John 11

1 At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

1 وَمَرِضَ إِنْسَانٌ اسْمُهُ لِعَازَرُ، وَهُوَ مِنْ بَيْتَ عَنْيَا قَرْيَةِ مَرْيَمَ وَمَرْثَا أُخْتِهَا.

2 (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

2 وَمَرْيَمُ هذِهِ هِيَ الَّتِي دَهَنَتِ الرَّبَّ بِالْعِطْرِ وَمَسَحَتْ قَدَمَيْهِ بِشَعْرِهَا وَكَانَ لِعَازَرُ الْمَرِيضُ أَخَاهَا.

3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

3 فَأَرْسَلَتِ الأُخْتَانِ إِلَى يَسُوعَ تَقُولانِ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، إِنَّ الَّذِي تُحِبُّهُ مَرِيضٌ».

4 When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

4 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ بِذلِكَ قَالَ: «لَنْ يَنْتَهِيَ هَذَا الْمَرَضُ بِالْمَوْتِ، بَلْ سَيُؤَدِّي إِلَى تَمْجِيدِ اللهِ، إِذْ بِهِ سَيَتَمَجَّدُ ابْنُ اللهِ».

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

5 وَمَعَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ كَانَ يُحِبُّ مَرْثَا وَأُخْتَهَا وَلِعَازَرَ،

6 So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,

6 فَقَدْ مَكَثَ حَيْثُ كَانَ مُدَّةَ يَوْمَيْنِ بَعْدَ عِلْمِهِ بِمَرَضِ لِعَازَرَ.

7 and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

7 وَبَعْدَ ذلِكَ قَالَ لِتَلامِيذِهِ: «لِنَرْجِعْ إِلَى الْيَهُودِيَّةِ!»

8 “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”

8 فَقَالَ التَّلامِيذُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، أَتَرْجِعُ إِلَى الْيَهُودِيَّةِ، وَمُنْذُ وَقْتٍ قَرِيبٍ أَرَادَ الْيَهُودُ أَنْ يَرْجُمُوكَ؟»

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.

9 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «أَلَيْسَتْ سَاعَاتُ النَّهَارِ اثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ؟ فَالَّذِي يَمْشِي فِي النَّهَارِ لَا يَتَعَثَّرُ لأَنَّهُ يَرَى نُورَ هَذَا الْعَالَمِ.

10 But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”

10 أَمَّا الَّذِي يَمْشِي فِي اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّهُ يَتَعَثَّرُ، لأَنَّ النُّورَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ».

11 After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”

11 ثُمَّ قَالَ يَسُوعُ: «لِعَازَرُ حَبِيبُنَا قَدْ رَقَدَ، وَلكِنِّي سَأَذْهَبُ لأُنْهِضَهُ».

12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”

12 فَقَالَ التَّلَامِيذُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ رَقَدَ، فَإِنَّهُ سَيَنْهَضُ مُعَافىً».

13 They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.

13 وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يَعْنِي مَوْتَ لِعَازَرَ؛ أَمَّا التَّلامِيذُ فَظَنُّوهُ يَعْنِي رُقَادَ النَّوْمِ.

14 So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,

14 عِنْدَئِذٍ قَالَ لَهُمْ صَرَاحَةً: «لِعَازَرُ قَدْ مَاتَ.

15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

15 وَلأَجْلِكُمْ أَنَا أَفْرَحُ بِأَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ هُنَاكَ، حَتَّى تُؤْمِنُوا. فَلْنَذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ!»

16 Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

16 فَقَالَ تُومَا، الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالتَّوْأَمِ، لِلتَّلامِيذِ الآخَرِينَ: «لِنَذْهَبْ نَحْنُ أَيْضاً فَنُقْتَلَ مَعَهُ.» (أَيْ مَعَ يَسُوعَ).

17 When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.

17 وَعِنْدَمَا وَصَلَ يَسُوعُ إِلَى بَيْتَ عَنْيَا كَانَ لِعَازَرُ قَدْ دُفِنَ مُنْذُ أَرْبَعَةِ أَيَّامٍ.

18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,

18 وَكَانَتْ بَيْتُ عَنْيَا لَا تَبْعُدُ عَنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ إِلّا حَوَالَيْ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ غَلْوَةً (ثَلاثَةَ كِيلُومِتْرَاتٍ).

19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.

19 وَكَانَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ قَدْ تَوَافَدُوا إِلَى مَرْثَا وَمَرْيَمَ يُعَزُّونَهُمَا عَنْ أَخِيهِمَا.

20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.

20 فَلَمَّا عَرَفَتْ مَرْثَا أَنَّ يَسُوعَ قَادِمٌ خَرَجَتْ لِلِقَائِهِ، وَبَقِيَتْ مَرْيَمُ جَالِسَةً فِي الْبَيْتِ.

21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.

21 وَقَالَتْ مَرْثَا لِيَسُوعَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، لَوْ كُنْتَ هُنَا، لَمَا مَاتَ أَخِي.

22 But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”

22 فَأَنَا وَاثِقَةٌ تَمَاماً بِأَنَّ اللهَ يُعْطِيكَ كُلَّ مَا تَطْلُبُ مِنْهُ».

23 “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.

23 فَأَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «سَيَقُومُ أَخُوكِ».

24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”

24 قَالَتْ مَرْثَا: «أَعْرِفُ أَنَّهُ سَيَقُومُ فِي الْقِيَامَةِ، فِي الْيَوْمِ الأَخِيرِ!»

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

25 فَرَدَّ يَسُوعُ: «أَنَا هُوَ الْقِيَامَةُ وَالْحَيَاةُ. مَنْ آمَنَ بِي، وَإِنْ مَاتَ فَسَيَحْيَا.

26 And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”

26 وَمَنْ كَانَ حَيًّا وَآمَنَ بِي فَلَنْ يَمُوتَ إِلَى الأَبَدِ. أَتُؤُمِنِينَ بِهَذَا؟»

27 “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

27 أَجَابَتْهُ: «نَعَمْ يَا سَيِّدُ. أَنَا قَدْ آمَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللهِ الَّذِي جَاءَ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ!»

28 After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”

28 قَالَتْ هَذَا، وَذَهَبَتْ تَدْعُو أُخْتَهَا مَرْيَمَ، فَقَالَتْ لَهَا سِرّاً: «الْمُعَلِّمُ هُنَا، وَهُوَ يَطْلُبُكِ!»

29 And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.

29 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ مَرْيَمُ هَبَّتْ وَاقِفَةً، وَأَسْرَعَتْ إِلَى يَسُوعَ.

30 Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.

30 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ قَدْ وَصَلَ بَعْدُ إِلَى الْقَرْيَةِ، بَلْ مَازَالَ فِي الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي لاقَتْهُ فِيهِ مَرْثَا.

31 When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

31 فَلَمَّا رَآهَا الْيَهُودُ، الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهَا فِي الْبَيْتِ يُعَزُّونَهَا، تَهِبُّ وَاقِفَةً وَتُسْرِعُ بِالْخُرُوجِ، لَحِقُوا بِها، لأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهَا ذَاهِبَةٌ لِتَبْكِيَ عِنْدَ الْقَبْرِ.

32 When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”

32 وَمَا إِنْ وَصَلَتْ مَرْيَمُ إِلَى حَيْثُ كَانَ يَسُوعُ وَرَأَتْهُ، حَتَّى ارْتَمَتْ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ تَقُولُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، لَوْ كُنْتَ هُنَا، لَمَا مَاتَ أَخِي!»

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

33 فَلَمَّا رَآهَا يَسُوعُ تَبْكِي وَيَبْكِي مَعَهَا الْيَهُودُ الَّذِينَ رَافَقُوهَا، فَاضَ قَلْبُهُ بِالأَسَى الشَّدِيدِ،

34 “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.

34 وَسَأَلَ: «أَيْنَ دَفَنْتُمُوهُ؟» فَأَجَابُوا: «تَعَالَ، يَا سَيِّدُ، وَانْظُرْ!»

35 Jesus wept.

35 عِنْدَئِذٍ بَكَى يَسُوعُ.

36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

36 فَقَالَ الْيَهُودُ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ: «انْظُرُوا كَمْ كَانَ يُحِبُّهُ!»

37 But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”

37 وَتَسَاءَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ: «أَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ هَذَا الَّذِي فَتَحَ عَيْنَيِ الأَعْمَى أَنْ يَرُدَّ الْمَوْتَ عَنْ لِعَازَرَ؟»

38 Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

38 فَفَاضَ قَلْبُ يَسُوعَ بِالأَسَى الشَّدِيدِ مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً. ثُمَّ اقْتَرَبَ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ، وَكَانَ كَهْفاً عَلَى بَابِهِ حَجَرٌ كَبِيرٌ.

39 “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”

39 وَقَالَ: «ارْفَعُوا الْحَجَرَ!» فَقَالَتْ مَرْثَا: «يَا سَيِّدُ، هَذَا يَوْمُهُ الرَّابِعُ، وَقَدْ أَنْتَنَ».

40 Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

40 فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ: «أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكِ: إِنْ آمَنْتِ تَرَيْ مَجْدَ اللهِ؟»

41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

41 فَرَفَعُوا الْحَجَرَ، وَرَفَعَ يَسُوعُ عَيْنَيْهِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا الآبُ، أَشْكُرُكَ لأَنَّكَ سَمِعْتَ لِي،

42 I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”

42 وَقَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ دَوْماً تَسْمَعُ لِي. وَلكِنِّي قُلْتُ هَذَا لأَجْلِ الْجَمْعِ الْوَاقِفِ حَوْلِي لِيُؤْمِنُوا أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي».

43 After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”

43 ثُمَّ نَادَى بَصَوْتٍ عَالٍ: «لِعَازَرُ اخْرُجْ!»

44 The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.

44 فَخَرَجَ الْمَيْتُ وَالأَكْفَانُ تَشُدُّ يَدَيْهِ وَرِجْلَيْهِ، وَالْمِنْدِيلُ يَلُفُّ رَأْسَهُ. فَقَالَ يَسُوعُ لِمَنْ حَوْلَهُ: «حُلُّوهُ وَدَعُوهُ يَذْهَبْ!»

45 Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.

45 وَآمَنَ بِيَسُوعَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ الَّذِينَ جَاءُوا لِيُعَزُّوا مَرْيَمَ، عِنْدَمَا رَأَوْهُ يَعْمَلُ ذلِكَ.

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

46 عَلَى أَنَّ جَمَاعَةً مِنْهُمْ ذَهَبُوا إِلَى الْفَرِّيسِيِّينَ وَأَخْبَرُوهُمْ بِمَا عَمِلَهُ يَسُوعُ.

47 Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.

47 فَعَقَدَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ مَجْلِساً، وَقَالُوا: «مَاذَا نَفْعَلُ؟ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ يَعْمَلُ آيَاتٍ كَثِيرَةً.

48 If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”

48 فَإِذَا تَرَكْنَاهُ وَشَأْنَهُ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ الْجَمِيعُ، فَيَأْتِي الرُّومَانِيُّونَ وَيُدَمِّرُونَ هَيْكَلَنَا الْمُقَدَّسَ وَأُمَّتَنَا!»

49 But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!

49 فَقَالَ وَاحِدٌ مِنْهُمْ، وَهُوَ قَيَافَا الَّذِي كَانَ رَئِيساً لِلْكَهَنَةِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ: «إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَعْرِفُونَ شَيْئاً!

50 You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”

50 أَلا تَفْهَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مِنَ الأَفْضَلِ أَنْ يَمُوتَ رَجُلٌ وَاحِدٌ فِدَى الأُمَّةِ، بَدَلاً مِنْ أَنْ تَهْلِكَ الأُمَّةُ كُلُّهَا».

51 Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,

51 وَلَمْ يَقُلْ قَيَافَا هَذَا الْكَلامَ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ، وَلكِنْ إِذْ كَانَ رَئِيساً لِلْكَهَنَةِ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ تَنَبَّأَ أَنَّ يَسُوعَ سَيَمُوتُ فِدَى الأُمَّةِ،

52 and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.

52 وَلَيْسَ فِدَى الأُمَّةِ وَحَسْبُ، بَلْ أَيْضاً لِيَجْمَعَ أَبْنَاءَ اللهِ الْمُشَتَّتِينَ وَيَجْعَلَهُمْ وَاحِداً.

53 So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.

53 مِنْ ذلِكَ الْيَوْمِ قَرَّرَ الْيَهُودُ أَنْ يَقْتُلُوا يَسُوعَ.

54 As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.

54 فَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَتَجَوَّلُ بَيْنَهُمْ جَهَاراً، بَلْ ذَهَبَ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ اسْمُهَا أَفْرَايِمُ، تَقَعُ فِي بُقْعَةٍ قَرِيبَةٍ مِنَ الْبَرِّيَّةِ، حَيْثُ أَقَامَ مَعَ تَلامِيذِهِ.

55 Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

55 وَكَانَ عِيدُ الْفِصْحِ الْيَهُودِيُّ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ، فَتَوَافَدَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ الْقُرَى إِلَى أُورُشَلِيمَ لِيَقُومُوا بِطُقُوسِ التَّطَهُّرِ السَّابِقَةِ لِلْعِيدِ.

56 They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”

56 وَكَانُوا يَبْحَثُونَ عَنْ يَسُوعَ، وَيَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَهُمْ مُجْتَمِعُونَ فِي الْهَيْكَلِ: «مَا رَأْيُكُمْ؟ أَلَعَلَّهُ لَا يَأْتِي إِلَى الْعِيدِ؟»

57 But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.

57 وَكَانَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْكَهَنَةِ وَالْفَرِّيسِيُّونَ قَدْ أَصْدَرُوا أَمْراً بِأَنَّ كُلِّ مَنْ يَجِدُ يَسُوعَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَ عَنْهُ لِيُلْقُوا الْقَبْضَ عَلَيْهِ.