1 Estava, porém, enfermo um certo Lázaro, de betânia, aldeia de Maria e de sua irmã Marta.
2 E Maria era aquela que tinha ungido o Senhor com ungüento, e lhe tinha enxugado os pés com os seus cabelos, cujo irmão Lázaro estava enfermo.
3 Mandaram-lhe, pois, suas irmãs dizer: Senhor, eis que está enfermo aquele que tu amas.
4 E Jesus, ouvindo isto, disse: Esta enfermidade não é para morte, mas para glória de Deus, para que o Filho de Deus seja glorificado por ela.
5 Ora, Jesus amava a Marta, e a sua irmã, e a Lázaro.
6 Ouvindo, pois, que estava enfermo, ficou ainda dois dias no lugar onde estava.
7 Depois disto, disse aos seus discípulos: Vamos outra vez para a Judéia.
8 Disseram-lhe os discípulos: Rabi, ainda agora os judeus procuravam apedrejar-te, e tornas para lá?
9 Jesus respondeu: Não há doze horas no dia? Se alguém andar de dia, não tropeça, porque vê a luz deste mundo;
10 Mas, se andar de noite, tropeça, porque nele não há luz.
11 Assim falou; e depois disse-lhes: Lázaro, o nosso amigo, dorme, mas vou despertá-lo do sono.
12 Disseram, pois, os seus discípulos: Senhor, se dorme, estará salvo.
13 Mas Jesus dizia isto da sua morte; eles, porém, cuidavam que falava do repouso do sono.
14 Então Jesus disse-lhes claramente: Lázaro está morto;
15 E folgo, por amor de vós, de que eu lá não estivesse, para que acrediteis; mas vamos ter com ele.
16 Disse, pois, Tomé, chamado Dídimo, aos condiscípulos: Vamos nós também, para morrermos com ele.
17 Chegando, pois, Jesus, achou que já havia quatro dias que estava na sepultura.
18 (Ora Betânia distava de Jerusalém quase quinze estádios. )
19 E muitos dos judeus tinham ido consolar a Marta e a Maria, acerca de seu irmão.
20 Ouvindo, pois, Marta que Jesus vinha, saiu-lhe ao encontro; Maria, porém, ficou assentada em casa.
21 Disse, pois, Marta a Jesus: Senhor, se tu estivesses aqui, meu irmão não teria morrido.
22 Mas também agora sei que tudo quanto pedires a Deus, Deus to concederá.
23 Disse-lhe Jesus: Teu irmão há de ressuscitar.
24 Disse-lhe Marta: Eu sei que há de ressuscitar na ressurreição do último dia.
25 Disse-lhe Jesus: Eu sou a ressurreição e a vida; quem crê em mim, ainda que esteja morto, viverá;
26 E todo aquele que vive, e crê em mim, nunca morrerá. Crês tu isto?
27 Disse-lhe ela: Sim, Senhor, creio que tu és o Cristo, o Filho de Deus, que havia de vir ao mundo.
28 E, dito isto, partiu, e chamou em segredo a Maria, sua irmã, dizendo: O Mestre está cá, e chama-te.
29 Ela, ouvindo isto, levantou-se logo, e foi ter com ele.
30 (Pois, Jesus ainda não tinha chegado à aldeia, mas estava no lugar onde Marta o encontrara.)
31 Vendo, pois, os judeus, que estavam com ela em casa e a consolavam, que Maria apressadamente se levantara e saíra, seguiram-na, dizendo: Vai ao sepulcro para chorar ali.
32 Tendo, pois, Maria chegado aonde Jesus estava, e vendo-o, lançou-se aos seus pés, dizendo-lhe: Senhor, se tu estivesses aqui, meu irmão não teria morrido.
33 Jesus pois, quando a viu chorar, e também chorando os judeus que com ela vinham, moveu-se muito em espírito, e perturbou-se.
34 E disse: Onde o pusestes? Disseram-lhe: Senhor, vem, e vê.
35 Jesus chorou.
36 Disseram, pois, os judeus: Vede como o amava.
37 E alguns deles disseram: Não podia ele, que abriu os olhos ao cego, fazer também com que este não morresse?
38 Jesus, pois, movendo-se outra vez muito em si mesmo, veio ao sepulcro; e era uma caverna, e tinha uma pedra posta sobre ela.
39 Disse Jesus: Tirai a pedra. Marta, irmã do defunto, disse-lhe: Senhor, já cheira mal, porque é já de quatro dias.
40 Disse-lhe Jesus: Não te hei dito que, se creres, verás a glória de Deus?
41 Tiraram, pois, a pedra de onde o defunto jazia. E Jesus, levantando os olhos para cima, disse: Pai, graças te dou, por me haveres ouvido.
42 Eu bem sei que sempre me ouves, mas eu disse isto por causa da multidão que está em redor, para que creiam que tu me enviaste.
43 E, tendo dito isto, clamou com grande voz: Lázaro, sai para fora.
44 E o defunto saiu, tendo as mãos e os pés ligados com faixas, e o seu rosto envolto num lenço. Disse-lhes Jesus: Desligai-o, e deixai-o ir.
1 Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)
3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.
4 When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.
5 Now Jesus had love in his heart for Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.
7 Then after that time he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?
9 Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.
10 But if a man goes about in the night, he may have a fall because the light is not in him.
11 These things said he: and after that he said to them, Lazarus our friend is at rest; but I go so that I may make him come out of his sleep.
12 Then his disciples said to him, Lord, if he is resting he will get well.
13 Jesus, however, was talking of his death: but they had the idea that he was talking about taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus said to them clearly, Lazarus is dead.
15 And because of you I am glad I was not there, so that you may have faith; but let us go to him.
16 Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.
17 Now when Jesus came, he made the discovery that Lazarus had been put into the earth four days before.
18 Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about two miles away;
19 And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.
20 When Martha had the news that Jesus was on the way, she went out to him, but Mary did not go from the house.
21 Then Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
22 But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you.
23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.
24 Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day.
25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
27 She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.
28 And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.
29 And Mary, hearing this, got up quickly and went to him.
30 Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, comforting her, when they saw Mary get up quickly and go out, went after her in the belief that she was going to the place of the dead and would be weeping there.
32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she went down at his feet, saying, Lord, if you had been here my brother would not be dead.
33 And when Jesus saw her weeping, and saw the Jews weeping who came with her, his spirit was moved and he was troubled,
34 And said, Where have you put him? They said, Come and see, Lord.
35 And Jesus himself was weeping.
36 So the Jews said, See how dear he was to him!
37 But some of them said, This man, who made open the eyes of the blind man, was he not able to keep his friend from death?
38 So Jesus, deeply troubled in heart, came to the place of the dead. It was a hole in the rock, and a stone was over the opening.
39 Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said, Lord, by this time the body will be smelling, for he has been dead four days.
40 Jesus said to her, Did I not say to you that if you had faith you would see the glory of God?
41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus, looking up to heaven, said, Father, I give praise to you for hearing me.
42 I was certain that your ears are at all times open to me, but I said it because of these who are here, so that they may see that you sent me.
43 Then he said in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
44 And he who was dead came out, with linen bands folded tightly about his hands and feet, and a cloth about his face. Jesus said to them, Make him free and let him go.