12 Baza bathi kuye abafundi: “Nkosi, ukuba ulele, uya kuvuka.”
13 Kanti ke uYesu wayethetha okokuba uLazaro uswelekile, kodwa bona babeba uthetha ukuthi ulele ubuthongo.
14 Ke ngoko wabaxelela ngokuphandle, wathi: “ULazaro ufile;
15 kodwa ngenxa yenu ndiyavuya ngokungabikho kwam khona, ukuze nikholwe. Ngoko ke, masiye kuye.”
16 Ke ngoko uTomas, uWele, wathi kwabanye abafundi: “Masiye nathi, size sife kunye naye.”
17 Kwathi akufika uYesu, wafumana ukuba uLazaro seleneentsuku ezine engcwatyiwe.
18 IBhetani yayikufuphi neJerusalem, umgama onganeno kweekhilomitha ezintathu,