4 Kepha uJuda Iskariyothe, omunye wabafundi bakhe obezakumkhaphela, wathi:
5 “Yini ukuba lawa mafutha engathengiswanga ngawodenariyu* abangamakhulu amathathu, kwaphiwa abampofu, na?”
6 Washo lokho kungengokuba ekhathalele abampofu, kepha ngokuba eyisela, ephethe isikhwama, eba okufakwa kuso.
7 Ngakho uJesu wathi: “Myeke ukuba awalondolozele usuku lokumbelwa kwami.
8 Ngokuba abampofu ninabo njalo, kepha mina aninami njalo.”
9 Ngakho isixuku esikhulu sabaJuda sezwa ukuthi ulapho. Beza-ke kungengenxa kaJesu kuphela, kepha nokuba babone uLazaru abemvusile kwabafileyo.
10 Kepha abapristi abakhulu benza icebo lokuba babulale noLazaru,