Yone 11
1 Bedani moilai dunu afae ea dio amo La: salase, da oloi dialu. Bedani moilaiga Meli amola ea aba Mada da esalu.
[One time] there was a man whose name was Lazarus who was [very] sick. He lived in Bethany [village], where his [older] sisters Mary and Martha also lived.
2 (Meli da gabusiga: manoma Yesu Ea emo amoga sogadigili, ea dialuma hinaboga doga: i. Ea ola La: salase da oloi dialu.)
Mary was the woman who [later] poured perfume on the feet of the Lord [Jesus], and then wiped his feet with her hair.
3 Amo a: fini aduna da Yesuma sia: si, “Hina! Dia dogolegei na: iyado da oloi diala.”
So the two sisters sent [someone to tell] Jesus [about Lazarus], saying, “Lord, the one you love [very much] is very sick.”
4 Amo sia: nababeba: le, Yesu E amane sia: i, “Amo oloi da La: salase dafawane bogoma: ne hame misi. Be dunu huluane Gode Ea hadigi ida: iwane ba: ma: ne, amola Gode Egefe hadigi lama: ne, amo oloi da mui dagoi.”
[They hoped that Jesus would come], but when Jesus heard the message, he said, “His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in [people realizing] how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of [what I will do].”
5 Yesu da Mada, Meli amola La: salase, ilima bagadewane asigisu.
Jesus loved Martha and her [younger] sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
6 Be La: salase da oloi dialu nababeba: le, E da hedolo mae asili, eso aduna eno ouesalu
But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed [where he was] for two more days.
7 Amalalu, E da Ea ado ba: su dunuma amane sia: i, “Ninia Yudia sogega ahoa: di!”
But Jesus [wanted to see Lazarus]. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 Yesu Ea ado ba: su dunu ilia da bu adole i, “Olelesu! Eso enoga, gasidawane, Yudia soge dunu da Di igiga medole legemusa: dawa: i galu. Di da abuliba: le buhagimusa: dawa: bela: ?”
We said, “Teacher, just a short while ago the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] wanted to [kill you by] throwing stones at you. So ([we think that you should not] go back there again!/[are you sure that you want to] go back there again?) [RHQ]”
9 Yesu E amane sia: i, “Esoga da hawa: hamomusa: gini hadigi diala. Nowa da esomogoa ahoasea, e da osobo bagade hadigi amo ganodini ahoabeba: le, hame sadenane dafasa.
[To show us that nothing bad could happen to him until the time that God had chosen] [MET], Jesus replied, “There are [RHQ] twelve hours in the daytime, [which is enough time to do what God wants us to do]. People who walk in the daytime will not stumble [over things they cannot see], because they see things by the light from the sun.
10 Be e da gasimogoa ahoasea, hadigi hameba: le, hedolowane sadenane dafasa.”
It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.”
11 Amo sia: dagoloba, Yesu E bu sia: i “Ninia na: iyado La: salase, e da golai dialebe ba: i. Be Na da e didilisimusa: masunu.”
After he said that, he told us, “Our friend Lazarus has gone to sleep. But I will go there so that I can wake him up.”
12 Yesu Ea ado ba: su dunu da bu adole i, “E da midi fawane dialebeba: le hedolo uhimu.”
So we said to him, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well. [So you do not need to risk your life by going there].”
13 La: salase da bogoidafa, Yesu da sia: musa: dawa: i. Be ilia dawa: loba, Yesu da La: salase golai fawane sia: i.
Jesus was speaking [figuratively] about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep.
14 Amaiba: le, Yesu da moloiwane olelei, “La: salase da bogoidafa.
So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 Be dilia da Na hou dafawaneyale dawa: ma: ne, Na da La: salase ea bogoi sogebi amoga e fidima: ne hame esalebeba: le, Na da hahawane gala. Ninia da e ba: la ahoa: di!”
But for your sake I am glad that I was not there [when he died], because I want you to believe [more firmly that I] ([am the Messiah/came from God]). So now, [instead of staying here], let’s go to him.”
16 Domase (amo dawa: loma: ne da mano aduna ame afae, eso afae amoga lalelegei) e da eno ado ba: su dunuma amane sia: i, “Defea! Ninia huluane gilisili bogoma: ne, Olelesu sigi masunu da defea.”
Then Thomas, who was {whom they} called ‘The Twin’, said to the rest of us disciples, “Let’s all go, so that we may die with Jesus [when his enemies kill him].”
17 Yesu da Bedani moilaiga doaga: beba: le, La: salase da eso biyadu agoane bogoi uli dagoi ganodini dialebe, amo E da nabi dagoi.
When we arrived [close to Bethany], someone told Jesus that Lazarus [had died and had been buried and his body had] been in the tomb for four days.
18 Bedani da Yelusaleme moilai bai bagade amoga sedade defei da1 gilomida dialu.
Bethany is less than (two miles/three kilometers) from Jerusalem.
19 Yudia dunu bagohame, Mada amola Meli ela ola bogoiba: le, ela fidimusa: misi esalu.
Many Jews had come [from Jerusalem] to console Martha and Mary over [the death of] their [younger] brother.
20 Yesu Ea misi nababeba: le, Mada da logoga E yosia: musa: asi. Be Meli da diasuga esalu.
When Martha heard [someone say] that Jesus was coming, she went [along the road] to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
21 Mada da Yesuma amane sia: i, “Hina! Di guiguda: esala ganiaba, naola da hame bogola: loba.
When Martha [got to where Jesus was], she said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died [because you would have healed him]!
22 Be na dawa: ! Di da Godema adole ba: sea, E da Dia hanai liligi Dima imunu.”
But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask [concerning my brother].”
23 Yesu bu adole i, “Diola da uhini bu wa: legadomu.”
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!”
24 Mada amane sia: i, “Na dawa: ! Soge wadela: mu esoha, dunu huluane da wa: legadomu.”
Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the [Judgment] day.”
25 Yesu E amane sia: i, “Na da Wa: legadosudafa. Na da Fifi Ahoanusudafa. Nowa da bogoiwane dialebe be Na sia: dafawaneyale dawa: sea, e da bu esalumu.
Jesus said to her, “I am the one who [enables people to] become alive again and who [causes people to] live [eternally]. Those who believe in me, even if they die, will live [again].
26 Nowa esala dunu da Na sia: dafawaneyale dawa: sea, e da mae bogole esalalalumu. Amo sia: di dafawaneyale dawa: bela: ?” (aiōn g165)
Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, [their souls] will not die [forever]. Do you believe that?” (aiōn g165)
27 Mada da bu adole i, “Ma! Hina! Di da Mesaia, Gode Egefedafa amo da osobo bagadega misunu galu.”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord! I believe that you are the Messiah, (the Son of God/the man who is also God). You are the one [God promised to send] into the world!”
28 Amo sia: nanu, Mada buhagili, ea eya Melima wamowane sia: i, “Olelesu da doaga: i dagoi. E da Di Ema misa: ne sia: sa!”
After she said that, she returned [to the house] and took her [younger] sister, Mary, aside and said to her, “The Teacher is close [to our village], and he wants to talk to you.”
29 Amo sia: nababeba: le, Meli da hedolowane wa: legadole, asili, Yesu yosia: musa: asi.
When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 (Yesu da moilaidafa amoga hame doaga: i. E da Mada ea Ema yosia: i sogebi amogai esalu.)
Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha met him.
31 Meli da hedolowane wa: legadole, asili ba: loba, ea fidisu na: iyado da e da bogoi uli dogoi amoga dimusa: masunu dawa: i galu. Amaiba: le, ilia da ema fa: no bobogei.
The Jews who were in the house with Mary, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go outside. So they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb [where they had buried Lazarus], in order to cry there.
32 Yesu E esalu sogebi doaga: loba, Meli da Ea emo gadenene diasa: ili, amane sia: i, “Hina! Di da guiguda: esala ganiaba, naola da hame bogola: loba.”
When Mary got to where Jesus was and saw him, she prostrated herself at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my [younger] brother would not have died!”
33 Meli da dinanebe, amola ea fidisu dunu huluane ilia dinanebe, amo ba: loba, Yesu Ea dogo ganodini dimusa: dawa: i galu.
When Jesus saw her crying, and saw that the Jews who had come with her were also crying, he was very angry [that Satan had caused Lazarus to die] (OR, very troubled) and disturbed in his spirit.
34 E da ilima amane sia: i, “Dilia ea da: i hodo habi uli dogone salila: ?” Ilia bu adole i, “Hina! Ba: la misa.”
He said, “Where have you buried (him/his body)?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Yesu da di.
Jesus began to cry.
36 Dunu huluane da amane sia: i, “Ba: ma! E da ema bagade asigisa!”
Then [some of] the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!”
37 Be eno dunu da amane sia: i, “E da si dofoi dunu bu ba: ma: ne, ea si hahamoi. Ebeda! E da gui esala ganiaba, E da La: salase ea bogomu logo hedofala: lobala: ?”
But some others said, “He enabled a blind man to see. So (he should have been able to [heal this man so that] he did not die!/why did he not [heal this man so that] he did not die?) [RHQ]”
38 Yesu da ea dogo ganodini se nabawane, La: salase ea uli dogoi amoga doaga: i. Amo da gele gelabo, ea logo holei igi bagadega bebesole ga: si.
Within himself Jesus was again very angry [about Lazarus dying] (OR, very troubled). He came to the tomb. It was a cave. The entrance had been covered with a large stone.
39 Yesu E amane sia: i, “Gele ga: i bebesole fasima!” Be bogoi ea aba Mada da Yesuma amane sia: i, “Hina! E da eso biyaduyale gala uli dogoi ganodini salabeba: le, dasai dagoi. Gaha bagade ganumu.”
Jesus said, “Take away the stone!” Martha, [who, as I mentioned before, was an older] sister of the man who had died, said, “Lord, his [body] has been [in the tomb] for four days, so now there will be a bad smell!”
40 Yesu da bu adole i, “Na musa: dima sia: i dagoi! Di dafawaneyale dawa: sea, Gode Ea hadigidafa ba: mu.”
Jesus said to her, “I told [RHQ] you that if you believed [in] ([me/what I can do]), you would see how great God is! Have [you forgotten that]?”
41 Amalalu, ilia da gele logo ga: su besole fasi. Yesu da ba: le gadole, Godema nodone sia: i, “Ada! Di da Na sia: nababeba: le, Na Dima nodone sia: sa.
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up [toward heaven] and said, “My Father, I thank you that you heard me [when I prayed about this earlier].
42 Di da eso huluane Na sia: naba! Amo Na dawa: Be dunu gui esala ilia da Dia Na asunasi dagoi amo dafawaneyale dawa: ma: ne, Na da amo sia: sa!”
I know that you always hear me [when I pray]. But instead [of just praying silently], I said that for the sake of the people who are standing here. I want them to believe that you sent me.”
43 Amo sia: nanu, E da ha: giwane wele sia: i, “La: salase! Di wa: legadole, misa!”
After he said that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 La: salase da wa: legadole, gadili misi. Ea da: i hodo amola ea odagi da bogoi abula amoga sosoi ba: i. Yesu E amane sia: i, “E hahawane masa: ne, ea bogoi abula fadegale fasima.”
The man who [had been] dead came out! The strips of cloth were still wrapped around his [hands and feet], and a cloth was still around his face, [but he came out]! Jesus said to them, “Take off the cloths so that he can walk easily!” [So they did that].
45 Dunu bagohame Melima fidimusa: misi, amo Yesu Ea hou ba: beba: le, ilia Yesu Ea hou lalegagumusa: dafawaneyale dawa: i dagoi.
As a result, many of the Jews who had come to [see] Mary and who had seen what Jesus did, believed that he ([was the Messiah/had come from God]).
46 Be mogili da Fa: lisi dunu ilima buhagili, Yesu Ea hou ilima adole i.
But some of the [others] went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Amalalu, Fa: lisi dunu, gobele salasu ouligisu dunu, amola asigilai Gasolo dunu, ilia da gilisili fofada: lalu, amane sia: i, “Ninia adi hamoma: bela: ? Amo dunu da musa: hame ba: su dawa: digima: ne olelesu bagohame hamonana.
So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered all the members of the [Jewish] Council together. They started saying [to each other], “What are we going to do [about Jesus]? He is performing many miracles!
48 Ninia da Ea logo hame hedofasea, dunu huluanedafa da ea hou dafawaneyale dawa: mu. Amasea, Louma dadi gagui dunu da wa: legadole, ninia Debolo Diasu amola ninia fi dunu gugunufinisimu.”
If we allow him to keep [doing this], everyone will believe (in him/that he [is the Messiah]), [and they will make him their king]. Then the Roman [army] will come and destroy our Temple and our whole nation of Israel!”
49 Amo ode, dunu ea dio amo Ga: iafa: se da Gobele salasu Ouligisu dunu esalu. E da ilima amane sia: i, “Dilia da gagaoui dunu.
One of the [Jewish Council] members was Caiaphas. He was the Jewish high priest that year. [Hinting that they should get rid of Jesus], he said to them, “You [talk as though you] do not know anything [HYP]!
50 Ninia fi dunu huluane bogosa: besa: le, dunu afadafa fawane da dunu huluane mae bogoma: ne hi fawane bogomu da defea. Dilia da amo hame dawa: bela: ?”
You do not realize that it would be much better for us if one man died for the sake of the people rather than that [the Romans kill] all the [people of our Jewish] nation.”
51 E da amo sia: hisu fawane hame sia: i. Be e da Gobele salasu Ouligisu dunu hawa: hamobeba: le, Yesu da Yu fi dunu ili wadela: i hou hamoiba: le dabe ima: ne bogomu, amo e da mae dawa: iwane ba: la: lusu.
He said that, not because he thought of it himself. Instead, since he was the high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the whole [Jewish] nation.
52 Be Yu fi dunu fidima: ne amo fawane hame. Be Gode Ea fidafa dunu huluane osobo bagadega afafai, amo huluane gilisisu afadafa fawane bu hamoma: ne, e da Yesu da bogomu sia: i.
But he was also prophesying that Jesus would die, not just for the Jews, but for all the people living in other lands who [would belong] to God, in order that he would unite [all of them into] one [group].
53 Amogalu, Yu ouligisu dunu mae helefili, Yesu medole legemu logo hogoi helei.
So from that day the [Jewish leaders] started to make plans how they could kill Jesus.
54 Amaiba: le, dunu huluane da ba: sa: besa: le, Yesu da Yudia soge ganodini hame ahoasu. Be E da wamowane diasu ea dio amo Ifala: ime, wadela: i hafoga: i soge amo ganodini dialu, amoga asili, E amola Ea ado ba: su dunu esalu.
Because of that, Jesus no longer traveled around publicly among the Jewish people. Instead, he left [Jerusalem, along] with us disciples, and went to a village called Ephraim, in an area near the desolate region. We stayed there [for a while].
55 Baligisu Lolo Nasu da gadeneiba: le, dunu bagohame da ilia soge yolesili, Yelusaleme moilai bai bagadega doaga: musa: asi. Ilia musa: hou hahamomusa: , amola sema dodofesu hou hamomusa: , asi.
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover [celebration], many [Jews] went up to Jerusalem from other places in the country. They went there to perform the rituals to make themselves acceptable [to God] before the Passover [celebration started].
56 Ilia da Yesu hogosu. Be Debolo Diasu ganodini ilia gilisisia, ilia amane sia: dasu, “Dilia adi dawa: bela: ? E da Lolo Nasu amoma misa: bela: ? Ma hame misa: bela: ?”
The Jewish chief priests and Pharisees issued an order that if anyone found out where Jesus was, that person should report it to them, in order that they could seize him. [So the people thought that Jesus would] probably [not dare to come to the celebration]. But they kept looking for him, and as they were standing in the Temple [courtyard] they were saying to each other, “What do you think? He will not come to the celebration, will he?”
57 Gobele salasu ouligisu dunu amola Fa: lisi dunu, ilia da dunu huluane ilima ilia da Yesu ba: sea, ilima adoma: ne gasa bagadewane sia: i dagoi. Ilia da Yesu afugili gagulaligimusa: dawa: i galu.
