1. Kwakukho mntu uthile ugulayo, uLazaro. WayengowaseBhetani kuloMariya noMarta oodade wabo.
2. UMariya lo ngulowa wayithambisayo iNkosi ngamafutha aqholiweyo, waza wazisula ngeenwele zakhe iinyawo zayo. Lo Lazaro wayegula wayengumnakwabo.
3. Ke ngoko oodade wabo aba bathumela kuYesu, besithi: “Nkosi, umhlobo wakho uyagula.”
4. Akuyiva loo nto, wathi uYesu: “Oku kugula akuyi kuphelela ekufeni, koko kuya kubonakalisa amandla kaThixo, aze uNyana kaThixo abe nodumo.”
5. Ngoko ke, nangona uYesu wayebathanda ooMarta noMariya noLazaro,
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.”