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, of Bethany, the village of Mary and Martha her sister.
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 the Mary that 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.”
Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying: Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest 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 by it the Son of God may be glorified.
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 still remained 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 his disciples: Let us go into Judea again.
8 Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Rabi, Wayahudi walikuwa wakijaribu kukuponda mawe, na wewe unataka kurudi huko tena?”
His disciples said to him: Rabbi, the Jews just now sought to stone thee, and art thou going thither 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 there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks during the day, he does not stumble, for he sees the light of this world.
10 Hata hivyo, ikiwa atatembea usiku, atajikwaa kwa sababu nuru haiko ndani yake.”
But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light 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.”
Thus spoke he; and after this he said to them: Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.
12 Ndipo wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Bwana, kama amelala, ataamka.
Then his disciples said: Lord, if he sleeps, he will be saved.
13 Wakati huu Yesu alikuwa akizungumza habari za kifo cha Lazaro, lakini wao walidhani anazungumza juu ya kulala usingizi.
Jesus spoke of his death; but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14 Ndipo Yesu akazungumza nao wazi wazi, “Lazaro amekufa.
Therefore, Jesus then said to them plainly: Lazarus is dead.
15 Nina furaha kwa ajili yenu, kwamba sikuwepo kule ili kwamba mpate kuamini. Twendeni kwake.”
And I rejoice, on your account, that I was not there, in order that you may believe. But let us go to him.
16 Basi Tomaso, aliyeitwa Pacha, aliwaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Nasi twendeni pia tukafe pamoja na Yesu.”
Then Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow-disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 Wakati Yesu alipokuja, alikuta kwamba Lazaro tayari amekwishakuwa kaburini siku nne.
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had already been four days in the tomb.
18 Nayo Bethania ilikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu kama kilomita arobaini na tano hivi.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.
19 Wengi kati ya Wayahudi wakaja kwa Martha na Mariamu kuwafariji kwa ajili ya ndugu yao.
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20 Ndipo Martha aliposikia kuwa Yesu anakuja, alienda kukutana naye, lakini Mariamu aliendelea kukaa nyumbani.
Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went out to meet him; but Mary sat still in the house.
21 Ndipo Martha akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, kama ungelikuwa hapa, kaka yangu asingelikufa.
Then Martha said to Jesus: Lord, if thou hadst been here my brother would not have died.
22 Hata sasa, najua ya kuwa lolote utakaloomba kutoka kwa Mungu, atakupatia.”
But even now, I know that whatever thou wilt ask of God, God will give thee.
23 Yesu akamwambia, kaka yako atafufuka tena.”
Jesus said to her: Your brother shall rise again.
24 Martha akamwambia, najua kwamba atafufuka katika ufufuo siku ya mwisho.”
Martha said to him: I know that he will rise, 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 that believes on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;
and he that lives and believes on me, shall never die. Do you believe this? (aiōn g165)
27 Akamwambia, “Ndiyo, Bwana naamini kwamba wewe ni Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, yeye ajaye katika ulimwengu.”
She said to him: Yes, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.
28 Alipokwisha kusema hili, alienda zake na kumwita dada yake Mariamu faraghani. Akasema, “Mwalimu yuko hapa na anakuita.”
And when she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying: The Teacher has come, and calls for you.
29 Mariamu aliposikia haya, aliinuka kwa haraka na kwenda kwa Yesu.
When she heard it, she rose quickly and came 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 that were with her in the house, and were comforting her, seeing Mary rise and go out quickly, 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.”
Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him: Lord, if thou hadst 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;
Then, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews that came with her weeping also, he was greatly moved in spirit, and troubled;
34 akasema, “Mmemlaza wapi? wakamwambia, Bwana, njoo utazame.”
and he said: Where have you laid him? They said to him: Lord, come and see.
35 Yesu akalia.
Jesus wept.
36 Ndipo Wayahudi wakasema, “Angalia alivyompenda Lazaro!”
Then said the Jews: See how he loved him!
37 Lakini wengine kati yao wakasema, “Siyo huyu, mtu aliyeyafumbua macho ya yule aliyekuwa kipofu, hakuweza kumfanya huyu mtu asife?”
And some of them said: Could not he, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have caused that even this man should not have died?
38 Ndipo Yesu, hali akiomboleza nafsini mwake tena, alienda kwenye kaburi. Sasa lilikuwa pango, na jiwe limewekwa juu yake.
Then Jesus, again greatly moved within himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was laid 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 that was dead, said to him: Lord, the body is offensive; 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 I not tell you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God?
41 Kwa hiyo wakaliondoa jiwe. Yesu akainua macho yake juu na kusema, “Baba, nakushukuru kwa kuwa unanisikiliza.
Then they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said: Father, I thank thee, that thou hast heard 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, in deed, that thou dost always hear me. But for the sake of the multitude who stand around me, I have said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
43 Baada ya kusema haya, alilia kwa sauti kubwa, “Lazaro, toka nje!”
And when he had said these things, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
44 Mfu alitoka nje amefungwa mikono na miguu kwa sanda za kuzikia, na uso wake ulifungwa na kitambaa.” Yesu akawaambia, “Mfungueni mkamwache aende.”
And he that had been dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes; and his face was bound around with a handkerchief. Jesus said to them: Loose him, and let him go.
45 Ndipo Wayahudi wengi waliokuja kwa Mariamu na kuona Yesu alichofanya, walimwamini;
Then many of the Jews that had come to Mary, and who saw what he had done, believed on 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 what Jesus had done.
47 Ndipo wakuu wa Makuhani na Mafarisayo wakakusanyika pamoja katika baraza na kusema, “Tutafanya nini? Mtu huyu anafanya ishara nyingi.
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called together the Sanhedrin, 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 thus let him alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.
49 Hata hivyo, mtu mmoja kati yao, Kayafa, aliyekuwa kuhani Mkuu mwaka huo, akawaambia, “Hamjui chochote kabisa.
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was chief priest that year, said to them: You know nothing,
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 profitable for us, that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should 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;
But this he did not speak of himself; but being chief priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was about to 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 should gather into one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
53 Kwa hiyo kuanzia siku hiyo na kuendelea wakapanga namna ya kumwua Yesu.
From that day, therefore, they consulted together to 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.
Therefore, Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but withdrew thence to the region near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he remained 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.
And the passover of the Jews was near; and 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 said one to another, as they stood in the temple: What think you, that he will not come to the feast?
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 given orders, that, if any one knew where he was, he should inform them, that they might take him.
