¹Kwaiva neumwe wairwara, wainzi Razaro weBhetaniya, mumusha waMaria nemukoma wake Marita.

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

²Waiva iye Maria wakazodza Ishe nemafuta, akapusika tsoka dzake nevhudzi rake, hanzvadzi yake Razaro wakange achirwara.

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

³Naizvozvo hanzvadzi dzakatumira kwaari dzichiti: Ishe, tarirai uyo wamunoda unorwara.

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

⁴Jesu wakati anzwa akati: Ukosha uhwu hahwusviki murufu, asi ndehwembiri yaMwari, kuti Mwanakomana waMwari arumbidzwe nahwo.

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.

⁵Zvino Jesu wakange achida Marita nemunin'ina wake naRazaro.

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

⁶Naizvozvo wakati anzwa kuti unorwara, ipapo akagara amwe mazuva maviri panzvimbo paakange ari.

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

⁷Shure kweizvozvo wakati kuvadzidzi: Hendeizve Judhiya.

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

⁸Vadzidzi vakati kwaari: Rabhi*, vaJudha vachangobva kutsvaka kukutakai nemabwe; zvino moendazve ikoko here?

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

⁹Jesu akapindura akati: Hapana maora gumi nemaviri masikati here? Kana munhu achifamba masikati, haagumburwi, nekuti unoona chiedza chenyika ino.

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;

¹⁰Asi kana munhu achifamba usiku, unogumburwa, nekuti hamuna chiedza maari.

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

¹¹Wakataura zvinhu izvi, shure kweizvozvo ndokuti kwavari: Shamwari yedu Razaro yarara; asi ndinoenda kuti ndimumutse.

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.

¹²Naizvozvo vadzidzi vake vakati: Ishe, kana arere, uchanaya.

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

¹³Asi Jesu wakareva zverufu rwake; asi ivo vakafunga kuti unoreva kuzorora kwehope.

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

¹⁴Naizvozvo ipapo Jesu akavaudza pachena: Razaro wafa.

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

¹⁵Zvino ndinofara nekuda kwenyu kuti ndakange ndisipo, kuti mugotenda; asi hendei kwaari.

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

¹⁶Naizvozvo Tomasi, wainzi Dhidhimo, wakati kuna vamwe vadzidzi pamwe naye: Hendei isuwo kuti tinofa naye.

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

¹⁷Zvino Jesu wakati achisvika, akawana atova muguva mazuva mana.

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

¹⁸Zvino Bhetaniya rakange riri pedo neJerusarema, masitadhiya* anenge gumi nemashanu kubva ipapo;

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

¹⁹nevazhinji vevaJudha vakange vauya kuna Marita naMaria, kuti vavanyaradze pamusoro pehanzvadzi yavo.

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

²⁰Zvino Marita wakati angonzwa kuti Jesu wouya, akaenda kunomuchingamidza; asi Maria wakagara mumba.

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

²¹Marita ndokuti kuna Jesu: Ishe, dai maiva pano, hanzvadzi yangu ingadai isina kufa.

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

²²Asi naikozvino ndinoziva kuti zvipi zvazvo zvamunokumbira kuna Mwari, Mwari uchakupai.

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

²³Jesu akati kwaari: Hanzvadzi yako ichamukazve.

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

²⁴Marita akati kwaari: Ndinoziva kuti uchamukazve pakumuka nezuva rekupedzisira.

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

²⁵Jesu akati kwaari: Ndini kumuka neupenyu; unotenda kwandiri, kunyange akafa, uchararama;

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

²⁶uye umwe neumwe unorarama uye unotenda kwandiri, haangatongofi nekusingaperi. Unotenda izvi here?

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

²⁷Akati kwaari: Hongu, Ishe; ini ndinotenda kuti ndimwi Kristu, Mwanakomana waMwari, waizouya panyika.

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

²⁸Zvino wakati areva izvi akaenda, akanodana Maria munin'ina wake pachivande, akati: Mudzidzisi wasvika, unokudana.

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

²⁹Iye wakati achingozvinzwa, akakurumidza kusimuka akaenda kwaari.

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

³⁰Zvino Jesu wakange asati asvika pamusha, asi wakange achiri panzvimbo Marita paakamuchingamidza.

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

³¹Naizvozvo vaJudha vakange vanaye mumba vachimunyaradza, vakati vachiona Maria kuti wakasimuka nekukurumidza achibuda, vakamutevera vachiti: Unoenda kuguva kuti acheme.

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.

³²Zvino Maria, wakati achisvika pakange pana Jesu, achimuona, akawira patsoka dzake, achiti kwaari: Ishe, dai maiva pano, hanzvadzi yangu ingadai isina kufa.

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.

³³Naizvozvo Jesu wakati achimuona achichema, vaJudhawo vachichema vakange vauya naye, akagomera mumweya, akazvitambudza,

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

³⁴akati: Mamuradzikepi? Vakati kwaari: Ishe, uyai muone.

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

³⁵Jesu akachema misodzi.

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶Zvino vaJudha vakati: Tarirai kuti waimuda sei.

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

³⁷Asi vamwe vavo vakati: Uyu wakasvinudza meso ebofu, haagoni kuita here kuti uyuwo asafa?

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?

³⁸Naizvozvo Jesu wakagomerazve mukati make asvika paguva. Zvino raiva bako, nebwe rakange rakaradzikwa pamusoro paro.

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

³⁹Jesu akati: Bvisai ibwe. Marita hanzvadzi yewakafa akati kwaari: Ishe, wotonhuhwa; nekuti une mazuva mana.

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].

⁴⁰Jesu akati kwaari: Handina kutaura here kwauri, kuti kana ukatenda, uchaona kubwinya kwaMwari?

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

⁴¹Naizvozvo vakabvisa ibwe, pakange paradzikwa wakafa. Jesu ndokusimudzira meso kumusoro, ndokuti: Baba, ndinokuvongai nekuti imwi mandinzwa.

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;

⁴²Asi ini ndanga ndichiziva kuti munondinzwa nguva dzose; asi nekuda kwechaunga chakakomberedza ndareva, kuti vatende kuti imwi makandituma.

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.

⁴³Zvino wakati areva izvozvi, akadanidzira nenzwi guru, akati: Razaro, buda!

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

⁴⁴Uyo wakange afa ndokubuda, akasungwa makumbo nemaoko nemicheka yeguva, nechiso chake chakapombwa nemucheka wekumeso. Jesu akati kwavari: Musunungurei, mumurege aende.

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.

⁴⁵Naizvozvo vazhinji vevaJudha, vakange vauya kuna Maria vakati vaona Jesu zvaakaita, vakatenda kwaari.

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

⁴⁶Asi vamwe vavo vakaenda kuvaFarisi, ndokuvaudza zvinhu Jesu zvaakange aita.

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

⁴⁷Naizvozvo vapristi vakuru nevaFarisi vakaunganidza dare remakurukota, vakati: Todini? Nekuti uyu munhu unoita zviratidzo zvizhinji.

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

⁴⁸Kana tikamurega akadaro, vose vachatenda kwaari; nevaRoma vachauya vakatora zviri zviviri nzvimbo nerudzi rwedu.

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.

⁴⁹Asi umwe wavo, Kayafasi, wakange ari mupristi mukuru gore iroro, akati kwavari: Hamuzivi chinhu imwi,

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

⁵⁰uye hamurangariri kuti zvakatinakira kuti munhu umwe afire vanhu, uye rudzi rwose rurege kuparara.

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

⁵¹Asi haana kureva izvi pachake, asi zvaakange ari mupristi mukuru gore iro, wakaporofita kuti Jesu waizofira rudzi urwo,

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

⁵²uye kwete rudzi urwo rwoga, asi kutiwo aunganidze vana vaMwari vakapararira vave umwe.

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

⁵³Zvino kubva pazuva iro vakarangana kuti vamuuraye.

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

⁵⁴Naizvozvo Jesu haana kuzombofamba pachena pakati pevaJudha, asi wakabvapo akaenda kunyika iri pedo nerenje, kuguta rainzi Efuremu, ndokugarako nevadzidzi vake.

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.

⁵⁵Zvino pasika yevaJudha yakange yaswedera; vazhinji ndokubuda mumaruwa vakakwira kuJerusarema pasika isati yasvika, kuti vazvichenure.

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.

⁵⁶Naizvozvo vakatsvaka Jesu, vakataurirana vamire mutembere, vachiti: Munofungei? Kuti haangatongouyi kumutambo here?

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

⁵⁷Zvino vose vapristi vakuru nevaFarisi vakange vapa murairo kuti kana kune unoziva kwaari, azivise, kuti vamubate.

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.