拉撒路病死

11 伯大尼村有個名叫拉撒路的人病倒了。伯大尼是瑪麗亞和她姐姐瑪大居住的村莊。 就是這個瑪麗亞後來用香膏抹主,又用自己的頭髮擦乾祂的腳,患病的拉撒路是她的弟弟。 她們姊妹兩個託人去告訴耶穌,說:「主啊,你所愛的人病了!」

耶穌聽見後,說:「這病不會致命,而是為了上帝的榮耀,使祂的兒子藉此得到榮耀。」 耶穌一向愛瑪大、瑪麗亞和拉撒路, 可是祂聽到拉撒路有病的消息後,仍逗留了兩天, 然後才對門徒說:「我們去猶太吧!」

門徒說:「老師,猶太人近來想拿石頭打你,你還要去那裡嗎?」

耶穌說:「白天不是有十二個小時嗎?人在白天走路,不會跌倒,因為他看得見這世上的光。 10 人在夜間走路,才會跌倒,因為沒有光。」 11 接著耶穌又說:「我們的朋友拉撒路已經睡了,我去叫醒他。」

12 門徒說:「主啊,如果他睡了,肯定會好的。」 13 其實耶穌是指他已經死了,門徒卻以為他真的睡了。

14 於是,耶穌清楚地對他們說:「拉撒路死了。 15 為了你們的緣故,我很高興自己不在那裡,好叫你們信我。現在我們可以去了。」 16 綽號「雙胞胎」的多馬對其他門徒說:「我們也去,好跟祂一塊兒死吧。」

拉撒路死而復活

17 耶穌到了伯大尼,得知拉撒路已經在墳墓裡四天了。 18 伯大尼離耶路撒冷不遠,大約只有三公里的路, 19 很多猶太人來看瑪大和瑪麗亞,為她們兄弟的事來安慰她們。

20 瑪大聽說耶穌來了,就去迎接祂,瑪麗亞卻仍然坐在家裡。 21 瑪大對耶穌說:「主啊,你如果早在這裡,我弟弟就不會死了。 22 就是現在我也知道你無論向上帝求什麼,上帝必定賜給你。」

23 耶穌說:「你弟弟必定復活。」

24 瑪大說:「我知道,在末日復活的時候,他必復活。」

25 耶穌說:「我是復活,我是生命。信我的人雖然死了,也必復活。 26 凡活著信我的人必永遠不死。你相信嗎?」

27 瑪大說:「主啊,我信!我相信你是來到世界的基督,是上帝的兒子。」

28 瑪大說完了,就回去悄悄地告訴她妹妹瑪麗亞:「老師來了,祂叫你去。」

29 瑪麗亞聽了,急忙起來到耶穌那裡。 30 那時,耶穌還沒有進村子,仍在瑪大迎接祂的地方。 31 那些在家裡安慰瑪麗亞的猶太人,見她匆匆忙忙地跑了出去,以為她要去墳墓那裡哭,就跟著出去。

32 瑪麗亞來到耶穌那裡,俯伏在祂腳前說:「主啊,你如果早在這裡,我弟弟就不會死了。」

33 耶穌看見她和陪她來的猶太人都在哭,心中感動,十分難過, 34 便問:「你們把他葬在哪裡了?」

他們答道:「主啊,你來看。」

35 耶穌哭了。

36 猶太人說:「你看!祂多麼愛拉撒路啊!」

37 其中也有人說:「祂既然能醫好瞎眼的人,難道不能叫這個人不死嗎?」

38 耶穌又十分感動地來到墳墓前。那墳墓是個洞,洞口堵著一塊大石頭。

39 耶穌說:「把石頭挪開。」

死者的姐姐瑪大對祂說:「主啊,他死了四天了,已經臭了。」

40 耶穌說:「我不是跟你說過,只要你信,就會看見上帝的榮耀嗎?」

41 於是,他們把石頭挪開,耶穌望著天說:「父啊,我感謝你,因為你已垂聽了我的禱告, 42 我知道你常常垂聽我的禱告。我這樣說是為了周圍站著的眾人,好叫他們相信是你差了我來。」

43 說完,就大聲呼喊:「拉撒路,出來!」 44 那死者就出來了,手腳都纏著布條,臉上也包著布。

耶穌對他們說:「給他解開,讓他走!」

謀害耶穌

45 許多來看瑪麗亞的猶太人看見耶穌所行的事,就信了祂, 46 但也有些人去見法利賽人,把耶穌所行的事告訴他們。 47 祭司長和法利賽人便召開公會會議,說:「這人行了這麼多神蹟,我們該怎麼辦呢? 48 如果讓祂這樣繼續下去,所有的人都會信祂,那時羅馬人一定會來奪取我們的土地,擄掠我們的人民。」

49 當年擔任大祭司的該亞法對他們說:「你們什麼都不懂! 50 你們沒有認識到,祂一個人替眾人死,而不是整個民族滅亡,對你們來說更好。」 51 其實這句話不是出於他自己,只因那年他是大祭司,上帝藉著他預言耶穌將要替猶太民族死。 52 祂不單是要替猶太民族死,也要把散居在各處的上帝的兒女聚集在一起。

53 從那天起,他們就計劃要殺害耶穌, 54 所以耶穌不再公開地在猶太人中間露面。祂離開伯大尼,前往靠近曠野的地方,到了以法蓮城,就和門徒住下來。

55 猶太人的逾越節快到了,有很多人從鄉下上耶路撒冷,預備在過節前潔淨自己。 56 他們四處尋找耶穌,又彼此在聖殿裡談論:「你們怎麼想?祂不會來過節吧?」 57 當時祭司長和法利賽人早已下令,如果有人知道耶穌在哪裡,就來報告,他們好去抓祂。

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of (A)Mary and her sister Martha. (B)It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”

When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, (C)He stayed two more days in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to (D)stone You, and are You going there again?”

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? (E)If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the (F)light of this world. 10 But (G)if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus (H)sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”

12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.

14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”

16 Then (I)Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

I Am the Resurrection and the Life

17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about [a]two miles away. 19 And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that (J)whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”

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

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

25 Jesus said to her, “I am (L)the resurrection and the life. (M)He who believes in Me, though he may (N)die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, (O)I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”

Jesus and Death, the Last Enemy

28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but [b]was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 (P)Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, [c]saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”

32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she (Q)fell down at His feet, saying to Him, (R)“Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?”

They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”

35 (S)Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, (T)who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”

Lazarus Raised from the Dead

38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a (U)stone lay against it. 39 Jesus 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.”

40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would (V)see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone [d]from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but (W)because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with (X)graveclothes, and (Y)his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus(Z)

45 Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, (AA)and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. 46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and (AB)told them the things Jesus did. 47 (AC)Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, (AD)“What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”

49 And one of them, (AE)Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 (AF)nor do you consider that it is expedient for [e]us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and (AG)not for that nation only, but (AH)also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

53 Then, from that day on, they plotted to (AI)put Him to death. 54 (AJ)Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called (AK)Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.

55 (AL)And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to (AM)purify themselves. 56 (AN)Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that He will not come to the feast?” 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might (AO)seize Him.

Footnotes

  1. John 11:18 Lit. 15 stadia
  2. John 11:30 NU was still
  3. John 11:31 NU supposing that she was going
  4. John 11:41 NU omits from the place where the dead man was lying
  5. John 11:50 NU you

Jesus uppväcker Lasarus

11 (A) En man som hette Lasarus var sjuk. Han var från Betania[a], den by där Maria och hennes syster Marta bodde. (B) Det var Maria som smorde Herren med väldoftande olja och torkade hans fötter med sitt hår, och nu var hennes bror Lasarus sjuk. Systrarna skickade då bud till Jesus och lät säga: "Herre, den du har kär ligger sjuk." (C) När Jesus hörde det, sade han: "Den sjukdomen slutar inte med döden. Den är till Guds ära, för att Guds Son ska bli förhärligad genom den." Jesus älskade Marta och hennes syster och Lasarus.

När Jesus nu hörde att Lasarus var sjuk, stannade han ändå två dagar där han var. Därefter sade han till sina lärjungar: "Låt oss gå tillbaka till Judeen." (D) Lärjungarna sade till honom: "Rabbi, nyss försökte judarna stena dig, och nu går du dit igen!" (E) Jesus svarade: "Har inte dagen tolv timmar? Den som vandrar om dagen snavar inte, för han ser denna världens ljus. 10 Men den som vandrar om natten, han snavar eftersom ljuset inte finns i honom."

11 (F) Efter att han sagt detta tillade han: "Vår vän Lasarus sover. Men jag går för att väcka honom." 12 Då sade lärjungarna till honom: "Herre, sover han så blir han frisk." 13 Jesus hade talat om hans död, men de trodde att han talade om vanlig sömn. 14 Då sade Jesus helt öppet till dem: "Lasarus är död. 15 Och för er skull, för att ni ska tro, är jag glad att jag inte var där. Men låt oss nu gå till honom." 16 (G) Tomas, som kallades Tvillingen[b], sade då till de andra lärjungarna: "Låt oss gå, vi också, och dö tillsammans med honom."

17 När Jesus kom fram, fann han att Lasarus redan hade legat fyra dagar i graven. 18 Betania låg nära Jerusalem, ungefär tre kilometer[c] därifrån. 19 Många judar hade kommit ut till Marta och Maria för att trösta dem i sorgen över deras bror. 20 När Marta fick höra att Jesus hade kommit, gick hon ut och mötte honom. Men Maria stannade kvar hemma.

21 Marta sade till Jesus: "Herre, om du hade varit här skulle min bror inte ha dött. 22 Men också nu vet jag att Gud kommer att ge dig vad du än ber honom om." 23 Jesus sade: "Din bror ska uppstå." 24 (H) Marta svarade: "Jag vet att han ska uppstå, vid uppståndelsen på den yttersta dagen." 25 Jesus sade: "Jag är uppståndelsen och livet. Den som tror på mig ska leva om han än dör, 26 (I) och den som lever och tror på mig ska aldrig någonsin dö. Tror du detta?" 27 (J) Hon svarade: "Ja, Herre. Jag tror att du är Messias, Guds Son, han som skulle komma till världen."

28 När hon hade sagt detta, gick hon och kallade på sin syster Maria och viskade: "Mästaren är här och kallar på dig." 29 Så snart hon hörde det, reste hon sig och gick ut till honom. 30 Jesus hade inte gått in i byn än, utan var kvar på platsen där Marta hade mött honom. 31 Judarna som var hemma hos Maria och tröstade henne såg att hon reste sig hastigt och gick ut. Då följde de efter henne i tron att hon skulle gå till graven för att gråta där.

32 När Maria kom till platsen där Jesus var och fick se honom, föll hon ner vid hans fötter och sade till honom: "Herre, om du hade varit här skulle min bror inte ha dött." 33 När Jesus såg hur hon grät och hur judarna som följt med henne grät, blev han djupt rörd och skakad i sin ande 34 och frågade: "Var har ni lagt honom?" De svarade: "Herre, kom och se." 35 (K) Jesus grät. 36 Då sade judarna: "Se hur han älskade honom!" 37 (L) Men några av dem sade: "Kunde inte han som öppnade ögonen på den blinde ha gjort så att Lasarus inte dog?"

38 Jesus blev åter djupt rörd i sitt inre och gick fram till graven. Det var en klippgrav med en sten för öppningen. 39 Jesus sade: "Ta bort stenen!" Den dödes syster Marta sade till honom: "Herre, han luktar redan. Det är fjärde dagen." 40 Jesus sade till henne: "Har jag inte sagt dig att om du tror ska du få se Guds härlighet?" 41 Då tog de bort stenen, och Jesus lyfte blicken mot himlen och sade: "Far, jag prisar dig för att du hör mig. 42 Jag vet att du alltid hör mig, men jag säger det för folket som står här, för att de ska tro att du har sänt mig." 43 (M) När han hade sagt detta, ropade han med hög röst: "Lasarus, kom ut!" 44 Då kom den döde ut, med fötter och händer inlindade i bindlar och med ansiktet täckt av en duk. Jesus sade till dem: "Gör honom fri och låt honom gå."

45 (N) Många judar som hade kommit till Maria och sett vad Jesus gjorde kom till tro på honom. 46 Men några av dem gick till fariseerna och berättade för dem vad Jesus hade gjort.

47 Översteprästerna och fariseerna kallade då samman Stora rådet och sade: "Vad gör vi? Den här mannen gör många tecken. 48 Låter vi honom hålla på så här kommer alla att tro på honom, och sedan kommer romarna och tar ifrån oss både templet och folket." 49 En av dem, Kaifas som var överstepräst det året, sade till dem: "Ni förstår ingenting. 50 (O) Inser ni inte att det är bättre för er att en man dör för folket än att hela folket går under?"

51 Detta sade han inte av sig själv, utan som överstepräst det året profeterade han att Jesus skulle dö för folket, 52 (P) och inte bara för folket utan också för att samla och förena Guds skingrade barn. 53 (Q) Från den dagen bestämde de sig för att döda honom. 54 Jesus rörde sig därför inte längre öppet bland judarna utan drog sig undan därifrån till landsbygden nära öknen, till en stad som heter Efraim[d]. Där stannade han tillsammans med sina lärjungar.

55 (R) Judarnas påsk närmade sig, och många gick från landsbygden upp till Jerusalem före påsken för att rena sig[e]. 56 De sökte efter Jesus och sade till varandra där de stod på tempelplatsen: "Vad tror ni? Kommer han inte alls till högtiden?" 57 Men översteprästerna och fariseerna hade gett order om att den som visste var han fanns skulle tala om det så att de kunde gripa honom.

Footnotes

  1. 11:1 Betania   Kan översättas "fattighuset" (jfr 12:5f).
  2. 11:16 Tvillingen   Tomas är arameiska för "tvilling".
  3. 11:18 tre kilometer   Ordagrant: "femton stadier" (längdmått om 190 meter).
  4. 11:54 Efraim   Staden låg ca 2 mil nordost om Jerusalem.
  5. 11:55 rena sig   Den som blivit oren (t ex genom att röra vid en död, se 4 Mos 19, 3 Mos 11-15) skulle genomgå en reningsrit innan han fick besöka templet igen. Rituell orenhet var inte samma sak som synd i moralisk mening.

The Death of Lazarus

11 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany,(A) the village of Mary and her sister Martha.(B) (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair.)(C) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love(D) is sick.”

When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory(E) so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”(F)

“But Rabbi,”(G) they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you,(H) and yet you are going back?”

Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light.(I) 10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend(J) Lazarus has fallen asleep;(K) but I am going there to wake him up.”

12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.(L)

14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

16 Then Thomas(M) (also known as Didymus[a]) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”

Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus

17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.(N) 18 Now Bethany(O) was less than two miles[b] from Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother.(P) 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.(Q)

21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.(R) 22 But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”(S)

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

24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection(T) at the last day.”(U)

25 Jesus said to her, “I am(V) the resurrection and the life.(W) The one who believes(X) in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing(Y) in me will never die.(Z) Do you believe this?”

27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe that you are the Messiah,(AA) the Son of God,(AB) who is to come into the world.”(AC)

28 After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher(AD) is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.(AE) 31 When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her,(AF) noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”(AG)

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved(AH) in spirit and troubled.(AI) 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked.

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.

35 Jesus wept.(AJ)

36 Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”(AK)

37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man(AL) have kept this man from dying?”(AM)

Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

38 Jesus, once more deeply moved,(AN) came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.(AO) 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.

“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”(AP)

40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe,(AQ) you will see the glory of God?”(AR)

41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up(AS) and said, “Father,(AT) I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here,(AU) that they may believe that you sent me.”(AV)

43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”(AW) 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen,(AX) and a cloth around his face.(AY)

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary,(AZ) and had seen what Jesus did,(BA) believed in him.(BB) 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees(BC) called a meeting(BD) of the Sanhedrin.(BE)

“What are we accomplishing?” they asked. “Here is this man performing many signs.(BF) 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.”

49 Then one of them, named Caiaphas,(BG) who was high priest that year,(BH) spoke up, “You know nothing at all! 50 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”(BI)

51 He did not say this on his own, but as high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation, 52 and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.(BJ) 53 So from that day on they plotted to take his life.(BK)

54 Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea.(BL) Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.

55 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover,(BM) many went up from the country to Jerusalem for their ceremonial cleansing(BN) before the Passover. 56 They kept looking for Jesus,(BO) and as they stood in the temple courts they asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the festival at all?” 57 But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who found out where Jesus was should report it so that they might arrest him.

Footnotes

  1. John 11:16 Thomas (Aramaic) and Didymus (Greek) both mean twin.
  2. John 11:18 Or about 3 kilometers