17. Abantu ababekho oko uYesu wambizayo uLazaro ukuba aphume engcwabeni, emvusa ekufeni, babebabalisela abanye ngaloo nto.
18. Ke ngoko indimbane yaya kumhlangabeza uYesu, kuba yayivile ngokwenza kwakhe loo mqondiso.
19. Baza *abaFarasi bathethana besithi: “Khangelani, yeyele ngomkhono! Nanko elandelwa lilizwe lonke!”
20. Kwakukho namaGrike phakathi kwabo bantu babeye kunqula eJerusalem ngexesha lomsitho *wePasika.
21. Ke wona aya kuFilipu, lowo waseBhetesayida eGalili, acela esithi: “Nkosi, sifuna ukubona uYesu.”
22. UFilipu waya kuxelela uAndreya, baza bahamba bobabini baya kuxelela uYesu.
23. Wabaphendula uYesu wathi: “Lifikile ngoku ixesha lokuba ubungangamsha bakhe *uNyana woLuntu bubonakale.
24. Inene, ukuba ukhozo lwengqolowa aluthanga lufakwe emhlabeni lufe, lohlala lungabi nto; kodwa ukuba luthe lwafa, luvelisa isiqhamo ngakumbi.
25. Lowo ubukokosayo ubomi bakhe, wolahlekelwa bubo; kanti lowo ubuncamayo kweli hlabathi, wohlala enabo kude kube kwelizayo.
26. Lowo usisicaka sam makandilandele, abe kunye nam apho ndikhoyo. Osisicaka sam ke uya kunikwa imbeko nguBawo.”
27. “Intliziyo yam ikhathazekile ngoku. Ndingathini kodwa? Kuthi mandithi: ‘Bawo, ndisindise, ulidlulise kum eli xesha’? Hayi, mandingatsho, kuba kwakungenxa yoku ukuba ndifikelele kweli xesha.
28. Ke ngoko ndithi: ‘Bawo, zibonakalise into oyiyo wena.’ ”Kwavakala ilizwi, liphuma ezulwini, lisithi: “Ndizibonakalisile, ndibe ndisaya kuphinda ndizibonakalise.”
29. Isihlwele sabantu ababemi apho sathi liyaduduma, abanye besithi isithunywa sezulu sithethe naye.
30. Kodwa uYesu wathi kubo: “Eli lizwi alivakalanga ngenxa yam, koko livakale ngenxa yenu.