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

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

3 The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

4 But when Jesus heard {it}, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.

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

6 When therefore he heard, He is sick, he remained two days then in the place where he was.

7 Then after this he says to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

8 The disciples say to him, Rabbi, {even but} now the Jews sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again?

9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world;

10 but if any one walk in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

11 These things said he; and after this he says to them, Lazarus, our friend, is fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep.

12 The disciples therefore said to him, Lord, if he be fallen asleep, he will get well.

13 But Jesus spoke of his death, but *they* thought that he spoke of the rest of sleep.

14 Jesus therefore then said to them plainly, Lazarus has died.

15 And I rejoice on your account that I was not there, in order that ye may believe. But let us go to him.

16 Thomas therefore, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let *us* also go, that we may die with him.

17 Jesus therefore {on} arriving found him to have been four days already in the tomb.

18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,

19 and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, that they might console them concerning their brother.

20 Martha then, when she heard Jesus is coming, went to meet him; but Mary sat in the house.

21 Martha therefore said to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died;

22 but even now I know, that whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee.

23 Jesus says to her, Thy brother shall rise again.

24 Martha says to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection in the last day.

25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;

26 and every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

27 She says to him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world.

28 And having said this, she went away and called her sister Mary secretly, saying, The teacher is come and calls thee.

29 She, when she heard {that}, rises up quickly and comes to him.

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

31 The Jews therefore who were with her in the house and consoling her, seeing Mary that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb, that she may weep there.

32 Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

33 Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled,

34 and said, Where have ye put him? They say to him, Lord, come and see.

35 Jesus wept.

36 The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him!

37 And some of them said, Could not this {man}, who has opened the eyes of the blind {man}, have caused that this {man} also should not have died?

38 Jesus therefore, again deeply moved in himself, comes to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

39 Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he stinks already, for he is four days {there}.

40 Jesus says to her, Did I not say to thee, that if thou shouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

41 They took therefore the stone away. And Jesus lifted up his eyes on high and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me;

42 but I knew that thou always hearest me; but on account of the crowd who stand around I have said {it}, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

43 And having said this, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

44 And the dead came forth, bound feet and hands with graveclothes, and his face was bound round with a handkerchief. Jesus says to them, Loose him and let him go.

45 Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he had done, believed on him;

46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

47 The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs.

48 If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.

49 But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing

50 nor consider that it is profitable for you that one man die for the people, and not that the whole nation perish.

51 But this he did not say of himself; but, being high priest that year, prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation;

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

53 From that day therefore they took counsel that they might kill him.

54 Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went away thence into the country near the desert, to a city called Ephraim, and there he sojourned with the disciples.

55 But the passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves.

56 They sought therefore Jesus, and said among themselves, standing in the temple, What do ye think? that he will not come to the feast?

57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment that if any one knew where he was, he should make it known, that they might take him.

1 Aga keegi Laatsarus Betaaniast, Maarja ja tema õe Marta alevist, oli haige.

2 Maarja aga oli see, kes Issandat oli kalli salviga võidnud ja Tema jalgu oma juustega kuivatanud. Tema vend Laatsarus oligi haigestunud.

3 Siis läkitasid õed Tema juure ütlema: „Issand, vaata, see, keda Sa armastad, on haige!"

4 Kui Jeesus seda kuulis, ütles Ta: „See haigus ei ole surmaks, vaid Jumala austuseks, et Jumala Poega selle läbi austataks!"

5 Aga Jeesus armastas Martat ja tema õde ja Laatsarust.

6 Kui ta nüüd kuulis tema haige olevat, siis Ta viibis veel kaks päeva seal paigas, kus Ta oli.

7 Pärast seda ütles Ta jüngritele: „Lähme jälle Juudamaale!"

8 Jüngrid ütlesid Temale: „Rabi, äsja püüdsid juudid Sind kividega visata ja Sa lähed jälle sinna?"

9 Jeesus kostis: „Eks kaksteistkümmend tundi ole päevas? Kui keegi kõnnib päeval, siis ta ei komista, sest ta näeb selle maailma valgust.

10 Aga kui keegi kõnnib öösel siis ta komistab, sest temas ei ole valjust!"

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13 Aga Jeesus rääkis ta surmast; nemad aga mõtlesid, et Ta räägib une magamisest.

14 Siis Jeesus ütles neile lausa: „Laatsarus on surnud,

15 ja Ma olen rõõmus teie pärast, et Ma ei olnud seal, et te usuksite. Aga läki tema juure!"

16 Siis ütles Toomas, keda hüütakse Kaksikuks, kaasjüngritele: „Lähme ka meie, et ühes Temaga surra!"

17 Kui nüüd Jeesus tuli, leidis Ta, et Laatsarus oli juba neli päeva hauas olnud.

18 Aga Betaania oli Jeruusalema lähedal, umbes viisteistkümmend vagu maad sellest.

19 Ja palju juute oli tulnud Marta ja Maarja juure neid trööstima nende venna pärast.

20 Kui nüüd Marta kuulis, et Jeesus on tulemas, läks ta Temale vastu; aga Maarja jäi koju.

21 Siis Marta ütles Jeesusele: „Issand, kui Sa oleksid siin olnud, mu vend ei oleks surnud!

22 Aga nüüdki ma tean, et Jumal Sulle annab, mis Sa iganes Jumalalt palud!"

23 Jeesus ütles talle: „Sinu vend tõuseb üles!"

24 Marta ütles Talle: „Ma tean, et ta üles tõuseb ülestõusmises viimsel päeval!"

25 Jeesus ütles temale: „Mina olen ülestõusmine ja elu; kes Minusse usub, see elab, ehk ta küll sureb!

26 Ja igaüks, kes elab ja Minusse usub, see ei sure igavesti. Kas sa usud seda?"

27 Ta ütleb Temale: „Jah, Issand, mul on see usk, et Sina oled Kristus Jumala Poeg, Kes maailma on tulemas!"

28 Ja kui ta seda oli ütelnud, läks ta ja kutsus oma õe Maarja salaja ning ütles: „Õpetaja on siin ja kutsub sind!"

29 Kui õde seda kuulis, tõusis ta sedamaid ja läks Tema juure.

30 Sest Jeesus ei olnud veel jõudnud alevisse, vaid oli veel seal paigas, kus Marta Teda oli kohanud.

31 Kui nüüd juudid, kes olid Maarja juures toas teda trööstimas, nägid, et Maarja rutates tõusis ja väljus, järgisid nad teda mõteldes, et ta läheb haua juure nutma.

32 Kui siis Maarja jõudis sinna, kus Jeesus oli, ja Teda nägi, heitis ta maha Tema jalgade ette ning ütles Talle: „Issand, oleksid Sa siin olnud, mu vend ei oleks surnud!"

33 Kui nüüd Jeesus nägi teda nutvat ja juute, kes temaga olid tulnud, ka nutvat, ärritus Ta vaimus ja võpatas.

34 Ja Ta ütles: „Kuhu te olete ta pannud?" Nad ütlesid Temale: „Issand, tule ja vaata!"

35 Jeesus nuttis.

36 Siis ütlesid Juudid: „Vaata, kuidas Ta teda armastas!"

37 Aga mõned nende seast ütlesid: „Kas Tema, kes avas pimeda silmad, ei võinud teha, et ka see ei oleks surnud?"

38 Siis Jeesus ärritus taas Iseeneses ning tuli haua juure. See oli koobas ja selle avausel lasus kivi.

39 Jeesus ütleb: „Tõstke kivi ära!" Siis ütleb surnu õde Marta Temale: „Issand, ta lehkab juba, sest on juba neljas päev!"

40 Jeesus ütleb temale: „Eks Ma ütelnud sulle: kui sa usuksid, siis sa näha Jumala au?"

41 Siis nad tõstsid kivi ära. Aga Jeesus tõstis Oma silmad ütles: „Ma tänan Sind, Isa, et sa oled kuulnud!

42 Mina ju teadsin, et Sa Mind ikka kuuled; kuid rahva pärast, kes siin ümber seisab, Ma räägin, et nad usuksid, et Sina Mind oled läkitanud!"

43 Ja kui Ta seda oli ütelnud, hüüdis Ta suure häälega: „Laatsarus, tule välja!"

44 Ja surnu tuli välja jalust ja käsist mähkmetega mähitud ja nägu higirätikusse mässitud. Jeesus ütleb neile „Päästke ta lahti ja laske ta minna!"

45 Siis palju juute, kes olid tulnud Maarja juure ja olid näinud, mis Jeesus oli teinud, uskusid Temasse.

46 Aga mõned neist läksid variseride juure ja ütlesid neile, mis Jeesus oli teinud.

47 Siis ülempreestrid ja variserid kogusid kokku Suurkohtu ja ütlesid: „Mida me peame tegema? Sest See Inimene teeb palju tunnustähti.

48 Kui me Ta nõnda jätame, usuvad kõik Temasse; siis tulevad roomlased ja võtavad ära meie paiga ja rahva!"

49 Aga üks nende seast, Kaifas, kes oli sel aastal ülempreester, ütles neile: „Te ei tea midagi

50 ega sellele, et teile on parem, et üks inimene sureb rahva eest kui et kogu rahvas hukkub!"

51 Ent seda ta ei ütelnud iseenesest, vaid olles sel aastal ülempreester, kuulutas ta prohveti viisil, et Jeesus pidi surema rahva eest,

52 ja mitte ainult selle rahva eest, vaid et Ta ka hajuvil elavad Jumala lapsed koguks ühtekokku.

53 Sellest päevast alates nad pidasid nüüd üheskoos nõu Teda ära tapma.

54 Siis ei käinud Jeesus enam avalikult juutide seas, vaid läks sealt ära kõrvelähedasse kohta, Efraimi-nimelisse linna; ja Ta viibis seal Oma jüngritega.

55 Aga juutide paasapühad olid ligi, ja paljud läksid sealt maalt enne paasapühi Jeruusalemma endid puhastama.

56 Siis nad otsisid Jeesust ja rääkisid üksteisega pühakojas seistes: „Mis te arvate, kas Ta ei tule pühiks?"

57 Ūlempreestrid ja variserid olid aga annud käsud, et kui keegi peaks teadma, kus Ta on, see annaks seda teada, et nad Ta kinni võtaksid.