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.
20 Akuva uMarta okokuba uYesu uyeza, wamhlangabeza, kodwa yena uMariya wasala endlwini.
21 Waza wathi uMarta kuYesu: “Nkosi, ukuba ubukho, ngengabhubhanga umnakwethu.