The Death of Lazarus
1-2 A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. This was the same Mary who later poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped his feet with her hair. 3 The sisters sent a message to the Lord and told him that his good friend Lazarus was sick.
4 When Jesus heard this, he said, “His sickness won't end in death. It will bring glory to God and his Son.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and brother. 6 But he stayed where he was for two more days. 7 Then he said to his disciples, “Now we will go back to Judea.”
8 “Teacher,” they said, “the people there want to stone you to death! Why do you want to go back?”
9 Jesus answered, “Aren't there twelve hours in each day? If you walk during the day, you will have light from the sun, and you won't stumble. 10 But if you walk during the night, you will stumble, because you don't have any light.” 11 Then he told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, and I am going there to wake him up.”
12 They replied, “Lord, if he is asleep, he will get better.” 13 Jesus really meant that Lazarus was dead, but they thought he was talking only about sleep.
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead! 15 I am glad I wasn't there, because now you will have a chance to put your faith in me. Let's go to him.”
16 Thomas, whose nickname was “Twin,” said to the other disciples, “Come on. Let's go, so we can die with him.”
Jesus Brings Lazarus to Life
17 When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was less than three kilometers from Jerusalem, 19 and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 Yet even now I know that God will do anything you ask.”
23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will live again!”
24 Martha answered, “I know he will be raised to life on the last day, when all the dead are raised.”
25 Jesus then said, “I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. 26 And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never really die. Do you believe this?”
27 “Yes, Lord!” she replied. “I believe you are the Christ, the Son of God. You are the one we hoped would come into the world.”
28 After Martha said this, she went and privately said to her sister Mary, “The Teacher is here, and he wants to see you.” 29 As soon as Mary heard this, she got up and went out to Jesus. 30 He was still outside the village where Martha had gone to meet him. 31 Many people had come to comfort Mary, and when they saw her quickly leave the house, they thought she was going out to the tomb to cry. So they followed her.
32 Mary went to where Jesus was. Then as soon as she saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw that Mary and the people with her were crying, he was terribly upset 34 and asked, “Where have you put his body?”
They replied, “Lord, come and you will see.”
35 Jesus started crying, 36 and the people said, “See how much he loved Lazarus.”
37 Some of them said, “He gives sight to the blind. Why couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Jesus was still terribly upset. So he went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone rolled against the entrance. 39 Then he told the people to roll the stone away. But Martha said, “Lord, you know that Lazarus has been dead four days, and there will be a bad smell.”
40 Jesus replied, “Didn't I tell you that if you had faith, you would see the glory of God?”
41 After the stone had been rolled aside, Jesus looked up toward heaven and prayed, “Father, I thank you for answering my prayer. 42 I know that you always answer my prayers. But I said this, so the people here would believe you sent me.”
43 When Jesus had finished praying, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The man who had been dead came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of burial cloth, and a cloth covered his face.
Jesus then told the people, “Untie him and let him go.”
The Plot To Kill Jesus
(Matthew 26.1-5Mark 14.1Mark 2Luke 22.1Luke 2)45 Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw the things Jesus did, and they put their faith in him. 46 Others went to the Pharisees and told what Jesus had done. 47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, “What should we do? This man is working a lot of miracles. 48 If we don't stop him now, everyone will put their faith in him. Then the Romans will come and destroy our temple and our nation.”
49 One of the council members was Caiaphas, who was also high priest that year. He spoke up and said, “You people don't have any sense at all! 50 Don't you know it is better for one person to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed?” 51 Caiaphas did not say this on his own. As high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation. 52 Yet Jesus would not die just for the Jewish nation. He would die to bring together all of God's scattered people. 53 From that day on, the council started making plans to put Jesus to death.
54 Because of this plot against him, Jesus stopped going around in public. He went to the town of Ephraim, which was near the desert, and he stayed there with his disciples.
55 It was almost time for Passover. Many of the Jewish people who lived out in the country had come to Jerusalem to get themselves ready for the festival. 56 They looked around for Jesus. Then when they were in the temple, they asked each other, “You don't think he will come here for Passover, do you?”
57 The chief priests and the Pharisees told the people to let them know if any of them saw Jesus. This is how they hoped to arrest him.
XI.
K. Jezus pīceļ nu myrūnim Lazari.
1 Lazars nu Betanijas, Marijas un jōs mōsas Martas mīsteņa, beja slyms. 2 Marija beja tei, kura Kungu apsvaideja ar smōrdeigu eleju un ar sovim motim apslauceja Jō kōjas. Tōs brōļs Lazars beja slyms. 3 Mōsas nūsyuteja Jam paziņōtu: Kungs, raug, tys, kuru Tu mīļoj, ir slyms. 4 Tū izdzērdis, Jezus saceja: Šitei slimeiba navā uz nōvi, bet gon dēļ Dīva gūda, ka caur tū tyktu slaveits Dīva Dāls.
5 Jezus mīļōja Martu, jōs mōsu (Mariju) un Lazari. 6 Lai gon izdzērda, ka slymoj, tūmār palyka tamā vītā vēļ pat divi dīnas. 7 Pēc tam Jys saceja sovim mōceklim: Īsim otkon uz Judeu. 8 Mōcekli saceja: Mōceitōj, jūdi vēļ naseņ gribēja Tevi nūmātōt ar akminim, un Tu otkon uz turīni īsi? 9 Jezus atbiļdēja: Vai tad dīna navā divpadsmit stuņžu? Kas dīnā īt, tys nasadūrsteis, jo jys redz šō pasauļa gaismu. 10 Bet kas naktī ītu, tys gon dūrsteitūs, jo jamā navā gaismas. 11 Tū pasacejis, Jys jim runōja tōļōk: Myusu draugs Lazars aizmyga, Es īšu jō nu mīga uzmūdynōtu. 12 Mōcekli Jam saceja: Kungs, jo aizmyga, tad byus vasals. 13 Jezus runōja par jō nōvi, bet jī dūmōja, ka runoj par parostū mīgu. 14 Tad Jezus jim saceja atklōti: Lazars nūmyra. 15 Un jyusu dēļ, ka jyus tycātu, Es prīcojūs, ka tur nabeju. Īsim uz jū.
16 Tomass, Dydymus sauktais, saceja citim mōceklim: Īsim ari mes, lai ar Jū reizē nūmērtu.
17 Jezus, aizgōjis, atroda jū jau četras dīnas kopā guļūt. 18 Betanija nu Jeruzalemas beja daudz moz pīcpadsmit stadiju attōļumā. 19 Tōdēļ uz Martu un Mariju atgōja daudzi jūdu, lai brōļa dēļ jōs prīcynōtu.
20 Izdzērduse par Jezus atīšonu, Marta steidzēs Jam prīškā, bet Marija palyka sātā. 21 Marta saceja Jezum: Kungs, jo Tu šite byutu bejis, muns brōļs nabyutu nūmiris, 22 bet ari tagad zynu: Kū tik vīn nu Dīva palyugsi, Dīvs Tev dūs. 23 Jezus jai saceja: Tovs brōļs ceļsīs augšan. 24 Marta atbiļdēja: Es zynu, ka jys pīsaceļs augšamceļšonā, postora dīnā.
25 Jezus jai saceja: Es asmu augšamceļšonōs un dzeive. Kas ikš Manis tic, tys, lai ari nūmiris byutu, dzeivōs; 26 un ikvīns, kurs dzeivoj un tic ikš Manis, namērs myužam. Vai tu šytam tici? 27 Jei atbiļdēja: Jā, Kungs, es tycu, ka Tu esi Kristus, Dzeivō Dīva Dāls, kuram vajadzēja uz šū pasauli atīt. 28 Tad jei aizgōjuse pasauce sovu mōsu Mariju un kluseņom jai saceja: Mōceitōjs ir šite un tevis sauc.
29 Šytū izdzērduse, jei tyuleņ pīsacēle un ōtri aizasteidze pi Jō, 30 jo Jezus vēļ nabeja mīsteņā īgōjis, bet uzaturēja tamā pat vītā, kur Jū satyka Marta. 31 Jūdi, kas reizē ar jū mōjōs sēdēja un jū mīrynōja, radzādami, ka Marija ōtri pīsacēle un izgōja ōrā, dūmōja, ka jei īt pi kopa raudōtu, un izgōja jai pakaļ. 32 Marija, atgōjuse uz turīni, kur beja Jezus, un, Jū īraudzejuse, pakryta pi Jō kōjom un Jam saceja: Kungs, jo Tu šite byutu bejis, muns brōļs nabyutu nūmiris. 33 Jezus, radzādams jū un jūdus, kas ar jū beja atgōjuši, raužūt, tyka aizgrōbts un pats sevī sakustynōts. 34 Jys pavaicōja: Kur jū nūlykot? Jam atbiļdēja: Kungs, ej un apskot. 35 Jezus aizraudōja. 36 Tad jūdi saceja: Raug, kai jū ir mīļōjis. 37 Bet daži saceja: Vai tad Jys, kas oklajam atdareja acis, navarēja padareit, ka jys nanūmērtu?
38 Nu jauna sevī sakustynōts, Jezus aizgōja uz kopu; tys beja olā, un vērs jō gulēja akmiņs. 39 Jezus saceja: Atvelit nūst akmini. Bet Marta, nūmyrušō mōsa, saceja: Kungs, nu jō jau īt smoka, tadei jau catūrta dīna, kai nūmyra. 40 Jezus tai atbiļdēja: Vai tad Es tev nasaceju: Jo tu ticēsi, redzēsi Dīva gūdu? 41 Tai jī atvēle akmini. Jezus, pacēlis acis, lyudzēs: Tāvs, Es pateicu Tev, ka Tu Mani izklauseji. 42 Es gon zynu, ka vysod Mani izklausi; šytū Es soku apleikstōvūšūs ļaužu dēļ, lai jī tycātu, ka Tu Mani esi syutejis. 43 Pēc šytūs vōrdu Jys sauce styprā bolsā: Lazar, ej ōrā! 44 Nūmyrušais, bantem sasītom rūkom un kōjom un ar dvīli apsagtu vaigu, izgōja ōrā. Jezus jim saceja: Izraisit jū un ļaunit īt.
45 Daudzejī jūdi, kas beja pi Marijas (un Martas) atgōjuši un redzēja, kū (Jezus) padareja, Jam īticēja. 46 Bet citi, aizgōjuši uz farizejim, izstōsteja tim, kū Jezus padareja.
Augstōs padūmes lāmums.
47 Tad goreidznīku prīkšnīki un farizeji sasauce augstū padūmi un saceja: Kas mums doroms? Šytys Cylvāks tadei dora daudzi breinumu. 48 Jo mes jū tai palaissim, tad Jam īticēs visi; tad atīs romīši un atjims nu mums i zemi, i tautu. 49 Vīns nu tim, Kaifass vōrdā, kurs tū god beja par vērsgoreidznīku, jim saceja: Jyus nikō ni zynot, 50 ni apdūmojat, mums tadei byus lobōk, ka par tautu nūmērst vīns cylvāks, na kai vysa tauta iznykst. 51 Bet šytō jys pats nu sevis napasaceja, jys, kai tō gods vērsgoreidznīks, pravītōja, ka Jezus nūmērs par tautu. 52 Un Jam vajadzēja mērt na tikai par tautu vīn, bet ari, lai sakūpōtu un savīnōtu izkaiseitūs Dīva bārnus.
53 Nu tōs dīnas jim beja nūlamts Jū nūnōvēt.
54 Tōpēc Jezus vairs atklōti storp jūdim nastaigōja; Jys aizgōja uz apgobolu, kas ir tyvu pi tuksneša, uz mīsteņu, sauktu Efrem, un tur reizē ar sovim mōceklim apstōja.
55 Jūdu Leldines gōja klōtu. Tai tad daudzeji nu apkōrtnes pyrms Leldinem aizgōja uz Jeruzalemu sevis škeisteitu. 56 Jī meklēja Jezus un, svētneicā byudami, cyts cyta sovstarpeigi vaicōja: Kai jums līkās? Vai tad Jys pavysam uz svātkim naatīs?
57 Vērsgoreidznīki un farizeji beja pavēlējuši: Jo kas izzynōtu, kur Jys apstōja, lai tyuleņ paziņoj, ka jī varātu Jū apcītynōt.
