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

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

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

²It was that Mary who had 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 for whom you have great affection 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 to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son 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 that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.

⁷Shure kweizvozvo wakati kuvadzidzi: Hendeizve Judhiya.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

¹⁴Naizvozvo ipapo Jesu akavaudza pachena: Razaro wafa.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

²³Jesu akati kwaari: Hanzvadzi yako ichamukazve.

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

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

²⁴Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at 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 who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

²⁹Iye wakati achingozvinzwa, akakurumidza kusimuka akaenda kwaari.

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

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

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.”

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

³⁵Jesu akachema misodzi.

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁶Zvino vaJudha vakati: Tarirai kuti waimuda sei.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

⁴⁶But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which 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 are we doing? For this man does many signs.

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

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.”

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, “You know nothing at all,

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

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.”

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

⁵¹Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would 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 might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

⁵³Zvino kubva pazuva iro vakarangana kuti vamuuraye.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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?”

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

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.