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

¹Ary nisy lehilahy anankiray narary, dia Lazarosy avy any Betania, tanànan'i Maria sy Marta rahavaviny.

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

²Maria dia ilay nanosotra ny Tompo tamin'ny menaka manitra sy namaoka ny tongony tamin'ny volon-dohany, ary Lazarosy anadahiny no narary.

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

³Ary izy mirahavavy dia naniraka tany amin'i Jesosy hanao hoe: Tompoko, marary ilay tianao.

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.

⁴Ary rehefa ren'i Jesosy izany, dia hoy Izy: Tsy ho fahafatesana no anton'izany aretina izany, fa ny hampisehoana ny voninahitr'Andriamanitra, mba hankalazana ny Zanak'Andriamanitra.

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

⁵Ary Jesosy tia an'i Marta sy ny rahavaviny ary Lazarosy.

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

⁶Koa nony ren'i Jesosy fa narary Lazarosy, dia mbola nitoetra indroa andro teo amin'izay nitoerany ihany Izy.

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

⁷Rehefa afaka izany, dia hoy Izy tamin'ny mpianatra: Andeha isika ho any Jodia indray.

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

⁸Hoy ny mpianatra taminy: Raby ô, vao haingana teo no nitadiavan'ny Jiosy hitora-bato Anao, ka hankany indray va Hianao?

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;

⁹Jesosy namaly hoe: Tsy roa ambin'ny folo va ny ora amin'ny indray andro? Raha misy mandeha amin'ny antoandro, dia tsy mba tafintohina izy, fa mahita ny fahazavan'izao tontolo izao.

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

¹⁰Fa raha misy kosa mandeha amin'ny alina, dia ho tafintohina izay, ka tsy misy mazava ao aminy.

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.

¹¹Izany no nolazainy; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia hoy Izy taminy: Matory Lazarosy sakaizantsika; fa handeha hamoha azy Aho.

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

¹²Dia hoy ny mpianatra taminy: Tompoko, raha matory izy, dia ho tsara ihany. [Gr. hovonjena]

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

¹³Nefa Jesosy nilaza ny fahafatesany; fa nataon'izy ireo kosa fa fialan-tsasatra amin'ny torimaso no nolazainy.

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

¹⁴Ary tamin'izany Jesosy dia nilaza tsotra taminy hoe: Maty Lazarosy;

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

¹⁵ary faly Aho noho ny aminareo, satria tsy teo Aho, mba hinoanareo; fa andeha isika hankany aminy.

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

¹⁶Dia hoy Tomasy (izay atao hoe Didymo) tamin'ny mpianatra namany: Andeha isika mba hiara-maty aminy.

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

¹⁷Ary nony tonga Jesosy, dia hitany fa efa nilevina hefarana izy.

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

¹⁸Ary Betania dia tao akaikin'i Jerosalema, tokony ho dimy ambin'ny folo stadio no elanelany. [Na: telo kilometatra]

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

¹⁹Ary maro tamin'ny Jiosy no efa tonga teo amin'i Marta sy Maria hitsapa alahelo azy noho ny amin'ny anadahiny.

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

²⁰Ary Marta, raha nandre fa tamy Jesosy, dia nandeha nitsena Azy; fa Maria kosa nitoetra tao an-trano.

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

²¹Ary hoy Marta tamin'i Jesosy: Tompoko, raha teto Hianao, dia tsy maty ny anadahiko.

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

²²Nefa fantatro fa na dia ankehitriny izao aza na inona na inona no hangatahinao amin'Andriamanitra dia homen'Andriamanitra Anao.

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

²³Hoy Jesosy taminy: Hitsangana ny anadahinao.

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

²⁴Fa hoy Marta taminy: Fantatro ihany fa hitsangana izy amin'ny fitsanganan'ny maty amin'ny andro farany;

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

²⁵Hoy Jesosy taminy: Izaho no fananganana ny maty sy fiainana; izay mino Ahy, na dia maty aza, dia ho velona indray.

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

²⁶Ary izay rehetra velona ka mino Ahy dia tsy ho faty mandrakizay. Mino izany va ianao?

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

²⁷Hoy izy taminy: Eny, Tompoko; mino aho fa Hianao no Kristy, Zanak'Andriamanitra, Ilay ho tonga amin'izao tontolo izao.

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

²⁸Ary rehefa nilaza izany izy, dia lasa nandeha ka niantso mangingina an'i Maria rahavaviny, nanao hoe: Tonga ny Mpampianatra ka miantso anao.

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

²⁹Ary raha vao nandre izany Maria, dia nitsangana faingana izy ka nankeo aminy.

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

³⁰Fa Jesosy tsy mbola tonga tao an-tanàna, fa mbola teo amin'ilay nitsenan'i Marta Azy ihany.

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.

³¹Ary ny Jiosy izay tao amin'i Maria tao an-trano ka nitsapa alahelo azy, raha nahita azy nitsangana faingana ka nivoaka, dia nanaraka azy, satria nataony fa nankany amin'ny fasana hitomany any izy.

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.

³²Ary Maria, rehefa tonga teo amin'nitoeran'i Jesosy ka nahita Azy, dia niankohoka teo amin'ny tongony ka nanao taminy hoe: Tompoko, raha teto Hianao, dia tsy maty ny anadahiko.

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

³³Ary Jesosy nony nahita azy nitomany sy ny Jiosy izay niaraka taminy nitomany koa, dia vonto ny fanahiny, ka tora-kovitra Izy;

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

³⁴ary hoy Izy: Aiza moa no nandevenanareo azy? Dia hoy ireo taminy: Tompoko, andeha hizaha.

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁵Jesosy nitomany.

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

³⁶Dia hoy ny Jiosy: Akory ity haben'ny fitiavany azy!

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?

³⁷Fa hoy ny sasany: Moa tsy hain'ilehity, Izay nampahiratra ny mason'ilay jamba va, ny manao izay tsy ho nahafaty an-dralehilahy ity?

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

³⁸Dia vonto indray ny fanahin'i Jesosy ka nankeo amin'ny fasana Izy; ary zohy izany, sady nisy vato narindrina teo.

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].

³⁹Hoy Jesosy: Esory ny vato. Hoy Marta, anabavin'ny maty, taminy: Tompoko, maimbo izy izao, fa efa hefarana izay.

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

⁴⁰Hoy Jesosy taminy: Tsy voalazako va fa raha hino ianao, dia ho hitanao ny voninahitr'Andriamanitra?

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;

⁴¹Dia nesoriny ny vato. Ary Jesosy dia nanandratra ny masony ka nanao hoe: Ray ô, misaotra Anao Aho, fa efa nihaino Ahy Hianao.

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.

⁴²Raha Izaho, dia fantatro fa mihaino Ahy mandrakariva Hianao; fa noho ny vahoaka mitsangana manodidina no nilazako izany, mba hinoany fa Hianao no naniraka Ahy.

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

⁴³Ary rehefa nanao izany teny izany Izy, dia niantso tamin'ny feo mahery hoe: Ry Lazarosy, mivoaha!

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.

⁴⁴Dia nivoaka ny maty nisy fehim-paty ny tànany sy ny tongony, sady voafehy mosara koa ny tavany. Hoy Jesosy tamin'ny olona: Vahao izy, ka avelao handeha.

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

⁴⁵Ary maro tamin'ny Jiosy, dia ireo nankeo amin'i Maria ka nahita ny zavatra nataon'i Jesosy ireo, no nino Azy.

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

⁴⁶Fa ny sasany tamin'ireo kosa dia lasa nankany amin'ny Fariseo ka nilaza taminy izay nataony.

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

⁴⁷Ary ny lohan'ny mpisorona sy ny Fariseo nanangona ny Synedriona ka nanao hoe: Ahoana no hataontsika? fa iny Lehilahy iny dia manao famantarana maro.

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.

⁴⁸Raha avelantsika hanao toy izany ihany Izy, dia hino Azy avokoa ny olona rehetra; ary ho avy ny Romana ka handrava ny fonenantsika sy ny firenentsika.

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

⁴⁹Ary ny anankiray taminy, dia Kaiafa, mpisoronabe tamin'izany taona izany, nanao taminy hoe: Hianareo tsy mahalala na inona na inona,

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

⁵⁰na misaina akory fa tsara ho anareo, raha ny lehilahy iray no ho faty hamonjy ny firenena, mba tsy ho rava avokoa ity firenena ity.

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

⁵¹Ary tsy niteny izany ho azy izy, fa satria mpisoronabe tamin'izany taona izany izy, dia naminany fa Jesosy ho faty hamonjy ny firenena;

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

⁵²ary tsy hamonjy io firenena io ihany, fa mba hanangona ny zanak'Andriamanitra izay efa niely ho antoko iray.

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

⁵³Koa hatramin'izany andro izany dia nihendry hahafaty Azy ireo.

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.

⁵⁴Ary Jesosy tsy nandeha niharihary teny amin'ny Jiosy intsony; fa niala teo Izy nankany amin'ny tany akaikin'ny efitra, ho any an-tanàna atao hoe Efraima, ary nitoetra tany Izy mbamin'ny mpianatra.

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.

⁵⁵Ary efa akaiky ny Pasky ny Jiosy; ary maro avy tany an-tsaha no niakatra ho any Jerosalema talohan'ny Paska mba hanadio ny tenany.

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

⁵⁶Dia nitady an'i Jesosy ireo, raha nijanona teo an-kianjan'ny tempoly, ka niresaka hoe: Ahoana no hevitrareo? Tsy mba ho tonga amin'ny andro firavoravoana va Izy?Ary ny lohan'ny mpisorona sy ny Fariseo efa nandidy fa raha misy olona mahalala izay itoerany, dia tsy maintsy milaza, mba hisamborany Azy.

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.

⁵⁷Ary ny lohan'ny mpisorona sy ny Fariseo efa nandidy fa raha misy olona mahalala izay itoerany, dia tsy maintsy milaza, mba hisamborany Azy.