The Death of Lazarus
1 A man named Lazarus, who lived in Bethany, became sick. Bethany was the town where Mary and her sister Martha lived. ( 2 This Mary was the one who poured the perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.) 3 The sisters sent Jesus a message: “Lord, your dear friend is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard it, he said, “The final result of this sickness will not be the death of Lazarus; this has happened in order to bring glory to God, and it will be the means by which the Son of God will receive glory.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 Yet when he received the news that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days. 7 Then he said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 “Teacher,” the disciples answered, “just a short time ago the people there wanted to stone you; and are you planning to go back?”
9 Jesus said, “A day has twelve hours, doesn't it? So those who walk in broad daylight do not stumble, for they see the light of this world. 10 But if they walk during the night they stumble, because they have no light.” 11 Jesus said this and then added, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I will go and wake him up.”
12 The disciples answered, “If he is asleep, Lord, he will get well.”
13 Jesus meant that Lazarus had died, but they thought he meant natural sleep. 14 So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 but for your sake I am glad that I was not with him, so that you will believe. Let us go to him.”
16 Thomas (called the Twin) said to his fellow disciples, “Let us all go along with the Teacher, so that we may die with him!”
Jesus the Resurrection and the Life
17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been buried four days before. 18 Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, 19 and many Judeans had come to see Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother's death.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “If you had been here, Lord, my brother would not have died! 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask him for.”
23 “Your brother will rise to life,” Jesus told her.
24 “I know,” she replied, “that he will rise to life on the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die; 26 and those who live and believe in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord!” she answered. “I do believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
Jesus Weeps
28 After Martha said this, she went back and called her sister Mary privately. “The Teacher is here,” she told her, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up and hurried out to meet him. ( 30 Jesus had not yet arrived in the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.) 31 The people who were in the house with Mary comforting her followed her when they saw her get up and hurry out. They thought that she was going to the grave to weep there.
32 Mary arrived where Jesus was, and as soon as she saw him, she fell at his feet. “Lord,” she said, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died!”
33 Jesus saw her weeping, and he saw how the people with her were weeping also; his heart was touched, and he was deeply moved. 34 “Where have you buried him?” he asked them.
“Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
35 Jesus wept. 36 “See how much he loved him!” the people said.
37 But some of them said, “He gave sight to the blind man, didn't he? Could he not have kept Lazarus from dying?”
Lazarus Is Brought to Life
38 Deeply moved once more, Jesus went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone placed at the entrance. 39 “Take the stone away!” Jesus ordered.
Martha, the dead man's sister, answered, “There will be a bad smell, Lord. He has been buried four days!”
40 Jesus said to her, “Didn't I tell you that you would see God's glory if you believed?” 41 They took the stone away. Jesus looked up and said, “I thank you, Father, that you listen to me. 42 I know that you always listen to me, but I say this for the sake of the people here, so that they will believe that you sent me.” 43 After he had said this, he called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 He came out, his hands and feet wrapped in grave cloths, and with a cloth around his face. “Untie him,” Jesus told them, “and let him go.”
The Plot against Jesus
(Matthew 26.1-5Mark 14.1Mark 2Luke 22.1Luke 2)45 Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did, and they believed in him. 46 But some of them returned to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the Pharisees and the chief priests met with the Council and said, “What shall we do? Look at all the miracles this man is performing! 48 If we let him go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Roman authorities will take action and destroy our Temple and our nation!”
49 One of them, named Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said, “What fools you are! 50 Don't you realize that it is better for you to have one man die for the people, instead of having the whole nation destroyed?” 51 Actually, he did not say this of his own accord; rather, as he was High Priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish people, 52 and not only for them, but also to bring together into one body all the scattered people of God.
53 From that day on the Jewish authorities made plans to kill Jesus. 54 So Jesus did not travel openly in Judea, but left and went to a place near the desert, to a town named Ephraim, where he stayed with the disciples.
55 The time for the Passover Festival was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to perform the ritual of purification before the festival. 56 They were looking for Jesus, and as they gathered in the Temple, they asked one another, “What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?” 57 The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he must report it, so that they could 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.
