Yohana 11
1 U igun wa ba yo ni Lazaru, a lo'a hi indji u Baitanya, ni gbu ba Mariyamu ni vayi ma Marta.
A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters Mary and Martha.
2 Mariyamu wa gban yen ni Bachi na se za ma ni futu ma, wa vayi Lazaru si lo'a.
Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick.
3 Imri vayi maba ton ba adu hi ni Yesu, andi, “Bachi, ya, indji wa'u son si to.”
So the sisters sent a message to Jesus: “Lord, your close friend is sick.”
4 Wawo, na tre, “Lilo mba ni nji hi kwu na nitu gbere san rji ni ndu vren Rji ndu fe gbere san ni tu ma.”
When Jesus heard the news he said, “The end result of this sickness will not be death. Through this God's glory will be revealed so that the Son of God may be glorified.”
5 Yesu ni son Marta, ni vayi ma vren wa ni Lazaru.
Even though Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus,
6 Wa a wo ndi Lazaru silo'a, na kri ti ivi hari ni bubu wa ahe.
and had heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained where he was for two more days.
7 Ni kogon ki, wa hla, ni almajere ma, “Biri ki hi ni Yahudiya ngari.”
Then he told the disciples, “Let's return to Judea.”
8 U almajere ba hla niwu, “Mala, Yahudawa bari si wa ndi ba ta ni tita, u la ni son k'ma hi ni ki?
The disciples replied, “Rabbi, just a few days ago the Jews were trying to stone you. Do you really want to go back there now?”
9 Yesu tre niba, andi inton u kpan rji ana awa wulon don ha na? Indji wa a zren ni ri, ana kubu zana, ni wa asi to kpan u gbungbulu yi.
“Aren't there twelve hours in a day?” Jesus replied.
10 Indji wa ni zren ni chu, ani kubu za nitu wa ikpan na he na.
“If you walk during the day you don't stumble because you can see where you're going by the light of this world. But if you walk during the night you stumble because you have no light.”
11 A tre kpe biyi ni kogon biyi, a hla ni bawu, “Ikpan mbu Lazaru a si kru nna, mi si hi bubu shime lunde ni na.
After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there and wake him up!”
12 U almajere ba hla niwu, “Bachi, ani ta si kruna, e ani shime ni nna'a.”
The disciples said, “Lord, if he's sleeping then he'll get better.”
13 Yesu si tre ni tu kwu Lazaru u ba si nda asi tre nitu kruna u kusimu.
Jesus had been referring to the death of Lazarus, but the disciples thought he meant actual sleep.
14 U Yesu a mamla hla ni bawu ndi, “Lazaru kwu.
So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 Mi ngyiri ni tubi, niwa mina he na ni ndu kpanyeme. Biri ki hi niwu.”
For your sake I'm glad I wasn't there, because now you will be able to trust in me. Let's go and see him.”
16 Toma, wa ba yo ndi vren u hlen hen, a hla ni mburualmajere ba ndu baba hi ngame na hi kwu ni Yesu.”
Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, “Let's go too so we can die with him.”
17 Wa Yesu aye, u wa ye to Lazaru ati za'a ni be ye.
When he arrived, Jesus learned that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.
18 Baitanya ahe whewhre ni Urushalima, avi zren fifie me ni tsutsu mba.
Bethany was just two miles from Jerusalem,
19 Yahudawa gbugbuwu ba ye ni ye chiMaryamu mba Marta ni kwu Lazaru.
and many Jews had come to console Mary and Martha at the loss of their brother.
20 Wa Marta wo andi Yesu ni ye, na luhi ni ndu wawu hi same wu'a u Maryamu a son zu ni miko.
When Martha found out that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 Marta hla ni Yesu, “Bachi, una he nita ni lalon mu, vayi mu ana kwu na.”
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
22 Zizan me mi to ikpe wa u bre Rji ani no'u.”
But I'm certain that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23 Yesu hla niwu, vayi me ni ta shime.
Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 U Marta hla niwu, “Mi to ani ta shime chachu klekle.”
“I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day,” Martha answered.
25 Yesu hla niwu, “Ime yi mi ta shime u klekle, Ime yi mi re (iviri), indji wa a kpanyeme ni me, ani ta kwu, ani ta shime;
Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die.
All who live in me and trust in me will never die. Do you believe this?” (aiōn g165)
27 U wa hla niwu, “E, Bachi, mi kpanyeme andi iwuyi u Almasihu, Vren Rji, iwa ani ye ni gbungbulu'a.
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one expected to come to this world.”
28 Ni wa a hla naki, na kma hi ni vayi ma Maryamu, na yo ti gigran, na hla, “Mala ye ri ye, na ni yo.”
When she had said this, she went and told her sister Mary in private, “The Teacher's here, and asking to see you.”
29 Wa a wo naki, wa lunde gbagbla hi niwu.
As soon as she heard, Mary quickly got up and went to see him.
30 Yesu na ri ni vi gbu'a rina, ahe ni bubu wa Iwa ka same ni wu'a.
Jesus hadn't arrived in the village yet. He was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 Ni Yahudawa wa ba he baba Maryamu biwa ba ye chi ba ni kwu'a, bato lu rju ni miko gbagbla me, u ba lu hu, ni ban andi a rju ni bubu yi ni nyu be.
The Jews who had been comforting Mary in the home saw how she'd got up quickly and left. So they followed her, thinking she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Wa a ka ri ni bubu wa Yesu he'a na ka Joku niwu ni za ma, na hla, “Bachi, una he nita, vayimuy ana kwu na.”
When Mary arrived at the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.”
33 Wa Yesu ato'u si yi, ni Yahudawa biwa ba hu'a, i wa kpere ni Ruhu na lo ni suron;
When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying as well, he was very troubled and upset.
34 iwa tre, bika yo ni ntsen? “U ba hla niwu, “Bachi, ye to.”
“Where have you laid him?” he asked. They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Yesu yi.
Then Jesus cried too.
36 U Yahudawa ba ba hla ndi, “toh yanda ani son Lazaru!”
“See how much he loved him,” the Jews said.
37 Ba mba ba tre, “Wawu igu yi wa a ya no indji u fyen to bubu'a, ani na ya u gu hi bubu kwu na?
But some of them said, “If he could open the eyes of a blind man, couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Yesu he ni mi si lo suron ni tu ma, na hi ni be'a. Ibe'a a he ni ko fron tita u ba ka he ni tita.
Very troubled, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone placed at the entrance.
39 U Yesu tre, “Ban tita yi rju.” Marta vayi Lazaru wa a kwu a, a hla ni Yesu, “Bachi, zizan ikon kmo a gla ye niwa a ti ivi nzah ni kwu.
“Remove the stone,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man's sister, said, “Lord, by now there will be a terrible smell, for he's been dead for four days.”
40 Yesu hla niwu, mina hla niwu ikpe wa u kpanyeme u to nikon u Rji'a na?
“Didn't I tell you that if you trusted me you would see God's glory?” Jesus replied.
41 U ba ban tita rju, Yesu zun shishi na tre, “Iti, mi ngyiri niwu niwa u wo me.”
So they removed the stone. Jesus looked heavenwards, and said, “Father, thank you for listening to me.
42 Mi to wa u wo me ni ton wawu, nitu son yi wa gyen klan kagon mu yi mi tre wa, ni ndu ba kpanyeme andi ahi wuyi u ton me.”
I know you always listen to me. I said this because of the crowd standing here so that they will believe that you sent me.”
43 Ni wa a tre kle, na tre gbame, Lazaru rju”
After saying this, Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 U ndji wa a kwu'a a lu rju, u za ma ni wo ma ba he ni lilo'o ni pri, shishima he ni kika ni gbanjan nklon. Yesu hla bawu, “Bika siwu, ndu hi.”
The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of linen, and with a cloth around his face. “Unbind him and set him free,” Jesus told them.
45 Gbugbuwu ni mi Yahudawa wa ba ye ni Maryamu ba to ikpe wa Yesu ti'a u ba kpanyeme niwu.
Consequently many of the Jews who had come to comfort Mary and who saw what Jesus did put their trust in him.
46 U bari ba kma hi naka hla ni Farisawa ikpe wa Yesu a ti'a.
But others went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 U Firistoci bi nigon,'a ni Farisawa ba yo indji bi kpanchi'a shuti buburi, u ba tre, ageri kita?” igu yi ani ti gban bi babran.
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the ruling council. “What shall we do?” they asked. “This man is doing many miracles.
48 Ki ta kadon naki, indji ba kpa'u nyeme, Romawa ba ye kpa bubu mbu, ni ndji mbu.
If we allow him to continue, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will destroy both the Temple and our status as a nation.”
49 Naki, iri ni mi mba kayatas kena wa ndi ahi kikle Firist ni se kima, a hla bawu, “Bi na to kpe na.
“You don't understand anything!” said Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
50 Bi na mla ya a bi zan ni ndu indji riri kwu ni tu indji, ni wa indji wawu ba sutuna.”
“Can't you see that it's better for you that one man die for the people so that the whole nation won't be destroyed?”
51 A hla ki, ana nitu ma kankrji ma na, ani tu iwa a hi kikle Firist, a to tsu ndi Yesu ni yi ni kwu ni tu ndji;
He didn't say this on his own behalf, but as chief priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation.
52 ana nitu indji kankrji na, anitu ndu ba shi imri Irji ti ni buburi biwa ba lu vra kagon.
And this was not just for the Jewish nation, but for all the scattered children of God so that they might be gathered together and be made into one.
53 Rji ni chachu ki na lu ni tsikpa bubu wa ndu ba wu Yesu.
From that time on they made plans as to how they might kill Jesus.
54 Rji ni ki Yesu na la ni zren ni rira ni mi Yahudawa na. Wa ala kma hi ni kalan ri whiwhre ni miji ni gburi wa ba yo Ifraimu. Ni mu a son ni almajere ma.
So Jesus did not travel openly among the Jews but went to a town called Ephraim in the region near the desert and stayed there with his disciples.
55 Igan u ru gran (indji ketarewa) u Yahudawa a tewhre, gbugbu ba hi Urushalima rji ni klan meme'a hi ri ndu ivi idiri ni ndu ba kati tsatsra.
It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves for the Passover.
56 U lu ri wa Yesu, na ni tre ni kpa mba niwa ba kri ni ni hekeli andi, “Angye bi ki rhimre? Ana ye ni idin na?
People were looking for Jesus and talking about him as they stood in the Temple. “What do you think?” they asked each other. “Isn't he coming to the festival?”
57 Kikle Firist ni Farisawa ba yo du andi ko ni zen wa ba to Yesu ba ka ye hla ni ndu ba vu.
The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it so they could arrest him.
