3 Ke ngoko oodade wabo aba bathumela kuYesu, besithi: “Nkosi, umhlobo wakho uyagula.”
4 Akuyiva loo nto, wathi uYesu: “Oku kugula akuyi kuphelela ekufeni, koko kuya kubonakalisa amandla kaThixo, aze uNyana kaThixo abe nodumo.”
5 Ngoko ke, nangona uYesu wayebathanda ooMarta noMariya noLazaro,
6 wahlala iintsuku zambini kuloo ndawo weva ekuyo ngokugula kukaLazaro.
7 Emva koko wathi kubafundi bakhe: “Masiphinde siye kwelakwaJuda.”
8 Ke ngoko bathi kuye abafundi: “Mfundisi, ebesand' ukufuna ukukugibisela ngamatye nje amaJuda, ungáthini ukubuya uye khona?”
9 Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Ilanga liyavela, litshone, anditsho? Ke ukuba umntu uhamba emini, akakhubeki; kuba ukhanyiselwa lukhanyiso lweli hlabathi.