Jọn 11
1 Nʼoge ahụ, ahụ adịghị otu nwoke a na-akpọ Lazarọs onye Betani, nke bụ obodo nta nke Meri na Mata nwanne ya nwanyị.
And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister —
2 Nke a bụ Meri ahụ weere mmanụ otite dị oke ọnụahịa tee Onyenwe anyị, ma jirikwa agịrị isi ya hichaa ụkwụ ya. Ọ bụ nwanne ya nwoke Lazarọs bụ onye nọ nʼọrịa.
and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing —
3 Nke a mere ụmụnne ya nwanyị zigara Jisọs ozi sị, “Onyenwe anyị, onye ahụ nke ị hụrụ nʼanya nọ nʼọrịa.”
therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, 'Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;'
4 Mgbe Jisọs nụrụ ya, ọ sịrị, “Ọrịa a abụghị nke ọnwụ kama ọ bụ iji nye Chineke otuto nakwa ka e site na ya nye Ọkpara Chineke otuto.”
and Jesus having heard, said, 'This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.'
5 Jisọs hụrụ Mata, na nwanne ya nwanyị na Lazarọs nʼanya.
And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,
6 Mgbe ọ nụrụ na Lazarọs nọ nʼọrịa, ọ nọkwuru mkpụrụ ụbọchị abụọ nʼebe ahụ ọ nọ.
when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,
7 Ya mere, ọ gwara ndị na-eso ụzọ ya, “Ngwanụ ka anyị laghachi azụ na Judịa.”
then after this, he saith to the disciples, 'We may go to Judea again;'
8 Ma ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sịrị ya, “Onye ozizi, nʼoge nta gara aga ka ndị Juu chọrọ ịtụ gị nkume. Ị na-agakwa ebe ahụ ọzọ?”
the disciples say to him, 'Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!'
9 Jisọs zara, “Ọ bụghị awa iri na abụọ dị nʼotu ehihie nke ụbọchị? Onye na-ejegharị nʼehihie anaghị asụ ngọngọ, nʼihi na ọ na-eji ìhè nke ụwa a ahụ ụzọ.
Jesus answered, 'Are there not twelve hours in the day? if any one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;
10 Ma ndị na-ejegharị nʼabalị na-azọhie ụkwụ, nʼihi na ìhè adịghị nʼime ha.”
and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.'
11 Mgbe o kwusiri nke a, ọ gwakwara ha, “Enyi anyị Lazarọs na-arahụ ụra, ma ana m aga ịkpọte ya nʼụra.”
These things he said, and after this he saith to them, 'Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;'
12 Ndị na-eso ụzọ ya sịrị ya, “Onyenwe anyị, ọ bụrụ na ọ na-arahụ ụra, ọ ga-adị mma.”
therefore said his disciples, 'Sir, if he hath fallen asleep, he will be saved;'
13 Ihe Jisọs na-ekwu bụ banyere ọnwụ ya ma ha chere na ọ na-ekwu banyere ịrahụ ụra efu.
but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.
14 Mgbe ahụ, Jisọs gwaghere ha ọnụ, “Lazarọs anwụọla.
Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, 'Lazarus hath died;
15 Ma nʼihi unu, obi dị m ụtọ na anọghị m nʼebe ahụ, ka unu nwe ike kwere. Ma bịanụ ka anyị gakwuru ya.”
and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe, ) that I was not there; but we may go to him;'
16 Tọmọs, onye a na-akpọ Didimọs, gwara ndị na-eso ụzọ ibe ya, “Ka anyị gakwanụ ka anyị soro ya nwụọ.”
therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, 'We may go — we also, that we may die with him,'
17 Mgbe Jisọs rutere, ọ chọpụtara na Lazarọs anọọlarị nʼili ụbọchị anọ.
Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.
18 Betani dị Jerusalem nso, ihe dị ka kilomita atọ.
And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,
19 Ma ọtụtụ ndị Juu bịakwutere Mata na Meri ịkasị ha obi nʼihi ọnwụ nwanne ha nwoke.
and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;
20 Mgbe ozi ọbịbịa Jisọs ruru Mata ntị, ọ gara izute ya, ma Meri nọdụrụ nʼụlọ.
Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.
21 Mata sịrị Jisọs, “Onyenwe m, a sị na ị nọ nʼebe a, nwanne m nwoke agaraghị anwụ.
Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, 'Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;
22 Ma ugbu a, amara m na Chineke ga-enye gị ihe ọbụla ị rịọrọ.”
but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;'
23 Jisọs sịrị ya, “Nwanne gị nwoke ga-ebili ọzọ.”
Jesus saith to her, 'Thy brother shall rise again.'
24 Mata sịrị ya, “Amara m na ọ ga-ebili ọzọ nʼụbọchị mbilite nʼọnwụ nʼoge ikpeazụ.”
Martha saith to him, 'I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;'
25 Jisọs gwara ya, “Mụ onwe m bụ mbilite nʼọnwụ na ndụ. Onye ọbụla kwere na m, a sịkwarị na ọ nwụrụ anwụ, ọ ga-adị ndụ ọzọ.
Jesus said to her, 'I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;
and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die — to the age; (aiōn g165)
27 Ọ sịrị ya, “E, Onyenwe m, ekwere m na ị bụ Kraịst ahụ, Ọkpara Chineke, onye ga-abịa nʼụwa.”
believest thou this?' she saith to him, 'Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.'
28 Mgbe o kwuchara nke a, ọ gara kpọọ nwanne ya nwanyị bụ Meri, jiri nwayọọ sị ya, “Onye ozizi abịala, ọ na-akpọ gị.”
And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, 'The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;'
29 Mgbe ọ nụrụ nke a, ọ biliri ọsịịsọ ga zute ya.
she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;
30 Ruo mgbe a, Jisọs abịarutebeghị nʼobodo nta ahụ, ma ọ ka nọ nʼebe ahụ Mata zutere ya.
and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;
31 Ndị Juu nọ nʼụlọ na-akasị Meri obi hụrụ ya ka ọ pụrụ ngwangwa. Ha sochiri ya nʼazụ nʼihi na ha chere na ọ na-aga nʼili ibe akwa nʼebe ahụ.
the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying — 'She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.'
32 Mgbe Meri rutere nʼebe Jisọs nọ, ọ dara nʼụkwụ ya sị, “Onyenwe m, ọ bụrụ na ị nọ nʼebe a, nwanne m nwoke agaraghị anwụ.”
Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, 'Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;'
33 Mgbe Jisọs hụrụ ya ka ọ na-ebe akwa ya na ndị Juu ahụ so ya ka ha na-ebekwa akwa, o metụrụ ya nʼime mmụọ ya. O nwere ọmịiko dị ukwuu.
Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,
34 Ọ sịrị, “Olee ebe unu liri ya?” Ha sịrị ya, “Onyenwe anyị bịa ka ị hụ.”
'Where have ye laid him?' they say to him, 'Sir, come and see;'
35 Jisọs ebee akwa.
Jesus wept.
36 Mgbe ahụ ndị Juu na-asị, “Lee ka o si hụ ya nʼanya.”
The Jews, therefore, said, 'Lo, how he was loving him!'
37 Ma ụfọdụ nʼime ha sịrị, “Nwoke a meghere anya onye kpuru ìsì, ọ garaghị enwe ike mee ka nwoke a hapụ ịnwụ?”
and certain of them said, 'Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might not have died?'
38 Ọzọkwa, Jisọs sụrụ ude nʼime onwe ya nke ukwuu, bịarute nʼili ahụ nso. Ili ahụ bụ ọgba e jiri nkume dị ukwuu mechie ọnụ ya.
Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,
39 Jisọs sịrị, “Bupunụ nkume ahụ!” Ma Mata, nwanne nwanyị onye ahụ nwụrụ anwụ, sịrị ya, “Onyenwe anyị, ọ ga na-esi isi ugbu a, nʼihi na nke a bụ abalị anọ ọ nwụrụ.”
Jesus saith, 'Take ye away the stone;' the sister of him who hath died — Martha — saith to him, 'Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;'
40 Ma Jisọs sịrị ya, “Ọ bụ na m agwaghị gị sị na ọ bụrụ na ị kwere ị ga-ahụ ọrụ ebube Chineke?”
Jesus saith to her, 'Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?'
41 Ya mere, ha bupụrụ nkume ahụ. Jisọs lere anya nʼelu sị, “Nna, ana m ekele gị nʼihi na ị nụla olu m.
They took away, therefore, the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, 'Father, I thank Thee, that Thou didst hear me;
42 Amaara m na ị na-anụ olu m mgbe niile. Ana m ekwu nke a nʼihi ndị a gbara m gburugburu nʼebe a, ka ha kwere na ọ bụ gị zitere m.”
and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said [it], that they may believe that Thou didst send me.'
43 Mgbe o kwusiri nke a, o jiri oke olu tie mkpu, “Lazarọs, pụta!”
And these things saying, with a loud voice he cried out, 'Lazarus, come forth;'
44 Onye ahụ nwụrụ anwụ pụtara, e jikwa akwa ozu kekọta aka ya na ụkwụ ya, werekwa akwa ịchafu kechie ihu ya. Jisọs sịrị ha, “Tọpụnụ ya, hapụ ya ka ọ laa.”
and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, 'Loose him, and suffer to go.'
45 Ọtụtụ ndị Juu bịakwutere Meri bụ ndị hụrụ ihe a o mere, kwere na ya.
Many, therefore, of the Jews who came unto Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in him;
46 Ma ụfọdụ nʼime ha lara gaa kọọrọ ndị Farisii ihe o mere.
but certain of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did;
47 Mgbe ahụ, ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii kpọrọ nzukọ ndị Sanhedrin. Ha na-asị, “Gịnị ka anyị ga-eme? Nʼihi na nwoke a na-eme ọtụtụ ihe ịrịbama.
the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, 'What may we do? because this man doth many signs?
48 Ọ bụrụ na anyị ahapụ ya ka ọ gaa nʼihu, mmadụ niile ga-ekwere na ya. Ndị Rom ga-abịakwa, kwatuo ụlọnsọ ukwu ma napụ anyị obodo anyị.”
if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'
49 Ma otu onye nʼime ha bụ Kaịfas, onyeisi nchụaja nʼafọ ahụ sịrị ha, “Unu amaghị ihe ọbụla.
and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, 'Ye have not known anything,
50 Ọ bụ na unu amaghị na ọ ka mma ka otu onye nwụọ nʼihi mmadụ niile, karịa nʼobodo anyị niile ga-ala nʼiyi.”
nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.'
51 Dị ka onyeisi nchụaja nke afọ ahụ, o kwughị nke a site nʼechiche ya, kama o buru amụma na Jisọs ga-anwụ nʼihi mba ndị Juu.
And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
52 Ọ bụghị nʼihi mba ahụ naanị, kama, ka ọ kpọkọta ụmụ Chineke ndị gbasara nʼebe niile.
and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one.
53 Ya mere, site nʼụbọchị ahụ, ha malitere ịgba izu otu ha ga-esi gbuo ya.
From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;
54 Ya mere, Jisọs kwụsịrị ịgagharị ebe ndị Juu ga-ahụ ya. O siri nʼebe ahụ pụọ gaa nʼakụkụ ọzara nʼotu obodo nta a na-akpọ Ifrem. Ya na ndị na-eso ụzọ ya nọdụrụ nʼebe ahụ.
Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried with his disciples.
55 Mmemme Ngabiga ndị Juu dịkwa nso. Ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ si nʼakụkụ ala ndị Juu niile bịa Jerusalem. Ha bịara tutu mmemme ahụ ebido ka ha mee onwe ha ka ha dị ọcha.
And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;
56 Ha na-achọ Jisọs na-ajụrịta onwe ha nʼime ụlọnsọ ukwu ahụ, “Gịnị ka unu chere? Ọ bụ na ọ gaghị abịa na mmemme a?”
they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, 'What doth appear to you — that he may not come to the feast?'
57 Ma nʼoge ahụ, ndịisi nchụaja na ndị Farisii enyela iwu ka onye ọbụla hụrụ ya bịa gwa ha ka ha gaa jide ya.
and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew [it], so that they may seize him.
