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 Basi mtu mmoja jina lake Lazaro alikuwa mgonjwa. Yeye alikuwa akiishi Bethania kijiji cha Maria na Martha dada zake.

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

2 Huyu Maria, ambaye Lazaro kaka yake alikuwa mgonjwa, ndiye yule ambaye alimpaka Bwana mafuta na kuifuta miguu yake kwa nywele zake.

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

3 Hivyo hawa dada wawili walituma ujumbe kwa Yesu kumwambia, “Bwana, yule umpendaye ni mgonjwa.”

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 Lakini Yesu aliposikia hayo, akasema, “Ugonjwa huu hautaleta mauti bali umetokea ili kudhihirisha utukufu wa Mungu, ili Mwana wa Mungu apate kutukuzwa kutokana na ugonjwa huu.”

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

5 Pamoja na hivyo, ingawa Yesu aliwapenda Martha, Maria na Lazaro ndugu yao,

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

6 baada ya kusikia kwamba Lazaro ni mgonjwa, aliendelea kukawia huko alikokuwa kwa siku mbili zaidi.

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

7 Ndipo akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Haya, turudi Uyahudi.”

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

8 Wanafunzi wake wakamwambia, “Rabi, Wayahudi walikuwa wanataka kukupiga mawe, nawe unataka kurudi huko?”

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 Yesu akawajibu, “Si kuna saa kumi na mbili za mchana katika siku moja? Wala watembeao mchana hawawezi kujikwaa kwa maana wanaona nuru ya ulimwengu huu.

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

10 Lakini wale watembeao usiku hujikwaa kwa sababu hakuna nuru ndani yao.”

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 Baada ya kusema haya, Yesu akawaambia, “Rafiki yetu Lazaro amelala, lakini naenda kumwamsha.”

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

12 Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Bwana, kama amelala usingizi ataamka.”

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

13 Hata hivyo, Yesu alikuwa anazungumzia kuwa Lazaro amekufa, lakini wanafunzi wake hawakuelewa, walidhani kwamba anasema Lazaro amelala usingizi tu.

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

14 Kwa hiyo Yesu akawaambia waziwazi, “Lazaro amekufa.

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

15 Hata hivyo nafurahi kwa kuwa sikuwepo huko kabla ya Lazaro kufa, ili mpate kuamini. Lakini sasa twendeni kwake.”

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

16 Tomaso aliyeitwa Pacha akawaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Sisi nasi twendeni tukafe pamoja naye.”

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

17 Yesu alipowasili huko alikuta Lazaro amekuwa kaburini siku nne.

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

18 Basi Bethania ulikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu umbali wa karibu maili mbili,

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

19 na Wayahudi wengi walikuwa wamekuja kuwafariji Martha na Maria kwa ajili ya kufiwa na ndugu yao.

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

20 Martha aliposikia kwamba Yesu anakuja, alitoka kwenda kumlaki, ila Maria alibaki nyumbani.

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

21 Martha akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, ndugu yangu hangalikufa.

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

22 Lakini sasa ninajua kuwa chochote utakachomwomba Mungu, atakupa.”

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

23 Yesu akamwambia, “Ndugu yako atafufuka.”

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

24 Martha akamjibu, “Ninajua ya kuwa atafufuka wakati wa ufufuo wa wafu siku ya mwisho.”

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

25 Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ndiye huo ufufuo na uzima. Yeye aniaminiye mimi, hata akifa atakuwa anaishi

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

26 na yeyote aishiye na kuniamini hatakufa kabisa hata milele. Je, unasadiki haya?”

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

27 Martha akamwambia, “Ndiyo Bwana, ninaamini ya kuwa wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, yeye ajaye ulimwenguni.”

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 Baada ya kusema haya Martha alikwenda, akamwita Maria dada yake faraghani na kumwambia, “Mwalimu yuko hapa anakuita.”

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

29 Maria aliposikia hivyo, akaondoka upesi akaenda mpaka alipokuwa Yesu.

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

30 Yesu alikuwa hajaingia kijijini, bali alikuwa bado yuko mahali pale alipokutana na Martha.

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 Wale Wayahudi waliokuwa pamoja na Maria nyumbani wakimfariji walipoona ameondoka haraka na kutoka nje, walimfuata wakidhani ya kwamba alikuwa anakwenda kule kaburini kulilia huko.

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 Maria alipofika mahali pale Yesu alipokuwa, alipiga magoti miguuni Pake na kusema, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, ndugu yangu hangalikufa.”

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 Yesu alipomwona Maria akilia na wale Wayahudi waliokuja pamoja naye pia wakilia, Yesu alisikia uchungu moyoni, akafadhaika sana.

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

34 Akauliza, “Mmemweka wapi?” Wakamwambia, “Bwana, njoo upaone.”

35 Jesus wept.

35 Yesu akalia machozi.

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

36 Ndipo Wayahudi wakasema, “Tazama jinsi alivyompenda Lazaro!”

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

37 Lakini wengine wakasema, “Je, yule aliyefungua macho ya kipofu, hakuweza kumfanya na huyu asife?”

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

38 Yesu kwa mara nyingine akiwa amefadhaika sana, akafika penye kaburi. Hilo kaburi lilikuwa pango ambalo jiwe lilikuwa limewekwa kwenye ingilio lake.

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 Yesu akasema, “Liondoeni hilo jiwe.” Martha ndugu yake yule aliyekuwa amekufa akasema, “Lakini Bwana, wakati huu atakuwa ananuka kwani amekwisha kuwa kaburini siku nne.”

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

40 Yesu akamwambia, “Sikukuambia kwamba kama ukiamini utauona utukufu wa Mungu?”

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 Kwa hiyo wakaliondoa lile jiwe kutoka kaburini. Yesu akainua macho yake juu akasema, “Baba, ninakushukuru kwa kuwa wanisikia.

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 Ninajua ya kuwa wewe hunisikia siku zote, lakini nimesema haya kwa ajili ya umati huu uliosimama hapa, ili wapate kuamini ya kuwa wewe umenituma.”

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

43 Baada ya kusema haya, Yesu akapaza sauti yake akaita, “Lazaro, njoo huku!”

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 Yule aliyekuwa amekufa akatoka nje, mikono yake na miguu yake ikiwa imeviringishiwa vitambaa vya kitani na leso usoni pake. Yesu akawaambia, “Mfungueni, mwacheni aende zake.”

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

45 Hivyo Wayahudi wengi waliokuwa wamekuja kumfariji Maria, walipoona yale Yesu aliyoyatenda wakamwamini.

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

46 Lakini baadhi yao wakaenda kwa Mafarisayo na kuwaambia mambo Yesu aliyoyafanya.

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

47 Kwa hiyo viongozi wa makuhani na Mafarisayo wakaita mkutano wa baraza. Wakaulizana, “Tufanyeje? Huyu mtu anafanya ishara nyingi.

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 Kama tukimwacha aendelee hivi, kila mtu atamwamini, nao Warumi watakuja na kupaharibu mahali petu patakatifu na taifa letu.”

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

49 Mmoja wao aliyeitwa Kayafa, ambaye alikuwa kuhani mkuu mwaka huo, akasema, “Ninyi hamjui kitu chochote!

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 Hamjui kwamba ni afadhali mtu mmoja afe kwa ajili ya watu, kuliko taifa lote liangamie?”

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 Hakusema haya kutokana na mawazo yake mwenyewe bali kama kuhani mkuu mwaka huo, alitabiri kuwa Yesu angelikufa kwa ajili ya taifa la Wayahudi,

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

52 wala si kwa ajili ya taifa hilo pekee, bali pia kwa ajili ya watoto wa Mungu waliotawanyika, ili kuwaleta pamoja na kuwafanya wawe wamoja.

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

53 Hivyo tangu siku hiyo wakawa wanafanya mipango ili wamuue Yesu.

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 Kwa hiyo Yesu akawa hatembei hadharani miongoni mwa Wayahudi, bali alijitenga akaenda sehemu iliyo karibu na jangwa kwenye kijiji kiitwacho Efraimu. Akakaa huko na wanafunzi wake.

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

55 Basi Pasaka ya Wayahudi ilipokuwa imekaribia, watu wengi walitoka vijijini wakaenda Yerusalemu kabla ya Pasaka ili wakajitakase.

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 Watu wakawa wanamtafuta Yesu, nao waliposimama kwenye eneo la Hekalu waliulizana, Je, mtu huyu hatakuja kamwe kwenye Sikukuu?

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 Viongozi wa makuhani na Mafarisayo walikuwa wametoa amri kuwa yeyote atakayejua mahali Yesu aliko, lazima atoe taarifa ili wapate kumkamata.