1 WYC And ther was a sijk man, Lazarus of Bethanye, of the castel of Marie and Martha, hise sistris. BSB BSB: At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 WYC And it was Marye, which anoyntide the Lord with oynement, and wipte hise feet with hir heeris, whos brother Lazarus was sijk. BSB BSB: (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
3 WYC Therfor hise sistris senten to hym, and seide, Lord, lo! he whom thou louest, is sijk. BSB BSB: So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
4 WYC And Jhesus herde, and seide to hem, This syknesse is not to the deth, but for the glorie of God, that mannus sone be glorified bi hym. BSB BSB: When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
5 WYC And Jhesus louyde Martha, and hir sistir Marie, and Lazarus. BSB BSB: Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 WYC Therfor whanne Jhesus herde, that he was sijk, thanne he dwellide in the same place twei daies. BSB BSB: So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
7 WYC And after these thingis he seide to hise disciplis, Go we eft in to Judee. BSB BSB: and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
8 WYC The disciplis seien to hym, Maister, now the Jewis souyten for to stoone thee, and eft goist thou thidir? BSB BSB: “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
9 WYC Jhesus answerde, Whether ther ben not twelue ouris of the dai? If ony man wandre in the dai, he hirtith not, for he seeth the liyt of this world. BSB BSB: Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
10 WYC But if he wandre in the niyt, he stomblith, for liyt is not in him. BSB BSB: But if anyone walks at night, he will stumble, because he has no light.”
11 WYC He seith these thingis, and aftir these thingis he seith to hem, Lazarus, oure freend, slepith, but Y go to reise hym fro sleep. BSB BSB: After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
12 WYC Therfor hise disciplis seiden, Lord, if he slepith, he schal be saaf. BSB BSB: His disciples replied, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will get better.”
13 WYC But Jhesus hadde seid of his deth; but thei gessiden, that he seide of slepyng of sleep. BSB BSB: They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
14 WYC Thanne therfor Jhesus seide to hem opynli, Lazarus is deed; BSB BSB: So Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead,
15 WYC and Y haue ioye for you, that ye bileue, for Y was not there; but go we to hym. BSB BSB: and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 WYC Therfor Thomas, that is seid Didymus, seide to euen disciplis, Go we also, that we dien with hym. BSB BSB: Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
17 WYC And so Jhesus cam, and foond hym hauynge thanne foure daies in the graue. BSB BSB: When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
18 WYC And Bethany was bisidis Jerusalem, as it were fiftene furlongis. BSB BSB: Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, a little less than two miles away,
19 WYC And many of the Jewis camen to Mary and Martha, to coumforte hem of her brothir. BSB BSB: and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them in the loss of their brother.
20 WYC Therfor as Martha herde, that Jhesu cam, sche ran to hym; but Mary sat at home. BSB BSB: So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home.
21 WYC Therfor Martha seide to Jhesu, Lord, if thou haddist be here, my brother hadde not be deed. BSB BSB: Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 WYC But now Y woot, that what euere thingis thou schalt axe of God, God schal yyue to thee. BSB BSB: But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”
23 WYC Jhesus seith to hir, Thi brother schal rise ayen. BSB BSB: “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
24 WYC Martha seith to hym, Y woot, that he schal rise ayen in the ayen risyng in the laste dai. BSB BSB: Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25 WYC Jhesus seith to hir, Y am ayen risyng and lijf; he that bileueth in me, yhe, thouy he be deed, BSB BSB: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
26 WYC he schal lyue; and ech that lyueth, and bileueth in me, schal not die with outen ende. Bileuest thou this thing? BSB BSB: And everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?”
27 WYC Sche seith to hym, Yhe, Lord, Y haue bileued, that thou art Crist, the sone of the lyuynge God, that hast come in to this world. BSB BSB: “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
28 WYC And whanne sche hadde seid this thing, sche wente, and clepide Marie, hir sistir, in silence, and seide, The maister cometh, and clepith thee. BSB BSB: After Martha had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside to tell her, “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
29 WYC Sche, as sche herd, aroos anoon, and cam to hym. BSB BSB: And when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.
30 WYC And Jhesus cam not yit `in to the castel, but he was yit in that place, where Martha hadde comun ayens hym. BSB BSB: Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him.
31 WYC Therfor the Jewis that weren with hir in the hous, and coumfortiden hir, whanne thei sayn Marie, that sche roos swithe, and wente out, thei sueden hir, and seiden, For sche goith to the graue, to wepe there. BSB BSB: When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
32 WYC But whanne Marie was comun where Jhesus was, sche seynge hym felde doun to his feet, and seide to hym, Lord, if thou haddist be here, my brother hadde not be deed. BSB BSB: When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
34 WYC and seide, Where han ye leid hym? Thei seien to hym, Lord, come, and se. BSB BSB: “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
36 WYC Lo! hou he louede hym. BSB BSB: Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 WYC And summe of hem seiden, Whethir this man that openyde the iyen of the borun blynde man, myyte not make that this schulde not die? BSB BSB: But some of them asked, “Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind also have kept Lazarus from dying?”
38 WYC Therfor Jhesus eft makynge noise in hym silf, cam to the graue. And there was a denne, and a stoon was leid theronne. BSB BSB: Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 WYC And Jhesus seith, Take ye awey the stoon. Martha, the sistir of hym that was deed, seith to hym, Lord, he stynkith now, for he hath leye foure daies. BSB BSB: “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
40 WYC Jhesus seith to hir, Haue Y not seid to thee, that if thou bileuest, thou schalt se the glorie of God? BSB BSB: Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
41 WYC Therfor thei token awei the stoon. And Jhesus lifte vp hise iyen, and seide, Fadir, Y do thankyngis to thee, for thou hast herd me; and Y wiste, BSB BSB: So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 WYC that thou euermore herist me, but for the puple that stondith aboute, Y seide, that thei bileue, that thou hast sent me. BSB BSB: I knew that You always hear Me, but I say this for the benefit of the people standing here, so they may believe that You sent Me.”
43 WYC Whanne he hadde seid these thingis, he criede with a greet vois, Lazarus, come thou forth. BSB BSB: After Jesus had said this, He called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”
44 WYC And anoon he that was deed, cam out, boundun the hondis and feet with boondis, and his face boundun with a sudarie. And Jhesus seith to hem, Vnbynde ye hym, and suffre ye hym to go forth. BSB BSB: The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
45 WYC Therfor many of the Jewis that camen to Marie and Martha, and seyn what thingis Jhesus dide, bileueden in hym. BSB BSB: Therefore many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in Him.
46 WYC But summe of hem wente to the Farisees, and seiden to hem, what thingis Jhesus `hadde don. BSB BSB: But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
47 WYC Therfor the bischopis and the Farisees gadriden a counsel ayens Jhesu, and seiden, What do we? for this man doith many myraclis. BSB BSB: Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
48 WYC If we leeue hym thus, alle men schulen bileue in hym; and Romayns schulen come, and schulen take our place and oure folk. BSB BSB: If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
49 WYC But oon of hem, Cayfas bi name, whanne he was bischop of that yeer, seide to hem, BSB BSB: But one of them, named Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all!
50 WYC Ye witen nothing, ne thenken, that it spedith to you, that o man die for the puple, and that al the folc perische not. BSB BSB: You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
51 WYC But he seide not this thing of hym silf, but whanne he was bischop of that yeer, he prophesiede, that Jhesu was to die for the folc, BSB BSB: Caiaphas did not say this on his own. Instead, as high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the nation,
52 WYC and not oneli for the folc, but that he schulde gadere in to oon the sones of God that weren scaterid. BSB BSB: and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
53 WYC Therfor fro that day thei souyten for to sle hym. BSB BSB: So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.
54 WYC Therfor Jhesus walkide not thanne opynli among the Jewis; but he wente in to a cuntre bisidis desert, in to a citee, that is seid Effren, and there he dwellide with hise disciplis. BSB BSB: As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
55 WYC And the pask of the Jewis was niy, and many of the cuntrey wenten vp to Jerusalem bifor the pask, to halewe hem silf. BSB BSB: Now the Jewish Passover was near, and many people went up from the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
56 WYC Therfor thei souyten Jhesu, and spaken togidere, stondynge in the temple, What gessen ye, for he cometh not to the feeste day? For the bischopis and Farisees hadden youun a maundement, that if ony man knowe where he is, that he schewe, that thei take hym. BSB BSB: They kept looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple courts, “What do you think? Will He come to the feast at all?”
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