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,
19 kwaza kwafika amaJuda amaninzi, eze kukhuza ooMarta noMariya ngokusweleka komnakwabo.