Ch 11 Yohana – 2samaki

Yohana 11

11:1	Now there was a certain sick man, Lazarus of Bethania, from the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
11:2	And Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair; her brother Lazarus was sick.
11:3	Kwa hiyo, his sisters sent to him, akisema: “Bwana, tazama, he whom you love is sick.”
11:4	Kisha, baada ya kusikia haya, Yesu akawaambia: “This sickness is not unto death, bali kwa utukufu wa Mungu, ili Mwana wa Mungu atukuzwe kwa hiyo.”
11:5	Sasa Yesu alimpenda Martha, na dada yake Mariamu, na Lazaro.
11:6	Hata hivyo, baada ya kusikia kwamba alikuwa mgonjwa, basi bado alikaa mahali pale kwa siku mbili.
11:7	Kisha, baada ya mambo haya, akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Twendeni tena Yudea.”
11:8	Wanafunzi wakamwambia: “Mwalimu, Wayahudi hata sasa wanatafuta kukupiga kwa mawe. Na ungeenda huko tena?”
11:9	Yesu alijibu: “Je, hakuna saa kumi na mbili za mchana? Ikiwa mtu yeyote anatembea mchana, hajikwai, kwa sababu anaiona nuru ya ulimwengu huu.
11:10	Lakini ikiwa anatembea usiku, anajikwaa, kwa sababu nuru haimo ndani yake.”
11:11	Alisema mambo haya, na baada ya haya, akawaambia: “Lazaro rafiki yetu amelala. Lakini ninaenda, ili nipate kumwamsha kutoka usingizini.”
11:12	Na ndivyo wanafunzi wake walivyosema, “Bwana, ikiwa amelala, atakuwa na afya njema.”
11:13	Lakini Yesu alikuwa amesema juu ya kifo chake. Lakini walidhani kwamba alizungumza juu ya kupumzika kwa usingizi.
11:14	Kwa hiyo, Ndipo Yesu akawaambia waziwazi, “Lazaro amekufa.
11:15	Nami nafurahi kwa ajili yako kwamba sikuwapo, ili mpate kuamini. Lakini twende kwake.”
11:16	Na kisha Thomas, ambaye anaitwa Pacha, akawaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Twendeni, pia, ili tufe pamoja naye.”
11:17	Na hivyo Yesu akaenda. Akakuta tayari ameshakaa kaburini siku nne.
11:18	(Sasa Bethania ilikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu, kama stadia kumi na tano.)
11:19	Na wengi wa Wayahudi walikuwa wamekuja kwa Martha na Mariamu, ili kuwafariji juu ya ndugu yao.
11:20	Kwa hiyo, Martha, aliposikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anakuja, akatoka kwenda kumlaki. Lakini Mariamu alikuwa ameketi nyumbani.
11:21	Ndipo Martha akamwambia Yesu: “Bwana, kama ungekuwa hapa, kaka yangu hangekufa.
11:22	Lakini hata sasa, Najua kwamba chochote utakachoomba kwa Mungu, Mungu atakupa.”
11:23	Yesu akamwambia, “Ndugu yako atafufuka tena.”
11:24	Martha akamwambia, “Najua ya kuwa atafufuka tena, katika ufufuo siku ya mwisho.”
11:25	Yesu akamwambia: “Mimi ndiye Ufufuo na Uzima. Yeyote aniaminiye, ingawa amekufa, ataishi.
11:26	Na kila aishiye na kuniamini hatakufa milele. Je, unaamini hili?”
11:27	Akamwambia: “Hakika, Bwana. Nimeamini kwamba wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu aliye hai, ambaye amekuja katika ulimwengu huu.”
11:28	And when she had said these things, she went and called her sister Mary quietly, akisema, “The Teacher is here, and he is calling you.”
11:29	When she heard this, she rose up quickly and went to him.
11:30	For Jesus had not yet arrived in the town. Lakini bado alikuwa mahali pale ambapo Martha alikutana naye.
11:31	Kwa hiyo, Wayahudi waliokuwa pamoja naye nyumbani na waliokuwa wakimfariji, walipoona kwamba Mariamu aliinuka upesi na kutoka nje, wakamfuata, akisema, “Anaenda kaburini, ili alie huko.”
11:32	Kwa hiyo, Mariamu alipokuwa amefika mahali Yesu alipokuwa, kumuona, akaanguka miguuni pake, akamwambia. “Bwana, kama ungekuwa hapa, kaka yangu hangekufa.”
11:33	Na kisha, Yesu alipomwona analia, na wale Wayahudi waliokuja pamoja naye wakilia, aliugua rohoni na kufadhaika.
11:34	Naye akasema, “Umemlaza wapi?” Wakamwambia, “Bwana, njoo uone.”
11:35	Naye Yesu akalia.
11:36	Kwa hiyo, Wayahudi walisema, “Ona jinsi alivyompenda!”
11:37	Lakini baadhi yao walisema, “Je, yeye aliyefungua macho ya mtu aliyezaliwa kipofu hangeweza kumfanya mtu huyu asife?”
11:38	Kwa hiyo, Yesu, tena akiugulia kutoka ndani yake, akaenda kaburini. Sasa ilikuwa pango, and a stone had been placed over it.
11:39	Yesu alisema, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who had died, akamwambia, “Bwana, by now it will smell, for this is the fourth day.”
11:40	Yesu akamwambia, “Did I not say to you that if you believe, you shall see the glory of God?”
11:41	Kwa hiyo, they took away the stone. Kisha, kuinua macho yake, Yesu alisema: “Baba, I give thanks to you because you have heard me.
11:42	And I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the people who are standing nearby, so that they may believe that you have sent me.”
11:43	Alipokwisha kusema hayo, he cried in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”
11:44	Na mara moja, he who had been dead went forth, bound at the feet and hands with winding bands. And his face was bound with a separate cloth. Yesu akawaambia, “Release him and let him go.”
11:45	Kwa hiyo, wengi wa Wayahudi, waliokuja kwa Mariamu na Martha, na ambaye alikuwa ameona mambo ambayo Yesu alifanya, kumwamini.
11:46	Lakini baadhi yao walikwenda kwa Mafarisayo na kuwaambia mambo ambayo Yesu alikuwa amefanya.
11:47	Na hivyo, makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo wakakusanya baraza, nao walikuwa wakisema: “Tunaweza kufanya nini? Kwa maana mtu huyu hufanya ishara nyingi.
11:48	Tukimwacha peke yake, kwa njia hii wote watamwamini. Kisha Warumi watakuja na kuchukua mahali petu na taifa letu.”
11:49	Kisha mmoja wao, jina lake Kayafa, kwa kuwa alikuwa kuhani mkuu mwaka huo, akawaambia: “Huelewi chochote.
11:50	Wala hamjui ya kuwa yafaa kwenu mtu mmoja afe kwa ajili ya watu, na kwamba taifa zima lisiangamie.”
11:51	Walakini hakusema haya kutoka kwake mwenyewe, lakini kwa kuwa alikuwa kuhani mkuu mwaka huo, alitabiri kwamba Yesu angekufa kwa ajili ya taifa.
11:52	Na si kwa taifa pekee, bali ili kuwakusanya pamoja watoto wa Mungu waliotawanyika kama kitu kimoja.
11:53	Kwa hiyo, kuanzia siku hiyo, walipanga kumuua.
11:54	Na hivyo, Yesu hakutembea tena hadharani na Wayahudi. Lakini alikwenda katika eneo karibu na jangwa, mpaka mji uitwao Efraimu. Akakaa huko pamoja na wanafunzi wake.
11:55	Sikukuu ya Wayahudi ya Pasaka ilikuwa karibu. Na watu wengi kutoka mashambani walipanda kwenda Yerusalemu kabla ya sikukuu ya Pasaka, ili wapate kujitakasa wenyewe.
11:56	Kwa hiyo, walikuwa wakimtafuta Yesu. Na wakashauriana wao kwa wao, akiwa amesimama hekaluni: "Nini unadhani; unafikiria nini? Je, atakuja kwenye sikukuu?”
11:57	And the high priests and Pharisees had given an order, so that if anyone would know where he may be, he should reveal it, so that they might apprehend him.