NGOKUKAJOHANE 11

₁Kwakukhona othile ogulayo, uLazaru waseBethaniya umuzi wakubo kaMariya nodadewabo uMarta.

₂UMariya kwakunguye owagcoba iNkosi ngamafutha, wesula izinyawo zayo ngezinwele zakhe, omnewabo uLazaru wayegula.

₃Ngakho-ke odadewabo bathumela kuye, bathi: Nkosi, bheka, lo omthandayo uyagula.

₄UJesu esekuzwile lokho wathi: Lokhukugula akusikho okokufa, kodwa kungenxa yenkazimulo kaNkulunkulu ukuba iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ikhazimuliswe ngakho.

₅Kepha uJesu wayebathanda oMarta nodadewabo noLazaru.

₆Ngakho-ke kwathi ezwa ukuthi uyagula, wahlala futhi izinsuku ezimbili endaweni abekuyo.

₇Emva kwalokho wathi kubafundi bakhe: Asibuye, siye eJudiya.

₈Abafundi bathi kuye: Rabi, abaJuda basand' ukufuna ukukukhanda ngamatshe; usaya futhi khona na?

₉UJesu waphendula wathi: Awakho yini amahora ayishumi nambili emini na? Uma umuntu ehamba emini, akakhubeki, ngokuba ubona ukukhanya kwalelizwe.

₁₀Kodwa uma umuntu ehamba ebusuku, uyakhubeka, ngokuba kungekho ukukhanya kuye.

₁₁Wakhuluma lokho; emva kwalokho wathi kubo: ULazaru umhlobo wethu ulele, kepha ngiyahamba ukuba ngimvuse ebuthongweni.

₁₂Abafundi bakhe base bethi kuye: Nkosi, uma elele, uyakusinda.

₁₃Kepha uJesu wayekhuluma ngokufa kwakhe, kepha bona babethi ukhuluma ngokulala ubuthongo.

₁₄Ngakho-ke uJesu wathi kubo ngokuchachileyo: ULazaru ufile;

₁₅ngiyathokoza ngenxa yenu ukuthi bengingekho, ukuze nikholwe; kepha asiye kuye.

₁₆Khona uTomase othiwa uDidimu wathi kubafundi abakanye naye: Asihambe nathi, ukuze sife kanye naye.

₁₇Kwathi-ke esefika uJesu, wamfumana esenezinsuku ezine ethuneni.

₁₈IBethaniya laliseduze neJerusalema, kungaba-ngamastadiyu* ayishumi nanhlanu.

₁₉Abaningi kubaJuda babefikile koMarta noMariya ukubakhuza ngomnewabo.

₂₀Ngakho uMarta esezwé ukuthi uJesu uyeza, waya ukumhlangabeza, kepha uMariya wahlala endlini.

₂₁Wayesethi uMarta kuJesu: Nkosi, uma ubukhona, umnewethu nga engafanga;

₂₂kepha ngiyazi nakalokhu ukuthi nokuba yini ongakucela kuNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uzakukunika khona.

₂₃UJesu wathi kuye: Umnewenu uzakuvuka.

₂₄UMarta wathi kuye: Ngiyazi ukuthi uyakuvuka ekuvukeni ngosuku lokugcina.

₂₅UJesu wathi kuye: Mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila; okholwa yimi, noma efa, wophila.

₂₆Nalowo ophila, akholwe yimi, kasoze afa naphakade. Uyakholwa yilokho na?

₂₇Wathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi, ngiyakholwa ukuthi wena unguKristu, iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, obezakuza ezweni.

₂₈Eseshilo lokho wamuka wabiza uMariya udadewabo ngasese, wathi: UMfundisi ukhona, uyakubiza.

₂₉Yena-ke ekuzwa lokho wasuka masinyane, waya kuye.

₃₀Kepha uJesu wayengakafiki emzini, kodwa wayesekuleyondawo uMarta amhlangabeza kuyo.

₃₁AbaJuda ababesendlini naye bemkhuza, bebona uMariya esuka masinyane ephuma, bamlandela, bathi: Uya ethuneni ukuba akhale khona.

₃₂UMariya esefiké lapho ekhona uJesu, embona, wawa ngasezinyaweni zakhe, wathi: Nkosi, uma ubukhona, umnewethu nga engafanga.

₃₃Ngakho uJesu embona ekhala, nabaJuda abafika naye bekhala, wabubula emoyeni, wakhathazeka;

₃₄wathi: Nimbekephi na? Bathi kuye: Nkosi, woza ubone.

₃₅UJesu wakhala izinyembezi.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

₄₃Esekhulumé lokho wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, wathi: Lazaru, phuma.

₄₄Waphuma ofileyo eboshwé izinyawo nezandla ngezindwangu, ubuso bakhe bumboziwe ngeduku. UJesu wathi kubo: Mthukululeni, nimyeke ahambe.

₄₅Khona abaningi kubaJuda ababezile kuMariya bebona abekwenzile, bakholwa nguye.

₄₆Kepha abanye babo baya kubaFarisi, babatshela abekwenzile uJesu.

₄₇Ngalokho abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi base bemema umphakathi, bathi: Siyakwenze-njani na? Lomuntu wenza izibonakaliso eziningi;

₄₈uma simyeka njalo, bazakukholwa nguye bonke; amaRoma ayakufika, asamuke indawo nesizwe.

₄₉Kepha othile wabo, uKayafase, engumpristi omkhulu walowomnyaka, wathi kubo: Anazi-lutho nina;

₅₀aniqondi futhi ukuthi kunilungele ukuba umuntu oyedwa afele abantu, isizwe sonke singabhubhi.

₅₁Lokho kakushongo ngokwakhe, kodwa engumpristi omkhulu walowomnyaka waprofetha ukuba uJesu wayezakufa ngenxa yesizwe;

₅₂kungengenxa yesizwe kuphela, kepha ukuba abuthele ndawonye abantwana bakaNkulunkulu abahlakazekileyo, babe-munye.

₅₃Kusukela kulolosuku baceba ukuba bambulale.

₅₄Ngakho uJesu kabuyange esahamba obala phakathi kwabaJuda, kepha wamuka lapho, waya ezweni eliseduze nehlane emzini othiwa iEfrayimi; wahlala khona nabafundi bakhe.

₅₅Lase liseduze iPhasika labaJuda; abaningi abavela emaphandleni bakhuphukela eJerusalema ngaphambi kwePhasika ukuba bazihlambulule.

₅₆Ngakho bamfuna uJesu, bexoxa bemi ethempelini, bethi: Nithini na? Akayikuza nempela emkhosini na?

₅₇Abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babekhiphé umyalo wokuthi uma kukhona owaziyo lapho ekhona, ababikele, ukuze bambambe.