¹ Basi mtu mmoja jina lake Lazaro alikuwa mgonjwa. Yeye alikuwa akiishi Bethania kijiji cha Maria na Martha dada zake. ² Huyu Maria, ambaye Lazaro kaka yake alikuwa mgonjwa, ndiye yule ambaye alimpaka Bwana mafuta na kuifuta miguu yake kwa nywele zake. ³ Hivyo hawa dada wawili walituma ujumbe kwa Yesu kumwambia, “Bwana, yule umpendaye ni mgonjwa.” ⁴ Lakini Yesu aliposikia hayo, akasema, “Ugonjwa huu hautaleta mauti bali umetokea ili kudhihirisha utukufu wa Mungu, ili Mwana wa Mungu apate kutukuzwa kutokana na ugonjwa huu.” ⁵ Pamoja na hivyo, ingawa Yesu aliwapenda Martha, Maria na Lazaro ndugu yao, ⁶ baada ya kusikia kwamba Lazaro ni mgonjwa, aliendelea kukawia huko alikokuwa kwa siku mbili zaidi. ⁷ Ndipo akawaambia wanafunzi wake, “Haya, turudi Uyahudi.” ⁸ Wanafunzi wake wakamwambia, “Rabi, Wayahudi walikuwa wanataka kukupiga mawe, nawe unataka kurudi huko?” ⁹ Yesu akawajibu, “Si kuna saa kumi na mbili za mchana katika siku moja? Wala watembeao mchana hawawezi kujikwaa kwa maana wanaona nuru ya ulimwengu huu. ¹⁰ Lakini wale watembeao usiku hujikwaa kwa sababu hakuna nuru ndani yao.” ¹¹ Baada ya kusema haya, Yesu akawaambia, “Rafiki yetu Lazaro amelala, lakini naenda kumwamsha.” ¹² Wanafunzi wakamwambia, “Bwana, kama amelala usingizi ataamka.” ¹³ Hata hivyo, Yesu alikuwa anazungumzia kuwa Lazaro amekufa, lakini wanafunzi wake hawakuelewa, walidhani kwamba anasema Lazaro amelala usingizi tu. ¹⁴ Kwa hiyo Yesu akawaambia waziwazi, “Lazaro amekufa. ¹⁵ Hata hivyo nafurahi kwa kuwa sikuwepo huko kabla ya Lazaro kufa, ili mpate kuamini. Lakini sasa twendeni kwake.” ¹⁶ Tomaso aliyeitwa Pacha akawaambia wanafunzi wenzake, “Sisi nasi twendeni tukafe pamoja naye.” ¹⁷ Yesu alipowasili huko alikuta Lazaro amekuwa kaburini siku nne. ¹⁸ Basi Bethania ulikuwa karibu na Yerusalemu umbali wa karibu maili mbili, ¹⁹ na Wayahudi wengi walikuwa wamekuja kuwafariji Martha na Maria kwa ajili ya kufiwa na ndugu yao. ²⁰ Martha aliposikia kwamba Yesu anakuja, alitoka kwenda kumlaki, ila Maria alibaki nyumbani. ²¹ Martha akamwambia Yesu, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, ndugu yangu hangalikufa. ²² Lakini sasa ninajua kuwa chochote utakachomwomba Mungu, atakupa.” ²³ Yesu akamwambia, “Ndugu yako atafufuka.” ²⁴ Martha akamjibu, “Ninajua ya kuwa atafufuka wakati wa ufufuo wa wafu siku ya mwisho.” ²⁵ Yesu akamwambia, “Mimi ndiye huo ufufuo na uzima. Yeye aniaminiye mimi, hata akifa atakuwa anaishi ²⁶ na yeyote aishiye na kuniamini hatakufa kabisa hata milele. Je, unasadiki haya?” ²⁷ Martha akamwambia, “Ndiyo Bwana, ninaamini ya kuwa wewe ndiwe Kristo, Mwana wa Mungu, yeye ajaye ulimwenguni.” ²⁸ Baada ya kusema haya Martha alikwenda, akamwita Maria dada yake faraghani na kumwambia, “Mwalimu yuko hapa anakuita.” ²⁹ Maria aliposikia hivyo, akaondoka upesi akaenda mpaka alipokuwa Yesu. ³⁰ Yesu alikuwa hajaingia kijijini, bali alikuwa bado yuko mahali pale alipokutana na Martha. ³¹ Wale Wayahudi waliokuwa pamoja na Maria nyumbani wakimfariji walipoona ameondoka haraka na kutoka nje, walimfuata wakidhani ya kwamba alikuwa anakwenda kule kaburini kulilia huko. ³² Maria alipofika mahali pale Yesu alipokuwa, alipiga magoti miguuni Pake na kusema, “Bwana, kama ungalikuwa hapa, ndugu yangu hangalikufa.” ³³ Yesu alipomwona Maria akilia na wale Wayahudi waliokuja pamoja naye pia wakilia, Yesu alisikia uchungu moyoni, akafadhaika sana. ³⁴ Akauliza, “Mmemweka wapi?” Wakamwambia, “Bwana, njoo upaone.” ³⁵ Yesu akalia machozi. ³⁶ Ndipo Wayahudi wakasema, “Tazama jinsi alivyompenda Lazaro!” ³⁷ Lakini wengine wakasema, “Je, yule aliyefungua macho ya kipofu, hakuweza kumfanya na huyu asife?” ³⁸ Yesu kwa mara nyingine akiwa amefadhaika sana, akafika penye kaburi. Hilo kaburi lilikuwa pango ambalo jiwe lilikuwa limewekwa kwenye ingilio lake. ³⁹ Yesu akasema, “Liondoeni hilo jiwe.” Martha ndugu yake yule aliyekuwa amekufa akasema, “Lakini Bwana, wakati huu atakuwa ananuka kwani amekwisha kuwa kaburini siku nne.” ⁴⁰ Yesu akamwambia, “Sikukuambia kwamba kama ukiamini utauona utukufu wa Mungu?” ⁴¹ Kwa hiyo wakaliondoa lile jiwe kutoka kaburini. Yesu akainua macho yake juu akasema, “Baba, ninakushukuru kwa kuwa wanisikia. ⁴² Ninajua ya kuwa wewe hunisikia siku zote, lakini nimesema haya kwa ajili ya umati huu uliosimama hapa, ili wapate kuamini ya kuwa wewe umenituma.” ⁴³ Baada ya kusema haya, Yesu akapaza sauti yake akaita, “Lazaro, njoo huku!” ⁴⁴ Yule aliyekuwa amekufa akatoka nje, mikono yake na miguu yake ikiwa imeviringishiwa vitambaa vya kitani na leso usoni pake. Yesu akawaambia, “Mfungueni, mwacheni aende zake.”
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