» فأجابَت مرتا، أختُ الميتِ: «أنتَنَ يا سيّدُ، فلَهُ في القَبرِ أربَعَةُ أيّامٍ». 40 فقالَ لها يسوعُ: «أما قُلتُ لكِ إنْ آمَنتِ تُشاهِدينَ مجدَ اللهِ؟» 41 فأزاحوا الحجَرَ، ورفَعَ يَسوعُ عينَيهِ وقالَ: «أشكُرُكَ يا أبـي، لأنّكَ اَستَجَبتَ لي. 42 وأنا أعرِفُ أنّكَ تَستَجيبُ لي في كُلّ حينٍ. ولكنّي أقولُ هذا مِنْ أجلِ هَؤُلاءِ النّاسِ حَولي، حتى يُؤمِنوا أنّكَ أنتَ أرسَلتَني». 43 وصاحَ بأعلى صَوتِهِ: «لعِازرُ، أخرُجْ!» 44 فخرَجَ الميتُ مشدُودَ اليدَينِ والرّجلَينِ بالأكفانِ، مَعصوبَ الوَجهِ بِمنديلٍ. فقالَ لهُم يَسوعُ: «حُلّوهُ ودَعوهُ يذهَبُ».
محاولة قتل يسوع
(متى 26:1-5، مرقس 14:1-2، لوقا 22:1-2)45 فلمّا شاهَدَ اليَهودُ الذينَ جاؤُوا إلى مَريَمَ ما عَمِلَ يَسوعُ، آمنَ بِه كثيرٌ مِنهُم. 46 لكِنّ جماعةً مِنهُم ذهَبوا إلى الفَرّيسيّـينَ وأخبَروهُم بِما عَمِلَ. 47 فعَقَدَ رُؤساءُ الكَهنَةِ والفَرّيسيّونَ مَجلِسًا وقالوا: «ماذا نَعمَلُ؟ وهذا الرّجُلُ يَصنَعُ آياتٍ كثيرةً. 48 فإذا تَركناهُ على هذِهِ الحالِ آمَنَ بِه جميعُ النّاسِ، فيَجيءُ الرومانيّونَ ويُخرّبونَ هَيكَلَنا وأُمّتَنا».
49 فقالَ واحدٌ مِنهُم، وهوَ قَيافا الذي كانَ رَئيسَ الكَهنَةِ في تِلكَ السّنةِ: «أنتُم لا تَعرِفونَ شيئًا، 50 ولا تَفهَمونَ أنّ مَوتَ رَجُلٍ واحدٍ فِدَى الشّعبِ خَيرٌ لكُم مِنْ أنْ تَهلِكَ الأمّةُ كُلّها؟» 51 وما قالَ قيافا هذا الكلامَ مِنْ عِندِه، بل قالَهُ لأنّهُ رَئيسُ الكَهنَةِ في تِلكَ السّنةِ، فتَنَــبّأَ أنّ يَسوعَ سيَموتُ فِدَى الأُمّةِ. 52 ولكِنْ لا فِدَى الأُمّةِ فقط، بل يَموتُ لِـيجمَعَ شَمْلَ أبناءِ اللهِ.
53 فعَزَموا مِنْ ذلِكَ اليومِ على قَتْلِ يَسوعَ. 54 فما عادَ يَظهَرُ بَينَ اليَهودِ، بل ذهَبَ مِنْ هُناكَ إلى ناحيةٍ قَريبَةٍ مِنَ الصّحراءِ، إلى مدينةٍ اَسمُها أفرايمُ، فأقامَ فيها معَ تلاميذِهِ.
55 واَقتَرَبَ الفِصحُ عِندَ اليَهودِ، فصَعِدَ كثيرٌ مِنْ أهالي القُرى إلى أُورُشليمَ لِـيقوموا بِفَريضَةِ الاطّهارِ قَبلَ الفِصحِ. 56 وكانوا يَبحَثونَ عَنْ يَسوعَ ويسألُ بَعضُهُم بَعضًا في الهَيكَلِ: «ما رأيُكُم؟ أيَجيءُ إلى العيدِ أم لا يَجيءُ؟» 57 وكانَ رُؤساءُ الكَهنَةِ والفَرّيسيّونَ أمَروا بِأنْ على كُلّ مَنْ يَعرِفُ أينَ هوَ أنْ يُخبِرَ عَنهُ ليَعتَقِلوهُ.
