¹Og det var en syk mann, Lasarus fra Betania, den by som Maria og hennes søster Marta bodde i.

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

²Det var Maria som salvet Herren med salve og tørket hans føtter med sitt hår; det var hennes bror Lasarus som var syk.

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

³Søstrene sendte da bud til ham og lot si: Herre! se, han som du elsker, er syk.

³The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”

⁴Da Jesus hørte det, sa han: Denne sykdom er ikke til døden, men til Guds ære, forat Guds Sønn skal bli æret ved den.

⁴But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.”

⁵Men Jesus elsket Marta og hennes søster og Lasarus.

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

⁶Da han nu hørte at han var syk, blev han ennu to dager på det sted hvor han var;

⁶When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

⁷da først sa han til disiplene: La oss dra til Judea igjen!

⁷Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”

⁸Disiplene sa til ham: Rabbi! nu nettop søkte jødene å stene dig, og du går atter dit?

⁸The disciples told him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”

⁹Jesus svarte: Er det ikke tolv timer i en dag? Den som vandrer om dagen, støter sig ikke, fordi han ser denne verdens lys;

⁹Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

¹⁰men den som vandrer om natten, han støter sig, fordi lyset ikke er i ham.

¹⁰ But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.”

¹¹Dette talte han; og derefter sier han til dem: Lasarus, vår venn, er sovnet inn; men jeg går for å vekke ham.

¹¹He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.”

¹²Disiplene sa da til ham: Herre! er han sovnet inn, da blir han frisk igjen.

¹²The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”

¹³Jesus hadde talt om hans død; men de tenkte at han talte om almindelig søvn.

¹³Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.

¹⁴Da sa Jesus rent ut til dem: Lasarus er død,

¹⁴So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵og for eders skyld er jeg glad over at jeg ikke var der, forat I skal tro; men la oss gå til ham!

¹⁵ I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”

¹⁶Tomas, det er tvilling, sa da til sine meddisipler: La oss gå med, forat vi kan dø sammen med ham!

¹⁶Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, “Didymus” means “Twin” said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”

¹⁷Da nu Jesus kom, fant han at han allerede hadde ligget fire dager i graven.

¹⁷So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.

¹⁸Men Betania lå nær ved Jerusalem, omkring femten stadier derfra,

¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia 15 stadia is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles away.

¹⁹og mange av jødene var kommet til Marta og Maria for å trøste dem i sorgen over deres bror.

¹⁹Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.

²⁰Da nu Marta fikk høre at Jesus kom, gikk hun ham i møte; men Maria satt hjemme i huset.

²⁰Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.

²¹Marta sa da til Jesus: Herre! hadde du vært her, da var min bror ikke død;

²¹Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.

²²men også nu vet jeg at alt det du beder Gud om, vil Gud gi dig.

²²Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you.”

²³Jesus sier til henne: Din bror skal opstå.

²³Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

²⁴Marta sier til ham: Jeg vet at han skal opstå i opstandelsen på den ytterste dag.

²⁴Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

²⁵Jesus sa til henne: Jeg er opstandelsen og livet; den som tror på mig, om han enn dør, skal han dog leve,

²⁵Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

²⁶og hver den som lever og tror på mig, skal aldri i evighet dø. Tror du dette?

²⁶ Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

²⁷Hun sier til ham: Ja, Herre! jeg tror at du er Messias, Guds Sønn, han som skal komme til verden.

²⁷She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.”

²⁸Og da hun hadde sagt dette, gikk hun bort og kalte i stillhet på sin søster Maria og sa: Mesteren er her og kaller på dig.

²⁸When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and is calling you.”

²⁹Da hun hørte det, stod hun hastig op og gikk til ham;

²⁹When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.

³⁰men Jesus var ennu ikke kommet inn i byen, han var på det sted hvor Marta hadde møtt ham.

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

³¹Da nu de jøder som var hos henne i huset og trøstet henne, så at Maria stod hastig op og gikk ut, fulgte de med henne; de tenkte at hun gikk bort til graven for å gråte der.

³¹Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”

³²Da nu Maria kom dit hvor Jesus var, og så ham, falt hun ned for hans føtter og sa til ham: Herre! hadde du vært her, da var min bror ikke død.

³²Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.”

³³Da nu Jesus så henne gråte, og så de jøder gråte som var kommet med henne, blev han oprørt i sin ånd og rystet og sa:

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

³⁴Hvor har I lagt ham? De sa til ham: Herre, kom og se!

³⁴and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.”

³⁵Jesus gråt.

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶Jødene sa da: Se hvor han elsket ham!

³⁶The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”

³⁷Men nogen av dem sa: kunde ikke han som har åpnet den blindes øine, også ha gjort at denne ikke var død?

³⁷Some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?”

³⁸Jesus blev da atter oprørt i sin sjel, og kom til graven; det var en hule, og det lå en sten over den.

³⁸Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

³⁹Jesus sier: Ta stenen bort! Marta, den dødes søster, sier til ham: Herre! han stinker allerede, for han har ligget fire dager.

³⁹Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”

⁴⁰Jesus sier til henne: Sa jeg dig ikke at dersom du tror, skal du se Guds herlighet?

⁴⁰Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?”

⁴¹De tok da stenen bort. Men Jesus løftet sine øine mot himmelen og sa: Fader! jeg takker dig fordi du har hørt mig.

⁴¹So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. NU omits “from the place where the dead man was lying.” Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me.

⁴²Jeg visste jo at du alltid hører mig, men for folkets skyld som står omkring, sa jeg det, forat de skal tro at du har utsendt mig.

⁴² I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”

⁴³Og da han hadde sagt dette, ropte han med høi røst: Lasarus, kom ut!

⁴³When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

⁴⁴Da kom den døde ut, bundet med liksvøp på føtter og hender, og om hans ansikt var bundet en svededuk. Jesus sier til dem: Løs ham og la ham gå!

⁴⁴He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.”

⁴⁵Mange av jødene, som var kommet til Maria og hadde sett det han gjorde, trodde da på ham;

⁴⁵Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.

⁴⁶men nogen av dem gikk avsted til fariseerne og sa dem hvad Jesus hadde gjort.

⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.

⁴⁷Yppersteprestene og fariseerne kalte da rådet sammen til møte og sa: Hvad skal vi gjøre? for dette menneske gjør mange tegn.

⁴⁷The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs.

⁴⁸Lar vi ham holde ved således, da vil alle tro på ham, og romerne vil komme og ta både vårt sted og vårt folk.

⁴⁸If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

⁴⁹Men en av dem, Kaifas, som var yppersteprest det år, sa til dem:

⁴⁹But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,

⁵⁰I forstår ingenting, heller ikke tenker I på at det er til gagn for eder at ett menneske dør for folket og ikke hele folket går til grunne.

⁵⁰nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”

⁵¹Dette sa han ikke av sig selv, men da han var yppersteprest det år, spådde han at Jesus skulde dø for folket,

⁵¹Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

⁵²og ikke for folket alene, men for også å samle til ett de Guds barn som er spredt omkring.

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

⁵³Fra den dag av la de råd op om å slå ham ihjel.

⁵³So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.

⁵⁴Jesus gikk derfor ikke lenger åpenlyst omkring blandt jødene, men drog derfra til landet nær ved ørkenen, til en by som heter Efraim, og han blev der med sine disipler.

⁵⁴Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.

⁵⁵Men jødenes påske var nær, og mange drog før påsken fra landet op til Jerusalem for å rense sig.

⁵⁵Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶De lette da efter Jesus, og talte sig imellem mens de stod i templet: Hvad tror I? kommer han slett ikke til høitiden?

⁵⁶Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?”

⁵⁷Men yppersteprestene og fariseerne hadde påbudt at om nogen fikk vite hvor han var, skulde han melde det, så de kunde gripe ham.

⁵⁷Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.