Yowana 11
1 Bhai bhandu bhamo bhashemwaga a Lashalo bhatendaga lwala, kubhatamaga ku Bhetania, shilambo shibhatamanganaga a Malia na a Malata, ashaalumbu bhabho.
[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 A Malia ni bhene bhaapashile mauta Bhakulungwa nikwaunguta na umbo yabho, alumbu bhabho ni a Lashalo bhaaliji bhalwele.
Mary was the woman who [later] poured perfume on the feet of the Lord [Jesus], and then wiped his feet with her hair.
3 Bhai, ashalumbu bhabho gubhaapeleshelenje ntenga a Yeshu bhalinkutinji, “Mmakulungwa, ambwiga ajenu bhalwele!”
So the two sisters sent [someone to tell] Jesus [about Lazarus], saying, “Lord, the one you love [very much] is very sick.”
4 A Yeshu bhakapilikaneje nneyo, gubhashite, “Shene shilweleshi nngabha sha bhulaga, ikabhe kwa ligongo lya kwaakuya a Nnungu, nkupinga Mwana jwa a Nnungu akuywe kwa shenesho.”
[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 A Yeshu bhashinkwaapinganga a Malata na akulu bhabho na alumbu bhabhonji a Lashalo.
Jesus loved Martha and her [younger] sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
6 Bhai a Yeshu bhakapilikaneje ntenga gwa kuti a Lashalo bhalwele, gubhapundile tama pala mobha gana gabhili.
But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed [where he was] for two more days.
7 Kungai gubhaalugulilenje bhaajiganywa bhabho, “Twendangananje kabhili ku Yudea!”
But Jesus [wanted to see Lazarus]. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 Bhaajiganywa gubhaalugulilenje, “Mmaajiganya! Mobha gashokope gapitile Bhayaudi bhapingaga kunkomanga maganga, igala nkupinga kwenda koko kabhili?”
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 A Yeshu gubhajangwile, “Bhuli malanga ga mui nngabha pugali mashaa kumi na gabhili? Bhai, mundu aowaga mui akakubhala, pabha alikushibhona shilangaya sha shilambolyoshi.
[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 Ikabheje mundu aowaga nnubhindu anakubhala pabha shakwa shilangaya.”
It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.”
11 A Yeshu bhakamaliyeje bheleketa gene malobhego, gubhaalugulilenje, “Ambwiga ajetu a Lashalo bhashigona, ikabheje nne shingaajumuye.”
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 Bhai, bhaajiganywa bhabho gubhaalugulilenje, “Mmakulungwa, ibhaga bhashigona, shibhalame.”
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 Bhanganyanjibho pubhaganishiyangaga kuti bhanataya ga gona lugono, mbena ibhatayaga kuwa kwa a Lashalo.
Jesus was speaking [figuratively] about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep.
14 Bhai, a Yeshu gubhaabhalanjilenje gwangali nng'iyo, “A Lashalo bhashiwa,
So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 ikabheje nne ngunakwiinonyela kwa ligongo lyenunji, pabha ngapaaliji kweneko nkupinga nkulupalilanje. Aya twendangananje kubhali.”
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 A Tomashi bhashemwaga Bhammba gubhaalugulilenje bhaajiganywa ajabhonji, “Na uwe twendangane, tukawe pamo na bhenebho!”
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 A Yeshu bhakaisheje kweneko gubhaaimene a Lashali bhali nnikabhuli mobha nsheshe.
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 Shilambo sha Bhetania pushaliji tome na ku Yelushalemu, kutaliya kwa maili ibhili nnei.
Bethany is less than (two miles/three kilometers) from Jerusalem.
19 Bhayaudi bhabhagwinji bhashinkuikangana kwa a Malata na a Malia kukwaangalayanga ga wilwa na alumbu bhabhonji.
Many Jews had come [from Jerusalem] to console Martha and Mary over [the death of] their [younger] brother.
20 Bhai, a Malata bhakapilikaneje kuti a Yeshu bhanakwiya, gubhapite kukwaaposhela, ikabheje a Malia gubhaigele pamui.
When Martha heard [someone say] that Jesus was coming, she went [along the road] to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
21 A Malata gubhaabhalanjile a Yeshu, “Mmakulungwa, nkapali apano, apwetu ngubhakawileje!
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 Ikabheje nimumanyi shoshowe shishimwaajuje a Nnungu, shibhampe.”
But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask [concerning my brother].”
23 A Yeshu gubhaalugulile, “Apwenu shibhayushe.”
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!”
24 A Malata gubhaajangwile, “Nimumanyi shibhayushe lyubha lya mpelo.”
Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the [Judgment] day.”
25 A Yeshu gubhaabhalanjile, “Nne ni nguyuya na peleshela gumi. Angulupalila nne nkali awe, shalame,
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 A Malita gubhaalugulile, “Elo Mmakulungwa! Nne ngulupalile kuti mmwe a Kilishitu, Bhana bhabho a Nnungu, bhene bhakwiya pa shilambolyo.”
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 Bhakamaliyeje kubheleketa genego, a Malata gubhapite kukwaashema a Malia, apwabho, gubhaabhalanjile kuntemela, “Bhaajiganya bhaishe bhanakunshema.”
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 Bhenebho bhakapilikaneje nneyo, shangu gubhajinwishe, gubhaajendele a Yeshu.
When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 A Yeshu bhaaliji bhakanabhe jinjila nshijiji, ikabhe pubhaliji pubhaakongene a Malata kukwaaposhela pala.
Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha met him.
31 Bhai, Bhayaudi bhalinginji pamui pamo na a Malia bhalikwaangalayanga bhakaabhonanjeje bhalijabhula shangu nikopoka palanga, gubhaakagwilenje. Pubhaganishiyenje bhanakwenda guta kulikabhuli.
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 Bhai, a Malia bhakaisheje pubhaaliji a Yeshu nikwaabhona, gubhatemi ulungolungo, gubhaabhalanjile, “Mmakulungwa kaliji nkapali apano, nnumbwangu akanawe!”
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 A Yeshu bhakaabhoneje bhaniguta, na nkali Bhayaudi bhalinginji pamo na bhenebho bhaligutanga, guyaapoteshe muntima.
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 Kungai gubhaabhushiyenje, “Kumwaabhishilenje kwei?” Gubhabhaalanjilenje, “Mmakulungwa, nnjiye kunnole.”
He said, “Where have you buried (him/his body)?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 A Yeshu gubhagutile kwa minyoi.
Jesus began to cry.
36 Bhai, Bhayaudi gubhashitenje, “Nnolanje shibhaashite kwaapinga!”
Then [some of] the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!”
37 Ikabheje bhananji gubhashitenje, “Bhuli, bhenebha bhannamiye nangalole, bhangakombola kwaatenda a Lashalo bhanawe?”
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 Bhai, a Yeshu guyaapoteshe kabhili muntima, gubhaishe kulikabhuli. Likabhuli liyene pulyaaliji lishembo, na lyashinkuibhwa na liganga likulungwa.
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 A Yeshu gubhashite, “Nshoyanje ligangalyo!” A Malata, alumbubhabho bhawile bhala, gubhaalugulile, “Mmakulungwa, bhananunga, pabha bhatemi mobha nsheshe nnikabhuli!”
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 A Yeshu gubhaalugulile, “Bhuli, nangammalanjila kuti nkulupalilangaga shinngubhone ukonjelo gwa a Nnungu?”
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 Bhai, gubhashoshiyenje liganga lila. A Yeshu gubhalolile kunani kunnungu, gubhashite, “Ngunatenda eja Atati, pabha nnambilikanishiya.
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 Nimumanyi kuti nnambilikanishiya mobha gowe. Ikabheje njibheleketa genego kwa ligongo lya bhandunji bhalinginji apanobha, nkupinga bhakulupalilanje kuti mmwe ni nndumile.”
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 Bhakamaliyeje bheleketa genego, gubhashemile kwa lilobhe lya utiya, “A Lashalo! Nkoposhe palanga!”
After he said that, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 Bhawile bhala gubhakopweshe palanga, akuno bhali bhatabhilwe shanda mmakongono na mmakono na kumeyo kuunishilwe. A Yeshu gubhaalugulilenje, “Mwaagopolanje, mwaalekanje bhaijendele.”
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 Bhai, Bhayaudi bhabhagwinji bhaikengenenje kwa a Malia bhakashibhonanjeje shitendi shibhatendile a Yeshu, gubhaakulupalilenje.
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 Ikabheje bhananji gubhapitengenenje kwa Ashimapalishayo kukwabhalanjilanga ga shene shibhatendile a Yeshu shila.
But some of the [others] went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Kwa nneyo bhakulungwanji bhaabhishila na Ashimapalishayo gubhatemingenenje lukumbi, gubhashitenje, “Tutende nndi? Pabha abha bhandubha bhanatenda ilangulo yaigwinji.
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 Twaalekaga nnei pei, bhandu bhowe shibhaakulupalilanje, na Bhaloma shibhajiye angabhanyanga liekalu lyetu na shilambo shetu!”
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 Penepo bhandu bhamo munkumbi gwabhonji bhashemwaga a Kayapa, bhaliji bhakulungwa bhaabhishila shene shakasho, gubhaalugulilenje, “Mmanganya nkakushimanyanga shindu shoshowe!
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 Bhuli, nkaganishiyanga kuti mbaya awe mundu jumo kwa ligongo lya bhandunji, ngalingana angabhanywa shilambo showe?”
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 Bhenebho bhangabheleketa nneyo kwaapinga bhayene, ikabhe bhenebho pubhaaliji bhakulungwa bhaabhishila shene shakasho, kwa nneyo bhashinkulondola kuti a Yeshu shibhawe kwa ligongo lya shilambo shabhonji,
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 Wala nngabha kwa ligongo lyabhonjipe, ikabhe na kwaabhikanga pamo bhana bha a Nnungu bhapwilingenenje, nkupinga bhabhanganje pamo.
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 Bhai, kuumila lyene lyubhalyo ashikalongolele bha Bhayaudi gubhaloleyenje shanabhuli pushibhaabhulaganje a Yeshu.
So from that day the [Jewish leaders] started to make plans how they could kill Jesus.
54 Kwa nneyo a Yeshu bhangaowa kabhili kulugwinjili lwa Bhayaudi, ikabhe gubhashoshile penepo, gubhapite tome na kuanga, shilambo shishemwa Epulaimu. Kweneko gubhatemi pamo na bhaajiganywa bhabho.
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 Shikukuu sha Bhayaudi shishemwa Pashaka shashinkubhandishila, bhandunji bhabhagwinji bhashinkwendangananga ku Yelushalemu kukwitakaya shikanabhe ika shikukuujo.
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 Bhai, pubhalinginji nkwaaloleya a Yeshu. Bhakaimananjeje pamo nnikanisha, gubhabhuyenenje, “Nkubhonanga bhuli? Igala bhakaika kushikukuu kuno?”
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 Bhakulungwanji bhaabhishila na Ashimapalishayo bhashinkuamulishanga kuti mundu akumanyaga kubhali a Yeshu, abhabhalanjilanje nkupinga bhaakamulanje.
