John 11
1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
Basi mtu mmoja jina lake Lazaro alikuwa mgonjwa. Yeye alikuwa akiishi Bethania kijiji cha Maria na Martha dada zake.
2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with myrrh and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Huyu Maria, ambaye Lazaro kaka yake alikuwa mgonjwa, ndiye yule ambaye alimpaka Bwana mafuta na kuifuta miguu yake kwa nywele zake.
3 The sisters then sent for Jesus, saying, “Lord, see, he whom you love is sick.”
Hivyo hawa dada wawili walituma ujumbe kwa Yesu kumwambia, “Bwana, yule umpendaye ni mgonjwa.”
4 When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but instead it is for the glory of God so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.”
Lakini Yesu aliposikia hayo, akasema, “Ugonjwa huu hautaleta mauti bali umetokea ili kudhihirisha utukufu wa Mungu, ili Mwana wa Mungu apate kutukuzwa kutokana na ugonjwa huu.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
Pamoja na hivyo, ingawa Yesu aliwapenda Martha, Maria na Lazaro ndugu yao,
6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, Jesus stayed two more days in the place where he was.
baada ya kusikia kwamba Lazaro ni mgonjwa, aliendelea kukawia huko alikokuwa kwa siku mbili zaidi.
7 Then after this, he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
Ndipo akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Haya, turudi Uyahudi.”
8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, right now the Jews are trying to stone you, and you are going back there again?”
Wanafunzi wake wakamwambia, “Rabi, Wayahudi walikuwa wanataka kukupiga mawe, nawe unataka kurudi huko?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of light in a day? If someone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
Yesu akawajibu, “Si kuna saa kumi na mbili za mchana katika siku moja? Wala watembeao mchana hawawezi kujikwaa kwa maana wanaona nuru ya ulimwengu huu.
10 However, if he walks at night, he will stumble because the light is not in him.”
Lakini wale watembeao usiku hujikwaa kwa sababu hakuna nuru ndani yao.”
11 He said these things, and after these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may wake him out of sleep.”
Baada ya kusema haya, Yesu akawaambia, “Rafiki yetu Lazaro amelala, lakini naenda kumwamsha.”
12 The disciples therefore said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Bwana, kama amelala usingizi ataamka.”
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he was speaking about the sleep of resting.
Hata hivyo, Yesu alikuwa anazungumzia kuwa Lazaro amekufa, lakini wanafunzi wake hawakuelewa, walidhani kwamba anasema Lazaro amelala usingizi tu.
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
Kwa hiyo Yesu akawaambia waziwazi, “Lazaro amekufa.
15 I am glad, for your sakes, that I was not there so that you may believe. Let us go to him.”
Hata hivyo nafurahi kwa kuwa sikuwepo huko kabla ya Lazaro kufa, ili mpate kuamini. Lakini sasa twendeni kwake.”
16 Thomas, who was called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go so that we may die with Jesus.”
Tomaso aliyeitwa Pacha akawaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Sisi nasi twendeni tukafe pamoja naye.”
17 When Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
Yesu alipowasili huko alikuta Lazaro amekuwa kaburini siku nne.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
Basi Bethania ulikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu umbali wa karibu maili mbili,
19 Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them about their brother.
na Wayahudi wengi walikuwa wamekuja kuwafariji Martha na Maria kwa ajili ya kufiwa na ndugu yao.
20 Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
Martha aliposikia kwamba Yesu anakuja, alitoka kwenda kumlaki, ila Maria alibaki nyumbani.
21 Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
Martha akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, ndugu yangu hangalikufa.
22 Even now, I know that whatever you ask from God, he will give to you.”
Lakini sasa ninajua kuwa chochote utakachomwomba Mungu, atakupa.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Yesu akamwambia, “Ndugu yako atafufuka.”
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
Martha akamjibu, “Ninajua ya kuwa atafufuka wakati wa ufufuo wa wafu siku ya mwisho.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, even if he dies, will live;
Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ndiye huo ufufuo na uzima. Yeye aniaminiye mimi, hata akifa atakuwa anaishi
na yeyote aishiye na kuniamini hatakufa kabisa hata milele. Je, unasadiki haya?” (aiōn g165)
27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
Martha akamwambia, “Ndiyo Bwana, ninaamini ya kuwa wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, yeye ajaye ulimwenguni.”
28 When she had said this, she went away and called her sister Mary privately. She said, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
Baada ya kusema haya Martha alikwenda, akamwita Maria dada yake faraghani na kumwambia, “Mwalimu yuko hapa anakuita.”
29 When she heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
Maria aliposikia hivyo, akaondoka upesi akaenda mpaka alipokuwa Yesu.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met him.
Yesu alikuwa hajaingia kijijini, bali alikuwa bado yuko mahali pale alipokutana na Martha.
31 So when the Jews, who were with her in the house and who were comforting her, saw Mary getting up quickly and going out, they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
Wale Wayahudi waliokuwa pamoja na Maria nyumbani wakimfariji walipoona ameondoka haraka na kutoka nje, walimfuata wakidhani ya kwamba alikuwa anakwenda kule kaburini kulilia huko.
32 When Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
Maria alipofika mahali pale Yesu alipokuwa, alipiga magoti miguuni Pake na kusema, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, ndugu yangu hangalikufa.”
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and was troubled;
Yesu alipomwona Maria akilia na wale Wayahudi waliokuja pamoja naye pia wakilia, Yesu alisikia uchungu moyoni, akafadhaika sana.
34 he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
Akauliza, “Mmemweka wapi?” Wakamwambia, “Bwana, njoo upaone.”
35 Jesus wept.
Yesu akalia machozi.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how much he loved Lazarus!”
Ndipo Wayahudi wakasema, “Tazama jinsi alivyompenda Lazaro!”
37 But some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of a blind man, also have made this man not die?”
Lakini wengine wakasema, “Je, yule aliyefungua macho ya kipofu, hakuweza kumfanya na huyu asife?”
38 Then Jesus again, being deeply moved in himself, went to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
Yesu kwa mara nyingine akiwa amefadhaika sana, akafika penye kaburi. Hilo kaburi lilikuwa pango ambalo jiwe lilikuwa limewekwa kwenye ingilio lake.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of Lazarus, the one who had died, said to Jesus, “Lord, by this time the body will be decaying, for he has been dead for four days.”
Yesu akasema, “Liondoeni hilo jiwe.” Martha ndugu yake yule aliyekuwa amekufa akasema, “Lakini Bwana, wakati huu atakuwa ananuka kwani amekwisha kuwa kaburini siku nne.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that, if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
Yesu akamwambia, “Sikukuambia kwamba kama ukiamini utauona utukufu wa Mungu?”
41 So they took away the stone. Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
Kwa hiyo wakaliondoa lile jiwe kutoka kaburini. Yesu akainua macho yake juu akasema, “Baba, ninakushukuru kwa kuwa wanisikia.
42 I knew that you always listen to me, but it is because of the crowd that is standing around me that I said this, so that they may believe that you have sent me.”
Ninajua ya kuwa wewe hunisikia siku zote, lakini nimesema haya kwa ajili ya umati huu uliosimama hapa, ili wapate kuamini ya kuwa wewe umenituma.”
43 After he had said this, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
Baada ya kusema haya, Yesu akapaza sauti yake akaita, “Lazaro, njoo huku!”
44 The dead man came out; his feet and hands were bound with cloths, and his face was bound about with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”
Yule aliyekuwa amekufa akatoka nje, mikono yake na miguu yake ikiwa imeviringishiwa vitambaa vya kitani na leso usoni pake. Yesu akawaambia, “Mfungueni, mwacheni aende zake.”
45 Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
Hivyo Wayahudi wengi waliokuwa wamekuja kumfariji Maria, walipoona yale Yesu aliyoyatenda wakamwamini.
46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done.
Lakini baadhi yao wakaenda kwa Mafarisayo na kuwaambia mambo Yesu aliyoyafanya.
47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council together and said, “What will we do? This man does many signs.
Kwa hiyo viongozi wa makuhani na Mafarisayo wakaita mkutano wa baraza. Wakaulizana, “Tufanyeje? Huyu mtu anafanya ishara nyingi.
48 If we leave him alone like this, all will believe in him; the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
Kama tukimwacha aendelee hivi, kila mtu atamwamini, nao Warumi watakuja na kupaharibu mahali petu patakatifu na taifa letu.”
49 However, a certain man among them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing.
Mmoja wao aliyeitwa Kayafa, ambaye alikuwa kuhani mkuu mwaka huo, akasema, “Ninyi hamjui kitu chochote!
50 You do not consider that it is better for you that one man dies for the people than that the whole nation perishes.”
Hamjui kwamba ni afadhali mtu mmoja afe kwa ajili ya watu, kuliko taifa lote liangamie?”
51 Now this he said not from himself. Instead, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation;
Hakusema haya kutokana na mawazo yake mwenyewe bali kama kuhani mkuu mwaka huo, alitabiri kuwa Yesu angelikufa kwa ajili ya taifa la Wayahudi,
52 and not only for the nation, but so that the children of God who are scattered would be gathered together into one.
wala si kwa ajili ya taifa hilo pekee, bali pia kwa ajili ya watoto wa Mungu waliotawanyika, ili kuwaleta pamoja na kuwafanya wawe wamoja.
53 So from that day onward they planned how to put Jesus to death.
Hivyo tangu siku hiyo wakawa wanafanya mipango ili wamuue Yesu.
54 No longer did Jesus walk openly among the Jews, but he departed from there into the country near to the wilderness into a town called Ephraim. There he stayed with the disciples.
Kwa hiyo Yesu akawa hatembei hadharani miongoni mwa Wayahudi, bali alijitenga akaenda sehemu iliyo karibu na jangwa kwenye kijiji kiitwacho Efraimu. Akakaa huko na wanafunzi wake.
55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem from the country before the Passover in order to purify themselves.
Basi Pasaka ya Wayahudi ilipokuwa imekaribia, watu wengi walitoka vijijini wakaenda Yerusalemu kabla ya Pasaka ili wakajitakase.
56 They were looking for Jesus, and speaking one with another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? That he will not come to the festival?”
Watu wakawa wanamtafuta Yesu, nao waliposimama kwenye eneo la Hekalu waliulizana, Je, mtu huyu hatakuja kamwe kwenye Sikukuu?
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given an order that if anyone knew where Jesus was, he should report it so that they might seize him.
Viongozi wa makuhani na Mafarisayo walikuwa wametoa amri kuwa yeyote atakayejua mahali Yesu aliko, lazima atoe taarifa ili wapate kumkamata.
