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.
10 Kodwa ukuba uhamba ebusuku, uyakhubeka; kuba akukho kukhanya kumkhanyiselayo.”
11 Akuba etshilo, waqokela wathi: “Umhlobo wethu uLazaro ulele; ndisaya kumvusa.”
12 Baza bathi kuye abafundi: “Nkosi, ukuba ulele, uya kuvuka.”