John 11
1 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters Mary and Martha.
Te gen yon nonm yo te rele Laza ki tonbe malad. Li te rete Betani, yon ti bouk kote Mari t'ap viv ansanm ak Mat, sè l' la.
2 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.
(Mari sa a, se te fanm ki te vide odè sou pye Seyè a, epi ki te siye yo ak cheve li. Laza, nonm ki te malad la, se te frè li.)
3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus: “Lord, your close friend is sick.”
De sè yo voye yon moun bò kot Jezi pou di li: Seyè, zanmi ou lan malad.
4 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.”
Lè Jezi tande nouvèl la, li di: Maladi Laza a p'ap touye li. Tou sa rive pou fè moun wè pouvwa Bondye. Se ak maladi sa a Bondye pral fè wè pouvwa Pitit li a.
5 Even though Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus,
Jezi te renmen Mat, Mari, sè l' la, ansanm ak Laza.
6 and had heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained where he was for two more days.
Apre li fin pran nouvèl maladi Laza a, li rete de jou ankò kote l' te ye a.
7 Then he told the disciples, “Let's return to Judea.”
Apre sa, li di disip li yo: Ann tounen nan Jide.
8 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?”
Disip li yo reponn li: Mèt, pa gen lontan jwif yo t'ap chache touye ou ak kout wòch, epi koulye a ou vle tounen laba a ankò?
9 “Aren't there twelve hours in a day?” Jesus replied.
Jezi di yo: Gen douzè de tan nan yon jounen, pa vre? Si yon moun ap mache lajounen, li p'ap bite, paske li wè limyè k'ap klere tè a.
10 “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.”
Men, si yon moun ap mache lannwit, l'ap kase pye l', paske li pa gen limyè nan li.
11 After telling them this, he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm going to go there and wake him up!”
Lè Jezi fin di yo sa, li di ankò: Laza, zanmi nou an, ap dòmi. Mwen pral leve li.
12 The disciples said, “Lord, if he's sleeping then he'll get better.”
Disip yo reponn li: Mèt, si l'ap dòmi, li pral geri.
13 Jesus had been referring to the death of Lazarus, but the disciples thought he meant actual sleep.
Jezi te vle di yo Laza te mouri, men disip yo te konprann se dòmi Laza t'ap dòmi tankou tout moun konn fè.
14 So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
Lè sa a, Jezi di yo klè: Laza mouri.
15 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.”
Poutèt nou, mwen byen kontan mwen pa t' la. Konsa n'a kwè. Ann al jwenn li.
16 Thomas, the Twin, said to his fellow-disciples, “Let's go too so we can die with him.”
Lè sa a, Toma (yo te rele Jimo a) di lòt disip yo: Ann ale tou ansanm ak Mèt la pou n' ka mouri ansanm avè li.
17 When he arrived, Jesus learned that Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days.
Lè Jezi rive, li jwenn Laza te gen tan antere depi kat jou.
18 Bethany was just two miles from Jerusalem,
Betani te yon ti bouk toupre lavil Jerizalèm, twa kilomèt konsa, pa plis.
19 and many Jews had come to console Mary and Martha at the loss of their brother.
Anpil jwif te vin lakay Mat ak Mari pou konsole yo ak lanmò frè yo a.
20 When Martha found out that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
Lè Mat vin konnen Jezi t'ap vini, li pati, li al kontre li. Men, Mari te rete chita nan kay la.
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
Mat di Jezi konsa: Mèt, si ou te la, frè m' lan pa ta mouri non.
22 But I'm certain that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
Men, mwen konn sa: menm koulye a, Bondye va ba ou nenpòt kisa ou mande li.
23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Jezi di li: Frè ou la va leve vivan ankò.
24 “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day,” Martha answered.
Mat reponn li: Wi, mwen konn sa. Li gen pou l' leve vivan ankò nan dènye jou a, lè tout moun mouri yo va leve.
25 Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Those who trust in me will live, even though they die.
Jezi di li: Se mwen menm ki leve moun mouri yo, se mwen menm ki bay lavi. Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan mwen, yo gen pou yo viv menm si yo rive mouri.
Moun k'ap viv, epi ki mete konfyans yo nan mwen, yo p'ap janm mouri. Eske ou kwè sa? (aiōn g165)
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one expected to come to this world.”
Mat reponn li: Wi, Seyè, mwen kwè ou se Kris la, Pitit Bondye. Ou se moun ki te gen pou vini sou latè a.
28 When she had said this, she went and told her sister Mary in private, “The Teacher's here, and asking to see you.”
Lè Mat fin di sa, l' al rele Mari, sè l' la, li di l' nan zòrèy: Mèt la la wi. Li mande pou ou vin jwenn li.
29 As soon as she heard, Mary quickly got up and went to see him.
Tande Mari tande sa, li leve, li kouri al jwenn Jezi.
30 Jesus hadn't arrived in the village yet. He was still at the place where Martha had met him.
(Jezi pa t' ankò antre nan bouk la. Li te rete kote Mat te kontre l' la.)
31 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.
Jwif yo ki te nan kay la avèk Mari pou konsole l', lè yo wè l' leve soti, yo swiv li. Yo te konprann li tapral kriye bò kavo a.
32 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.”
Lè Mari rive kote Jezi te ye a, wè li wè l', li lage kò l' atè nan pye l', li di l' konsa: Seyè, si ou te la, frè m' lan pa ta mouri.
33 When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying as well, he was very troubled and upset.
Jezi wè jan li t'ap kriye ansanm ak jwif yo ki te vin avè l' yo, sa te fè l' mal anpil, kè l' t'ap fann.
34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked. They replied, “Lord, come and see.”
Li mande yo: Ki bò nou antere li? Yo reponn li: Seyè, vin wè non.
35 Then Jesus cried too.
Jezi kriye.
36 “See how much he loved him,” the Jews said.
Lè sa a, jwif yo di: Gade jan li te renmen l' non!
37 But some of them said, “If he could open the eyes of a blind man, couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
Men, te gen kèk nan yo ki t'ap di: Li menm ki louvri je avèg yo, li pa t' kapab anpeche Laza mouri?
38 Very troubled, Jesus went to the tomb. It was a cave with a large stone placed at the entrance.
Sa te fè Jezi pi mal ankò. li al bò kavo a. Se te yon gwòt avèk yon wòch yo te mete devan bouch li.
39 “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.”
Jezi di yo: Wete wòch la. Mat, sè mò a, di l' konsa: Seyè, li dwe kòmanse santi deja, sa fè kat jou depi l' nan kavo a.
40 “Didn't I tell you that if you trusted me you would see God's glory?” Jesus replied.
Jezi reponn li: Mwen pa deja di ou: Si ou kwè, wa wè pouvwa Bondye?
41 So they removed the stone. Jesus looked heavenwards, and said, “Father, thank you for listening to me.
Se konsa, yo wete wòch la. Jezi leve je l' anlè nan syèl la, li di: Mèsi, Papa, dèske ou te tande mwen.
42 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.”
Mwen menm, mwen konnen ou toujou tande m', men se poutèt moun sa yo ki bò kote m' lan m'ap di ou sa, pou yo sa kwè se ou menm ki voye mwen.
43 After saying this, Jesus shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
Lè l' fin di pawòl sa yo, li rele byen fò: Laza, soti deyò!
44 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.
Mò a soti, de pye l' ak de men l' yo tou mare ak bann twal, figi l' tou vlope nan yon moso twal. Jezi di yo: Demare l' non, kite l' ale.
45 Consequently many of the Jews who had come to comfort Mary and who saw what Jesus did put their trust in him.
Nan jwif ki te vin kay Mari yo epi ki te wè sa Jezi te fè a, anpil te kwè nan li.
46 But others went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
Men, gen ladan yo ki al jwenn farizyen yo. Yo rakonte yo sa Jezi te fè.
47 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.
Farizyen yo menm ansanm ak chèf prèt yo reyini Gran Konsèy la. Yo mande: Kisa n'ap fè? Nonm sa a ap fè anpil mirak.
48 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.”
Si nou pa fè l' sispann, tout moun pral kwè nan li. Talè konsa, otorite women yo va antre nan koze a, y'a detwi ni tanp nou an ni peyi nou an.
49 “You don't understand anything!” said Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
Te gen yonn ladan yo ki te rele Kayif. Se li menm ki te granprèt pou lanne a. Li di yo: Gen lè nou pa konprann anyen!
50 “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?”
Nou pa wè li pi bon pou nou si yon sèl moun mouri pou pèp la. Konsa tout peyi a va sove.
51 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.
(Kayif pa te di sa konsa non. Men, li te granprèt pou lanne a, konsa li t'ap fè konnen davans ki jan Jezi te dwe mouri pou tout jwif ki nan peyi a.
52 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.
Epi, pa sèlman pou jwif yo, men tou pou l' te sanble tout pitit Bondye ki gaye yo nan yon sèl kò.)
53 From that time on they plotted how they might kill Jesus.
Se depi jou sa a otorite jwif yo pran desizyon pou yo touye Jezi.
54 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.
Se poutèt sa tou Jezi te sispann fè ale vini nan mitan jwif yo an piblik. Li mete kò l' yon kote toupre dezè a, nan yon vil yo rele Efrayim. Se la li te rete ak disip li yo.
55 It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover, and many people went from the countryside to Jerusalem to purify themselves for the Passover.
Fèt Delivrans jwif yo te prèt pou rive. Anpil moun soti toupatou nan peyi a, yo moute Jerizalèm anvan fèt la pou yo te ka fè sèvis pou mete yo nan kondisyon pou yo sèvi Bondye.
56 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?”
Yo t'ap chache Jezi. Antan yo tout te nan tanp lan, yonn t'ap mande lòt: Sa nou di? Ou kwè l'ap vin nan fèt la?
57 The chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it so they could arrest him.
Chèf prèt yo ansanm ak farizyen yo te bay lòd sa a: Si yon moun te konnen kote Jezi te ye, se pou l' fè yo konnen pou yo ka arete li.
