João 11

1E estava doente um certo Lázaro, de Betânia, a aldeia de Maria e de sua irmã Marta. 2(E era Maria a que ungiu ao Senhor com o óleo, e com seus cabelos lhe limpou os pés; a que cujo irmão Lázaro era o que estava doente). 3Enviaram pois suas irmãs uma mensagem a ele, dizendo: Senhor, eis que aquele a quem tu amas está doente. 4E ouvindo Jesus, disse: Esta doença não é para morte, mas para glória de Deus; para que o Filho de Deus seja por ela glorificado. 5E Jesus amava a Marta, e a sua irmã, e a Lázaro. 6Quando, pois, ele ouviu que estava doente, ficou ainda dois dias no lugar onde estava. 7Então depois disto voltou a dizer aos discípulos: Vamos outra vez à Judeia. 8Disseram-lhe os discípulos: Rabi, ainda agora os Judeus procuravam te apedrejar; e tu voltas novamente para lá? 9Respondeu Jesus: Não há doze horas no dia? Se alguém anda de dia, não tropeça, porque vê a luz deste mundo. 10Mas se alguém anda de noite, tropeça; porque nele não há luz. 11Ele falou estas coisas; e depois disto, disse-lhes: Lázaro, nosso amigo, dorme; mas vou para despertá-lo do sono. 12Disseram pois seus discípulos: Senhor, se ele dorme, será salvo. 13Mas Jesus dizia isto de sua morte; porém eles pensavam que falava do repouso do sono. 14Então pois lhes disse Jesus claramente: Lázaro está morto. 15E me alegro, por causa de vós, que eu não estivesse lá, para que creiais; porém vamos até ele. 16Disse pois Tomé, chamado o Dídimo, aos colegas discípulos: Vamos nós também, para que com ele morramos. 17Vindo pois Jesus, encontrou que já havia quatro dias que estava na sepultura. 18(E Betânia era como quase quinze estádios de Jerusalém). 19E muitos dos judeus tinham vindo até Marta e Maria, para consolá-las por seu irmão. 20Ouvindo pois Marta que Jesus vinha, saiu-lhe ao encontro; mas Maria ficou sentada em casa. 21Disse pois Marta a Jesus: Senhor, se tu estivesses aqui, meu irmão não teria morrido. 22Porém também sei agora, que tudo quanto pedires a Deus, Deus o dará a ti. 23Disse-lhe Jesus: Teu irmão ressuscitará. 24Marta lhe disse: Eu sei que ele ressuscitará, na ressurreição, no último dia. 25Disse-lhe Jesus: Eu sou a ressurreição, e a vida; quem crê em mim, ainda que esteja morto, viverá. 26E todo aquele que vive, e crê em mim, para sempre não morrerá. Crês nisto? 27Disse-lhe ela: Sim, Senhor; já cri que tu és o Cristo, o Filho de Deus, que viria ao mundo. 28E dito isto, ela se foi, e chamou em segredo a Maria, sua irmã, dizendo: Aqui está o Mestre, e ele te chama. 29Ouvindo ela isto ,logo se levantou, e foi até ele. 30(Porque Jesus ainda não havia chegado à aldeia; mas estava no lugar onde Marta lhe saíra ao encontro). 31Vendo pois os judeus que com ela estavam em casa, e a consolavam, que Maria com pressa se levantara, e saíra, seguiram-na, dizendo: Ela vai para a sepultura, para chorar lá. 32Vindo pois Maria aonde Jesus estava, e vendo-o, caiu a seus pés, dizendo-lhe: Senhor, se tu estivesses aqui, meu irmão não teria morrido. 33Quando Jesus a viu chorar, e aos judeus, que vinham chorando com ela, comoveu-se em espírito, e ficou perturbado. 34E disse: Onde o pusestes? Disseram-lhe: Senhor, vem, e vê. 35Jesus chorou. 36Disseram pois os Judeus: Vede como ele o amava! 37E alguns deles disseram: Não podia este, que abriu os olhos ao cego, ter feito também que este não morresse? 38Comovendo-se pois Jesus outra vez em si mesmo, veio à sepultura; e era esta uma caverna, e estava uma pedra posta sobre ela. 39Disse Jesus: Tirai a pedra. Marta, a irmã do morto, disse-lhe: Senhor, já cheira mal, porque já é de quatro dias. 40Jesus disse-lhe: Não te disse, que se creres, verás a glória de Deus? 41Tiraram, pois, a pedra. E Jesus levantou os olhos para cima, e disse: Pai, graças te dou, porque me tens ouvido. 42Porém eu bem sabia que sempre me ouves; mas por causa da multidão, que está ao redor, assim disse; para que creiam que tu me enviaste. 43E havendo dito isto, clamou com grande voz: Lázaro, sai fora. 44E o que estava morto saiu, com as mãos e os pés atados, e seu rosto envolto em um lenço. Disse-lhes Jesus: Desatai-o, e deixai-o ir. 45Pelo que, muitos dos Judeus, que tinham vindo a Maria, e haviam visto o que Jesus fizera, creram nele. 46Mas alguns deles foram aos fariseus, e lhes disseram o que Jesus havia feito. 47Então os sacerdotes e os fariseus juntaram o conselho, e disseram: Que faremos? Porque este homem faz muitos sinais. 48Se assim o deixamos, todos crerão nele, e virão os romanos, e nos tomarão tanto o lugar quanto a nação. 49E Caifás, um deles, que era sumo sacerdote daquele ano, lhes disse: Vós nada sabeis; 50Nem considerais que nos convém, que um homem morra pelo povo, e toda a nação não pereça. 51E ele não disse isto de si mesmo; mas que, como era o sumo sacerdote daquele ano, profetizou que Jesus morreria pelo povo. 52E não somente por aquele povo, mas também para que juntasse em um aos filhos de Deus, que estavam dispersos. 53Então desde aquele dia se aconselhavam juntos para o matarem. 54De maneira que Jesus já não andava mais abertamente entre os judeus, mas foi-se dali para a terra junto ao deserto, a uma cidade chamada Efraim; e ali andava com seus discípulos. 55E estava perto a páscoa dos judeus, e muitos daquela terra subiram a Jerusalém antes da páscoa, para se purificarem. 56Buscavam pois a Jesus, e diziam uns aos outros estando no Templo: Que vos parece? Que ele não virá à festa? 57E os sacerdotes e os fariseus tinham dado ordem de que, se alguém soubesse onde ele estava, o denunciasse, para que o pudessem prender.

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.