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。
John 11
New International Reader's Version
Lazarus Dies
11 A man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived. 2 Mary would later pour perfume on the Lord. She would also wipe Jesus’ feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was sick in bed. 3 So the sisters sent a message to Jesus. “Lord,” they told him, “the one you love is sick.”
4 When Jesus heard this, he said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory. God’s Son will receive glory because of it.” 5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So after he heard Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days. 7 And then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short time ago the Jews there tried to kill you with stones. Are you still going back?”
9 Jesus answered, “Aren’t there 12 hours of daylight? Anyone who walks during the day won’t trip and fall. They can see because of this world’s light. 10 But when they walk at night, they’ll trip and fall. They have no light.”
11 After he said this, Jesus went on speaking to them. “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,” he said. “But I am going there to wake him up.”
12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he’s sleeping, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking about the death of Lazarus. But his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 For your benefit, I am glad I was not there. Now you will believe. But let us go to him.”
16 Then Thomas, who was also called Didymus, spoke to the rest of the disciples. “Let us go also,” he said. “Then we can die with Jesus.”
Jesus Comforts the Sisters of Lazarus
17 When Jesus arrived, he found out that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. 18 Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem. 19 Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary. They had come to comfort them because their brother was dead. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him. But Mary stayed at home.
21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “I wish you had been here! Then my brother would not have died. 22 But I know that even now God will give you anything you ask for.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will rise again. This will happen when people are raised from the dead on the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even if they die. 26 And whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied. “I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God. I believe that you are the one who is supposed to come into the world.”
28 After she said this, she went back home. She called her sister Mary to one side to talk to her. “The Teacher is here,” Martha said. “He is asking for you.” 29 When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 Jesus had not yet entered the village. He was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 Some Jews had been comforting Mary in the house. They noticed how quickly she got up and went out. So they followed her. They thought she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 Mary reached the place where Jesus was. When she saw him, she fell at his feet. She said, “Lord, I wish you had been here! Then my brother would not have died.”
33 Jesus saw her crying. He saw that the Jews who had come along with her were crying also. His spirit became very sad, and he was troubled. 34 “Where have you put him?” he asked.
“Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how much he loved him!”
37 But some of them said, “He opened the eyes of the blind man. Couldn’t he have kept this man from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead
38 Once more Jesus felt very sad. He came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone in front of the entrance. 39 “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad smell. Lazarus has been in the tomb for four days.”
40 Then Jesus said, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believe, you will see God’s glory?”
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up. He said, “Father, I thank you for hearing me. 42 I know that you always hear me. But I said this for the benefit of the people standing here. I said it so they will believe that you sent me.”
43 Then Jesus called in a loud voice. He said, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of linen. A cloth was around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the clothes he was buried in and let him go.”
The Plan to Kill Jesus
45 Many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary saw what Jesus did. So they believed in him. 46 But some of them went to the Pharisees. They told the Pharisees what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the Sanhedrin.
“What can we do?” they asked. “This man is performing many signs. 48 If we let him keep on doing this, everyone will believe in him. Then the Romans will come. They will take away our temple and our nation.”
49 One of the Jewish leaders spoke up. His name was Caiaphas. He was high priest at that time. He said, “You don’t know anything at all! 50 You don’t realize what is good for you. It is better if one man dies for the people than if the whole nation is destroyed.”
51 He did not say this on his own because he was high priest at that time. He prophesied that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation. 52 He also prophesied that Jesus would die for God’s children scattered everywhere. He would die to bring them together and make them one. 53 So from that day on, the Jewish rulers planned to kill Jesus.
54 Jesus no longer moved around openly among the people of Judea. Instead, he went away to an area near the desert. He went to a village called Ephraim. There he stayed with his disciples.
55 It was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast. Many people went up from the country to Jerusalem. They went there for the special washing that would make them pure before the Passover Feast. 56 They kept looking for Jesus as they stood in the temple courtyard. They asked one another, “What do you think? Isn’t he coming to the feast at all?” 57 But the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders. They had commanded anyone who found out where Jesus was staying to report it. Then they could arrest him.
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