約翰福音 11
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
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。 2 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。 3 她們姊妹兩個託人去告訴耶穌，說：「主啊，你所愛的人病了！」
4 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。」 5 耶穌一向愛瑪大、瑪麗亞和拉撒路， 6 可是祂聽到拉撒路有病的消息後，仍逗留了兩天， 7 然後才對門徒說：「我們去猶太吧！」
8 門徒說：「老師，猶太人近來想拿石頭打你，你還要去那裡嗎？」
9 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。
约翰福音 11
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
拉撒路死了
11 有一个患病的人，名叫拉撒路，住在伯大尼，就是马利亚和她姊姊马大的村庄。 2 这马利亚就是后来用香膏抹主，并且用头发把主的脚擦干的那人；患病的拉撒路是她的兄弟。 3 姊妹二人派人到耶稣那里去，说：“主啊，你所爱的人病了。” 4 耶稣听见，就说：“这病不至于死，而是为了 神的荣耀，使 神的儿子因此得到荣耀。” 5 耶稣向来爱马大和她的妹妹马利亚，以及拉撒路。 6 他听说拉撒路病了，仍然在原来的地方住了两天， 7 然后对门徒说：“我们再到犹太去吧。” 8 门徒对他说：“拉比，近来犹太人要拿石头打你，你还到那里去吗？” 9 耶稣说：“白昼不是有十二小时吗？人若在白昼行走，就不会跌倒，因为他看见这世上的光； 10 人若在夜间行走，就会跌倒，因为他没有光。” 11 耶稣说完了这些话，跟着又对他们说：“我们的朋友拉撒路睡了，我要去唤醒他。” 12 门徒说：“主啊，如果他睡了，就会好过来的。” 13 其实耶稣是指着拉撒路的死说的，门徒却以为他是指正常的睡眠说的。 14 于是，耶稣公开地告诉他们：“拉撒路死了。 15 我为你们欢喜，因为我不在那里，是要使你们相信。现在我们到他那里去吧。” 16 那称为“双生子”（“双生子”原文作“低土马”）的多马，对其他的门徒说：“我们也去跟他一同死吧！”
耶稣是复活是生命
17 耶稣到了，知道拉撒路在坟墓里已经四天了。 18 伯大尼靠近耶路撒冷，相距约有三公里。 19 有许多犹太人来到马大和马利亚那里，为了拉撒路的死来安慰她们。 20 马大听见耶稣来了，就去迎接他，马利亚却仍然坐在家里。 21 马大对耶稣说：“主啊，如果你早在这里，我的兄弟就不会死了！ 22 就是现在，我也知道无论你向 神求甚么， 神必赐给你。” 23 耶稣对她说：“你的兄弟必会复活。” 24 马大说：“我知道在末日复活的时候，他必会复活。” 25 耶稣说：“我就是复活和生命；信我的人，虽然死了，也要活着。 26 所有活着又信我的人，必定永远不死，你信这话吗？” 27 她说：“主啊，我信；我已经信了，你是基督，是 神的儿子，是那要到世上来的。”
耶稣使拉撒路复活
28 马大说了这些话，就回去叫她妹妹马利亚，暗暗地说：“老师来了，他叫你。” 29 马利亚一听见，就急忙起来，到耶稣那里去。 30 那时，耶稣还没有进入村子，仍然在马大迎接他的地方。 31 那些在房子里和马利亚在一起安慰她的犹太人，见她匆忙地起来出去，就跟着她，以为她要到坟墓那里去哭。 32 马利亚来到耶稣那里，一看见他，就俯伏在他脚前，说：“主啊，如果你早在这里，我的兄弟就不会死了！” 33 耶稣看见她在哭，和她一同来的犹太人也在哭，就心里激动，难过起来， 34 说：“你们把他安放在哪里？”他们说：“主啊，请来看。” 35 耶稣哭了。 36 于是犹太人说：“你看，他多么爱这个人！” 37 他们中间有人说：“他既然开了瞎子的眼睛，难道不能使这个人不死吗？”
38 耶稣又再心里激动，来到坟墓前面。那坟墓是一个洞穴，洞口有块石头堵住。 39 耶稣说：“把这块石头挪开！”死者的姊姊马大对他说：“主啊，已经四天了，他必定臭了。” 40 耶稣说：“我不是对你说过‘如果你信，就必定看见 神的荣耀’吗？” 41 于是他们把石头挪开。耶稣举目向天，说：“父啊，我感谢你，因为你垂听了我， 42 我知道你常常听我，但我说这话，是为了周围站着的群众，叫他们信是你差了我来。” 43 说了这话，就大声呼喊：“拉撒路，出来！” 44 那死了的人就出来，他的手脚都缠着布，脸上裹着巾。耶稣说：“解开他，让他走！”
祭司长等想杀害耶稣
45 有许多到马利亚那里去的犹太人，看见了耶稣所作的事，就信了他。 46 但他们中间有些人到法利赛人那里去，把耶稣所作的事都告诉他们。 47 于是祭司长和法利赛人召开公议会，说：“这个人行了许多神迹，我们怎么办呢？ 48 我们若让他这样，所有的人都会信他，罗马人就会来，夺取我们的圣地，除灭我们的民族。” 49 他们当中有一位该亚法，是那年作大祭司的，对他们说：“你们甚么都不知道， 50 也不去想想，一个人代替人民死，免得整个民族灭亡，这对你们是有益的。” 51 他说这话不是由于自己，而是因为他是那年的大祭司，所以预言耶稣要替犹太民族死； 52 不但替犹太民族死，也要把散居各地的 神的儿女招聚成为一体。 53 从那天起，他们就想杀害耶稣。
54 因此，耶稣不再在犹太人中间公开活动，却离开那里，到旷野附近的地方去；到了一座名叫以法莲的城，就和门徒住在那里。
55 犹太人的逾越节快到了，有许多人在过节前从各乡上耶路撒冷去，要在那里洁净自己。 56 他们到处寻找耶稣，站在圣殿里的时候，彼此说：“你们认为怎样？他不会来过节吧？” 57 祭司长和法利赛人早已下了命令：如果有人知道耶稣在哪里，就要前来报告，好去逮捕他。
SAN JUAN 11
Jacalteco, Oriental
Yet iscam naj Lázaro
1-2 Bey con̈ob Betania ay huneˈ naj chiyij Lázaro yaˈbi ay, haˈ bey tuˈ xin aypaxo cawan̈ yanab naj, María isbi huneˈ ix, huneˈxa ix xin Marta isbi. Ix María tuˈ, haˈ ix anico aceite caw xukˈ sam yin̈ yoj Comam Jesús, lahwi tuˈ, issuni tajo ix yoj Comam yu xil iswiˈ. 3 Ebix cawan̈ yanab naj Lázaro tuˈ xin, yato ebix tzotiˈ tet Comam Jesús hacaˈ tiˈ:
―Mamin, caw txˈoj ye iscˈul conohan̈, naj caw xahan ay hawu, ẍito ebix tet Comam.
4 Yet yaben Comam huneˈ chejbanil tuˈ, yalni Comam:
―Huneˈ yabil tuˈ, mach chitan̈cano yin̈ camical. Wal xin haˈ chiyenilo yip Comam Dios, haˈ xin bay chiixtan̈wipaxilo wipan, hanin Iscˈahol Comam Dios intiˈan, ẍi Comam.
5-6 Waxan̈ca caw xahan ay ix Marta yeb ix María yeb naj Lázaro yu Comam Jesús, yaj yet yallaxi tato caw yaˈay naj Lázaro tuˈ, caw cabto tzˈayic ecˈ Comam bey tuˈ. 7 Lahwi tuˈ xin yalni Comam tet ebnaj iscuywom:
―Ton̈wepaxo ismajul Judea hunelxa, ẍi Comam.
8 Yalni xin ebnaj iscuywom Comam tuˈ tet:
―Mamin, caw tolto yoche ebnaj yahawil con̈ob Israel cachiskˈojoˈ camoj. ¿Tom xin chaẍtopaxo hunelxa hawalni? ẍi ebnaj tet Comam.
9 Yalni Comam tet ebnaj:
―Caw johtaj tato caw cablahon̈eb hora ikˈbil yu huneˈ tzˈayic, yuxin tato tzˈayical chon̈belwi, mach comono chon̈txakˈmohi, yuto sajkˈinal. 10 Yaj tato xol kˈejholo chon̈ecˈ xin, wal tuˈ chon̈txakˈmohi yuto mach sajkˈinal, ẍi Comam tet ebnaj.
11 Lahwi tuˈ xin, yalni Comam:
―Caw mawaycan̈ jamigo Lázaro, wal tinan̈ xin chintohan wikˈalojan iswayan̈ naj, ẍi Comam.
12 Yalni ebnaj iscuywom Comam Jesús tuˈ:
―Mamin, yaj tato wayan̈ chu naj, chicawxocan̈ naj chal tuˈ, ẍi ebnaj tet Comam.
13 Yajaˈ xin yin̈ iscamical naj Lázaro yal Comam, wal ebnaj chicuywi yinta Comam tuˈ xin, ton̈e chiway naj, yalni Comam, chute yalni ebnaj. 14 Yuxinto caw yal Comam yin̈ caw haban tet ebnaj:
―Naj Lázaro macam naj, 15 yaj caw chintzalahan yuto machijinan yet iscam naj, yu iscˈulalo teyin̈ yun̈e caw heyanico heyanma win̈an. Ton̈we jilaˈ naj, ẍi Comam.
16 Yalni naj Tomás, naj chihallax tioẍ uninal, tet huntekˈanxa ebnaj chicuywi yinta Comam:
―Ton̈we yinta Comam haxinwal hun cocam yebi, ẍi naj.
Comam Jesús haˈ chiakˈni itzitzbocan̈ anma yeb haˈ chiakˈni kˈinale mach istan̈bal
17 Yet yapni Comam Jesús bey tuˈ xin, yaben Comam tato can̈ebxa tzˈayic ismuji naj Lázaro tuˈ. 18 Haˈ con̈ob Betania tuˈ, ayn̈em yictajo legua yehilo yin̈ con̈ob Jerusalén. 19 Yuxinto caw txˈiˈal anma ah Jerusalén beycˈo yakˈa isnimanbal iscˈul ix Marta yeb ix María yu iscamical isnoh tuˈ.
20 Hayet yaben ix Marta tato lan̈an yapni Comam Jesús bey tuˈ, istit ix ischahno Comam, wal ix María xin cancano ix yul n̈a. 21 Yalni ix Marta tuˈ tet Comam yet ischahni isba ix yebi:
―Mamin, tato ayachicˈo bey tiˈ, caw machim cam innohan. 22 Yaj xin caw wohtajan tato sunil tzet chakˈan tet Comam Dios chiyakˈ Comam tawet, ẍi ix.
23 Istakˈwi Comam tet ix:
―Wal hanoh tuˈ, chiitzitzbocan̈, ẍi Comam.
24 Yalni ix:
―Hoˈ Mamin, caw wohtajan tato chiitzitzbican̈ innohtuˈan yet chiitzitzbican̈ sunil anma yet islahobal tzˈayic, ẍi ix tet Comam.
25 Yalni Comam xin:
―Hanintiˈan chiwakˈ itzitzbocan̈an anma camnaxa, yeb xin haninan chiwakˈan iskˈinal mach istan̈bal. Yuxinto macn̈eticˈa chinchahnihan yul yanma, waxan̈ca chicami chiitzitzbican̈. 26 Yebpaxo xin sunil anma itzitzto chinchahnihan yul yanma, mach chicam yin̈ huneln̈e. ¿Chimhawayto yul hawanma yin̈ tzet chiwalan? ẍi Comam tet ix.
27 Hoˈ Mamin, caw chiwaytojan yul wanmahan tato hach tiˈ Cristo hach. Caw Iscˈahol Comam Dios hawehi, halbilcanoj ta chachhul yul sat yiban̈kˈinal tiˈ, ẍi ix Marta tuˈ tet Comam.
Okˈ Comam Jesús yin̈ naj Lázaro
28 Lahwi yalni ix Marta hacaˈ tuˈ, isto ix yawtenoti isnoh, yalni ix tet ix yin̈ ewantajil:
―Aycˈo Comam cuywawom bey tiˈ, chachyawte Comam, ẍi ix tet ix María.
29 Yaben̈e ix María tzet yal isnoh tuˈ xin, yah lemna ix, isto ix yilno Comam. 30 Maẍto xin chiapni Comam Jesús yul con̈ob, haˈ bay ischah isba ix Marta yeb Comam, haˈ to tuˈ xin ay Comam yet yapni ix María. 31 Wal anma ah Judea ayco yakˈni isnimanbal iscˈul ebix yet yilni anma yah lemna ix María tuˈ isto ix, yoc tzujno anma yinta ix yuto istxum anma tato chito ix okˈo bay mujan isnoh tuˈ.
32 Yet yapni ix María iscˈatan̈ Comam Jesús xin, yay jahno ix yich yoj Comam, yalni ix hacaˈ tiˈ:
―Mamin, tato ayachicˈo bey tiˈ, machim cam conohtiˈan̈, ẍi ix tet Comam.
33 Yet yilni Comam Jesús yokˈcan̈ ix María yeb anma ah Judea tzujan yinta ix tuˈ, yoc biscˈulal yin̈ iscˈul Comam, istzˈaycan̈ iscˈul Comam. 34 Iskˈamben Comam xin:
―¿Baytuˈwal mujan naj heyu? ẍi Comam.
―Mamin, ton̈ jilaˈ, ẍi ix María yeb anma tuˈ.
35 Yokˈcan̈ Comam xin. 36 Yet yilni anma ah Judea yokˈcan̈ Comam, yalni hacaˈ tiˈ:
―Caw yeli xahan ay naj yu yaˈ, ẍi anma. 37 Aypaxo hunmajanxa anma halni:
―Haˈ yaˈ tiˈ akˈni hajloho sat naj mutzˈan sat, ¿tom xin mach an̈cha naj Lázaro tiˈ yu yaˈ? Hac tuˈ xin machim cam naj, ẍi anma.
Yet yitzitzbican̈ naj Lázaro yu Comam Jesús
38 Caw ecˈna oc biscˈulal yin̈ iscˈul Comam yet yapni bay ayicto naj Lázaro tuˈ. Haˈ huneˈ bay mujan naj tuˈ, n̈achˈen yehi, ayco huneˈ chˈen niman chˈen ismajiloj.
39 Yalni Comam Jesús xin:
―Iwelo ismajil chˈen, ẍi Comam. Yalni ix Marta, yanab naj Lázaro tuˈ:
―Mamin, con̈itax cam naj tinan̈, caw ayxam sam naj, ẍi ix.
40 Istakˈwi Comam Jesús:
―¿Tom machi mawalan tawet xin tato chawayto yul hawanma yin̈ tzet chiwalan, caw chawilaˈ ishelanil yip Comam Dios? ẍi Comam tet ix.
41 Lahwi tuˈ xin, yilaxilo ismajil chˈen bay mujan naj tuˈ, istˈan̈xican̈ Comam Jesús satcan̈, yalni hacaˈ tiˈ:
―Mamin, caw chiwakˈan yuchˈandios tawet yu maxawabe tzet mawalan. 42 Wohtajan Mam ta sunilbal tiempo chawabe tzet chiwalan, yaj xin chiwalan hunel tiˈ tawet yu sunil anma cutxanico tiˈ, yun̈e yanayto yul yanma ta hach tiˈ an̈eintijan, ẍi Comam tuˈ.
43 Yet lahwi yalni Comam huneˈ tiˈ xin, yah yaw Comam yin̈ caw ip:
―Lázaro, elan̈tij, ẍi Comam.
44 Hac tuˈ xin yu yelti naj Lázaro tuˈ, becˈbilico kˈap yin̈ isnimanil naj, pichbilpaxto sat naj yu huneˈ kˈap. Yalni Comam xin:
―Holwelo kˈap yin̈ naj, cat isto naj, ẍi Comam.
Issay ebnaj yahawil con̈ob Israel yin̈ tzet chiyu yakˈni camo ebnaj Comam Jesús
45 Anma ah Judea apni ilwal yin̈ ix María, caw yilpaxo tzet iswatxˈe Comam Jesús bey tuˈ, yuxinto caw hantan̈e anma anayto yul yanma yin̈ Comam. 46 Aypaxo huntekˈan ebnaj to halno tet ebnaj fariseo yin̈ tzet iswatxˈe Comam. 47 Hac tuˈ xin yu yoc ebnaj fariseo islahtiˈn̈en isba yeb ebnaj yahawil yehico yin̈ ebnaj sacerdote yeb xin ebnaj yahaw con̈ob. Yalni ebnaj:
―¿Tzet wal juten tinan̈, huneˈ naj tuˈ caw txˈiˈal cˈaybalcˈule chisyecano naj? 48 Tato ton̈e chijila chislahnico naj, caw sunil jet con̈ob tiˈ chakˈayto yul yanma yin̈ naj. Hac tuˈ xin chiyu yulo ebnaj yahawil con̈ob Roma, cat xin yuchcˈanayo ebnaj yatut Comam Dios, cat xin yetanto ebnaj cocon̈ob tiˈ, ẍi ebnaj tet hunun.
49 Ay xin huneˈ naj, Caifás isbi, iswiˈehal yehico naj yin̈ ebnaj sacerdote yin̈ huneˈ habil tuˈ. Haˈ naj halni:
―Hex tiˈ caw matzet heyohtaj. 50 Caw mach chitxumchalo heyu tato ecˈbal cˈul iscam naj tiˈ selelo sunil anma, hac tuˈ xin matxa chitan̈ilo cocon̈ob tiˈ chal tuˈ, ẍi naj.
51 Wal xin mach yal naj Caifás huneˈ tuˈ yul yet ischuquil, yuto haˈ naj yahawil yehico yin̈ ebnaj sacerdote huneˈ habil tuˈ, yuxinto haˈ Comam Dios akˈni yalaˈ naj tato chicam Comam Jesús selelo sunil anma ah Israel. 52 Yaj maẍn̈etaj yin̈ con̈ob Israel chicam Comam Jesús, wal xin chicampaxo Comam yun̈e iscutxbanico sunil yuninal Comam Dios pujanto yul sat yiban̈kˈinal tiˈ, yun̈e hunxan̈e chiyute isba. 53 Yin̈ huneˈ tzˈayic tuˈ, islahtiˈn̈e isba ebnaj yahawil con̈ob Israel tato chakˈ camo ebnaj Comam Jesús.
54 Yuxin matxa ecˈ Comam Jesús xol anma bey ismajul Judea, wal xin to Comam bey yul huneˈxa con̈ob chiyij Efraín, huneˈ con̈ob ayco iscawilal txˈotxˈ desierto. Haˈ tuˈ xin ehayo Comam yeb ebnaj chicuywi yintaj.
55 Wal yul con̈ob Jerusalén xin, toxa chiichico kˈin̈ Pascua, huneˈ kˈin̈ tuˈ iskˈin̈ anma Israel. Caw xin txˈiˈal anma yul hunun con̈ob apni bey Jerusalén tuˈ, yu isyijen yakˈni sajbo isba yet yalan̈to maẍto chiichico kˈin̈ tuˈ. 56 Chi‑xin‑ecˈ anma tuˈ saywal yin̈ Comam Jesús. Yet cutxanico anma yul yatut Comam Dios, chiskˈamben anma tet hunun hacaˈ tiˈ: ¿Tzet quexchi? ¿Chimhulu yaˈ Jesús yin̈ kˈin̈ tiˈ mato machoj? ẍi anma.
57 Ebnaj fariseo yeb xin ebnaj iswiˈehal yeco yin̈ ebnaj sacerdote, yalilto ebnaj xol anma tato macn̈eticˈa yohta baytuˈwal ay Comam Jesús, chihallax tet ebnaj yun̈e istzabnayo ebnaj Comam.
John 11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 11
The Raising of Lazarus.[a] 1 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany,(A) the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair; it was her brother Lazarus who was ill. 3 So the sisters sent word to him, saying, “Master, the one you love is ill.” 4 When Jesus heard this he said, “This illness is not to end in death,[b] but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”(B) 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” 8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there?”(C) 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day,(D) he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.(E) 10 But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”[c] 11 He said this, and then told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, but I am going to awaken him.” 12 So the disciples said to him, “Master, if he is asleep, he will be saved.” 13 But Jesus was talking about his death, while they thought that he meant ordinary sleep.(F) 14 So then Jesus said to them clearly, “Lazarus has died. 15 And I am glad for you that I was not there, that you may believe. Let us go to him.” 16 So Thomas, called Didymus,[d] said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go to die with him.”(G)
17 When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles[e] away. 19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother.(H) 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.(I) 22 [But] even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.”(J) 25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,(K) 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27 [f](L)She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.”
28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, “The teacher is here and is asking for you.” 29 As soon as she heard this, she rose quickly and went to him. 30 For Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still where Martha had met him. 31 So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. 32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he became perturbed[g] and deeply troubled, 34 and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Sir, come and see.” 35 And Jesus wept.(M) 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him.” 37 But some of them said, “Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?”
38 So Jesus, perturbed again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay across it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench; he has been dead for four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believe you will see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father,[h] I thank you for hearing me. 42 I know that you always hear me; but because of the crowd here I have said this, that they may believe that you sent me.”(N) 43 And when he had said this, he cried out in a loud voice,[i] “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go.”
Session of the Sanhedrin. 45 Now many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what he had done began to believe in him.(O) 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs.(P) 48 If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come[j] and take away both our land and our nation.” 49 (Q)But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year,[k] said to them, “You know nothing, 50 nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.” 51 He did not say this on his own, but since he was high priest for that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, 52 and not only for the nation, but also to gather into one the dispersed children of God.[l] 53 So from that day on they planned to kill him.(R)
54 So Jesus no longer walked about in public among the Jews, but he left for the region near the desert, to a town called Ephraim,[m] and there he remained with his disciples.
The Last Passover. 55 Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before Passover to purify[n] themselves.(S) 56 They looked for Jesus and said to one another as they were in the temple area, “What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?” 57 For the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should inform them, so that they might arrest him.
Footnotes
- 11:1–44 The raising of Lazarus, the longest continuous narrative in John outside of the passion account, is the climax of the signs. It leads directly to the decision of the Sanhedrin to kill Jesus. The theme of life predominates. Lazarus is a token of the real life that Jesus dead and raised will give to all who believe in him. Johannine irony is found in the fact that Jesus’ gift of life leads to his own death. The story is not found in the synoptics, but cf. Mk 5:21 and parallels; Lk 7:11–17. There are also parallels between this story and Luke’s parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus (Lk 16:19–31). In both a man named Lazarus dies; in Luke, there is a request that he return to convince his contemporaries of the need for faith and repentance, while in John, Lazarus does return and some believe but others do not.
- 11:4 Not to end in death: this is misunderstood by the disciples as referring to physical death, but it is meant as spiritual death.
- 11:10 The light is not in him: the ancients apparently did not grasp clearly the entry of light through the eye; they seem to have thought of it as being in the eye; cf. Lk 11:34; Mt 6:23.
- 11:16 Called Didymus: Didymus is the Greek word for twin. Thomas is derived from the Aramaic word for twin; in an ancient Syriac version and in the Gospel of Thomas (80:11–12) his given name, Judas, is supplied.
- 11:18 About two miles: literally, “about fifteen stades”; a stade was 607 feet.
- 11:27 The titles here are a summary of titles given to Jesus earlier in the gospel.
- 11:33 Became perturbed: a startling phrase in Greek, literally, “He snorted in spirit,” perhaps in anger at the presence of evil (death).
- 11:41 Father: in Aramaic, ’abbā’. See note on Mk 14:36.
- 11:43 Cried out in a loud voice: a dramatization of Jn 5:28; “the hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice.”
- 11:48 The Romans will come: Johannine irony; this is precisely what happened after Jesus’ death.
- 11:49 That year: emphasizes the conjunction of the office and the year. Actually, Caiaphas was high priest A.D. 18–36. The Jews attributed a gift of prophecy, sometimes unconscious, to the high priest.
- 11:52 Dispersed children of God: perhaps the “other sheep” of Jn 10:16.
- 11:54 Ephraim is usually located about twelve miles northeast of Jerusalem, where the mountains descend into the Jordan valley.
- 11:55 Purify: prescriptions for purity were based on Ex 19:10–11, 15; Nm 9:6–14; 2 Chr 30:1–3, 15–18.
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