1 Ngosuku lwesithandathu phambi *kwePasika uYesu waya eBhetani, apho wayehlala khona uLazaro, lowo uYesu wayemvuse ekufeni.
2 Walungiselelwa isidlo ke uYesu, waza uMarta wabaphakela, uLazaro engomnye wababehleli etafileni kunye noYesu.
3 UMariya wathatha amafutha angangxengwanga esiqholo esiyinadusi, abunzima bungaphezulwana kwamakhulu amathathu eegram, axabiso likhulu, wathambisa ngawo iinyawo zikaYesu, wazisula ngeenwele zakhe. Yatsho indlu yazala livumba elimnandi lesiqholo eso.
4 Ke ngoko omnye wabafundi bakaYesu, uJudas Sikariyoti, lowo wayeza kumngcatsha, wathi: