¹And there was a certain one ailing, Lazarus, from Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister —

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

²and it was Mary who did anoint the Lord with ointment, and did wipe his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ailing —

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

³therefore sent the sisters unto him, saying, `Sir, lo, he whom thou dost love is ailing;`

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

⁴and Jesus having heard, said, `This ailment is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.`

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

⁵And Jesus was loving Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,

⁵ኢየሱስም ማርታንና እኅትዋን አልዓዛርንም ይወድ ነበር።

⁶when, therefore, he heard that he is ailing, then indeed he remained in the place in which he was two days,

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

⁷then after this, he saith to the disciples, `We may go to Judea again;`

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

⁸the disciples say to him, `Rabbi, now were the Jews seeking to stone thee, and again thou dost go thither!`

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 one may walk in the day, he doth not stumble, because the light of this world he doth see;

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

¹⁰and if any one may walk in the night, he stumbleth, because the light is not in him.`

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

¹¹These things he said, and after this he saith to them, `Lazarus our friend hath fallen asleep, but I go on that I may awake him;`

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

¹²therefore said his disciples, `Sir, if he hath fallen asleep, he will be saved;`

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

¹³but Jesus had spoken about his death, but they thought that about the repose of sleep he speaketh.

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

¹⁴Then, therefore, Jesus said to them freely, `Lazarus hath died;

¹⁴እንግዲህ ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በግልጥ። አልዓዛር ሞተ፤

¹⁵and I rejoice, for your sake, (that ye may believe,) that I was not there; but we may go to him;`

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

¹⁶therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to the fellow-disciples, `We may go — we also, that we may die with him,`

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

¹⁷Jesus, therefore, having come, found him having been four days already in the tomb.

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

¹⁸And Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off,

¹⁸ቢታንያም አሥራ አምስት ምዕራፍ ያህል ለኢየሩሳሌም ቅርብ ነበረች።

¹⁹and many of the Jews had come unto Martha and Mary, that they might comfort them concerning their brother;

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

²⁰Martha, therefore, when she heard that Jesus doth come, met him, and Mary kept sitting in the house.

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

²¹Martha, therefore, said unto Jesus, `Sir, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

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

²²but even now, I have known that whatever thou mayest ask of God, God will give to thee;`

²²አሁንም ከእግዚአብሔር የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር እንዲሰጥህ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

²³Jesus saith to her, `Thy brother shall rise again.`

²³ኢየሱስም። ወንድምሽ ይነሣል አላት።

²⁴Martha saith to him, `I have known that he will rise again, in the rising again in the last day;`

²⁴ማርታም። በመጨረሻው ቀን በትንሣኤ እንዲነሣ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

²⁵Jesus said to her, `I am the rising again, and the life; he who is believing in me, even if he may die, shall live;

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

²⁶and every one who is living and believing in me shall not die — to the age;

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

²⁷believest thou this?` she saith to him, `Yes, sir, I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming to the world.`

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

²⁸And these things having said, she went away, and called Mary her sister privately, saying, `The Teacher is present, and doth call thee;`

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

²⁹she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;

²⁹እርስዋም በሰማች ጊዜ ፈጥና ተነሣች ወደ እርሱም መጣች፤

³⁰and Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was in the place where Martha met him;

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

³¹the Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house, and were comforting her, having seen Mary that she rose up quickly and went forth, followed her, saying — `She doth go away to the tomb, that she may weep there.`

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

³²Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, having seen him, fell at his feet, saying to him, `Sir, 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።

³³Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, did groan in the spirit, and troubled himself, and he said,

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

³⁴`Where have ye laid him?` they say to him, `Sir, come and see;`

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

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁵ኢየሱስም እንባውን አፈሰሰ።

³⁶The Jews, therefore, said, `Lo, how he was loving him!`

³⁶ስለዚህ አይሁድ። እንዴት ይወደው እንደ ነበረ እዩ አሉ።

³⁷and certain of them said, `Was not this one, who did open the eyes of the blind man, able to cause that also this one might 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 tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,

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

³⁹Jesus saith, `Take ye away the stone;` the sister of him who hath died — Martha — saith to him, `Sir, already he stinketh, for he is four days dead;`

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

⁴⁰Jesus saith to her, `Said I not to thee, that if thou mayest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?`

⁴⁰ኢየሱስ። ብታምኚስ የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር እንድታዪ አልነገርሁሽምን? አላት።

⁴¹They took away, therefore, the stone where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted his eyes upwards, and said, `Father, I thank Thee, that Thou didst hear me;

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

⁴²and I knew that Thou always dost hear me, but, because of the multitude that is standing by, I said [it], that they may believe that Thou didst send me.`

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

⁴³And these things saying, with a loud voice he cried out, `Lazarus, come forth;`

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

⁴⁴and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, `Loose him, and suffer to go.`

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

⁴⁵Many, therefore, of the Jews who came unto Mary, and beheld what Jesus did, believed in him;

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

⁴⁶but certain of them went away unto the Pharisees, and told them what Jesus did;

⁴⁶ከእነርሱ አንዳንዶቹ ግን ወደ ፈሪሳውያን ሄደው ኢየሱስ ያደረገውን ነገሩአቸው።

⁴⁷the chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees, gathered together a sanhedrim, and said, `What may we do? because this man doth many signs?

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

⁴⁸if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.`

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

⁴⁹and a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being chief priest of that year, said to them, `Ye have not known anything,

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

⁵⁰nor reason that it is good for us that one man may die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.`

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

⁵¹And this he said not of himself, but being chief priest of that year, he did prophesy that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

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

⁵²and not for the nation only, but that also the children of God, who have been scattered abroad, he may gather together into one.

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

⁵³From that day, therefore, they took counsel together that they may kill him;

⁵³እንግዲህ ከዚያ ቀን ጀምረው ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ።

⁵⁴Jesus, therefore, was no more freely walking among the Jews, but went away thence to the region nigh the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there he tarried 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 passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

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

⁵⁶they were seeking, therefore, Jesus, and said one with another, standing in the temple, `What doth appear to you — that he may not come to the feast?`

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

⁵⁷and both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if any one may know where he is, he may shew [it], so that they may seize him.

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