40 Tsono Marta akhadedema na basa lizinji. Ndipo adafendera kuna Jezu aciti: “Mbuya! Kodi mulikuwona lini kuti m'bale wanguyu ali kundilekerera basa ndekha-ndekha? Muuzeni adzandithandize!”.
Ndipo nthawe ya kumaulo, wakupfundzira wace adafendera pafupi naye acimuuza kuti: “Kuno ni kuthengo, ndipo kuli kudoka. Auzeni wanthuwa ayende m'mii kuti akagule cakudya”.
Pamwepo Pedru adam'cemera kumphimpha, aciyamba kum'gaza aciti: “Bzingacitike lini, Mbuya! Bzimwebzo cipo bzin'dzakucitikirani lini!”
Abale wace na kubva bzimwebzi, adabwera kuti adzamutenge, thangwe iwo akhati: “Ali kucita nsala”.
Jezu na ateweri wace akhafamba paulendo, adafika pamudzi winango, adatambiridwa panyumba ya mkazi wakucemeredwa Marta.
Ndipo Mbuya adamutawira aciti: “Marta, Marta! Ulikudedema ndipo ulikucita bzinthu bzizinji.
Na tenepo, lekani kukhala na thupo kuti mun'dzadya ciyani ayai mun'dzamwa ciyani. Lekani kukhala na thupo na bzimwebzo.
Tsono Jezu adaceuka aciwakalipira kuti “Imwepo mun'dziwa lini kuti ni mtundu wanyi wa mzimu omwe uli namwe, nakuti Mwana wa Munthu alibe kubwera kudzadzonga mimoyo ya wanthu koma kudzaipulumusa”.
Ndipo pakhana munthu winango, omwe akhadwala dzina lace Lazalo. Akhali wa kuBetanya, kumui kwa Maliya na m'bale wace Marta.
Ndipo Jezu akhafuna Marta na m'bale wace Maliya ndipombo Lazalo.
Adakondzera Jezu cakudya cakulalira kumweko, ndipo Marta akhawatumikira. Tsono Lazalo akhali m'bodzi mwa omwe akhadya naye.
Lekani kuphatira basa cakudya comwe cin'mala. Phatirani comwe cin'pasa moyo wakusaya kumala comwe Mwana-wa-Munthu an'dzakupasani. Thangwe ndiye adabvumidwa acipasidwa mphambvu”.