Savior's Blessings (Raising of Lazarus)

¹Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. ²It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. ³Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." ⁴When Jesus heard that, He said, "This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it." ⁵Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. ⁶So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. ⁷Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." ⁸The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?" ⁹Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. ¹⁰But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." ¹¹These things He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up." ¹²Then His disciples said, "Lord, if he sleeps he will get well." ¹³However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. ¹⁴Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. ¹⁵And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him." ¹⁶Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him." ¹⁷So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. ¹⁸Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. ¹⁹And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. ²⁰Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house. ²¹Now Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. ²²But even 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, though he may die, he shall live. ²⁶And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" ²⁷She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world." ²⁸And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, "The Teacher has come and is calling for you." ²⁹As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. ³⁰Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. ³¹Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there." ³²Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." ³³Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. ³⁴And He said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." ³⁵Jesus wept. ³⁶Then the Jews said, "See how He loved him!" ³⁷And some of them said, "Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?" ³⁸Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. 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, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" ⁴¹Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. ⁴²And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me." ⁴³Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" ⁴⁴And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go." ⁴⁵Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him.

^١ وَكَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مَرِيضًا وَهُوَ لِعَازَرُ، مِنْ بَيْتِ عَنْيَا مِنْ قَرْيَةِ مَرْيَمَ وَمَرْثَا أُخْتِهَا. ^٢وَكَانَتْ مَرْيَمُ، ٱلَّتِي كَانَ لِعَازَرُ أَخُوهَا مَرِيضًا، هِيَ ٱلَّتِي دَهَنَتِ ٱلرَّبَّ بِطِيبٍ، وَمَسَحَتْ رِجْلَيْهِ بِشَعْرِهَا. ^٣فَأَرْسَلَتِ ٱلْأُخْتَانِ إِلَيْهِ قَائِلَتَيْنِ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، هُوَذَا ٱلَّذِي تُحِبُّهُ مَرِيضٌ». ^٤فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يَسُوعُ، قَالَ: «هَذَا ٱلْمَرَضُ لَيْسَ لِلْمَوْتِ، بَلْ لِأَجْلِ مَجْدِ ٱللهِ، لِيَتَمَجَّدَ ٱبْنُ ٱللهِ بِهِ». ^٥وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يُحِبُّ مَرْثَا وَأُخْتَهَا وَلِعَازَرَ. ^٦فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ أَنَّهُ مَرِيضٌ مَكَثَ حِينَئِذٍ فِي ٱلْمَوْضِعِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ يَوْمَيْنِ. ^٧ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لِتَلَامِيذِهِ: «لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَى ٱلْيَهُودِيَّةِ أَيْضًا». ^٨قَالَ لَهُ ٱلتَّلَامِيذُ: «يَا مُعَلِّمُ، ٱلْآنَ كَانَ ٱلْيَهُودُ يَطْلُبُونَ أَنْ يَرْجُمُوكَ، وَتَذْهَبُ أَيْضًا إِلَى هُنَاكَ». ^٩أَجَابَ يَسُوعُ: «أَلَيْسَتْ سَاعَاتُ ٱلنَّهَارِ ٱثْنَتَيْ عَشْرَةَ؟ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَمْشِي فِي ٱلنَّهَارِ لَا يَعْثُرُ لِأَنَّهُ يَنْظُرُ نُورَ هَذَا ٱلْعَالَمِ، ^١٠وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدٌ يَمْشِي فِي ٱللَّيْلِ يَعْثُرُ، لِأَنَّ ٱلنُّورَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ». ^١١قَالَ هَذَا، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ لَهُمْ: «لِعَازَرُ حَبِيبُنَا قَدْ نَامَ. لَكِنِّي أَذْهَبُ لِأُوقِظَهُ». ^١٢فَقَالَ تَلَامِيذُهُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، إِنْ كَانَ قَدْ نَامَ فَهُوَ يُشْفَى». ^١٣وَكَانَ يَسُوعُ يَقُولُ عَنْ مَوْتِهِ، وَهُمْ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُ يَقُولُ عَنْ رُقَادِ ٱلنَّوْمِ. ^١٤فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ حِينَئِذٍ عَلَانِيَةً: «لِعَازَرُ مَاتَ. ^١٥وَأَنَا أَفْرَحُ لِأَجْلِكُمْ إِنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ هُنَاكَ، لِتُؤْمِنُوا. وَلَكِنْ لِنَذْهَبْ إِلَيْهِ!». ^١٦فَقَالَ تُومَا ٱلَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ ٱلتَّوْأَمُ لِلتَّلَامِيذِ رُفَقَائِهِ: «لِنَذْهَبْ نَحْنُ أَيْضًا لِكَيْ نَمُوتَ مَعَهُ!». ^١٧ فَلَمَّا أَتَى يَسُوعُ وَجَدَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ صَارَ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةُ أَيَّامٍ فِي ٱلْقَبْرِ. ^١٨وَكَانَتْ بَيْتُ عَنْيَا قَرِيبَةً مِنْ أُورُشَلِيمَ نَحْوَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ غَلْوَةً. ^١٩وَكَانَ كَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ قَدْ جَاءُوا إِلَى مَرْثَا وَمَرْيَمَ لِيُعَزُّوهُمَا عَنْ أَخِيهِمَا. ^٢٠فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ مَرْثَا أَنَّ يَسُوعَ آتٍ لَاقَتْهُ، وَأَمَّا مَرْيَمُ فَٱسْتَمَرَّتْ جَالِسَةً فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ. ^٢١فَقَالَتْ مَرْثَا لِيَسُوعَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، لَوْ كُنْتَ هَهُنَا لَمْ يَمُتْ أَخِي! ^٢٢لَكِنِّي ٱلْآنَ أَيْضًا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ كُلَّ مَا تَطْلُبُ مِنَ ٱللهِ يُعْطِيكَ ٱللهُ إِيَّاهُ». ^٢٣قَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «سَيَقُومُ أَخُوكِ». ^٢٤قَالَتْ لَهُ مَرْثَا: «أَنَا أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ سَيَقُومُ فِي ٱلْقِيَامَةِ، فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْأَخِيرِ». ^٢٥قَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «أَنَا هُوَ ٱلْقِيَامَةُ وَٱلْحَيَاةُ. مَنْ آمَنَ بِي وَلَوْ مَاتَ فَسَيَحْيَا، ^٢٦وَكُلُّ مَنْ كَانَ حَيًّا وَآمَنَ بِي فَلَنْ يَمُوتَ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. أَتُؤْمِنِينَ بِهَذَا؟». ^٢٧قَالَتْ لَهُ: «نَعَمْ يَا سَيِّدُ. أَنَا قَدْ آمَنْتُ أَنَّكَ أَنْتَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ ٱللهِ، ٱلْآتِي إِلَى ٱلْعَالَمِ». ^٢٨ وَلَمَّا قَالَتْ هَذَا مَضَتْ وَدَعَتْ مَرْيَمَ أُخْتَهَا سِرًّا، قَائِلَةً: «ٱلْمُعَلِّمُ قَدْ حَضَرَ، وَهُوَ يَدْعُوكِ». ^٢٩أَمَّا تِلْكَ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ قَامَتْ سَرِيعًا وَجَاءَتْ إِلَيْهِ. ^٣٠وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَسُوعُ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ، بَلْ كَانَ فِي ٱلْمَكَانِ ٱلَّذِي لَاقَتْهُ فِيهِ مَرْثَا. ^٣١ثُمَّ إِنَّ ٱلْيَهُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهَا فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ يُعَزُّونَهَا، لَمَّا رَأَوْا مَرْيَمَ قَامَتْ عَاجِلًا وَخَرَجَتْ، تَبِعُوهَا قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّهَا تَذْهَبُ إِلَى ٱلْقَبْرِ لِتَبْكِيَ هُنَاكَ». ^٣٢فَمَرْيَمُ لَمَّا أَتَتْ إِلَى حَيْثُ كَانَ يَسُوعُ وَرَأَتْهُ، خَرَّتْ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْهِ قَائِلَةً لَهُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، لَوْ كُنْتَ هَهُنَا لَمْ يَمُتْ أَخِي!». ^٣٣فَلَمَّا رَآهَا يَسُوعُ تَبْكِي، وَٱلْيَهُودُ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مَعَهَا يَبْكُونَ، ٱنْزَعَجَ بِٱلرُّوحِ وَٱضْطَرَبَ، ^٣٤وَقَالَ: «أَيْنَ وَضَعْتُمُوهُ؟». قَالُوا لَهُ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، تَعَالَ وَٱنْظُرْ». ^٣٥بَكَى يَسُوعُ. ^٣٦فَقَالَ ٱلْيَهُودُ: «ٱنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ يُحِبُّهُ!». ^٣٧وَقَالَ بَعْضٌ مِنْهُمْ: «أَلَمْ يَقْدِرْ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي فَتَحَ عَيْنَيِ ٱلْأَعْمَى أَنْ يَجْعَلَ هَذَا أَيْضًا لَا يَمُوتُ؟». ^٣٨فَٱنْزَعَجَ يَسُوعُ أَيْضًا فِي نَفْسِهِ وَجَاءَ إِلَى ٱلْقَبْرِ، وَكَانَ مَغَارَةً وَقَدْ وُضِعَ عَلَيْهِ حَجَرٌ. ^٣٩قَالَ يَسُوعُ: «ٱرْفَعُوا ٱلْحَجَرَ!». قَالَتْ لَهُ مَرْثَا، أُخْتُ ٱلْمَيْتِ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، قَدْ أَنْتَنَ لِأَنَّ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَيَّامٍ». ^٤٠قَالَ لَهَا يَسُوعُ: «أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكِ: إِنْ آمَنْتِ تَرَيْنَ مَجْدَ ٱللهِ؟». ^٤١فَرَفَعُوا ٱلْحَجَرَ حَيْثُ كَانَ ٱلْمَيْتُ مَوْضُوعًا، وَرَفَعَ يَسُوعُ عَيْنَيْهِ إِلَى فَوْقُ، وَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلْآبُ، أَشْكُرُكَ لِأَنَّكَ سَمِعْتَ لِي، ^٤٢وَأَنَا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ تَسْمَعُ لِي. وَلَكِنْ لِأَجْلِ هَذَا ٱلْجَمْعِ ٱلْوَاقِفِ قُلْتُ، لِيُؤْمِنُوا أَنَّكَ أَرْسَلْتَنِي». ^٤٣وَلَمَّا قَالَ هَذَا صَرَخَ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «لِعَازَرُ، هَلُمَّ خَارِجًا!». ^٤٤فَخَرَجَ ٱلْمَيْتُ وَيَدَاهُ وَرِجْلَاهُ مَرْبُوطَاتٌ بِأَقْمِطَةٍ، وَوَجْهُهُ مَلْفُوفٌ بِمِنْدِيلٍ. فَقَالَ لَهُمْ يَسُوعُ: «حُلُّوهُ وَدَعُوهُ يَذْهَبْ». ^٤٥ فَكَثِيرُونَ مِنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ ٱلَّذِينَ جَاءُوا إِلَى مَرْيَمَ، وَنَظَرُوا مَا فَعَلَ يَسُوعُ، آمَنُوا بِهِ.