34. wathi: “Nimngcwabe phi?”Bathi: “Nkosi, yiza sikubonise.”
35. Zehla iinyembezi kuYesu.
36. Ke ngoko amaJuda athi: “Khanikhangele ukumthanda kwakhe!”
37. Ke amanye kuwo athi: “Wawavula nje amehlo emfama, ngaba ebengenako ukwenza ukuba noLazaro angabhubhi?”
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.”