João 11

1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. 2 It was that Mary who had 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 for whom you have great affection is sick."

4 But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it." 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 6 When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let’s go into Judea again."

8 The disciples asked him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you. Are you going there again?"

9 Jesus answered, "Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him." 11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."

12 The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."

13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep. 14 So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead. 15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him."

16 Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus,*11:16 "Didymus" means "Twin". said to his fellow disciples, "Let’s also go, that we may die with him."

17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia*11:18 15 stadia is about 2.8 kilometers or 1.7 miles away. 19 Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. 20 Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house. 21 Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. 22 Even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you."

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

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

25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. 26 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"

27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world."

28 When she had said this, she went away and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here and is calling you."

29 When she heard this, she arose quickly and went to him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him. 31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."

32 Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died."

33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled, 34 and said, "Where have you laid him?"

They told him, "Lord, come and see."

35 Jesus wept.

36 The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!" 37 Some of them said, "Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"

38 Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a 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, "Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?"

41 So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying.*11:41 NU omits "from the place where the dead man was lying." Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me. 42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude standing around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me." 43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"

44 He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth.

Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."

45 Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did believed in him. 46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done. 47 The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs. 48 If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in 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, "You know nothing at all, 50 nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." 51 Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53 So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death. 54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.

55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 56 Then they sought for Jesus and spoke with one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?" 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

Te Matenga o Raharuhi

1 Nā, kei te mate tētahi tangata a Raharuhi o Petani, te kāinga o Meri rāua ko tōna tuakana, ko Māta. 2 Ko taua Meri tēnei nāna nei i whakawahi te Ariki ki te hinu, i muru hoki i ōna waewae ki ōna makawe; ā, he tungāne nōna a Raharuhi i mate nei. 3 Nā, ka tono tāngata ngā tuāhine ki a ia, ka mea, "E te Ariki, tēnei kei te mate tāu tangata e aroha nei."

4 I te rongonga ia o Īhu, ka mea ia, "Ehara tēnei i te mate e mate rawa ai ia, engari, hei mea mō te korōria o te Atua; mā tēnei hoki ka whai korōria ai te Tama a te Atua." 5 Nā, i aroha a Īhu ki a Māta rāua ko tōna teina, ki a Raharuhi hoki. 6 Ā, nō ka rongo ia ki tōna matenga, e rua ōna rā i noho ai ki taua wāhi rā anō.

7 Muri iho i tēnei, ka mea ia ki āna ākonga, "Tātou ka haere anō ki Hūria."

8 Ka mea ngā ākonga ki a ia, "E te Kaiwhakaako, i whai ngā Hūrai i mua tata ake nei kia ākina koe ki te kōhatu; ā, e haere atu ana koe ki reira?"

9 Ka whakahokia e Īhu, "He teka ianei tekau mā rua ngā hāora o te rā? I te haere tētahi i te awatea, e kore ia e tūtuki, nō te mea e kite ana ia i te mārama o tēnei ao. 10 Tēnā, ka haere tētahi i te pō, ka tūtuki ia, nō te mea kāhore he mārama roto i a ia."

11 Ka kōrerotia ēnei mea e ia, nā, muri iho ka mea ia ki a rātou, "Kei te moe tō tātou hoa a Raharuhi, otiia, ka haere ahau ki te whakaara i a ia i te moe."

12 Nā, ko te meatanga a āna ākonga, "E te Ariki, ki te mea kei te moe ia, tērā ia e ora." 13 Kāhore, ko tōna matenga tā Īhu i kōrero ai; ko rātou ia i mahara, i kōrero ia mō te takotoranga ina moe.

14 Kātahi, ka mea nui a Īhu ki a rātou, "Kua mate a Raharuhi. 15 Ā, e hari ana ahau, he whakaaro hoki ki a koutou, nōku kāhore i reira, kia whakapono ai koutou. Ahakoa rā kia haere tātou ki a ia."

16 Nā, ka mea a Tamati (e huaina nei ko Ririmu) ki ōna hoa ākonga, "Kia haere anō tātou, kia mate tahi me ia."

Ko Īhu te Aranga me te Oranga

17 Heoi, i te taenga atu o Īhu, rokohanga atu kua whā kē ōna rā i roto i te urupā. 18 Nā, e tata ana Petani ki Hiruhārama, kotahi pea tekau mā rima pāronga, 19 he tokomaha anō ngā Hūrai i tae ki a Māta rāua ko Meri, ki te whakamārie i a rāua mō tō rāua tungāne. 20 Ā, nō te rongonga o Māta, tēnā a Īhu te haere mai nā, ka whakatau i a ia; ko Meri ia i noho i roto i te whare.

21 Nā, ka mea a Māta ki a Īhu, "E te Ariki, me i konei koe, kīhai i mate tōku tungāne. 22 Heoi, e mātau nei anō ahau, ko tāu e īnoi ai ki te Atua, e hōmai e te Atua ki a koe."

23 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "E ara anō tōu tungāne."

24 Ka mea a Māta ki a ia, "E mātau ana ahau e ara anō ia i te aranga ā te rā whakamutunga."

25 Ka mea a Īhu ki a ia, "Ko ahau te aranga, te ora. Ko ia e whakapono ana ki ahau, ahakoa kua mate, e ora anō; 26 e kore anō e mate ake ake ngā tāngata katoa e ora ana, e whakapono ana ki ahau. E whakapono ana rānei koe ki tēnei?"

27 Ka mea ia ki a ia, "Āe, e te Ariki, e whakapono ana ahau, ko te Karaiti koe, ko te Tama a te Atua, e haere mai ana ki te ao."

Ka Tangi a Īhu

28 Ā, ka mutu ēnei kōrero āna, ka haere ka karanga puku ki tōna teina, ki a Meri, ka mea, "Kua tae mai te Kaiwhakaako, e karanga ana hoki ki a koe." 29 Ā, nō ka rongo ia, hohoro tonu te whakatika, ā, haere ana ki a ia. 30 (Nā, kāhore a Īhu i tomo noa ki te kāinga; heoi, kei taua wāhi anō ia i tūtaki ai a Māta ki a ia.) 31 I te kitenga o ngā Hūrai e noho ana ki a ia i roto i te whare, e whakamārie ana i a ia, ka hohoro a Meri te whakatika, te puta ki waho. Ka aru rātou i a ia, ka mea, "E haere ana ia ki te urupā, ki reira tangi ai."

32 Ā, nō ka tae a Meri ki te wāhi kei reira nei a Īhu, ka kite i a ia, ka takoto ki ōna waewae, ka mea ki a ia, "E te Ariki, me i konei koe, kīhai i mate tōku tungāne."

33 Ā, nō ka kite a Īhu i a ia e tangi ana, i ngā Hūrai hoki i haere tahi me ia e tangi ana, ka ngunguru ia, arā tōna wairua, ka kōingo. 34 Nā mea, "I whakatakotoria ia e koutou ki hea?" Ka mea rātou ki a ia, "E te Ariki, haere mai kia kite."

35 Tangi ana a Īhu. 36 Nā, ka mea ngā Hūrai, "Nanā, tōna aroha ki a ia!"

37 Nā, ka mea ētahi o rātou, "Kāhore rānei i taea e tēnei tangata, nāna nei i whakatitiro ngā kanohi o te matapō, te mea i tēnei tangata hoki kia kaua e mate?"

Te Aranga a Raharuhi

38 Nā, ka ngunguru anō a Īhu i roto i a ia, ka haere ki te urupā. He ana ia, kua oti te pā ki te kōhatu. 39 Ka mea a Īhu, "Tangohia atu e koutou te kōhatu."

Ka mea ki a ia a Māta tuahine o te tūpāpaku, "E te Ariki, kua piro noa ake ia; ko tōna pō whā hoki tēnei."

40 Anō rā, ko Īhu ki a ia, "Kīhai koia ahau i mea ki a koe, ki te whakapono koe, e kite koe i te korōria o te Atua?"

41 Nā, ka tangohia e rātou te kōhatu i te wāhi i takoto ai te tūpāpaku. Nā, ka ara ake ngā kanohi o Īhu, ka mea ia, "E Pā, ko tāku whakawhetai tēnei ki a koe, mōu i whakarongo ki ahau. 42 I mahara anō ahau e rongo tonu ana koe ki ahau; heoi, he whakaaro ki te hunga e tū mai nei i kōrero ai ahau, kia whakapono ai rātou, nāu ahau i tono mai."

43 Ā, nō ka pēnei tāna kī, he nui tōna reo ki te karanga, "E Raharuhi, puta mai!" 44 Nā, ko te putanga mai o te tūpāpaku, he mea here ngā ringa me ngā waewae ki ngā tākai; he mea takai tōna mata ki te tauera. Ka mea a Īhu ki a rātou, "Wetekia, tukua kia haere."

Te Whakangārahu ki a Īhu

45 Nā, he tokomaha ngā Hūrai haere nei ki a Meri, ā, i tō rātou kitenga i ngā mea i mea ai a Īhu, ka whakapono ki a ia. 46 Ko ētahi o rātou i haere ki ngā Parihi, i kōrero ki a rātou i ngā mea i mahia e Īhu. 47 Nā, ka whakaminea he rūnanga e ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā Parihi, ka mea, "Kei te aha tātou nei? He maha hoki ngā merekara e meatia nei e tēnei tangata. 48 Ki te pēnei tā tātou tuku i a ia, ka whakapono katoa ki a ia; ā, ka haere mai ngā Rōma, ka tango i tō tātou kāinga, i tō tātou iwi."

49 Nā, ko tētahi o rātou ko Kaiapa, ko te tohunga nui o taua tau, ka mea ki a rātou, "Kāhore koutou e mātau ki tētahi mea. 50 Tē whakaaro, he pai mō tātou ki te mate te tangata kotahi mō te iwi, ā, kāhore e ngaro te iwi katoa."

51 Nā, ehara tēnei kōrero i te mea nāna ake, engari, ko te tohunga nui ia mō tērā tau, heoi, ka poropiti kia mate a Īhu mō taua iwi. 52 Hāunga anō taua iwi anake, engari, kia whakaminea kia kotahi ngā tamariki a te Atua kua marara noa atu. 53 Nō taua rā ake anō, ka rūnanga rātou kia whakamatea ia.

54 Koia i mutu ai te haere matanui o Īhu i roto i ngā Hūrai. Heoi, haere atu ana ia i reira ki te wāhi e tata ana ki te koraha, ki tētahi pā, ko Ēparaima te ingoa, ā, noho ana i reira rātou ko āna ākonga.

55 Nā, kua tata te Kapenga a ngā Hūrai; he tokomaha hoki i haere atu i taua whenua i mua o te Kapenga ki Hiruhārama ki te pure i a rātou. 56 Nā, ka rapu rātou i a Īhu ka kōrerorero ki a rātou anō, i a rātou e tū ana i te temepara, "E pēhea ana ō koutou whakaaro? E kore rānei ia e haere mai ki te hākari?" 57 Nā, kua takoto te tikanga a ngā tohunga nui rātou ko ngā Parihi, ki te mātau tētahi tangata ki te wāhi e noho ai ia, me whakaatu, kia hopukia ai ia e rātou.