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.
Lasarus la saayaa
1 Kewo doo le kuuranta nuŋ, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Lasarus. A bota Betaniya le, Mariyaama niŋ a kotoomusoo Marita la saatewo to. 2 Ate le mu wo Mariyaama kiliŋo ti, meŋ ye karabaanijiyo maa Maariyo siŋolu bala, aniŋ a ye ì fita a kuntiñoo la. A baarinkewo Lasarus le kuuranta. 3 Wo kamma la, a baarimmusoolu ye kiilaa kii Yeesu ye ko, “Maariyo, i kanuntewo kuuranta le.” 4 Kabiriŋ Yeesu ye ñiŋ moyi, a ko, “Ñiŋ kuuraŋo labaŋo te ke la saayaa ti, bari a be Alla la semboo niŋ waroo le yitandi la, fo Alla Dinkewo* si kuliyaa ka bo niŋ ñiŋ kuuraŋo la.”
5 Yeesu ye Marita niŋ a doomusoo kanu le, aniŋ Lasarus. 6 Bari kabiriŋ a ye a moyi ko, Lasarus kuuranta le, a tuta wo dulaa to fo tili fula koteŋ. 7 Wo koolaa, a ko a la saayiboolu ye ko, “Ali ŋà taa Yudeya tundoo kaŋ kotenke.” 8 Bituŋ saayiboolu ko a ye ko, “Karammoo, a maŋ mee, Yahuudoolu ye a kata ka i buŋ beroolu la ka i faa. I be muru la jee le kotenke baŋ?” 9 Bituŋ Yeesu ye ì jaabi ko, “Fo waati taŋ niŋ fula le te tiloo kono baŋ? Moo meŋ ka taama tiloo waatoo la, wo te taki la, kaatu a ka ñiŋ duniyaa la maloo je le. 10 Bari moo meŋ ka taama suutoo la, wo ka taki le, kaatu a buka maloo soto.”
11 A la ñiŋ kumoolu foo koolaa, a ko a la saayiboolu ye ko, “Ǹ teerimaa Lasarus be siinoo kaŋ ne, bari m be taa le ka a kuniŋ.” 12 Bituŋ a la saayiboolu ko a ye ko, “M̀ Maarii, niŋ a be siinoo le la, wo to a be kendeyaa la le.” 13 Bari Yeesu ye Lasarus la saayaa la kuwo le fo. Hani wo, itolu ye a miira le ko, a ka diyaamu Lasarus la siinoo doroŋ ne la. 14 Bituŋ Yeesu naata a koyindi ì la ko, “Lasarus faata le. 15 Ali la kuwo kamma la n kontaanita le n na tarabaliyaa jee, fo ali si laa. Bari saayiŋ, ali ŋà taa a yaa.” 16 Wo to le Tomas, ì ka meŋ kumandi Fulandiŋo la, a ko a kafuñoo saayiboolu ye ko, “Ali m̀ fanaa ye taa fo ǹ niŋ a si faa ñoo la.”
Yeesu le mu saayaakoolaa wulindiroo ti
17 Kabiriŋ Yeesu futata Betaniya, a ye a tara, ì ye Lasarus baadee le fokabaŋ tili naani koomanto. 18 Betaniya be Yerusalaamu le daala. A mu kilomeetari saba ñoŋ ne ti ka bo Yerusalaamu. 19 Bituŋ Yahuudi jamaa naata Marita niŋ Mariyaama yaa, ka ì sabarindi ì baarinkewo la saŋo la. 20 Biriŋ Marita ye a moyi ko, Yeesu be naa kaŋ ne, a taata ka a benduŋ, Mariyaama tuta siiriŋ suwo kono. 21 Bituŋ Marita ko Yeesu ye ko, “M Maarii, niŋ ite be nuŋ jaŋ, m baarinkewo te faa la. 22 Bari hani saayiŋ, ŋa a loŋ ne ko, ite ye feŋ-wo-feŋ daani Alla bulu, Alla be a dii la i la le.” 23 Wo to le Yeesu ko a ye ko, “I baarinkewo be wuli la le kotenke.” 24 Marita ko a ye ko, “Ŋa a loŋ ne ko, a be wuli la le kotenke saayaakoolaa wulindiroo to, luŋ labaŋo la.” 25 Bituŋ Yeesu ko a ye ko, “Nte le mu saayaakoolaa wulindiroo ti, aniŋ baluu tooñaa. Moo meŋ laata nte la, wo maarii be baluu la le kotenke, hani niŋ a faata. 26 Moo meŋ be baluuriŋ, aduŋ a laata nte la, wo te faa la fo abadaa. Ite laata ñiŋ na le baŋ?” 27 Marita ko a ye ko, “Haa, m Maarii, n laata le ko, ite le mu Alimasiihu* ti, Alla Dinkewo, meŋ ñanta naa la ñiŋ duniyaa kono.”
Yeesu kumboota
28 Marita la ñiŋ kumoo foo koolaa, a taata. A ye a doomusoo Mariyaama kumandi, a ko a ye suturoo kono ko, “Karammoo naata le, aduŋ a ka i kumandi le.”
29 Kabiriŋ Mariyaama ye ñiŋ moyi, a wulita katabake, a taata Yeesu kaŋ. 30 Yeesu maŋ duŋ foloo saatewo kono, bari a be wo dulaa le to, Marita ye a tara daameŋ.
31 Yahuudoolu mennu be Mariyaama sabarindi kaŋ buŋo kono, ì ye a je, a wulita katabake ka finti banta. Bituŋ ì ye a nooma, kaatu ì ye a miira le ko, a ka taa kaburoo le to ka kumboo jee. 32 Kabiriŋ Mariyaama futata wo dulaa to, Yeesu be daameŋ, a ye a je doroŋ, a ye a faŋo fayi Yeesu siŋolu koto. A ko a ye ko, “M Maarii, niŋ ite be nuŋ jaŋ, tennuŋ m baarinkewo te faa la.”
33 Kabiriŋ Yeesu ye Mariyaama je kumboo la, a niŋ Yahuudoolu mennu ye a nooma, niikuyaa kamma la a ŋuntanta. 34 A ko ì ye ko, “Ali ye a landi mintoo le?” Ì ko a ye ko, “M̀ Maariyo, naa a juubee!”
35 Yeesu kumboota. 36 Wo kamma la Yahuudoolu ko, “A juubee, a ye a kanu ñaameŋ!” 37 Bari doolu ko, “Ñiŋ kewo meŋ ye finkintewo ñaalu yelendi, muŋ ne ye a tinna a maŋ ñiŋ tanka noo saayaa ma?”
Yeesu ye Lasarus wulindi saayaa kono
38 Yeesu be ŋuntaŋ kaŋ kotenke, biriŋ a naata kaburoo to, meŋ mu berehuwo ti, aduŋ beroo be a daa to. 39 Bituŋ a ko, “Ali beroo bondi!” Bari Marita meŋ mu furewo baarimmusoo ti, a ko Yeesu ye ko, “M Maarii, ñiŋ waatoo la, a be sunkaŋ kaŋ ne fokabaŋ, kaatu a faata le biriŋ tili naani koomanto.” 40 Wo to le Yeesu ko a ye ko, “Fo m maŋ a fo i ye ko, niŋ i laata, i be Alla la semboo niŋ waroo je la le baŋ?” 41 Bituŋ ì ye beroo bondi kaburoo daa to. Yeesu ye santo juubee, a ko, “M Faamaa, ŋa i tentu le ko, ite ye m moyi le. 42 Ŋa a loŋ ne ko, ite ka m moyi le waati-wo-waati, bari ŋa ñiŋ fo moolu le la kuwo kamma, mennu be looriŋ jaŋ, fo ì si laa ko, ite le ye n kii.” 43 Kabiriŋ a ye ñiŋ fo, a sarita santo ko, “Lasarus, finti naŋ!” 44 Wo to le furewo fintita naŋ. A buloolu niŋ a siŋolu be miniŋ-minindiŋ niŋ kasankewo la. A ñaadaa be minindiŋ niŋ serebetoo la. Bituŋ Yeesu ko ì ye ko, “Ali a firiŋ, ali ye a bula, a ye taa.”
Feeroo sitita ka Yeesu faa
(Matiyu 26:1-5Maaka 14:1-2Luka 22:1-2)45 Yahuudi jamaa mennu niŋ Mariyaama naata, aniŋ ì ye a je, Yeesu ye meŋ ke, ì naata laa a la. 46 Bari doolu taata Farisewolu* yaa ka a fo ì ye, Yeesu ye meŋ ke. 47 Wo to le piriisi* ñaatonkoolu niŋ Farisewolu ye kansulumoolu kafu ñoo ma, aduŋ ì ko, “Saayiŋ, m̀ be muŋ ne ke la? Kaatu ñiŋ kewo ye taamanseeri jamaa le ke, 48 aduŋ niŋ ŋà a bula, a tententa ñiŋ na, moolu bee le be laa la a la. Bituŋ Roomankoolu be naa la le ka ñiŋ dulaa senuŋo tiñaa, aniŋ ǹ na bankoo.”
49 Bari moo kiliŋ tarata ì kono, ì ka a fo meŋ ye Kayifas, ate le mu piriisi kuntii baa ti wo saŋo la. A ko ì ye ko, “Alitolu maŋ feŋ ne loŋ. 50 Fo ali maŋ a fahaamu ko, a be fisiyaa la alitolu ye le ko, moo kiliŋ ye faa moolu ye, diina bankoo moolu bee ye kasaara.”
51 Kayifas le mu piriisi kuntii baa ti wo saŋo la. Wo le ye a tinna a ye meŋ fo, wo maŋ ke a fansuŋ kumoo ti, bari a ye ñaatokumoo le fo ko, Yeesu be faa la bankoo moolu le ye. 52 Aduŋ a la saayaa maŋ ke Yahuudoolu dammaa ye, bari Alla diŋolu bee, fo a si ì bee kafu ñoo ma ka ì ke kiliŋ ti, mennu be manee duniyaa kono taariŋ.
53 Ka bo wo luŋo la, Yahuudi kuntiyolu ye feeroo siti ka Yeesu faa. 54 Wo kamma la Yeesu buka taama kotenke Yahuudoolu kono kenebaa to. A bota jee, a taata tundoo doo kaŋ, meŋ be keñewuloo* daala, saatewo to, ì ka a fo daameŋ ye Efurayimu. Bituŋ a niŋ a la saayiboolu sabatita jee. 55 Kabiriŋ Maariyo Tambi Tumoo Juuraloo* sutiyaata naŋ, Yahuudi jamaa bota bankoolu kaŋ taariŋ ka naa Yerusalaamu. Ì naata juuna ka ì faŋ seneyandi, janniŋ Maariyo Tambi Tumoo Juuraloo be sii la. 56 Bituŋ moolu be Yeesu ñini kaŋ. Biriŋ ì be looriŋ Alla Batudulaa to, ì ko ñoo ye ko, “Ali ye muŋ ne miira, fo a te naa la juuraloo to baŋ?” 57 Ì ye wo fo le, kaatu piriisi ñaatonkoolu niŋ Farisewolu ye yaamaroo dii le ko, niŋ moo-wo-moo ye Yeesu taradulaa loŋ, wo maarii ñanta a fo la ì ye le, fo ì si a muta noo.
