Johani 11

¹Mumwe munhu wakanga achirwara, wainzi Razaro weBetania, musha waMaria nomukoma wake Marta.Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

²Ndiye Maria uya wakazodza Ishe namafuta, akapisika tsoka dzake nevhudzi rake; hanzvadzi yake Razaro, wakanga achirwara.(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

³Zvino hanzvadzi dzake dzakatuma shoko kwaari, dzichiti: Ishe, tarirai uyo unodikanwa nemi unorwara.Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

⁴Jesu wakati azvinzwa, akati: Kurwara uku hakuzi kwokufa, asi kuti Mwari akudzwe, noMwanakomana waMwari akudzwe vo nazvo.When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

⁵Jesu wakanga achida Marta, nomunun’una wake, naRazaro.Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.

⁶Zvino wakati anzwa kuti unorwara, akambogara mazuva maviri paakanga ari.When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

⁷Shure kwaizvozvo akati kuvadzidzi vake: Hendei zve Judhea,Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

⁸Vadzidzi vakati kwaari: Rabhi, vaJudha vakanga vachikutsvakai ikozvino, kuti vakutakei namabwe; zvino moenda zve ikoko here?His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?

⁹Jesu akapindura, akati: Nguva hadzizi gumi nembiri pazuva here? Kana munhu achifamba masikati, haagumburwi, nokuti unovona chiedza chenyika ino.Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

¹⁰Asi kana munhu achifamba vusiku, unogumburwa, nokuti hakunechiedza maari.But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

¹¹Ndizvozvo zvaakareva akazoti kwavari; Razaro, hama yedu, wavata; asi ndinoenda, kuti ndimumutse pahope.These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

¹²Zvino vadzidzi vakati kwaari: Ishe, kana achivata, uchanaya.Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

¹³Jesu wakanga areva kufa kwake, asi ivo vakanga vachiti,unoreva kuvata hope.Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

¹⁴Ipapo Jesu akavavudza pachena: Razaro wafa.Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵Ndinofara nokuda kwenyu, kuti ndakanga ndisipo, kuti mugotenda; asi zvino hendei kwaari.And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.

¹⁶Ipapo Tomasi, wainzi Dhidhimo, akati kuna vamwe vadzidzi: Hendei nesu vo, kuti tindofa naye.Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.

¹⁷Zvino Jesu wakati achisvika, akamuwana atovamubwiro mazuva mana.Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

¹⁸Betania rakanga riri pedo neJerusarema, mastadia anenge gumi namashanu*;Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:

¹⁹vazhinji vavaJudha vakanga vavuya kunaMarta naMaria, kuti vavabate ruvoko pamusoro pehanzvadzi yavo.And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰Zvino Marta wakati achinzwa kuti Jesu wovuya, akaenda kundomuchingamidza; asi Maria wakagara mumba.Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.

²¹Marta akati kuna Jesu: Ishe, dai maiva pano, hanzvadzi yangu ingadai isina kufa.Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

²²Kunyange zvino ndinoziva, kuti zvose zvamunokumbira kunaMwari, Mwari uchakupai.But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.

²³Jesu akati kwaari: Hanzvadzi yako ichamuka zve.Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.

²⁴Marta akati kwaari: Ndinoziva kuti uchamuka zve pakumuka kwavakafa nezuva rokupedzisira.Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.

²⁵Jesu akati kwaari: Ndini kumuka novupenyu; unotenda kwandiri, kunyange akafa, uchararama.Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

²⁶Mumwe nomumwe uri mupenyu; unotenda kwandiri, haangatongofi. Unotenda izvozvo here?And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

²⁷Akati kwaari: Hongu, Ishe, ndinotenda kuti ndimi Kristu, Mwanakomana waMwari, uyo wainzi unovuya panyika.She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

²⁸Wakati areva izvozvo, akandodana Maria, munun’una wake, akati kwaari vari voga: Mudzidzisi wasvika, unokudana.And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.

²⁹Iye wakati achizvinzwa, akakurumidza kusimuka, akaenda kwaari.As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.

³⁰(Zvino Jesu wakanga asati asvika pamusha, asi wakanga achiri paya paakachingamidzwa naMarta.)Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.

³¹Zvino vaJudha, vakanga vari mumba naye vachimubata ruvoko, vakati vachivona Maria achikurumidza kusimuka achibuda, vakamutevera, vachiti, unoenda kubwiro kundochema’ko.The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

³²Zvino Maria wakati achisvika kunaJesu, achimuvona, akawira pasi patsoka dzake akati kwaari: Ishe, dai maiva pano, hanzvadzi yangu ingadai isina kufa.Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

³³Zvino Jesu wakati achimuvona achichema, navaJudha vakanga vavuya naye, vachichema vo, akafa neshungu mumweya, akatambudzika.When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

³⁴akati: Mamuisepiko? Vakati kwaari: Ishe, vuyai, muvone.And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.

³⁵Jesu akachema misodzi.Jesus wept.

³⁶Ipapo vaJudha vakati: Tarirai, waimuda sei!Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!

³⁷Asi vamwe vavo vakati: Uyu wakasvinudza meso ebofu, haazaigona kudzivisa kuti uyu munhu arege kufa here.And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

³⁸Ipapo Jesu akafa zve neshungu mukati make, akasvika pabwiro. Iro raiva bako, nebwe rakanga riri pamusoro paro.Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.

³⁹Jesu akati: Bvisai ibwe! Marta, hanzvadzi yowakafa, akati kwaari: Ishe, wotonhuwa zvino, nokuti wava namazuva mana okufa kwake.Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.

⁴⁰Jesu akati: kwaari Handina kukuvudza here, kuti kana ukatenda, uchavona kubwinya kwaMwari?Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

⁴¹Ipapo vakabvisa ibwe. Kubva panzvimbo paakanga aiswa akafa. Zvino Jesu akatarira kudenga, akati: Baba, ndinokuvongai, nokuti mandinzwa.Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.

⁴²Asi ndakanga ndichiziva kuti munosindinzwa nguva dzose; asi ndakazvireva nokuda kwavazhinji vakandikomba, kuti vatende kuti makandituma.And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

⁴³Wakati areva izvozvo, akadanidzira nenzwi guru, akati: Razaro, buda!And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

⁴⁴Wakanga afa akabuda, akapombwa makumbo namavoko nemicheka yobwiro, nechiso chake chakapombwa nomucheka, Jesu akati kwavari: Mumusunungurei, aende.And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

⁴⁵Naizvozvo vazhinji vavaJudha, vakanga vavuya kunaMaria, vakati vavona zvaitwa naJesu, vakatenda kwaari.Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.

⁴⁶Asi vamwe vavo vakaenda kuvaFarise, vakandovavudza zvakanga zvaitwa naJesu.But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

⁴⁷Naizvozvo vaPirisita vakuru navaFarise vakavunganidza makurukota, vakati: Todiniko? Nokuti uyu unoita zviratidzo zvizhinji.Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.

⁴⁸Kana tikamurega achidaro, vanhu vose vachatenda kwaari; navaRoma vachavuya vakatitorera nzvimbo yedu norudzi rwedu.If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

⁴⁹Zvino mumwe wavo, Kayafasi, wakanga ari muPirisita mukuru gore iro, akati kwavari: Hamuzivi chinhu, imi,And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,

⁵⁰vuye hamurangariri kuti zvirinani kwamuri, kuti munhu mumwe afire vanhu, rudzi rwose rurege kufa.Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.

⁵¹Haana kureva izvozvo pachake, asi zvaakanga ari muPirisita mukuru gore iro, wakaporofita kuti Jesu waifanira kufira rudzi;And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

⁵²rusati ruri rudzi rwoga, asi kuti avunganidze pamwe chete vana vaMwari vakapararira.And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

⁵³Zvino kubva pazuva iro vakarangana, kuti vamuvuraye.Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.

⁵⁴Naizvozvo Jesu haana kuzofamba pachena pakati pavaJudha, asi wakabvapo. Akaenda kunyika iri pedo nerenje, kuguta rainzi Efraimi; akagara’ko navadzidzi vake.Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.

⁵⁵Zvino paseka yavaJudha yakanga yava pedo, vanhu vazhinji venyika iyo vakakwira Jerusarema, paseka isati yasvika, kuti vazvinatse.And the Jews’ passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves.

⁵⁶Zvino vakatsvaka Jesu, vakataurirana vamire mutembere, vachiti: Munoti kudiniko? Munoti hangavuyi kumutambo here?Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?

⁵⁷Zvino vaPirisita vakuru navaFarise vakanga varaira, kuti, aninani kana achiziva kwaari, avazivise, kuti vandomubata.Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.