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.”
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.”