Ngokukajohane 11:36-43 Ibhayibheli Elingcwele (ZUL59)

36. Ngakho-ke abaJuda bathi: “Bheka, ukumthanda kwakhe okungaka.”

37. Kepha abanye kubo bathi: “Lo owavula amehlo empumputhe wayengekwenze yini ukuba yena lo angafi na?”

38. Ngakho uJesu, ebubula futhi phakathi kwakhe, wafika ethuneni. Lalingumhume, kwakukhona itshe phezu kwawo.

39. Wathi uJesu: “Susani itshe.”UMarta, udadewabo wofileyo, wathi kuye: “Nkosi, usenuka; ngokuba sezizine.”

40. UJesu wathi kuye: “Angishongo yini kuwe ukuthi uma ukholwa, uzakubona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, na?”

41. Balisusa-ke itshe. Kepha uJesu waphakamisa amehlo, wathi: “Baba, ngiyakubonga ngokuba ungizwile.

42. Bengazi mina ukuthi ungizwa njalo, kodwa ngenxa yesixuku esingiphahlileyo ngishilo lokho, ukuze bakholwe ukuthi nguwena ongithumileyo.”

43. Esekhulume lokho wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Lazaru, phuma.”

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