UJohane 11
1 Kwakukhona-ke othile owayegula othiwa nguLazaro weBethani, emzaneni kaMariya loMarta udadewabo.
Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 Kwakunguye uMariya owagcoba iNkosi ngamagcobo, wesula inyawo zayo ngenwele zakhe, omnewabo uLazaro wayegula.
(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3 Ngakho odadewabo bathumela kuye besithi: Nkosi, khangela lowo omthandayo uyagula.
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick.
4 UJesu esezwile wathi: Lokhu ukugula kakusikho okokufa, kodwa kungokodumo lukaNkulunkulu ukuze iNdodana kaNkulunkulu idunyiswe ngakho.
When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5 UJesu wayebathanda-ke oMarta lodadewabo loLazaro.
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 Ngakho esezwile ukuthi uyagula, wasehlala insuku ezimbili endaweni lapho ayekhona.
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
7 Emva kwalokhu wasesithi kubafundi: Asiphinde siye eJudiya.
Then after that says he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 Abafundi bathi kuye: Rabi, amaJuda asanda ukudinga ukukukhanda ngamatshe, njalo uya khona futhi yini?
His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone you; and go you thither again?
9 UJesu waphendula wathi: Kawakho amahola alitshumi lambili emini yini? Nxa umuntu ehamba emini, kakhubeki, ngoba uyabona ukukhanya kwalumhlaba.
Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.
10 Kodwa uba umuntu ehamba ebusuku, uyakhubeka, ngoba ukukhanya kakukho kuye.
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him.
11 Wakhuluma lezizinto, emva kwalokhu wasesithi kubo: Umngane wethu uLazaro uselele; kodwa ngiyahamba ukuze ngimvuse ebuthongweni.
These things said he: and after that he says unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Ngakho abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: Nkosi, uba elele, uzaphila.
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13 Kodwa uJesu wakhuluma ngokufa kwakhe; kodwa bona bacabanga ukuthi wakhuluma ngokuphumula kobuthongo.
Nevertheless Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14 Ngakho uJesu wasebatshela ngokucacileyo: ULazaro ufile.
Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15 Njalo ngiyathokoza ngenxa yenu ukuthi bengingekho lapho, ukuze likholwe; kodwa asiye kuye.
And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent all of you may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16 Ngakho uTomasi, othiwa nguDidimusi, wathi kubafundi kanye laye: Asihambeni lathi, ukuze sife kanye laye.
Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 Kwathi esefika uJesu, wamfica eselensuku ezine engcwabeni.
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
18 LeBethani yayiseduze leJerusalema, okungaba ngamastadiyu alitshumi lanhlanu ukusuka lapho;
Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
19 labanengi kumaJuda babefikile kuMarta loMariya, ukuze babaduduze ngomnewabo.
And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Ngakho uMarta, esezwile ukuthi uJesu uyeza, wayamhlangabeza; kodwa uMariya wahlala endlini.
Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21 UMarta wasesithi kuJesu: Nkosi, aluba ubukhona lapha, umnewethu ngabe kafanga;
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not died.
22 kodwa lakhathesi ngiyazi ukuthi loba yini ongayicela kuNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uzakunika yona.
But I know, that even now, whatsoever you will ask of God, God will give it you.
23 UJesu wathi kuye: Umnewenu uzabuya avuke.
Jesus says unto her, Your brother shall rise again.
24 UMarta wathi kuye: Ngiyazi ukuthi uzabuya avuke ekuvukeni ngosuku lokucina.
Martha says unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
25 UJesu wathi kuye: Mina ngiyikuvuka lempilo; okholwa kimi, loba esefile, uzaphila;
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Believe you this? (aiōn g165)
27 Wathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi; mina ngiyakholwa ukuthi wena unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, obezakuza emhlabeni.
She says unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
28 Esetshilo lokhu uMarta wasuka, wayabiza udadewabo uMariya ensitha, wathi: UMfundisi ulapha uyakubiza.
And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master has come, and calls for you.
29 Yena-ke esezwile lokhu, wahle wasukuma waya kuye.
As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Kodwa uJesu wayengakafiki emzaneni, kodwa wayesendaweni lapho uMarta amhlangabeza khona.
Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
31 Ngakho amaJuda ayesendlini laye emduduza, ebona uMariya ukuthi wasukuma ngokuphangisa ephuma, amlandela, esithi: Uya engcwabeni, ukuze akhale khona.
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes unto the grave to weep there.
32 Kwathi uMariya, esefike lapho uJesu akhona, embona, wawela enyaweni zakhe, esithi kuye: Nkosi, ngabe ubukhona lapha, umnewethu ngabe kafanga.
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not died.
33 Ngakho uJesu wathi embona ekhala, lamaJuda afika laye ekhala, wabubula emoyeni, wazikhathaza,
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, (pneuma) and was troubled.
34 wathi: Limbeke ngaphi? Bathi kuye: Nkosi, woza ubone.
And said, Where have all of you laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 UJesu walila.
Jesus wept.
36 Ngakho amaJuda athi: Khangelani ukuthi ubemthanda njani.
Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
37 Kodwa amanye awo athi: Lo, owavula amehlo esiphofu, ubengekwenze yini ukuthi lalo angafi?
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Ngakho uJesu ebubula futhi phakathi kwakhe wafika engcwabeni. Njalo lalilubhalu, lelitshe libekwe phezu kwalo.
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself comes to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 UJesu wathi: Susani ilitshe. UMarta udadewabo wofileyo wathi kuye: Nkosi, usenuka; ngoba uselensuku ezine.
Jesus said, Take all of you away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, says unto him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days.
40 UJesu wathi kuye: Kangitshongo yini kuwe, ukuthi uba ukholwa, uzabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu?
Jesus says unto her, Said I not unto you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?
41 Balisusa-ke ilitshe, lapho okwakulele khona ofileyo. UJesu wasephakamisela amehlo akhe phezulu, wathi: Baba, ngiyakubonga ngoba wena ungizwile.
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
42 Kodwa mina bengisazi ukuthi uyangizwa njalonjalo; kodwa ngenxa yexuku elingiphahlileyo ngitshilo lokhu, ukuze bakholwe ukuthi ungithumile.
And I knew that you hear me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that you have sent me.
43 Esetshilo lezizinto, wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu wathi: Lazaro, phuma!
And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 Wasephuma owayefile, ebotshiwe inyawo lezandla ngamalembu okuthandela isidumbu, lobuso bakhe bugoqelwe ngeqhiye. UJesu wathi kubo: Mthukululeni, limyekele ahambe.
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a cloth. Jesus says unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
45 Ngakho abanengi kumaJuda, ababeze kuMariya bebona izinto azenzileyo uJesu, bakholwa kuye.
Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
46 Kodwa abanye babo baya kubaFarisi, babatshela izinto azenzileyo uJesu.
But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.
47 Ngakho abapristi abakhulu labaFarisi baqoqa umphakathi, bathi: Sizakwenzani? Ngoba umuntu lo wenza izibonakaliso ezinengi;
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles.
48 uba simyekele njalo, bonke bazakholwa kuye; amaRoma asezakuza athathe lindawo lesizwe sakithi.
If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
49 Kodwa omunye wabo, uKayafasi, owayengumpristi omkhulu ngalowomnyaka, wathi kubo: Kalazi lutho lina,
And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, All of you know nothing at all,
50 futhi kalinakani ukuthi kusilungele ukuthi umuntu oyedwa afele abantu, lokuthi isizwe sonke singabhubhi.
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
51 Kodwa kazitsholongo lokhu ngokwakhe, kodwa engumpristi omkhulu ngalowomnyaka, waprofetha ukuthi uJesu uzafela lesosizwe,
And this spoke he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
52 njalo kungabi yisizwe kuphela, kodwa ukuze abuthele ndawonye labantwana bakaNkulunkulu abahlakazekileyo babe munye.
And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
53 Ngakho kusukela kulolosuku benza ndawonye icebo ukuze bambulale.
Then from that day forth they took counsel together in order to put him to death.
54 Ngakho uJesu kabesahamba obala phakathi kwamaJuda, kodwa wasuka lapho waya elizweni eliseduze lenkangala, emzini othiwa yiEfrayimi, wasehlala khona labafundi bakhe.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
55 Laselisondele iphasika lamaJuda; labanengi abavela emaphandleni benyukela eJerusalema lingakafiki iphasika, ukuze bazihlambulule.
And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.
56 Ngakho bamdinga uJesu, bekhulumisana bemi ethempelini besithi: Licabangani? Lithi isibili kayikuza emkhosini yini?
Then sought they for Jesus, and spoke among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think all of you, that he will not come to the feast?
57 Kodwa bonke abapristi abakhulu labaFarisi babekhuphe umlayo wokuthi uba ekhona owaziyo lapho akhona, akubike ukuze bambambe.
Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should show it, that they might take him.
