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

¹Now there was a certain [man] sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and Martha her sister.

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

²It was [the] Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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

³The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

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

⁴But when Jesus heard [it], he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.

⁵ኢየሱስም ማርታንና እኅትዋን አልዓዛርንም ይወድ ነበር።

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

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

⁶When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.

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

⁷Then after this he says to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

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

⁸The disciples say to him, Rabbi, [even but] now the Jews sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?

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

⁹Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;

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

¹⁰but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

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

¹¹These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

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

¹²The disciples therefore said to him, Lord, if he be fallen asleep, he will get well.

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

¹³But Jesus spoke of his death, but *they* thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep.

¹⁴እንግዲህ ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በግልጥ። አልዓዛር ሞተ፤

¹⁴Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.

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

¹⁵And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe. But let us go to him.

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

¹⁶Thomas therefore, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let *us* also go, that we may die with him.

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

¹⁷Jesus therefore [on] arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.

¹⁸ቢታንያም አሥራ አምስት ምዕራፍ ያህል ለኢየሩሳሌም ቅርብ ነበረች።

¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,

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

¹⁹and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.

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

²⁰Martha then, when she heard Jesus is coming, went to meet him; but Mary sat in the house.

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

²¹Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

²²አሁንም ከእግዚአብሔር የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር እንዲሰጥህ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

²²but even now I know, that whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee.

²³ኢየሱስም። ወንድምሽ ይነሣል አላት።

²³Jesus says to her, Thy brother shall rise again.

²⁴ማርታም። በመጨረሻው ቀን በትንሣኤ እንዲነሣ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

²⁴Martha says to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day.

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

²⁵Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;

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

²⁶and every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

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

²⁷She says to him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world.

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

²⁸And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is come and calls thee.

²⁹እርስዋም በሰማች ጊዜ ፈጥና ተነሣች ወደ እርሱም መጣች፤

²⁹She, when she heard [that], rises up quickly and comes to him.

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

³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha came to meet him.

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

³¹The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and consoling her, seeing Mary that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb, that she may weep there.

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

³²Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

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

³³Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled,

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

³⁴and said, Where have ye put him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.

³⁵ኢየሱስም እንባውን አፈሰሰ።

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶ስለዚህ አይሁድ። እንዴት ይወደው እንደ ነበረ እዩ አሉ።

³⁶The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!

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

³⁷And some of them said, Could not this [man], who has opened the eyes of the blind [man], have caused that this [man] also should not have died?

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

³⁸Jesus therefore, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

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

³⁹Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he stinks already, for he is four days [there].

⁴⁰ኢየሱስ። ብታምኚስ የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር እንድታዪ አልነገርሁሽምን? አላት።

⁴⁰Jesus says to her, Did I not say to thee, that if thou shouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

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

⁴¹They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;

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

⁴²but I knew that thou always hearest me; but on account of the crowd who stand around I have said [it], that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

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

⁴³And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

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

⁴⁴And the dead came forth, bound feet and hands with graveclothes, and his face was bound round with a handkerchief. Jesus says to them, Loose him and let him go.

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

⁴⁵Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he had done, believed on him;

⁴⁶ከእነርሱ አንዳንዶቹ ግን ወደ ፈሪሳውያን ሄደው ኢየሱስ ያደረገውን ነገሩአቸው።

⁴⁶but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

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

⁴⁷The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.

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

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

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

⁴⁹But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing

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

⁵⁰nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.

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

⁵¹But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation;

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

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

⁵³እንግዲህ ከዚያ ቀን ጀምረው ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ።

⁵³From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him.

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

⁵⁴Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went away thence into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he sojourned with the disciples.

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

⁵⁵But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

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

⁵⁶They sought therefore Jesus, and said among themselves, standing in the temple, What do ye think? that he will not come to the feast?

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

⁵⁷Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known, that they might take him.