UYohane
11:1 Ke kaloku, kwaye kusifa umntu othile, uLazaro waseBhetani, umzi wakulooMariya
noMarta udade wabo.
11:2 Yaye ke inguloo Mariya, wayithambisayo iNkosi ngamafutha aqholiweyo, wayisula eyakhe
iinyawo zakhe neenwele zakhe, omnakwabo uLazaro wayesifa.)
11:3 Bathumela ngoko oodade babo kuye, besithi, Nkosi, nanko lowo umbonayo
Uthando luyagula.
11:4 Evile ke uYesu wathi, Esi sifo asiyelele kufeni;
uzuko lukaThixo, ukuze uNyana kaThixo azukiswe ngalo.
11:5 Ke uYesu wayebathanda ooMarta nomsakwabo, noLazaro.
11:6 Uthe ngoko akuva ukuba uyafa, wakha okunene wahlala iintsuku ezimbini
kwindawo enye apho wayekhona.
11:7 Waza emveni koko wathi kubafundi bakhe, Masibuye siye kwelakwaYuda.
11:8 Bathi kuye abafundi bakhe, Rabhi, amaYuda ebefuna ngoku ukuxuluba ngamatye
wena; Ùya kubuya uye khona na?
11:9 Waphendula uYesu wathi, Akalishumi elinamabini na amaxa emini? Ukuba umntu uhamba
Emini akakhubeki, ngokuba elubona ukhanyiselo lweli hlabathi.
11:10 Ke ukuba umntu uthi ahambe ebusuku, uyakhubeka; ngokuba ukukhanya kungekho
kuye.
11:11 Wazithetha ezi zinto; aze emveni koko athi kubo, Umhlobo wethu
ULazaro ulele; ndiyaya ukuba ndimvuse ebuthongweni.
11:12 Bathi ngoko abafundi bakhe, Nkosi, ukuba ulele, wosinda.
11:13 Ke yena uYesu ubethetha ukufa kwakhe, bona ke bebeba uthetha ngako
ukuphumla ebuthongweni.
11:14 Wandula ngoku uYesu wathi kubo ngokungafihilisiyo, ULazaro ufile.
11:15 Ndiyavuya ke ngenxa yenu, ukuba ndibe ndingekho khona, ukuze nibe nako
kholwa; masiye kuye noko.
11:16 Uthe ngoko uTomas, okuthiwa nguDidimo, kubafundi kunye naye, Yekani
sihambe nathi, ukuze sife naye.
11:17 Efikile ngoko uYesu, wafika elele engcwabeni iintsuku zone
sele.
11:18 Ke kaloku iBhetani ibikufuphi neYerusalem, umgama wayo uzizitadiya ezingathi zilishumi elinazihlanu.
11:19 Kwakufike abaninzi bakumaYuda, kwabo babenoMarta noMariya, ukuze babathuthuzele
umzalwana wabo.
11:20 Akuva ngoko uMarta ukuba uYesu uyeza, wamhlangabeza
kodwa uMariya wahlala endlwini.
11:21 Wathi ngoko uMarta kuYesu, Nkosi, ukuba ubulapha, mzalwana wam
wayengafanga.
11:22 Nangoku ndiyazi ukuba, ongathi ukucele kuThixo, oko wothi wakucele kuThixo
ndinike wena.
11:23 Athi kuye uYesu, Umnakwenu uya kubuya avuke.
11:24 Athi uMarta kuye, Ndiyazi ukuba uya kubuya avuke ekufeni
uvuko ngomhla wokugqibela.
11:25 Wathi uYesu kuye, Ndim uvuko, ndim ubomi;
okholwayo kum, nokuba ubethe wafa, wodla ubomi;
11:26 Bonke abadla ubomi bekholwa kum, abasayi kufa naphakade; Uyakholwa wena
oku?
11:27 Athi kuye, Ewe, Nkosi, mna ndiyakholwa ukuba wena unguye uKristu
UNyana kaThixo, oza kuza ehlabathini.
11:28 Waza etshilo wemka, waya wabiza uMariya udade wabo
ngasese esithi, Ufikile uMfundisi, uyakubiza.
Mark 11:29 Evile ke yena, wasuka ngokukhawuleza waya kuye.
11:30 Waye ke uYesu engekangeni mzini, wayesele bekuloo ndawo
UMarta wamhlangabeza.
11:31 Athe ngoko amaYuda abenaye endlwini emkhuza, akubon’ ukuba unjani na?
bambona uMariya, ukuba usuke kamsinya, waphuma wamlandela.
esithi, Uya kulila khona engcwabeni.
11:32 Uthe ngoko uMariya, akufika apho uYesu ebekhona, akumbona, wawa phantsi
iinyawo zakhe, zisithi kuye, Nkosi, ukuba ubulapha, umnakwethu ebekhona
akafanga.
11:33 Uthe ngoko uYesu akumbona elila, namaYuda elila nawo
waya naye, wagcuma emoyeni, wakhathazeka;
11:34 Wathi, Nimbeke phi na? Bathi kuye, Nkosi, yiza uze
bona.
11:35 Walila uYesu.
11:36 Ayesithi ngoko amaYuda, Yabonani ke ukumthanda kwakhe!
11:37 Ke abathile kubo bathi, Ubengenako na lo, wawavulayo amehlo eNkosi
Ngaba yimfama nje, le uyenza ukuba nalo angafanga?
11:38 Abuye ke uYesu afutheke ngaphakathi kwakhe, eze engcwabeni. Yayiyi
umqolomba, kubekwe ilitye phezu kwawo.
11:39 Wathi uYesu, Lisuseni ilitye; uMarta, udade walowo ubehleli
Afile, uthi kuye, Nkosi, uselenuka, kuba eselenuka
efile iintsuku ezine.
11:40 Athi uYesu kuye, Anditshongo na kuwe ukuthi, ukuba uyathanda
Ùya kulubona na uzuko lukaThixo?
11:41 Balisusa ngoko ilitye apho abelele khona ofileyo.
Wawaphakamisa ke amehlo akhe uYesu, wathi, Bawo, ndiyabulela kuwe ngokuba ukho
undivile.
11:42 Mna ke bendisazi ukuba uhleli undiva, kungengenxa yesihlwele esi
nditshilo, emi kufuphi, ukuze bakholwe ukuba wena wandithuma.
11:43 Etshilo ke, wadanduluka ngezwi elikhulu, wathi, Lazaro, yiza
phambili.
11:44 Waphuma ofileyo, ebotshiwe iinyawo nezandla ngezithandelo.
ubuso bakhe bujikelwe ngeqhiya. Athi kubo uYesu, Khululani
naye, wamndulula.
11:45 Ithe ngoko into eninzi kumaYuda, ebize kuMariya, yakuzibona izinto azenzileyo
Wenjenjalo uYesu, wakholwa kuye.
11:46 Ke abathile kuwo bemka baya kubaFarisi, bababikela oko
izinto ezenziwa nguYesu.
11:47 Bahlanganisa ngoko ababingeleli abakhulu nabaFarisi intlanganiso yamatyala, bathi,
Senza ntoni thina? ngokuba lo mntu wenza imiqondiso emininzi.
11:48 Ukuba sithe samyeka ngokunje, baya kukholwa kuye bonke, kwanamaRoma
iya kuza, ithabathe indawo yethu, kwanohlanga lwethu.
11:49 Ke kaloku omnye wabo, uKayafa, engumbingeleli omkhulu ngaloo nyaka.
wathi kubo, Anazi nto nonke;
11:50 kananjalo aniqondi ukuba kusilungele ukuba kufe umntu abe mnye
abantu, lungatshabalali uhlanga luphela.
11:51 Oku ke akakuthethanga kuphuma kuye; wathi, kuba ebengumbingeleli omkhulu ngaloo mnyaka
waprofeta ukuba uYesu wayeza kulufela olo hlanga;
11:52 kungabi ngenxa yohlanga olo lodwa, kube ngenxa yokuba ahlanganisele ndawonye
mnye wabantwana bakaThixo ababeziintsali.
11:53 Kususela kuloo mini ngoko babhunga ukuba bambambazele
ukufa.
11:54 Ngoko uYesu akabanga sahamba ekuhleni phakathi kwamaYuda; wemka apho
ezweni elikufuphi nentlango, emzini ekuthiwa nguEfrayim;
Wahlala apho nabafundi bakhe.
11:55 Yayikufuphi ke ipasika yamaYuda;
banyuke baye eYerusalem phambi kwepasika, ukuze bazihlambulule.
11:56 Ayemfuna ngoko uYesu, ethetha odwa, emi phakathi
etempileni, Nithini na ke, ukuba akayi kuza emthendelekweni?
11:57 Ke kaloku ababingeleli abakhulu nabaFarisi babewise umthetho wokuthi,
ukuze, ukuba ubani uthe wazi apho akhona, axele, ukuze babonakale
mthathe.