Wakathi uwo mwanamulume mumwenga ariyekala wazhalwa kidende were anatsukulwa. Kila siku, at'u were makamuhala na makadzamwika kahi za muv̱irya mumwenga wa ro Hekalu uifwao “Muv̱irya Mudzo,” ili avoye-voye p'esa kula kwa o at'u mangirao mo Hekaluni.
Iye were a ho mulomoni th'amaaye ni kwamba arye go magande gandigogwa kula kahi za yo meza ya ye thajiri. Zho mbai were k'uro ni kudza na makamulamba-lamba zho virondazhe.
Bai kwereko mut'u mumwenga ariyeifwa Lazaro. Mut'u yuyu were anaishi na nduguze airi a kiche mario were ni Maryamu na Marith'a ko mudzi wa Beth'ania. Siku mwenga akikala mukongo.
Kula haho, P'et'ero akimbola achenda ko muv̱iryani. Anafika kuko, musichana mumwenga akimona na akiambira o at'u mariokala haho kukala, “Yuyu naye were a hamwenga na Jesu wa Nazareth'i benwi.”
Jesu akienderera kuamba, “Kwereko mut'u mumwenga ariyekala ni thajiri sana naye were avala nguwo za zambarau na za kitani safi. Chakuryache chere ni cha hali ya dzulu.