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

¹Men der lå en Mand syg, Lazarus fra Bethania, den Landsby, hvor Maria og hendes Søster Martha boede.

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

²Men Maria var den, som salvede Herren med Salve og tørrede hans Fødder med sit Hår; hendes Broder Lazarus var syg.

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

³Da sendte Søstrene Bud til ham og lod sige: "Herre! se, den, du elsker, er syg."

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.”

⁴Men da Jesus hørte dette, sagde han: "Denne Sygdom er ikke til Døden, men for Guds Herligheds Skyld, for at Guds Søn skal herliggøres ved den."

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

⁵Men Jesus elskede Martha og hendes Søster og Lazarus.

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

⁶Da han nu hørte, at han var syg, blev han dog to Dage på det Sted, hvor han var.

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

⁷Derefter siger han så til Disciplene:"Lader os gå til Judæa igen!

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

⁸Disciplene sige til ham: "Rabbi! nylig søgte Jøderne at stene dig, og du drager atter derhen?"

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.

⁹Jesus svarede: "Har Dagen ikke tolv Timer? Vandrer nogen om Dagen, da støder han ikke an; thi han ser denne Verdens Lys.

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

¹⁰Men vandrer nogen om Natten, da støder han an; thi Lyset er ikke i 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.”

¹¹Dette sagde han, og derefter siger han til dem: "Lazarus, vor Ven, er sovet ind; men jeg går hen for at vække ham af Søvne."

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

¹²Da sagde Disciplene til ham: "Herre! sover han, da bliver han helbredt."

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

¹³Men Jesus havde talt om hans Død; de derimod mente, at han talte om Søvnens Hvile.

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

¹⁴Derfor sagde da Jesus dem rent ud: "Lazarus er død!

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

¹⁵Og for eders Skyld er jeg glad over, at jeg ikke var der, for at I skulle tro; men lader os gå til 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.”

¹⁶Da sagde Thomas (hvilket betyder Tvilling), til sine Meddisciple: "Lader os også gå, for at vi kunne dø med ham!"

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

¹⁷Da Jesus nu kom, fandt han, at han havde ligget i Graven allerede fire Dage.

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

¹⁸Men Bethania var nær ved Jerusalem, omtrent femten Stadier derfra.

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

¹⁹Og mange af Jøderne vare komne til Martha og Maria for at trøste dem over deres Broder.

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

²⁰Da Martha nu hørte, at Jesus kom, gik hun ham i Møde; men Maria blev siddende i Huset.

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

²¹Da sagde Martha til Jesus: "Herre! havde du været her, da var min Broder ikke død.

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

²²Men også nu ved jeg, at hvad som helst du beder Gud om, vil Gud give dig."

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

²³Jesus siger til hende: "Din Broder skal opstå."

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

²⁴Martha siger til ham: "Jeg ved at han skal opstå i Opstandelsen på den yderste Dag."

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

²⁵Jesus sagde til hende: "Jeg er Opstandelsen og Livet; den, som tror på mig, skal leve, om han end dør.

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

²⁶Og hver den, som lever og tror på mig, skal i al Evighed ikke dø. Tror du dette?"

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.”

²⁷Hun siger til ham: "Ja, Herre! jeg tror, at du er Kristus, Guds Søn, den, som kommer til Verden."

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

²⁸Og da hun havde sagt dette, gik hun bort og kaldte hemmeligt sin Søster Maria og sagde: "Mesteren er her og kalder ad dig."

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

²⁹Da hun hørte det, rejste hun sig hastigt og gik til ham.

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

³⁰Men Jesus var endnu ikke kommen til Landsbyen, men var på det Sted, hvor Martha havde mødt ham.

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.”

³¹Da nu Jøderne, som vare hos hende i Huset og trøstede hende, så, at Maria stod hastigt op og gik ud, fulgte de hende, idet de mente, at hun gik ud til Graven for at græde der.

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.”

³²Da Maria nu kom derhen, hvor Jesus var, og så ham, faldt hun ned for hans Fødder og sagde til ham: "Herre! havde du været her da var min Broder ikke død."

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

³³Da nu Jesus så hende græde og så Jøderne, som vare komne med hende, græde, harmedes han i Ånden og blev heftig bevæget i sit Indre; og han sagde:

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

³⁴"Hvor have I lagt ham?" De sige til ham: "Herre! kom og se!"

³⁵Jesus wept.

³⁵Jesus græd.

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

³⁶Da sagde Jøderne: "Se, hvor han elskede ham!"

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

³⁷Men nogle af dem sagde: "Kunde ikke han, som åbnede den blindes Øjne, have gjort, at også denne ikke var død?"

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

³⁸Da harmes Jesus atter i sit Indre og går hen til Graven. Men det var en Hule, og en Sten lå for den.

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.”

³⁹Jesus siger: "Tager Stenen bort!" Martha, den dødes Søster, siger til ham: "Herre! han stinker allerede; thi han har ligget der fire Dage:"

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

⁴⁰Jesus siger til hende: " Sagde jeg ikke, at dersom du tror, skal du se Guds Herlighed?"

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.

⁴¹Da toge de Stenen bort. Men Jesus opløftede sine Øjne og sagde: "Fader! jeg takker dig, fordi du har hørt 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.”

⁴²Jeg vidste vel, at du altid hører mig; men for Skarens Skyld, som står omkring, sagde jeg det, for at de skulle tro, at du har udsendt mig."

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

⁴³Og da han havde sagt dette, råbte han med høj Røst: "Lazarus, kom herud!"

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.”

⁴⁴Og den døde kom ud, bunden med Jordeklæder om Fødder og Hænder, og et Tørklæde var bundet om hans Ansigt, Jesus siger til dem: "Løser ham, og lader ham gå!"

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

⁴⁵Mange af de Jøder, som vare komne til Maria og havde set, hvad han havde gjort, troede nu på ham;

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

⁴⁶men nogle af dem gik hen til Farisæerne og sagde dem, hvad Jesus, havde gjort.

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

⁴⁷Ypperstepræsterne og Farisæerne sammenkaldte da et Møde af Rådet og sagde: "Hvad gøre vi? thi dette Menneske gør mange Tegn.

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.”

⁴⁸Dersom vi lade ham således blive ved, ville alle tro på ham, og Romerne ville komme og tage både vort Land og Folk."

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

⁴⁹Men en af dem, Kajfas, som var Ypperstepræst i det År, sagde til dem:

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.”

⁵⁰"I vide intet; ej heller betænke I, at det er os gavnligt, at eet Menneske dør for Folket, og at ikke det hele Folk skal gå til Grunde."

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

⁵¹Men dette sagde han ikke af sig selv; men da han var Ypperstepræst i det År, profeterede han at Jesus skulde dø for Folket;

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

⁵²og ikke for Folket alene, men for at han også kunde samle Guds adspredte Børn sammen til eet.

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

⁵³Fra den Dag af rådsloge de derfor om at ihjelslå ham.

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.

⁵⁴Derfor vandrede Jesus ikke mere frit om iblandt jøderne, men gik bort derfra ud på Landet, nær ved Ørkenen, til en By, som kaldes Efraim; og han blev der med sine Disciple.

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

⁵⁵Men Jødernes Påske var nær; og mange fra Landet gik op til Jerusalem før Påsken for at rense sig.

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?”

⁵⁶Da ledte de efter Jesus og sagde mellem hverandre, da de stode i Helligdommen: "Hvad mene I? Mon han ikke kommer til Højtiden?"

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.

⁵⁷Men Ypperstepræsterne og Farisæerne havde givet Befaling om at dersom nogen vidste, hvor han var, skulde han give det til Kende for at de kunde gribe ham.