Iohannem 11
1 erat autem quidam languens Lazarus a Bethania de castello Mariae et Marthae sororis eius
[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.
2 Maria autem erat quae unxit Dominum unguento et extersit pedes eius capillis suis cuius frater Lazarus infirmabatur
Mary was the woman who [later] poured perfume on the feet of the Lord [Jesus], and then wiped his feet with her hair.
3 miserunt ergo sorores ad eum dicentes Domine ecce quem amas infirmatur
So the two sisters sent [someone to tell] Jesus [about Lazarus], saying, “Lord, the one you love [very much] is very sick.”
4 audiens autem Iesus dixit eis infirmitas haec non est ad mortem sed pro gloria Dei ut glorificetur Filius Dei per eam
[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].”
5 diligebat autem Iesus Martham et sororem eius Mariam et Lazarum
Jesus loved Martha and her [younger] sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
6 ut ergo audivit quia infirmabatur tunc quidem mansit in eodem loco duobus diebus
But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed [where he was] for two more days.
7 deinde post haec dicit discipulis suis eamus in Iudaeam iterum
But Jesus [wanted to see Lazarus]. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 dicunt ei discipuli rabbi nunc quaerebant te Iudaei lapidare et iterum vadis illuc
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]”
9 respondit Iesus nonne duodecim horae sunt diei si quis ambulaverit in die non offendit quia lucem huius mundi videt
[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.
10 si autem ambulaverit nocte offendit quia lux non est in eo
It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.”
11 haec ait et post hoc dicit eis Lazarus amicus noster dormit sed vado ut a somno exsuscitem eum
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.”
12 dixerunt ergo discipuli eius Domine si dormit salvus erit
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].”
13 dixerat autem Iesus de morte eius illi autem putaverunt quia de dormitione somni diceret
Jesus was speaking [figuratively] about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep.
14 tunc ergo dixit eis Iesus manifeste Lazarus mortuus est
So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 et gaudeo propter vos ut credatis quoniam non eram ibi sed eamus ad eum
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.”
16 dixit ergo Thomas qui dicitur Didymus ad condiscipulos eamus et nos ut moriamur cum eo
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].”
17 venit itaque Iesus et invenit eum quattuor dies iam in monumento habentem
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.
18 erat autem Bethania iuxta Hierosolyma quasi stadiis quindecim
Bethany is less than (two miles/three kilometers) from Jerusalem.
19 multi autem ex Iudaeis venerant ad Martham et Mariam ut consolarentur eas de fratre suo
Many Jews had come [from Jerusalem] to console Martha and Mary over [the death of] their [younger] brother.
20 Martha ergo ut audivit quia Iesus venit occurrit illi Maria autem domi sedebat
When Martha heard [someone say] that Jesus was coming, she went [along the road] to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
21 dixit ergo Martha ad Iesum Domine si fuisses hic frater meus non fuisset mortuus
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]!
22 sed et nunc scio quia quaecumque poposceris a Deo dabit tibi Deus
But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask [concerning my brother].”
23 dicit illi Iesus resurget frater tuus
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!”
24 dicit ei Martha scio quia resurget in resurrectione in novissima die
Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the [Judgment] day.”
25 dixit ei Iesus ego sum resurrectio et vita qui credit in me et si mortuus fuerit vivet
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].
Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, [their souls] will not die [forever]. Do you believe that?” (aiōn g165)
27 ait illi utique Domine ego credidi quia tu es Christus Filius Dei qui in mundum venisti
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!”
28 et cum haec dixisset abiit et vocavit Mariam sororem suam silentio dicens magister adest et vocat te
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.”
29 illa ut audivit surgit cito et venit ad eum
When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 nondum enim venerat Iesus in castellum sed erat adhuc in illo loco ubi occurrerat ei Martha
Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha met him.
31 Iudaei igitur qui erant cum ea in domo et consolabantur eam cum vidissent Mariam quia cito surrexit et exiit secuti sunt eam dicentes quia vadit ad monumentum ut ploret ibi
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.
32 Maria ergo cum venisset ubi erat Iesus videns eum cecidit ad pedes eius et dixit ei Domine si fuisses hic non esset mortuus frater meus
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!”
33 Iesus ergo ut vidit eam plorantem et Iudaeos qui venerant cum ea plorantes fremuit spiritu et turbavit se ipsum
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.
34 et dixit ubi posuistis eum dicunt ei Domine veni et vide
He said, “Where have you buried (him/his body)?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 et lacrimatus est Iesus
Jesus began to cry.
36 dixerunt ergo Iudaei ecce quomodo amabat eum
Then [some of] the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!”
37 quidam autem dixerunt ex ipsis non poterat hic qui aperuit oculos caeci facere ut et hic non moreretur
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]”
38 Iesus ergo rursum fremens in semet ipso venit ad monumentum erat autem spelunca et lapis superpositus erat ei
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.
39 ait Iesus tollite lapidem dicit ei Martha soror eius qui mortuus fuerat Domine iam fetet quadriduanus enim est
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!”
40 dicit ei Iesus nonne dixi tibi quoniam si credideris videbis gloriam Dei
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]?”
41 tulerunt ergo lapidem Iesus autem elevatis sursum oculis dixit Pater gratias ago tibi quoniam audisti me
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].
42 ego autem sciebam quia semper me audis sed propter populum qui circumstat dixi ut credant quia tu me misisti
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.”
43 haec cum dixisset voce magna clamavit Lazare veni foras
After he said that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 et statim prodiit qui fuerat mortuus ligatus pedes et manus institis et facies illius sudario erat ligata dicit Iesus eis solvite eum et sinite abire
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].
45 multi ergo ex Iudaeis qui venerant ad Mariam et viderant quae fecit crediderunt in eum
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]).
46 quidam autem ex ipsis abierunt ad Pharisaeos et dixerunt eis quae fecit Iesus
But some of the [others] went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 collegerunt ergo pontifices et Pharisaei concilium et dicebant quid facimus quia hic homo multa signa facit
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!
48 si dimittimus eum sic omnes credent in eum et venient Romani et tollent nostrum et locum et gentem
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!”
49 unus autem ex ipsis Caiaphas cum esset pontifex anni illius dixit eis vos nescitis quicquam
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]!
50 nec cogitatis quia expedit nobis ut unus moriatur homo pro populo et non tota gens pereat
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.”
51 hoc autem a semet ipso non dixit sed cum esset pontifex anni illius prophetavit quia Iesus moriturus erat pro gente
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.
52 et non tantum pro gente sed et ut filios Dei qui erant dispersi congregaret in unum
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].
53 ab illo ergo die cogitaverunt ut interficerent eum
So from that day the [Jewish leaders] started to make plans how they could kill Jesus.
54 Iesus ergo iam non in palam ambulabat apud Iudaeos sed abiit in regionem iuxta desertum in civitatem quae dicitur Efrem et ibi morabatur cum discipulis
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].
55 proximum autem erat pascha Iudaeorum et ascenderunt multi Hierosolyma de regione ante pascha ut sanctificarent se ipsos
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].
56 quaerebant ergo Iesum et conloquebantur ad invicem in templo stantes quid putatis quia non veniat ad diem festum
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?”
57 dederant autem pontifices et Pharisaei mandatum ut si quis cognoverit ubi sit indicet ut adprehendant eum
