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María oquitlalilij Jesús ajhuiyalistli

12  Chicuasen tonajli polihuia ica ajsis on ilhuitl pascua, Jesús oyaj ne ipan on pueblo itoca Betania. Lázaro on tlacatl yejhuan Jesús yoquiyolitijca niman yoquetztejca ne ipan itlalcon, chantiya ipan on pueblo. Ompa oquichijchiquej se tlacuajli para quitlajsojcamachilisquej Jesús ica on tlen oquichiu. Marta quintlamacaya niman Lázaro tehuan ompa ihuan tlacuajticatca ipan on mesa. Quemaj María ocuajquic canaj tlajco litro ajhuiyalistli itoca nardo, yejhuan sanoyej patioj. Niman ican on ajhuiyalistli oquimaltij icxihuan Jesús niman quemaj oquinhuajhuatz ican itzon. Ijtic on cajli oten ican iajhuiyalis on ajhuiyalistli. Quemaj Judas Iscariote, iconeu Simón, yejhuan no tehuan tlapohuajli catca intech on majtlactli huan ome inomachtijcahuan Jesús niman sa no yejhua, yejhuan quitemactilis, oquijlij:

―¿Tlica xmás cuajli nonamacasquia in ajhuiyalistli ica yeyi ciento denarios niman ica on tomin tiquimpalehuisquiaj on mayanquej?

Pero Judas ijcon oquijtoj xpampa melahuac quimicneliaya on mayanquej, yej pampa yejhua tlachtequetl. Yejhua quejehuaya on bolsa ican tomin niman quichtequiya sequi on tlen ipan on bolsa quitlaliayaj. Quemaj Jesús oquijlij:

―Ma ca xpajsolo. Yejhua quejehuaya in ajhuiyalistli para nechmatlalosquia ipan notlalnacayo ipan on tonajli ijcuac nechtocasquej ne ipan notlalcon. Nochipa nemotzajlan nenquimpiasquej on mayanquej, pero nejhua xnochipa nican nennechpiasquej.

On hebreos quimictisnequiyaj Lázaro

Miyequej on hebreos oquimatquej ica Jesús nemiya ne Betania niman ompa oyajquej. Oyajquej xsan para contasquej Jesús, yej no para contasquej Lázaro yejhuan Jesús oquiyolihuitij niman oquetzteu ne intzajlan on mimiquej. 10 Yejhua ica intlayecancahuan on tiopixquej oquitlalijquej inyojlo para no quimictisquiaj Lázaro, 11 pampa san yejhua ipampa miyequej on hebreos ye notzijtzinquixtiayaj ne intech niman yej quineltocayaj Jesús.

Jesús ocalac ne Jerusalén quen se tetlanquetl

12 Huajmostla miyec tlacatl yejhuan ye nemiya ne Jerusalén para quipanosquej on ilhuitl pascua ocacquej ica Jesús ajsis ne Jerusalén. 13 Yejhua ica oquitequej imahuan on soyatl niman oquisquej oquinamiquitoj Jesús. Yejhuamej ijquin tzajtzitiayaj:

―¡Ma quiseli yectenehualistli! ¡Ma Dios quitiochihua yejhua on yejhuan hualajticaj ican itocatzin toTeco! ¡Ma Dios quitiochihua on iRey Israel!

14 Jesús oquinextij se poloco niman ipan otlejcoc quen quijtohua on Yectlajcuilojli: 15 Ma ca xmomojtican nemejhuamej yejhuan nenchantij ipan on hueyican itoca Sión. Xquitacan, nemoRey. Hualetiu ipan se poloco.

16 Ijcuac on onochiu, inomachtijcahuan Jesús xocajsicamatquej on tlajtlamach. Pero ijcuac Jesús otlejcoc ne ilhuicac, oquelnamiquej ica nochi yejhua on ye ijqui tlajcuilolnesticatca yejhua itech, niman ica ijqui mero ipan onochiu.

17 On tlacamej yejhuan ihuan Jesús nemiyaj ijcuac oconotz Lázaro ne ipan itlalcon ijcuac oquiyolitij niman oquetzteu, quitetlajtlajtohuiliayaj nochi tlen oquitaquej. 18 Yejhua ica miyec tlacatl oyajquej quinamiquitoj Jesús pampa oquimatquej on milagros yejhuan oquichiu. 19 Quemaj on fariseos oquinojlijquej:

―¡Xquitacan, xitlaj otictlanquej! ¡Xquitacan, nochi tlacatl ipan in tlalticpactli oquiselijquej yejhua!

Sequimej griegos oquitejtemojquej Jesús

20 Intzajlan on tlacamej yejhuan oyajquej Jerusalén para quimahuistiliaj Dios ipan on ilhuitl, nemiyaj sequimej yejhuan chanejquej catcaj ne Grecia. 21 Yejhuamej oquinisihuijquej Felipe yejhuan chanej catca ne Betsaida de Galilea, niman ijquin oquijlijquej:

―Señor, ticnequij tiquitasquej Jesús.

22 Felipe oyaj niman oquitlajtlajtohuilij Andrés on tlen oquijlijquej. Niman quemaj on omemej san secan oyajquej oquitlajtlajtohuilitoj Jesús on tlen quijtohuayaj. 23 Niman Jesús oquimijlij:

―Yoyejcoc on tonajli ijcuac nejhua yejhuan oninochiu Tlacatl nechhueyilisquej. 24 Ica tlen melahuac nemechijlia ica tla xachtopa nimiquis, xhuelis nictemacas yencuic nemilistli. Nejhua no niijqui quen se iteyo on trigo. Tla se iteyo on trigo xnotoca ipan tlajli, xhueli quitlaquitia miyec, yej nocahua iselti. Pero tla notoca ipan tlajli, tla ijcon, noscaltia niman quitlaquitia miyec. 25 Yejhuan quichihua canica para ma ca quipolos inemilis ipampa Cristo xquipias nemilistli yejhuan para nochipa. Pero on yejhuan quitemaca inemilis ipampa Cristo, quiselis nemilistli para nochipa. 26 Tla yacaj quinequi nechtequipanos, ica oncaj yas nohuan, niman ijcon campa nejhua ninemis, no ompa nemis on yejhuan nechtequipanos. Tla yacaj nechtequipanos, noTajtzin quitlacaitas.

Jesús oquitemachiltij ica miquis

27 'Aman sanoyej ninoyolcocohua. ¿Tlinon niquijlis noTajtzin? ¿Niquijlis: “NoTajtzin, xnechmanahui itech on tlajyohuilistli tlen aman nopan nochihuas”? ¡Ca! Xijcon niquijlis pampa yejhua ica on onihuajlaj ipan in tlalticpactli. 28 NoTajtzin, xchihua para ma mitzhueyilican.

Quemaj ocaquistic se tlajtojli ne ilhuicac yejhuan oquijtoj: “Yonicchiu para ma nechhueyilican, niman ocsejpa nicchihuas para ma nechhueyilican.”

29 Niman on tlacamej yejhuan ompa tlacacticatcaj oquijtojquej ica ocaquistic se tlacomonajli, niman ocsequimej quijtohuayaj ica se ilhuicactequitquetl ocuajnotz.

30 Quemaj Jesús oquimijlij:

―On tlajtojli ocaquistic xpara nejhua nicaquis, yej para nemejhuamej nencaquisquej. 31 Aman yoyejcoc on tonaltin ijcuac Dios quinyolcuitis niman quintlaxtlahuilis nochimej in tlalticpactlacamej. Niman aman yejhua quixtilis itequihuajyo on yejhuan itequihua in tlalticpactli. 32 Niman ijcuac nechmajmasohualtisquej ipan cojnepanojli nican ipan in tlalticpactli, sa no nejhua niquinyoltilanas nochimej notech.

33 Ijcuac ijcon oquijtoj, oquitecaquistilij quen miquis ipan on cojnepanojli. 34 Niman ijcuac on tlacamej ijcon ocacquej, oquijlijquej:

―On Yectlajcuilojli techmachiltia ica Cristo nemis para nochipa. Yejhua ica ¿tlica, tej, tejhua tiquijtohua ica on yejhuan onochiu Tlacatl ica oncaj cajcopilosquej? ¿Aquinon on yejhuan onochiu Tlacatl?

35 Ijcuacon Jesús oquimijlij:

―Nejhua yejhuan nitequichihua para cajsicamatisquej on tlajtlamach ica Dios nemis nemotzajlan san quesqui tonaltin más. Yejhua ica xselican on tlaixmachilistli chica nenhuelij para ma ca on xtlaixmachilistli tetlanis. Yejhuan xcajsicamati, xquimati canica yau. 36 Nejhua nitequichihua para cajsicamatij tlajtlamach itech ica Dios. Yejhua ica, chica ninemi nemotzajlan, xnechneltocacan para nenquipiasquej tlaixmachilistli.

Ijcuac Jesús otlan quijtohua in tlajtlamach, oyaj niman yejhuamej xoc oquimatquej canica oyaj.

On hebreos xoquineltocaquej Jesús

37 Masqui Jesús oquichiu miyec milagros imixpan, xquineltocayaj. 38 Ijcon yej oncatca para nochihuas on tlen oquijcuiloj on tiotlajtojquetl Isaías:

ToTeco, ¿aquinon yoquineltocac totemachtil? Masqui oquitaquej mopoder, ¿aquinon tlaneltoca? 39 No xhueliyaj quineltocayaj, pampa Isaías ijquin no oquijcuilojca:

40 Dios oquinciegotilij niman oquinyoltechijcau. Ijquin oquichiu para ma ca ma cajsicamatican tlinon quijtosnequi on tlen oquitaquej, niman ma ca tlaneltocasquej impan inyojlo, niman para ma ca ma huajnocuepacan notech para niquintlapojpolhuis.

41 Yejhua in tlajtlamach oquijtoj Isaías pampa oquitac ihueyilis Jesús niman otlajtoj ica yejhua.

42 Masqui ijcon, miyequej on hebreos oquineltocaquej Jesús, hasta on yejhuan tequihuajquej. Pero xquipantlantiayaj intlaneltoc pampa quinmacajsiyaj ica on fariseos quinhuajquixtisquej ipan on tiopan. 43 Ijcon, tej, xquipantlantiayaj intlaneltoc pampa yejhuamej más cuelitayaj para tlacamej ma quintlacaitacan xej para Dios ma quintlacaita.

Intlajtol Jesús quintlajtlacolmacas on tlacamej

44 Jesús oquijtoj ican chicahuac tlajtojli:

―Yejhuan nechneltoca xsan nejhua nechneltoca, yej no quineltoca noTajtzin yejhuan onechajtitlan. 45 Niman on yejhuan nechita no quita on yejhuan onechajtitlan. 46 Nejhua onihuajlaj ipan in tlalticpactli para nictemacas cajsicamatilistli, niman ijcon, tej, san aquinon yejhuan nechneltocas quiselis tlamachilistli. 47 Tla yacaj caqui notlajtol niman xquitlacamati, xnejhua niquiyolcuitis nion niquitlajtlacolmacas, pampa nejhua onihuajlaj xpara niquinyolcuitis niman niquintlajtlacolmacas in tlalticpactlacamej, yej para niquinmaquixtis. 48 Pero ye nemi aquin quiyolcuitis niman quitlajtlacolmacas on yejhuan xnechselia niman xquitlacamati notlajtol. On tlajtojli yejhuan yoniquijtoj on yejhua quiyolcuitis niman quitlajtlacolmacas ipan on sa ica nochi tonajli. 49 Ijcon nochihuas pampa nejhua xniquijitohua on tlen nicnemilia, yej noTajtzin, yejhuan onechajtitlan, onechnahuatij yejhua ica on tlen niquijtos niman nicteititis. 50 Niman nicmatzticaj ica on tlen noTajtzin onechnahuatij para nemechijlis, quitemaca on nemilistli yejhuan para nochipa. Yejhua ica on tlen nejhua niquijtohua, niquijtohua quen yejhua onechijlij.

Jesus Anointed at Bethany(A)

12 Six days before the Passover,(B) Jesus came to Bethany,(C) where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Here a dinner was given in Jesus’ honor. Martha served,(D) while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about a pint[a] of pure nard, an expensive perfume;(E) she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.(F) And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.

But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him,(G) objected, “Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages.[b] He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag,(H) he used to help himself to what was put into it.

“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.(I) You will always have the poor among you,[c](J) but you will not always have me.”

Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.(K) 10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, 11 for on account of him(L) many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.(M)

Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King(N)

12 The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. 13 They took palm branches(O) and went out to meet him, shouting,

“Hosanna![d]

“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”[e](P)

“Blessed is the king of Israel!”(Q)

14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:

15 “Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;
    see, your king is coming,
    seated on a donkey’s colt.”[f](R)

16 At first his disciples did not understand all this.(S) Only after Jesus was glorified(T) did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

17 Now the crowd that was with him(U) when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. 18 Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign,(V) went out to meet him. 19 So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”(W)

Jesus Predicts His Death

20 Now there were some Greeks(X) among those who went up to worship at the festival. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida(Y) in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.

23 Jesus replied, “The hour(Z) has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.(AA) 24 Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies,(AB) it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. 25 Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it(AC) for eternal life.(AD) 26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be.(AE) My Father will honor the one who serves me.

27 “Now my soul is troubled,(AF) and what shall I say? ‘Father,(AG) save me from this hour’?(AH) No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!”

Then a voice came from heaven,(AI) “I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.

30 Jesus said, “This voice was for your benefit,(AJ) not mine. 31 Now is the time for judgment on this world;(AK) now the prince of this world(AL) will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up[g] from the earth,(AM) will draw all people to myself.”(AN) 33 He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.(AO)

34 The crowd spoke up, “We have heard from the Law(AP) that the Messiah will remain forever,(AQ) so how can you say, ‘The Son of Man(AR) must be lifted up’?(AS) Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”

35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light(AT) just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light,(AU) before darkness overtakes you.(AV) Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going. 36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(AW) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(AX)

Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews

37 Even after Jesus had performed so many signs(AY) in their presence, they still would not believe in him. 38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:

“Lord, who has believed our message
    and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”[h](AZ)

39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

40 “He has blinded their eyes
    and hardened their hearts,
so they can neither see with their eyes,
    nor understand with their hearts,
    nor turn—and I would heal them.”[i](BA)

41 Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory(BB) and spoke about him.(BC)

42 Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.(BD) But because of the Pharisees(BE) they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;(BF) 43 for they loved human praise(BG) more than praise from God.(BH)

44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.(BI) 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.(BJ) 46 I have come into the world as a light,(BK) so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

47 “If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.(BL) 48 There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them(BM) at the last day. 49 For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me(BN) to say all that I have spoken. 50 I know that his command leads to eternal life.(BO) So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”(BP)

Footnotes

  1. John 12:3 Or about 0.5 liter
  2. John 12:5 Greek three hundred denarii
  3. John 12:8 See Deut. 15:11.
  4. John 12:13 A Hebrew expression meaning “Save!” which became an exclamation of praise
  5. John 12:13 Psalm 118:25,26
  6. John 12:15 Zech. 9:9
  7. John 12:32 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  8. John 12:38 Isaiah 53:1
  9. John 12:40 Isaiah 6:10