31 Ke amaJuda lawo awayekunye noMariya endlwini, eze kukhuza, athi akubona ephakama kamsinya, aphuma amlandela. Ayeba uya kulila engcwabeni.
32 UMariya waya kulaa ndawo wayekuyo uYesu, wafika waziphosa ezinyaweni zakhe, wathi kuye: “Nkosi, ukuba ubukho, ngengabhubhanga umnakwethu.”
33 Wathi uYesu akumbona elila, namaJuda abeze naye elila, wachukumiseka entliziyweni, wakhathazeka kakhulu,
34 wathi: “Nimngcwabe phi?”Bathi: “Nkosi, yiza sikubonise.”
35 Zehla iinyembezi kuYesu.
36 Ke ngoko amaJuda athi: “Khanikhangele ukumthanda kwakhe!”
37 Ke amanye kuwo athi: “Wawavula nje amehlo emfama, ngaba ebengenako ukwenza ukuba noLazaro angabhubhi?”