约翰福音 11
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
拉撒路死了
11 有一個患病的人，名叫拉撒路，住在伯大尼，就是馬利亞和她姊姊馬大的村莊。 2 這馬利亞就是後來用香膏抹主，並且用頭髮把主的腳擦乾的那人；患病的拉撒路是她的兄弟。 3 姊妹二人派人到耶穌那裡去，說：“主啊，你所愛的人病了。” 4 耶穌聽見，就說：“這病不至於死，而是為了 神的榮耀，使 神的兒子因此得到榮耀。” 5 耶穌向來愛馬大和她的妹妹馬利亞，以及拉撒路。 6 他聽說拉撒路病了，仍然在原來的地方住了兩天， 7 然後對門徒說：“我們再到猶太去吧。” 8 門徒對他說：“拉比，近來猶太人要拿石頭打你，你還到那裡去嗎？” 9 耶穌說：“白晝不是有十二小時嗎？人若在白晝行走，就不會跌倒，因為他看見這世上的光； 10 人若在夜間行走，就會跌倒，因為他沒有光。” 11 耶穌說完了這些話，跟著又對他們說：“我們的朋友拉撒路睡了，我要去喚醒他。” 12 門徒說：“主啊，如果他睡了，就會好過來的。” 13 其實耶穌是指著拉撒路的死說的，門徒卻以為他是指正常的睡眠說的。 14 於是，耶穌公開地告訴他們：“拉撒路死了。 15 我為你們歡喜，因為我不在那裡，是要使你們相信。現在我們到他那裡去吧。” 16 那稱為“雙生子”（“雙生子”原文作“低土馬”）的多馬，對其他的門徒說：“我們也去跟他一同死吧！”
耶穌是復活是生命
17 耶穌到了，知道拉撒路在墳墓裡已經四天了。 18 伯大尼靠近耶路撒冷，相距約有三公里。 19 有許多猶太人來到馬大和馬利亞那裡，為了拉撒路的死來安慰她們。 20 馬大聽見耶穌來了，就去迎接他，馬利亞卻仍然坐在家裡。 21 馬大對耶穌說：“主啊，如果你早在這裡，我的兄弟就不會死了！ 22 就是現在，我也知道無論你向 神求甚麼， 神必賜給你。” 23 耶穌對她說：“你的兄弟必會復活。” 24 馬大說：“我知道在末日復活的時候，他必會復活。” 25 耶穌說：“我就是復活和生命；信我的人，雖然死了，也要活著。 26 所有活著又信我的人，必定永遠不死，你信這話嗎？” 27 她說：“主啊，我信；我已經信了，你是基督，是 神的兒子，是那要到世上來的。”
耶穌使拉撒路復活
28 馬大說了這些話，就回去叫她妹妹馬利亞，暗暗地說：“老師來了，他叫你。” 29 馬利亞一聽見，就急忙起來，到耶穌那裡去。 30 那時，耶穌還沒有進入村子，仍然在馬大迎接他的地方。 31 那些在房子裡和馬利亞在一起安慰她的猶太人，見她匆忙地起來出去，就跟著她，以為她要到墳墓那裡去哭。 32 馬利亞來到耶穌那裡，一看見他，就俯伏在他腳前，說：“主啊，如果你早在這裡，我的兄弟就不會死了！” 33 耶穌看見她在哭，和她一同來的猶太人也在哭，就心裡激動，難過起來， 34 說：“你們把他安放在哪裡？”他們說：“主啊，請來看。” 35 耶穌哭了。 36 於是猶太人說：“你看，他多麼愛這個人！” 37 他們中間有人說：“他既然開了瞎子的眼睛，難道不能使這個人不死嗎？”
38 耶穌又再心裡激動，來到墳墓前面。那墳墓是一個洞穴，洞口有塊石頭堵住。 39 耶穌說：“把這塊石頭挪開！”死者的姊姊馬大對他說：“主啊，已經四天了，他必定臭了。” 40 耶穌說：“我不是對你說過‘如果你信，就必定看見 神的榮耀’嗎？” 41 於是他們把石頭挪開。耶穌舉目向天，說：“父啊，我感謝你，因為你垂聽了我， 42 我知道你常常聽我，但我說這話，是為了周圍站著的群眾，叫他們信是你差了我來。” 43 說了這話，就大聲呼喊：“拉撒路，出來！” 44 那死了的人就出來，他的手腳都纏著布，臉上裹著巾。耶穌說：“解開他，讓他走！”
祭司長等想殺害耶穌
45 有許多到馬利亞那裡去的猶太人，看見了耶穌所作的事，就信了他。 46 但他們中間有些人到法利賽人那裡去，把耶穌所作的事都告訴他們。 47 於是祭司長和法利賽人召開公議會，說：“這個人行了許多神蹟，我們怎麼辦呢？ 48 我們若讓他這樣，所有的人都會信他，羅馬人就會來，奪取我們的聖地，除滅我們的民族。” 49 他們當中有一位該亞法，是那年作大祭司的，對他們說：“你們甚麼都不知道， 50 也不去想想，一個人代替人民死，免得整個民族滅亡，這對你們是有益的。” 51 他說這話不是由於自己，而是因為他是那年的大祭司，所以預言耶穌要替猶太民族死； 52 不但替猶太民族死，也要把散居各地的 神的兒女招聚成為一體。 53 從那天起，他們就想殺害耶穌。
54 因此，耶穌不再在猶太人中間公開活動，卻離開那裡，到曠野附近的地方去；到了一座名叫以法蓮的城，就和門徒住在那裡。
55 猶太人的逾越節快到了，有許多人在過節前從各鄉上耶路撒冷去，要在那裡潔淨自己。 56 他們到處尋找耶穌，站在聖殿裡的時候，彼此說：“你們認為怎樣？他不會來過節吧？” 57 祭司長和法利賽人早已下了命令：如果有人知道耶穌在哪裡，就要前來報告，好去逮捕他。
Giovanni 11
Nuova Riveduta 2006
Gesù risuscita Lazzaro di Betania
11 (A)C’era un ammalato, un certo Lazzaro di Betania, del villaggio di Maria e di Marta, sua sorella. 2 Maria era quella che unse il Signore di olio profumato e gli asciugò i piedi con i suoi capelli; Lazzaro, suo fratello, era malato. 3 Le sorelle dunque mandarono a dire a Gesù: «Signore, ecco, colui che tu ami è malato». 4 Gesù, udito ciò, disse: «Questa malattia non è per la morte, ma è per la gloria di Dio, affinché per mezzo di essa il Figlio di Dio sia glorificato».
5 Or Gesù amava Marta e sua sorella e Lazzaro; 6 come ebbe udito che egli era malato, si trattenne ancora due giorni nel luogo dove si trovava[a]. 7 Poi disse ai discepoli: «Torniamo in Giudea!» 8 I discepoli gli dissero: «Rabbì, proprio adesso i Giudei cercavano di lapidarti, e tu vuoi tornare là?» 9 Gesù rispose: «Non vi sono dodici ore nel giorno? Se uno cammina di giorno, non inciampa, perché vede la luce di questo mondo; 10 ma se uno cammina di notte, inciampa, perché la luce non è in lui». 11 Così parlò; poi disse loro: «Il nostro amico Lazzaro si è addormentato, ma vado a svegliarlo». 12 Perciò i discepoli gli dissero[b]: «Signore, se egli dorme sarà salvo». 13 Or Gesù aveva parlato della morte di lui, ma essi pensarono che avesse parlato del dormire del sonno. 14 Allora Gesù disse loro apertamente: «Lazzaro è morto, 15 e per voi mi rallegro di non essere stato là, affinché crediate; ma ora, andiamo da lui!» 16 Allora Tommaso, detto Didimo, disse ai condiscepoli: «Andiamo anche noi, per morire con lui!»
17 Gesù dunque, arrivato, trovò che Lazzaro era già da quattro giorni nel sepolcro. 18 Or Betania distava da Gerusalemme circa quindici stadi[c], 19 e molti Giudei erano andati da Marta e Maria per consolarle del [loro] fratello.
20 Come Marta ebbe udito che Gesù veniva, gli andò incontro; ma Maria stava seduta in casa. 21 Marta dunque disse a Gesù: «Signore, se tu fossi stato qui, mio fratello non sarebbe morto; 22 {ma} anche adesso so che tutto quello che chiederai a Dio, Dio te lo darà». 23 Gesù le disse: «Tuo fratello risusciterà». 24 Marta gli disse: «Lo so che risusciterà, nella risurrezione, nell’ultimo giorno». 25 Gesù le disse: «Io sono la risurrezione e la vita; chi crede in me, anche se muore, vivrà, 26 e chiunque vive e crede in me, non morirà mai. Credi tu questo?» 27 Ella gli disse: «Sì, Signore, io credo che tu sei il Cristo, il Figlio di Dio che doveva venire nel mondo».
28 Detto questo, se ne andò e chiamò di nascosto Maria, sua sorella, dicendole: «Il Maestro è qui, e ti chiama». 29 Ed ella, udito questo, si alzò in fretta e andò da lui. 30 Or Gesù non era ancora entrato nel villaggio, ma era sempre[d] nel luogo dove Marta lo aveva incontrato. 31 Perciò i Giudei che erano in casa con lei e la consolavano, vedendo che Maria si era alzata in fretta ed era uscita, la seguirono, supponendo che si recasse al sepolcro a piangere[e].
32 Appena Maria fu giunta dov’era Gesù e lo ebbe visto, gli si gettò ai piedi dicendogli: «Signore, se tu fossi stato qui, mio fratello non sarebbe morto». 33 Quando Gesù la vide piangere, e vide piangere anche i Giudei che erano venuti con lei, fremette nello spirito, si turbò e disse: 34 «Dove lo avete deposto?» Essi gli dissero: «Signore, vieni a vedere!»
35 Gesù pianse.
36 Perciò i Giudei dicevano: «Guarda come lo amava!» 37 Ma alcuni di loro dicevano: «Non poteva, lui che ha aperto gli occhi al cieco, far sì che questi non morisse?»
38 Gesù dunque, fremendo di nuovo in se stesso, andò al sepolcro. Era una grotta, e una pietra era posta all’apertura. 39 Gesù disse: «Togliete la pietra!» Marta, la sorella del morto, gli disse: «Signore, egli puzza già, perché siamo al quarto giorno». 40 Gesù le disse: «Non ti ho detto che se credi, vedrai la gloria di Dio?» 41 Tolsero dunque la pietra [dal luogo dove giaceva il morto]. Gesù, alzati gli occhi al cielo, disse: «Padre, ti ringrazio perché mi hai esaudito. 42 Io sapevo bene che tu mi esaudisci sempre; ma ho detto questo a motivo della folla che mi circonda, affinché credano che tu mi hai mandato». 43 Detto questo, gridò ad alta voce: «Lazzaro, vieni fuori!» 44 Il morto uscì, con i piedi e le mani avvolti da fasce, e il viso coperto da un sudario. Gesù disse loro: «Scioglietelo e lasciatelo andare».
45 Perciò molti dei Giudei che erano venuti da Maria, e che avevano visto ciò che egli[f] aveva fatto, credettero in lui. 46 Ma alcuni di loro andarono dai farisei e raccontarono loro quello che Gesù aveva fatto.
Congiura contro Gesù
47 (B)I capi dei sacerdoti e i farisei, quindi, riunirono il sinedrio e dicevano: «Che facciamo? Perché quest’uomo fa molti segni. 48 Se lo lasciamo fare, tutti crederanno in lui; e i Romani verranno e ci distruggeranno come città[g] e come nazione». 49 Uno di loro, Caiafa, che era sommo sacerdote quell’anno, disse loro: «Voi non capite nulla, 50 e non riflettete come torni a vostro[h] vantaggio che un uomo solo muoia per il popolo e non perisca tutta la nazione». 51 Ora egli non disse questo di suo; ma siccome era sommo sacerdote in quell’anno, profetizzò che Gesù doveva morire per la nazione, 52 e non soltanto per la nazione, ma anche per riunire in uno i figli di Dio dispersi.
53 Da quel giorno dunque deliberarono di farlo morire. 54 Gesù quindi non andava più apertamente tra i Giudei, ma si ritirò nella regione vicina al deserto, in una città chiamata Efraim; e là si trattenne con i [suoi] discepoli.
55 (C)La Pasqua dei Giudei era vicina, e molti di quella regione salirono a Gerusalemme prima della Pasqua per purificarsi. 56 Cercavano dunque Gesù; e, stando nel tempio, dicevano tra di loro: «Che ve ne pare? Verrà alla festa?» 57 Ora i capi dei sacerdoti e i farisei avevano dato ordine che se qualcuno sapesse dov’egli era, ne facesse denuncia perché potessero arrestarlo.
Footnotes
- Giovanni 11:6 Nel luogo dove si trovava, di là dal Giordano, in Perea; cfr. Gv 10:40; per giungere a Betania occorrevano nove o dieci ore di cammino.
- Giovanni 11:12 TR e M Perciò i suoi discepoli dissero:…
- Giovanni 11:18 Quindici stadi, circa tre chilometri.
- Giovanni 11:30 TR e M omettono sempre.
- Giovanni 11:31 TR e M la seguirono dicendo: «Se ne va al sepolcro a piangere».
- Giovanni 11:45 TR e M Gesù.
- Giovanni 11:48 Città, lett. luogo; altri traducono: distruggeranno il nostro luogo e la nostra nazione.
- Giovanni 11:50 TR e M nostro.
John 11
New Catholic Bible
I Am the Resurrection[a]
Chapter 11
Death of Lazarus.[b] 1 In Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha, a certain man named Lazarus had fallen ill. 2 This Mary was the woman who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was ill. 3 And so the sisters sent this message to him, “Lord, the one you love is ill.”
4 When Jesus heard this, he said,
“This illness is not to end in death.
Rather, it is for God’s glory,
so that by means of it
the Son of Man may be glorified.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So after learning that Lazarus was ill, he remained for two more days in the place where he was. 7 Then he said to his disciples, “Let us return to Judea.” 8 His disciples said to him, “Rabbi, just a short time ago the Jews were trying to stone you. Why do you want to go back there?” 9 Jesus answered,
“Are there not twelve hours of daylight?
If someone walks in the daylight,
he does not stumble,
because he sees by the light of this world.
10 But if he walks at night,
he stumbles,
because he does not have the light.”
11 After saying this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to awaken him.” 12 The disciples responded, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Jesus, however, had been speaking about the death of Lazarus, but they thought that he was speaking of ordinary sleep.
14 Finally, Jesus told them in plain words, “Lazarus is dead. 15 I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. Let us go to him.” 16 Then Thomas (who was called “the Twin”[c]) said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go so that we may die with him.”
17 The Kingdom and the Promise of the Resurrection.[d] When Jesus arrived, he learned that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.[e] 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles distant, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them[f] for the loss of their brother.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went forth to meet him, while Mary remained at home. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that God will grant you whatever you ask of him.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus then said to her,
“I am the resurrection and the life.
Whoever believes in me,
even though he dies, will live,
26 and everyone who lives
and believes in me
will never die.
Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord,” she replied. “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is to come into the world.”
28 When she had said this, she went back and took her sister Mary aside, telling her privately, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.” 29 As soon as she heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. 30 For Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him. 31 When the Jews who were in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, assuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Mary came to the place where Jesus was, and as soon as she 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 beheld the Jews who were with her also weeping, he became deeply moved in spirit and angry. 34 He asked, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus began to weep, 36 causing the Jews to say, “See how greatly he loved him!” 37 But some of them remarked, “He opened the eyes of the blind man. Why could he not have done something to prevent this man’s death?”
38 Again deeply moved, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, with a stone closing the entrance. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the dead man’s sister, said to him, “Lord, by now there will be a stench, for he has been dead for four days.”
40 Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you have faith you will see the glory of God?” 41 And so they removed the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said,
“Father, I thank you for hearing me.
42 I know that you always hear me,
but I have said this
for the sake of the people standing here,
so that they may believe
that it was you who sent me.”
43 When he had said this, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with linen bands, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Then Jesus said to them, “Untie him and let him go free.”
45 One Man Must Die for the People.[g] This caused many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, to believe in him. 46 However, some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done.
47 As a result, the chief priests and the Pharisees summoned a meeting of the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will start to believe in him, and then the Romans will come and suppress both our temple and our nation.”
49 However, one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year,[h] said to them, “You know nothing at all. 50 You do not seem to realize that it is better for us that one man die for the people rather than the whole nation be destroyed.”
51 He did not say this on his own, but as the high priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus was to die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation alone, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God. 53 And so from that day on, they plotted to kill him.[i] 54 As a result, Jesus no longer walked about openly among the Jews. He withdrew to a town called Ephraim[j] in the region bordering the desert, and he remained there with the disciples.
The True Passover That Brings About the Salvation of Humankind[k]
The Hour Has Come[l]
55 The Last Passover.[m]Now the Jewish Passover[n] was drawing near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover in order to purify themselves. 56 They kept looking for Jesus, and they asked one another as they stood in the temple, “What do you think? Will he come to the feast or not?” 57 Meanwhile, the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where he was should inform them so that they might arrest him.
Footnotes
- John 11:1 Unceasingly, Jesus attests that he has come to give life. The Resurrection is the sign that shows he came to give life. Death is no longer the last word on the human condition, and life now assumes an unusual stability; it is filled with endless hope.
- John 11:1 Death spares no one, not even friends of the Son of God. But unhurriedly and without fear, Jesus confronts it in order to liberate from it those he loves. Death can no longer be the final destination; henceforth, it is simply a passage for which sleep is like a first image.
The Gospel of Luke also speaks of the two sisters, Martha and Mary, but without naming their village (Lk 10:38-42); we know from this passage that it was Bethany, and we also learn that they had a brother. Bethany was on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives, about two miles from Jerusalem.
One notes the decision of Jesus to accomplish his work without hesitation even to the destiny established by his Father (v. 9); and his light must instill courage into those who follow him (vv. 10-11). - John 11:16 Twin, i.e., Didymus, is the Greek translation of the Aramaic Toma, which means “twin.”
- John 11:17 Faced with the death of a friend and the sufferings of the man’s relatives, Jesus responds with true humanity and a compassionate heart; by restoring life to Lazarus, he shows himself to be the Son of God, to whom the Father has given everything he asks for. The hope of a resurrection on the last day was shared by many believers, such as Martha; this conviction had been growing for about a century or two in fervent Jewish circles, such as that of the Pharisees (2 Mac 7:9-14, 22f; 12:43-45; Dan 12:1-3; see Wis 2:3—3:9). In the time of Jesus, however, the priestly caste in Jerusalem opposed the belief (Acts 23:6-9) and tried to ridicule it (Mt 22:23-33). Here Jesus not only confirms the hope but also reveals that he is the one who fulfills it.
- John 11:17 Four days: the Jews believed that the soul remained near the body for three days after death, giving hope for a return to the body. By the fourth day there was no hope of coming back.
- John 11:19 To console them: according to Jewish custom, there were thirty days of mourning: three days of very great mourning, four days of great mourning, and 23 days of lighter mourning.
- John 11:45 There is peril for the city and its religion unless they accept the unimaginable: that God no longer needs his temple and henceforth is present through Jesus Christ alone. Because of civic and religious considerations it is necessary to decide the fate of this man, who unsettles the certainties and confronts the institutions and the established power.
Without realizing it, Caiaphas, the high priest who had held this office since A.D. 18 and would continue to hold it until A.D. 36, makes a statement that is at the heart of the Christian Faith: Christ will die for all, so that the entire human family may have life. The temple and Jewish tradition are now transcended by a worship and a salvation that are universal. - John 11:49 That year: i.e., at that time. The Jews believed that the high priest possessed a gift of prophecy, which was at times unknowingly carried out (see v. 51).
- John 11:53 Jesus is placed under a death sentence, which the careful reader will suspect to be illegal because of Nicodemus’ question to the authorities in Jn 7:51: “Does our Law allow us to pass judgment on someone without first giving him a hearing to ascertain what he is doing?”
- John 11:54 Ephraim: on the edge of the wilderness of Judea, 16 miles north of Jerusalem.
- John 11:55 It is the feast of Passover in Jerusalem, a time when faith and hope are reborn in the minds of the people, as they commemorate their deliverance from slavery, the formation of the people, the Covenant, the journey to the mountain of God, and the promised land. Lambs are sacrificed, reproducing the shedding of the blood that had preserved the life of Israel long ago. The feast is full of memories, which are at the same time a promise of a different future. This future is now becoming a reality.
There is now a new Passover, the once-for-all Passover that is accomplished not in a ritual but in an action: Jesus fulfills the former Covenant by bringing to pass that which it had announced and prefigured (Ex 12:1-13, 16); he is the true Lamb who gives his life and whose blood poured out delivers the people from enslavement to evil and sin and opens the way to the true promised land, to the Father, in a communion of life with him.
The last section of the Gospel of John is centered on this mystery of the Passion of Christ.
The fate awaiting Jesus from the first pages of this Gospel is fulfilled; his adversaries have decided to put him to death and are waiting to have the sentence executed. It is the reign of darkness. But the hour of Jesus’ death and defeat is another reality, that of triumph and glory; and it will be confirmed by the Resurrection of the Crucified.
The time of the Church will be inaugurated. She will receive the Spirit promised by Jesus and—as is indicated by the last signs (the miraculous catch of fish and the investiture of Peter)—will be established and sent forth to preach everywhere. She is to proclaim salvation and life so as to gather together all believers until the day when Christ will return in his glory as Son of God and Savior of the world. - John 11:55 The time for signs has ended. The glory that the signs announced is going to appear. How? It will not be through the deceitful glory of human triumphs; it will be through the presence of God in the action of Jesus and in the transformation of the human condition. Jesus’ hour of glory is above all the hour of his death.
- John 11:55 According to the tradition followed by the fourth Gospel, the woman who pours the perfume on the feet of Jesus is Mary, the sister of Lazarus. With the prodigality of love she expresses her gratitude for the raising of her brother from the dead; but Jesus evokes his own death, and Mary’s gesture points ahead to this, anticipating by her anointing the rite of burial: it is an act of veneration.
Wasteful squandering? Only Judas, whose shadow already darkens the picture, thinks so. It is not such veneration of Christ that turns his attention to the poor; it is avarice—at the same time that Jesus is being glorified at Bethany, the plot against him is being laid for civic reasons, as we saw earlier. - John 11:55 This is probably the Passover of the year 30, which was to be Jesus’ last. The devout Jews journeyed to Jerusalem to complete the ritual purifications necessary for Passover celebrations (see Ex 19:10-11, 15; Num 9:6-14; 2 Chr 30:1-3, 15-18). Since Jesus had been present in Jerusalem at the feasts of Tabernacles and Dedication, the populace expected him to be there again. A warrant had been issued for his arrest, and anyone who knew his whereabouts had to declare it under penalty of complicity.
Juan 11
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pagkamatay ni Lazarus
11 1-2 May isang lalaki na ang pangalan ay Lazarus. Siya at ang mga kapatid niyang sina Maria at Marta ay nakatira sa Betania. Si Maria ang nagbuhos ng pabango sa paa ng Panginoon at pagkatapos ay pinunasan niya ng kanyang buhok. Nagkasakit si Lazarus, 3 kaya nagpasabi ang magkapatid na babae kay Jesus na may sakit ang minamahal niyang kaibigan. 4 Nang mabalitaan ito ni Jesus, sinabi niya, “Ang sakit na itoʼy hindi tungo sa kamatayan. Nagkasakit siya upang maparangalan ang Dios, at sa pamamagitan nitoʼy maparangalan din ang Anak ng Dios.”
5 Mahal ni Jesus ang magkakapatid na Marta, Maria at Lazarus. 6 Pero nang mabalitaan niyang may sakit si Lazarus, nanatili pa siya ng dalawang araw sa kinaroroonan niya. 7 Pagkalipas ng dalawang araw, sinabi niya sa mga tagasunod niya, “Bumalik na tayo sa Judea.” 8 Sumagot sila, “Guro, kamakailan lang ay tinangka kayong batuhin ng mga Judio. Bakit pa kayo babalik doon?” 9 Sumagot si Jesus, “Hindi baʼt may 12 oras sa maghapon? Kaya ang naglalakad sa araw ay hindi natitisod, dahil maliwanag pa. 10 Ngunit ang naglalakad sa gabi ay natitisod, dahil wala na sa kanya ang liwanag.” 11 Pagkatapos, sinabi pa ni Jesus, “Ang kaibigan nating si Lazarus ay natutulog. Pupunta ako roon upang gisingin siya.” 12 Sinabi ng mga tagasunod niya, “Panginoon, kung natutulog siya, gagaling pa siya.” 13 Ang akala nilaʼy natutulog lang si Lazarus, pero ang ibig sabihin ni Jesus ay patay na ito. 14 Kaya tinapat sila ni Jesus, “Patay na si Lazarus. 15 Ngunit nagpapasalamat ako na wala ako roon, dahil ang gagawin kong himala sa kanya ay para sa kabutihan ninyo, upang lalo pa kayong sumampalataya sa akin.[a] Tayo na, puntahan natin siya.” 16 Si Tomas na tinatawag na Kambal ay nagsabi sa mga kapwa niya tagasunod, “Sumama tayo sa kanya, kahit mamatay tayong kasama niya.”
Binuhay ni Jesus ang Patay
17 Nang dumating si Jesus sa Betania, nalaman niyang apat na araw nang nakalibing si Lazarus. 18 May tatlong kilometro lang ang layo ng Betania sa Jerusalem, 19 kaya maraming Judio galing sa Jerusalem ang dumalaw kina Marta at Maria upang makiramay sa pagkamatay ng kanilang kapatid.
20 Nang marinig ni Marta na dumarating na si Jesus, sinalubong niya ito; pero si Maria ay naiwan sa bahay. 21 Sinabi ni Marta kay Jesus, “Panginoon, kung nandito kayo ay hindi sana namatay ang kapatid ko. 22 Ngunit kahit ngayon, alam kong ibibigay sa inyo ng Dios ang anumang hilingin nʼyo sa kanya.” 23 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Muling mabubuhay ang kapatid mo.” 24 Sumagot si Marta, “Alam ko pong mabubuhay siyang muli sa huling araw, kapag bubuhayin na ang mga namatay.” 25 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Ako ang bumubuhay sa mga namatay, at ako rin ang nagbibigay ng buhay. Ang sumasampalataya sa akin, kahit mamatay ay muling mabubuhay. 26 Ang sinumang nabubuhay at sumasampalataya sa akin ay hindi mamamatay kailanman. Naniniwala ka ba sa sinabi ko?” 27 Sumagot si Marta, “Opo, Panginoon, sumasampalataya ako na kayo ang Cristo, ang Anak ng Dios, na hinihintay naming darating dito sa mundo.”
Umiyak si Jesus
28 Pagkasabi niya nito, bumalik si Marta sa bahay nila. Tinawag niya ang kapatid niyang si Maria at binulungan, “Narito na ang Guro, at ipinatatawag ka niya.” 29 Nang marinig ito ni Maria, dali-dali siyang tumayo at pinuntahan si Jesus. 30 (Hindi pa nakakarating si Jesus sa Betania. Naroon pa lang siya sa lugar kung saan sinalubong siya ni Marta.) 31 Nang makita ng mga nakikiramay na Judio na tumayo si Maria at dali-daling lumabas, sinundan nila siya sa pag-aakalang pupunta siya sa libingan upang doon manangis.
32 Pagdating ni Maria sa kinaroroonan ni Jesus, lumuhod siya sa harap nito at sinabi, “Panginoon, kung narito lang kayo ay hindi sana namatay ang kapatid ko.” 33 Nabagbag ang puso ni Jesus[b] at naawa siya nang makita niyang umiiyak si Maria, pati na ang mga kasama nitong mga Judio. 34 Tinanong niya sila, “Saan ninyo siya inilibing?” Sumagot sila, “Panginoon, halikayo at tingnan ninyo.” 35 Umiyak si Jesus. 36 Kaya sinabi ng mga Judio, “Tingnan ninyo kung gaano niya kamahal si Lazarus.” 37 Pero sinabi naman ng iba, “Hindi baʼt pinagaling niya ang lalaking bulag? Bakit hindi niya nailigtas sa kamatayan si Lazarus?”
Muling Binuhay si Lazarus
38 Muling nabagbag ang puso ni Jesus. Kaya pumunta siya sa pinaglibingan kay Lazarus. Isa itong kweba na tinakpan ng isang malaking bato. 39 Pagdating nila roon, sinabi ni Jesus, “Alisin ninyo ang bato.” Sumagot si Marta na kapatid ng namatay, “Panginoon, tiyak na nangangamoy na ngayon ang bangkay. Apat na araw na siyang nakalibing.” 40 Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanya, “Hindi baʼt sinabi ko sa iyo na kung sasampalataya ka ay makikita mo ang kapangyarihan[c] ng Dios?” 41 Kaya inalis nila ang bato. Tumingala si Jesus sa langit at sinabi, “Ama, nagpapasalamat ako sa iyo, dahil dininig mo ako. 42 Alam kong lagi mo akong dinidinig, at sinasabi ko ito para sa kapakanan ng mga nasa paligid ko upang maniwala silang ikaw ang nagsugo sa akin.” 43 Pagkasabi niya nito, sumigaw siya, “Lazarus, lumabas ka!” 44 At lumabas nga ang namatay na si Lazarus na nababalot pa ng tela ang mga kamay at paa, at may takip na tela ang mukha. Sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Kalagan nʼyo siya at palakarin.”
Ang Plano ng mga Pinuno Laban kay Jesus(A)
45 Marami sa mga Judiong dumalaw kina Maria ang sumampalataya nang makita nila ang ginawa ni Jesus. 46 Pero ang iba sa kanila ay pumunta sa mga Pariseo at ibinalita ang ginawa ni Jesus. 47 Kaya ipinatawag ng mga namamahalang pari at ng mga Pariseo ang lahat ng miyembro ng Korte ng mga Judio. At nang nagkatipon na sila, sinabi nila, “Ano ang gagawin natin? Maraming himala ang ginagawa ng taong ito. 48 Kapag pinabayaan natin siya, maniniwala ang lahat ng tao sa kanya na siya ang hari ng Israel. Kapag nangyari iyan, lulusubin tayo ng mga hukbong Romano at wawasakin nila ang templo at ang ating bansa.”[d] 49 Pero isa sa kanila, si Caifas na punong pari nang taon na iyon, ang nagsabi, “Talagang wala kayong alam. 50 Hindi nʼyo ba naisip na mas mabuting mamatay ang isang tao para sa sambayanan kaysa sa mapahamak ang buong bansa?” 51 Ang sinabing ito ni Caifas ay hindi nanggaling sa sarili lang niya. Bilang punong pari ng taon na iyon, nagpahayag ang Dios sa pamamagitan niya na mamamatay si Jesus para sa buong bansa. 52 At hindi lang para sa bansa nila, kundi para sa lahat ng mga anak ng Dios na nagsipangalat sa buong mundo, upang tipunin sila at pag-isahin. 53 Mula noon, binalak na nilang ipapatay si Jesus. 54 Kaya hindi na lantarang nagpakita si Jesus sa mga Judio. Sa halip ay pumunta siya sa lugar na malapit sa ilang, sa isang bayan na kung tawagin ay Efraim. At nanatili siya roon kasama ang mga tagasunod niya.
55 Nang malapit na ang pista ng mga Judio na tinatawag na Pista ng Paglampas ng Anghel, maraming tao mula sa ibaʼt ibang bayan ng Israel ang pumunta sa Jerusalem upang isagawa ang ritwal na paglilinis bago magpista. 56 Hinanap nila nang hinanap si Jesus, at nagtatanungan sila roon sa templo, “Ano sa palagay ninyo? Paparito kaya siya sa pista?” 57 Nang mga panahong iyon, ipinag-utos ng mga namamahalang pari at ng mga Pariseo na ipagbigay-alam ng sinumang nakakaalam kung nasaan si Jesus upang madakip nila.
Footnotes
- 11:15 upang lalo pa kayong sumampalataya sa akin: o, upang lalo pang lumakas ang pananampalataya ninyo sa akin.
- 11:33 Nabagbag ang puso ni Jesus: o, Nagalit si Jesus.
- 11:40 kapangyarihan: o, kadakilaan.
- 11:48 wawasakin nila ang templo at ang ating bansa: o, kukunin nila sa atin ang karapatang mamuno sa templo at sa ating bansa.
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