Yohana 11
1 Basi mtu mmoja jina lake Lazaro alikuwa mgonjwa. Alitokea Bethania, kijiji cha Mariamu na dada yake Martha.
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
2 Alikuwa ni Mariamu yule yule aliyempaka Bwana Marhamu na kumfuta miguu yake kwa nywele zake, ambaye ndugu yake Lazaro alikuwa ni mgonjwa.
It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
3 Ndipo dada hawa walituma ujumbe kwa Yesu na kusema, “Bwana, angalia yule umpendaye anaumwa.”
The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”
4 Yesu aliposikia alisema, “Ugonjwa huu si wa mauti, lakini, badala yake ni kwa ajili ya utukufu wa Mungu ili kwamba Mwana wa Mungu apate kutukuzwa katika huo Ugonjwa.”
But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”
5 Yesu alimpenda Martha na dada yake na Lazaro.
Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 Aliposikia kuwa Lazaro ni mgonjwa, Yesu alikaa siku mbili zaidi mahali alipokuwa.
When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
7 Ndipo baada ya hili aliwaambia wanafunzi wake, “Twendeni Uyahudi tena.”
Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”
8 Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Rabi, Wayahudi walikuwa wakijaribu kukuponda mawe, na wewe unataka kurudi huko tena?”
The disciples asked him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”
9 Yesu akawajibu, “Saa za mchana si kumi na mbili? Mtu anapotembea mchana hawezi kujikwaa, kwa sababu anaona kwa nuru ya mchana.
Jesus answered, “Are not there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 Hata hivyo, ikiwa atatembea usiku, atajikwaa kwa sababu nuru haiko ndani yake.”
But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
11 Yesu akasema mambo haya, na baada ya mambo haya, akawaambia, “Rafiki yetu Lazaro amelala, lakini ninakwenda ili kwamba nipate kumuamsha kutoka usingizini.”
He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”
12 Ndipo wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Bwana, kama amelala, ataamka.
The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
13 Wakati huu Yesu alikuwa akizungumza habari za kifo cha Lazaro, lakini wao walidhani anazungumza juu ya kulala usingizi.
Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14 Ndipo Yesu akazungumza nao wazi wazi, “Lazaro amekufa.
So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.
15 Nina furaha kwa ajili yenu, kwamba sikuwepo kule ili kwamba mpate kuamini. Twendeni kwake.”
I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”
16 Basi Tomaso, aliyeitwa Pacha, aliwaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Nasi twendeni pia tukafe pamoja na Yesu.”
Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s also go, that we may die with him.”
17 Wakati Yesu alipokuja, alikuta kwamba Lazaro tayari amekwishakuwa kaburini siku nne.
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
18 Nayo Bethania ilikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu kama kilomita arobaini na tano hivi.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
19 Wengi kati ya Wayahudi wakaja kwa Martha na Mariamu kuwafariji kwa ajili ya ndugu yao.
Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
20 Ndipo Martha aliposikia kuwa Yesu anakuja, alienda kukutana naye, lakini Mariamu aliendelea kukaa nyumbani.
Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
21 Ndipo Martha akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, kama ungelikuwa hapa, kaka yangu asingelikufa.
Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died.
22 Hata sasa, najua ya kuwa lolote utakaloomba kutoka kwa Mungu, atakupatia.”
Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”
23 Yesu akamwambia, kaka yako atafufuka tena.”
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha akamwambia, najua kwamba atafufuka katika ufufuo siku ya mwisho.”
Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ni ufufuo na uzima; yeye aniaminiye, ingawa atakufa, hata hivyo atakuwa anaishi;
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
Whoever lives and believes in me will never die in this age (aiōn g165). Do you believe this?"
27 Akamwambia, “Ndiyo, Bwana naamini kwamba wewe ni Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, yeye ajaye katika ulimwengu.”
She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”
28 Alipokwisha kusema hili, alienda zake na kumwita dada yake Mariamu faraghani. Akasema, “Mwalimu yuko hapa na anakuita.”
When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here and is calling you.”
29 Mariamu aliposikia haya, aliinuka kwa haraka na kwenda kwa Yesu.
When she heard this, she arose quickly and went to him.
30 Naye Yesu alikuwa hajaja bado ndani ya kijiji, bali alikuwa bado mahali alipokutana na Martha.
Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
31 Ndipo Wayahudi waliokuwa na Mariamu katika nyumba na wale waliokuwa wakimfariji, walipomuona akiinuka haraka na kutoka nje, walimfuata; walidhani kuwa anaenda kaburini ili akalie huko.
Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
32 Ndipo Mariamu, alipofika pale Yesu alipokuwa alimuona na, alianguka chini ya miguu yake na kumwambia, “Bwana, kama ungelikuwa hapa, ndugu yangu asingelikufa.”
Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 Yesu alipomuona analia, na Wayahudi waliokuja pamoja naye walikuwa wakilia pia, aliomboleza katika roho na kufadhaika;
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled,
34 akasema, “Mmemlaza wapi? wakamwambia, Bwana, njoo utazame.”
and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Yesu akalia.
Jesus wept.
36 Ndipo Wayahudi wakasema, “Angalia alivyompenda Lazaro!”
The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”
37 Lakini wengine kati yao wakasema, “Siyo huyu, mtu aliyeyafumbua macho ya yule aliyekuwa kipofu, hakuweza kumfanya huyu mtu asife?”
Some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?”
38 Ndipo Yesu, hali akiomboleza nafsini mwake tena, alienda kwenye kaburi. Sasa lilikuwa pango, na jiwe limewekwa juu yake.
Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39 Yesu akasema, “Liondoweni jiwe.” Martha, dada yake na Lazaro, yeye aliyekufa, akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, kwa muda huu, mwili utakuwa umeoza, kwa sababu amekwishakuwa maiti kwa siku nne.”
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi sikukuwaambia ya kwamba, kama ukiamini, utauona utukufu wa Mungu?”
Jesus said to her, “Did not I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”
41 Kwa hiyo wakaliondoa jiwe. Yesu akainua macho yake juu na kusema, “Baba, nakushukuru kwa kuwa unanisikiliza.
So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
42 Nilijua kwamba unanisikia mara zote, lakini ni kwa sababu ya kusanyiko ambalo limesimama kunizunguka kwamba nimesema haya, ili kwamba wapate kuamini kuwa wewe umenituma.”
I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 Baada ya kusema haya, alilia kwa sauti kubwa, “Lazaro, toka nje!”
When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 Mfu alitoka nje amefungwa mikono na miguu kwa sanda za kuzikia, na uso wake ulifungwa na kitambaa.” Yesu akawaambia, “Mfungueni mkamwache aende.”
He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”
45 Ndipo Wayahudi wengi waliokuja kwa Mariamu na kuona Yesu alichofanya, walimwamini;
Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him.
46 lakini baadhi yao walienda kwa Mafarisayo na kuwaambia mambo aliyoyafanya Yesu.
But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done.
47 Ndipo wakuu wa Makuhani na Mafarisayo wakakusanyika pamoja katika baraza na kusema, “Tutafanya nini? Mtu huyu anafanya ishara nyingi.
The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
48 Ikiwa tutamwacha hivi peke yake, wote watamwamini; Warumi watakuja na kuchukua vyote mahali petu na taifa letu.”
If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49 Hata hivyo, mtu mmoja kati yao, Kayafa, aliyekuwa kuhani Mkuu mwaka huo, akawaambia, “Hamjui chochote kabisa.
But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,
50 Hamfikirii kwamba yafaa kwa ajili yenu kwamba mtu mmoja yapasa kufa kwa ajili ya watu kuliko taifa lote kuangamia.”
nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”
51 Haya hakuyasema kwa sababu yake mwenyewe, badala yake, kwa kuwa alikuwa kuhani mkuu mwaka ule, alitabiri kwamba Yesu atakufa kwa ajili ya taifa;
Now he did not say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
52 na si kwa taifa peke yake, bali Yesu apate vile vile kuwakusanya watoto wa Mungu ambao wametawanyika sehemu mbali mbali.
and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
53 Kwa hiyo kuanzia siku hiyo na kuendelea wakapanga namna ya kumwua Yesu.
So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
54 Yesu hakutembea tena wazi wazi kati ya Wayahudi, bali aliondoka hapo na kwenda nchi iliyo karibu na jangwa katika mji uitwao Efraimu. Hapo alikaa na wanafunzi.
Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
55 Basi Pasaka ya Wayahudi ilikuwa karibu, na wengi wakapanda kwenda Yerusalemu nje ya mji kabla ya Pasaka ili wapate kujitakasa wenyewe.
Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.
56 Walikuwa wakimtafuta Yesu, na kuzungumza kila mmoja walipokuwa wamesimama hekaluni, “Mnafikiri nini? Kwamba hatakuja katika sikukuu?”
Then they sought for Jesus and spoke with one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he is not coming to the feast at all?”
57 Wakati huu wakuu wa makuhani na Mafarisayo walikuwa wametoa amri kwamba ikiwa mmoja atajua Yesu alipo, anapaswa kutoa taarifa ili kwamba wapate kumkamata.
Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.
