Jan 11
1 Te gen yon nonm yo te rele Laza ki tonbe malad. Li te rete Betani, yon ti bouk kote Mari t'ap viv ansanm ak Mat, sè l' la.
Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (Mari sa a, se te fanm ki te vide odè sou pye Seyè a, epi ki te siye yo ak cheve li. Laza, nonm ki te malad la, se te frè li.)
This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.
3 De sè yo voye yon moun bò kot Jezi pou di li: Seyè, zanmi ou lan malad.
The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus – “Master, your friend is ill”;
4 Lè Jezi tande nouvèl la, li di: Maladi Laza a p'ap touye li. Tou sa rive pou fè moun wè pouvwa Bondye. Se ak maladi sa a Bondye pral fè wè pouvwa Pitit li a.
and, when Jesus heard it, he said, ‘This illness is not to end in death, but is to redound to the honour of God, in order that the Son of God may be honoured through it.’
5 Jezi te renmen Mat, Mari, sè l' la, ansanm ak Laza.
Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 Apre li fin pran nouvèl maladi Laza a, li rete de jou ankò kote l' te ye a.
Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.
7 Apre sa, li di disip li yo: Ann tounen nan Jide.
Then, after that, he said to his disciples, ‘Let us go to Judea again.’
8 Disip li yo reponn li: Mèt, pa gen lontan jwif yo t'ap chache touye ou ak kout wòch, epi koulye a ou vle tounen laba a ankò?
‘Rabbi,’ they replied, ‘the authorities there were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?’
9 Jezi di yo: Gen douzè de tan nan yon jounen, pa vre? Si yon moun ap mache lajounen, li p'ap bite, paske li wè limyè k'ap klere tè a.
‘Are not there twelve hours in the day?’ answered Jesus. ‘If someone walks about in the daytime, they don’t stumble, because they can see the light of the sun;
10 Men, si yon moun ap mache lannwit, l'ap kase pye l', paske li pa gen limyè nan li.
but, if they walk about at night, they stumble, because they have not the light.’
11 Lè Jezi fin di yo sa, li di ankò: Laza, zanmi nou an, ap dòmi. Mwen pral leve li.
And, when he had said this, he added, ‘Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going so that I may wake him.’
12 Disip yo reponn li: Mèt, si l'ap dòmi, li pral geri.
‘If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well,’ said the disciples.
13 Jezi te vle di yo Laza te mouri, men disip yo te konprann se dòmi Laza t'ap dòmi tankou tout moun konn fè.
But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.
14 Lè sa a, Jezi di yo klè: Laza mouri.
Then he said to them plainly, ‘Lazarus is dead;
15 Poutèt nou, mwen byen kontan mwen pa t' la. Konsa n'a kwè. Ann al jwenn li.
and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may learn to believe in me. But let us go to him.’
16 Lè sa a, Toma (yo te rele Jimo a) di lòt disip yo: Ann ale tou ansanm ak Mèt la pou n' ka mouri ansanm avè li.
At this, Thomas, who was called “The Twin,” said to his fellow disciples, ‘Let us go too, so that we may die with him.’
17 Lè Jezi rive, li jwenn Laza te gen tan antere depi kat jou.
When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.
18 Betani te yon ti bouk toupre lavil Jerizalèm, twa kilomèt konsa, pa plis.
Bethany being only about two miles from Jerusalem,
19 Anpil jwif te vin lakay Mat ak Mari pou konsole yo ak lanmò frè yo a.
a number of the people had come there to comfort Martha and Mary because of their brother’s death.
20 Lè Mat vin konnen Jezi t'ap vini, li pati, li al kontre li. Men, Mari te rete chita nan kay la.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.
21 Mat di Jezi konsa: Mèt, si ou te la, frè m' lan pa ta mouri non.
‘Master,’ Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 Men, mwen konn sa: menm koulye a, Bondye va ba ou nenpòt kisa ou mande li.
Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him.’
23 Jezi di li: Frè ou la va leve vivan ankò.
‘Your brother will rise to life,’ said Jesus.
24 Mat reponn li: Wi, mwen konn sa. Li gen pou l' leve vivan ankò nan dènye jou a, lè tout moun mouri yo va leve.
‘I know that he will,’ replied Martha, ‘in the resurrection at the Last day.’
25 Jezi di li: Se mwen menm ki leve moun mouri yo, se mwen menm ki bay lavi. Moun ki mete konfyans yo nan mwen, yo gen pou yo viv menm si yo rive mouri.
‘I am the resurrection and the life,’ said Jesus. ‘He who believes in me will live, though he die;
and he who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?’ (aiōn g165)
27 Mat reponn li: Wi, Seyè, mwen kwè ou se Kris la, Pitit Bondye. Ou se moun ki te gen pou vini sou latè a.
‘Yes Master,’ she answered. ‘I have learned to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.’
28 Lè Mat fin di sa, l' al rele Mari, sè l' la, li di l' nan zòrèy: Mèt la la wi. Li mande pou ou vin jwenn li.
After saying this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, and whispered, ‘The teacher is here, and is asking for you.’
29 Tande Mari tande sa, li leve, li kouri al jwenn Jezi.
As soon as Mary heard that, she got up quickly, and went to meet him.
30 (Jezi pa t' ankò antre nan bouk la. Li te rete kote Mat te kontre l' la.)
Jesus had not then come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 Jwif yo ki te nan kay la avèk Mari pou konsole l', lè yo wè l' leve soti, yo swiv li. Yo te konprann li tapral kriye bò kavo a.
So the people, who were in the house with Mary, comforting her, when they saw her get up quickly and go out, followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Lè Mari rive kote Jezi te ye a, wè li wè l', li lage kò l' atè nan pye l', li di l' konsa: Seyè, si ou te la, frè m' lan pa ta mouri.
When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she threw herself at his feet. ‘Master,’ she exclaimed, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died!’
33 Jezi wè jan li t'ap kriye ansanm ak jwif yo ki te vin avè l' yo, sa te fè l' mal anpil, kè l' t'ap fann.
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping also, he groaned deeply, and was greatly distressed.
34 Li mande yo: Ki bò nou antere li? Yo reponn li: Seyè, vin wè non.
‘Where have you buried him?’ he asked. ‘Come and see, Master,’ they answered.
35 Jezi kriye.
Jesus burst into tears.
36 Lè sa a, jwif yo di: Gade jan li te renmen l' non!
‘How he must have loved him!’ the people exclaimed;
37 Men, te gen kèk nan yo ki t'ap di: Li menm ki louvri je avèg yo, li pa t' kapab anpeche Laza mouri?
but some of them said, ‘Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?’
38 Sa te fè Jezi pi mal ankò. li al bò kavo a. Se te yon gwòt avèk yon wòch yo te mete devan bouch li.
Again groaning inwardly, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against the mouth of it.
39 Jezi di yo: Wete wòch la. Mat, sè mò a, di l' konsa: Seyè, li dwe kòmanse santi deja, sa fè kat jou depi l' nan kavo a.
‘Move the stone away,’ said Jesus. ‘Master,’ said Martha, the sister of the dead man, ‘by this time the smell must be offensive, for this is the fourth day since his death.’
40 Jezi reponn li: Mwen pa deja di ou: Si ou kwè, wa wè pouvwa Bondye?
‘Didn’t I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?’
41 Se konsa, yo wete wòch la. Jezi leve je l' anlè nan syèl la, li di: Mèsi, Papa, dèske ou te tande mwen.
So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said, ‘Father, I thank you that you have heard my prayer;
42 Mwen menm, mwen konnen ou toujou tande m', men se poutèt moun sa yo ki bò kote m' lan m'ap di ou sa, pou yo sa kwè se ou menm ki voye mwen.
I know that you always hear me; but I say this for the sake of the people standing near, so that they may believe that you has sent me as your messenger.’
43 Lè l' fin di pawòl sa yo, li rele byen fò: Laza, soti deyò!
Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus! Come out!’
44 Mò a soti, de pye l' ak de men l' yo tou mare ak bann twal, figi l' tou vlope nan yon moso twal. Jezi di yo: Demare l' non, kite l' ale.
The dead man came out, wrapped hand and foot in a winding-sheet; his face, too, had been wrapped in a cloth. ‘Set him free,’ said Jesus, ‘and let him go.’
45 Nan jwif ki te vin kay Mari yo epi ki te wè sa Jezi te fè a, anpil te kwè nan li.
In consequence of this, many of the people, who had come to visit Mary and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith in him.
46 Men, gen ladan yo ki al jwenn farizyen yo. Yo rakonte yo sa Jezi te fè.
Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees, and told them what he had done.
47 Farizyen yo menm ansanm ak chèf prèt yo reyini Gran Konsèy la. Yo mande: Kisa n'ap fè? Nonm sa a ap fè anpil mirak.
The chief priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the High Council, and said, ‘What are we to do, now that this man is giving so many signs?
48 Si nou pa fè l' sispann, tout moun pral kwè nan li. Talè konsa, otorite women yo va antre nan koze a, y'a detwi ni tanp nou an ni peyi nou an.
If we allow him to continue as we are doing, everyone will believe in him; and the Romans will come and will take from us both our Temple and our nation.’
49 Te gen yonn ladan yo ki te rele Kayif. Se li menm ki te granprèt pou lanne a. Li di yo: Gen lè nou pa konprann anyen!
One of them, however, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,
50 Nou pa wè li pi bon pou nou si yon sèl moun mouri pou pèp la. Konsa tout peyi a va sove.
‘You are utterly mistaken. You do not consider that it is better for you that one person should die for the people, rather than the whole nation should be destroyed.’
51 (Kayif pa te di sa konsa non. Men, li te granprèt pou lanne a, konsa li t'ap fè konnen davans ki jan Jezi te dwe mouri pou tout jwif ki nan peyi a.
Now he did not say this of his own accord; but, as high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation –
52 Epi, pa sèlman pou jwif yo, men tou pou l' te sanble tout pitit Bondye ki gaye yo nan yon sèl kò.)
And not for the nation only, but also that he might unite in one body the children of God now scattered far and wide.
53 Se depi jou sa a otorite jwif yo pran desizyon pou yo touye Jezi.
So from that day they plotted to put Jesus to death.
54 Se poutèt sa tou Jezi te sispann fè ale vini nan mitan jwif yo an piblik. Li mete kò l' yon kote toupre dezè a, nan yon vil yo rele Efrayim. Se la li te rete ak disip li yo.
In consequence of this, Jesus did not go about publicly among the people any more, but left and went into the country bordering on the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.
55 Fèt Delivrans jwif yo te prèt pou rive. Anpil moun soti toupatou nan peyi a, yo moute Jerizalèm anvan fèt la pou yo te ka fè sèvis pou mete yo nan kondisyon pou yo sèvi Bondye.
But the Jewish Festival of the Passover was near; and many people had gone up from the country to Jerusalem, for their purification, before the Festival began.
56 Yo t'ap chache Jezi. Antan yo tout te nan tanp lan, yonn t'ap mande lòt: Sa nou di? Ou kwè l'ap vin nan fèt la?
So they looked for Jesus there, and said to one another, as they stood in the Temple Courts, ‘What do you think? Do you think he will come to the Festival?’
57 Chèf prèt yo ansanm ak farizyen yo te bay lòd sa a: Si yon moun te konnen kote Jezi te ye, se pou l' fè yo konnen pou yo ka arete li.
The chief priests and the Pharisees had already issued orders that, if anyone learned where Jesus was, he should give information, so that they might arrest him.
