Jan 12
1 Sis jou anvan fèt Delivrans jwif yo, Jezi tounen Betani kote Laza te rete a. Laza se nonm li te fè leve soti vivan nan lanmò a.
Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead, was living.
2 Antan l' te la, yo ofri l' manje. Se Mat ki t'ap sèvi manje a. Laza menm te pami moun ki te chita bò tab la avèk Jezi.
There a supper was given in his honour at which Martha waited, while Lazarus was one of those present at the table.
3 Lè sa a, Mari pran yon boutèy demi lit plen yon odè ki fèt ak yon fèy yo rele na. Odè sa a te vann byen chè. Li vide tout odè a sou pye Jezi. Apre sa, li siye yo ak cheve li. Tout kay la te plen sant odè a.
So Mary took a pound of choice spikenard perfume of great value, and anointed the feet of Jesus with it, and then wiped them with her hair. The whole house was filled with the scent of the perfume.
4 Yonn nan disip Jezi yo, sa ki tapral trayi l' la, Jida Iskariòt, di konsa:
One of the disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was about to betray Jesus, asked,
5 Poukisa yo pa t' vann odè sa a pou twasan (300) goud? Yo ta bay pòv lajan sa a.
‘Why was not this perfume sold for a year’s wages, and the money given to poor people?’
6 Li pa t' di sa paske li te vle fè kichòy vre pou pòv yo, men paske se vòlè li te ye. Se li ki te kenbe kès lajan an, li te konn pran nan sa yo te mete ladan li.
He said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, being in charge of the purse, used to take what was put in it.
7 Men, Jezi di li: Kite l' an repo! Kite l' konsève odè sa a pou jou y'a mete kò m' nan kavo a.
‘Leave her alone,’ said Jesus, ‘so that she may keep it until the day when my body is being prepared for burial.
8 Kanta pòv yo, n'a toujou genyen yo avè nou. Men mwen menm, nou p'ap genyen m' tout tan.
The poor you always have with you, but you will not always have me.’
9 Yon gwo foul moun vin konnen Jezi te Betani. Y' ale Betani, pa sèlman poutèt Jezi, mentou pou wè Laza Jezi te fè leve soti vivan nan lanmò a.
Now great numbers of people found out that Jesus was at Bethany; and they came there, not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 Lè sa a, chèf prèt yo pran desizyon pou yo touye Laza tou,
The chief priests, however, plotted to put Lazarus, as well as Jesus, to death,
11 paske, poutèt li, anpil jwif t'ap vire do ba yo, yo t'ap kwè nan Jezi.
because it was owing to him that many of the people had left them, and were becoming believers in Jesus.
12 Nan denmen, tout foul moun ki te vini pou fèt Delivrans jwif yo te vin konnen Jezi t'ap rive lavil Jerizalèm.
On the following day great numbers of people who had come to the Festival, hearing that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, took palm branches,
13 Lè sa a, yo koupe fèy palmis, yo soti al kontre li. Yo t'ap plede rele: Lwanj pou Bondye. benediksyon pou moun ki vini nan non Mèt la! Wi, benediksyon pou Wa pèp Izrayèl la.
and went out to meet him, shouting as they went, ‘God save him! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord – the king of Israel!’
14 Jezi te jwenn yon ti bourik. Li moute chita sou li, jan sa te ekri nan Liv la:
Having found a young donkey, Jesus seated himself on it, in accordance with the passage of scripture –
15 Nou pa bezwen pè, nou menm ki nan lavil Siyon an. Gade, men wa nou an ap vini: Li moute yon jenn ti bourik.
“Fear not, people of Zion. Your king is coming to you, sitting on the foal of a donkey.”
16 Disip yo pa t' konprann bagay sa yo lamenm. Men, se jouk apre, lè Jezi te fin moute nan syèl la, yo vin chonje tout bagay sa yo te ekri davans nan Liv la, epi se sa menm ki te rive lè moun yo te fè sa pou li.
His disciples did not understand all this at first; but, when Jesus had been exalted, then they remembered that these things had been said of him in scripture, and that they had done these things for him.
17 Te gen anpil moun ki te la avèk Jezi lè l' te rele Laza pou l' te fè l' soti nan kavo a, lè l' te fè l' leve soti vivan nan lanmò a. Yo tout t'ap rakonte sa yo te wè.
Meanwhile the people who were with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead, were telling what they had seen.
18 Se konsa, foul moun yo te vin konnen li te fè mirak sa a. Se poutèt sa yo te vin kontre li.
This, indeed, was why the crowd met him – because people had heard that he had given this sign of his mission.
19 Farizyen yo menm, yonn t'ap di lòt: Nou wè. Nou pa ka fè anyen pou anpeche sa. Gade jan tout moun ap swiv li!
So the Pharisees said to one another, ‘You see that you are gaining nothing! Why, all the world has run after him!’
20 Te gen kèk moun peyi Lagrès nan moun ki te vin Jerizalèm pou adore pandan fèt la.
Among those who were going up to worship at the Festival were some Greeks,
21 Y' al jwenn Filip (ki te moun Betsayda nan peyi Galile), yo di l' konsa: Msye, nou ta renmen wè Jezi.
who went to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and said, ‘Sir, we wish to see Jesus.’
22 Filip al di Andre sa. Epi yo tou de al di Jezi sa.
Philip went and told Andrew, and then together they went and told Jesus.
23 Jezi reponn yo: Koulye a, lè a rive pou Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a resevwa lwanj ki pou li a.
This was his reply – ‘The time has come for the Son of Man to be exalted.
24 Sa m'ap di nou la a, se vre wi: Yon grenn mayi ap rete pou kont li toutotan li pa tonbe atè pou l' mouri. Men tou, si l' mouri, l'ap bay anpil grenn.
In truth I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains solitary; but, if it dies, it becomes fruitful.
25 Moun ki renmen lavi l' ap pèdi li. Men moun ki rayi lavi li pandan l' sou latè a, l'ap konsève l' pou lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. (aiōnios g166)
A person who loves their life loses it; while someone who hates their life in the present world will preserve it for eternal life. (aiōnios g166)
26 Si yon moun ap sèvi m', se pou l' swiv mwen tou. Konsa, tout kote m'a ye, sèvitè mwen va la tou. Papa m' va leve tèt tout moun k'ap sèvi mwen.
If someone is ready to serve me, let them follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If a person is ready to serve me, my Father will honour them.
27 Men koulye a, kè m' boulvèse. Mwen pa konn sa pou m' di. Mwen ta di: Papa, delivre m' anba sa ki pral rive koulye a. Men, se pou sa menm mwen vini, pou m' pase tan soufrans sa a.
Now I am distressed at heart and what can I say? Father, bring me safe through this hour – yet it was for this reason that I came to this hour –
28 Papa o, fè wè pouvwa ou non! Lè sa a, yon vwa soti nan syèl la, li di: Mwen fè wè pouvwa non mwen deja. M'ap fè wè l' ankò.
Father, honour your own name.’ At this there came a voice from heaven, which said, ‘I have already honoured it, and I will honour it again.’
29 Foul moun ki te la yo tande vwa a. Yo t'ap di: Se yon kout loraj! Gen lòt ki t'ap di: Se yon zanj Bondye ki pale avèk li.
The crowd of bystanders, who heard the sound, said that it was thundering. Others said, ‘An angel has been speaking to him.’
30 Men, Jezi di yo: Se pa pou mwen non vwa a pale, se pou nou menm pou nou ka tande.
‘It was not for my sake that the voice came,’ said Jesus, ‘but for yours.
31 Koulye a, lè a rive pou yo jije moun ki sou tè sa a. Koulye a, yo pral mete chèf k'ap dominen lemonn lan deyò.
Now this world is on its trial. Now the Spirit that is ruling this world will be driven out;
32 Men mwen menm, lè y'a leve m' anlè sou tè a, mwen gen pou m' rale tout moun vin jwenn mwen.
and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.’
33 (Lè l' di sa, li t'ap moutre yo ki jan li tapral mouri.)
By these words he indicated what death he was destined to die.
34 Foul moun yo reponn li: Nan Liv lalwa nou an, nou wè Kris la gen pou l' viv pou tout tan. Ki jan ou ka di se pou yo leve Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a anlè? Kilès ki Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a? (aiōn g165)
‘We,’ replied the people, ‘have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain for ever; how is it, then, that you say that the Son of Man must be “lifted up” Who is this “Son of Man”?’ (aiōn g165)
35 Jezi reponn yo: Nou gen limyè a la avè nou, men pa pou lontan. Mache pandan nou gen limyè a pou fènwa pa bare nou. Moun k'ap mache nan fènwa pa konnen kote l' prale.
‘Only a little while longer,’ answered Jesus, ‘will you have the light among you. Travel on while you have the light, so that darkness may not overtake you; he who travels in the darkness does not know where he is going.
36 Mete konfyans nou nan limyè a pandan nou genyen l' lan, pou nou kapab moun limyè a. Apre li fin di yo pawòl sa yo, Jezi wete kò l', li al kache byen lwen.
While you still have the light, believe in the light, so that you may be children of light.’ After he had said this, Jesus went away, and hid himself from them.
37 Atout li te fè tout mirak sa yo devan yo, yo pa t' kwè nan li.
But, though Jesus had given so many signs of his mission before their eyes, they still did not believe in him,
38 Se konsa, pawòl pwofèt Ezayi te di a rive vre: Bondye, kilès ki te kwè mesaj nou te bay la? Ki moun ki te rekonet travay Bondye a nan sa ki rive a?
in fulfilment of the words of the prophet Isaiah, where he says – “Lord, who has believed our teaching? And to whom has the might of the Lord been revealed?”
39 Non. Yo pa t' kapab kwè, paske men sa Ezayi te di ankò:
The reason why they were unable to believe is given by Isaiah elsewhere, in these words –
40 Bondye bouche tou de je yo. li fèmen lespri yo, pou yo pa wè nan je yo, pou yo pa konprann ak lespri yo, pou yo pa tounen vin jwenn mwen pou m' ta geri yo.
“He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn – And I should heal them.”
41 Ezayi te di sa paske li te wè pouvwa Jezi, epi li pale sou li.
Isaiah said this, because he saw Christ’s glory; and it was of him that he spoke.
42 Malgre sa, menm pami chèf jwif yo, anpil moun te kwè nan Jezi. Men, akòz farizyen yo, yo pa t' kite moun wè sa pou yo pa t' mete yo deyò nan sinagòg la.
Yet for all this, even among the leading men there were many who came to believe in Jesus; but, because of the Pharisees, they did not acknowledge it, because they were afraid that they should be expelled from their synagogues;
43 Yo te pito lwanj ki soti nan men lèzòm pase lwanj ki soti nan men Bondye.
for they valued honour from people more than honour from God.
44 Jezi pale byen fò, li di: Moun ki kwè nan mwen, se pa nan mwen sèlman li kwè, men li kwè nan moun ki voye m' lan tou.
But Jesus had proclaimed, ‘He who believes in me believes, not in me, but in him who sent me;
45 Moun ki wè m', li wè moun ki voye m' lan tou.
and he who sees me sees him who sent me.
46 Mwen menm, mwen se limyè sou latè. Tout moun ki kwè nan mwen p'ap rete nan fènwa.
I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who believes in me should remain in the darkness.
47 Lè yon moun tande pawòl mwen yo, si l' pa kenbe yo, se pa mwen k'ap kondannen li. Paske, mwen vin pou delivre moun, mwen pa vin pou kondannen yo.
When anyone hears my teaching and pays no heed to it, I am not his judge; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
48 Men, moun ki refize kwè nan mwen, ki pa asepte pawòl mwen yo, li jwenn ak sa k'ap kondannen l' lan: Pawòl mwen te di yo, se yo menm k'ap kondannen l' lè dènye jou a va rive.
He who rejects me, and disregards my teaching, has a judge already – the message which I have delivered will itself be his judge at the Last day.
49 Se pa pawòl pa m' m'ap pale la a. Men, Papa ki voye m' lan, se li menm ki ban m' lòd sa pou m' di ak sa pou m' pale.
For I have not delivered it on my own authority; but the Father, who sent me, has himself given me his command as to what I should say, and what message I should deliver.
50 Mwen menm, mwen konnen tout kòmandman l' yo bay lavi ki p'ap janm fini an. Se sak fè sa m'ap di a, m'ap di l' jan Papa m' te ban m' lòd la. (aiōnios g166)
And I know that eternal life lies in keeping his command. Therefore, whatever I say, I say only what the Father has taught me.’ (aiōnios g166)
