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| 1. | Kwakukhona-ke othile owayegula othiwa nguLazaro weBethani, emzaneni kaMariya loMarta udadewabo. |
| 2. | Kwakunguye uMariya owagcoba iNkosi ngamagcobo, wesula inyawo zayo ngenwele zakhe, omnewabo uLazaro wayegula. |
| 3. | Ngakho odadewabo bathumela kuye besithi: Nkosi, khangela lowo omthandayo uyagula. |
| 4. | UJesu esezwile wathi: Lokhu ukugula kakusikho okokufa, kodwa kungokodumo lukaNkulunkulu ukuze iNdodana kaNkulunkulu idunyiswe ngakho. |
| 5. | UJesu wayebathanda-ke oMarta lodadewabo loLazaro. |
| 6. | Ngakho esezwile ukuthi uyagula, wasehlala insuku ezimbili endaweni lapho ayekhona. |
| 7. | Emva kwalokhu wasesithi kubafundi bakhe: Asiphinde siye eJudiya. |
| 8. | Abafundi bathi kuye: Rabi*, amaJuda asanda ukudinga ukukukhanda ngamatshe, njalo uya khona futhi yini? |
| 9. | UJesu waphendula wathi: Kawakho amahola alitshumi lambili emini yini? Nxa umuntu ehamba emini, kakhubeki, ngoba uyabona ukukhanya kwalumhlaba. |
| 10. | Kodwa uba umuntu ehamba ebusuku, uyakhubeka, ngoba ukukhanya kakukho kuye. |
| 11. | Wakhuluma lezizinto, emva kwalokhu wasesithi kubo: Umngane wethu uLazaro uselele; kodwa ngiyahamba ukuze ngimvuse ebuthongweni. |
| 12. | Ngakho abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: Nkosi, uba elele, uzaphila. |
| 13. | Kodwa uJesu wakhuluma ngokufa kwakhe; kodwa bona bacabanga ukuthi wakhuluma ngokuphumula kobuthongo. |
| 14. | Ngakho uJesu wasebatshela ngokucacileyo: ULazaro ufile. |
| 15. | Njalo ngiyathokoza ngenxa yenu ukuthi bengingekho lapho, ukuze likholwe; kodwa asiye kuye. |
| 16. | Ngakho uTomasi, othiwa nguDidimusi, wathi kubafundi kanye laye: Asihambeni lathi, ukuze sife kanye laye. |
| 17. | Kwathi esefika uJesu, wamfica eselensuku ezine engcwabeni. |
| 18. | LeBethani yayiseduze leJerusalema, okungaba ngamastadiyu* alitshumi lanhlanu ukusuka lapho; |
| 19. | labanengi kumaJuda babefikile kuMarta loMariya, ukuze babaduduze ngomnewabo. |
| 20. | Ngakho uMarta, esezwile ukuthi uJesu uyeza, wayakumhlangabeza; kodwa uMariya wahlala endlini. |
| 21. | UMarta wasesithi kuJesu: Nkosi, aluba ubukhona lapha, umnewethu ngabe kafanga; |
| 22. | kodwa lakhathesi ngiyazi ukuthi loba yini ongayicela kuNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uzakunika yona. |
| 23. | UJesu wathi kuye: Umnewenu uzabuya avuke. |
| 24. | UMarta wathi kuye: Ngiyazi ukuthi uzabuya avuke ekuvukeni ngosuku lokucina. |
| 25. | UJesu wathi kuye: Mina ngiyikuvuka lempilo; okholwa kimi, loba esefile, uzaphila; |
| 26. | njalo wonke ophilayo ekholwa kimi, kasoze afe laphakade. Uyakukholwa lokhu yini? |
| 27. | Wathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi; mina ngiyakholwa ukuthi wena unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, obezakuza emhlabeni. |
| 28. | Esetshilo lokhu uMarta wasuka, wayabiza udadewabo uMariya ensitha, wathi: UMfundisi ulapha uyakubiza. |
| 29. | Yena-ke esezwile lokhu, wahle wasuka waya kuye. |
| 30. | Kodwa uJesu wayengakafiki emzaneni, kodwa wayesendaweni lapho uMarta amhlangabeza khona. |
| 31. | Ngakho amaJuda ayesendlini laye emduduza, ebona uMariya ukuthi wasukuma ngokuphangisa ephuma, amlandela, esithi: Uya engcwabeni, ukuze akhale khona. |
| 32. | Kwathi uMariya, esefike lapho uJesu akhona, embona, wawela enyaweni zakhe, esithi kuye: Nkosi, ngabe ubukhona lapha, umnewethu ngabe kafanga. |
| 33. | Ngakho uJesu wathi embona ekhala, lamaJuda afika laye ekhala, wabubula emoyeni, wazikhathaza, |
| 34. | wathi: Limbeke ngaphi? Bathi kuye: Nkosi, woza ubone. |
| 35. | UJesu walila. |
| 36. | Ngakho amaJuda athi: Khangelani ukuthi ubemthanda njani. |
| 37. | Kodwa amanye awo athi: Lo, owavula amehlo esiphofu, ubengekwenze yini ukuthi lalo angafi? |
| 38. | Ngakho uJesu ebubula futhi phakathi kwakhe wafika engcwabeni. Njalo lalilubhalu, lelitshe libekwe phezu kwalo. |
| 39. | UJesu wathi: Susani ilitshe. UMarta udadewabo wofileyo wathi kuye: Nkosi, usenuka; ngoba u se lensuku ezine. |
| 40. | UJesu wathi kuye: Kangitshongo yini kuwe, ukuthi uba ukholwa, uzabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu? |
| 41. | Balisusa-ke ilitshe, lapho okwakulele khona ofileyo. UJesu wasephakamisela amehlo akhe phezulu, wathi: Baba, ngiyakubonga ngoba wena ungizwile. |
| 42. | Kodwa mina bengisazi ukuthi uyangizwa njalonjalo; kodwa ngenxa yexuku elingiphahlileyo ngitshilo lokhu, ukuze bakholwe ukuthi ungithumile. |
| 43. | Esetshilo lezizinto, wamemeza ngelizwi elikhulu wathi: Lazaro, phuma ! |
| 44. | Wasephuma owayefile, ebotshiwe izandla lenyawo ngamalembu, lobuso bakhe bugoqelwe ngelembu. UJesu wathi kubo: Mthukululeni, limyekele ahambe. |
| 45. | Ngakho abanengi kumaJuda, ababeze kuMariya bebona izinto azenzileyo uJesu, bakholwa kuye. |
| 46. | Kodwa abanye babo baya kubaFarisi, babatshela izinto azenzileyo uJesu. |
| 47. | Ngakho abapristi abakhulu labaFarisi baqoqa umphakathi, bathi: Sizakwenzani? Ngoba umuntu lo wenza izibonakaliso ezinengi; |
| 48. | uba simyekele njalo, bonke bazakholwa kuye; amaRoma asezakuza athathe lindawo lesizwe sakithi. |
| 49. | Kodwa omunye wabo, uKayafasi, owayengumpristi omkhulu ngalowomnyaka, wathi kubo: Kalazi lutho lina, |
| 50. | futhi kalinakani ukuthi kusilungele ukuthi umuntu oyedwa afele abantu, lokuthi isizwe sonke singabhubhi. |
| 51. | Kodwa kazitsholongo lokhu ngokwakhe, kodwa engumpristi omkhulu ngalowomnyaka, waprofetha ukuthi uJesu uzafela isizwe, |
| 52. | njalo kungabi yisizwe kuphela, kodwa ukuze abuthele ndawonye labantwana bakaNkulunkulu abahlakazekileyo babe munye. |
| 53. | Ngakho kusukela kulolosuku benza ndawonye icebo ukuze bambulale. |
| 54. | Ngakho uJesu kabesahamba obala phakathi kwamaJuda, kodwa wasuka lapho waya elizweni eliseduze lenkangala, emzini othiwa yiEfrayimi, wasehlala khona labafundi bakhe. |
| 55. | Laselisondele iphasika lamaJuda; labanengi abavela emaphandleni benyukela eJerusalema lingakafiki iphasika, ukuze bazihlambulule. |
| 56. | Ngakho bamdinga uJesu, bekhulumisana bemi ethempelini besithi: Licabangani? Lithi isibili kayikuza emkhosini yini? |
| 57. | Kodwa bonke abapristi abakhulu labaFarisi babekhuphe umlayo wokuthi uba ekhona owaziyo lapho akhona, akubike ukuze bambambe. |
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