5 Jesu abebatsandza boMata nadzadzewabo kanye naLazaro.
Ngibatisile libito lakho, futsi ngisetawuchubeka ngente njalo, kuze kutsi lutsandvo longitsandze ngalo lube khona nakubo, nami ngibe kubo.”
Ngobe phela Babe ngekwakhe uyanitsandza, unitsandza ngobe niyangitsandza; futsi senikholiwe nekutsi ngiphuma kuNkulunkulu.
Ngako emaJuda atsi: “Ase nibheke kutsi abemtsandza kangakanani!”
Bafundzi bakhe batsi: “Mfundzisi, khona nyalo emaJuda abesandza kufuna kukugcoba ngematje, kepha wena usafuna kubuyela khona nanyalo?”
Kwatsi asahamba Jesu nebafundzi bakhe, wase yena uphambukela emtini lotsite lapho emukelwa nguMata endlini yakhe.
Mata waze wacansulwa kudlangelwa ngumsebenti labewenta; ngako wefika watsi: “Nkhosi, awusangiboneleli dzadzewetfu angibukelela ngemsebenti longaka? Mtjele kutsi atengisita.”
INkhosi yamphendvula yatsi: “Mata, ye Mata! Utikhatsata ngetintfo letinyenti,
Bekukhona indvodza lebeyigula, libito layo kunguLazaro. BeyiyaseBhetani, lidolobha lekhaboMariya nadzadzewabo, Mata.
Bodzadzewabo base batfumela umlayeto kuJesu batsi: “Nkhosi, umngani wakho lomtsandzako uyagula.”
Ngako-ke watsi kube eve kutsi uyagula, wachubeka wahlala emalanga lamabili lapho abekhona.