Ján 11

1 Bol chorý istý Lazár z Betánie, z dediny Márie a jej sestry Marty.2 Bola to tá Mária, čo pomazala Pána voňavým olejom a poutierala mu nohy svojimi vlasmi. Jej brat Lazár bol chorý.3 Preto mu sestry poslali odkaz: „Pane, ten, ktorého miluješ, je chorý.“4 Keď to Ježiš počul, povedal: „Táto choroba nie je na smrť, ale na Božiu slávu, aby ňou bol oslávený Boží Syn.“5 Ježiš mal rád Martu i jej sestru a Lazára.6 Keď teda počul, že je chorý, zostal ešte dva dni na mieste, kde bol.7 Až potom povedal učeníkom: „Poďme znova do Judey.“8 Učeníci mu vraveli: „Rabbi, len nedávno ťa Židia chceli ukameňovať a zasa ta ideš?!“9 Ježiš odpovedal: „Nemá deň dvanásť hodín? Kto chodí vo dne, nepotkne sa, lebo vidí svetlo tohto sveta.10 Ale kto chodí v noci, potkne sa, lebo v ňom nieto svetla.“11 Toto povedal a dodal: „Náš priateľ Lazár spí, ale idem ho zobudiť.“12 Učeníci mu povedali: „Pane, ak spí, ozdravie.“13 Ježiš však hovoril o jeho smrti, a oni si mysleli, že hovorí o spánku.14 Vtedy im Ježiš povedal otvorene: „Lazár zomrel.15 A kvôli vám sa radujem, že som tam nebol, aby ste uverili. Poďme k nemu!“16 Tomáš, nazývaný Didymus, povedal ostatným učeníkom: „Poďme aj my a umrime s ním.“17 Keď ta Ježiš prišiel, dozvedel sa, že Lazár je už štyri dni v hrobe.18 Betánia bola pri Jeruzaleme, vzdialená asi pätnásť stadií,19 a tak prišlo k Marte a Márii veľa Židov potešiť ich v žiali za bratom.20 Keď Marta počula, že prichádza Ježiš, išla mu naproti. Mária zostala doma.21 Marta povedala Ježišovi: „Pane, keby si bol býval tu, môj brat by nebol umrel.22 Ale aj teraz viem, že o čokoľvek poprosíš Boha, Boh ti to dá.“23 Ježiš jej povedal: „Tvoj brat vstane z mŕtvych.“24 Marta mu vravela: „Viem, že vstane v posledný deň pri vzkriesení.“25 Ježiš jej povedal: „Ja som vzkriesenie a život. Kto verí vo mňa, bude žiť, aj keď umrie.26 A nik, kto žije a verí vo mňa, neumrie naveky. Veríš tomu?“27 Povedala mu: „Áno, Pane, ja som uverila, že ty si Mesiáš, Boží Syn, ktorý mal prísť na svet.“28 Ako to povedala, odišla, zavolala svoju sestru Máriu a potichu jej vravela: „Učiteľ je tu a volá ťa.“29 Len čo to ona počula, vstala a šla k nemu.30 Ježiš totiž ešte nevošiel do dediny, ale bol stále na mieste, kde mu Marta vyšla naproti.31 Keď Židia, čo boli s ňou v dome a potešovali ju, videli, že Mária rýchlo vstala a vyšla von, pobrali sa za ňou, lebo si mysleli: „Ide sa vyplakať k hrobu.“32 Keď Mária prišla ta, kde bol Ježiš, a zazrela ho, padla mu k nohám a povedala mu: „Pane, keby si bol býval tu, môj brat by nebol umrel.“33 Keď Ježiš videl, ako plače a ako plačú aj Židia, čo s ňou prišli, zachvel sa v duchu a vzrušený34 sa opýtal: „Kde ste ho uložili?“ Povedali mu: „Pane, poď sa pozrieť!“35 A Ježiš zaslzil.36 Židia povedali: „Hľa, ako ho miloval!“37 No niektorí z nich hovorili: „A nemohol ten, čo otvoril oči slepému, urobiť, aby tento nezomrel?!“38 Ježiš sa znova zachvel a pristúpil k hrobu. Bola to jaskyňa uzavretá kameňom.39 Ježiš povedal: „Odvaľte kameň!“ Marta, sestra mŕtveho, mu povedala: „Pane, už páchne, veď je už štyri dni v hrobe.“40 Ježiš jej vravel: „Nepovedal som ti, že ak uveríš, uvidíš Božiu slávu?“41 Odvalili teda kameň. Ježiš pozdvihol oči k nebu a povedal: „Otče, ďakujem ti, že si ma vypočul.42 A ja som vedel, že ma vždy počuješ, ale hovorím to kvôli ľudu, čo tu stojí, aby uverili, že si ma ty poslal.“43 Keď to povedal, zvolal veľkým hlasom: „Lazár, poď von!“44 A mŕtvy vyšiel. Nohy a ruky mal ovinuté plátnom a tvár obviazanú šatkou. Ježiš im povedal: „Porozväzujte ho a nechajte ho odísť!“45 Mnohí z tých Židov, čo prišli k Márii a videli, čo urobil, uverili v neho.46 No niektorí z nich odišli k farizejom a rozpovedali im, čo Ježiš urobil.47 Veľkňazi a farizeji zvolali veľradu a hovorili: „Čo robiť? Tento človek robí mnohé znamenia.48 Ak ho necháme tak, uveria v neho všetci, prídu Rimania a zničia nám i toto miesto i národ.“49 Ale jeden z nich, Kajfáš, ktorý bol veľkňazom toho roka, im povedal: „Vy neviete nič.50 Neuvedomujete si, že je pre vás lepšie, ak zomrie jeden človek za ľud, a nezahynie celý národ.“51 Toto však nepovedal sám od seba, ale ako veľkňaz toho roka prorokoval, že Ježiš má zomrieť za národ,52 a nielen za národ, ale aj preto, aby zhromaždil vedno rozptýlené Božie deti.53 A od toho dňa boli rozhodnutí, že ho zabijú.54 Preto už Ježiš nechodil verejne medzi Židmi, ale odišiel odtiaľ do kraja blízko púšte, do mesta zvaného Efraim, a tam sa zdržiaval s učeníkmi.55 Blízko bola židovská Veľká noc a mnohí z toho kraja vystupovali pred Veľkou nocou do Jeruzalema, aby sa očistili.56 Hľadali aj Ježiša. A ako stáli v chráme, navzájom si vraveli: „Čo myslíte? Príde na sviatky?“57 Ale veľkňazi a farizeji vydali nariadenie, že každý, kto sa dozvie, kde je, má to oznámiť, aby ho mohli chytiť.

JOHN 11

The Death of Lazarus

1-2  t A man by the name of Lazarus was sick in the village of Bethany. He had two sisters, Mary and Martha. This was the same Mary who later poured perfume on the Lord's head and wiped his feet with her hair.

3 The sisters sent a message to the Lord and told him that his good friend Lazarus was sick.

4 When Jesus heard this, he said, “His sickness won't end in death. It will bring glory to God and his Son.”
5 Jesus loved Martha and her sister and brother. 6 But he stayed where he was for two more days.

7 Then he said to his disciples, “Now we will go back to Judea.”

8 “Teacher,” they said, “the people there want to stone you to death! Why do you want to go back?”
9 Jesus answered, “Aren't there twelve hours in each day? If you walk during the day, you will have light from the sun, and you won't stumble. 10 But if you walk during the night, you will stumble, because you don't have any light.”

11 Then he told them, “Our friend Lazarus is asleep, and I am going there to wake him up.”
12 They replied, “Lord, if he is asleep, he will get better.”

13 Jesus really meant that Lazarus was dead, but they thought he was talking only about sleep.
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead!

15 I am glad I wasn't there, because now you will have a chance to put your faith in me. Let's go to him.”

16 Thomas, whose nickname was “Twin,” said to the other disciples, “Come on. Let's go, so we can die with him.”

Jesus Brings Lazarus to Life

19 and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.
20 When Martha heard that Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

22 Yet even now I know that God will do anything you ask.”

23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will live again!”

24  t Martha answered, “I know he will be raised to life on the last day, t when all the dead are raised.”
25 Jesus then said, “I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die.

26 And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never really die. Do you believe this?”

27 “Yes, Lord!” she replied. “I believe you are the Christ, the Son of God. You are the one we hoped would come into the world.”
28 After Martha said this, she went and privately said to her sister Mary, “The Teacher is here, and he wants to see you.” 29 As soon as Mary heard this, she got up and went out to Jesus. 30 He was still outside the village where Martha had gone to meet him.

31 Many people had come to comfort Mary, and when they saw her quickly leave the house, they thought she was going out to the tomb to cry. So they followed her.

32 Mary went to where Jesus was. Then as soon as she saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 When Jesus saw that Mary and the people with her were crying, he was terribly upset

34 and asked, “Where have you put his body?”
They replied, “Lord, come and you will see.”
35 Jesus started crying,

36 and the people said, “See how much he loved Lazarus.”

37 Some of them said, “He gives sight to the blind. Why couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 Jesus was still terribly upset. So he went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone rolled against the entrance.

39 Then he told the people to roll the stone away. But Martha said, “Lord, you know that Lazarus has been dead four days, and there will be a bad smell.”

40 Jesus replied, “Didn't I tell you that if you had faith, you would see the glory of God?”
41 After the stone had been rolled aside, Jesus looked up toward heaven and prayed, “Father, I thank you for answering my prayer.

42 I know that you always answer my prayers. But I said this, so the people here would believe you sent me.”
43 When Jesus had finished praying, he shouted, “Lazarus, come out!”

44 The man who had been dead came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of burial cloth, and a cloth covered his face.
Jesus then told the people, “Untie him and let him go.”

The Plot To Kill Jesus

(Matthew 26.1-5; Mark 14.1,2; Luke 22.1,2)

48 If we don't stop him now, everyone will put their faith in him. Then the Romans will come and destroy our temple and our nation.”t
49 One of the council members was Caiaphas, who was also high priest that year. He spoke up and said, “You people don't have any sense at all! 50 Don't you know it is better for one person to die for the people than for the whole nation to be destroyed?” 51 Caiaphas did not say this on his own. As high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation. 52 Yet Jesus would not die just for the Jewish nation. He would die to bring together all of God's scattered people.

53 From that day on, the council started making plans to put Jesus to death.

54 Because of this plot against him, Jesus stopped going around in public. He went to the town of Ephraim, which was near the desert, and he stayed there with his disciples.
55 It was almost time for Passover. Many of the Jewish people who lived out in the country had come to Jerusalem to get themselves readyt for the festival.

56 They looked around for Jesus. Then when they were in the temple, they asked each other, “You don't think he will come here for Passover, do you?”
57 The chief priests and the Pharisees told the people to let them know if any of them saw Jesus. This is how they hoped to arrest him.