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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.`

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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;

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

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

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

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;`

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²³Hoy Jesosy taminy: Hitsangana ny anadahinao.

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

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

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

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

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;

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

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

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

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.`

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.`

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.

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;`

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

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,

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

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

³⁵Jesosy nitomany.

³⁵Jesus wept.

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

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

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

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?`

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

³⁸Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the tomb, and it was a cave, and a stone was lying upon it,

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

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;`

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

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

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

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;

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.

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.`

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

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

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.

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.`

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.`

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

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

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.

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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;

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.

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?`

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

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.