John 11
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Biblia Takatifu (Swahili): New Testament portions
1At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
1Mtu mmoja aitwaye Lazaro, mwenyeji wa Bethania, alikuwa mgonjwa. (Kijiji cha Bethania kilikuwa mahali walipokaa Maria na Martha, dada yake.
2(Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
2Maria ndiye yule aliyempaka Bwana marashi na kumpangusa kwa nywele zake. Lazaro, kaka yake, ndiye aliyekuwa mgonjwa.)
3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
3Basi, hao dada wakatuma ujumbe huu kwa Yesu: “Bwana, rafiki yako ni mgonjwa!”
4When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
4Yesu aliposikia hivyo akasema, “Ugonjwa huo hautaleta kifo, ila ni kwa ajili ya kumtukuza Mungu; ameugua ili kwa njia hiyo Mwana wa Mungu atukuzwe.”
5Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
5Yesu aliwapenda Martha, dada yake na Lazaro.
6So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
6Alipopata habari kwamba Lazaro ni mgonjwa, Yesu aliendelea kukaa mahali hapo alipokuwa kwa siku mbili zaidi.
7and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
7Kisha akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Twendeni tena Yudea!”
8“Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
8Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Mwalimu! Muda mfupi tu umepita tangu Wayahudi walipotaka kukuua kwa mawe, nawe unataka kwenda huko tena?”
9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
9Yesu akajibu, “Je, saa za mchana si kumi na mbili? Basi, mtu akitembea mchana hawezi kujikwaa kwa kuwa anauona mwanga wa ulimwengu huu.
10But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
10Lakini mtu akitembea usiku atajikwaa kwa maana mwanga haumo ndani yake.”
11After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
11Yesu alipomaliza kusema maneno hayo, akawaambia, “Rafiki yetu Lazaro amelala, lakini mimi nitakwenda kumwamsha.”
12His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
12Wanafunzi wake wakamwambia, “Bwana, ikiwa amelala, basi atapona.”
13They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
13Wao walidhani kwamba alikuwa amesema juu ya kulala usingizi, kumbe alikuwa amesema juu ya kifo cha Lazaro.
14So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
14Basi, Yesu akawaambia waziwazi, “Lazaro amekufa;
15and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
15Lakini nafurahi kwa ajili yenu kwamba sikuwako huko, ili mpate kuamini. Haya, twendeni kwake.”
16Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
16Thoma (aitwaye Pacha) akawaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Twendeni nasi tukafe pamoja naye!”
17When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
17Yesu alipofika huko alikuta Lazaro amekwisha kaa kaburini kwa siku nne.
18Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
18Kijiji cha Bethania kilikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu umbali upatao kilomita tatu.
19and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
19Wayahudi wengi walikuwa wamefika kwa Martha na Maria kuwafariji kwa kifo cha kaka yao.
20So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him; but Mary stayed at home.
20Basi, Martha aliposikia kwamba Yesu alikuwa anakuja, akaenda kumlaki; lakini Maria alibaki nyumbani.
21Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
21Martha akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, kaka yangu hangalikufa!
22But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
22Lakini najua kwamba hata sasa chochote utakachomwomba Mungu, atakupa.”
23“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
23Yesu akamwambia, “Kaka yako atafufuka.”
24Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
24Martha akamjibu, “Najua kwamba atafufuka wakati wa ufufuo, siku ya mwisho.”
25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
25Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ndimi ufufuo na uzima. Anayeniamini mimi hata kama anakufa, ataishi:
26And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
26na kila anayeishi na kuniamini, hatakufa kamwe. Je, waamini hayo?”
27“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
27Martha akamwambia, “Ndiyo Bwana! Naamini kwamba wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, yule ajaye ulimwenguni.”
28After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
28Baada ya kusema hayo, Martha alikwenda kumwita Maria, dada yake, akamwabia faraghani, “Mwalimu yuko hapa, anakuita.”
29And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
29Naye aliposikia hivyo, akainuka mara, akamwendea Yesu.
30Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
30Yesu alikuwa hajaingia kijijini, ila alikuwa bado mahali palepale Martha alipomlaki.
31When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
31Basi, Wayahudi waliokuwa nyumbani pamoja na Maria wakimfariji walipomwona ameinuka na kutoka nje ghafla, walimfuata. Walidhani alikuwa anakwenda kaburini kuomboleza.
32When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
32Basi, Maria alipofika mahali pale Yesu alipokuwa na kumwona, alipiga magoti, akamwabia, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, kaka yangu hangalikufa!”
33When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
33Yesu alipomwona analia, na wale Wayahudi waliokuja pamoja naye wanalia pia, alijawa na huzuni na kufadhaika moyoni.
34“Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
34Kisha akawauliza, “Mlimweka wapi?” Wakamwambia, “Bwana, njoo uone.”
35Jesus wept.
35Yesu akalia machozi.
36Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
36Basi, Wayahudi wakasema, “Tazameni jinsi alivyompenda!”
37But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
37Lakini baadhi yao wakasema, “Je, huyu aliyemfumbua macho yule kipofu, hakuweza kumfanya Lazaro asife?”
38Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
38Basi, Yesu akiwa amehuzunika tena moyoni, akafika kaburini. Kaburi lenyewe lilikuwa pango, na lilikuwa limefunikwa kwa jiwe.
39“Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
39Yesu akasema, “Ondoeni hilo jiwe!” Martha, dada yake huyo aliyekufa, akamwambia, “Bwana, amekwishaanza kunuka; amekaa kaburini siku nne!”
40Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
40Yesu akamwambia, “Je, sikukwambia kwamba ukiamini utaona utukufu wa Mungu?”
41So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
41Basi, wakaliondoa lile jiwe. Yesu akatazama juu mbinguni, akasema, “Nakushukuru Baba kwa kuwa wewe wanisikiliza.
42I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
42Najua kwamba unanisikiliza daima. Lakini nimesema hayo kwa ajili ya watu hawa waliopo hapa ili wapate kuamini kwamba wewe ndiwe uliyenituma.”
43After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
43Alipokwisha sema hayo, akaita kwa sauti kubwa: “Lazaro! Toka nje!”
44The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
44Huyo aliyekuwa amekufa akatoka nje, huku amefungwa sanda miguu na mikono, na uso wake umefunikwa. Yesu akawaambia, “Mfungueni, mkamwache aende zake.”
45Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
45Basi, Wayahudi wengi waliokuwa wamefika kwa Maria walipoona kitendo hicho alichokifanya Yesu wakamwamini.
46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
46Lakini baadhi yao walikwenda kwa Mafarisayo wakatoa taarifa ya jambo hilo alilofanya Yesu.
47Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
47kwa hiyo makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo wakafanya kikao cha Baraza kuu, wakasema, “Tufanye nini? Mtu huyu anafanya ishara nyingi mno.
48If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
48Tukimwacha tu watu wote watamwamini, nao Waroma watakuja kuliharibu Hekalu letu na taifa letu!”
49But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
49Hapo, mmoja wao aitwaye Kayafa, ambaye alikuwa Kuhani Mkuu mwaka huo, akawaambia, “Ninyi hamjui kitu!
50You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
50Je, hamwoni kwamba ni afadhali kwenu mtu mmoja afe kwa ajili ya watu, kuliko taifa zima liangamizwe?”
51Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
51Yeye hakusema hivyo kwa hiari yake mwenyewe, bali kwa vile alikuwa Kuhani Mkuu mwaka huo, alibashiri kwamba Yesu atakufa kwa ajili ya taifa lao;
52and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
52na wala si kwa ajili yao tu, bali pia apate kuwaleta pamoja watoto wa Mungu waliotawanyika.
53So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
53Basi, tangu siku hiyo viongozi wa Wayahudi walifanya mipango ya kumwua Yesu.
54As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
54Kwa hiyo, Yesu hakutembea tena hadharani kati ya Wayahudi, bali alitoka hapo, akaenda mahali karibu na jangwa, katika mji uitwao Efraimu. Akakaa huko pamoja na wanafunzi wake.
55Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
55Sikukuu ya Wayahudi ya Pasaka ilikuwa karibu, na watu wengi walikwenda Yerusalemu ili wajitakase kabla ya sikukuu hiyo.
56They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
56Basi, wakawa wanamtafuta Yesu; nao walipokusanyika pamoja Hekaluni wakaulizana, “Mwaonaje? Yaonekana kwamba haji kabisa kwenye sikukuu, au sivyo?”
57But the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where He was must report it, so that they could arrest Him.
57Makuhani wakuu na Mafarisayo walikuwa wametoa amri kwamba mtu akijua mahali aliko Yesu awaarifu kusudi wamtie nguvuni.
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