¹Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

¹ከማርያምና ከእኅትዋ ከማርታ መንደር ከቢታንያ የሆነ አልዓዛር የሚባል አንድ ሰው ታሞ ነበር።

²(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

²ማርያምም ጌታን ሽቱ የቀባችው እግሩንም በጠጕርዋ ያበሰችው ነበረች፤ ወንድምዋም አልዓዛር ታሞ ነበር።

³Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

³ስለዚህ እኅቶቹ ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆ የምትወደው ታሞአል ብለው ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

⁴When 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.

⁴ኢየሱስም ሰምቶ። ይህ ህመም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ በእርሱ ይከብር ዘንድ ስለ እግዚአብሔር ክብር ነው እንጂ ለሞት አይደለም አለ።

⁵Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁵ኢየሱስም ማርታንና እኅትዋን አልዓዛርንም ይወድ ነበር።

⁶When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

⁶እንደ ታመመም በሰማ ጊዜ ያን ጊዜ በነበረበት ስፍራ ሁለት ቀን ዋለ፤

⁷Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

⁷ከዚህም በኋላ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ወደ ይሁዳ ደግሞ እንሂድ አላቸው።

⁸His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

⁸ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። መምህር ሆይ፥ አይሁድ ከጥቂት ጊዜ በፊት ሊወግሩህ ይፈልጉ ነበር፥ ደግሞም ወደዚያ ትሄዳለህን? አሉት።

⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ቀኑ አሥራ ሁለት ሰዓት አይደለምን? በቀን የሚመላለስ ቢኖር የዚህን ዓለም ብርሃን ያያልና አይሰናከልም፤

¹⁰But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

¹⁰በሌሊት የሚመላለስ ቢኖር ግን ብርሃን በእርሱ ስለ ሌለ ይሰናከላል አላቸው።

¹¹These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹¹ይህን ተናገረ፤ ከዚህም በኋላ። ወዳጃችን አልዓዛር ተኝቶአል፤ ነገር ግን ከእንቅልፉ ላስነሣው እሄዳለሁ አላቸው።

¹²Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

¹²እንግዲህ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተኝቶስ እንደ ሆነ ይድናል አሉት።

¹³Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

¹³ኢየሱስስ ስለ ሞቱ ተናግሮ ነበር፤ እነርሱ ግን ስለ እንቅልፍ መተኛት እንደ ተናገረ መሰላቸው።

¹⁴Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

¹⁴እንግዲህ ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በግልጥ። አልዓዛር ሞተ፤

¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

¹⁵እንድታምኑም በዚያ ባለመኖሬ ስለ እናንተ ደስ ይለኛል፤ ነገር ግን ወደ እርሱ እንሂድ አላቸው።

¹⁶Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁶ስለዚህ ዲዲሞስ የሚሉት ቶማስ ለባልንጀሮቹ ለደቀ መዛሙርት። ከእርሱ ጋር እንሞት ዘንድ እኛ ደግሞ እንሂድ አለ።

¹⁷Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

¹⁷ኢየሱስም በመጣ ጊዜ በመቃብር እስከ አሁን አራት ቀን ሆኖት አገኘው።

¹⁸Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

¹⁸ቢታንያም አሥራ አምስት ምዕራፍ ያህል ለኢየሩሳሌም ቅርብ ነበረች።

¹⁹And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

¹⁹ከአይሁድም ብዙዎች ስለ ወንድማቸው ሊያጽናኑአቸው ወደ ማርታና ወደ ማርያም መጥተው ነበር።

²⁰Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.

²⁰ማርታም ኢየሱስ እንደ መጣ በሰማች ጊዜ ልትቀበለው ወጣች፤ ማርያም ግን በቤት ተቀምጣ ነበር።

²¹Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

²¹ማርታም ኢየሱስን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ በዚህ ኖረህ ብትሆን ወንድሜ ባልሞተም ነበር፤

²²But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

²²አሁንም ከእግዚአብሔር የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር እንዲሰጥህ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

²³Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

²³ኢየሱስም። ወንድምሽ ይነሣል አላት።

²⁴Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁴ማርታም። በመጨረሻው ቀን በትንሣኤ እንዲነሣ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

²⁵Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

²⁵ኢየሱስም። ትንሣኤና ሕይወት እኔ ነኝ፤ የሚያምንብኝ ቢሞት እንኳ ሕያው ይሆናል፤

²⁶And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

²⁶ሕያው የሆነም የሚያምንብኝም ሁሉ ለዘላለም አይሞትም፤ ይህን ታምኚያለሽን? አላት።

²⁷She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

²⁷እርስዋም። አዎን ጌታ ሆይ፤ አንተ ወደ ዓለም የሚመጣው ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆንህ እኔ አምናለሁ አለችው።

²⁸And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

²⁸ይህንም ብላ ሄደች እኅትዋንም ማርያምን በስውር ጠርታ። መምህሩ መጥቶአል ይጠራሽማል አለቻት።

²⁹As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

²⁹እርስዋም በሰማች ጊዜ ፈጥና ተነሣች ወደ እርሱም መጣች፤

³⁰Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

³⁰ኢየሱስም ማርታ በተቀበለችበት ስፍራ ነበረ እንጂ ገና ወደ መንደሩ አልገባም ነበር።

³¹The 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 goeth unto the grave to weep there.

³¹ሲያጽናኑአት ከእርስዋ ጋር በቤት የነበሩ አይሁድም ማርያም ፈጥና እንደ ተነሣችና እንደ ወጣች ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ወደ መቃብር ሄዳ በዚያ ልታለቅስ መስሎአቸው ተከተሉአት።

³²Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

³²ማርያምም ኢየሱስ ወዳለበት መጥታ ባየችው ጊዜ በእግሩ ላይ ወድቃ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ በዚህ ኖረህ ብትሆን ወንድሜ ባልሞተም ነበር አለችው።

³³When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.

³³ኢየሱስም እርስዋ ስታለቅስ ከእርስዋም ጋር የመጡት አይሁድ ሲያለቅሱ አይቶ በመንፈሱ አዘነ በራሱም ታወከ፤

³⁴And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

³⁴ወዴት አኖራችሁት? አለም። እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ መጥተህ እይ አሉት።

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁵ኢየሱስም እንባውን አፈሰሰ።

³⁶Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

³⁶ስለዚህ አይሁድ። እንዴት ይወደው እንደ ነበረ እዩ አሉ።

³⁷And 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?

³⁷ከእነርሱ ግን አንዳንዶቹ። ይህ የዕውሩን ዓይኖች የከፈተ ይህን ደግሞ እንዳይሞት ያደርግ ዘንድ ባልቻለም ነበርን? አሉ።

³⁸Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

³⁸ኢየሱስም በራሱ አዝኖ ወደ መቃብሩ መጣ፤ እርሱም ዋሻ ነበረ፤ ድንጋይም ተገጥሞበት ነበር።

³⁹Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

³⁹ኢየሱስ። ድንጋዩን አንሡ አለ። የሞተውም እኅት ማርታ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ከሞተ አራት ቀን ሆኖታልና አሁን ይሸታል አለችው።

⁴⁰Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

⁴⁰ኢየሱስ። ብታምኚስ የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር እንድታዪ አልነገርሁሽምን? አላት።

⁴¹Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

⁴¹ድንጋዩንም አነሡት። ኢየሱስም ዓይኖቹን ወደ ላይ አንሥቶ። አባት ሆይ፥ ስለ ሰማኸኝ አመሰግንሃለሁ።

⁴²And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

⁴²ሁልጊዜም እንድትሰማኝ አወቅሁ፤ ነገር ግን አንተ እንደ ላክኸኝ ያምኑ ዘንድ በዚህ ዙሪያ ስለ ቆሙት ሕዝብ ተናገርሁ አለ።

⁴³And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

⁴³ይህንም ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ። አልዓዛር ሆይ፥ ወደ ውጭ ና ብሎ ጮኸ።

⁴⁴And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

⁴⁴የሞተውም እጆቹና እግሮቹ በመግነዝ እንደ ተገነዙ ወጣ፤ ፈቱም በጨርቅ እንደ ተጠመጠመ ነበር። ኢየሱስም። ፍቱትና ይሂድ ተዉት አላቸው።

⁴⁵Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

⁴⁵ስለዚህ ወደ ማርያም ከመጡት፥ ኢየሱስም ያደረገውን ካዩት ከአይሁድ ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ፤

⁴⁶But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

⁴⁶ከእነርሱ አንዳንዶቹ ግን ወደ ፈሪሳውያን ሄደው ኢየሱስ ያደረገውን ነገሩአቸው።

⁴⁷Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

⁴⁷እንግዲህ የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያን ሸንጎ ሰብስበው። ምን እናድርግ? ይህ ሰው ብዙ ምልክቶች ያደርጋልና።

⁴⁸If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

⁴⁸እንዲሁ ብንተወው ሁሉ በእርሱ ያምናሉ፤ የሮሜም ሰዎች መጥተው አገራችንን ወገናችንንም ይወስዳሉ አሉ።

⁴⁹And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

⁴⁹በዚያችም ዓመት ሊቀ ካህናት የነበረ ቀያፋ የሚሉት ከእነርሱ አንዱ። እናንተ ምንም አታውቁም፤

⁵⁰Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

⁵⁰ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ከሚጠፋ አንድ ሰው ስለ ሕዝቡ ይሞት ዘንድ እንዲሻለን አታስቡም አላቸው።

⁵¹And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

⁵¹ይህንም የተናገረ ከራሱ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን በዚያች ዓመት ሊቀ ካህናት ነበረና ኢየሱስ ስለ ሕዝቡ ሊሞት እንዳለው ትንቢት ተናገረ፤

⁵²And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

⁵²ስለ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን የተበተኑትን የእግዚአብሔርን ልጆች ደግሞ በአንድነት እንዲሰበስባቸው ነው እንጂ።

⁵³Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

⁵³እንግዲህ ከዚያ ቀን ጀምረው ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ።

⁵⁴Jesus 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.

⁵⁴ከዚያ ወዲያም ኢየሱስ በአይሁድ መካከል ተገልጦ አልተመላለሰም፤ ነገር ግን ከዚያ በምድረ በዳ አጠገብ ወዳለች ምድር፥ ኤፍሬም ወደምትባል ከተማ ሄደ፤ በዚያም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

⁵⁵And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁵የአይሁድም ፋሲካ ቀርቦ ነበር። ብዙ ሰዎችም ራሳቸውን ያነጹ ዘንድ ከፋሲካ በፊት ከአገሩ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጡ።

⁵⁶Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

⁵⁶ኢየሱስንም ይፈልጉት ነበር፤ በመቅደስም ቆመው እርስ በርሳቸው። ምን ይመስላችኋል? ወደ በዓሉ አይመጣም ይሆንን? ተባባሉ።

⁵⁷Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.

⁵⁷የካህናት አለቆችም ፈሪሳውያንም ይይዙት ዘንድ እርሱ ያለበትን ስፍራ የሚያውቀው ሰው ቢኖር እንዲያመለክታቸው አዘው ነበር።