Iohannem 11
1 Erat autem quidam languens Lazarus a Bethania, de castello Mariæ et Marthæ sororis ejus.
Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (Maria autem erat quæ unxit Dominum unguento, et extersit pedes ejus capillis suis: cujus frater Lazarus infirmabatur.)
This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.
3 Miserunt ergo sorores ejus ad eum dicentes: Domine, ecce quem amas infirmatur.
The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus – “Master, your friend is ill”;
4 Audiens autem Jesus dixit eis: Infirmitas hæc non est ad mortem, sed pro gloria Dei, ut glorificetur Filius Dei per eam.
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 Diligebat autem Jesus Martham, et sororem ejus Mariam, et Lazarum.
Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 Ut ergo audivit quia infirmabatur, tunc quidem mansit in eodem loco duobus diebus;
Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.
7 deinde post hæc dixit discipulis suis: Eamus in Judæam iterum.
Then, after that, he said to his disciples, ‘Let us go to Judea again.’
8 Dicunt ei discipuli: Rabbi, nunc quærebant te Judæi lapidare, et iterum vadis illuc?
‘Rabbi,’ they replied, ‘the authorities there were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?’
9 Respondit Jesus: Nonne duodecim sunt horæ diei? Si quis ambulaverit in die, non offendit, quia lucem hujus mundi videt:
‘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 si autem ambulaverit in nocte, offendit, quia lux non est in eo.
but, if they walk about at night, they stumble, because they have not the light.’
11 Hæc ait, et post hæc dixit eis: Lazarus amicus noster dormit: sed vado ut a somno excitem eum.
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 Dixerunt ergo discipuli ejus: Domine, si dormit, salvus erit.
‘If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well,’ said the disciples.
13 Dixerat autem Jesus de morte ejus: illi autem putaverunt quia de dormitione somni diceret.
But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.
14 Tunc ergo Jesus dixit eis manifeste: Lazarus mortuus est:
Then he said to them plainly, ‘Lazarus is dead;
15 et gaudeo propter vos, ut credatis, quoniam non eram ibi, sed eamus ad eum.
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 Dixit ergo Thomas, qui dicitur Didymus, ad condiscipulos: Eamus et nos, ut moriamur cum eo.
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 Venit itaque Jesus: et invenit eum quatuor dies jam in monumento habentem.
When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.
18 (Erat autem Bethania juxta Jerosolymam quasi stadiis quindecim.)
Bethany being only about two miles from Jerusalem,
19 Multi autem ex Judæis venerant ad Martham et Mariam, ut consolarentur eas de fratre suo.
a number of the people had come there to comfort Martha and Mary because of their brother’s death.
20 Martha ergo ut audivit quia Jesus venit, occurrit illi: Maria autem domi sedebat.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.
21 Dixit ergo Martha ad Jesum: Domine, si fuisses hic, frater meus non fuisset mortuus:
‘Master,’ Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 sed et nunc scio quia quæcumque poposceris a Deo, dabit tibi Deus.
Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him.’
23 Dicit illi Jesus: Resurget frater tuus.
‘Your brother will rise to life,’ said Jesus.
24 Dicit ei Martha: Scio quia resurget in resurrectione in novissimo die.
‘I know that he will,’ replied Martha, ‘in the resurrection at the Last day.’
25 Dixit ei Jesus: Ego sum resurrectio et vita: qui credit in me, etiam si mortuus fuerit, vivet:
‘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 Ait illi: Utique Domine, ego credidi quia tu es Christus, Filius Dei vivi, qui in hunc mundum venisti.
‘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 Et cum hæc dixisset, abiit, et vocavit Mariam sororem suam silentio, dicens: Magister adest, et vocat te.
After saying this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, and whispered, ‘The teacher is here, and is asking for you.’
29 Illa ut audivit, surgit cito, et venit ad eum;
As soon as Mary heard that, she got up quickly, and went to meet him.
30 nondum enim venerat Jesus in castellum: sed erat adhuc in illo loco, ubi occurrerat ei Martha.
Jesus had not then come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 Judæi ergo, qui erant cum ea in domo, et consolabantur eam, cum vidissent Mariam quia cito surrexit, et exiit, secuti sunt eam dicentes: Quia vadit ad monumentum, ut ploret ibi.
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 Maria ergo, cum venisset ubi erat Jesus, videns eum, cecidit ad pedes ejus, et dicit ei: Domine, si fuisses hic, non esset mortuus frater meus.
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 Jesus ergo, ut vidit eam plorantem, et Judæos, qui venerant cum ea, plorantes, infremuit spiritu, et turbavit seipsum,
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping also, he groaned deeply, and was greatly distressed.
34 et dixit: Ubi posuistis eum? Dicunt ei: Domine, veni, et vide.
‘Where have you buried him?’ he asked. ‘Come and see, Master,’ they answered.
35 Et lacrimatus est Jesus.
Jesus burst into tears.
36 Dixerunt ergo Judæi: Ecce quomodo amabat eum.
‘How he must have loved him!’ the people exclaimed;
37 Quidam autem ex ipsis dixerunt: Non poterat hic, qui aperuit oculos cæci nati, facere ut hic non moreretur?
but some of them said, ‘Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?’
38 Jesus ergo rursum fremens in semetipso, venit ad monumentum. Erat autem spelunca, et lapis superpositus erat ei.
Again groaning inwardly, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against the mouth of it.
39 Ait Jesus: Tollite lapidem. Dicit ei Martha, soror ejus qui mortuus fuerat: Domine, jam fœtet, quatriduanus est enim.
‘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 Dicit ei Jesus: Nonne dixi tibi quoniam si credideris, videbis gloriam Dei?
‘Didn’t I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?’
41 Tulerunt ergo lapidem: Jesus autem, elevatis sursum oculis, dixit: Pater, gratias ago tibi quoniam audisti me.
So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said, ‘Father, I thank you that you have heard my prayer;
42 Ego autem sciebam quia semper me audis, sed propter populum qui circumstat, dixi: ut credant quia tu me misisti.
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 Hæc cum dixisset, voce magna clamavit: Lazare, veni foras.
Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus! Come out!’
44 Et statim prodiit qui fuerat mortuus, ligatus pedes, et manus institis, et facies illius sudario erat ligata. Dixit eis Jesus: Solvite eum et sinite abire.
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 Multi ergo ex Judæis, qui venerant ad Mariam, et Martham, et viderant quæ fecit Jesus, crediderunt in eum.
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 Quidam autem ex ipsis abierunt ad pharisæos, et dixerunt eis quæ fecit Jesus.
Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees, and told them what he had done.
47 Collegerunt ergo pontifices et pharisæi concilium, et dicebant: Quid faciamus, quia hic homo multa signa facit?
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 dimittimus eum sic, omnes credent in eum, et venient Romani, et tollent nostrum locum, et gentem.
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 Unus autem ex ipsis, Caiphas nomine, cum esset pontifex anni illius, dixit eis: Vos nescitis quidquam,
One of them, however, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,
50 nec cogitatis quia expedit vobis ut unus moriatur homo pro populo, et non tota gens pereat.
‘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 Hoc autem a semetipso non dixit: sed cum esset pontifex anni illius, prophetavit, quod Jesus moriturus erat pro gente,
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 et non tantum pro gente, sed ut filios Dei, qui erant dispersi, congregaret in unum.
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 Ab illo ergo die cogitaverunt ut interficerent eum.
So from that day they plotted to put Jesus to death.
54 Jesus ergo jam non in palam ambulabat apud Judæos, sed abiit in regionem juxta desertum, in civitatem quæ dicitur Ephrem, et ibi morabatur cum discipulis suis.
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 Proximum autem erat Pascha Judæorum, et ascenderunt multi Jerosolymam de regione ante Pascha, ut sanctificarent seipsos.
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 Quærebant ergo Jesum, et colloquebantur ad invicem, in templo stantes: Quid putatis, quia non venit ad diem festum?
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 Dederant autem pontifices et pharisæi mandatum ut si quis cognoverit ubi sit, indicet, ut apprehendant eum.
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.
