Juan 11
1 ESTABA entónces enfermo uno [llamado] Lázaro, de Bethania, la aldéa de María y de Marta su hermana.
Now a man named Lazarus, of Bethany, was lying ill; he belonged to the same village as Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (Y María, cuyo hermano Lázaro estaba enfermo, era la que ungió al Señor con ungüento, y limpió sus piés con sus cabellos.)
This Mary, whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who anointed the Master with perfume, and wiped his feet with her hair.
3 Enviaron pues sus hermanas á él, diciendo: Señor, hé aquí, el que amas está enfermo.
The sisters, therefore, sent this message to Jesus – “Master, your friend is ill”;
4 Y oyéndo[lo] Jesus, dijo: Esta enfermedad no es para muerte, mas por gloria de Dios, para que el Hijo de Dios sea glorificado por ella.
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 Y amaba Jesus á Marta, y á su hermana, y á Lázaro.
Jesus loved Martha and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 Como oyó, pues, que estaba enfermo, quedóse aun dos dias en aquel lugar donde estaba.
Yet, when he heard of the illness of Lazarus, he still stayed two days in the place where he was.
7 Luego, despues de esto, dijo á [sus] discípulos: Vamos á Judéa otra vez.
Then, after that, he said to his disciples, ‘Let us go to Judea again.’
8 Dícenle los discípulos: Rabí, ahora procuraban los Judíos apedrearte; ¿y otra vez vas allá?
‘Rabbi,’ they replied, ‘the authorities there were but just now seeking to stone you; and are you going there again?’
9 Respondió Jesus: ¿No tiene el dia doce horas? El que anduviere de dia, no tropieza; porque ve la luz de este mundo.
‘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 Mas el que anduviere de noche tropieza: porque no hay luz en él.
but, if they walk about at night, they stumble, because they have not the light.’
11 Dicho esto, díceles despues: Lázaro nuestro amigo duerme; mas voy á despertarle del sueño.
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 Dijeron entónces sus discípulos: Señor, si duerme, salvo estará.
‘If he has fallen asleep, Master, he will get well,’ said the disciples.
13 Mas [esto] decia Jesus de la muerte de él; y ellos pensaron que hablaba del reposar del sueño.
But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.
14 Entónces, pues, Jesus les dijo claramente: Lázaro es muerto:
Then he said to them plainly, ‘Lazarus is dead;
15 Y huélgome por vosotros, que yo no haya estado allí, para que creais. Mas vamos á él.
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 Dijo entónces Tomás, el que se dice el Dídimo, á sus condiscípulos: Vamos tambien nosotros, para que muramos con él.
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 Vino pues Jesus, y halló que habia ya cuatro dias [que estaba] en el sepulcro,
When Jesus reached the place, he found that Lazarus had been four days in the tomb already.
18 Y Bethania estaba cerca de Jerusalem como quince estadios^.
Bethany being only about two miles from Jerusalem,
19 Y muchos de los Judíos habian venido á Marta y á María, á consolarlas de su hermano.
a number of the people had come there to comfort Martha and Mary because of their brother’s death.
20 Entónces Marta, como oyó que Jesus venia, salió á encontrarle; mas María se estuvo en casa.
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat quietly at home.
21 Y Marta dijo á Jesus: Señor, si hubieses estado aquí, mi hermano no fuera muerto.
‘Master,’ Martha said to Jesus, ‘if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 Mas tambien sé ahora, que todo lo que pidieres de Dios, te dará Dios.
Even now, I know that God will grant you whatever you ask him.’
23 Dícele Jesus: Resucitará tu hermano.
‘Your brother will rise to life,’ said Jesus.
24 Marta le dice: Yo sé que resucitará en la resurreccion en el dia postrero.
‘I know that he will,’ replied Martha, ‘in the resurrection at the Last day.’
25 Dícele Jesus: Yo soy la resurreccion y la vida: el que cree en mí, aun que este muerto, vivirá.
‘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 Dícele: Sí, Señor, yo he creido que tú eres el Cristo, el Hijo de Dios, que has venido al mundo.
‘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 Y esto dicho, fuése, y llamó en secreto á María su hermana, diciendo: El maestro está aquí, y te llama.
After saying this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, and whispered, ‘The teacher is here, and is asking for you.’
29 Ella, como [lo] oyó, levántase prestamente, y viene á él.
As soon as Mary heard that, she got up quickly, and went to meet him.
30 (Que aun no habia llegado Jesus á la aldéa, mas estaba en aquel lugar donde Marta le habia encontrado.)
Jesus had not then come into the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.
31 Entónces los Judíos que estaban en casa con ella, y la consolaban, como vieron que María se habia levantado prestamente, y habia salido, siguiéronla, diciendo: Va al sepulcro á llorar allí.
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 Mas María como vino donde estaba Jesus, viéndole, derribóse á sus piés diciéndole: Señor, si hubieras estado aquí, no fuera muerto mi hermano.
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 entónces, como la vió llorando, y á los Judíos que habian venido juntamente con ella llorando, se conmovió en espíritu, y turbóse.
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping also, he groaned deeply, and was greatly distressed.
34 Y dijo: ¿Dónde le pusisteis? Dícenle: Señor, ven, y ve[lo.]
‘Where have you buried him?’ he asked. ‘Come and see, Master,’ they answered.
35 [Y] lloró Jesus.
Jesus burst into tears.
36 Dijeron entónces los Judíos: Mirad como le amaba.
‘How he must have loved him!’ the people exclaimed;
37 Y algunos de ellos dijeron: ¿No podia este, que abrió los ojos del ciego, hacer que este no muriera?
but some of them said, ‘Could not this man, who gave sight to the blind man, have also prevented Lazarus from dying?’
38 Y Jesus conmoviéndose otra vez en sí mismo, vino al sepulcro: era una cueva, la cual tenia una piedra encima.
Again groaning inwardly, Jesus came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against the mouth of it.
39 Dice Jesus: Quitad la piedra. Marta, la hermana del que se habia muerto le dice: Señor, hiede ya; que es de cuatro dias.
‘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 Jesus le dice: ¿No te he dicho que si creyeres, verás la gloria de Dios?
‘Didn’t I tell you,’ replied Jesus, ‘that, if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?’
41 Entónces quitaron la piedra de donde el muerto habia sido puesto: y Jesus, alzando los ojos arriba, dijo: Padre, gracias te doy que me has oido.
So they moved the stone away; and Jesus, with uplifted eyes, said, ‘Father, I thank you that you have heard my prayer;
42 Que yo sabia que siempre me oyes; mas por causa de la compañía que esta alrededor, [lo] dije, para que crean que tú me has enviado.
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 Y habiendo dicho estas cosas, clamó á gran voz: Lázaro, ven fuera.
Then, after saying this, Jesus called in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus! Come out!’
44 Y el que habia estado muerto, salió, atadas las manos y los piés con vendas; y su rostro estaba envuelto en un sudario. Díceles Jesus: Desatadle, y dejadle ir.
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 Entónces muchos de los Judíos que habian venido á María, y habian visto lo que habia hecho Jesus, creyeron en él.
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 Mas algunos de ellos fueron á los Fariséos, y dijéronles lo que Jesus habia hecho.
Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees, and told them what he had done.
47 Entónces los pontífices, y los Fariséos juntaron concilio; y decian: ¿Qué hacemos? porque este hombre hace muchas señales.
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 le dejamos así, todos creerán en él; y vendrán los Romanos, y quitarán nuestro lugar y la nacion.
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 Y Caifás, uno de ellos, sumo pontífice de aquel año, les dijo: Vosotros no sabeis nada;
One of them, however, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them,
50 Ni pensais que nos conviene que un hombre muera por el pueblo, y no que toda la nacion se pierda.
‘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 Mas esto no lo dijo de sí mismo; sino que, como era el sumo pontífice de aquel año, profetizó que Jesus habia de morir por la nacion;
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 Y no solamente por aquella nacion, mas tambien para que juntase en uno los hijos de Dios que estaban derramados.
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 Así que desde aquel dia consultaban juntos de matarle.
So from that day they plotted to put Jesus to death.
54 Por tanto Jesus ya no andaba manifiestamente entre los Judíos; mas fuese de allí á la tierra que está junto al desierto, á una ciudad que se llama Ephraim: y estábase allí con sus discípulos.
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 Y la Pascua de los Judíos estaba cerca: y muchos subieron de aquella tierra á Jerusalem ántes de la Pascua, para purificarse.
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 Y buscaban á Jesus, y hablaban los unos con los otros estando en el templo: ¿Qué os parece, que no vendrá á la fiesta?
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 Y los pontífices y los Fariséos habian dado mandamiento, que, si alguno supiese donde estuviera, [lo] manifestase para que le prendiesen:
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.
