1 Imunu yumwe iyakemighwe Lazali tsamtamu. Lazali yang'ali yokala Betaniya, kaye yake Mariya ne ndughu yake Marita. 2 Mariya yuno tsakakala yuyula iyambakile Imtwatsa Yesu ghamafuta ighonung'ila mmaghulu na kughabaghusa kwa mvili tsake, lumbu wake Lazali tsakakala mtamu. 3 Apfo lumbu tsake Lazali wamtumila Yesu usenga, “Imtwatsa, sale yako yumnoghele koghula.” 4 Yesu hayahulike apfi, kalonga, “Utamu uno ng'autsomkoma bae Lazali, utamu uno ulawila kwa utunitso we Imulungu ili Imwana we Imulungu yatunitsighwe kubitila utamu uno.” 5 Yesu tsakawanoghela Marita na lumbu wake na Lazali. 6 Yesu hayahulike Lazali koghula, kongetsa ghamatsuwa meli gha kukala hala hayakalile. 7 Kuya Yesu kawalongela iwanang'ina wake, “Tuye keli Yudeya.” 8 Iwanang'ina wake wamlongela, “Mlangulitsi, ghamatsuwa chidogho ighalutile Wayahudi tsawabama wakutowe ne ghamabwe, ule kwobama ughende keli hanu hala?”

9 Yesu kawedika, “Apfi misi yahela masaa kumi ne meli bae? Imunu iyokwanga nemisi ng'ekwala bae kwaapfila koghwona ghumwanga ghwe isi ino. 10 Lekeni imunu ang'anga nechilo kekwala, kwaapfila kahela ghumwanga.” 11 Yesu hayalongile apfi, kaghendelela kuwalongela, “Sale yetu Lazali kawasa, lekeni noghenda kumlamsa.”

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!”

37 Lekeni iwanu wangi welongela, “Ka kamhonetsa imunu chifita, ule ng'adahile kumtenda Lazali aleke kufa?”

38 Yesu yang'ali yoghanzika keli mne ghumoyo ghwake, kaghenda mbaka mne likabuli, likabuli tsalikala imango iighubikighwe ne libwe. 39 Yesu kawalaghitsa, “Mlibimbilise libwe!” Marita lumbu wa imunu iyafile kamwidika, “Mtwatsa, lekeni katsonung'a, ghamatsuwa mane ghabita kulawa yatsikighwe!”

40 Kuya Yesu kamlongela, “Apfi sikulongele bae ka ung'atoghola, kutsakona utunitso we Imulungu?” 41 Apfo wabimbilisa libwe. Kuya Yesu kalola kulanga kalonga, “Aba, nolonga mighede kwaapfila kwonihulika. 42 Nomanya ghamatsuwa ghose kwonihulika, lekeni nolonga pfino kwaajili ya iwanu iwemile hano, ili watoghole ghweghwe kunituma.” 43 Yesu hayamalitse kulonga apfi, kakemelela, “Lazali, lawa kunze!” 44 Naye Lazali kalawa kunze, ghamoko na maghulu ghake ghoighwa isanda na ichihanga chake chighubikighwa chitambala.

Yesu kawalongela, “Mdoholeni mumleke yoke.”