| 1 Lázaro caiu doente em Betânia, onde estavam Maria e sua irmã Marta. | 1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. |
| 2 Maria era quem ungira o Senhor com o óleo perfumado e lhe enxugara os pés com os seus cabelos. E Lázaro, que estava enfermo, era seu irmão. | 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. |
| 3 Suas irmãs mandaram, pois, dizer a Jesus: “Senhor, aquele que tu amas está enfermo”. | 3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill." |
| 4 A essas palavras, disse-lhes Jesus: “Esta enfermidade não causará a morte, mas tem por finalidade a glória de Deus. Por ela será glorificado o Filho de Deus”. | 4 But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness is not unto death; it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by means of it." |
| 5 Ora, Jesus amava Marta, Maria, sua irmã, e Lázaro. | 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. |
| 6 Mas, embora tivesse ouvido que ele estava enfermo, demorou-se ainda dois dias no mesmo lugar. | 6 So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. |
| 7 Depois, disse a seus discípulos: “Voltemos para a Judeia”. | 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go into Judea again." |
| 8 “Mestre” – responderam eles –, “há pouco os judeus te queriam apedrejar, e voltas para lá?”. | 8 The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?" |
| 9 Jesus respondeu: “Não são doze as horas do dia? Quem caminha de dia não tropeça, porque vê a luz deste mundo. | 9 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. |
| 10 Mas quem anda de noite tropeça, porque lhe falta a luz”. | 10 But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." |
| 11 Depois dessas palavras, ele acrescentou: “Lázaro, nosso amigo, dorme, mas vou despertá-lo.” | 11 Thus he spoke, and then he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awake him out of sleep." |
| 12 Disseram-lhe os seus discípulos: “Senhor, se ele dorme, há de sarar”. | 12 The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." |
| 13 Jesus, entretanto, falara da sua morte, mas eles pensavam que falasse do sono como tal. | 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. |
| 14 Então, Jesus lhes declarou abertamente: “Lázaro morreu. | 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead; |
| 15 Alegro-me por vossa causa, por não ter estado lá, para que creiais. Mas vamos a ele.” | 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." |
| 16 A isso Tomé, chamado Dídimo, disse aos seus condiscípulos: “Vamos também nós, para morrermos com ele”. | 16 Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him." |
| 17 À chegada de Jesus, já havia quatro dias que Lázaro estava no sepulcro. | 17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. |
| 18 Ora, Betânia distava de Jerusalém cerca de quinze estádios. | 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, |
| 19 Muitos judeus tinham vindo a Marta e a Maria, para lhes apresentar condolências pela morte de seu irmão. | 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. |
| 20 Mal soube Marta da vinda de Jesus, saiu-lhe ao encontro. Maria, porém, estava sentada em casa. | 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary sat in the house. |
| 21 Marta disse a Jesus: “Senhor, se tivesses estado aqui, meu irmão não teria morrido! | 21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. |
| 22 Mas sei também, agora, que tudo o que pedires a Deus, Deus te concederá”. | 22 And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you." |
| 23 Disse-lhe Jesus: “Teu irmão ressurgirá”. | 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." |
| 24 Respondeu-lhe Marta: “Sei que há de ressurgir na ressurreição no último dia”. | 24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." |
| 25 Disse-lhe Jesus: “Eu sou a ressurreição e a vida. Aquele que crê em mim, ainda que esteja morto, viverá. | 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, |
| 26 E todo aquele que vive e crê em mim, jamais morrerá. Crês nisso?”. | 26 and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" |
| 27 Respondeu ela: “Sim, Senhor. Eu creio que tu és o Cristo, o Filho de Deus, aquele que devia vir ao mundo”. | 27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world." |
| 28 A essas palavras, ela foi chamar sua irmã Maria, dizendo-lhe baixinho: “O Mestre está aí e te chama”. | 28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying quietly, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." |
| 29 Apenas ela o ouviu, levantou-se imediatamente e foi ao encontro dele. | 29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him. |
| 30 (Pois Jesus não tinha chegado à aldeia, mas estava ainda naquele lugar onde Marta o tinha encontrado.) | 30 Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. |
| 31 Os judeus que estavam com ela em casa, em visita de pêsames, ao verem Maria levantar-se depressa e sair, seguiram-na, crendo que ela ia ao sepulcro para ali chorar. | 31 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. |
| 32 Quando, porém, Maria chegou onde Jesus estava e o viu, lançou-se aos seus pés e disse-lhe: “Senhor, se tivesses estado aqui, meu irmão não teria morrido!”. | 32 Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was and saw him, fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." |
| 33 Ao vê-la chorar assim, como também todos os judeus que a acompanhavam, Jesus ficou intensamente comovido em espírito. E, sob o impulso de profunda emoção, | 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled; |
| 34 perguntou: “Onde o pusestes?”. Responderam-lhe: “Senhor, vinde ver.” | 34 and he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." |
| 35 Jesus pôs-se a chorar. | 35 Jesus wept. |
| 36 Observaram por isso os judeus: “Vede como ele o amava!”. | 36 So the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" |
| 37 Mas alguns deles disseram: “Não podia ele, que abriu os olhos do cego de nascença, fazer com que este não morresse. | 37 But some of them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" |
| 38 Tomado, novamente, de profunda emoção, Jesus foi ao sepulcro. Era uma gruta, coberta por uma pedra. | 38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. |
| 39 Jesus ordenou: “Tirai a pedra”. Disse-lhe Marta, irmã do morto: “Senhor, já cheira mal, pois há quatro dias que ele está aí...”. | 39 Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days." |
| 40 Respondeu-lhe Jesus: “Não te disse eu: Se creres, verás a glória de Deus?”. Tiraram, pois, a pedra. | 40 Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" |
| 41 Levantando Jesus os olhos ao alto, disse: “Pai, rendo-te graças, porque me ouviste. | 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. |
| 42 Eu bem sei que sempre me ouves, mas falo assim por causa do povo que está em roda, para que creiam que tu me enviaste”. | 42 I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst send me." |
| 43 Depois dessas palavras, exclamou em alta voz: “Lázaro, vem para fora!”. | 43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out." |
| 44 E o morto saiu, tendo os pés e as mãos ligados com faixas, e o rosto coberto por um sudário. Ordenou então Jesus: “Desatai-o e deixai-o ir”. | 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." |
| 45 Muitos dos judeus, que tinham vindo a Marta e Maria e viram o que Jesus fizera, creram nele. | 45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him; |
| 46 Alguns deles, porém, foram aos fariseus e lhes contaram o que Jesus realizara. | 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. |
| 47 Os pontífices e os fariseus convocaram o conselho e disseram: “Que faremos? Esse homem multiplica os milagres. | 47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the council, and said, "What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. |
| 48 Se o deixarmos proceder assim, todos crerão nele, e os romanos virão e arruinarão a nossa cidade e toda a nação”. | 48 If we let him go on thus, every one will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our holy place and our nation." |
| 49 Um deles, chamado Caifás, que era o sumo sacerdote daquele ano, disse-lhes: “Vós não entendeis nada! | 49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all; |
| 50 Nem considerais que vos convém que morra um só homem pelo povo, e que não pereça toda a nação”. | 50 you do not understand that it is expedient for you that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation should not perish." |
| 51 E ele não disse isso por si mesmo, mas, como era o sumo sacerdote daquele ano, profetizava que Jesus havia de morrer pela nação, | 51 He did not say this of his own accord, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation, |
| 52 e não somente pela nação, mas também para que fossem reconduzidos à unidade os filhos de Deus dispersos. | 52 and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. |
| 53 E desde aquele momento resolveram tirar-lhe a vida. | 53 So from that day on they took counsel how to put him to death. |
| 54 Em consequência disso, Jesus já não andava em público entre os judeus. Retirou-se para uma região vizinha do deserto, a uma cidade chamada Efraim, e ali se detinha com seus discípulos. | 54 Jesus therefore no longer went about openly among the Jews, but went from there to the country near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim; and there he stayed with the disciples. |
| 55 Estava próxima a Páscoa dos judeus, e muita gente de todo o país subia a Jerusalém antes da Páscoa para se purificar. | 55 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. |
| 56 Procuravam Jesus e falavam uns com os outros no templo: “Que vos parece? Achais que ele não virá à festa?”. | 56 They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think? That he will not come to the feast?" |
| 57 Mas os sumos sacerdotes e os fariseus tinham dado ordem para que todo aquele que soubesse onde ele estava o denunciasse, para o prenderem. (= Mt 26,6-13 = Mc 14,3-9 ) | 57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if any one knew where he was, he should let them know, so that they might arrest him. |
