UMartha wathi kuye: “Ngiyazi ukuthi uyakuvuka ekuvukeni ngomhla wokuphela.”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila; okholwa yimi noma efa uyakuphila, nalowo ophilayo, akholwe yimi, akasoze afa nanini. Uyakukholwa yilokho na?”
Waphendula, wathi: “Yebo Nkosi, ngiyakholwa ukuthi Wena unguKhristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, obezakuza emhlabeni.”
Esekushilo lokho uMartha, wahamba wayobiza uMariya, udadewabo ngasese, wathi: “UMfundisi ukhona, futhi uyakubiza.”
Lapho ekuzwa lokho, uMariya wathi lacu masinyane, waya kuye. Kepha uJesu wayengakafiki emzini; wayesekuleyo ndawo uMartha ayemhlangabeze kuyo. Ngakho-ke abaJuda ababenaye endlini bemduduza, kuthe bebona uMariya esukuma ngokushesha ephuma, bamlandela, ngoba babecabanga ukuthi uya ethuneni ukuba ayokhala khona.
Ngakho uMariya esefikile lapho uJesu ayekhona, wathi ukuba ambone wazilahla ngasezinyaweni zakhe, wathi: “Nkosi, ukuba ubukhona, umfowethu ngabe akafanga.”
Ngakho-ke uJesu embona ekhala, nabaJuda ababefike naye bekhala, wathinteka kakhulu emoyeni, wakhathazeka, wayesethi: “Nimngcwabe kuphi na?”
Bathi kuye: “Nkosi, woza uzobona.”
UJesu wakhala izinyembezi. Ngakho-ke abaJuda bathi: “Bheka, indlela abemkhonze ngayo.”
Kepha abanye kubo bathi: “Lo akavulanga yini amehlo empumputhe, pho ubengekwenze ngani ukuba le ndoda ingafi na?”
Ngakho-ke uJesu wathinteka kakhulu emoyeni, waya ethuneni. Ithuna lalingumhume, kubekwe itshe, livundle kuwo. UJesu wathi: “Susani itshe.”
UMartha, udadewabo kamufi, wathi kuye: “Nkosi, useyanuka, ngokuba sekulusuku lwesine lolu.”
UJesu wathi kuye: “Angikutshelanga yini ukuthi uma ukholwa, uzakubona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu na?”
Balisusa-ke itshe. UJesu waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wathi: “Baba, ngiyakubonga, ngokuba ungizwile. Bengazi Mina ukuthi uhlala ungizwa, kodwa ngenxa yesixuku esingiphahlileyo ngikushilo lokho, ukuze sikholwe wukuthi nguwe ongithumileyo.”
Esekushilo lokho, wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: “Lazaru, phuma.”
Waphuma obefile eboshwe ngezindwangu ezinyaweni nasezandleni, ubuso bakhe bumbozwe ngesiqephu sendwangu. UJesu wathi kubo: “Mthukululeni, nimyeke ahambe.”
Ngakho abaJuda abaningi ababeze kuMariya bebona akwenzileyo, bakholwa kuye.
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