Giovanni 11

1Or v’era un ammalato, un certo Lazzaro di Betania, del villaggio di Maria e di Marta sua sorella. 2Maria era quella che unse il Signore d’olio odorifero e gli asciugò i piedi co’ suoi capelli; e Lazzaro, suo fratello, era malato. 3Le sorelle dunque mandarono a dire a Gesù: Signore, ecco, colui che tu ami è malato. 4Gesù, udito ciò, disse: Questa malattia non è a morte, ma è per la gloria di Dio, affinché per mezzo d’essa il Figliuol di Dio sia glorificato. 5Or Gesù amava Marta e sua sorella e Lazzaro. 6Come dunque ebbe udito ch’egli era malato, si trattenne ancora due giorni nel luogo dov’era; 7poi dopo, disse a’ discepoli: Torniamo in Giudea! 8I discepoli gli dissero: Maestro, i Giudei cercavano or ora di lapidarti, e tu vuoi tornar là? 9Gesù rispose: Non vi son dodici ore nel giorno? Se uno cammina di giorno, non inciampa, perché vede la luce di questo mondo; 10ma se uno cammina di notte, inciampa, perché la luce non è in lui. 11Così parlò; e poi disse loro: Il nostro amico Lazzaro s’è addormentato; ma io vado a svegliarlo. 12Perciò i discepoli gli dissero: Signore, s’egli dorme, sarà salvo. 13Or Gesù avea parlato della morte di lui; ma essi pensarono che avesse parlato del dormir del sonno. 14Allora Gesù disse loro apertamente: Lazzaro è morto; 15e per voi mi rallegro di non essere stato là, affinché crediate; ma ora, andiamo a lui! 16Allora Toma, detto Didimo, disse ai suoi condiscepoli: Andiamo anche noi, per morire con lui! 17Gesù dunque, arrivato, trovò che Lazzaro era già da quattro giorni nel sepolcro. 18Or Betania non distava da Gerusalemme che circa quindici stadi; 19e molti Giudei eran venuti da Marta e Maria per consolarle del loro fratello. 20Come dunque Marta ebbe udito che Gesù veniva, gli andò incontro; ma Maria stava seduta in casa. 21Marta dunque disse a Gesù: Signore, se tu fossi stato qui, mio fratello non sarebbe morto; 22e anche adesso so che tutto quel che chiederai a Dio, Dio te lo darà. 23Gesù le disse: Tuo fratello risusciterà. 24Marta gli disse: Lo so che risusciterà, nella risurrezione, nell’ultimo giorno. 25Gesù le disse: Io son la resurrezione e la vita; chi crede in me, anche se muoia, vivrà; 26e chiunque vive e crede in me, non morrà mai. Credi tu questo? 27Ella gli disse: Sì, o Signore, io credo che tu sei il Cristo, il Figliuol di Dio che dovea venire nel mondo. 28E detto questo, se ne andò, e chiamò di nascosto Maria, sua sorella, dicendole: il Maestro è qui, e ti chiama. 29Ed ella, udito questo, si alzò in fretta e venne a lui. 30Or Gesù non era ancora entrato nel villaggio, ma era sempre nel luogo dove Marta l’aveva incontrato. 31Quando dunque i Giudei ch’erano in casa con lei e la consolavano, videro che Maria s’era alzata in fretta ed era uscita, la seguirono, supponendo che si recasse al sepolcro a piangere. 32Appena Maria fu giunta dov’era Gesù e l’ebbe veduto, gli si gettò a’ piedi dicendogli: Signore, se tu fossi stato qui, mio fratello non sarebbe morto. 33E quando Gesù la vide piangere, e vide i Giudei ch’eran venuti con lei piangere anch’essi, fremé nello spirito, si conturbò, e disse: 34Dove l’avete posto? Essi gli dissero: Signore, vieni a vedere! 35Gesù pianse. 36Onde i Giudei dicevano: Guarda come l’amava! 37Ma alcuni di loro dicevano: Non poteva, lui che ha aperto gli occhi al cieco, fare anche che questi non morisse? 38Gesù dunque, fremendo di nuovo in se stesso, venne al sepolcro. Era una grotta, e una pietra era posta all’apertura. 39Gesù disse: Togliete via la pietra! Marta, la sorella del morto, gli disse: Signore, egli puzza già, perché siamo al quarto giorno. 40Gesù le disse: Non t’ho io detto che se credi, tu vedrai la gloria di Dio? 41Tolsero dunque la pietra. E Gesù, alzati gli occhi in alto, disse: Padre, ti ringrazio che m’hai esaudito. 42Io ben sapevo che tu m’esaudisci sempre; ma ho detto questo a motivo della folla che mi circonda, affinché credano che tu m’hai mandato. 43E detto questo, gridò con gran voce: Lazzaro vieni fuori! 44E il morto uscì, avendo i piedi e le mani legati da fasce, e il viso coperto d’uno sciugatoio. Gesù disse loro: Scioglietelo, e lasciatelo andare. 45Perciò molti dei Giudei che eran venuti da Maria e avean veduto le cose fatte da Gesù, credettero in lui. 46Ma alcuni di loro andarono dai Farisei e raccontaron loro quel che Gesù avea fatto. 47I capi sacerdoti quindi e i Farisei radunarono il Sinedrio e dicevano: Che facciamo? perché quest’uomo fa molti miracoli. 48Se lo lasciamo fare, tutti crederanno in lui; e i Romani verranno e ci distruggeranno e città e nazione. 49E un di loro, Caiàfa, che era sommo sacerdote di quell’anno, disse loro: Voi non capite nulla; 50e non riflettete come vi torni conto che un uomo solo muoia per il popolo, e non perisca tutta la nazione. 51Or egli non disse questo di suo; ma siccome era sommo sacerdote di quell’anno, profetò che Gesù dovea morire per la nazione; 52e non soltanto per la nazione, ma anche per raccogliere in uno i figliuoli di Dio dispersi. 53Da quel giorno dunque deliberarono di farlo morire. 54Gesù quindi non andava più apertamente fra i Giudei, ma si ritirò di là nella contrada vicino al deserto, in una città detta Efraim; e quivi si trattenne co’ suoi discepoli. 55Or la Pasqua de’ Giudei era vicina; e molti di quella contrada salirono a Gerusalemme prima della Pasqua per purificarsi. 56Cercavan dunque Gesù; e stando nel tempio dicevano tra loro: Che ve ne pare? Che non abbia venire alla festa? 57Or i capi sacerdoti e i Farisei avean dato ordine che se alcuno sapesse dove egli era, ne facesse denunzia perché potessero pigliarlo.

1Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. 2It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick. 3The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.” 4But when Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God’s Son may be glorified by it.” 5Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 6When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was. 7Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.” 8The disciples told him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9Jesus answered, “Aren’t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn’t in him.” 11He said these things, and after that, he said to them, “Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep.” 12The disciples therefore said, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep. 14So Jesus said to them plainly then, “Lazarus is dead. 15I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.” 16Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.” 17So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already. 18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away. 19Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. 20Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house. 21Therefore Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. 22Even now I know that, whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” 23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. 26Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 27She said to him, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God’s Son, he who comes into the world.” 28When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, “The Teacher is here, and is calling you.” 29When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him. 30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him. 31Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.” 32Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn’t have died.” 33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.” 35Jesus wept. 36The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!” 37Some of them said, “Couldn’t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?” 38Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” 40Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God’s glory?” 41So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, “Father, I thank you that you listened to me. 42I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me.” 43When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Free him, and let him go.” 45Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him. 46But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done. 47The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, “What are we doing? For this man does many signs. 48If we leave him alone like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.” 49But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.” 51Now he didn’t say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52and not for the nation only, but that he might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. 53So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death. 54Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples. 55Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 56Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that he isn’t coming to the feast at all?” 57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had commanded that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, that they might seize him.

1En er was een zeker man krank, genaamd Lazarus, van Bethanie, uit het vlek van Maria en haar zuster Martha. 2(Maria nu was degene, die den Heere gezalfd heeft met zalf, en Zijn voeten afgedroogd heeft met haar haren; welker broeder Lazarus krank was.) 3Zijn zusters dan zonden tot Hem, zeggende: Heere, zie, dien Gij liefhebt, is krank. 4En Jezus, dat horende, zeide: Deze krankheid is niet tot den dood, maar ter heerlijkheid Gods; opdat de Zone Gods door dezelve verheerlijkt worde. 5Jezus nu had Martha, en haar zuster, en Lazarus lief. 6Als Hij dan gehoord had, dat hij krank was, toen bleef Hij nog twee dagen in de plaats, waar Hij was. 7Daarna zeide Hij verder tot de discipelen: Laat ons wederom naar Judea gaan. 8De discipelen zeiden tot Hem: Rabbi! de Joden hebben U nu onlangs gezocht te stenigen, en gaat Gij wederom derwaarts? 9Jezus antwoordde: Zijn er niet twaalf uren in den dag? Indien iemand in den dag wandelt, zo stoot hij zich niet, overmits hij het licht dezer wereld ziet; 10Maar indien iemand in den nacht wandelt, zo stoot hij zich, overmits het licht in hem niet is. 11Dit sprak Hij; en daarna zeide Hij tot hen: Lazarus, onze vriend, slaapt; maar Ik ga heen, om hem uit den slaap op te wekken. 12Zijn discipelen dan zeiden: Heere, indien hij slaapt, zo zal hij gezond worden. 13Doch Jezus had gesproken van zijn dood; maar zij meenden, dat Hij sprak van de rust des slaaps. 14Toen zeide dan Jezus tot hen vrijuit: Lazarus is gestorven. 15En Ik ben blijde om uwentwil, dat Ik daar niet geweest ben, opdat gij geloven moogt; doch laat ons tot hem gaan. 16Thomas dan, genaamd Didymus, zeide tot zijn medediscipelen: Laat ons ook gaan, opdat wij met Hem sterven. 17Jezus dan, gekomen zijnde, vond, dat hij nu vier dagen in het graf geweest was. 18(Bethanie nu was nabij Jeruzalem, omtrent vijftien stadien van daar.) 19En velen uit de Joden waren gekomen tot Martha en Maria, opdat zij haar vertroosten zouden over haar broeder. 20Martha dan, als zij hoorde, dat Jezus kwam, ging Hem tegemoet; doch Maria bleef in huis zitten. 21Zo zeide Martha dan tot Jezus: Heere, waart Gij hier geweest, zo ware mijn broeder niet gestorven; 22Maar ook nu weet ik, dat alles, wat Gij van God begeren zult, God U het geven zal. 23Jezus zeide tot haar: Uw broeder zal wederopstaan. 24Martha zeide tot Hem: Ik weet, dat hij opstaan zal in de opstanding ten laatsten dage. 25Jezus zeide tot haar: Ik ben de Opstanding en het Leven; die in Mij gelooft zal leven, al ware hij ook gestorven; 26En een iegelijk, die leeft, en in Mij gelooft, zal niet sterven in der eeuwigheid. Gelooft gij dat? 27Zij zeide tot Hem: Ja, Heere; ik heb geloofd, dat Gij zijt de Christus, de Zone Gods, Die in de wereld komen zou. 28En dit gezegd hebbende, ging zij heen, en riep Maria, haar zuster, heimelijk, zeggende: De Meester is daar, en Hij roept u. 29Deze, als zij dat hoorde, stond haastelijk op, en ging tot Hem. 30(Jezus nu was nog in het vlek niet gekomen, maar was in de plaats, waar Hem Martha tegemoet gekomen was.) 31De Joden dan, die met haar in het huis waren, en haar vertroostten, ziende Maria, dat zij haastelijk opstond en uitging, volgden haar, zeggende: Zij gaat naar het graf, opdat zij aldaar wene. 32Maria dan, als zij kwam, waar Jezus was, en Hem zag, viel aan Zijn voeten, zeggende tot Hem: Heere, indien Gij hier geweest waart, zo ware mijn broeder niet gestorven. 33Jezus dan, als Hij haar zag wenen, en de Joden, die met haar kwamen, ook wenen, werd zeer bewogen in den geest, en ontroerde Zichzelven; 34En zeide: Waar hebt gij hem gelegd? Zij zeiden tot Hem: Heere, kom en zie het. 35Jezus weende. 36De Joden dan zeiden: Ziet, hoe lief Hij hem had! 37En sommigen uit hen zeiden: Kon Hij, Die de ogen des blinden geopend heeft, niet maken, dat ook deze niet gestorven ware? 38Jezus dan wederom in Zichzelven zeer bewogen zijnde, kwam tot het graf; en het was een spelonk, en een steen was daarop gelegd. 39Jezus zeide: Neemt den steen weg. Martha, de zuster des gestorvenen, zeide tot Hem: Heere, hij riekt nu al, want hij heeft vier dagen aldaar gelegen. 40Jezus zeide tot haar: Heb Ik u niet gezegd, dat, zo gij gelooft, gij de heerlijkheid Gods zien zult? 41Zij namen dan den steen weg, waar de gestorvene lag. En Jezus hief de ogen opwaarts, en zeide: Vader, Ik dank U, dat Gij Mij gehoord hebt. 42Doch Ik wist, dat Gij Mij altijd hoort; maar om der schare wil, die rondom staat, heb Ik dit gezegd, opdat zij zouden geloven, dat Gij Mij gezonden hebt. 43En als Hij dit gezegd had, riep Hij met grote stemme: Lazarus, kom uit! 44En de gestorvene kwam uit, gebonden aan handen en voeten met grafdoeken, en zijn aangezicht was omwonden met een zweetdoek. Jezus zeide tot hen: Ontbindt hem, en laat hem heengaan. 45Velen dan uit de Joden, die tot Maria gekomen waren, en aanschouwd hadden, hetgeen Jezus gedaan had, geloofden in Hem. 46Maar sommigen van hen gingen tot de Farizeen, en zeiden tot hen, hetgeen Jezus gedaan had. 47De overpriesters dan en de Farizeen vergaderden den raad, en zeiden: Wat zullen wij doen? want deze Mens doet vele tekenen. 48Indien wij Hem alzo laten geworden, zij zullen allen in Hem geloven, en de Romeinen zullen komen, en wegnemen beide onze plaats en volk. 49En een uit hen, namelijk Kajafas, die deszelven jaars hogepriester was, zeide tot hen: Gij verstaat niets; 50En gij overlegt niet, dat het ons nut is, dat een mens sterve voor het volk, en het gehele volk niet verloren ga. 51En dit zeide hij niet uit zichzelven; maar, zijnde hogepriester deszelven jaars, profeteerde hij, dat Jezus sterven zou voor het volk; 52En niet alleen voor dat volk, maar opdat Hij ook de kinderen Gods, die verstrooid waren, tot een zou vergaderen. 53Van dien dag dan af beraadslaagden zij te zamen, dat zij Hem doden zouden. 54Jezus dan wandelde niet meer vrijelijk onder de Joden; maar ging van daar naar het land bij de woestijn, naar de stad, genaamd Efraim, en verkeerde aldaar met Zijn discipelen. 55En het pascha der Joden was nabij, en velen uit dat land gingen op naar Jeruzalem, voor het pascha, opdat zij zichzelven reinigden. 56Zij zochten dan Jezus, en zeiden onder elkander, staande in den tempel: Wat dunkt u? Dunkt u, dat Hij niet komen zal tot het feest? 57De overpriesters nu en de Farizeen hadden een gebod gegeven, dat, zo iemand wist, waar Hij was, hij het zou te kennen geven, opdat zij Hem mochten vangen.