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

¹ከማርያምና ከእኅትዋ ከማርታ መንደር ከቢታንያ የሆነ አልዓዛር የሚባል አንድ ሰው ታሞ ነበር።

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

²ማርያምም ጌታን ሽቱ የቀባችው እግሩንም በጠጕርዋ ያበሰችው ነበረች፤ ወንድምዋም አልዓዛር ታሞ ነበር።

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

³ስለዚህ እኅቶቹ ጌታ ሆይ፥ እነሆ የምትወደው ታሞአል ብለው ወደ እርሱ ላኩ።

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.”

⁴ኢየሱስም ሰምቶ። ይህ ህመም የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ በእርሱ ይከብር ዘንድ ስለ እግዚአብሔር ክብር ነው እንጂ ለሞት አይደለም አለ።

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

⁵ኢየሱስም ማርታንና እኅትዋን አልዓዛርንም ይወድ ነበር።

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

⁶እንደ ታመመም በሰማ ጊዜ ያን ጊዜ በነበረበት ስፍራ ሁለት ቀን ዋለ፤

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

⁷ከዚህም በኋላ ለደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ወደ ይሁዳ ደግሞ እንሂድ አላቸው።

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

⁸ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። መምህር ሆይ፥ አይሁድ ከጥቂት ጊዜ በፊት ሊወግሩህ ይፈልጉ ነበር፥ ደግሞም ወደዚያ ትሄዳለህን? አሉት።

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.

⁹ኢየሱስም መልሶ። ቀኑ አሥራ ሁለት ሰዓት አይደለምን? በቀን የሚመላለስ ቢኖር የዚህን ዓለም ብርሃን ያያልና አይሰናከልም፤

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

¹⁰በሌሊት የሚመላለስ ቢኖር ግን ብርሃን በእርሱ ስለ ሌለ ይሰናከላል አላቸው።

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.”

¹¹ይህን ተናገረ፤ ከዚህም በኋላ። ወዳጃችን አልዓዛር ተኝቶአል፤ ነገር ግን ከእንቅልፉ ላስነሣው እሄዳለሁ አላቸው።

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

¹²እንግዲህ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ተኝቶስ እንደ ሆነ ይድናል አሉት።

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

¹³ኢየሱስስ ስለ ሞቱ ተናግሮ ነበር፤ እነርሱ ግን ስለ እንቅልፍ መተኛት እንደ ተናገረ መሰላቸው።

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

¹⁴እንግዲህ ያን ጊዜ ኢየሱስ በግልጥ። አልዓዛር ሞተ፤

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

¹⁵እንድታምኑም በዚያ ባለመኖሬ ስለ እናንተ ደስ ይለኛል፤ ነገር ግን ወደ እርሱ እንሂድ አላቸው።

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

¹⁶ስለዚህ ዲዲሞስ የሚሉት ቶማስ ለባልንጀሮቹ ለደቀ መዛሙርት። ከእርሱ ጋር እንሞት ዘንድ እኛ ደግሞ እንሂድ አለ።

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

¹⁷ኢየሱስም በመጣ ጊዜ በመቃብር እስከ አሁን አራት ቀን ሆኖት አገኘው።

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

¹⁸ቢታንያም አሥራ አምስት ምዕራፍ ያህል ለኢየሩሳሌም ቅርብ ነበረች።

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

¹⁹ከአይሁድም ብዙዎች ስለ ወንድማቸው ሊያጽናኑአቸው ወደ ማርታና ወደ ማርያም መጥተው ነበር።

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

²⁰ማርታም ኢየሱስ እንደ መጣ በሰማች ጊዜ ልትቀበለው ወጣች፤ ማርያም ግን በቤት ተቀምጣ ነበር።

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

²¹ማርታም ኢየሱስን። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ በዚህ ኖረህ ብትሆን ወንድሜ ባልሞተም ነበር፤

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

²²አሁንም ከእግዚአብሔር የምትለምነውን ሁሉ እግዚአብሔር እንዲሰጥህ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

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

²³ኢየሱስም። ወንድምሽ ይነሣል አላት።

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

²⁴ማርታም። በመጨረሻው ቀን በትንሣኤ እንዲነሣ አውቃለሁ አለችው።

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

²⁵ኢየሱስም። ትንሣኤና ሕይወት እኔ ነኝ፤ የሚያምንብኝ ቢሞት እንኳ ሕያው ይሆናል፤

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

²⁶ሕያው የሆነም የሚያምንብኝም ሁሉ ለዘላለም አይሞትም፤ ይህን ታምኚያለሽን? አላት።

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.”

²⁷እርስዋም። አዎን ጌታ ሆይ፤ አንተ ወደ ዓለም የሚመጣው ክርስቶስ የእግዚአብሔር ልጅ እንደ ሆንህ እኔ አምናለሁ አለችው።

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

²⁸ይህንም ብላ ሄደች እኅትዋንም ማርያምን በስውር ጠርታ። መምህሩ መጥቶአል ይጠራሽማል አለቻት።

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

²⁹እርስዋም በሰማች ጊዜ ፈጥና ተነሣች ወደ እርሱም መጣች፤

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

³⁰ኢየሱስም ማርታ በተቀበለችበት ስፍራ ነበረ እንጂ ገና ወደ መንደሩ አልገባም ነበር።

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.”

³¹ሲያጽናኑአት ከእርስዋ ጋር በቤት የነበሩ አይሁድም ማርያም ፈጥና እንደ ተነሣችና እንደ ወጣች ባዩ ጊዜ፥ ወደ መቃብር ሄዳ በዚያ ልታለቅስ መስሎአቸው ተከተሉአት።

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.”

³²ማርያምም ኢየሱስ ወዳለበት መጥታ ባየችው ጊዜ በእግሩ ላይ ወድቃ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ አንተ በዚህ ኖረህ ብትሆን ወንድሜ ባልሞተም ነበር አለችው።

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

³³ኢየሱስም እርስዋ ስታለቅስ ከእርስዋም ጋር የመጡት አይሁድ ሲያለቅሱ አይቶ በመንፈሱ አዘነ በራሱም ታወከ፤

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

³⁴ወዴት አኖራችሁት? አለም። እነርሱም። ጌታ ሆይ፥ መጥተህ እይ አሉት።

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁵ኢየሱስም እንባውን አፈሰሰ።

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

³⁶ስለዚህ አይሁድ። እንዴት ይወደው እንደ ነበረ እዩ አሉ።

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

³⁷ከእነርሱ ግን አንዳንዶቹ። ይህ የዕውሩን ዓይኖች የከፈተ ይህን ደግሞ እንዳይሞት ያደርግ ዘንድ ባልቻለም ነበርን? አሉ።

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

³⁸ኢየሱስም በራሱ አዝኖ ወደ መቃብሩ መጣ፤ እርሱም ዋሻ ነበረ፤ ድንጋይም ተገጥሞበት ነበር።

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.”

³⁹ኢየሱስ። ድንጋዩን አንሡ አለ። የሞተውም እኅት ማርታ። ጌታ ሆይ፥ ከሞተ አራት ቀን ሆኖታልና አሁን ይሸታል አለችው።

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

⁴⁰ኢየሱስ። ብታምኚስ የእግዚአብሔርን ክብር እንድታዪ አልነገርሁሽምን? አላት።

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.

⁴¹ድንጋዩንም አነሡት። ኢየሱስም ዓይኖቹን ወደ ላይ አንሥቶ። አባት ሆይ፥ ስለ ሰማኸኝ አመሰግንሃለሁ።

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.”

⁴²ሁልጊዜም እንድትሰማኝ አወቅሁ፤ ነገር ግን አንተ እንደ ላክኸኝ ያምኑ ዘንድ በዚህ ዙሪያ ስለ ቆሙት ሕዝብ ተናገርሁ አለ።

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

⁴³ይህንም ብሎ በታላቅ ድምፅ። አልዓዛር ሆይ፥ ወደ ውጭ ና ብሎ ጮኸ።

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.”

⁴⁴የሞተውም እጆቹና እግሮቹ በመግነዝ እንደ ተገነዙ ወጣ፤ ፈቱም በጨርቅ እንደ ተጠመጠመ ነበር። ኢየሱስም። ፍቱትና ይሂድ ተዉት አላቸው።

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

⁴⁵ስለዚህ ወደ ማርያም ከመጡት፥ ኢየሱስም ያደረገውን ካዩት ከአይሁድ ብዙዎች በእርሱ አመኑ፤

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

⁴⁶ከእነርሱ አንዳንዶቹ ግን ወደ ፈሪሳውያን ሄደው ኢየሱስ ያደረገውን ነገሩአቸው።

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

⁴⁷እንግዲህ የካህናት አለቆችና ፈሪሳውያን ሸንጎ ሰብስበው። ምን እናድርግ? ይህ ሰው ብዙ ምልክቶች ያደርጋልና።

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.”

⁴⁸እንዲሁ ብንተወው ሁሉ በእርሱ ያምናሉ፤ የሮሜም ሰዎች መጥተው አገራችንን ወገናችንንም ይወስዳሉ አሉ።

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

⁴⁹በዚያችም ዓመት ሊቀ ካህናት የነበረ ቀያፋ የሚሉት ከእነርሱ አንዱ። እናንተ ምንም አታውቁም፤

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.”

⁵⁰ሕዝቡም ሁሉ ከሚጠፋ አንድ ሰው ስለ ሕዝቡ ይሞት ዘንድ እንዲሻለን አታስቡም አላቸው።

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

⁵¹ይህንም የተናገረ ከራሱ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን በዚያች ዓመት ሊቀ ካህናት ነበረና ኢየሱስ ስለ ሕዝቡ ሊሞት እንዳለው ትንቢት ተናገረ፤

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

⁵²ስለ ሕዝቡም ሁሉ አይደለም፥ ነገር ግን የተበተኑትን የእግዚአብሔርን ልጆች ደግሞ በአንድነት እንዲሰበስባቸው ነው እንጂ።

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

⁵³እንግዲህ ከዚያ ቀን ጀምረው ሊገድሉት ተማከሩ።

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.

⁵⁴ከዚያ ወዲያም ኢየሱስ በአይሁድ መካከል ተገልጦ አልተመላለሰም፤ ነገር ግን ከዚያ በምድረ በዳ አጠገብ ወዳለች ምድር፥ ኤፍሬም ወደምትባል ከተማ ሄደ፤ በዚያም ከደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጋር ተቀመጠ።

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

⁵⁵የአይሁድም ፋሲካ ቀርቦ ነበር። ብዙ ሰዎችም ራሳቸውን ያነጹ ዘንድ ከፋሲካ በፊት ከአገሩ ወደ ኢየሩሳሌም ወጡ።

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?”

⁵⁶ኢየሱስንም ይፈልጉት ነበር፤ በመቅደስም ቆመው እርስ በርሳቸው። ምን ይመስላችኋል? ወደ በዓሉ አይመጣም ይሆንን? ተባባሉ።

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.

⁵⁷የካህናት አለቆችም ፈሪሳውያንም ይይዙት ዘንድ እርሱ ያለበትን ስፍራ የሚያውቀው ሰው ቢኖር እንዲያመለክታቸው አዘው ነበር።