John 11
1 Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.
Mtu mmoja aitwaye Lazaro, mwenyeji wa Bethania, alikuwa mgonjwa. (Kijiji cha Bethania kilikuwa mahali walipokaa Maria na Martha, dada yake.
2 This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.
Maria ndiye yule aliyempaka Bwana marashi na kumpangusa kwa nywele zake. Lazaro, kaka yake, ndiye aliyekuwa mgonjwa.)
3 The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus — ‘Master, your friend is ill’;
Basi, hao dada wakatuma ujumbe huu kwa Yesu: “Bwana, rafiki yako ni mgonjwa!”
4 and, when Jesus heard it, he said: “This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honour of God, in order that the Son of God may be honoured through it.”
Yesu aliposikia hivyo akasema, “Ugonjwa huo hautaleta kifo, ila ni kwa ajili ya kumtukuza Mungu; ameugua ili kwa njia hiyo Mwana wa Mungu atukuzwe.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
Yesu aliwapenda Martha, dada yake na Lazaro.
6 Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.
Alipopata habari kwamba Lazaro ni mgonjwa, Yesu aliendelea kukaa mahali hapo alipokuwa kwa siku mbili zaidi.
7 Then, after that, he said to his disciples: “Let us go to Judea again.”
Kisha akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Twendeni tena Yudea!”
8 “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?”
Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Mwalimu! Muda mfupi tu umepita tangu Wayahudi walipotaka kukuua kwa mawe, nawe unataka kwenda huko tena?”
9 “Are not there twelve hours in the day?” answered Jesus. “If a man walks about in the day-time, he does not stumble, because he can see the light of the sun;
Yesu akajibu, “Je, saa za mchana si kumi na mbili? Basi, mtu akitembea mchana hawezi kujikwaa kwa kuwa anauona mwanga wa ulimwengu huu.
10 but, if he walks about at night, he stumbles, because he has not the light.”
Lakini mtu akitembea usiku atajikwaa kwa maana mwanga haumo ndani yake.”
11 And, when he had said this, he added: “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going that I may wake him.”
Yesu alipomaliza kusema maneno hayo, akawaambia, “Rafiki yetu Lazaro amelala, lakini mimi nitakwenda kumwamsha.”
12 “If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well,” said the disciples.
Wanafunzi wake wakamwambia, “Bwana, ikiwa amelala, basi atapona.”
13 But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.
Wao walidhani kwamba alikuwa amesema juu ya kulala usingizi, kumbe alikuwa amesema juu ya kifo cha Lazaro.
14 Then he said to them plainly: “Lazarus is dead;
Basi, Yesu akawaambia waziwazi, “Lazaro amekufa;
15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him.”
Lakini nafurahi kwa ajili yenu kwamba sikuwako huko, ili mpate kuamini. Haya, twendeni kwake.”
16 At this, Thomas, who was called ‘The Twin,’ said to his fellow-disciples: “Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”
Thoma (aitwaye Pacha) akawaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Twendeni nasi tukafe pamoja naye!”
17 When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.
Yesu alipofika huko alikuta Lazaro amekwisha kaa kaburini kwa siku nne.
18 Bethany being only about two miles from Jerusalem,
Kijiji cha Bethania kilikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu umbali upatao kilomita tatu.
19 a number of the Jews had come there to condole with Martha and Mary on their brother’s death.
Wayahudi wengi walikuwa wamefika kwa Martha na Maria kuwafariji kwa kifo cha kaka yao.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.
Basi, Martha aliposikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anakuja, akaenda kumlaki; lakini Maria alibaki nyumbani.
21 “Master,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
Martha akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, kaka yangu hangalikufa!
22 Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him.”
Lakini najua kwamba hata sasa chochote utakachomwomba Mungu, atakupa.”
23 “Your brother shall rise to life,” said Jesus.
Yesu akamwambia, “Kaka yako atafufuka.”
24 “I know that he will,” replied Martha, “in the resurrection at the Last Day.”
Martha akamjibu, “Najua kwamba atafufuka wakati wa ufufuo, siku ya mwisho.”
25 “I am the Resurrection and the Life,” said Jesus. “He that believes in me shall live, though he die;
Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ndimi ufufuo na uzima. Anayeniamini mimi hata kama anakufa, ataishi:
na kila anayeishi na kuniamini, hatakufa kamwe. Je, waamini hayo?” (aiōn g165)
27 “Yes Master,” she answered; “I have learned to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, ‘who was to come’ into the world.”
Martha akamwambia, “Ndiyo Bwana! Naamini kwamba wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, yule ajaye ulimwenguni.”
28 After saying this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, and whispered: “The Teacher is here, and is asking for you.”
Baada ya kusema hayo, Martha alikwenda kumwita Maria, dada yake, akamwabia faraghani, “Mwalimu yuko hapa, anakuita.”
29 As soon as Mary heard that, she got up quickly, and went to meet him.
Naye aliposikia hivyo, akainuka mara, akamwendea Yesu.
30 Jesus had not then come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.
Yesu alikuwa hajaingia kijijini, ila alikuwa bado mahali palepale Martha alipomlaki.
31 So the Jews, who were in the house with Mary, condoling with her, when they saw her get up quickly and go out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
Basi, Wayahudi waliokuwa nyumbani pamoja na Maria wakimfariji walipomwona ameinuka na kutoka nje ghafla, walimfuata. Walidhani alikuwa anakwenda kaburini kuomboleza.
32 When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she threw herself at his feet. “Master,” she exclaimed, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died!”
Basi, Maria alipofika mahali pale Yesu alipokuwa na kumwona, alipiga magoti, akamwabia, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, kaka yangu hangalikufa!”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her weeping also, he groaned deeply, and was greatly distressed.
Yesu alipomwona analia, na wale Wayahudi waliokuja pamoja naye wanalia pia, alijawa na huzuni na kufadhaika moyoni.
34 “Where have you buried him?” he asked. “Come and see, Master,” they answered.
Kisha akawauliza, “Mlimweka wapi?” Wakamwambia, “Bwana, njoo uone.”
35 Jesus burst into tears.
Yesu akalia machozi.
36 “How he must have loved him!” the Jews exclaimed;
Basi, Wayahudi wakasema, “Tazameni jinsi alivyompenda!”
37 but some of them said: “Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?”
Lakini baadhi yao wakasema, “Je, huyu aliyemfumbua macho yule kipofu, hakuweza kumfanya Lazaro asife?”
38 Again groaning inwardly, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against the mouth of it.
Basi, Yesu akiwa amehuzunika tena moyoni, akafika kaburini. Kaburi lenyewe lilikuwa pango, na lilikuwa limefunikwa kwa jiwe.
39 “Move the stone away,” said Jesus. “Master,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death.”
Yesu akasema, “Ondoeni hilo jiwe!” Martha, dada yake huyo aliyekufa, akamwambia, “Bwana, amekwishaanza kunuka; amekaa kaburini siku nne!”
40 “Did not I tell you,” replied Jesus, “that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?”
Yesu akamwambia, “Je, sikukwambia kwamba ukiamini utaona utukufu wa Mungu?”
41 So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said: “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard my prayer;
Basi, wakaliondoa lile jiwe. Yesu akatazama juu mbinguni, akasema, “Nakushukuru Baba kwa kuwa wewe wanisikiliza.
42 I know that thou always hearest me; but I say this for the sake of the people standing near, so that they may believe that thou has sent me as thy Messenger.”
Najua kwamba unanisikiliza daima. Lakini nimesema hayo kwa ajili ya watu hawa waliopo hapa ili wapate kuamini kwamba wewe ndiwe uliyenituma.”
43 Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice: “Lazarus! come out!”
Alipokwisha sema hayo, akaita kwa sauti kubwa: “Lazaro! Toka nje!”
44 The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding-sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. “Set him free,” said Jesus, “and let him go.”
Huyo aliyekuwa amekufa akatoka nje, huku amefungwa sanda miguu na mikono, na uso wake umefunikwa. Yesu akawaambia, “Mfungueni, mkamwache aende zake.”
45 In consequence of this, many of the Jews, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, learned to believe in him.
Basi, Wayahudi wengi waliokuwa wamefika kwa Maria walipoona kitendo hicho alichokifanya Yesu wakamwamini.
46 Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees, and told them what he had done.
Lakini baadhi yao walikwenda kwa Mafarisayo wakatoa taarifa ya jambo hilo alilofanya Yesu.
47 Upon this the Chief Priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said: “What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?
kwa hiyo makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo wakafanya kikao cha Baraza kuu, wakasema, “Tufanye nini? Mtu huyu anafanya ishara nyingi mno.
48 If we let him alone as we are doing, every one will believe in him; and the Romans will come and will take from us both our City and our Nationality.”
Tukimwacha tu watu wote watamwamini, nao Waroma watakuja kuliharibu Hekalu letu na taifa letu!”
49 One of them, however, Caiaphas, who was High Priest that year, said to them:
Hapo, mmoja wao aitwaye Kayafa, ambaye alikuwa Kuhani Mkuu mwaka huo, akawaambia, “Ninyi hamjui kitu!
50 “You are utterly mistaken. You do not consider that it is better for you that one man should die for the people, rather than the whole nation should be destroyed.”
Je, hamwoni kwamba ni afadhali kwenu mtu mmoja afe kwa ajili ya watu, kuliko taifa zima liangamizwe?”
51 Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as High Priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation —
Yeye hakusema hivyo kwa hiari yake mwenyewe, bali kwa vile alikuwa Kuhani Mkuu mwaka huo, alibashiri kwamba Yesu atakufa kwa ajili ya taifa lao;
52 And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the Children of God now scattered far and wide.
na wala si kwa ajili yao tu, bali pia apate kuwaleta pamoja watoto wa Mungu waliotawanyika.
53 So from that day they plotted to put Jesus to death.
Basi, tangu siku hiyo viongozi wa Wayahudi walifanya mipango ya kumwua Yesu.
54 In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the Jews any more, but left that neighbourhood, and went into the country bordering on the Wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
Kwa hiyo, Yesu hakutembea tena hadharani kati ya Wayahudi, bali alitoka hapo, akaenda mahali karibu na jangwa, katika mji uitwao Efraimu. Akakaa huko pamoja na wanafunzi wake.
55 But the Jewish Festival of the Passover was near; and many people had gone up from the country to Jerusalem, for their ‘purification,’ before the Festival began.
Sikukuu ya Wayahudi ya Pasaka ilikuwa karibu, na watu wengi walikwenda Yerusalemu ili wajitakase kabla ya sikukuu hiyo.
56 So they looked for Jesus there, and said to one another, as they stood in the Temple Courts: “What do you think? Do you think he will come to the Festival?”
Basi, wakawa wanamtafuta Yesu; nao walipokusanyika pamoja Hekaluni wakaulizana, “Mwaonaje? Yaonekana kwamba haji kabisa kwenye sikukuu, au sivyo?”
57 The Chief Priests and the Pharisees had already issued orders that, if any one learned where Jesus was, he should give information, so that they might arrest him.
Makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo walikuwa wametoa amri kwamba mtu akijua mahali aliko Yesu awaarifu kusudi wamtie nguvuni.
