38 Esachukumiseke njalo entliziyweni uYesu, waya engcwabeni. Ingcwaba eli lalingumqolomba, livalwe ngelitye.
39 Waza wathi uYesu: “Lisuseni ilitye.”Wathi uMarta, udade bomfi: “Nkosi, selenevumba, kuba seleneentsuku ezine eswelekile.”
40 UYesu wathi kuye: “Bendingatshongo na kuwe okokuba uya kuwabona amandla kaThixo ukuba uyakholwa?”
41 Balisusa ke ilitye, waza uYesu wakhangela phezulu, wathi: “Bawo, ndiyabulela kuba undiva.
42 Mna ke bendisazi ukuba uhlala undiva, kambe ke nditsho ngenxa yale ndimbane yabantu ixhontelene apha, khon' ukuze ikholwe ukuba ndithunywe nguwe.”
43 Akuba etshilo wadanduluka wathi: “Lazaro, phuma engcwabeni!”
44 Waphuma umfi, izandla neenyawo zithandelwe ngamalaphu elinen, ubuso bujikelwe ngeqhiya. Wathi kubo uYesu: “Mkhululeni, nimyeke ahambe.”