12 Iwanang'ina wake wamwidika, “Mtwatsa, ka kawasa, katsohona.”
13 Yesu tsayang'ali yolonga Lazali tsakafa lekeni iwanang'ina wake wapfikitsa Lazali tsakawasa.
14 Apfo Yesu kawalongela mwatsimwatsi, “Lazali kafa,
15 lekeni kwaajili yenu nodeng'elela kwaapfila sikalile naye bae, ili mtoghole. Leka tumghendele.”
16 Kuya Tomasi, iyakemighwe Basa kawalongela iwanang'ina wayaghe, “Leka tughende ne Mlangulitsi ili tufe naye.”
17 Yesu hayapfikile, tsakapfika lukuli lwa Lazali lwikighwa mne likabuli ghamatsuwa mane ighalutile.
18 Kaye ya Betaniya tsaikala habehi ne Yerusalemu, utali wa maili mbili,
19 na Wayahudi wengi watsa kuwakanza Marita ne Mariya kwa ukufa kwa ndughu yawo.
20 Marita hayahulike Yesu kakutsa, kaghenda kunze kwitingana na Yesu, lekeni Mariya tsakasighala mng'anda.
21 Marita kamlongela Yesu, “Mtwatsa, ka ung'awile hano, lumbu wangu tsa yang'alekile kufa!
22 Lekeni nomanya hata sambi Imulungu katsokwing'a chochose chaumlomba.”
23 Yesu kamlongela, “Lumbu wako katsotsilihuka.”
24 Marita kamwidika, “Nomanya katsotsilihuka keli mne litsuwa lya ukutsigha.”
25 Yesu kamlongela, “Nene nautsilihuko ne ughima. Imunu iyonitoghola nene, ang'afa katsakuwa mghima,
26 na imunu wowose iyokala na kunitoghola nene ng'atsakufa bae. Pfii kwotoghola?”
27 Marita kamwidika, “Ona, Mtwatsa! Nokutoghola ghweghwe kwa Kiristu, Imwana wa Imulungu, iyatsile mne isi.”
28 Marita hayalongile pfino, kaghenda mng'anda kamkema Mariya chinyelenyele. Kamlongela, “Mlangulitsi kabaha, kokukema.”
29 Mariya hayahulike pfino, kenuka himahima kamghendela Yesu.
30 Na Yesu tsakakala ng'ana yapfike mkaye, ila kakala hanu hala hayetingane ne Marita.
31 Wayahudi iwakalile mng'anda womkanza Mariya, hawamwonile Mariya kenuka himahima na kulawa kunze wamuwinza, wapfikitsa yang'ali yoghenda kulila mne likabuli.
32 Mariya hayapfikile hanu hayali Yesu na hayamwonile, kamtowela ghamaghoti, kamlongela, “Mtwatsa, ka ung'awile hano, lumbu wangu tsa yang'alekile kufa!”
33 Yesu hayamwonile Mariya kolila, na Wayahudi iwatsile na Mariya nawo wolila, Yesu kaghanzika mne ghumoyo ghwake, kona usungu.
34 Yesu kawaghutsa, “Angu mumtsikile kwani?” Wamwidika, “Mtwatsa, itsa wone.”
35 Yesu kalila.
36 Kuya Wayahudi walonga, “Mlole pfayamnoghele!”
