1  11:1-2 12:1-3; Luk 10:38-39Bai kwereko mut'u mumwenga ariyeifwa Lazaro. Mut'u yuyu were anaishi na nduguze airi a kiche mario were ni Maryamu na Marith'a ko mudzi wa Beth'ania. Siku mwenga akikala mukongo. 2 (Maryamu yuyu ni yuyahu ariyemumwagira mafuha Bwana maguluni na akigahangusa na nyereze. Bai iye ndiye ariyekala nduguye Lazaro k'adima.) 3  11:3 11:36Bai ao nduguze a kiche makihuma uv̱oro kwa Jesu kuamba, “Bwana musenao wa kurya na kuusa ni mukongo.”

4  11:4 9:3; 17:1Ela Jesu arihosikira akiamba, “Ukongo uu si wa kifwa, ela ni wa kumup'a nguma Mulungu. Na kwa ut'u wa ukongo uu, Mwana wa Mulungu andaluta nguma.”

5 Jesu wamuhendza Marith'a hamwenga na Maryamu na ndugu yao Lazaro. 6 Gonya ko, arihosikira uv̱oro wa ukongo wa Lazaro k'aukire kare kwenda, ela watoa haho siku mbiri nyingine zaidhi. 7 Halafu ndo akiambira o anafundzie akiamba, “Hindeni Judea kaheri.” 8  11:8 8:59; 10:31O anafundzi marihosikira vizho makimudzigidzya makiamba, “Rabi, dzuzi-dzuzi Ayahudi mamala kukukot'a mawe, na vino unamala kuuya kuko kaheri mbona?”

9  11:9-10 8:12; 12:35-36Jesu akiamba, “Mutsana una masaa kumi na mairi, hedu sozho? Bai mut'u akitsembera na mutsana k'akwala, kwa kukala anaona mulangaza wa urumwengu. 10 Ela akitsembera na usiku andakwala, kwa kukala k'ana mulangaza ndanimwe.”

11  11:11 Math' 9:24Jesu bada ya kunena vivi, achangeza akiamba, “Musena wehu Lazaro arere, ela nindakwenda nikamulamuse.”

12 Kusikira vizho o anafundzi makiamba, “Kala arere andauka.” 13 Ela Jesu were anaamba kukala adzanongeka, ela ao maona kukala arere uts'indzizi. 14 Bai Jesu akiambira lwazu-lwazu, “Lazaro adzafwa, 15 ela kwa ut'u wenu ninafwahirwa kukala sikalireho ili mudime kukuluhira. Ela nafwende ko kwakwe.”

16  11:16 Mar 14:31; Arum 6:8; T'omasi: 20:24T'omasi aifwaye “P'ats'a” akiambira anafundzi andziye akiamba, “Hindeni nanwi, hukafwe naye.”

17 Jesu arihofika Beth'ania akithekeza kukala Lazaro were wafwa na hatha were wazikwa kare siku ne zirizokira. 18 Mudzi wa Beth'ania were u hehi na Jerusalemu, kiasi cha maili mbiri vivi. 19 Bai Ayahudi anji mere madzire kuap'a p'ore Marith'a na Maryamu kwa ut'u wa cho kifwa cha ndugu yao.

20 K'uzhona zho Marith'a arihosikira Jesu anadza wambola kumudhana, ela Maryamu ye akisala mo nyumbani. 21  11:21 11:32Ndiho Marith'a akimwamba Jesu, “Bwana kalaho were u haha ndugu yangu k'angafwere, 22 ela hatha vizho ninamanya kukala Mulungu andakup'a chochosi undichomuvoya.” 23 Jesu akimwamba, “Nduguyo andafufuka.” 24  11:24 5:29; 6:40, 54; Dani 12:2Marith'a akidzigidzya, “Ninamanya kukala andafufuka siku ya mwisho.” 25  11:25 5:21, 24; 8:51Jesu akimwamba, “Mimi ndimi ufufulo na ndimi uzima. Iye anikuluhiraye mimi hatha akafwa kidza andakala moyo kaheri, 26 na ye ariye moyo na akinikuluhira, k'andafwa bule. Unagakuluhira go?”

27  11:27 1:34; 4:25Marith'a akiamba, “Ee Bwana, ninakukuluhira kukala ndiwe Masihi Mwana wa Mulungu ariyeambwa andakudza urumwenguni.”

28 Marith'a arihogonya kunena vivi, wauya na achendamwiha nduguye Maryamu k'anda. Akimwamba, “Mwalimu adzire na anakurunga.” 29 Bai Maryamu arihosikira vizho, akiuka haraka na achendamudhana.

30 Jesu were k'adzafika ho mudzini, ela were achere haryahu arihothunganana na Marith'a.

31 O Ayahudi mariokala manamuhuriza Maryamu mo nyumbani, marihoona viryahu adzizhombola haraka na kwenda ndze, makimuthuwa, makiona kukala anenda akarire ko mbirani.

32  11:32 11:21Bai Maryamu arihofika haho arihokala Jesu, na kumona thu, akigwa maguluni hakwe. Akiamba, “Bwana, kalaho were u haha ndugu yangu k'angafwere.”

33 Jesu arihomona anarira na o Ayahudi mariokudza naye nao manarira, achangirwa ni mbazi na akibudzyika moyoni mwakwe zhomu. 34 Akiuza akiamba, “Mwamulazahi kwani?” Makimwamba, “Bwana, ndzo uhalole!” 35  11:35 Luk 19:41Jesu akirira. 36 Bai o Ayahudi makiamba, “Lolani zho arizhokala anamuhendza.” 37  11:37 9:6Ela ko angine makiamba, “Vidze ye ariyemuhendya mut'u asiyeona aone, vidze were k'angadimire kumuhendya yuno akatsafwa?”

38  11:38 20:1; Math' 27:60Jesu akidzalwa ni mbazi kaheri, achenda ko mbirani. Yo mbira were ni p'anga iriyo na iwe ririrokinganywa ho mulomoni. 39 Bai Jesu akilagiza akiamba, “Usani ro iwe hedu.” Marith'a nduguye ye mufwa akidzigidzya akiamba, “Kundakala na muruk'e mui Bwana, mana rero ni ne hangu azikwe.” 40 Jesu akimwambira, “Vidze sikwambirire kukala undaona nguma ya Mulungu ukikuluhira?”

41 Bai makirusa ro iwe. Jesu akilola ko dzulu na akiamba, “Ninakulazhira muv̱era Baba, kwa kukala unanisikira. 42  11:42 12:30Ninamanya kukala unanisikira siku zosi, ela ninanena vivi kwa ut'u wa aa haha ili makuluhire kukala wanihuma.” 43 Bada ya kunena vivi akiluta mumiro kuiha. Akiamba, “Lazaro mbola kuno ndze!” 44  11:44 20:6-7Ye mufwa achambola ndze na zo sandzaze na usowe were udzafungwa na kithambaa. Jesu akiamba, “H'aya muvuguleni athuwe shuhulize.”

45  11:45 2:23Bai Ayahudi anji mariokala madziremutsemberera Maryamu na mariokala mazhona vizho arizhohenda Jesu mamukuluhira. 46 Ela angine ao makwenda kwa Mafarisayo na machendaambira zho Jesu arizhokala adzahenda. 47  11:47-48 2:11; Math' 26:3-5; Mahe 4:16Bai alombi abomu na o Mafarisayo makiiha mukut'ano wa Baraza ra athumia na makiuzana-uzana makiamba, “Hundahendadze? Kwani mut'u yuyu anahenda miujiza minji. 48 Hukimuricha vivi andaenderera na kila mut'u andamukuluhira, na o Arumi mandakudzanonga-nonga ro Hekalu rehu na ts'i yehu yosi.”

49  11:49-50 18:14Kusikira vizho mumwenga wao aifwaye Kayafa ariyekala ndiye Mulombi mubomu mwenye mwaka uwo akiamba, “K'amuna mumanyaro. 50 K'amumanya kukala baha mut'u mumwenga kufwa kwa ut'u wa o at'u kuriko ts'i yosi kwanongwa?”

51 K'anenere vivi kwa akiliye mwenye, ela ni kwa kukala were nde Mulombi mubomu mwenye mwaka uwo, naye were anatabiri kukala Jesu were andafwa kwa ut'u wa Ayahudi. 52  11:52 10:16Hatha vizho si kwa ao thu, ela pia kwamba aakundzumanye hamwenga at'u osi a Mulungu mariotsamukana makale kit'u kimwenga.

53  11:53 5:18Kwa vizho kula siku iyo o Ayahudi makikwatya kupanga kumwalaga Jesu. 54  11:54 5:13; 7:1Bai Jesu k'atsemberere kaheri lwazu-lwazu kuko Judea, ela wauka na achenda kut'u kurikoifwa Efuraimu hehi na nyika, ambako watoa na anafundzie.

55  11:55 2:13; Hesab 19:11-20; 2 Nyaka 30:17-18Vikara sikuk'uu ya Kiyahudi ya P'asaka were i hehi na at'u anji mambuka kwenda Jerusalemu, kwendadzitsusa kabila ya yo sikuk'uu yenye. 56  11:56 7:11O at'u mere manamumala Jesu na makiambirana kahi za ro Hekalu makiamba, “Vidze munaonadze? Jeri munaona andakudza kwenye sherehe vino virizho?” 57 Nao manena vivi kwa kukala alombi abomu na Mafarisayo were madzalazha amulo kukala mut'u yoyosi amanyaye ko Jesu ariko anav̱irya avinene makamugwire.