Juan 11
1 ESTABA entónces enfermo uno [llamado] Lázaro, de Bethania, la aldéa de María y de Marta su hermana.
[One time] there was a man whose name was Lazarus who was [very] sick. He lived in Bethany [village], where his [older] sisters Mary and Martha also lived.
2 (Y María, cuyo hermano Lázaro estaba enfermo, era la que ungió al Señor con ungüento, y limpió sus piés con sus cabellos.)
Mary was the woman who [later] poured perfume on the feet of the Lord [Jesus], and then wiped his feet with her hair.
3 Enviaron pues sus hermanas á él, diciendo: Señor, hé aquí, el que amas está enfermo.
So the two sisters sent [someone to tell] Jesus [about Lazarus], saying, “Lord, the one you love [very much] is very sick.”
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.
[They hoped that Jesus would come], but when Jesus heard the message, he said, “His being sick will not end in his dying. Instead, it will result in [people realizing] how great God is, and that I, God’s son, may be honored {that people may honor me, God’s son}, because of [what I will do].”
5 Y amaba Jesus á Marta, y á su hermana, y á Lázaro.
Jesus loved Martha and her [younger] sister [Mary] and Lazarus.
6 Como oyó, pues, que estaba enfermo, quedóse aun dos dias en aquel lugar donde estaba.
But when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed [where he was] for two more days.
7 Luego, despues de esto, dijo á [sus] discípulos: Vamos á Judéa otra vez.
But Jesus [wanted to see Lazarus]. So he said to us disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”
8 Dícenle los discípulos: Rabí, ahora procuraban los Judíos apedrearte; ¿y otra vez vas allá?
We said, “Teacher, just a short while ago the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] wanted to [kill you by] throwing stones at you. So ([we think that you should not] go back there again!/[are you sure that you want to] go back there again?) [RHQ]”
9 Respondió Jesus: ¿No tiene el dia doce horas? El que anduviere de dia, no tropieza; porque ve la luz de este mundo.
[To show us that nothing bad could happen to him until the time that God had chosen] [MET], Jesus replied, “There are [RHQ] twelve hours in the daytime, [which is enough time to do what God wants us to do]. People who walk in the daytime will not stumble [over things they cannot see], because they see things by the light from the sun.
10 Mas el que anduviere de noche tropieza: porque no hay luz en él.
It is when people walk in the nighttime that they stumble over things, because they have no light.”
11 Dicho esto, díceles despues: Lázaro nuestro amigo duerme; mas voy á despertarle del sueño.
After he said that, he told us, “Our friend Lazarus has gone to sleep. But I will go there so that I can wake him up.”
12 Dijeron entónces sus discípulos: Señor, si duerme, salvo estará.
So we said to him, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get well. [So you do not need to risk your life by going there].”
13 Mas [esto] decia Jesus de la muerte de él; y ellos pensaron que hablaba del reposar del sueño.
Jesus was speaking [figuratively] about Lazarus’ death, but we thought that he was talking about really being asleep.
14 Entónces, pues, Jesus les dijo claramente: Lázaro es muerto:
So then he told us plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 Y huélgome por vosotros, que yo no haya estado allí, para que creais. Mas vamos á él.
But for your sake I am glad that I was not there [when he died], because I want you to believe [more firmly that I] ([am the Messiah/came from God]). So now, [instead of staying here], let’s go to him.”
16 Dijo entónces Tomás, el que se dice el Dídimo, á sus condiscípulos: Vamos tambien nosotros, para que muramos con él.
Then Thomas, who was {whom they} called ‘The Twin’, said to the rest of us disciples, “Let’s all go, so that we may die with Jesus [when his enemies kill him].”
17 Vino pues Jesus, y halló que habia ya cuatro dias [que estaba] en el sepulcro,
When we arrived [close to Bethany], someone told Jesus that Lazarus [had died and had been buried and his body had] been in the tomb for four days.
18 Y Bethania estaba cerca de Jerusalem como quince estadios^.
Bethany is less than (two miles/three kilometers) from Jerusalem.
19 Y muchos de los Judíos habian venido á Marta y á María, á consolarlas de su hermano.
Many Jews had come [from Jerusalem] to console Martha and Mary over [the death of] their [younger] brother.
20 Entónces Marta, como oyó que Jesus venia, salió á encontrarle; mas María se estuvo en casa.
When Martha heard [someone say] that Jesus was coming, she went [along the road] to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house.
21 Y Marta dijo á Jesus: Señor, si hubieses estado aquí, mi hermano no fuera muerto.
When Martha [got to where Jesus was], she said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died [because you would have healed him]!
22 Mas tambien sé ahora, que todo lo que pidieres de Dios, te dará Dios.
But I know that even now God will do for you whatever you ask [concerning my brother].”
23 Dícele Jesus: Resucitará tu hermano.
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will become alive again!”
24 Marta le dice: Yo sé que resucitará en la resurreccion en el dia postrero.
Martha said to him, “I know that he will become alive again when all people become alive again on the [Judgment] day.”
25 Dícele Jesus: Yo soy la resurreccion y la vida: el que cree en mí, aun que este muerto, vivirá.
Jesus said to her, “I am the one who [enables people to] become alive again and who [causes people to] live [eternally]. Those who believe in me, even if they die, will live [again].
Furthermore, all those who believe in me while they are alive, [their souls] will not die [forever]. Do you believe that?” (aiōn g165)
27 Dícele: Sí, Señor, yo he creido que tú eres el Cristo, el Hijo de Dios, que has venido al mundo.
She said to him, “Yes, Lord! I believe that you are the Messiah, (the Son of God/the man who is also God). You are the one [God promised to send] 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 she said that, she returned [to the house] and took her [younger] sister, Mary, aside and said to her, “The Teacher is close [to our village], and he wants to talk to you.”
29 Ella, como [lo] oyó, levántase prestamente, y viene á él.
When Mary heard that, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 (Que aun no habia llegado Jesus á la aldéa, mas estaba en aquel lugar donde Marta le habia encontrado.)
Jesus had not yet entered the village; he was still at the place where Martha 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.
The Jews who were in the house with Mary, consoling her, saw Mary get up quickly and go outside. So they followed her, thinking that she was going to the tomb [where they had buried Lazarus], in order to cry 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 got to where Jesus was and saw him, she prostrated herself at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my [younger] 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 crying, and saw that the Jews who had come with her were also crying, he was very angry [that Satan had caused Lazarus to die] (OR, very troubled) and disturbed in his spirit.
34 Y dijo: ¿Dónde le pusisteis? Dícenle: Señor, ven, y ve[lo.]
He said, “Where have you buried (him/his body)?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 [Y] lloró Jesus.
Jesus began to cry.
36 Dijeron entónces los Judíos: Mirad como le amaba.
Then [some of] the Jews said, “Look how much he loved Lazarus!”
37 Y algunos de ellos dijeron: ¿No podia este, que abrió los ojos del ciego, hacer que este no muriera?
But some others said, “He enabled a blind man to see. So (he should have been able to [heal this man so that] he did not die!/why did he not [heal this man so that] he did not die?) [RHQ]”
38 Y Jesus conmoviéndose otra vez en sí mismo, vino al sepulcro: era una cueva, la cual tenia una piedra encima.
Within himself Jesus was again very angry [about Lazarus dying] (OR, very troubled). He came to the tomb. It was a cave. The entrance had been covered with a large stone.
39 Dice Jesus: Quitad la piedra. Marta, la hermana del que se habia muerto le dice: Señor, hiede ya; que es de cuatro dias.
Jesus said, “Take away the stone!” Martha, [who, as I mentioned before, was an older] sister of the man who had died, said, “Lord, his [body] has been [in the tomb] for four days, so now there will be a bad smell!”
40 Jesus le dice: ¿No te he dicho que si creyeres, verás la gloria de Dios?
Jesus said to her, “I told [RHQ] you that if you believed [in] ([me/what I can do]), you would see how great God is! Have [you forgotten that]?”
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 took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up [toward heaven] and said, “My Father, I thank you that you heard me [when I prayed about this earlier].
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 [when I pray]. But instead [of just praying silently], I said that for the sake of the people who are standing here. I want them to believe that you sent me.”
43 Y habiendo dicho estas cosas, clamó á gran voz: Lázaro, ven fuera.
After he said that, he shouted, “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 man who [had been] dead came out! The strips of cloth were still wrapped around his [hands and feet], and a cloth was still around his face, [but he came out]! Jesus said to them, “Take off the cloths so that he can walk easily!” [So they did that].
45 Entónces muchos de los Judíos que habian venido á María, y habian visto lo que habia hecho Jesus, creyeron en él.
As a result, many of the Jews who had come to [see] Mary and who had seen what Jesus did, believed that he ([was the Messiah/had come from God]).
46 Mas algunos de ellos fueron á los Fariséos, y dijéronles lo que Jesus habia hecho.
But some of the [others] went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 Entónces los pontífices, y los Fariséos juntaron concilio; y decian: ¿Qué hacemos? porque este hombre hace muchas señales.
So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered all the members of the [Jewish] Council together. They started saying [to each other], “What are we going to do [about Jesus]? He is performing many miracles!
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 keep [doing this], everyone will believe (in him/that he [is the Messiah]), [and they will make him their king]. Then the Roman [army] will come and destroy our Temple and our whole nation of Israel!”
49 Y Caifás, uno de ellos, sumo pontífice de aquel año, les dijo: Vosotros no sabeis nada;
One of the [Jewish Council] members was Caiaphas. He was the Jewish high priest that year. [Hinting that they should get rid of Jesus], he said to them, “You [talk as though you] do not know anything [HYP]!
50 Ni pensais que nos conviene que un hombre muera por el pueblo, y no que toda la nacion se pierda.
You do not realize that it would be much better for us if one man died for the sake of the people rather than that [the Romans kill] all the [people of our Jewish] nation.”
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;
He said that, not because he thought of it himself. Instead, since he was the high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the whole [Jewish] nation.
52 Y no solamente por aquella nacion, mas tambien para que juntase en uno los hijos de Dios que estaban derramados.
But he was also prophesying that Jesus would die, not just for the Jews, but for all the people living in other lands who [would belong] to God, in order that he would unite [all of them into] one [group].
53 Así que desde aquel dia consultaban juntos de matarle.
So from that day the [Jewish leaders] started to make plans how they could kill Jesus.
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.
Because of that, Jesus no longer traveled around publicly among the Jewish people. Instead, he left [Jerusalem, along] with us disciples, and went to a village called Ephraim, in an area near the desolate region. We stayed there [for a while].
55 Y la Pascua de los Judíos estaba cerca: y muchos subieron de aquella tierra á Jerusalem ántes de la Pascua, para purificarse.
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover [celebration], many [Jews] went up to Jerusalem from other places in the country. They went there to perform the rituals to make themselves acceptable [to God] before the Passover [celebration started].
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?
The Jewish chief priests and Pharisees issued an order that if anyone found out where Jesus was, that person should report it to them, in order that they could seize him. [So the people thought that Jesus would] probably [not dare to come to the celebration]. But they kept looking for him, and as they were standing in the Temple [courtyard] they were saying to each other, “What do you think? He will not come to the celebration, will he?”
57 Y los pontífices y los Fariséos habian dado mandamiento, que, si alguno supiese donde estuviera, [lo] manifestase para que le prendiesen:
