UJohane
11:1 Manje kwakukhona umuntu othile ogulayo, uLazaru waseBethaniya, emzini kaMariya
nodadewabo uMarta.
11:2 (KwakunguMariya lowo owagcoba iNkosi ngamafutha, wesula eyakhe
nezinyawo zakhe, omnewabo uLazaru wayegula.)
11:3 Ngakho odadewabo bathumela kuye, bathi: "Nkosi, bheka, lowo omthandayo."
lovest uyagula.
11:4 UJesu ekuzwa lokho wathi: Lokhu kugula akusikho okokufa, kodwa
inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu, ukuze iNdodana kaNkulunkulu ikhazinyuliswe ngakho.
11:5 Manje uJesu wayebathanda oMarta, nodadewabo, noLazaru.
11:6 Ngakho lapho ezwa ukuthi uyagula, wahlala izinsuku ezimbili
endaweni efanayo lapho ayekhona.
11:7 Khona emva kwalokho wathi kubafundi bakhe: "Asiphinde siye eJudiya."
11:8 Abafundi bakhe bathi kuye: Rabi, abaJuda kade befuna ukukhanda ngamatshe
wena; futhi uya khona futhi?
11:9 UJesu waphendula wathi: Awakho yini amahora ayishumi nambili emini? Uma umuntu ehamba
emini akakhubeki, ngokuba ebona ukukhanya kwaleli zwe.
11:10 Kodwa uma umuntu ehamba ebusuku, uyakhubeka, ngoba ukukhanya akukho
kuye.
11:11 Wakusho lokho, futhi emva kwalokho wathi kubo: "Umngane wethu."
ULazaru ulele; kodwa ngiyahamba ukuze ngimvuse ebuthongweni.
11:12 Khona-ke abafundi bakhe bathi: "Nkosi, uma elele, uyakusinda.
11:13 Nokho uJesu wayekhuluma ngokufa kwakhe, kodwa bona babecabanga ukuthi ukhuluma ngaye
ukuphumula ebuthongweni.
11:14 Khona uJesu wathi kubo ngokuchachileyo: ULazaru ufile.
11:15 Futhi ngiyajabula ngenxa yenu ukuthi bengingekho, ukuze nina
kholwani; nokho asiye kuye.
11:16 Khona uTomase, othiwa uDidimu, wathi kubafundi kanye naye: "Vumelani."
nathi sihambe, ukuze sife kanye naye.
11:17 Khona-ke lapho uJesu efika, wamthola elele ethuneni izinsuku ezine
kakade.
11:18 Manje iBethaniya laliseduze neJerusalema, kungaba amastadiyu ayishumi nanhlanu.
11:19 Futhi abaningi kubaJuda beza kuMarta noMariya, ukuze abaduduze kubo
umfowabo.
11:20 Khona-ke uMarta, ngokushesha lapho ezwa ukuthi uJesu uyeza, wahamba wahlangana
kodwa uMariya wahlala endlini.
11:21 Khona-ke uMarta wathi kuJesu: "Nkosi, uma ubukhona, mfowethu
wayengakafi.
11:22 Kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi ngisho namanje, noma yini ongayicela kuNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uyokwenza
nginike wena.
11:23 UJesu wathi kuye: Umnewenu uzakuvuka futhi.
11:24 UMarta wathi kuye: Ngiyazi ukuthi uzakuvuka ekuseni
ukuvuka ngosuku lokucina.
11:25 UJesu wathi kuye: Mina ngingukuvuka nokuphila
okholwa yimi, noma efile, wophila;
11:26 Futhi yilowo nalowo ophilayo futhi ekholwa yimi, kasoze afa naphakade. Uyakholwa wena
lokhu?
11:27 Wathi kuye: Yebo, Nkosi, ngiyakholwa ukuthi wena unguKristu
iNdodana kaNkulunkulu, obekufanele eze emhlabeni.
11:28 Eseshilo lokho wamuka, wabiza udadewabo uMariya
ngasese, wathi: UMfundisi ufikile, uyakubiza.
11:29 Kwathi ekuzwa lokho, wasuka masinyane, weza kuye.
11:30 UJesu wayengakafiki emzini, kodwa wayesekuleyondawo
UMarta wamhlangabeza.
11:31 Khona-ke amaJuda ayenaye endlini, futhi amduduza, lapho
bambona uMariya ukuthi wasukuma masinyane waphuma, wamlandela;
esithi: Uya ethuneni ukuyokhala khona.
11:32 Kwathi uMariya efika lapho uJesu ayekhona, futhi embona, wawela phansi
izinyawo zakhe, zathi kuye: Nkosi, ukuba ubukhona, umfowethu ubekhona
akafanga.
11:33 Ngakho lapho uJesu embona ekhala, nabaJuda bekhala futhi
weza naye, wabubula emoyeni, wakhathazeka;
11:34 Wathi: "Nimbekephi na?" Basebesithi kuye: Nkosi, woza ubuye
bona.
11:35 UJesu wakhala.
11:36 Khona-ke amaJuda athi: "Bheka ukuthi wayemthanda kangakanani!
11:37 Futhi abanye kubo bathi: "Ngeke yini lo muntu, owavula amehlo omuntu."
oyimpumputhe, wenze ukuba nalo angafi na?
11:38 Ngakho uJesu ebubula futhi phakathi kwakhe, wafika ethuneni. Kwakuyi-a
umhume, kwabekwa itshe phezu kwawo.
11:39 UJesu wathi: Susa itshe. uMarta, udadewabo walowo owayekhona
efile, wathi kuye: “Nkosi, usenuka, ngokuba usekhona
efile izinsuku ezine.
11:40 UJesu wathi kuye: "Angishongo kuwe ukuthi, uma uthanda
kholwa, uzabona inkazimulo kaNkulunkulu?
11:41 Khona-ke basusa itshe endaweni lapho ofile wayelele khona.
UJesu waphakamisa amehlo akhe, wathi: “Baba, ngiyakubonga ngokuba wena
ungizwile.
11:42 Futhi bengazi ukuthi ungizwa njalo, kodwa ngenxa yesixuku
ngitshilo, ukuze bakholwe ukuthi ungithumile.
11:43 Eseshilo lokho, wamemeza ngezwi elikhulu, Lazaru, woza
phambili.
11:44 Waphuma ofileyo, eboshwe izinyawo nezandla ngezindwangu.
ubuso bakhe buboshwe ngeduku. UJesu wathi kubo: Khululani
amyeke ahambe.
NgokukaLuka 11:45 Ngakho abaningi kumaJuda abeza kuMariya, bebona lokho
UJesu wenza, wakholwa nguye.
11:46 Kodwa abanye kubo baya kubaFarisi, futhi babatshela lokho
izinto uJesu ayezenzile.
11:47 Khona abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babuthana umphakathi, wathi:
Senzenjani? ngoba lomuntu wenza izibonakaliso ezinengi.
11:48 Uma simyeka kanjalo, bonke bayakukholwa kuye, namaRoma
izakuza, ithathe indawo yethu lesizwe sethu.
11:49 Futhi omunye wabo, uKayafase ogama lakhe, engumpristi omkhulu ngalowo nyaka.
wathi kubo: Anazi-lutho nina;
11:50 Futhi ungacabangi ukuthi kusilungele, ukuthi umuntu oyedwa kufanele afe
abantu, lesizwe sonke singabhubhi.
11:51 Futhi lokhu kakushongo ngokwakhe, kodwa njengoba umpristi omkhulu ngalowo nyaka
waprofetha ukuthi uJesu wayezosifela leso sizwe;
11:52 Futhi hhayi ngenxa yaleso sizwe kuphela, kodwa futhi ukuze abuthele ndawonye
omunye wabantwana bakaNkulunkulu abahlakazekileyo.
11:53 Khona-ke kusukela ngalolo suku kuqhubeke bacebisana ukuze bamfake
ukufa.
11:54 Ngakho uJesu kabange esahamba obala phakathi kwabaJuda; kodwa wasuka lapho
ezweni eliseduze nehlane, emzini othiwa u-Efrayimi;
waqhubeka lapho nabafundi bakhe.
11:55 Iphasika labaJuda lase liseduze, futhi abaningi baphuma
bakhuphukele eJerusalema ngaphambi kwePhasika ukuba bazihlambulule.
11:56 Khona bamfuna uJesu, futhi bekhuluma bodwa bemi phakathi
ethempelini, Nithini na?
11:57 Manje abapristi abakhulu nabaFarisi babekhiphe umyalo.
ukuze, uba umuntu esazi lapho ekhona, akuveze, ukuze babone
mthathe.