20 Satsi lesisebenti kube simetfwale, safike samnika unina. Lomfana wagona kunina kwaze kwaba ngusemini, wabe sewuyafa.
Nkulunkulu watsi: “Tsatsa Isaka, indvodzana yakho, leyodvwana naloyitsandzako, uye eveni laseMoriya, wente umhlatjelo ngayo entsabeni lengitakulayela yona.”
Israyeli abetsandza kakhulu Josefa kunawo onkhe emadvodzana akhe, sizatfu kwakukutsi wamtala asamdzala kakhulu. Ngako-ke wamtfungela ingubo lendze leyayinemikhono lemidze kantsi futsi ihlotjisiwe.
Ngalelinye lilanga Josefa wabhudza; watsi nakabatjela labomnakabo, bamtondza kakhulu futsi.
Kwatsi ngalelinye lilanga lendvodzana yalomfelokati, labengumnikati walomuti, yagula. Kwachubeka kugula emalanga ngemalanga, kwadzimate kwefika lapho lomfana angasaphefumuli khona.
Lomfana wakhala kuyise watsi: “Ngafa yinhloko! Ngafa yinhloko!” Uyise watfuma sisebenti watsi: “Mtsatse ummikise kunina.”
Unina wenyuka naye wafike wambeka etikwembhedze wemuntfu waNkulunkulu; wavala umnyango, waphumela ngephandle.
“Umfati angalukhohlwa yini luswane lolusesebeleni lakhe nekutsi abete sihawu kumntfwana lamtalako? Nome angakhohlwa, kodvwa mine ngingeke ngikukhohlwe wena.
Njengemfati nakadvudvuta umntfwanakhe, nami ngiyawunidvudvuta kanjalo, nginidvudvutele eJerusalema.”
kuze imicabango lefihlekile yebantfu labanyenti yembulwe. Ngisho nenhlitiyo yakho imbala iyawudzabuka kube sengatsi igwazwa sikhali.”
Nakefika esangweni lelidolobha, wahlangana nebantfu baya emngcwabeni. Lendvodzana lebeyifile beyiyemfelokati, futsi bekukuphela kwayo. Sicumbi sebantfu sasimsingatsile lomfelokati.
Ngako Jesu wabatjela kahle kamhlophe watsi: “Lazaro sewufile.
Bodzadzewabo base batfumela umlayeto kuJesu batsi: “Nkhosi, umngani wakho lomtsandzako uyagula.”
Jesu abebatsandza boMata nadzadzewabo kanye naLazaro.