11. Akuba etshilo, waqokela wathi: “Umhlobo wethu uLazaro ulele; ndisaya kumvusa.”
12. Baza bathi kuye abafundi: “Nkosi, ukuba ulele, uya kuvuka.”
13. Kanti ke uYesu wayethetha okokuba uLazaro uswelekile, kodwa bona babeba uthetha ukuthi ulele ubuthongo.
14. Ke ngoko wabaxelela ngokuphandle, wathi: “ULazaro ufile;
15. kodwa ngenxa yenu ndiyavuya ngokungabikho kwam khona, ukuze nikholwe. Ngoko ke, masiye kuye.”
16. Ke ngoko uTomas, uWele, wathi kwabanye abafundi: “Masiye nathi, size sife kunye naye.”
17. Kwathi akufika uYesu, wafumana ukuba uLazaro seleneentsuku ezine engcwatyiwe.