Eso lyaLasarus
1 Omulumentu gumwe gwomuBetania, edhina lye Lasarus, okwa li ta alukwa. MuBetania omo maandjawo yaMaria nomumwayina Marta. 2 Maria nguka oye ngoka a gwayekele oompadhi dhOmuwa nokwe dhi thetithile omafufu gokomutse gwe. Omumwayina nguka Lasarus okwa li ta alukwa. 3 Nena aamwayina mboka aakiintu oya tumine Jesus elaka ya ti: “Omuwa, kuume koye omuholike ota alukwa.”
4 Jesus sho e shi uvu, okwa ti: “Uuvu mboka itau ka fala Lasarus meso, ihe owokusimanekitha Kalunga, nOmuna gwaKalunga opo wo a simanekithwe kuwo.”
5 Jesus okwa li e hole Marta, Maria naLasarus. 6 Ye sho u uvu kutya Lasarus ota alukwa, okwa kala natango omasiku gaali pehala mpoka a adhika. 7 Konima yomasiku ngoka gaali Jesus okwa lombwele aalongwa ye a ti: “Tu shuneni natango kuJudea.”
8 Aalongwa oya ti kuye: “Muhongi, opwa piti okathimbo okashona kowala, sho Aajuda ya li taa kambadhala ya hala oku ku dhipaga. Ihe owa hala ishewe okushuna ko?”
9 Jesus okwa yamukula a ti: “Omutenya kagu na ootundi omulongo nambali? Ngoka te ende omutenya, ita punduka, oshoka oku wete uuyelele womuuyuni mbuka. 10 Ihe ngoka te ende uusiku, ota punduka, oshoka muye kamu na uuyelele.” 11 Jesus sho a popi oohapu ndhika, okwa ti kuyo: “Kuume ketu Lasarus okwa kotha, ihe ngame onda hala, ndi ye, ndi ke mu penduthe.”
12 Aalongwa oye mu yamukula: “Omuwa, ngele okwa kotha, ota ka aluka.”
13 Jesus okwa li ta popi okusa kwaLasarus, ihe yo oya li ye shi, ota popi okukotha kwoomposi. 14 Onkee Jesus okwe ya lombwele sha yela ta ti: “Lasarus okwa sa. 15 Ngame onda nyanyukwa molweni, sho inaandi adhika ko, opo mu itaale. Tu yeni ano kuye.”
16 Nena Tomas, ngoka ithanwa Mukwanambwiyu, okwa lombwele aalongwa ooyakwawo a ti: “Natu yeni atuheni nomuhongi, opo tu ka sileni pamwe naye.”
Jesus oye eyumuko nomwenyo
17 Jesus sho a thiki ko, okwa adha Lasarus a ninga nale omasiku gane mombila. 18 Okalando hoka Betania oka li popepi naJerusalem, ookilometa ndatu lwaampoka. 19 Oyendji yomAajuda oya adhika ye ya kuMarta naMaria oku ya hupulutha molweso lyomumwayina Lasarus. 20 Ano Marta sho u uvu kutya Jesus okwe ya, okwa yi e ke mu tsakaneke, ihe Maria okwa kala a kuutumba megumbo. 21 Marta okwa ti kuJesus: “Omuwa, ando owa li po, ando omumwameme ina sa. 22 Ihe ondi shi shi kutya natango Kalunga ote ke ku pa ashihe shoka to mu indile.”
23 Jesus okwe mu lombwele: “Omumwanyoko ota ka yumuka.”
24 Marta okwa ti kuye: “Ondi shi shi kutya ota ka yumuka mesiku lyahugunina.”
25 Jesus okwe mu lombwele: “Ongame eyumuko nomwenyo. Oongoka i itaala ndje, ota kala e na omwenyo, nando ona se. 26 Osho wo kehe ngoka e na omwenyo ye i itaala ndje, ita si we sigo aluhe. Owe shi itaala?”
27 Ye okwa yamukula: “Eeno, Omuwa, ondi itaala kutya ongoye Kristus, Omuna gwaKalunga, ngoka e na okuya muuyuni.”
Jesus ta lili
28 Marta sho a popi oohapu ndhika, okwa yi nokwi ithana omumwayina Maria, yi ikalela, e te mu lombwele: “Muhongi oku li mpaka e ku pumbwa.” 29 Maria sho e shi uvu, okwa thikama mbala e ta yi kuye. 30 Ihe Jesus okwa adhika inaa thika natango mokalando, okwa li natango kehala ndyoka Marta e mu tsakanekele. 31 Nena Aajuda mboka ya adhika ye li naMaria megumbo taye mu hupulutha, sho ye mu mono a thikama ta piti mo nokweendelela, oye mu landula. Oya li ye shi, ota yi kombila, a ka lile.
32 Maria sho a thiki kehala ndyoka kwa li Jesus, okwe mu mono nokwa tsu oongolo poompadhi dhe e ta ti kuye: “Omuwa, ando owa li po, ando omumwameme ina sa.”
33 Ano Jesus sho e mu mono ta lili, nosho wo Aajuda mboka ye ya pamwe naye, okwa hendwa komutima noku uvite uudhigu meni lye. 34 Oye okwa pula: “Omwe mu fumvike peni?”
Oyo oye mu yamukula: “Omuwa, ila u tale.”
35 Opo Jesus okwa lili. 36 Nena Aajuda oya ti: “Tala, nkene kwa li e mu hole.”
37 Ihe yamwe yomuyo oya ti: “Oye Okwa tonatitha omeho gomuposi. Okwa li ando a nyengwa okukeelela, Lasarus kaa se?”
Lasarus ta ningwa omunamwenyo
38 Jesus okwa adhika ishewe kuudhigu momwenyo gwe e ta yi kombila, ndjoka ya li ekololo lya siikilwa nemanya. 39 Jesus okwe ya lombwele a ti: “Kuthii po emanya!”
Marta, omumwayina gwomusi okwa ti kuye: “Omuwa, okwa nika nokuli, oshoka okwa ningi ngashingeyi omasiku gane a sa.”
40 Jesus okwa ti kuye: “Inandi ku lombwela kutya ngele owi itaala, oto ka mona eadhimo lyaKalunga?” 41 Oyo oya kutha po emanya. Nena Jesus okwa tala pombanda e ta ti: “Tate, otandi ku hambelele, ongoye sho ho uvu ndje. 42 Ondi shi shi kutya ngoye oho uvu ndje aluhe, ihe otandi popi oohapu ndhika omolwaantu mbaka ya kundukidha ndje, opo yi itaale kutya ongoye wa tuma ndje.” 43 Sho a popi oohapu ndhika, okwi igidha newi enene a ti: “Lasarus, za mo!” 44 Nena Lasarus, ngoka a li a sa, okwa zi mo. Oompadhi dhe nomaako ge oya li ya mangwa nomalapi, noshipala she osha mangwa nonasituke. Jesus okwe ya lombwele: “Mu mangululeni, ne mu mu ethe, a ye.”
Jesus ta kundathanwa
(Mat. 26:1-5Mrk. 14:1-2Luk. 22:1-2)45 Oyendji yomAajuda mboka yi ile okuhupulutha Maria, oya mono shoka Jesus a ningi noye mu itaale. 46 Ihe yamwe yomuyo oya yi kaafarisayi noye ya hokololele shoka Jesus a ningi. 47 Nena aafarisayi naayambi aakuluntu oya hiya oshigongi shaatokoli e taa ti: “Otu na okuninga ngiini? Oshoka omulumentu nguka ota longo unene iikumithalonga oyindji. 48 Ngele otatu mu etha ngaaka, a tsikile nomukalo ngoka, aantu ayehe otaye ke mu itaala. Nena Aaroma otaa ke ya e taa hanagula po otempeli noshigwana shetu ashihe.”
49 Gumwe gwomuyo, edhina lye Kajafas, ngoka a li omuyambimukuluntu omumvo ngwiyaka, okwa ti: “Ne kamu na shoka mu shi. 50 Inamu tseya nani kutya okusa kwomuntu gumwe peha lyaantu ayehe okuhwepo ku vule okuyonukapo kwoshigwana ashihe?” 51 Sho shene, ina popya oshinima shika muye mwene, aawe, ihe molwaashoka a li omuyambimukuluntu omumvo ngwiyaka, okwa hunganeke ngaaka kutya Jesus ota ka sila oshigwana shAajuda, 52 nohamolwoshigwana shAajuda ashike, ihe opo wo a kongolole aana yaKalunga ayehe mboka ye li po ya halakana, ya ninge ongundu yimwe.
53 Okuza kesiku ndyoka aakuluntu yAajuda oyu uvanene, ya dhipage Jesus. 54 Onkee ano Jesus ine enda we puuyelele mokati kAajuda, ihe okwa yi komukunda gu li popepi nombuga, koshilando shi ithanwa Efraim, e ta kala nkoka pamwe naalongwa ye.
55 Ano Opaasa, oshituthi shAajuda, oya li popepi. Aantu oyendji yokomikunda dhokokule oye ya kuJerusalem manga Opaasa inaayi thika, opo yi iyoge. 56 Oyo oya kongo Jesus. Sho ya gongalele motempeli, oya pulathana ya ti: “Otamu dhiladhila ngiini? Oye ote ya tuu koshituthi?” 57 Ihe aayambi aakuluntu naafarisayi oya adhika ya gandja nale elaka kutya ngele oku na ngoka e shi Jesus mpoka e li, ne shi holole, opo ye mu kwate.
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