John 11
1 [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.
Omuntu omo itawa lyakwe ali yo Lazalo ali bhinu. Afumiye hu Bethania, eshijiji sha Mariamu na odaada wakwe oMasa.
2 Mary was the woman who [later] poured perfume on the feet of the Lord [Jesus], and then wiped his feet with her hair.
Ali yo Mariamu yayola wapeshe Ogosi Amarhamu na hufute amagaga gakwe hwii sisi lyakwe, ola oholo wakwe oLazalo wali bhinu.
3 So the two sisters sent [someone to tell] Jesus [about Lazarus], saying, “Lord, the one you love [very much] is very sick.”
Ailombo ebha bhatumile oujumbe hwa Yesu na yanje, “Gosi, enya ola wogene abhawa.”
4 [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].”
O Yesu na honvwa ajile, “Empongo ene se yafwe, ila, baada yeshoye umwamihwe wa Ngolobhe aje Omwana wa Ngolobhe apate amwamihwe ashilile hwenyo empongo.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her [younger] sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
O Yesu agene oMasa no dada wakwe no Lazalo.
6 But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed [where he was] for two more days.
Lwa honvwezye aje oLozalo bhinu, oYesu akheye insiku izbhele ashizanye pala pahali.
7 But Jesus [wanted to see Lazarus]. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
Eshi baada yelyo abhabhozya abhanafunzi bhakwe, “Saali huu Yahudi nantele.”
8 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]”
Abhanafunzi bhabhozya, “Mwalimu, Ayahudi bhali bhalenga ahupole na mawe, na aweohonza awele hwohwo nantele?”
9 [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.
O Yesu ayanga, “Esala zya pasanya sezili kumi ne zibhele? Omuntu ajenda pasanya sawezizye abomele, afuatanaje alola hulukhozyo lwa pasanya.
10 It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.”
Ata sheshi nkashe anzajende no siku, anzabomele afuatanaje olukhozyo nalumo muhati yakwe.”
11 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.”
O Yesu ayanga enongwa ezi, baada ye nongwa ezi, abhabhozya, “Owamwetu oLazalo agonile, ila embala aje empate ahubhosye afume mutulo.”
12 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].”
Abhanafunzi bhabhozya, “Gosi, nkashe agonile, anzabhoshe.
13 Jesus was speaking [figuratively] about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep.
Ensiku izyo oYesu ali ayanga ahusu enfwa ya Lazalo, ila abhene bhamenye aje ayanga ahusu agone otulo.
14 So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
O Yesu nkayanga na bhene pazelu pazelu, “O Lazalo afwiye.
15 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.”
Lusongwo lwendiinalwo hulimwe aje senahali hula aje mubhe no lweteshelo. Saali hwa mwene.”
16 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].”
O Tomaso wa hetwaga Pacha, abhozya abhanafunzi amwabho, “Nate saalitifwe pamo no Yesu.”
17 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.
O Yesu lwa henzaga amweje oLazalo akheye mwilende insiku zine.
18 Bethany is less than (two miles/three kilometers) from Jerusalem.
Yope e Bethania yaali pepe ne Yelusalemu nanshi ekilometa arubaini ne zisanu eshi.
19 Many Jews had come [from Jerusalem] to console Martha and Mary over [the death of] their [younger] brother.
Abhinji kati ya Yahudi bhahenzele hwa Masa no Mariamu abhazinde alengane no holo wabho.
20 When Martha heard [someone say] that Jesus was coming, she went [along the road] to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
O Masa ahonvwa aje oYesu ahwenza, abhalile akhomane nawo, ila oMariamu ahendeleye akhale pakhaya.
21 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]!
O Masa abhozya oYesu, “Gosi, nkashe ogabhiye epa, okolo wane handa safwiye.
22 But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask [concerning my brother].”
Ata sheshehwelewa aje lyalyonti lyobhalabhe afume hwa Ngolobhe, anzahupele.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!”
O Yesu abhozya, okolo waho anzavyoshe nantele.”
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the [Judgment] day.”
O Masa abhozya, emenye aje anzavyonshe huu vyoho wi siku lya mwisho.”
25 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].
O Yesu abhozya, “Ane endi luvionsyono womi; omwane waneteshela, ata nkashe aifwa, hata sheshi aibha ahwizya;
26 Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, [their souls] will not die [forever]. Do you believe that?” (aiōn g165)
no mwene wahwizya na netehsele ane saga ifwa. Uhweteshela eli?” (aiōn g165)
27 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!”
Wabhozya aje, “'Sawa, Gosi ehweteshela aje awe oli Kilisiti, Mwana wa Ngolobhe, omwene wa hwenza munsi.”
28 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.”
Nahamala ayanje eli, abhalile ahukwizye odada wakwe oMariamu hufaraga. Ajile, “Omwalimu ali epa nantele ahukwizya.”
29 When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him.
O Mariamu na hovwezye ega, abhoshele nanali na bhale hwa Yesu.
30 Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha met him.
Wope oYesu ali sayenzele aliseele muhati ye shijiji, aliseele lwa khomanaga no Masa.
31 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.
Ayahudi bhabhali no Maliamu munyumba na bhala bhabhli wahuzinda, bhabhoshele nanali na afume honze, bhalondoleye; bhamenye aje abhala hwi kaburi aje alile ohwo.
32 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!”
O Mariamu, ahafiha pala oYesu palolaga na agwiye pansi pamagaga gakwe na hobhozye, “Gosi, nkashe ogahali epa, oholo wane hande sagaafwiye.”
33 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.
O Yesu nalola alila, na Ayahudi bhahenzele pamo nawo bhali bhalila huu moyo gabho na sebhelele;
34 He said, “Where have you buried (him/his body)?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
ajile, “Mugonizye hwii? Bhabhozye, Gosi, enza oyenye.”
35 Jesus began to cry.
O Yesu alilile.
36 Then [some of] the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!”
Ayahudi nkabhayanga, “Oyenye sha gene oLazalo!”
37 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]”
Bhamo muhati yabho bhajile, “Sio yayono, omuntu wabhombile amaso gola wali mpofu, sagabhombile ono muntu aje agaje afwe?”
38 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.
O Yesu alilaga humwoyo gwakwe nantele, abhalile hwi lende. Hwali ligwenya, niiwe libhehwele pamwanya lyakwe.
39 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!”
O Yesu ajile, “Lyefwi iwe.” O Masa, oilombo wakwe oLazalo, omwene wafwiye, abhozya oYesu, “Gosi, hu muda ogu, obele gubhabhe gu bholile, alenganaje ali fwee ensiku zine.”
40 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]?”
O Yesu abhozya, “Ane senabhozezye aje, nkashe ohweteshela, obhaulole oumwamu wa Ngolobhe?”
41 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].
Nnkabhalyefwa iwe. O Yesu abhosya amaso gakwe amwanya naje, “Daada, ehusombezya afuatanaje onomvwa.
42 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.”
Namenye aje ononvwa omuda gwonti, ila alengane no lubhongano lwalwe meleye anzongole aje enjanjile ega, aje bhapate ahweteshele aje awe ontumile.”
43 After he said that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
Naayanga ega, alilile hwizu igosi, “Lazalo, fuma honze!”
44 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].
Ofwe afumile honze apinyilwe amakhono na magaga husanda zyakhatile, na amaso gakwe apinyilwe ne shitambala.” O Yesu abhabhozya, “Mwigulili muleshele abhalaje.”
45 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]).
Oyahudi abhinji bhabhahenzele hwa Mariamu nalole oYesu habhombaga, bhamweteshela;
46 But some of the [others] went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
bhamo bhabhalile hwa Mafarisayo na bhabhozye enongwa zyazibhombile oYesu.
47 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!
Agosi bha dimi na Mafarisayo bhabhongene pandwemo mwi baraza na yaanje, “Tibhabhombe yenu? Omuntu ono abhoembombo enyinji.
48 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!”
Nkashe tibhahuleshe eshi mwene, bhonti bhanza humweteshe; Alumi bhayenza na hweje vyonti evyetu ni taifa lyetu.”
49 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]!
Hata omuntu omuntu muhati yabho, oKayafa, waali dimi Ogosi omwaha ogwo, abhabhozya, “Semumenye hahonti.
50 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.”
Sahusebhelela aje ehwanziwa aje omuntu omo afwe esababu ya bhanje ashile itaifa lyonti na litega.”
51 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.
Eege sohagayanjile afuatanaje no mwene, mhati yakwe, ali dimi ogosi omwaha gula, ayanjile aje oYesu aifwa sababu ya bha munsi;
52 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].
na se huje hwabha munsi bhene ila oYesu apate abhabhonganye abhana bha Ngolobhe bhabha nyanpene hutali hutali.
53 So from that day the [Jewish leaders] started to make plans how they could kill Jesus.
Eshi ahwandile isiku elyo na hwendelela bhapanjile ahugoje oYesu.
54 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].
O Yesu sagajendile apazelu pazelu hwa Yahudi, ila asogeye epa na bhale ensi yelipeepe ni poli hunsi yehwetwa Efraimu. Epo akheye nabhanafunzi.
55 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].
Epasaka ya Yahudi yali pepe, na bhinji bhazubhile abhale hu Yelusalemu honze yensi sheli sele ePasaka nkabhahwiyozye bhebho.
56 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?”
Bhali bha humwanza oYesu, na ayanje kila muntu na bhali bhemeleye mshibhanza, “Musebha yenu? Aje saga ayenza mushi kulukulu?”
Owakati ou ogosi wa dimi na Mafarisayo bhali bhafumizye endajizyo aje nkashe omo aimanya oYesu hwali, ahwanziwa afumye etaarifa aje nkabhapate ahukhate.
